Hey Presto! for Violin Book 1 (Bronze) – NEW edition!

NEW EDITION, with AUDIOS!* (*zip file & access to online MP3’s)

41 pages

First book in this tutor series, with an exciting new look and fabulous new audio tracks! Featuring the characters Presto, Bravo and Poco, this takes the beginner violinist on an exciting journey of musical discovery. Starting with plucked open strings, by the end of the book the student will be playing simple bowed pieces using three fingers. Some of the pieces can be played with viola players using Hey Presto! for Viola, Book 1 Bronze (marked in the viola book) – so beginners can play with their viola-playing friends!

With imaginative and varied pieces to engage the emotions, amusing characters, illustrations, and clear, concise explanations these books are highly enjoyable and effective and give students all of the basic information they will need. Book 1 takes the complete beginner to approximately ABRSM Prep Test standard.

Sample audios:

Contents

Parts of the violin and bow
Taking care of your violin and bow
The beginning
Open strings – plucking
Starting to play:

• Four by four
• Two by two
• Take a rest!

Crotchets – learn to read music:

• Winter night
• Telephone
• Bravo’s song
• Creeping about

Open strings – bowing:

• Holding the bow

Minims:

• Down up!
• Telephone
• Daydream
• Cream…
• Custard!
• Space race
• Choc’late cheesecake
• Double agent
• Peel me if you can!
• Apple pie

Dotted minims and semibreves:
Using 3 fingers

• Step on it!
• G string stomp
• Walking fingers
• Man in the moon
• Please..!

The 1st finger – reading the music

• Waltz in G
• The grumpy polar bear
• In the lair of the hobgoblin
• I’ve got too much homework

More 3-finger tunes

• Escalator
• Twinkle twinkle little stars

More 1st finger pieces

• The swans
• I’m so blue
• The old man
• Toy soldiers
• Willard the wizard
• The gondolier
• Froggy beat
• Cat burglar
• Plain sailing
• Hot topic

1st and 2nd fingers – reading the music

• Conjure the stars
• They like, you like, I like!
• The sunset
• Swimming in the river
• Battle ready!

Concert pieces

• Slow tango
• Hoe down (open strings)
• Hoe down (3 fingers)
• Legend (1st & 2nd fingers)
• Legend (3 fingers)
• Walk in the park (1st and 2nd fingers)
• Walk in the park (3 fingers)

Some rhythms to try!
Presto’s quiz
What it all means!
Certificate