Merry go round of life from Howl’s moving castle violin tutorial

The Merry Go Round of Life is the main theme from the movie Howl’s Moving Castle by Studio Ghibli. The film is set in a fictional kingdom where both magic and 20th-century technology are present. It tells the story of Sophie, a young hat maker, who is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

This version of the Merry Go Round of Life is in the key of G Minor, meaning there are two flats, B flat and E flat. This means the player must use low 2nd fingers on every string, low 1st fingers on D, A, and E, and use a low 4 on A string instead of open E. This piece has several accidentals and requires shifting to third position. The sheet music contains both the piano and violin parts, so for a violin solo, play only the top line.