Expressive Techniques for Orchestra - Bass

Are you tired of juggling multiple technique books to teach scales, etudes, warm-ups, shifting, positions, vibrato, and tone production? Expressive Techniques for Orchestra offers a wealth of technical and musical experiences for the advanced middle school through upper-level high school student under one cover. This all-in-one book follows any published Book II, but is much more than just a Book III. It may be used sequentially or by individual units, as needed.

Featuring: Warm-ups Orchestra Stretches String Calisthenics Tuning Procedures Rhythmic Studies Vibrato Chorales and Etudes Natural Harmonics Shifting Upper Positions Taught Through Finger Patterns Violin and Viola II, III, IV, and V Positions Cello II, II½, III, IV, and Thumb Positions String Bass II, II½, III, III½, IV, V, V½, and Thumb Positions Scales and Arpeggios Violin, Viola, and Cello: Two and Three Octaves String Bass: One and Two Octaves Velocity and Bowing Studies Unison or Mixed Level Class Use Alternate Clefs for All Instruments Solo and String Orchestra Performance Pieces Musical Period and Bowing Styles Composer Biographies and Historical Context Sight Reading Chart Piano Keyboard