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BEGINNING STRINGS • GRADE 1
LudwigMasters string orchestra music for beginning and young ensembles can be easily recognized by the green cover design. These works
span the range of very easy to medium-easy (Grade 1 and 1½). Written by top composers and educators, with pedagogic intent, you will find
this series both useful and fun!
CLOCKWORKS
Thom Sharp Gr. 1½
Persistent pizzicato in the 1st violins sets up a rhythmic base for a
lyric melody in the violas and cellos. This melody is then passed
around the orchestra. Valuable teaching points are the key of G,
rhythmic ties, and low 2s for upper strings.
Score and Parts $35.00 50250124
mp3
Track #37
Extra Score $5.00 50255124
Dur. 2:07
CREEKSIDE CHILLIN’
Thom Sharp Gr. 1
The notes in D major are easy, so the focus will be on bowing.
String crossings, hooked bowings, and two-note slurs between
adjacent pitches highlight an easy-going, flowing melody passed
around the orchestra. You might be motivated to kick off your
shoes and find a fishin’ pole.
Score and Parts $35.00 50250125
mp3
Track #38
Extra Score $5.00 50255125
Dur. 3:08
FIDDLES AT SEA
American Folk Songs, arr. Kathryn Griesinger Gr. 1½
End your first year with three American folk songs about water,
each of which is passed around the orchestra. Learning opportunities
abound, both with the bow and pizzicato. There are some easy
double stops for double bass. Upper strings use high and low 2s
in G and D major.
Score and Parts $42.00 50250126
mp3
Track #39
Extra Score $6.00 50255126
Dur. 2:10
MEADOWS UNDER A SPRING SKY
Aric Branchfield Gr. 1½
Diatonic D major provides easy notes so students can concentrate
on bowing challenges such as hooked bowings and two-note slurs.
Longer note values reinforce the concept of subdivision of the
beat. The work is in alla breve (cut time) and the upper strings will
switch between open strings and covering with the fourth finger.
Score and Parts $40.00 50250128
mp3
Track #41
Extra Score $6.00 50255128
Dur. 2:24
ROGUE’S REVENGE
Michael Blackwood Gr. 1½
An E minor driving rock beat and two sets of parts will allow you
to combine absolute beginners and second year students with
great success. The easier parts are all high 2s, simple rhythms, and
use limited range. Advanced parts use 4th fingers, high and low 2s,
and have some longer note values for developing counting skills.
Adding a drumset helps keep the ensemble together.
Score and Parts $42.00 50250129
mp3
Track #42
Extra Score $8.00 50255129
Dur. 2:27
HOLIDAY
JINGLE JOY
Traditional German/George F. Handel/James Lord Pierpont,
arr. Kathryn Griesinger Gr. 1
Beginners will be able to play a melody at your holiday concert
by using this wonderful medley of How Great Our Joy,
Joy to the World, and Jingle Bells. The key is D major and no
rhythms other than quarter and half notes. Violin 1 stands
alone, Violin 2 and Viola mostly double, as do Violoncello
and Double Bass. Simple, yet effective, the arrangement has
a piano accompaniment to help solidify the rhythm.
Score and Parts $35.00 50250127
mp3
Track #40
Extra Score $5.00 50255127
Dur. 1:49