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Method Books
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 String Class Method . . . . . . . 11.95
11622887 Viola String Class Method. . . . . . . . 11.95
11622888 Cello String Class Method. . . . . . . . 11.95
11622889 String Bass String Class Method . . 11.95
11621817 Conductor String Class Method . . . 39.95
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 String Class Method . . . . . . . 11.95
11565785 Viola String Class Method. . . . . . . . 11.95
11565786 Cello String Class Method. . . . . . . . 11.95
11565787 String Bass String Class Method . . 11.95
11565788 Conductor String Class Method . . . 35.95
Harry Potter Foundations: Strings Book 1
(Technique Exercises Featuring Music
from the First Two Years at Hogwarts)
John Williams/adapt. Brian Balmages & Annie
Ray.
It is time to revolutionize fundamental skill
practice while also motivating students to practice
twice as much on average! This is not a play-
along book. Rather, it is part of the Foundations
Series, a living, breathing supplemental method
that is constantly evolving and lives exclusively
in MakeMusic Cloud. It addresses the critical
skills students encounter in a typical beginning
strings method, all while providing stunning movie
soundtracks from Harry's first two years at Hogwarts.
Along with complete scores for all exercises,
this book also includes curriculum text by expert
pedagogue Annie Ray, winner of the Music Educator
Award presented by the Recording Academy
and Grammy Museum. All student exercises and
accompaniments are available exclusively in
MakeMusic Cloud; parts can be printed at no charge
with a subscription - there are no hard-copy student
parts available for purchase. Soundtracks are from
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
11638926 Conductor String Class Method . . . 39.99
Intonation Basics: A String Basics
Supplement
Jeremy Woolstenhulme.
A supplementary method
designed to guide students and orchestras towards
development of superb intonation. Author Jeremy
Woolstenhulme shares a wealth of tips throughout
the Teacher's Edition, starting with establishing
good posture, selecting solid open string tuning
procedures, working on vertical format tuning with
drone pitches, learning to blend as an ensemble, and
more. The book supports Woolstenhulme's pedagogy
with a wealth of technical exercises and classical
melodies specially prepared as rounds, duets, trios,
quartets, and orchestra arrangements. Also included
is access to 20 instructional videos demonstrating
technique and ways to achieve good intonation.
Although primarily designed for second year players
and beyond, there are concepts and exercises that
are quite appropriate for 1st year orchestras in their
second semester.
11412381 Violin String Class Method . . . . . . . 11.95
11412384 Viola String Class Method. . . . . . . . 11.95
11412385 Cello String Class Method. . . . . . . . 11.95
11412386 String Bass String Class Method . . 11.95
11412387 Conductor String Class Method . . . 39.95
