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Methods
Habits of a Successful String Musician
(A Comprehensive Curriculum for Use
During Fundamentals Time - Second
Edition)—Christopher Selby & Scott Rush.
A complete method of over 400 musical exercises
for teaching upper-level string students the
technical skills needed to play advanced orchestral
music. Perfect for an entire string orchestra or solo
player, this series contains carefully sequenced
warm-ups, sight-reading etudes, rhythm
vocabulary studies, chorales, tuning canons, and
much more. It includes everything an aspiring
string musician needs to build musicianship skills
and then transfer those skills into the performance
of great literature. What's new in the second
edition? Part I. Tone and Articulation: The open-
string exercises and bowing variations remain
invaluable tools for teaching articulation skills. This
edition now includes a rhythm canon for combining
various articulations and new melodic exercises
for developing tone, blend, vibrato, spiccato, and
sautille. Part II. Left-Hand Patterns, Positions, and
Shifting: Left-hand exercises are organized into
a sequence of musical exercises and etudes that
review middle-level skills, extend up to the highest
registers, and teach alternate clefs and thumb
positions. A new Intermediate Positions curriculum
teaches young cellists the shifting skills required
for keys with more than three sharps or flats. A
new sequence of two-octave arpeggios in ten keys
improves students' range and fluency across the
instrument. The Advanced Positions pages contain
new etudes for teaching the chromatic scale,
diminished arpeggios, harmonics, thumb position,
alternate clefs, and other challenging skills seen in
advanced orchestral repertoire. Part III. Scales,
Arpeggios, and Thirds: This section still has the
much-loved tuning canons and chords, dominant
arpeggios, and thirds as well as one-, two-, and
three-octave scales and arpeggios in all 12 major
and minor keys. Cello and bass fingerings are
improved, and bass scales with C extensions are
included. Part IV. Chorales: There are now 50%
more chorales in a greater variety of keys and
from more diverse cultural backgrounds. Parts V.
Rhythm Study in a Musical Context and VI. Sight-
Reading: These sections contain 185 completely
new rhythm charts and sight-reading exercises
with tempo markings for each exercise. This well-
sequenced curriculum teaches students how to
count and decipher rhythms and then transfer
rhythmic literacy to melodic sight-reading in a
musical context. Part VII. Orchestral Excerpts:
This brand-new section includes three pages of
excerpts from frequently performed school and
all-state repertoire. Sequenced from moderately
difficult to expert, these excerpts are the perfect
culmination of skills taught in this method and
are ideal for auditions or final exams. Additional
sectional pages in each student book focus on
technique and alternate clef lessons unique to
each instrument.
11565779 Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11565780 Viola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11565781 Cello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11565782 Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11565783 Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.95
Habits of a Successful Young String
Musician, Book 1 (A Comprehensive
Beginner Method for Year One and
Beyond)—Sarah Ball, Margaret Selby,
Christopher Selby & Scott Rush. A field-
tested and musical collection of 220 sequenced
exercises for the beginning string student with
a companion website featuring supplemental
resources: accompaniment tracks, start-up
clinic videos, and full performance videos
for each exercise in the book. Tone is at the
heart of this method. Students begin using
the bow earlier than other resources. The
familiar melodies enable students to use
their ears to develop good pitch and tone.
Online videos allow students to see and hear
professional string players modeling good
tone and technique for each exercise. All
four open strings are introduced early. New
notes are introduced with clear fingerboard
diagrams and pictures next to the staff. New
keys are taught by highlighting notes affected
by the new key signature. Rhythmic literacy
exercises will have your students counting
and reading independently. Long notes and
rests are introduced early so students learn to
count and subdivide. Melodies in 3/4 appear
early and often. Nine pages of sight-reading
exercises develop stronger tonal and rhythmic
literacy skills. High-quality photos of excellent
hand positions help students develop great
technique. A diverse repertoire of classical
and folk melodies from around the world and
warm-up pages with scales, arpeggios, tuning
canons, bowing variations, and other great
tools for introducing, teaching, and reinforcing
skills are included. Online resources include
instructional videos by professional string
coaches to reinforce instrument position, left-
hand setup, bow hand technique, hooked bows,
slurs, developing good tone, as well as shifting
and positions in the lower strings.
11565784 Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.95
11565785 Viola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.95
11565786 Cello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.95
11565787 Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.95
11565788 Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.95
Habits of a Successful Young String
Musician, Book 2 (A Comprehensive
Method Book for Year Two and
Beyond)—Sarah Ball, Margaret Selby,
Christopher Selby & Scott Rush. A two-
volume, field-tested collection of sequenced
musical exercises for the young string student.
Book 2 includes challenging new keys,
rhythms, time signatures, and minor modes
that will better prepare students for more
advanced concert music. The companion
website features supplemental resources
including accompaniment tracks, clinic
videos, and full performance videos for each
exercise in the book. These cutting-edge
online components are on MusicFirst and
MakeMusic Cloud. Tone is at the heart of this
method. Habits-style bowing warm-ups help
students develop better tone and articulation
skills. The familiar melodies enable students
to use their ears to develop good pitch and
tone. Online videos allow students to see and
hear professional string players modeling good
tone and technique for each exercise. Tonal
literacy is a key focus. Melodies and exercises
with backward and forward extensions are
introduced with clear fingerboard diagrams and
pictures next to the staff. Five pages of major
and minor tuning canons, chords, scales, and
thirds help students learn and review keys
and modes from two flats to three sharps.
Rhythmic literacy exercises will have your
students counting and reading independently.
Dotted rhythms, ties, and syncopated rhythms
help students learn to count and subdivide.
Sixteenth-note rhythms and 6/8 time signature
better prepare students for more advanced
skills and concert music. Eight pages of sight-
reading exercises develop stronger tonal and
rhythmic literacy skills. High-quality photos of
correct hand positions help students develop
great technique. Contains a diverse repertoire
of classical and folk melodies from around
the world and warm-up pages with scales,
arpeggios, tuning canons, bowing variations,
and other great tools for introducing, teaching,
and reinforcing skills. Online resources include
instructional videos by professional string
coaches to reinforce instrument position, left-
hand setup, and bow-hand technique.
11622886 Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11622887 Viola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11622888 Cello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11622889 Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95
11621817 Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.95
