String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack Bundle

Description

The String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack Bundle includes String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack and String Riffs Volume One Accompaniment MP3s.

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers 3 levels of performance parts:

• Part A-Tune
• Part B-Challenge
• Part C-Open strings or basic notes
• A few pieces even have a solo part for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.

The pieces sound like an orchestra and students have music to fit their level of learning. Start from the open strings and build up to your challenge players. The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists.

The response to the Flex-Pack has been huge! You may send the files digitally to your students, you may record them playing and also present the music on-line. Please do not copy the score or share with your fellow string teachers.

The String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack introduces entry-level beginners to note names, arco and pizzicato, dynamics, string crossings, syncopation, reading and good posture. Open strings and sound effects teach counting, shifting, bow technique, and the elements of rhythm. Concept maps help teachers align lesson plans. Levels 0.5 – 1 for string orchestra.

This volume coordinates perfectly with String Riffs Volume One – Piano/Conductor and String Riffs Student Volume One.

String Riffs D and A
Sing and pizzicato your way through the steps of reading, playing, and counting while learning good posture, how to visually track notes, and the elements of rhythm.
String Riffs D and A teaches:

• singing and pizzicato
• reading, counting, playing
• posture
• elements of rhythm

Dawg-n-Abby
A-String Abby takes D-String Dawg for a walk across open strings, leading the way through half and quarter notes and rests scattered with a few eighth notes.
Dawg-n-Abby teaches:

• open strings
• half, quarter, and eighth notes with rests

Fiddle Me This
Rosin up for circle bows on open strings, alternating pizzicato and arco with string changes and practicing posture.
Fiddle Me This teaches:

• circle bows
• open strings
• alternating pizzicato and arco
• string changes

D-String Dawg
Lift and place fingers while exploring every D-string nook and cranny while changing rhythms, and try your advanced skills in the “challenge” section.
D-String Dawg teaches:

• finger placement
• D-string practice
• changing rhythms
• “challenge” section

A Walk in the Park
Using scalar motion to stroll through syncopation offers plenty of opportunities to practice note names, bow distribution, and steps vs. skips.
A Walk in the Park teaches:

• scalar motion
• syncopation
• note names
• bow distribution
• steps vs. skips

Ghoulash
Send shivers down your spine with sound effects — harmonics and glissandos help squeaky mice scamper past cows with a low, sliding “moo.” Rhythms take the stage with col legno technique and “Pep-per-o-ni Piz-za” patterns.
Ghoulash teaches:

• sound effects
• harmonics
• glissandos
• rhythms and patterns
• col legno

Waddle You Do?
Get your ducks in a row with string crossings encouraging different arm heights. Smooth bow and string transitions work with scales in both directions.
Waddle You Do? teaches:

• string crossings
• different arm heights
• bow and string transitions
• scales

Wispy Waltz
Drift through new rhythms in a ¾ time signature with circle bows and dotted half notes.
Wispy Waltz teaches:

• new rhythms
• ¾ time signature
• circle bows
• dotted half notes

Peacock Prance
It’s easy to flaunt those tail feathers with rhythmically different scales, skips, and steps mixed with stop and circle bows.
Peacock Prance teaches:

• rhythmically different scales
• skips
• steps
• stop and circle bows

Pizz. and Bows and Pizz. and Bows
Choose your own line of music for a different ensemble adventure each time — it’s all up to you. Decide between pizzicato and arco with eighth and quarter notes encouraging multi-part fun and independence.
Pizz. and Bows and Pizz. and Bows teaches:

• choose a line
• pizzicato
• arco
• multi-part
• independence

The Little D-String That Could
Faster and faster rolls the D-string engine as it moves onward with arpeggios, accents, less bow and new rhythms.
The Little D-String That Could teaches:

• arpeggios
• accents
• bow use
• new rhythms

Hootenanny
Hold that fermata! This friendly get-together features dotted half, half, quarter, and eighth notes joining forces for a stop-bow party.
Hootenanny teaches:

• fermata
• dotted half, half, quarter, and eighth notes
• stop bows

A-String Abby
She’s your best friend on the A-string, offering different lines to learn while exploring every note. Assemble the ingredients to make a piece, supplemented with another “challenge” section for eager players.
A-String Abby teaches:

• assemble different lines into a piece
• “challenge” section for eager players

Water From the Moon
Learn shifting accuracy as glissandos pour liquid sound across dynamics ranging from piano to mezzo-forte, with the new experience of tied notes in ¾ time.
Water From the Moon teaches:

• shifting accuracy
• glissandos
• dynamics
• tied notes
• ¾ time

Chipmunk Chatter
Those adorable rascally rodents help review dynamics, counting, and bow distribution with familiar notes and a steady beat.
Chipmunk Chatter teaches:

• review dynamics, counting, and bow distribution
• familiar notes
• steady beat

Scampering Squirrels
Focus on a straight bow and “motorcycle” rhythm to chase dynamics up and down the A- and D-string trees.
Scampering Squirrels teaches:

• straight bow
• “motorcycle” rhythm
• dynamics
• A-string and D-string work

Bisbee Broomsticks
Flying fingers use ¾ time and the D major scale to cross strings with diminuendos and slow-to-fast practice.
Bisbee Broomsticks teaches:

• ¾ time
• D major scale
• string crossings
• diminuendos
• slow-to-fast practice

Kung Fu Choo Choo
The pentatonic scale lends the colors of Asia to a trainload of half, quarter and eighth notes with accents, dynamics and the exotic fermata.
Kung Fu Choo Choo teaches:

• pentatonic scale
• half, quarter and eighth notes
• accents
• dynamics
• fermata