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String Explorer has been thoroughly field-tested and represents the best of
contemporary and traditional teaching practices. Each lesson first addresses
a new right-hand technique, then a new left-hand technique, and then
culminates in a Putting It Together section that uses classics, folk songs and
original pieces to combine and reinforce the newly learned skills. Along the
way your students will enjoy learning and performing four concert-appropriate ensemble pieces
representing the four major time periods of music. Five Activity Pages provide playing and written
exercises that focus on composition, improvisation, music theory, ear training, and world music. A
thoughtfully produced and comprehensive course of study, String Explorer meets and exceeds the USA
National Standards for Music Education.
Youre also sure to love the String Explorer Orchestra Seriesan expertly written series of works for string
orchestra that correlates with specific pages from String Explorer. Concert planning has never been so easy!
Instrumentation
Violin
Viola
Cello
Bass
Additional Materials
Piano Accompaniments
2-CD Set
Conductors Score with CD
Teachers Resource Kit
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BAROQUE
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CLASSICAL
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ROMANTIC
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Melody
Allegro
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Exploring
Music Theory
Complete the melody below. You may add only one note to each measure.
Use the note printed above the staff. Then play the melody.
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Exploring
Ear Training
Exploring
Composition
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Try playing Ode to Joy using only your first finger. Have fun sliding up and down the D string.
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Exploring
Improvisation
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The erhu is a two-string Chinese fiddle with a long and rich heritage. The hair of the bow actually passes
between the two strings, so it is always attached to the fiddle. The following tune is a piece based on a poem
written by the renowned poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty.
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World Music
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Learn to play Reminiscence of Lady Quin Er on your violin. Try to play it while holding your
violin vertically on your lap, as an erhu performer would.
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Right-hand bowing
techniques are
practiced alone first
Putting It Together
6
Eighth
notes
1.
Eighth Notes
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2.
First and
second
endings
Check Yourself:
Bow is parallel to the bridge
Right thumb is relaxed and bent
Violin is up and over
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Open A string
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D string
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Oats and peas and beans and
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grow!
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grow!
The accompaniment
adds harmony to the theme.
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both know.
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Accompaniment
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Theme
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The Tunnel
The line after each finger number means to leave your finger on the D string while you play the A string.
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Huron Sunset
Finger Tips
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Left-hand fingering techniques
are focused on second
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Arco Dakota offers Arcos
History Highlights, insights
into the history of strings
and music, selected
composers, and folk songs
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Getting Started
Activity 1: Holding the Violin in Banjo Position
1. Place the violin flat against your stomach.
2. Hook your right thumb on the string closest
to your nose.
3. Rest your right palm behind the bridge.
4. Hold the lower bout of the violin with your
left hand.
5. Raise the neck of the violin up slightly with
your left hand.
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Finger Tips
*Numbering
corresponds to
track numbers
on the String
Explorer CD.
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Quarter note
Eighth notes
arco
Arco (Italian)
Echo Exercises
Listen as your teacher or student soloist (single player)
plays the grey notes. Then, echo back with the black notes.
Down bow
Up bow
Sharp
Quarter rest
Repeat sign
Start here.
Time signature
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Adventure Map
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solo
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On Your Own
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Finger Tips
The D Ladder
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D
D string
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Echo Exercises
1st finger
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E-Z Does It
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1st finger
D class
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Second Rung
pizz. D
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F#
2nd finger
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Featured Composers
World Music
African-AmericanShoo Fly
ArgentinianTango
ChineseReminiscence of Lady Quin Er
DutchWe Gather Together
EnglishHot Cross Buns; Mary Had a Little Lamb; London Bridge;
Drink to Me Only
English-AustralianShepherds Hey
FrenchTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Are You Sleeping;
Au Claire de la Lune;
IrishAntrim Hills; Syncopated Piper
IsraeliChanukah, Chanukah; Dayenu
KoreanArirang
MexicanCarmela; Un Elefante
Mexican-AmericanPaso Doble
Native AmericanApache Melody
NorwegianBridal March from Valdres
PolishTatra Song; Click Your Heels
U.S. AmericanOats, Peas and Beans; Bile Them Cabbage Down;
Old Joe Clark; Simple Gifts (Shaker); America; Erie Canal
Note : Original tunes and exercises not catalogued
Bob Phillips has taught in the Saline Area Schools of Michigan since 1976, building a string program with over 700 students. In the year 2000, he and
his wife Pam were recognized by the city of Saline as Citizens of the Year. Mr. Phillips has been recognized as Teacher of the Year nine times by
regional, state and national music organizations. In addition to serving on numerous district and state committees for the Michigan School Band and
Orchestra Association and ASTA, he has been invited to present clinics in 29 states and 6 foreign countries, as well as at national conferences including
the Ohio State University String Teachers Conference, the National String Teachers Training Workshop, the American String Workshop, the
International String Workshop and the International Society of Bassists.
Mr. Phillips has conducted the All-State Orchestra at Interlochen; the University of Michigan Junior Youth Symphony; Blue Lake Fine Arts; Jackson Youth Symphony;
Music Youth International Orchestra; Oakland (Michigan) Youth Orchestra (founder); American String Workshop Orchestra; and the MASTA Junior High Camp. During
his tenure as Artistic Director as well as founder of the Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic, the group has gained an international reputation, annually performing more
than 100 shows. The Fiddle Club and Improvisation programs he began include over 150 students each year.
An expert in the use of folk fiddling and jazz in the string orchestra, Bob is also co-author of three successful series of booksFiddlers Philharmonic, Fiddlers
Philharmonic Encore!, and Jazz Philharmonicall published by Alfred. These arrangements of traditional American fiddle repertoire grew from a need for material in
his own string classrooms and performing groups. Mr. Phillips received his bachelors and masters degrees in music education from the University of Michigan, where
he was a student of Lawrence Hurst, Elizabeth Green and Bob Culver.
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