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The Very Best of John Williams Instrumental Solos, Viola Edition (Book & CD)

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Santa brought this book to my daughter for Christmas. She has played trumpet for 4 years now and is considered to be one of the top players in her school bands. She plays jazz and classical pieces, is a soloist, etc. Some of the songs in this book are relatively easy for her, while others are challenging. (I have played trumpet for 30 years and there are a few songs where even I have to stop and study the music a bit!) There are no songs in here which "scare her" or anything like that. Since she knows a lot of the tunes from movies or from soundtrack albums, she is able to pick up the tunes reasonably quickly. What I especially like about this book is that she'll play for a good long time because she actually likes the songs. For a young trumpet player, playing for longer stretches of time is really important.

My son started using this book 3 months after he first played the clarinet. This is his first musical instrument (he is in middle school). He may not always want to play his school music but he will easily spend 30 minutes or more with this book and even though he can't play most of the songs perfect yet, he is having fun trying.