Stringtastic Beginners: Teacher's Accompaniment

Stringtastic Beginners is a new series designed to teach string instruments through playing, with over 40 imaginative pieces and backing tracks available for download. The series is ideal for individual and group tuition, as well as flexible ensemble and classroom settings.

Format: Sheet music
Length: 64 pages
Publication date: 10 September 2021
Publisher: Faber Music Ltd

Stringtastic Beginners is a delightful and innovative series crafted to impart music education through engaging play. Designed for violin, viola, cello, and double bass, this fully integrated series enables students to learn and perform together in various combinations. Each book in the series features over 40 imaginative pieces, carefully designed to establish a solid playing technique and boost confidence, gradually progressing the student from complete beginner to playing the notes of the D major scale.

The first 20 pieces in the series comprise two independent tunes that can be played as duets, one for open strings and a more advanced part utilizing the left-hand fingers. These duets provide students with the opportunity to revisit and refine their skills as they progress. The series is ideal for individual and group tuition, as well as flexible ensemble and classroom settings.

To enhance the learning experience, each piece is accompanied by an exciting backing track and a piano-only track, which can be downloaded for practice. The Teachers Accompaniment book provides the complete piano accompaniments that work seamlessly with any combination of instrumental parts.

Mark Wilson and Paul Wood, the authors of this series, have developed an engaging and accessible approach that will captivate young learners. The well-conceived pedagogy will delight teachers, ensuring a comprehensive and enjoyable music-making journey. Moreover, the Stringtastic integrated approach recognizes the social aspect of music-making by allowing violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists to play together from the very beginning.

Dr. Mark Elliot Bergman, Director of Strings and Orchestral Studies at Sheridan College, enthusiastically endorses this method, stating, "I look forward to sharing this method with my young students and colleagues in early music education. Stringtastic Beginners is a testament to the power of play and creativity in music education."

Weight: 154g
Dimension: 227 x 305 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571542277