Full Description
Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building a Successful String and Orchestra Program, Fifth Edition, is an essential guide for prospective, novice, and experienced string teachers alike. This comprehensive text provides all the information necessary to develop and manage a successful school-based program. Based on the national standards for teaching strings and orchestra, the text covers performance objectives, strategies for teaching technical and performance skills, and solutions to common playing problems for elementary, middle, and high school skill levels. It also offers rehearsal strategies to develop large-group ensemble techniques, practical approaches to teaching improvisation, and advice on how to increase student recruitment and retention.
Contents
Chapter 1 The String Instrument Family
Chapter 2 Beginning String Class Instruction
Chapter 3 Intermediate String Class Instruction
Chapter 4 Advanced String Class Instruction
Chapter 5 The School Orchestra Program
Chapter 6 Preparing for Your Orchestra Rehearsal
Chapter 7
