Grade 1 Violin Books
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Grade 1
Violin Exam Pieces from 2024, ABRSM Grade 1, Violin Part & Piano Accompaniment
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 1 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams.
Violin Scales & Arpeggios, ABRSM Grade 1: from 2012
ABRSM: Violin Scales And Arpeggios - Grade 1 contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM's Grade 1 Violin exam.
Key features:
all scales and arpeggios for the revised syllabus, with bowing patterns
helpful introduction including advice on preparing for the exam
user-friendly format and clear page layout
Violin Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, ABRSM Grades 1-5: from 2012
ABRSM: Violin Specimen Sight-Reading Tests - Grades 1-5 contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for ABRSM Violin exams, Grades 1-5.
Key features:
specimen tests for the revised sight-reading requirements
written in attractive and approachable styles
representative of the technical level expected in the exam
Improve your Sight-Reading! Violin Initial-Grade 1
A workbook for examinations including over 100 practice tests for Associated Board exams.
The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill, enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series, by renowned educationalist Paul Harris, is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems, especially in the context of graded exams.
Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to a specific technical issues, then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions, and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.
Joining the Dots for Violin, Grade 1: A Fresh Approach to Sight-Reading
Joining the Dots offers violinists lots of material to help build confidence and skill in sight-reading. The series brings together a range of activities to help students improve their sense of fingerboard geography, helping them to read new music more quickly and easily. The five books cover the requirements for ABRSM's sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 5, and include: * many short, characterful pieces to sight-read, in a range of approachable musical styles * warm-up and technical exercises, to establish finger patterns within each key * simple improvisation exercises in which students can explore musical ideas and familiarize themselves further with the 'feel' of each key * longer solo pieces and some duets and trios, for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun
Grade 1 Violin Sight Reading Intensive Exercise
This book is written for students who are going to take the ABRSM grade 1 violin exam. More than 60 original tunes written by the author are designed for students who want more sight reading exercise in the standard of the exam. Tricky things that frequently appear in the sight reading part are also included in the pieces of this book so that students can have more practice on them and avoid making mistakes in the real exam!