Title: Radetzky March - Strauss
Description: This energetic, upbeat March was composed by Johann Strauss Sr to celebrate a victory by Field Marshal Radetzky von Radetz. It was premiered in Vienna in August 1848.
Level: Level 4
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Title: La Réjouissance
Description: King George II wanted to celebrate the end of a war... so he asked Handel to write him some music! This fiery piece premiered alongside a giant firework display...
Level: Level 4
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Title: Home Sweet Home
Description: Home Sweet Home is a ViolinSchool favourite! A lovely, yearning melody written by David Worswick that’s full of longing and nostalgia.
Level: Level 4
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Title: Chopin - Prelude No. 15 - Raindrop
Description: … plip-plop … plip-plop … here’s the absolutely gooooorgeous melody from Chopin’s Prelude No. 15, known as the “Raindrop” prelude.
Level: Level 4
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Title: Scuttlefish, Scuttlefish!
Description: Scuttlefish, Scuttlefish! is a delightfully quirky little piece with lovely, flowing passagework in G major and E minor... Enjoy … glug, glug!
Level: Level 4
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Title: Bach - Air
Description: 'Air' is one of J.S. Bach's most famous pieces of music, known the world over. This memorable tune was originally written for a small chamber orchestra to play.
Level: Level 4
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Title: The Kirsch in the Fondue
Description: This beautiful melody was written by David Worswick especially for ViolinSchool. It’s a gorgeous, nostalgic tune, dripping with expression. Tuck in!
Level: Level 4
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Title: Chopin - Prelude No. 7
Description: Chopin was inspired by Bach's '24 Preludes & Fugues' to write his 24 Preludes of his own! This is the 7th - written in the style of a Mazurka (a Polish folk dance).
Level: Level 4
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Title: Synco-patience
Description: You’ll need lots of synco-patience when practising this one! A marvellously mercurial piece full disorientating off-beats and discombobulating syncopation!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Off Beats and Syncopation
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Title: Whirligig
Description: Whirligig ... full of swirling scales and spinning chromaticism, it’s a whirly whirly fun piece!! It’s also pretty tricky for the left hand, but try to make it sing, dance and lilt!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Chromatics
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Title: Creepy Crawlies
Description: A creepy, crawly, chromatic melody, undulating eerily, skittering nimbly … nothing to be scared of! Try playing it all the way through without feeling itchy!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Chromatics
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Title: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Description: This iconic celeste melody comes from Tchaikovsky’s magical and super-tuneful and quintessentially Christmassy ballet, The Nutcracker!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Chromatics, retakes
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Title: Habanera from Carmen
Description: This famous arias from Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen features a seductively chromatic melody over the iconic ‘dum … de dum dum’ Habanera rhythm!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Full chromatic scale, variety of rhythms
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Title: Creepy Chromatics
Description: Creepy Chromatics is based around the chromatic scale – the one that moves up and down in semitones. Use dramatic dynamics to maximise the creepiness!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Full chromatic scale
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Title: Spring from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi - 1st Position Version
Description: Presenting ViolinSchool’s version of Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. It’s pretty close to the original, except our version can be played entirely in 1st position!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Virtuoso, Tremolo, Triplet passagework, Trills
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Title: Andante Cantabile - Symphony No. 5 - Tchaikovsky
Description: The second movement of Symphony No.5 is a beautiful example of Tchaikovsky's music – colourful, expressive, beautifully orchestrated and melodically memorable!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Rhythmic complexity, Portato
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Title: The Young Prince and Princess
Description: Here’s the gorgeous, tender melody from the 3rd movement of Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, his epic symphonic suite based on One Thousand and One Nights.
Level: Level 3
Topics: Lyrical, passagework
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Title: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Description: This iconic piece of music is a soundtrack for trolls, gnomes and goblins! From the spiky beginning to the final explosive fortissimo, there is drama in every note!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Staccato, Chromatic Movement
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Title: Autumn Breeze
Description: A charming, waltzing lullaby in the key of Eb major. The dotted rhythms give it a lovely, lilting quality, gently swaying in the Autumn breeze.
Level: Level 3
Topics: Eb Major
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Title: Barcarolle - Offenbach
Description: Here’s the famous ‘Barcarolle’ by Jacques Offenbach, a style of music that's traditionally sung as folk music by Venetian gondoliers.
Level: Level 3
Topics: Lilt, grace notes, soft accents
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Title: March in C
Description: ViolinSchool’s March in C is a triumphal tune that’s great for practising dotted rhythms, hooked bowing, strong articulation, and big bold bow strokes.
Level: Level 3
Topics: Half position
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Title: Frolic in G
Description: Check out this chirpy, dance-like piece in G major. The 6/8 time and the catchy melody will get you straight into the mood to celebrate springtime!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Quick folk tune with slurs. Quick interchange of raised/lowered 2nd finger
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Title: Yankee Doodle
Description: Yankee Doodle went to town, A-riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his cap, And called it macaroni! A riotously catchy British-American song ... beware the triple stops!
Level: Level 3
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Title: Schubert - Rosamunde
Description: Franz Schubert originally wrote this theme to accompany a play called 'Rosamunde'. It's now more famous as the second movement of his 13th String Quartet!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Portato, Syncopation
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Title: Theme from Swan Lake
Description: The sublime, sweeping main theme from Tchaikovsky’s much loved ballet, telling the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse!
Level: Level 3
Topics: Tenuto, A Minor
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