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The ABCs of Viola for the Intermediate, Viola, Book 2
The ABCs of Viola for the Intermediate Viola Book 2 Author:Janice Tucker Rhoda Janice Tucker Rhoda's phenomenally successful series, The ABCs of Strings, owes much of its success to the wonderful original material and to the sensitive arrangements of familiar classical selections, folk, fiddle, Christmas and Hanukah melodies. After many years of combining various methods of teaching both children and adults the author has ... more »developed a simple and enjoyable approach for the study of the violin. Each series (Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass) starts with a book for the absolute beginner designed to advance students gradually, logically and thoroughly to playing proficiency that makes learning easy and fun! There are 30 or more melodies in each beginning book along with many warm-ups, scales, easy duets, worksheet, glossary and practice chart fulfilling the necessary needs of every beginning student. As the ABCs of Strings book advance, students will enjoy the many melodies- there are 150 melodies in the 5 violin books combined! (105 melodies in the 3 Viola books combined! 114 in the 3 Cello books combined! 106 melodies in the 2 Bass books combined!) There are short lyrical warm-up exercises and pertinent scales in all of the books. Throughout the series, new concepts, no matter how tricky or challenging, are introduced in an easy to learn manner that is enjoyable for students and teachers. Violin book 1 has its own companion CD, The ABCs of Violin for the Absolute Beginner and Play-Along CD and the ABCs of Duets for 2 violins compliment Violin Book 1. In addition, every book has its own piano accompaniments to facilitate study and recital performance.« less