Alfred and Highland/Etling are taking a brand-new approach to string instruction that promises to grab and hold every student's attention---String Explorer! Join the adventures of Arco Dakota and Rosalyn Le Bow as they guide your students along the path to successful string playing with the most exciting, yet systematic and logically sequenced instruction of its kind.

Welcome back, String Explorers! Your adventure of a lifetime continues as we begin Book 2! Together, we will explore even more wonderful music from the past and present, and melodies from around the world. We’ve already set sail aboard our noble schooner Musicianship, so get ready to encounter many new exciting challenges as we journey across the vast Sea of knowledge to reach our goal: the Lands of Golden Harmony!

"This guide serves as a valuable handbook for teaching with all four student editions of String Explorer, Book 2 (Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass), and contains: complete scores for all music, including piano accompaniments ; additional teaching ideas, exercises, materials, and valuable resources ; extra strategies for teaching critical string concepts ; interdisciplinary classroom activities ; the Interactive Explorer accompaniment CD, a highly motivational practice tool of complete Book 2 MIDI accompaniments."--Introduction

At last the excitement of traditional folk fiddling can be experienced by your entire string orchestra! Written by two renowned educators, this fun and motivating collection of 16 cross-cultural fiddle tunes is presented in a unique format that makes it perfect for players of any level or age. Each tune includes a solo version, followed by a 3-part "arrangement" for group performance. Chord symbols, for improvisation additional instruments (guitar, mandolin, etc.) are also included.

The Resource Kit for String Explorer, Book 2 includes reproducible materials for assessment and classroom work in note reading, music history, rhythm and theory. This kit also includes 80 rhythm flashcards that are correlated to specific units in the student books and cross-referenced in the Teacher's Manual. A listening CD with samples of professional orchestras playing the original literature of each composer in the book is also included. All resources are notated with the corresponding unit numbers. Together, we will explore even more wonderful music from the past and present, and melodies from around the world. We've already set sail aboard our noble schooner Musicianship, so get ready to encounter many new exciting challenges as we journey across the vast Sea of knowledge to reach our goal: the Lands of Golden Harmony! This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud. Please note: The bass book, 20508, is available for purchase digitally via alfred-music.com.

Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom: A Guide for Group Instruction assists music education students, in-service teachers, and performers to realize their goals of becoming effective string educators. It introduces readers to the school orchestra environment, presents the foundational concepts needed to teach strings, and provides opportunities for the reader to apply this information. The author describes how becoming an effective string teacher requires three things of equal importance: content knowledge, performance skills, and opportunities to apply the content knowledge and performance skills in a teaching situation. In two parts, the text addresses the unique context that is teaching strings, a practice with its own objectives and related teaching strategies. Part I (Foundations of Teaching and Learning String Instruments) first presents an overview of the string teaching environment, encouraging the reader to consider how context impacts teaching, followed by practical discussions of instrument sizing and position, chapters on the development of each hand, and instruction for best practices concerning tone production, articulation, and bowing guidelines. Part II (Understanding Fingerings) provides clear guidance for understanding basic finger patterns, positions, and the creation of logical fingerings. String fingerings are abstract and thus difficult to negotiate without years of playing experience—these chapters (and their corresponding interactive online tutorials) distill the content knowledge required to understand string fingerings in a way that non-string players can understand and use. Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom contains pedagogical information, performance activities, and an online virtual teaching environment with twelve interactive tutorials, three for each of the four string instruments. ACCOMPANYING VIDEOS CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: www.teachingstrings.online

A comprehensive supplement for classroom or studio in a unique format, Sight-Read It for Strings will develop consistent reading habits and improve sight-reading for violin, viola, cello and bass students. Using a non-sequential unit format, materials are flexible and can be individualized. Sight-Read It for Strings develops consistent reading habits by addressing: * Counting System * Identification of musical and non* musical cues * Identification of musical patterns * Awareness of the music page layout (the "road map") * Special reading issues not necessarily related to notes

This book is your one-stop-shop resource for learning how to get your child on the path to learning a musical instrument. The author has put together a book that will save you time, money, and ensure that your child avoids failure and maximizes the most benefits from learning music.

This flexible new collection of string ensembles will inspire chamber music performance while introducing beginners to some of the greatest classic themes ever written. Correlated with Strictly Strings Book 1, Strictly Classics contains 18 ensembles spanning four centuries of music. Its flexible format provides performance opportunities for solo (with piano accompaniment), duet and trio up through full string ensemble. Strictly Classics, Book 2 introduces 14 additional ensemble pieces which correlate with Strictly Strings , Book 2.

This first-of-its-kind national string curriculum, the ASTA String Curriculum 2021 Edition is concise, easy to use, and comprehensive. It provides a clear scope-and-sequence, more than 200 specific learning targets, and practical information for teachers from every level of experience. The 2021 edition by Stephen J. Benham, Mary L. Wagner, Jane Linn Aten, Judith P. Evans, Denese Odegaard, and Julie Lyonn Lieberman outlines several ways teachers have effectively used the curriculum since its release in 2011 and updates resources and terminology.