Violin Mix
Ideal concert or exam repertoire for players up to Grade 3
A progressive series of arrangements from many cultures and styles. Ideal choices for ABRSM Performance Grade exams and many pieces on the ABRSM 2024 syllabus. Great flexibility in performance: accompaniments for piano and some for violin duet, plus some with chord symbols for guitar or keyboard. Footnotes and fun facts to extend musical knowledge.
Violin Mix, book 1
20 new arrangements Grades Initial to 1
Included in book 1: pieces by Vivaldi, Mozart and Saint-Saëns, Scottish, Chinese and Ukrainian folk tunes, music by Saint-Georges and Ignatius Sancho, and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’. For performance and backing tracks of the pieces selected in ABRSM’s new string syllabus, click Free Resources below.
Violin Mix, book 2
20 new arrangements Grades 1 to 2
Included in book 2: music by Amy Beach, Chiquinha Gonzaga and Francesca Lebrun, pieces by J. S. Bach, Haydn and Verdi, a spiritual and folk tunes from Ghana and Poland, and ‘The Hippopotamus’ by Flanders and Swann. For performance and backing tracks of the pieces selected in ABRSM’s new string syllabus, click Free Resources below.
Violin Mix, book 3
19 new arrangements Grade 3
Included in book 3: a Klezmer tune and the spiritual ‘Deep River’, music by Beethoven, Holst and Paganini, pieces by Florence Price, Cécile Chaminade and Teresa Carreño, and the Italian protest song ‘Bella ciao’. For performance and backing tracks of the pieces selected in ABRSM’s new string syllabus, click Free Resources below.
