Many hit songs, across the whole range of rock and pop music, have violins in string sections playing, what is sometimes, a key role in the structure of a song. These players, talented professionals though they are, are merely playing parts that have been written for them by the artist, producer or arranger. The true rock violinist is able to work our his own parts, even improvise them on the spot, and is to be able to move effortlessly from playing background to taking the lead, taking equal billing with