101n

47 progressive pieces for beginner violinists

Edward Huws [ones

Illustrations by Mark Beech

Welcome to Violin Star

To the teacher: This series will inspire violinists to develop confidence and musical skills through a
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.
All 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

Vio/in Star!

Edward Huws [ones

Book design, cover and text origination

Illustrations

by Kate Benjamin

by Mark Beech. represented by NB Illustration

Music origination

by Andrew [ones Notation

CD recording credits: solo violin played by Alexandra Wood;

produced.by Ates Orga; balance engineering. editing and mixing by Ken Blair;
recorded rn March 2011 at Red Gables Studio, Greenford; a BMP Production
CD backing tracks by john Maul. Frank Mizen and Chris Norton

for ABRSM

Printed 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

eprinted in 2011
978 1 86096 899 O

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rights reserved. No part of this publication

may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval

syst~.
or transmitt~d in ~ny form or by any means, electronic, mechanical. photocopying.
recordng, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

DO NOT PHOTOCOPY
MUSIC

Contents~.

~~

First plucldng and bowing pieces

Second finger on D and A strings

Big Ben Edward

UttLe Ben EHJ

StrictLy Tango EHJ

London Eye EHJ
Maiden Fair 17th-century
ALLSiLk and Satin EHJ

Musette

Huws Jones [EHJl (b.1948)

4
4

J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Ready, Steady, Bow!

Trick or Treat EHJ

EHJ

5
5
6

19
19
20
20

English

Second finger on G string

Crotchets and mnims
FiddLe FaddLe Welsh
Open-String Boogie EHJ
SnowfLakes EHJ
The Hundred Pipers Scottish
Swanee River s. C. Foster (1826-64)

6
7
7
8
8

3/4 and dotted mntms

ViLanova Spanish
CircLes in the Air EHJ
Heading South Latin American
SiLent Night F.x. Gruber (1787-1863)

11
11

EHJ
North American

21
22

Second finger on E string

Nobody ELseBut
Woodpecker Tap

Me

23

Greek

24

EHJ

Plus...
8
9
10
10

Crotchets and quavers

CrocodiLe
UncLe joe

Too Much Rosin! EHJ

Happy Hippo EHJ

Plus...

WiLliam TeLL

25

Rossini (1792-1868)

Thrd finger on D and A strings

OLd- Timer North American
Greek Night Out Greek
Violin Star EHJ
House ofthe Rising Sun
Spanish Steps EHJ

25
26
26

27

NorthAmerican

28

Third finger on G string

TroLLs,OrcsandCoblins

Grieg(1843-1907)

12

TwinkLe Toes EHJ

Lady Meng jiang

29
29

Chinese

First finger on D and A strings

First Finger Rag EHJ
Witches' CauLdron EHJ
Peeler's jig Irish
Tudor Pageant EHJ
Saraswati South Indian
Friday Evening Hungarian

Thrd finger on E string

13
13
14
14

Hampton Court EHJ

The Collier's WaLtz Welsh

15

Plus...

15

Autumn

30
31

31

Vivaldi (1678-1741)

First finger on G string

jitterbug
EHJ
jewish Wedding

Klezmer

16
16

First finger on E string

Cow's Reei
On the River

Scottish
EHJ

17
17

Plus...
Paganini!

Paganini (1782-1840)

18

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.

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Big Ben

~rt Steady

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pIZZ.

Tick,

rg

g J

tick,

tock,

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tock ...
(If you like, go straight

on to Little Ben.)

and

stop!

Little Ben
Still steady!

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pIZZ.

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Tick,

tock,

tA

tick,

tock ...

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t4

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and

J
stop!

Musette

J. S. Bach
(1685-1750)

Gently

J = c .80

Ready, Steady, Bow!

Lively

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J = c.1 08

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Trick .-----_._or Treat

:1Ghostly

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li

(1st time: pizz.

2nd time: arco)

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~. Fiddle Faddle
Brightly

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Welsh

J = c.104

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To help you create the difference between minims (long bows) and crotchets (shorter bows), try bowing the rhythm to
Fidd/e Fadd/e on your left shoulder, without the violino(Try not to get toa much rosin on your shoulder!)

li

Open-String
Chunky

Boogie

J = c.96

Snowf1akes
J = c.100

Gently

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6

*~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~-~~- ~
11

(Move around the room and make free, floating movements in the air with your bow.)

The movements in the second half of Snowflakes will help you to get used to the feel of the bow.

ACTIVITY

The Hundred Pipers

Scottish

With energy

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til

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til

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S. C. Foster
(1826-64)

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Swanee River
Lazy swing

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Vilanova
With a lilt

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Spanish

J = c .92

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3--Circles In the Air

Leisurely

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7

v=a

J = c.96

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(Make circles in the

air with your bow.)
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11
IP

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Heading South
Gent1y swaying

Latin American

J = c.108

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13

~~~~W~
Play

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~W~ ~~~. ~~-~:~

Heading South while gently swaying from foot to foot. This will help you to feel the

rhythm and free up your bowing arm. Follow the movement of your bow, and remember to

ACTIVITV

keep swaying when you lift your bow off the string (retake) for the bar's rest.

Silent Night
Gent1y
~~

J = c.100

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F.X. Gruber
(1787-1863)

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15

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Crocodile
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J = c.88

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Cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile,

cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile,
pizz.

~T
cro-co-dile, cro-co-dile,

HAVEYOU

HADYOUR

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TEA?

Uncle Joe
Cheerfully
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North America

J = c.96
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Trolls, Ores and Goblins

Steady at first, and with menace

Grieg

(1843-1907)

J = c.92

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5

*
10

arco

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First Finger Rag

Lf Jaunty J = c.104

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;Y

=f=j ~j~*-;!
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(Tap on a table with the screw end of your bow.)

15

5'Wftches' Cauldron
--~------

Slow and spooky

J = c .88

'!

f! -

f ~~

gradually speed up on the repeat

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13

Peeler's Jig
With energyJ

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Irish

= c.76

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11 F ij J

I~ J

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tt

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Tudor Pageant
Boldly J = c.84

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Saraswati

South Indian

Lively d = c.63

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ACTIVITV
Now try making up your own tunes for

Saraswati. Let your

teacher begin by playing the opening two-bar phrase of the

melody for

Saraswati and then you can make up your own

two-bar answer. Continue to take turns, with your teacher

repeating the same opening phrase while you respond with
a different pattern - see how long you can keep going!
Use these notes:

Vou don't need to play all the notes - you can just choose
one or two of them.
Play the notes in any order, and as many times as you like.
It works best if you don't look at the music!

Friday Evening

Hungarian

Cheerfully J = c.84

:7~i

15

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ij

15

Jitterbug
Solid swing beat

@ft

rn

J = c .96

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11

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MJ

MJ

Jewish Wedding
With movement

~t+! -

Klezmer

J = c.104

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16

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Gow's Reei
Lively

J -= c.104

Scottish

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6--

Flowing

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On
the
River
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fw &r
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13

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17

Paganini!

Paganini

(1782-1840)

With a flourish

~f

J = c .92
Who's this?

Pa - ga - m

m,

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Who's this? Pa - ga - m - m,

Who's this? Pa - ga - m - m,

maes

tro!

ri

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on

the

A.

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Bow - ing

on

the

G.

11

~~~-==~~Who'sthis?Pa-ga-ni-ni,

18

~~~Who'sthis?Pa-ga-ni-ni,

~~~J
Who'sthis? Pa-ga-ni-ni,

~J ~
maes - tro!

Strictly Tango
With,movement

@}~h

=tTI

J = c .96

ij ~

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11

W=mt-n

=r--a-t-

London Eye

rito

During the introduction,

try making big circles in the air with your bow in time

to the music. Use two bars - or six beats - for each circle.

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Maiden Fair
Like a stately dance

@~

r r c
r r C

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9

17th-century

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r~j

r======:jij

English

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...

Ali Silk ando Satin

~~.

Lively waltz tempo

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fr'

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20

Too Much Rosin!

J = c.88

~=r2-~~-~-~~-~~-~-Gritty rock style

(Sing along if you like!)

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11

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Too much ro-sin!

16

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i

-. -.

Too much ro-sin!

I
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21

Happy Hippo
Big bows (splosh around!)

J = c.80

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fJMPJ~t~MM~
,
fJMPJM~
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15

r.'\

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---

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Nobody Else But Me

T

Lightly

Greek

J = c .72

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Woodpecker Tap
Ragtime

~~!

J = c .96

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(Tap on a table with the

screw end of your bow.)

~~~~-~~(
t~1~-~~(
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t~-~~~(

~p~~-~-~
~~t~
24

~t~t

f~t~-~

William Tell
~

As fastasyoulike!

~~i

1-

Rossini

(1792-1868)

S_S

J =c.l20

getting faster!

~~~~-~I-~t~

Old-Timer.
Driving bluegrass rhythm

~f#i

- ~

J = c .108

North American

25

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----

--------

Greek Night Out

Gently swaying

- I -

~~!

Greek

J = c.l 00

t ~

~rt_-~
Violin Star

~,-h - - ~
Boldly

J = c.lOO

~'~'
9

~tl-IVI - O-LIN STAR!

House of the Rising Sun

J = c.69

Slow blues

~~h -

ta
8

i'1

North American

15

i'1

ij

i'1

i'1

:J

:s
-

SJ

,.

: 1I

Spanish Steps
Boldly

J = c .92

~~~i~-~~-~~~~~~bf~r
7

Ft

ij

Try playing Spanish Steps with a

different rhythm, such as:

.J .J .J
.J n.J n
d
.J .J
JTn .J .J
28

:~

Twinkle Toes
With a heavy tread!

~li-1-

J = c.92

ii

~t~*

Lady Meng Jiang

Flowing

~li
7

Chinese

J = c .92

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.
-

13

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29

Hampton Court
With a flourish

.~t~rt

30

J = c .96

====J

The Collier's Waltz

Welsh

i,_.~~_
Lively

J = c.l16

(If you like, just play the top note.)

~t#:_~-~-~

--13

-~~.

19

~~~f~fll

Autumn

Vivaldi
(1678 - 1741)

Not too fast

J = c.60

;~!-_tl
5

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9

l-I

31

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