String Basics Book 3 Violin

TheString Basics Steps to Success for String Orchestrais a comprehensive and effective method for students learning to play in an ensemble. This book, for Violin, is aimed at students working at grade 3 and above, and includes a great range of interactive and digital material.

Book 3for Violin introduces a number of essential techniques and practices for accompanying a string orchestra. Through many new concepts such as unfamiliar major and minor keys, the chromatic scale and advanced note and rhythm combinations, the student will progress quickly on their way to becoming adept at playing Violin.ShadeandWoolstenhulmehave expertly constructed this book to include a wealth of instructive material, all the while keeping the content fresh and engaging. Students will love that technical exercises are introduced together with a diverse selection of classical and cultural music, putting dry theory into an exciting context.

TheString Basicsseries is widely-acclaimed for its use of practical activities, world music, classical themes as well as original compositions. All of these features combine to help students learn the fundamental and advanced tenets of playing a stringed instrument in an orchestra. This book, for Violin, contains step-by-step instructions where necessary to make everything as clear as possible, as well as full-colour photographs enabling the student to see exactly how it should be done. Not only this, but the duets, rounds, trios and orchestra arrangements enhance the students ability to play in a wide variety of settings with different numbers of fellow musicians.

As with all books in theString Basicsseries, the Interactive Practice Studio is included, which is accessible on any Windows or Mac computer and contains a fun and inspiring mix of biography, history, photography, audio and video to enhance learning. A DVD is also included featuring lessons taught by the authors in a classroom setting making this book perfect for students and teachers alike.

String Basics Book 3 by award-winning authors Terry Shade, Jeremy Woolstenhulme, and Wendy Barden, continues with a strong pedagogy and step-by-step sequences of instruction preparing students for grade 3 performance literature and beyond. Book 3 opens with independent instrument tuning, then a critical review section allows students to be prepared for shifting & position work, new major & minor keys, the chromatic scale, and advanced note values & rhythm combinations. All are reinforced with technical exercises and a wide sampling of classical and cultural music. Book 3 concludes with vibrato development exercises specially designed for heterogeneous classrooms. Like with all String Basics method books, Book 3 features the popular Interactive Practice Studio and Interactive Teacher Studio, accessible on any Windows or Mac computer. Each student book and Teacher’s Edition comes with a DVD containing video lessons and accompaniment Practice Tracks (also provided in the IPS and ITS).