de Keyser | Violin Playtime | Book 1

With Violin Playtime, the beginner violinist can make music from the very first lessons. In the three books that make up the series (all of which are available from Waltons), there are over a hundred little pieces with piano accompaniments, a treasure-trove of attractive tunes – some traditional, some by composers of the past, some newly composed. But this is more than just an easy anthology; the underlying approach is 'learn as you play', and a carefully devised ground plan of technical development makes it a manual in disguise, a tutor without text.

This book takes a player from the very beginning to Grade 1 standard. Lively illustrations contribute visually to the excitement of learning the violin.

Contents:

• Andante
• Balloons in the Sky
• Bells
• By the Lake
• Children Playing
• Chorale
• Courtly Dance
• Etude
• From 4th to Open
• From D to E
• Gliding Along
• Go tell Aunt Nancy
• Hungarian Dance
• Hush, Little Baby
• In Olden Times
• In the Moonlight
• In the Sun
• In Winter
• Lullaby
• March Militaire
• Mary had a Little Lamb
• Mazurka
• Nursery Rhyme
• Old MacDonald
• Orientale
• Poème
• Pont Trot
• Puppet on a String
• Raindrops
• Round Dance
• Soldiers' March
• Song of Sorrow
• Song without Words
• Sur le pont d'Avignon
• The Bells of St. Basil's
• The Chicken Cheeps
• The Courageous Climber
• The Fields of Flax
• The Grand Old Duke of York
• The Great Cathedral
• The Hobby Horse
• The Major General
• The Rainbow
• The River