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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 by Kate Benjamin

Illustrations 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 for ABRSM
CD backing tracks by john Maul. Frank Mizen and Chris Norton

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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© MUSIC
Contents~. ~~
First plucldng and bowing pieces Second finger on D and A strings
Big Ben Edward Huws Jones [EHJl (b.1948) 4 StrictLy Tango EHJ 19
UttLe Ben EHJ 4 London Eye EHJ 19
Musette J. S. Bach (1685-1750) 5 Maiden Fair 17th-century English 20
Ready, Steady, Bow! EHJ 5 ALLSiLk and Satin EHJ 20
Trick or Treat EHJ 6
Second finger on G string
Crotchets and mínims Too Much Rosin! EHJ 21
FiddLe FaddLe Welsh 6 Happy Hippo EHJ 22
Open-String Boogie EHJ 7
SnowfLakes EHJ 7 Second finger on E string
The Hundred Pipers Scottish 8 Nobody ELseBut Me Greek 23
Swanee River s. C. Foster (1826-64) 8 Woodpecker Tap EHJ 24

3/4 and dotted míntms Plus...

ViLanova Spanish 8 WiLliam TeLL Rossini (1792-1868) 25
CircLes in the Air EHJ 9
Heading South Latin American 10 Thírd finger on D and A strings
SiLent Night F.x. Gruber (1787-1863) 10 OLd- Timer North American 25
Greek Night Out Greek 26
Crotchets and quavers Violin Star EHJ 26
CrocodiLe EHJ 11 House ofthe Rising Sun NorthAmerican 27
UncLe joe North American 11 Spanish Steps EHJ 28

Plus... Third finger on G string

TroLLs,OrcsandCoblins Grieg(1843-1907) 12 TwinkLe Toes EHJ 29
Lady Meng jiang Chinese 29
First finger on D and A strings
First Finger Rag EHJ 13 Thírd finger on E string I
Witches' CauLdron EHJ 13 Hampton Court EHJ 30
I
Peeler's jig Irish 14 The Collier's WaLtz Welsh 31
Tudor Pageant EHJ 14
Saraswati South Indian 15 Plus...
Friday Evening Hungarian 15 Autumn Vivaldi (1678-1741) 31

First finger on G string

jitterbug EHJ 16
jewish Wedding Klezmer 16 Using the CD
Each piece in this book has two consecu.tive
First finger on E string
tracks on the CD: a full performance wl:h
Cow's Reei Scottish 17
solo violin, followed by a play-along version
On the River EHJ 17
of just the accompaniment. I'.
1
Plus...
Paganini! Paganini (1782-1840) 18

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 Big Ben
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and stop!

Little Ben
Still steady! J = c.84 .
pIZZ.
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Tick, tock, tick, tock ...

P F J F E? F J F t4 and
F J
stop! *
 Musette J. S. Bach
(1685-1750)
Gently J = c .80
;

Ready, Steady, Bow!

Lively J = c.1 08
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5
 :1- Trick .-----_._-
or Treat
(1st time: pizz.
Ghostly J ~ c .80
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2nd time: arco)

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~. Fiddle Faddle
Welsh
Brightly J = c.104
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~~~~~j ~~E==d=jl=======~~-3

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 Boogie
Chunky J = c.96

Snowf1akes
Gently J = c.100

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6

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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 J = c.88
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Swanee River S. C. Foster Q

(1826-64) ~
Lazy swing J = c .80 d
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6

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Vilanova
Spanish
With a lilt J = c .92

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 3--Circles In the Air
(Make circles in the

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Leisurely
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air with your bow.)
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 Heading South
Latin American
Gent1y swaying J = c.108
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13

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Play 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
keep swaying when you lift your bow off the string (retake) for the bar's rest. ACTIVITV

Silent Night F.X. Gruber

(1787-1863)
Gent1y J = c.100

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 Crocodile
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Cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile,
pizz.

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cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile, HAVEYOU HADYOUR TEA?

Uncle Joe
North America
Cheerfully J = c.96
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6

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 Trolls, Ores and Goblins Grieg
(1843-1907)
Steady at first, and with menace J = c.92

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5

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 Lf - First Finger Rag
Jaunty J = c.104 ;Y
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11 (Tap on a table with the screw end of your bow.)

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5'Wftches' Cauldron
Slow and spooky
--~------
J = c .88 gradually speed up on the repeat

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13
 Peeler's Jig Irish
With energyJ = c.76

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7

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li

:J tt F ij J ~ t ~ :J rr F
13

fi J ij J ~ :J ~ F ~
J rr t

Tudor Pageant
Boldly J = c.84
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ra ~
6

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 Saraswati South Indian
Lively d = c.63

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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

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9

15
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15
 Jitterbug
Solid swing beat J = c .96

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rn -*-
6

t
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11

f;----g -J-~ J ~ MJ ~ MJ J t ~

Jewish Wedding
Klezmer
With movement J = c.104

~t+! - I - ~ j ~
6

Vi j ~ j ~ t - :~

16
 Gow's Reei
Lively J -= c.104 Scottish

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6-- On the
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River
...•.•
Flowing J = c.lOO .. -------

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5

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13

fw M ~ j ij J 1° -

17
 Paganini! Paganini
(1782-1840)
With a flourish J = c .92

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Who's this? Pa - ga - m - m,

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Who's this? Pa - ga - m - m, Who's this? Pa - ga - m - m, maes tro!

7
ri

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11
Bow - ing on the A. ~
Bow - ing
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on
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the G.

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Who'sthis?Pa-ga-ni-ni, Who'sthis?Pa-ga-ni-ni, Who'sthis? Pa-ga-ni-ni, maes - tro!

18
 Strictly Tango
With,movement J = c .96
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11

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London Eye

rito

During the introduction, try making big circles in the air with your bow in time IJ~
to the music. Use two bars - or six beats - for each circle.
r ACTIVITV I;
 Maiden Fair
17th-century English
Like a stately dance J = c.92

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Ali Silk ando Satin

Lively waltz tempo J = c.132

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20
 Too Much Rosin!
J = c.88

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Gritty rock style
6
+
6

(Sing along if you like!)

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11
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Too much ro-sin! Too much ro-sin!

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16

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21
 Happy Hippo
Big bows (splosh around!) J = c.80

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8

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15

fJMPJM~ , - - ri r.'\

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 Nobody Else But Me
Greek
T Lightly J = c .72
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;;. I
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 Woodpecker Tap
Ragtime J = c .96
~~! -I-~t~tl

(Tap on a table with the

~~~~-~~ª(
~

t~1~-~~ª(
screw end of your bow.)

t~-~~~( t

~p~~-~-~ ~t~t

~~t~ f~t~-~
24
 William Tell Rossini
(1792-1868)

~~i
~ As fastasyoulike!

- 1- S_S
J =c.l20

9 getting faster!

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Old-Timer.
North American
Driving bluegrass rhythm J = c .108

~f#i - - ~ ~
7

25
 ~----- - - ._-- -------- ----

Greek Night Out

Greek
Gently swaying J = c.l 00

~~! - I - ~ r t ~ -
7

~rt_-~
Violin Star

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Boldly J = c.lOO
t
5

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9

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VI - O-LIN STAR!
 House of the Rising Sun
North American
Slow blues J = c.69

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W :s
ta
8

-
i'1

a
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t ~ r F ij ~ ~

15
i'1

F J ~ t ~ J § :J SJ - : 1I

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 Spanish Steps
Boldly J = c .92
~~~i~-~~-~~§~~~~bf~r
7

Ft F ij J ~
j § J :~ -

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! J = c.92 3 ii

~li-1- ~t~*

Lady Meng Jiang

Chinese
Flowing J = c .92
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7 .

- - 1 -

13

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29
 Hampton Court
With a flourish J = c .96 3

.~t~rt ====J t

30
 The Collier's Waltz
Welsh

i,_.~~·_
7
Lively J = c.l16

(If you like, just play the top note.)

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---
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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