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Illustrations by Mark Beech
 elcome to Violin Star
To the teacher: This series will inspire violinists to develop confidence and musical skills through a t4c
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.

Ali 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 Violin Star!
Edward Huws [ones

design, cover and text origination by Kate Benjamin

tions by Mark Beech, represented by NB Illustration
usic origination by Andrew [ones Notation

O back.ing tracks by Stuart Briner, [ohn Maul, Frank Mizen and Chris Norton

. ed 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

978 1 86096 900 3

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MUSIC
ontents
Slurs (two crotchets per bow) First and second finger position
Dotted crotchetl quaver rhythms (0-1-23 and 0-12-3)
Gypsy Fiddle Edward Huws jones [EHJl (b.1948) 4
G major scale and arpeggio:
Floating By EHJ 5
two octaves
Havana Breeze EHJ 6
Sweet Dreams EHJ 18
The Dancing Master 17th-century English 6
Mehe 's Song South Indian 18
john Ryan 's Polka Irish 19
Fourth finger
jewish Dance Klezmer 20
Ride on a Quad Bike EHJ 7
Spring Song Hungarian 8
Ties and hooked bowing
Beethoven Boogie Beethoven (1770-1827) 8
Lullaby Weber (1786-1826) 20
jingle Bells Pierpont (1822-93) 9
Galliard Susato (c.1510-c.70) 21

D major scale and arpeggio: E natural minor

one octave Bourre from Limousin French 22
Pachelbel's Canon Pachelbel (1653-1706) 10
Morning Has Braken Scottish 11 Semiquavers
Hen-Coop Rag EHJ 23
Slurs (three crotchets per bow) The Duke of Lorraine 's Merch
Caribbean Moonlight EHJ 12
17th-century English 24
Old- Time Waltl English 13
Little Brawn jug J.Winner (1837-1918) 24
Second finger position (0-12-3) Grade 1 repertoire pieces
Ukulele Sam EHJ 13
Hand in Hand Mozart (1756-91) 25
Action Hera! EHJ 14
Greek Wedding Greek 26
Action Hera! Impravisation EHJ 15
Casey jones North American 26
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
The Boat to Inverie EHJ 27
Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874) 16
Herpist's Fingers Welsh 17
A North Country Lass 17th-century English 17

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.

full performance
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 Havana Breeze
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 Ride on a Quad Bike
Before you play Ride on a Quad Bike, try using your left little finger to pluck the open strings.
Start by plucking the E string (which is the easiest), then the A, D, and G (which is the hardest).
This warm-up helps to keep the little finger curved and held over the strings. ~ ACTIVITV I
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 Spring Song
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Beethoven Boogie Beethoven

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Pechelbel's Canon uses the scale of D major:

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Play the scale with three different rhythms, as found in Pachelbel's Canon
in the following bars:
each note played as a minim (as in bars 1-8)
each note played as two crotchets (as in bars 9-12)
each note played as four quavers (as in bars 13 -15).
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 Morning Has Broken
The opening of Morning Has Broken uses the first four ascending notes of a
D major arpeggio. Here is one octave of the arpeggio, ascending and descending:

Learn this arpeggio by heart and you will find Morninq Has Broken - and lots of other
melodies - much easier to learn. Try playing the arpeggio using different rhythms or dynamics.

Scottish
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 Caribbean Moonlight
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Play the first verse of Ukulele Sam pizzicato, holding your violin like a ukulele and plucking with
your thumb. Make sure you are ready to pick up your bow for the second verse!

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Now make up an improvisation on Action Hera! This works best when you play along with the improvisation piano
accompaniment or the Action Hera! Impravisation backing track on the (D.
Use the notes suggested: open D and A, and the first and second fingers on the D string. Play any of these notes in any
rhythm (if you like,just play long notes). Play for four bars, then take four bars' rest. Repeat as many times as you wish.

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 Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Hoffmann von Fallersleben
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 Harpist' 5 Fingers
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17th-century English
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 Sweet Dreams
Try playing Sweet Dreams with different rhythms. such as:

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South Indian
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 Jewish Dance
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(1786-1826)
 Galliard
'Hooked bowing' means that you play two notes in the same bow, but with a break between them. Ga/liard
uses this technique six times (excluding the repeats): can you spot which bars include hooked bowing?
Now practise this skill on the open strings first of all, for example like this:

When you feel confident playing on the open strings, try it on a D major scale:

ACTIVITV
Susato
(c.1510-c.70)
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 Bourre from Limousin
Bourre from Limousin is written in E natural minoro This scale uses finger
positions that are similar to its relative key G major: the second finger is
spaced up on the D string but remains dose to the first finger on the A
string. Here are the notes for you to practise the E natural minor scale:

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Here are the notes for the arpeggio:

ACTIVITV

French
Graceful foIk dance J = c.126

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The final bar of Bourre [rom Limousin indudes the option to play a harmonic
note on the E string (notated in brackets). Ask your teacher to demonstrate
how to play it, and to show you similar harmonics on the G, D and A strings,
50 that you can practise this technique yourself .
..--------- ..ACTIVITV
 Hen-Coop Rag
Using your left little finger, practise playing pizzicato on the open stings. Hen-Coop Rag uses this
technique in bars 17-26, where there is a small cross (+) written above the note. : ACTIVITV I,

Keep on peckin' J = c .80

Fine

D.e. ai Fine

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 F

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17th-century English
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Little Brown Jug J. Winner

(1837-1918)
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(1756-91)

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 Greek Wedding
Greek
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Casey Jones
North American
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The Boat to Inverie
With a lilt J = c.l12

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