String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808194 Composed by Mark W. Huxhold. Instructional. Score and parts. 68 pages. Mark Wayne Music, LLC #3489363. Published by Mark Wayne Music, LLC (A0.808194). Developed by a String Specialist for the String Specialist by Mark W. Huxhold (Who's Who Among America's Teachers- 2000, 2005, 2006) I developed this method over a 20 year period as a school orchestra teacher faced with ever diminishing classroom instructional time. My goal was to preserve and articulate the scope and sequence of the curriculum in a concise and efficient manner. This method is intended to foster music reading skills from the beginning when used in conjunction with teacher initiated rote and modeling teaching techniques.  Book 2 continues in standard portrait format at 100% scale. Curriculum Scope & Sequence Prerequisite: Book 1 or 1st position (bass 1st & 3rd pos.) on A and D strings. D major, Common time. Eighth, quarter and half notes. Detáche and whole bowing.  Technique: Position:violin/viola-1st position (viola half pos.), cello- 1st and extended position, bass- half, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3 1/2 position. Bowing: Slurs, Richochet   Keys: G, C, F/d, Bb/g, Eb/c, A/f#, b, e, a Rhythm   Time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 6/8   Notes/Rests: whole, eight, dotted half, sixteenth, dotted quarter & eight,  eighth & quarter triplets Concerning the Double BassMy experience as a classroom teacher and a bassist has convinced me that a beginning bassist develops best in a heterogeneous string class when playing the same contour as the other instruments. This is achieved by introducing the bassist to 3rd position when the other instruments learn C# and D on the A string. I do advocate marking 3rd position on the fingerboard. Another benefit is that the bassist is able to develop good tone production and intonation more easily on the higher 2 strings.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.773313 Composed by Yoel Epstein. Arranged by Yoel Epstein. Holiday,Instructional,Patriotic. Score and parts. 53 pages. Yoel Epstein #3686153. Published by Yoel Epstein (A0.773313). This volume contains songs for every national US holiday. The songs are arranged for beginning string orchestra (all first position), with additional parts for violin, viola and cello using open strings only. An accompaniment track is available at https://youtu.be/SlkbjfKBdjc . So you can play this with the accompaniment and any combination of parts. If there are no violists, or if the cello part is too hard for your students, you can play the songs with the accompaniment, and it will sound fine. In fact, I have performed this piece with the violin open string parts only, along with the accompaniment.  Important: This volume contains the scores and one copy of the parts. If you need more parts, please, please, please do not simply photocopy them. You can buy more parts at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20827196for practically nothing! I know your project is underbudgeted, and money is short, and the photocopier is right down the hall. But this is my livelihood. So I am asking you to please buy your additional parts. Thank you.  This is one of the Open String Symphony series of music for string players of mixed skill levels. You can see all the books of the series at  http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Open+String+Symphony  These pieces are part of a more complete program for teaching strings in classes. You can read the entire first-year program in the books Playing Together Student Workbook and Playing Together: Teacher's Guide, both available on Amazon:  Teacher's Guide: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Together-Teachers-Guide-teaching/dp/1534974598 Student Workbook: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Together-Student-Workbook-2/dp/1535336617  If you enjoy this, you are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. You can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel+Epstein ), In particular, you might be interested in my music flash cards (here). If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me, and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com. Hope you enjoy.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.773315 Composed by Yoel Epstein. Arranged by Yoel Epstein. Holiday,Patriotic,Standards. Score and parts. 39 pages. Yoel Epstein #3686423. Published by Yoel Epstein (A0.773315). This volume contains parts for songs for every national US holiday. The songs are arranged for beginning string orchestra (all first position), with additional parts for violin, viola and cello using open strings only. You can purchase the score and one set of parts at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20826942 . An accompaniment track is available at https://youtu.be/SlkbjfKBdjc . So you can play this with the accompaniment and any combination of parts. If there are no violists, or if the cello part is too hard for your students, you can play the songs with the accompaniment, and it will sound fine. In fact, I have performed this piece with the violin open string parts only, along with the accompaniment. Please do not make copies of this. I know your project is underbudgeted and you are underpaid, and the photocopier is right down the hall. But this is my livelihood. So please, please, please, buy as many copies as you need. It's really cheap!This is one of the Open String Symphony series of music for string players of mixed skill levels. You can see all the books of the series at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Open+String+Symphony These pieces are part of a more complete program for teaching strings in classes. You can read the entire first-year program in the books Playing Together Student Workbook and Playing Together: Teacher's Guide, both available on Amazon: Teacher's Guide: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Together-Teachers-Guide-teaching/dp/1534974598 Student Workbook: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Together-Student-Workbook-2/dp/1535336617 If you enjoy this, you are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. You can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel+Epstein ), In particular, you might be interested in my music flash cards (here). If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me, and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com.  Hope you enjoy.  

By Guns N' Roses. By Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin', Steven Adler, W. Axl Rose, and Slash. Arranged by Charles Laux. Classical, Pop, Rock. Score and parts. 30 pages. Dr. Charles Laux, www.OrchestraTeacher.net #801105. Published by Dr. Charles Laux, www.OrchestraTeacher.net

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1202429 By The McCoys. By Bert Russell and Wes Farrell. Arranged by Charles Laux. Pop,Rock. 9 pages. Dr. Charles Laux, www.OrchestraTeacher.net #801133. Published by Dr. Charles Laux, www.OrchestraTeacher.net (A0.1202429). A fun arrangement of the major hit for the band The McCoys in 1965.  This arrangement is suited for a younger string orchestra, all in D major and playable without any shifting. Parts for Violin 1, Violin2, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass are included along with the full score.If you are in an Ohio State Buckeyes fan base area, this tune will be a huge hit at your concert or pep rally!

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.563591 Composed by Austin Ralphson. Blues,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 39 pages. Austin Ralphson #4317691. Published by Austin Ralphson (A0.563591). Children (and adults) who learn a musical instrument will always progress at different rates. Students also develop some of the many skills involved in instrumental playing faster than other skills.The Mixed Abilities School Ensemble Series for Easy String Orchestra has the flexibility to allow pupils of different standards to play together in one ensemble (up to five parts).Each piece has a total of 5 different parts which are fully interchangeable between violins, violas and cellos (double basses can double the cello parts). So whether you have 15 violins and a viola, or 3 violins, or 4 cellos or whatever, the pieces will still work well together. All parts are provided for all instruments.Part 5 uses long notes on open strings. The other parts gradually increase in difficulty up to Part 1, which uses first and second positions. The teacher should select appropriate parts for the players in the group.I GOT THE BLUES is the second piece in this series, and uses typical Blues characteristics such as syncopation and swung quavers. It also includes a section in which any player can improvise; suggested notes to use in the solo are provided along with backing figures.Please listen to the mp3 file, which is an electronic example of the piece being played with 4 violin parts and a cello on Part 5.The purchaser of this product may print as many copies of the parts as required in order for the piece to work successfully with the ensemble. They must not copy, print or distribute the score or parts for others who have not purchased the product independently.Complete string catalogue arr. Austin Ralphson is here (copy and paste to new tab):www.ralphsonstrings.com 

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1296238 Composed by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Contest,Early Music,Festival,Historic,Renaissance,Traditional. 11 pages. Jmsgu3 #886483. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.1296238). Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch organist and composer who lived from April 1562 to October 16, 1621. He was born and died in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Sweelinck's first published works date from around 1592-94, and he composed various music, including chansons and keyboard music. He was known for his keyboard playing and was a teacher to German composers Samuel Scheidt and Heinrich Scheidemann.  Sweelinck's Echo Fantasias are significant for several reasons:Innovative composition: Echo Fantasias were a unique form of composition during Sweelinck's time, blending elements of traditional fantasias with passages dedicated to echo effects. This experimental approach showcased Sweelinck's creativity and willingness to push the boundaries of musical expression. Emphasis on the moment: Unlike Sweelinck's larger fantasias, the construction of Echo Fantasias was less strict, focusing more on the immediate musical experience than the overall design. This emphasis on the moment allowed for greater freedom and spontaneity in the performance of these pieces. Stylistic range: Echo Fantasias encompassed various styles, juxtaposing fantasia-like elements with passages dedicated to echo effects. This stylistic diversity added depth and complexity to Sweelinck's compositions, making them engaging and intriguing for both performers and listeners.

String Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.736751 Composed by Julius Klengel. Arranged by Paul Wood. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 95 pages. MyMusicScores.com #5314773. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.736751). Julius Klengel (24 September 1859 – 27 October 1933) was a German cellist who had a long career as principal cellist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra.As well as being a famous soloist Klengel was also revered as a great teacher. His concertos, etudes and smaller pieces are still used by students today. Here is an arrangement of his Concertino No. 1 for cello and string orchestraThe PDF contains the score, solo cello, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello and bass parts

String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q49929 Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. This edition: set of parts. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Downloadable, Set of parts. Ernst Eulenburg & Co. GmbH - Digital #Q49929. Published by Ernst Eulenburg & Co. GmbH - Digital (S9.Q49929). Key: F major.The Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, Leipzig 1827, reports that Mendelssohn, between the ages of 12-14, and under the guidance of his teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter, composed 'symphonies for strings alone in the style of C. P. E. Bach, which were then performed in the house of his highly refined and cultivated parents.' These remarkably fresh and precociously accomplished works were presented during Sunday musicales held at the Mendelssohn family residence and performed by members of the Berlin Court Orchestra under the direction of the composer himself. The instrumental parts are based on the recently-published Eulenburg study scores of the 12 Sinfonias for strings, newly-edited by Boris von Haken from the extant autograph MSS in the collection of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbestiz.

String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1231737 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by César Madeira. Chamber,Contest,Festival,Lent,Sacred,Standards. 4 pages. Sheet Music To Play Editions #827440. Published by Sheet Music To Play Editions (A0.1231737). Pie Jesu from Faure's Requiem, Op.48. Arrangement for String Orchestra - Violin 1, 2, Viola, Violoncello and Contrabass. With Full Score. Enjoy it!This file DOES NOT contain Individual Parts. Full Score only.Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs Après un rêve and Clair de lune. Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.For Tutorials, Play Alongs or request New Arrangements, visit my YouTube Channel: Sheet Music To Play

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1232478 Composed by Charles Dancla. Arranged by Paul Wood. Romantic Period. Score and Parts. 39 pages. MyMusicScores.com #828167. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.1232478). Dancla was born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and was discovered by violinist Pierre Rode in Bordeaux when he was only nine years old. Following this, Dancla enrolled at the Paris Conservatory where he studied violin with Baillot and composition with Fromental Halévy.In 1857, Dancla was appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatory and remained a successful teacher for over 35 years.Dancla's Op. 89, composed in 1858, which features six airs, each based on themes by different composers including Pacini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Weig, and Mercadante, is a significant contribution to the student violin repertoire.Here is an arranhgement for violin and string orchestra.The PDF file contains the score and all parts.

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1294900 Composed by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Contest,Early Music,Festival,Historic,Renaissance,Traditional. 21 pages. Jmsgu3 #885220. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.1294900). Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch organist and composer who lived from April 1562 to October 16, 1621. He was born and died in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Sweelinck's first published works date from around 1592-94, and he composed a variety of music, including chansons and keyboard music. He was known for his keyboard playing and was a teacher to German composers Samuel Scheidt and Heinrich Scheidemann. Sweelinck's Fantasia Chromatica is based on a descending chromatic tetrachord from D to A. The theme is later developed in various ways, including canons, augmentation, diminution, and double augmentation. The piece forms an essential link between the Renaissance and the Baroque.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1329310 Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by César Madeira. 19th Century,20th Century,Chamber,Multicultural,Romantic Period,World. 9 pages. Sheet Music To Play Editions #917288. Published by Sheet Music To Play Editions (A0.1329310). Jupiter Chorale from The Planets, Op.32 by Gustav Holst. Arrangement for String Orchestra - Violin 1, 2, Viola, Violoncello and Contrabass. With Full Score and Individual Parts. Enjoy it!Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development.For Tutorials, Play Alongs or request New Arrangements, visit the YouTube Channel: Sheet Music To Play

String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1101910 By Kate Bush. By Kate Bush. Arranged by Greta Myers. 20th Century,Contemporary,Film/TV,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. Score and Parts. 17 pages. Greta Myers Strings #705295. Published by Greta Myers Strings (A0.1101910). This exciting arrangement of Running Up That Hill for string orchestra offers accessible parts for beginning and intermediate students. Arranged by an orchestra teacher with school orchestras in mind, instrument parts contain bowings and fingerings to help students and save time during rehearsals. Originally released in 1985, Running Up That Hill reached the top of the charts in 2022 after being featured on the Netflix series, “Stranger Things.� Violin 1 and Viola 1 are identical parts to offer melody to strong violists. Range is D string to D on the A string with only two low 2 fingerings. Violin 2 and Viola 2 are not identical, but both provide harmony with a range from D string to B on the A string. Violin 2 has a few notes on the G string. Cello and Bass add a bass line and exciting driving rhythm. Cello range is from C (natural- no extended 4) to B on the A string. Bass range is from C (natural) on the A string to E on the D string. (no shifting).