Combines and replaces the two original publications of Sounds of a Rainbow Book 1 from Spartan Press (SP950-1), into this volume that includes both duets and violin and piano versions in one volume.

Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician’s voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.

The inspiration for writing the pieces for this book came to me from the wish to give the young children I teach music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the second violin part is therefore to enable the teacher to underline the harmony as well as to influence the student’s tone production and intonation through his own sound, as much can be taught by good example. The violin student also has the option to play with piano. The accompaniments included within this book are written by Heidi Rolfe.

The choice of keys in this book covers most of the requirements for scales in the Associated Board syllabus Grade 1.

Finally I think that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically, and I hope that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.

Nigel Goldberg

Contents

D Major Suite

D Major Scale
Third Finger March
Soldier’s March
Flowing Quavers
Circus Parade
Up the Mountain
Serenade
Around the Garden
Catch Me!
A Little Jig
Lazy Day
Presto

G Major Suite

G Major Scale
Third Finger March
At the Circus
Now and Then
The Merry Peasant
Allegretto
Walking Fingers
Long Lines
Concert Piece
G String Sounds
Fast Fingers

A Major Suite

A Major Scale
Third Finger March
Up The Hill, Down The hill
Fingers Walking
Off I Go!
Fingers Marching
Playground
Little Waltz
Up We Go!
A Major on the G String
Almost There
A Bigger Song