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Violin Alive

the AMEB Violin Technical Syllabus & Key Techniques

Fintan Murphy

Fintan Murphy

Masterclasses for AMEB Grades Preliminary to Grade 8 with Key Techniques to improve your playing and enhance your music performance skills

Multimedia educational software, for violin students and teachers, illustrating the AMEB Violin Technical Syllabus in audio, video & text

Fintan Murphy

4 volumes on CDROM for Mac & Win

"an invaluable reference for students"  - Julie Hewison, Head of Strings Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar - AMEB Examiner
"cross-referencing of related techniques ... sautillé and collé
... clear video close-ups ... left-hand action in a variety of finger patterns ... gets to the nitty-gritty of what works best on the violin"
  - Stephen Chin, Principal String Teacher, Director of Orchestras Brisbane Grammar School


"amazing information ... really good teaching tips"  - Janet Fernandes, Violin Teacher

Andrea KeebleJennen Ngiau-KengJohn Quaine

Exercises  The AMEB exercises with hints, preview points, & expert advice, demonstrated by Fintan Murphy
Scales & Arpeggios  Selected scales & arpeggios demonstrated and played by Andrea Keeble, Jennen Ngiau-Keng, John Quaine
Key Techniques  for each grade level with advice on developing a sound violin technique
Resources  Bibliography Glossary TuningTones Websites
Contents  List of Contents and sample video clips

Violin Alive & the AMEB Technical Work Books

Violin Alive illustrates the AMEB Violin Technical Syllabus. The Syllabus is published as two Technical Work Books, available from music retailers and online from The Melbourne University Bookshop.

The table below matches the two Work Books with the four volumes of  Violin Alive.

Violin Technical Work Book level 1
AMEB Grades Preliminary to 4

Violin Alive vol. 1 - AMEB Grades Preliminary, 1 & 2
Violin Alive vol. 2 - AMEB Grades 3 & 4

Violin Technical Work Book level 2
AMEB Grades 5 to 8

Violin Alive vol. 3 - AMEB Grades 5 & 6
Violin Alive vol. 4 - AMEB Grades 7 & 8

Compilation & exercies © copyright AMEB Ltd - administered by All Music Publishing and Distribution, 65-69 Victoria Cres, Abbotsford, Victoria 3067, Australia. Reproduced with kind permission of the AMEB - no authority of the AMEB is expressed or implied.
Violin Alive is published by Twofold Media © copyright 2003-2008