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Violin duet using triplets ‘Don’t Throw Your Junk/Bottles of Pop’
I had a song in my head tonight that I used to sing in the car with my brother when we were little. I’m not sure where we learned it from, but it certainly was a favourite of ours. I thought it would be a fun way to review triplets with violin students and a […]
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Four Mystery Halloween Pieces
We don’t really celebrate Halloween here in Australia. I have noticed more and more kids trick or treating around my area each year though. I find it’s a great excuse to get my students to do something different and perhaps do some Halloween composing or play some Halloween rhythm games. This year I have written […]
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My Heavenly Father Loves Me – violin and piano parts
I had some spare time this afternoon, and as my Hubby was playing with his new computer, I thought I’d play around with some music programs on mine to see if I was any better at transposing music (takes me ages to learn how to use new software). The bonus was that when I logged […]
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‘Kitten on the Fingerboard’ – violin third position shifting song
Having decided that some of my students needed a reminder to relax their thumbs whilst shifting and as preparation for upcoming exam pieces, I wrote this song along with a simple piano accompaniment. It was well received and thoroughly enjoyed. Start off with a slow shift up and down to the notes, so students can […]
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‘Lesson 1 A Tune A Day’ Part 2 (young violin beginner)
There is an awful lot of pre-preparation work for younger students that needs to be done with the violin before we can begin to play the ‘dots’ on the page. The aim today with one of my littlies was to get through something on ‘Lesson 1’ from the A Tune A Day book. Even if […]
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Children’s Choir with violin solo ‘I’m Trying To Be Like Jesus’
I did this short arrangement for our upcoming Stake Conference later this month. I kept it simple as it is going to be the prelude item. The children are simply singing the melody the whole way through, with the boys beginning on the first verse, the girls singing the second verse and all singing the […]
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I Vow To Thee My Country
I arranged this moving melody for a performance in our ANZAC Day Sacrament Meeting a few years ago. I arranged it as a Soprano/Alto duet with piano accompaniment. To print a full score copy of I Vow to Thee My Country, click here: I Vow to Thee My Country Edited to add: A year and a […]
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Joseph Smith’s First Prayer easy violin
A young Deacon I teach was asked to play this song at the Aaronic Priesthood commemoration in the Temple grounds one cold and frosty morning – hence no accompaniment. The poor boy was so terrified, but I was told he did so well, he ended up playing it again with me doing an ‘alto’ part (which is […]
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How Firm A Foundation for 2 violins and piano
I needed a modified arrangement of this popular hymn for the Primary Presentation 2009 (to end it with a bang of course). We did this hymn at the end as a congregational number and I played the violin 2 part first, then ended the hymn on the last verse with the violin 1 part (we had organ […]
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The First Noel for 2 violins, double bass and piano
I needed to throw something together for some of my students to perform in Christmas 2008. Even though this arrangement is simple, it is quite effective and those who played enjoyed the ensemble work. I think a cello could play the double bass part quite easily. For the separate parts, click here: The First Noel […]
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