Essential Technique for Strings – Conductor Score Book 3 takes your string program to the next level, designed for intermediate musicians ready to advance beyond Essential Elements Book 2. This flexible-use technique resource offers unison exercises and melodies that build the skills students need to play school orchestra literature, whether used sequentially or selected to supplement the pieces you're rehearsing.
Features
- Complete Conductor's Score: Every exercise with instrument-specific instructions, organized into three progressive sections—Higher Positions and Shifting, Keys and Scales, and Bowings and Special Techniques.
- Higher Position Fingering Worksheets & Quizzes: Reproducible materials to reinforce shifting and position work.
- Music Theory Study & Work Sheets: Reproducible pages covering half/whole steps, major key signatures, relative minor keys, and enharmonics.
- Quick Reference & Sequence Guide: Locate concepts, positions, keys, and techniques by page at a glance.
- Rehearsal & Tuning Strategies: Selected strategies for rehearsing orchestras plus guidelines for tuning string instruments.
- Parent Communication & Assessment Forms: Reproducible forms to support evaluation and family communication.
- Additional Resources: Keyboard illustration, vibrato practice melodies, words to familiar melodies, and Play Along Trax.
- Standards Alignment: Includes ASTA with NSOA Standards for Successful School String/Orchestra Teaching and an Essential Resource List for string teachers.