Tempo Press Expressive Techniques for Orchestra - Brungard /Alexander /Dackow /Anderson - Violin - Book

Author/Composer:

BRUNGARD/ALEXANDER/DACKOW

Instrumentation:

VIOLIN

Model #:

40730VN

Composer: Kathleen DeBerry Brungard, Michael Alexander, Sandra Dackow, Gerald E. Anderson
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Violin

Are you tired of juggling multiple technique books to teach scales, etudes, warm-ups, shifting, positions, vibrato, and tone production? Expressive Techniques for Orchestra offers a wealth of technical and musical experiences for the advanced middle school through upper-level high school student under one cover. This all-in-one book follows any published Book II, but is much more than just a Book III. It may be used sequentially or by individual units, as needed.

Featuring:

• Warm-ups
  • Orchestra Stretches
  • String Calisthenics
• Tuning Procedures
• Rhythmic Studies
• Vibrato
• Chorales and Etudes
• Natural Harmonics
• Shifting
• Upper Positions Taught Through Finger Patterns
  • Violin and Viola
    II, III, IV, and V Positions
  • Cello
    II, II 1/2, III, IV, and Thumb Positions
  • String Bass
    II, II 1/2, III, III, IV, V, V 1/2, and Thumb Positions
• Scales and Arpeggios
  • Violin, Viola, and Cello: Two and Three Octaves
  • String Bass: One and Two Octaves
  • Velocity and Bowing Studies
  • Unison or Mixed Level Class Use
• Alternate Clefs for All Instruments
• Solo and String Orchestra Performance Pieces
  • Musical Period and Bowing Styles
  • Composer Biographies and Historical Context
• Sight Reading Chart
• Piano Keyboard