LIST OF WORKS
BEGINNER STRING ENSEMBLE SERIES
– a sequential string class or individual learning method –
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass Book 1 – This method has been trialled with students aged between 7 and 9, over many years. Depending on the frequency and duration of lessons, timelines may vary, but essentially, students can play tunes quickly and experience success early on. Book 1 is taught mostly aurally: no staff-reading. Singing is the key – letter names, showing fingers, clapping rhythms and time-names. All pieces use basic chords, so making up accompaniments on piano or guitar is simple. A keyboard or digital “drum beat” can be used, freeing the teacher to get around the class. It also means NO MUSIC STANDS and LESS CHAIRS, as upper strings stand while playing, and sit on the floor to sing. The teacher can “think outside the box” adding other material. Mixed classes are free of clef issues in this crucial “setting up” phase, as the letters are the same for all instruments! Suggested time frame is included.
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass Book 2 – This method has been trialled with students aged between 7 and 9, over many years. Depending on the frequency and duration of lessons, timelines may vary, but essentially, students can play tunes quickly and experience success early on. Book 2 can be used as an individual tutor book for older students or following on from Book 1, which is an aurally-based and clef-free method for young beginners, using pizzicato to page 15 and bowing from D Major Scale onwards. Book 2 focuses on clef reading, using a “hand staff” on common strings, to allow the teacher to work in 3 clefs at a time. Once students are familiar with the letter name, string and number of fingers used for each note, adding the staff makes note-reading so easy! The approach is sequential, the print is clear and the pages uncluttered, allowing the teacher the freedom to add material and information as desired.
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Cello Book 1
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Cello Book 2
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Double Bass Book 1
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Double Bass Book 2
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Viola Book 1
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Viola Book 2
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Violin Book 1
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Beginner String Ensemble Series – Violin Book 2
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BSES Teachers Manual and Accompaniments Book 1
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BSES Teachers Manual and Accompaniments Book 2
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YOUNG STRING ENSEMBLE SERIES
The series presently contains over 80 works for String Orchestra. They are fun pieces, with valuable lessons in bowing techniques and rhythms. They can be used at primary and early secondary school level and will be enjoyed by students and teachers alike.
To find out more information about each piece, including listen to and view scores, click on the title of the work.
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A Knight’s Quest
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Aeolian Waltz
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Allegro from Sonata in F
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Alleluia!
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Andante and Rondo
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Aria – Bist Du Bei Mir
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Be Sharp But Stay Natural
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Beez Kneez
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Big Ben Boogie
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Boogie Fever
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Bourree
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Catch Me If You Can
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Celtic Meditation
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Chilli Salsa
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Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream
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Chorale
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Christmas Allsorts
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Circus Tricks for Strings
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Clog Dance
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Cockatoo Three Step
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Cradle Song
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Dance of the Cossacks
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Danza Hellenica
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Danza Rustica
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Double Trouble
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Entrata Maestoso
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Fantasia on Scarborough Fair
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Fruit Salad
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Fugue from Requiem in D Minor
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Greensleeves
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Hear Me O Lord
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High Five
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Jack In The Box
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Jackaroo Jive
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Jamaican Jam
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Jillaroo Jump
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Journey of Five
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Jumpin’ Jelly Beans
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Kalypso Kangaroo
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Koala Kanon
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La Vita Bella
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Lacrymosa from Requiem in D minor
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Lavender’s Blue
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Lazy Sunday Blues
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Lost Puppy
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Majestic March
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Make It Count
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Matilda Learns To Waltz
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Mexican Holiday
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Minor Moods
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Molto Mambo
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Mousey at the Door
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Pachelbel’s Canon
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Pastoral Dreaming
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Petite Lullaby
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Petite Valse
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Quintessential
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Raphael’s Reverie
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Rhythmic Rondo
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Rockin’ Rondo
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Sad Jacques
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Sailing Into Moreton Bay
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Sanchito’s Samba
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Snap, Crackle and Pop
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Snowflakes in Sweden
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Somerwood Celebration
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Sonatina
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South Brisbane Tango
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Spanish Fiesta
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Spine Chiller
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Steppin’ Out
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Summer Holiday
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Sunday Stroll
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Tango Time
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Tarantella
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Three Chorales
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Time Tangle
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Venetian Gondolier
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Video Arcade
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Viva Italia
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Waltz-A-Round
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Wednesday Workout
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Wombat Waltz
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Woolloongabba Waltz
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