Piano Part for Viola Friends Viola Method Book 3: 34 Simplified Piano Parts

33 Simplified Piano Parts

Teach viola with the popular Viola Friends Method. With easy-to read, progressive repertoire this comprehensive three-volume method is widely used in classroom and private studios.

Piano Part for Viola Friends Method Book Volume 3 is a fun and colorful collection of great music for the more advanced viola player presenting music from:

J.S. Bach
G. Tartini
H. Purcell
R. Glinka
E. Elgar
F. Gossec
G.F. Handel
W.A. Mozart
L.van Beethoven
A. Dvorak
P. Tchaikovsky
N.Baklanova
O. Rieding
F. Kücher
F. Seitz

Piano Part for Viola Friends Method Book 3 contains simplified piano parts for the First Student Concertos:

• Concertino in C Major Op. 11 by F. Küchler (orig. G Major)
• Concerto in E minor Op. 35 by O. Rieding (orig. B Minor)
• Concerto in C Major Op. 34 by O. Rieding (orig.G Major)
• Concerto in G Major Op. 15 by F. Küchler (orig. D Major)

Viola Friends 3 is the third part of the Viola Friends family of music books. The repertoire and exercises in volume 3 use shifting and playing music in the 3rd position, scales on one string, etudes by F.Wohlfart, bowing exercises by O.Sevcik, and double-stops from J. Trott and J.S.Bach. Songs are presented in a pedagogical order in the similar style of the Suzuki violin books.

Benefits for teachers include one book that combines all the essential elements in string teaching: warming-up exercises, repertoire, scales, etudes, great music that inspires students, and a time-saving teaching method that makes teaching easy and more fun.

All Viola Friends music is easily learnable with the help of simplified piano parts, Youtube play- along videos on the Violin Friends Youtube channel, and mp3 backing tracks on SoundCloud and the Violin Friends homepage www.violinfriends.com.

"Viola Friends by Lauri Hämäläinen is a lovely series of viola books for beginners. You will find innovative teaching methods for the basics of viola playing for young students. The books come with instrument-specific preparatory exercises, familiar songs, scales and small etudes as well as arrangements of masterpieces by great composers. Most of the pieces are arranged for a duo or trio, so the young beginners can enjoy playing together right from the start. Additionally there is a Violin Friends - YouTube channel, where you can find engaging play alongs to all the pieces in the books. This series is really a great resource for young viola players and their teachers!"
Andrea Holzer-Rhomberg (author of the Fiedel-Max-series)

"Viola Friends series by Lauri Hämäläinen are fun and useful books for beginners and children to learn violin. The books are colourful with lots of interesting drawings. There are lots of duets and ensembles that players can play and enjoy music together. Viola Friends is an inspiring material for teachers and students to have!"
Dr.Heng-Ching Fang, Musician, Teacher, Academic Researcher & Translator (BMus, PGDip, MMus, PhD)

Let's Play, Together!