101n
47 progressive pieces for beginner violinists
Edward Huws [ones
Illustrations by Mark Beech
Welcome to Violin Star
To the teacher: This series will inspire violinists to develop confidence and musical skills through a
refreshing choice of pieces. The repertoire presents a logical and approachable progression from the
very first stages of playing through to Grade 2.
Each piece is designed to develop a specific technique; as the series progresses, the pieces introduce
the keys (and their related finger patterns) encountered at the early grades. There is a fun mix of
musical styles, which include arrangements and original compositions.
For each of the three
Violin Star levels, there is one Student's book and one Accompaniment book.
The Student's books contain the solo violin part, and an audio CD.The Accompaniment books
have separate piano and violin accompaniments for every piece. The three different forms of
accompaniment in
Violin Star offer variety, flexibility and interaction for both pupil and teacher.
Dotted around the Student's books you will find suggestions for supporting activities, which can be
used in individual or group teaching and can form a base to develop your own ideas.
All 106 pieces in
Violin Star were created during the course of my work as a peripatetic violin teacher.
Children are wonderful critics, and if they don't like the music they won't mince their words. The
repertoire in Violin Star passed the test - in fact, it could not have been written without the students.
I hope you enjoy
Vio/in Star!
Edward Huws [ones
Book design, cover and text origination
Illustrations
by Kate Benjamin
by Mark Beech. represented by NB Illustration
Music origination
by Andrew [ones Notation
CD recording credits: solo violin played by Alexandra Wood;
produced.by Ates Orga; balance engineering. editing and mixing by Ken Blair;
recorded rn March 2011 at Red Gables Studio, Greenford; a BMP Production
CD backing tracks by john Maul. Frank Mizen and Chris Norton
for ABRSM
Printed in England by Caligraving Ltd, Thetford. Norfolk
Published in 2011 by ABRSM (Publishing) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABRSM
f) 2011 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
eprinted in 2011
978 1 86096 899 O
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rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
syst~.
or transmitt~d in ~ny form or by any means, electronic, mechanical. photocopying.
recordng, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
DO NOT PHOTOCOPY
MUSIC
Contents~.
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First plucldng and bowing pieces
Second finger on D and A strings
Big Ben Edward
UttLe Ben EHJ
StrictLy Tango EHJ
London Eye EHJ
Maiden Fair 17th-century
ALLSiLk and Satin EHJ
Musette
Huws Jones [EHJl (b.1948)
4
4
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Ready, Steady, Bow!
Trick or Treat EHJ
EHJ
5
5
6
19
19
20
20
English
Second finger on G string
Crotchets and mnims
FiddLe FaddLe Welsh
Open-String Boogie EHJ
SnowfLakes EHJ
The Hundred Pipers Scottish
Swanee River s. C. Foster (1826-64)
6
7
7
8
8
3/4 and dotted mntms
ViLanova Spanish
CircLes in the Air EHJ
Heading South Latin American
SiLent Night F.x. Gruber (1787-1863)
11
11
EHJ
North American
21
22
Second finger on E string
Nobody ELseBut
Woodpecker Tap
Me
23
Greek
24
EHJ
Plus...
8
9
10
10
Crotchets and quavers
CrocodiLe
UncLe joe
Too Much Rosin! EHJ
Happy Hippo EHJ
Plus...
WiLliam TeLL
25
Rossini (1792-1868)
Thrd finger on D and A strings
OLd- Timer North American
Greek Night Out Greek
Violin Star EHJ
House ofthe Rising Sun
Spanish Steps EHJ
25
26
26
27
NorthAmerican
28
Third finger on G string
TroLLs,OrcsandCoblins
Grieg(1843-1907)
12
TwinkLe Toes EHJ
Lady Meng jiang
29
29
Chinese
First finger on D and A strings
First Finger Rag EHJ
Witches' CauLdron EHJ
Peeler's jig Irish
Tudor Pageant EHJ
Saraswati South Indian
Friday Evening Hungarian
Thrd finger on E string
13
13
14
14
Hampton Court EHJ
The Collier's WaLtz Welsh
15
Plus...
15
Autumn
30
31
31
Vivaldi (1678-1741)
First finger on G string
jitterbug
EHJ
jewish Wedding
Klezmer
16
16
First finger on E string
Cow's Reei
On the River
Scottish
EHJ
17
17
Plus...
Paganini!
Paganini (1782-1840)
18
Using the CD
Each piece in this book has two consecu.tive
tracks on the CD: a full performance wl:h
solo violin, followed by a play-along version
of just the accompaniment.
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accompaniment
only
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Big Ben
~rt Steady
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pIZZ.
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rg
g J
tick,
tock,
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tock ...
(If you like, go straight
on to Little Ben.)
and
stop!
Little Ben
Still steady!
J = c.84
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pIZZ.
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Tick,
tock,
tA
tick,
tock ...
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t4
F
and
J
stop!
Musette
J. S. Bach
(1685-1750)
Gently
J = c .80
Ready, Steady, Bow!
Lively
; ~i
J = c.1 08
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Trick .-----_._or Treat
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(1st time: pizz.
2nd time: arco)
J ~ c .80
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~. Fiddle Faddle
Brightly
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Welsh
J = c.104
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To help you create the difference between minims (long bows) and crotchets (shorter bows), try bowing the rhythm to
Fidd/e Fadd/e on your left shoulder, without the violino(Try not to get toa much rosin on your shoulder!)
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Open-String
Chunky
Boogie
J = c.96
Snowf1akes
J = c.100
Gently
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6
*~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~- ~
11
(Move around the room and make free, floating movements in the air with your bow.)
The movements in the second half of Snowflakes will help you to get used to the feel of the bow.
ACTIVITY
The Hundred Pipers
Scottish
With energy
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J = c.88
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til
jW
til
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S. C. Foster
(1826-64)
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Swanee River
Lazy swing
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Vilanova
With a lilt
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Spanish
J = c .92
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~ jW
3--Circles In the Air
Leisurely
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7
v=a
J = c.96
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(Make circles in the
air with your bow.)
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, , ij , , W , , W , ,
i1
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, ,
i1
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11
IP
, ,
i1
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Heading South
Gent1y swaying
Latin American
J = c.108
@J~
13
~~~~W~
Play
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~W~ ~~~. ~~-~:~
Heading South while gently swaying from foot to foot. This will help you to feel the
rhythm and free up your bowing arm. Follow the movement of your bow, and remember to
ACTIVITV
keep swaying when you lift your bow off the string (retake) for the bar's rest.
Silent Night
Gent1y
~~
J = c.100
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F.X. Gruber
(1787-1863)
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Crocodile
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J = c.88
ri
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Cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile,
cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile,
pizz.
~T
cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile,
HAVEYOU
HADYOUR
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TEA?
Uncle Joe
Cheerfully
~
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North America
J = c.96
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Trolls, Ores and Goblins
Steady at first, and with menace
Grieg
(1843-1907)
J = c.92
@tw'(~t
5
*
10
arco
~~~-====:l
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First Finger Rag
Lf Jaunty J = c.104
~f! -
;Y
=f=j ~j~*-;!
f~*r*~(*r'*1
f~*r*~l11
(Tap on a table with the screw end of your bow.)
15
5'Wftches' Cauldron
--~------
Slow and spooky
J = c .88
'!
f! -
f ~~
gradually speed up on the repeat
-~
* * - :~ - ~
d~
13
Peeler's Jig
With energyJ
~f! - I
Irish
= c.76
:J
11 F ij J
I~ J
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:J
tt
ij
ij
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:J
:J
13
fi
rr
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F
t
Tudor Pageant
Boldly J = c.84
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ra ~
6
-.---._
gg
* - :~
Saraswati
South Indian
Lively d = c.63
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==-===1~
ACTIVITV
Now try making up your own tunes for
Saraswati. Let your
teacher begin by playing the opening two-bar phrase of the
melody for
Saraswati and then you can make up your own
two-bar answer. Continue to take turns, with your teacher
repeating the same opening phrase while you respond with
a different pattern - see how long you can keep going!
Use these notes:
Vou don't need to play all the notes - you can just choose
one or two of them.
Play the notes in any order, and as many times as you like.
It works best if you don't look at the music!
Friday Evening
Hungarian
Cheerfully J = c.84
:7~i
15
r1
~
ij
15
Jitterbug
Solid swing beat
@ft
rn
J = c .96
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j ~
11
f;----g -J-~ J ~
MJ
MJ
Jewish Wedding
With movement
~t+! -
Klezmer
J = c.104
I -
Vi
16
:~
Gow's Reei
Lively
J -= c.104
Scottish
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ij
6--
Flowing
J = c.lOO
F F
t :~
On
the
River
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fw &r
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ij-~J~rr~r
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r r
~W~-
F W~~c~j~-
13
fw M ~
ij
17
Paganini!
Paganini
(1782-1840)
With a flourish
~f
J = c .92
Who's this?
Pa - ga - m
m,
E~~~~~-~~~~FJ~:~
Who's this? Pa - ga - m - m,
Who's this? Pa - ga - m - m,
maes
tro!
ri
P=iW=~J ~J===:::::::~~. ~ Bow - ing
on
the
A.
g g
Bow - ing
on
the
G.
11
~~~-==~~Who'sthis?Pa-ga-ni-ni,
18
~~~Who'sthis?Pa-ga-ni-ni,
~~~J
Who'sthis? Pa-ga-ni-ni,
~J ~
maes - tro!
Strictly Tango
With,movement
@}~h
=tTI
J = c .96
ij ~
~:::::=+,====-====
11
W=mt-n
=r--a-t-
London Eye
rito
During the introduction,
try making big circles in the air with your bow in time
to the music. Use two bars - or six beats - for each circle.
IJ~
r ACTIVITV
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Maiden Fair
Like a stately dance
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r r c
r r C
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9
17th-century
J = c.92
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r~j
r======:jij
English
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: ~~~
..
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0."
o."
...
Ali Silk ando Satin
~~.
Lively waltz tempo
J = c.132
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fr'
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fri'
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bf'
gr.
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20
Too Much Rosin!
J = c.88
~=r2-~~-~-~~-~~-~-Gritty rock style
(Sing along if you like!)
=r~t
11
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Too much ro-sin!
16
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-+ -J -,J -+
i
-. -.
Too much ro-sin!
I
~
21
Happy Hippo
Big bows (splosh around!)
J = c.80
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fJMPJ~t~MM~
,
fJMPJM~
I
15
r.'\
ri
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Nobody Else But Me
T
Lightly
Greek
J = c .72
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;;.
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Woodpecker Tap
Ragtime
~~!
J = c .96
-I-~t~tl
(Tap on a table with the
screw end of your bow.)
~~~~-~~(
t~1~-~~(
~
t~-~~~(
~p~~-~-~
~~t~
24
~t~t
f~t~-~
William Tell
~
As fastasyoulike!
~~i
1-
Rossini
(1792-1868)
S_S
J =c.l20
getting faster!
~~~~-~I-~t~
Old-Timer.
Driving bluegrass rhythm
~f#i
- ~
J = c .108
North American
25
~-----
._--
----
--------
Greek Night Out
Gently swaying
- I -
~~!
Greek
J = c.l 00
t ~
~rt_-~
Violin Star
~,-h - - ~
Boldly
J = c.lOO
~'~'
9
~tl-IVI - O-LIN STAR!
House of the Rising Sun
J = c.69
Slow blues
~~h -
ta
8
i'1
North American
15
i'1
ij
i'1
i'1
:J
:s
-
SJ
,.
: 1I
Spanish Steps
Boldly
J = c .92
~~~i~-~~-~~~~~~bf~r
7
Ft
ij
Try playing Spanish Steps with a
different rhythm, such as:
.J .J .J
.J n.J n
d
.J .J
JTn .J .J
28
:~
Twinkle Toes
With a heavy tread!
~li-1-
J = c.92
ii
~t~*
Lady Meng Jiang
Flowing
~li
7
Chinese
J = c .92
-I---~-
.
-
13
~-
-I-~-I-I-~
29
Hampton Court
With a flourish
.~t~rt
30
J = c .96
====J
The Collier's Waltz
Welsh
i,_.~~_
Lively
J = c.l16
(If you like, just play the top note.)
~t#:_~-~-~
--13
-~~.
19
~~~f~fll
Autumn
Vivaldi
(1678 - 1741)
Not too fast
J = c.60
;~!-_tl
5
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9
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31
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