Strategies for Teaching Strings


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Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building a Successful String and Orchestra Program, Fourth Edition, is an essential guide for prospective, novice, and experienced string teachers alike. This comprehensive text provides all the information necessary to develop and manage a successful school-based program. Based on the national standards for teaching strings and orchestra, the text covers performance objectives, strategies for teaching technical and performance skills, and solutions to common playing problems for elementary, middle, and high school skill levels. It also offers rehearsal strategies to develop large-group ensemble techniques, practical approaches to teaching improvisation, and advice on how to increase student recruitment and retention.




The Cambridge Companion to the Violin


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Enth. S.1 - 29: The violin and bow - origins and development / John Dilworth




Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass


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Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass summarizes three centuries of string pedagogy treatises to create a comprehensive resource on methods and approaches to teaching all four bowed string instruments. Co-written by three performance and pedagogy experts, each specializing in different string instruments, this book is applicable to all levels of instruction. Essays on historical pedagogues are clearly structured to allow for easy comprehension of their philosophies, pedagogical practices, and unique contributions. This book concludes with a section on application through comparative analysis of the historical methods and approaches. With coverage from the eighteenth century to the present, this book will be invaluable for teachers and students of string pedagogy and general readers who wish to learn more about string pedagogy’s rich history, diverse content, and modern developments.







12 Etudes for Viola


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The studies for viola by Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) can be considered as one of the most important works written for viola players in this period nearly to the 19th century. This urtext edition is made from a complicated source, it is a facsimile of the first edition of the twelve studies that are divided into two books, therefore, this version tries to get as close as possible to the real intentions of Hoffmeister to provide interpretation opportunities to both professional and amateur musicians in a clear and spacious manner, also presents a musical text that is not limited by the philosophy of over-publishing of the 19th century. Convenient page turns for individual study and some parenthetical suggestions for slurs, dynamics and tempo have been offered by the editor. Los estudios para viola de Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) pueden ser considerado como una de las obras más importantes hecha para los ejecutantes de viola en este período cercano al siglo XIX. La presente edición urtext está realizada a partir de una fuente complicada, se trata de un facsímil de la primera edición de los doce estudios que están dividido en dos libros, por lo tanto, esta versión trata de acercarse lo más posible a las intenciones reales de Hoffmeister para brindar oportunidades de interpretación tanto a músicos profesionales como aficionados de una manera clara y espacios, además presenta un texto musical que no está limitado por la filosofía de sobreedición del siglo XIX. Se han proporcionado pases de páginas cómodas para el estudio individual y algunas sugerencias entre paréntesis de ligaduras, matices y de tempo por el editor.







Notes for Violists


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Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces for the instrument, making it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student violists alike. With engaging prose supported by fact-filled analytical charts, the book offers rich biographical information and insightful analyses that help violists gain a more complete understanding of pieces like Béla Bartók's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for Viola and Piano, Robert Schumann's Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, op. 113, Carl Stamitz's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D Major, Igor Stravinsky's Élégie for Viola or Violin Unaccompanied, and thirty other masterpieces. This comprehensive guide to key pieces from the viola repertoire from the eighteenth through the twentieth century covers concertos, chamber pieces, and works for solo viola by a wide range of composers, including Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Hoffmeister, Walton, and Hindemith. Author David M. Bynog not only offers clear structural analyses of these compositions but also situates them in their historical contexts as he highlights crucial biographical information on composers and explores the circumstances of the development and performance of each work. By connecting performance studies with scholarship, this indispensable handbook for students and professionals allows readers to gain a more complete picture of each work and encourages them to approach other compositions in a similarly analytical manner.




The Art and Science of String Performance


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In this handy reference for string teachers, Dr. Samuel Applebaum addresses the most frequently asked questions, ranging from the very basic to the most advanced. From his conversations with the greatest concert artists of our time, he covers topics such as positions, intonation, vibrato, bowings, sight reading, practicing and stage fright in a comprehensive question-and-answer format.




The Russian Violin School


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The Russian Violin School: The Legacy of Yuri Yankelevich is the first English translation of the methodological works by Yuri Yankelevich, one of the most important violin teachers of 20th Century Russia. Casting an entirely new light on the Russian Violin School, this book includes two original texts by Yankelevich addressing positioning and shifting, along with material by prominent violinists examining his pedagogy.




Ricci on Glissando


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In his book on left-hand violin technique, Maestro Ruggiero Ricci addresses common problems in shifting by advocating the study of the glissando technique. He asserts that re-incorporating this technique will not only aid violinists in developing a better-trained ear, but also provide them with "shortcuts" to playing some of Paganini's most difficult passages. Ricci introduces and compares old and new systems of playing to provide a context for the glissando system. He outlines a series of glissando scales that provides the student with a blueprint for developing additional glissando scales in other keys. He offers exercises designed to increase flexibility, ear training, coordination, and crawling technique and has included a DVD in which he demonstrates various bowing techniques.