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the flex orchestra - violin book

New hymn arrangement series for beginning string players. Create your own combination of string ensemble with piano accompaniment or play them as a solo with piano.

  • Treat your own
    hymn arrangements

    New Easter Violin Solo

    March 18, 2025 / No Comments

    A new Easter violin solo  is available of the gospel song Christ Arose (Lo in the Grave He Lay). This has been a long time Easter favorite for over a century. Robert Lowry of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania wrote both the tune and text for this song in 1874. Many of Robert Lowry’s songs are still sung in churches today – songs like, I Need Thee Every Hour, Nothing But the Blood, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy, Here is Love, Something for Thee and many more.    If you think you might use the duet version some day, this Easter violin solo can be played with just the 1st violin part…

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    March 13, 2020
  • Violin in fall leaves. Thanksgiving
    hymn arrangements,  worship

    Violin Music for Thanksgiving

    November 5, 2024 / No Comments

    Thanksgiving might be the most underrated holiday. Growing up we attended a Praise Service Thanksgiving morning. Many churches celebrate the Sunday before with praise, thanksgiving and testimony services. It is appropriate that singing and music is apart of that service. Maybe you have a time of thanksgiving and singing as a family.  If you are looking for some string arrangements for any of these occasions here are some options to consider. Advanced Violin Solos for Thanksgiving Praise My Soul the King of Heaven   Sing Praise To God Who Reigns Above   My Shepherd Will Supply My Need   Intermediate Violin Solos for Thanksgiving He Leadeth Me Praise To the…

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    November 13, 2019
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    Fingerboard For Your Feet

    March 23, 2022
  • New Christmas violin solo hark the herald angels sing
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    New Christmas Violin Solo

    December 8, 2023 / No Comments

    Here is a new Christmas violin solo that is hot off the press. I have a couple students that are going to start working on it for fun. It’s not hard. The arrangement can be played in first and third position with one big shift at the end going into 5th and 7th position. We have been working really hard on 3 octave major and minor scales this semester so step wise pattern in 5th and 7th, shouldn’t be out of reach for them. (No pun intended.) I wanted the arrangement to be majestic. In thinking about this wonderful text by Charles Wesley, I had in my mind the description…

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    September 18, 2019
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    A Beginning Step to Composing

    January 22, 2020
  • Wedding Aisle - Music
    Level 4,  violin pedagogy

    Wedding Music for Violin

    July 1, 2023 / No Comments

    It’s wedding season. Our social media feeds are filled with pictures of celebrations. We live at the beach and at this time of year we see multiple weddings taking place every weekend. No piece says “wedding” quite like Pachelbel’s Canon. I was thinking about how many times I’ve played Canon in D for weddings and my love hate relationship with it. I remember learning this as a kid to play with my cousins for my aunt and uncle’s wedding, and I thought I was “hot stuff” because I could play it. Now, I’ve played it more times than I can count, and in more ways and renditions than I can…

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    Romance by Anton Stamitz

    September 4, 2019
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    Violin Staff Note Flashcards

    May 24, 2022
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    Wobble Gobble November Vibrato Challenge

    November 9, 2022
  • hymn arrangements,  publications,  women composers,  worship

    Easter Music for Violin

    March 5, 2023 / No Comments

    Buy Here At The Cross    Level: 2 Music: Ralph E. Hudson Arranger: Ruth Coleman Publisher: Lorenz Corporation This arrangement is perfect for a Suzuki Book 2 student, or late beginner. It begins in the key of A and modulates to the key of D. There are low 2 – G naturals. There are natural harmonics used as echos similar to their use in the Boccherini – Minuet. Fingering and bowing are marked in the score. Demo recording is included with purchase of the book along with piano accompaniment track.  Buy Here Beneath the Cross of Jesus   Level: 4 Words and Music: Keith and Kristyn Getty Arranger: Kristin Campbell Publisher: Heart…

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    Want to Write A Christmas Song?

    December 23, 2020
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    June 19, 2019
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    How To Draw an Alto Clef

    May 3, 2023
  • holiday,  Level 3,  Level 6,  violin pedagogy

    Christmas Violin Play-Along Books – Part 3

    October 5, 2022 /

    Here are 2 more reviews of books in the series Christmas Violin Play-Along Books. These collections are from Hal Leonard. The Play-Along Books are for different levels. You can also read about other Play-Along Books here: Part 1 and Part 2.   Hal Leonard Violin Play-Along: Favorite Christmas Hymns Vol. 77 Arrangers: Peter DeneffPublisher: Hal Leonard CorporationLevel: 5 or 6 (because of position work) Pros:  These arrangements are not just the melody part. Often the player plays through tune 2 or 3 times. But there is variety and variation that gives interest on each stanza. This would be a good collection for an intermediate player who is comfortable in 3rd position. It does…

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    May 18, 2024
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    Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Piazzolla

    October 15, 2021

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    February 1, 2023
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    Christmas Violin Play-Along Books – Part 2

    October 3, 2022 / 1 Comment

    This is a continuation of the violin Christmas Play-Along Book Reviews. See the titles and in each book. I have given a general level to each book. Each collection will have easier and harder pieces. The leveling is very broad in these Christmas violin play-along books. I have listed the key each piece is in and some of the techniques that are found in that piece. I would recommend all 3 of these books. They are for different levels of playing, but they all work well for their level. Lindsey Stirling Christmas Collection: Violin Play-Along Volume 81 Arrangers: Lindsey StirlingPublisher: Hal LeonardLevel: 6 Pros:  Arrangements are taken from Lindsey Stirling’s album Warmer in the…

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    July 28, 2022
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    Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Brahms

    January 1, 2020
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    Can You Find the Hidden Notes?

    November 25, 2020
  • book review,  holiday,  Level 3,  Level 4,  violin pedagogy

    Christmas Violin Play-Along Books – Part 1

    September 17, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Do you love violin Christmas Play-Along books? True confession: I used to have a very snotty attitude toward violin play-along books. Through the pandemic I began to see these violin Play-Along book were meeting a need. First, these books come with performance tracks and accompaniment play-along tracks. In a world where students live in earbuds. Sometimes creating your own live music is disappointing. These books give them a soundtrack to play along to. Which is really exciting and can be very fulfilling for the student. Second, many of these books have more popular titles from movies and artists that students like and know. So, while there is a value of…

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  • Violin duets winters snow
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    Winter’s Snow Christmas Violin Duets

    September 7, 2022 /

    Winter’s Snow is a collection of Christmas violin duets that I wrote in 2009. The first two books of arrangements that were published with Soundforth did not have recordings available with them. Some of my students will learn these this fall. I had some extra time this summer and so I decided to record these duets. Since I am a Suzuki teacher and I do a lot of online teaching, having recordings for my students is a high value for me. I saved the recordings in 4 different formats. The first is the violin duet with piano accompaniment. Next there is a recording of each part with the piano accompaniment.…

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  • hymnbook Amazing Grace Violin Solo
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    New Arrangement – Amazing Grace

    July 28, 2022 / No Comments

    A friend from Virginia sent me a text asking if I knew of an arrangement of Amazing Grace. She had to play for a funeral and the family had requested Amazing Grace. I didn’t have any arrangements to suggest. So, I decided to work on one. It needed to be simple and straight forward, but a little bit more complex than just playing out of the hymn book. Because sometimes it’s just too hard to sing at a funeral, the family will have just instrumental music. I wanted the arrangement to be fairly simple so that  people could hum or sing along if they wanted to.  Irish Tune This summer, I’ve…

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My name is Kristin and I’ve played violin since I was 5 years old. I’ve been teaching for over 20 years. You will find Horsehair Music is all things strings, specifically violin. I also enjoy arranging and composing. The store has some of my pieces for sale as well as links for collections from other publishers.

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