Publisher's Synopsis
Piano Part for Viola Friends Viola Method Book 2
33 Simplified Piano PartsTeach viola with the popular Viola Friends Method. With easy-to read, progressive repertoire this comprehensive three-volume method is widely used in classroom and private studios.
Piano Part for Viola Friends Method Book Volume 2 is a fun and colorful collection of great music for the intermediate viola player presenting music from:
F. WohlfartJ.S. Bach
A. Vivaldi
J. Kalliwoda
H. Purcell
L.van Beethoven
W.A. Mozart
D. Kabalevsky
S. Saroyan
P. Tchaikovsky
F. Alday
J. Strauss
C. Dancla
O. Sevcik
J. Trott
A. Carse
E. Spiess
L. Hamalainen
Folk music from Finland
Viola Friends 2 is the second part of the Viola Friends family of music books.
All Viola Friends music is easily learnable with the help of simplified piano parts, Youtube play- along videos on the Violin Friends Youtube channel, and mp3 backing tracks on SoundCloud and the Violin Friends homepage www.violinfriends.com. "Viola Friends by Lauri Hämäläinen is a lovely series of viola books for beginners. You will find innovative teaching methods for the basics of viola playing for young students. The books come with instrument-specific preparatory exercises, familiar songs, scales and small etudes as well as arrangements of masterpieces by great composers. Most of the pieces are arranged for a duo or trio, so the young beginners can enjoy playing together right from the start. Additionally there is a Violin Friends - YouTube channel, where you can find engaging play alongs to all the pieces in the books. This series is really a great resource for young viola players and their teachers!"Andrea Holzer-Rhomberg (author of the Fiedel-Max-series) "Viola Friends series by Lauri Hämäläinen are fun and useful books for beginners and children to learn violin. The books are colourful with lots of interesting drawings. There are lots of duets and ensembles that players can play and enjoy music together. Viola Friends is an inspiring material for teachers and students to have!"
Dr.Heng-Ching Fang, Musician, Teacher, Academic Researcher & Translator (BMus, PGDip, MMus, PhD)
Other publications in this series include:
11 Children's Songs for Strings and Piano
11 Children's Songs for The Young Stars Orchestra
12 Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star for Strings and Piano
Eight Trios for Violin (Universal Edition)
The Amazing Violin Comics - Tips for practicing and mental images for learning stringed instruments
Let's Play, Together!