the young violinist A beginner book forAN Ww tarters {sandal st book fr beginners You find Lats of short easy tunes to get children playing straight away an easy-to-read simplified notation to help note-rending, ‘careful progression of material from pecs as open strings rough each string in turn using dhe -1-28 Sgr pattern fst of vey ehythns on sporty jungle, and space themes to gt the owing arm moving right from the start. ell fingring chars, pales, ges, and colour stations an exelting new series for young viotnsts by Kathy and David Blackwell alin book (a beginner book forthe young violins) Sage ion book (aime book of very easy pieos) pao aumpaniment book ion book (a second book ofemy pisces) piano accompaniment book atin book (pieces, pales, cles, and arpeggios) AN I (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS o!7s01Kathy and David Blackwell illustrations by John Eastwood (© Oxford University Press 1998 Music Department (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6D? 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NYLOOI6, USAIntroduction Congratulations! Youre learning the vielin, Some people think that doing this '5 os hard as climbing Mount Everest—but not with Fiddle Time Starters In this book youl fd + los of hth o play on your vin | 7 d : di d Your teacher may write someting net to ¢och symbol op you remember them © the down bow and up bow sign: TI down bow V up bow these signs tell your bow which direction to go in * charts for your left hand to show you ) ts Jnger where to put your Ist, 2nd, and 3rd finger. All the tunes in this book use ths finger pattern ‘ Singer 2nd finger © 3rd finger ———_—_——_———— ! ‘+ the letter names ofthe notes on each string (there ore only 7 to learn!) fo A cD ee EG + the sharp sign # © puzzles to do—have a pencil ready * and finally, lots and lots of tunes to ploy, In case you drop your book on the way to the top, write your name hereRhythm zones © Clop and say the words of each rhythm, + Choose a rhythm and poy it several times on each open string (CROMOMG) ‘+ Play o rhythm pizicato—that means plucking ‘+ Try onother orco—that meons with the bow. Toke off with some Space Rhythms 21 S04 Blast off in-to space did Deep in space 7 Awan! Moon bug-gy As ter-oids and sat - ol -ttes 4 3 ace = ml FSP Mischiev-ous mon - keys Rat - tle snoke & 2 1” ee low py-thon pJ1i) Sd = Jungle heat, jungle song oe ot eran MeL ITTD Pika «gy Go-go Keep fi wth some Sporty Rhythms Ti: & fLS6 & Rea-dy, stea-dy, go naw Hevea reat erer 4 nis Y Quick runner, fast sprin-ter ive in the deep endBoogie on down ist pay ech ing 8 times draw your bow quickly over all four strings! tld qlee amy string makes alow sound string getting high - er Beer string @ = ven high - er string isthe high -estD string notes Va_.D OXB—m) 9 me ig sac Fiddd ides eee | ve dddd [ddda bdabed [dd dd 7 fo 4p Something to try: play this rhythm in each bar of This old mari: @ Je Nack Paddy Wheck" dddd edd de ldde ely Get the rocket | in - to space, 1+" Blast Off ndddd [did [dild [edo Now its ready to leave bose, 3 2 1" Blast Off * (To play this let your fist finger slide up the D string. Ask your teacher to show you how) Motch the rhythms to the words! Draw a line fram each word to the rocket with the chythmn thot fits the word Rocket Launcher Moon Astronaut Moke up some more space rhythms of your own.A string notes mdddd pd d pled yd d | wd ddd pd d jowddja te What shall we play o Jidddd o-pen Astring O01 23° 2100 ddd i Tha a 18o— Prehistoric stomp ees doce | side tescen & trod | ee fee de iat I p wthE string notes cope foes ie e |P P | CEE ee POPP ieee (OPP lepe | 9Use the letter nomes of the E string notes to crack the computer's posswords JO # OOO » OCT ° 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 Write the rhythms to fit the computer words in the boxes below. The chythms you need are scattered around the box. 20 ne CT a aor rae mega byte Keyboard Mary had a violin “OPer ere ere ieee | eee ieee Choose a rhythm from the rhythm zones on pages 4 and 5 and play it on each ofthe E string notes in turn,G string notes eee a ttddlddlddlddldun. | addddlddlddddla a | aeeedld ddlddddld elWa ddd feds jd dda [ddd edd fddd [o4dd lad | | srdddd feds lddidlidd | ff Lightly row Pee [ppp jose [Pre | Pipe ppp [ow Pe le | Bede lene leper inet EP iptp lee low PP |e tl | ! i— Love dibs [edd [ood SFE | Sale | a ie lead JTad [ddd OPP AG ee a | eee PP PIP Celee Celer | Stwlelel |ubded [70d |b | tt ddd |dwwed jl dow |d ¢ | stedided [waded fF dd jd | ‘ 779 |r 9704, |1 dead de J judd aw | Tay TT a | = otamacdontd GIS Pa ddd|Jdd ddd | wthdddd|ddd [edse il id 5 Ft dddd|dddd [ddd | Jadefor being a brilliant Fiddle Time Starter! signed... E> date__, _- (my teacher) CONGRATULATIONS