String Basics: Steps to Success for String Orchestra - Book 2

#5 Halleys Comet

#37 Terpsichore: Ballet du

Roy pour Sonner Apres

#67 Come and Dance

#41 Caprice

#71 Hooked on Haydn

Play with good left hand

shape
Play with thumb to tip bows
Slurs
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#11 Blowing Leaves

Play legato
Slurs
Understands mezzo-piano
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#17 Ronde

Violin/Viola use 4th finger

appropriately
Bass - Understand shifting on
the D string
Understands dynamics
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#21 Tideo

Vln./Vla. - use 4th finger

appropriately
Bass - Understand shifting on
the D string
Understands dynamics
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#27 Russian Folk Song

Vln./Vla. - Play w/4th finger

Vln./Vla./Cl. - Play mixed
finger patterns in G major
Bass - Play C natural
Dynamics
Steady Pulse
Instrument position

#30 The Erie Canal

1st/2nd Ending
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#35 The Ferris Wheel

Vln./Vla. - use 4th finger
appropriately
Steady pulse
Instrument position

Understands how to play in

G Major
Vln./Vla. - use 4th finger
appropriately
Steady pulse
Instrument position

Plays accurately in E minor

Dynamics
Slurs
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#45 Joy of Mans Desiring

Plays with legato bow
strokes
Plays accurately in C major
Dynamics
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#46 Little Annie

Plays with legato bow

strokes
Plays accurately in C major
Understands crescendo and
decrescendo
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#51 Weeping Winds

Plays accurately in A minor

Dynamics
Understands crescendo and
decrescendo
Steady pulse
Instrument position

#56 The Sandman

Play dotted quarters and

single eighth note rhythm
patterns
Play with proper bow speed
and distribution
Steady pulse
* Instrument position, although no
longer listed, is required for each
subsequent exercise

#61 Arirang

Play dotted quarters and

single eighth note rhythm
patterns
Play with proper bow speed
and distribution
Dynamics
Steady pulse

Play eighth note/rest

combinations
Staccato
Play with proper bow speed
and distribution Steady pulse
Steady Pulse

Play with hooked bowings

Legato vs. Staccato
Steady pulse

#77 Theme from

Concerto in A Minor
Play off-beats accurately
Play off-beats with proper
bow placement and speed
Smooth string crossing
Lift bow correctly
Steady pulse

#80 Go Tell it on the

Mountain

Count and play syncopated

rhythms
Correct bowing
Correct use of bow on
syncopated rhythms
Steady pulse

#81 Rain Festival

Count and play syncopated

rhythms
Correct bowing
Correct use of bow on
syncopated rhythms
Steady pulse

#88 a2 + b2 = c2

Vln./Vla. - Understands 3-4

pattern (C#)
Cellos - Use forward
extension C#
Play dotted quarters and
single eighth note rhythm
patterns
Steady pulse

#94 Sword Dance

Vla. - Place 3rd finger on F#

Cello - Use forward
Extension F#
Bass - Shifting on D string
Steady pulse

#95 Alouette

#120 The Cruel War

Vla. - Place 3rd finger on F#

Cello - Use forward
Extension F#
Bass - Shifting on D string
D.C al Fine
Steady pulse

#101 Capture the Wind

Play in B minor accurately
Legato
Dynamics
Steady Pulse

#105 Urban Lights

Play in B minor accurately

Legato
Dynamics
1st/2nd Ending
Ritardando
Steady Pulse

#110 Lullaby

Vln./Vla. - Play low 2nd

finger on note Bb
Bass - Play 2nd finger Bb on
the G string
Cello - Play 2nd finger on
note Bb
Steady Pulse

#111 F Major March

Plays in F major accurately

Play dotted quarters and
single eighth note rhythm
patterns
Hooked bowing
Steady Pulse

#114 Jubilate

Vln/Vla/Cl - Play low 1st

finger Bb on the A string
Bass - Play low 1st finger
(1/2 position) on the A string
Play dotted quarters and
single eighth note rhythm
patterns
Steady Pulse

#116

Plays accurately in F major

Mixed finger patterns
Dynamics
Steady Pulse

Vln/Bass - Play low 1st

Finger on E string
Play dotted quarters and
single eighth note rhythm
patterns w/ slurs
Steady Pulse

#123 Area 51

Plays in D minor accurately

Plays tremolo accurately
Accents
Staccato
Steady Pulse

#140 Oasis

#156 Manhattan Beach

March

Play 16th notes in the correct

part of the bow
Play 16th notes fixed with
other note values
Steady Pulse

#141 Oats and Beans

Play 16th notes in the correct

part of the bow
Play 16th notes mixed with
other note values
Dynamics
Steady Pulse

#124 All the Pretty Little

Horses

#142 The Wolf Pack

#129 Stepping Into

Bb Major

#143 Theme and Variation

from Surprise Symphony

#130 O Come, Little

Children - Line A

#145 Skip to My Lou

Variation

Plays in D minor accurately

Repeats
Vln./Vla. - use 4th finger
appropriately
Bass - Shift accurately
Steady Pulse

Play note Eb on D string

Plays in Bb major accurately
Steady Pulse

Plays in Bb major accurately

1st/2nd ending
Dynamics
Steady Pulse

#134 O Canada

Plays in Bb Major accurately

Dynamics
Hooked bowing
Accidentals
Steady Pulse

#138 Too Hip for the Room

Play 16th notes in the correct

part of the bow
Play 16th notes fixed with
other note values
Steady Pulse

Play 16th notes in the correct

part of the bow
Play 16th notes mixed with
other note values
Vln./Vla. - use 4th finger
appropriately
Bass - Shift appropriately
Steady Pulse

Play 16th notes in the correct

part of the bow
Play 16th notes mixed with
other note values
Correct Articulation
Bass - Shift appropriately
Steady pulse

Play rhythms contains 8th &

16th note combinations
1st/2nd Ending
Steady pulse

Ties
Accents
Plays accurately in F major
Steady Pulse in Cut Time

#161 down by the Salley

Gardens
Plays accuracy in D Major
1st/2nd Ending
Dynamics
Ritardando
Steady Pulse in Cut Time

#164 Extremely Ebs

Line A

Vln/Vla - Play Eb on the A

string.
Accurately play in Bb major
Steady Pulse

#169 Water Come a Me Eye

Vln - Play Bb with low 4th
finger
Cello/Bass- Play Bb with
correct fingers and proper
shape
Count and play syncopated
rhythms
Steady Pulse

#181 Secret Codes

Play notes and rhythms

written in shorthand notation
Tremolo
Steady pulse

#146 Fiddle Frenzy

#182 Spiccato Brush Stroke

#148 Theme from

Concerto in A Minor

#183 Hooked Off the String

Play rhythms contains 8th &

16th note combinations
Vln/Vla/Cl - Double stops
Bass- Shift appropriately
Steady pulse

Play rhythms contains 8th &

16th note combinations
Play 16th notes mixed with
other note values
Steady Pulse

Play notes and rhythms

written in shorthand notation
Play spiccato using correct
bow stroke
Steady pulse

Play notes and rhythms

written in shorthand notation
Hooked bowing off the string
Spiccato
Steady pulse

Students must work sequentially (down each column starting on the left) before moving on to the next column. Students are expected to play each excerpt in tune in
addition to meeting the criteria outlined in each box. Upon completing an excerpt the student will receive a ticket to be entered into a drawing for a prize. Students
are allowed to pass off one excerpt per student support session or appointment.

Outline developed by Sid Adams

Student Name:____________________________________