A delightful collection of familiar songs and carols from all over, this set of books with playalong CD is a treat for the beginning string player. Each book is loaded with melodious gems that can be played as solos or together with other players. Each selection is designed to help young students learn to shape phrases, breathe with the music and use the beginning fingerings learned on the A and D strings for violin, viola and cello and the G and D strings for the bass. Also included are fingering charts and the play-along CD has a lively jazz and pop combo-styled rhythmic accompaniment. Fun Tunes for Strings contains: Are You Sleeping, Merrily We Roll Along, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Jingle Bells, Allouette, When the Saints Go Marching In and more- 31 popular melodies in all!

Alouette
Are You Sleeping?
Au claire de la lune
The Bear Went over the Mountain
Blow the Man Down
Caisson Song
Camptown Races
The Carnival of Venice
French Folk Song
Hot Cross Buns
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old St. Nocholas
Lightly Row
London Bridge
Long, Long Ago
Looby Loo
Merrily We Roll Along
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
My Dreydl
Ode to Joy
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Pop Goes the Weasel
Row, Row Your Boat (A Round)
Skip to My Lou
This Old Man
A Tisket, A Tasket
Tom Dooley
Tune Up
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Up On the Housetop
When The Saints Go Marching In