Full Description
The Guide to Teaching Strings is a comprehensive text designed to provide the instrumental music teacher with an introduction to the history, repertoire, and performance practice of each of the strings.For each of the strings, The Guide provides a brief history of the instrument, bow, case, and accessories. It furnishes criteria for the selection of instruments and techniques for performance, with teaching procedures for each of the four instrument groups from the initial training of the beginner through the performance practice of the accomplished student.In sum, The Guide is a strings methods text that will serve teachers and performers throughout their careers.
Contents
Part I Characteristics Common to All String Instruments1 Introduction to the String Instruments2 The Bow3 Accessories4 Strings5 Care and Maintenance of the String InstrumentsPart II General String Techniques6 Techniques that Apply to All of the String InstrumentsPart III Teaching the Instruments7 Teaching the Violin8 Teaching the Viola9 Teaching the Cello10 Teaching the BassPart IV In the Classroom11 Some 20th Century Developments in Teaching Strings12 Technology in the String Class13 The School String Program14 Selecting Instruments, Bows, and CasesNER(01): WOW
