Colourstrings

from English-speaking countries

This collection of repertoire books contains Maryan Balkwill's selection of songs from English-speaking nations. These pieces offer inspiring repertoire for young cellists complementing the teaching methods of Csaba Szilvay’s Colourstrings Cello School, but they can also be used independently.
Series 1: Songs without stave (vcl solo) Book A / Book B  à 10,20 €
Ser. 2: Pentatonic songs (vcl, pf) Book A / Book B à 12,10 €
Ser. 3: Children's songs (vcl, pf) Book A / Book B à 12,10 €
Ser. 4: Easy Diatonic Songs (vcl, pf) Book A / Book B à 12,10 €
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In these miniature duos, the easy first cello part is taken from the A volume of the Colourstrings Violin ABC. The second cello part is intended for an advanced pupil or the teacher. To aid the reading the first cello part appears with child-friendly coloured notation.
55011-503-3, € 25,30 Buy now

These colourful and illustrative viola tutors are ideally suited for small viola players. A new and expanded edition (2019) of the Book A is better suited for teachers teaching also the violin. In Book B the pupils learn the stopping fingers 1-4 and melodies with two, three, four and five notes. In the C book pupils learn five-note melodies played with slurs, playing on two strings, stopping movement with open string, and string crossing. An extensive appendix provides more learning tools.
Book A (new edition) 55011-252-0, € 25,00 Buy now
Book B: 55011-253-7, € 31,90 Buy now
Book C: 55011-254-4, € 31,90 Buy now

Duos for Violin and Cello, Vol. 1
21 new and thrilling compositions by László Rossa - an important addition to the Colourstrings materials. 55011-452-4, € 14,50 Buy now
Duos for Violin and Cello, Vol. 7
Vol. 7 "Songs from Various Nations" is an around-the-world trip of 11 new pieces by Rossa. 55011-453-1, € 14,50 Buy now

New completely revised 2018 version available!
The Handbook for Teachers and Parents guides through books A–F and Yellow Pages I–III, offering expert advice and methodological support to teaching with the Colourstrings® method. 
55011-249-0, € 29,90 Buy now

These cello exercises complement the Colourstrings Cello ABC method but can also be used independently. They are for bowing, fingers, shifting, intonation, scales, moders, tone quality, vibrato, harmonics etc. 
55011-277-3 € 39,80 Buy now

This book uses tonic solfa to acquaint small violin students with major and melodic minor scales and major and minor arpeggios, played over one and two octaves. 55011-268-1, € 26,40 Buy now

Appendix to the Colourstrings Violin ABC Book D
Supplementary pages for the D Book deal with finger patterns, portato, bouncing bow etc.
55011-234-6, € 11,20 Buy now

42 Mini-studies for violin in order to develop a pitch-sensitive ear and fingers – supplementary material for the Colourstrings Violin ABC Book B.
55011-173-8, € 17,30 Buy now

for cello
Csaba Szilvay’s edition is a cello fingerboard orientation using an etude by Alfredo Piatti: one bar, one page, one lesson.
55011-157-8, € 16,30 Buy now

The Colourstrings Cello School changes learning to playful activity with astonishing results. Book E teaches the new material: the 5 different pentachords, using numerous folk songs and chamber music works making it easy for teachers to choose pieces music that best suits their pedagogical aims and needs. In Book G the focus is on scales and modes, positions and intonation, parallel and relative keys, whole tone scale, chromatic scale, twelve-tone technique and distance scales.
55009-477-2 (Book A), € 31,90 Buy now
55009-478-9 (Book B), € 40,30  Buy now
55009-479-6  (Book C), € 31,90 Buy now
55009-480-2  (Book D), € 28,40 Buy now
550094819 (Book E), 48,50 Buy now
Book F is in preparation
55009-483-3 (Book G), € 67,20 Buy now

for violin and piano
This publication paves the way for intimate chamber music and recital playing. The melodies of the violin part are taken from the early volumes of the Colourstrings Violin ABC. 
Violin part 55011-102-8 € 27,30 Buy now
Piano accompaniment 55011-103-5 € 25,30 Buy now

for two violins 
In these miniature duos, the easy first violin part is taken from the A volume of the Colourstrings Violin ABC. To aid the child’s reading it appears with child-friendly coloured notation. 
979-0-55011-101-1, € 25,30 Buy now

An extensive 150-page book including piano accompaniments to the Colourstrings Violin School's three Yellow Pages books.
979-0-55011-006-9, € 53,70 Buy now

An album including easy piano accompaniments to the last parts (E and F) of the Colourstrings Violin ABC.
979-0-55009-642-4, € 47,40 Buy now

The popular Colourstrings violin tutors are designed for children aged from 4 years and are available in 6 volumes.
979-0-55009-325-6 (Book A) € 31,90 Buy now
979-0-55009-326-3 (Book B) € 31,90 Buy now
979-0-55009-327-0 (Book C) € 31,90 Buy now
979-0-55011-410-4 (Book D - completed and revised edition 2018) € 31,90 Buy now
979-0-55009-543-4 (Book E) € 70,10 Buy now
979-0-55009-544-1 (Book F) € 61,50 Buy now

Detailed guides including over 100 pages, in six languages. à € 18,50
Finnish (979-0-55009-594-6) Buy now
English NEW VERSION (979-0-55011-249-0) Buy now
French (979-0-55009-598-4) Buy now
Hungarian (979-0-55009-596-0) Buy now
Italian (979-0-55009-597-7) Buy now
German (979-0-55009-569-4) Buy now

Colourstrings tutor for double bass is designed by Lasse Lagercrantz, who has worked in close collaboration with Géza and Csaba Szilvay and is the specialist double bass tutor of the famous Helsinki Strings junior orchestra.
ISMN 979-0-55009-578-6, € 31,90 Buy now

Easy Colourstrings concert pieces previously published in separate albums. The piano accompaniment books are available in 3 volumes and both the violin and cello parts are sold separately in 7 volumes.
Piano accompaniment books: Book 1-2-3: 979-0-55009-554-0 Buy now, Book 4-5: 979-0-55009-570-0 Buy now, Book 6-7: 979-0-55009-555-7 Buy now
Violin parts: 1: 55009-556-4 Buy now, 2: 55009-557-1 Buy now, 3: 55009-558-8 Buy now, 4: 55009-571-7 Buy now, 5: 55009-572-4 Buy now, 6: 55009-559-5 Buy now, 7: 55009-560-1 Buy now
Cello parts: 1: 55009-561-8 Buy now, 2: 55009-562-5 Buy now, 3: 55009-563-2 Buy now, 4: 55009-573-1 Buy now, 5: 55009-574-8 Buy now, 6: 55009-564-9 Buy now, 7: 55009-565-6 Buy now

These violin duos based on folk songs and arranged by László Rossa were designed for the Colourstrings method but can also be used independently. They are designed to give children a taste of the enjoyment of playing together and offer plenty of inspiring material. The duos can also be played by violin groups.
Volume I: 979-55009-303-4, € 12,50 Buy now
Volume II: 979-55009-304-1, € 22,80 Buy now
Volume III: 979-55009-305-8, € 22,80 Buy now

Easy arrangements and inspiring supplementary material for the Colourstrings method for three violins and cello ad lib. (revised edition).
Book I: 979-0-55009-551-9, € 16,80 Buy now
Book II: 979-0-55009-552-6, € 16,80 Buy now
Book III: 979-0-55009-553-3, € 23,10 Buy now

The first book introduces major and natural minor scales. The main purpose, in addition to playing the scales, is to learn the names of the notes, to write and to recognize them as well on the staff as on the fingerboard. In the second book pupils become acquainted with chromatically altered tones and with major and natural minor scales based on them.
Book 1: 979-0-55009-588-5, € 14,10 Buy now
Book 2: 979-0-55009-589-2, € 14,10 Buy now