Easy Christmas Carols for Violin - Softcover

With free mp3 audio for the pieces and accompaniments. This book belongs to a series of easy christmas carols for violin, viola, cello and piano. The books for violins, violas and cellos have the same pieces and can be used together. Violin students can play the duets with cello students or viola students that have the books for cello and viola. This book includes easy christmas tunes for violin that can be played in first position. Some pieces are for solo violin, others are duos for violins or pieces for violin and piano. The scores include some finger numbers and the book starts with an introduction to the different parts of the violin and terms and abbreviations that we find in music for violin. There is a page that introduces the open strings of the violin and how they are written in the treble clef. This book also includes a fingering chart for the notes in first position. You can find the mp3 files for the songs in the book in the folder with the name of this book, at the http://www.arts2science.com website. The numbers of the mp3 files appear in each score. The same folder also includes a virtual violin that you can play.

Carla Louro is a music teacher, interpreter and composer. She was born in Lisbon and she has a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from ESML (Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa). She also has the diplomas in organ and cello from the School of Music of the National Conservatory in Lisbon. She was a teacher of music analysis and composition in the Conservatory of Coimbra and currently teaches piano and cello in Lisbon.