Christmas Kaleidoscope, Book 2 - Violin

By Robert Frost

This book is more advanced than the first book which makes it a welcome addition for players in Suzuki books 2 and 3. The music is varied and interesting. Students can learn new rhythmic patterns and articulations. The variety of major and minor keys and modes is a valuable challenge...

for early readers. Harmony parts can be more difficult than the melody line and should be used. I like to change the mix with every verse and use the lower voices for melody frequently.

Christmas Kaleidoscope is a book of christmas tunes written for 3 violins. Although a viola could play one of the lines. The songs that are included are: Silent Night; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; O Little Town of Bethlehem; The Friendly Beasts; The Coventry Carol; The Holly and...

the Ivy; O Christmas Tree; Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella; What Child Is This?; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; The Bell Doth Toll; Christmas Is Coming; Good Christian Men Rejoice; Masters in This Hall; and Here We Come A-Caroling. They are arranged so that a beggining student would be able to play.