Kaleidoscopes for Violin Book 2

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(31 31 31 1)>Kaleidoscopes Book 2 is designed to foster agility grace and emotional expression in the young violinist. These diverse international songs - including Slovak African American Swedish Irish and other traditions - appeal to students' need for uniqueness and variety and are the perfect size to provide both challenge and momentum. </span></p><p></p><p>The book fosters by-ear learning through the inclusion of various fill-in-the-blank measures in each piece encouraging the child to figure out the missing notes using the recording as an auditory model. By the end of the book students can play confidently by ear. Writing the missing notes into their part develops and reinforces students' understanding of meter pitch rhythm and notation.</p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(31 31 31 1)>Skills introduced include vibrato spiccato lowered first finger crescendo and diminuendo spiccato rapid 16th notes 6/8 meter Bb major C major (utilizing a lowered first finger) grace notes and 5/4 meter.</span></p>