Strictly Strings

What better way to practice early shifting than with this exciting original work by Richard Meyer. The exciting rhythms and sounds of this creative work will inspire your students to attain new height...

This original by Richard Meyer combines traditional fiddle style with a few rhythmic and harmonic surprises to produce a motivational and educationally sound work for the young string orchestra. Corre...

The pomp and circumstance of a regal ceremony are evident in this superior selection by Richard Meyer. Ideal for teaching eighth-note triplets, the rich harmonies and expressive melodies of this work...

Masterfully arranged using only a one-octave D major scale and eighth notes, this arrangement will make your beginning strings sound amazingly mature. An excellent early introduction to the classics....

Using only the notes of the D-major scale, this delightful original by Richard Meyer is a wonderful way to introduce your first-year students to 3/4 meter. The canonic format is sure to help develop c...

Take your students on a desert caravan in this fun and exciting piece written to introduce low first-finger notes (E-flat and B-flat). All students-even your more advanced players-will love the Far Ea...

Simple yet mature-sounding, Elegy and Dance is a wonderful study in contrast for the first-year orchestra. A haunting, minor melody in 3/4 opens the piece, followed by a stately 4/4 dance in D major....

This easy, yet energetic piece is sure to become a favorite of young string players. Carefully written for this grade level, all sections of the orchestra get to share in the activity of this fun, mot...

Although the key signature of two sharps suggests the key of D major, Dorian Parade begins with a six-measure introduction starting and ending on E-implying the Dorian mode. The piece spends a conside...

Playfully written, Scherzando employs mostly down and up bowing, includes some two-note slurs, and all instruments are given a chance to play the melody. Although the tempo is marked 88-104, it can be...

Imagine the stately bird, the blue heron, in the marshes along Lake Erie. When standing on one leg in the water, the bird is visible to the careful observer, yet their large wingspan makes them majest...

Edmund Siennicki has arranged this classic fiddle tune for young strings with more than just the fiddles in mind. Including the usual eight-note fiddling rhythmic figures (4/4), left-hand pizzicato, d...

String a Song of Christmas features a number of Christmas classics, including: "The First Noel," "Silent Night," "Deck the Hall," "Away in a Manger," "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas," and "We Wish You a Mer...

This charming dance from Tchaikovsky's best-loved ballet, is a great way to introduce your young orchestra to staccato bow style and simple accidentals (C-sharp, D-sharp, and B-flat). All new concepts...

It just doesn't get any easier than this! Using just six notes (D-E-F#-G-A-B), this creative arrangement blends several favorite carols to produce an excellent choice for that first holiday program. S...

It just doesn't get any easier than this! Using just six notes (D-E-F#-G-A-B), this creative arrangement blends several favorite carols to produce an excellent choice for that first holiday program. S...

It just doesn't get any easier than this! Using just six notes (D-E-F#-G-A-B), this creative arrangement blends several favorite carols to produce an excellent choice for that first holiday program. S...

At last! A Christmas medley in which the violas (with optional 3rd violin) get to play every tune. Utilizing the full first-position range from low C to High E, this arrangement features rich textures...

At last! A Christmas medley in which the violas (with optional 3rd violin) get to play every tune. Utilizing the full first-position range from low C to High E, this arrangement features rich textures...

At last! A Christmas medley in which the violas (with optional 3rd violin) get to play every tune. Utilizing the full first-position range from low C to High E, this arrangement features rich textures...

At last! A Christmas medley in which the violas (with optional 3rd violin) get to play every tune. Utilizing the full first-position range from low C to High E, this arrangement features rich textures...

Familiar songs of the Chanukah season are skillfully presented in this great arrangement for young strings by John O'Reilly. Ideal for first-or second-year string orchestras, this selection is correla...

Familiar songs of the Chanukah season are skillfully presented in this great arrangement for young strings by John O'Reilly. Ideal for first-or second-year string orchestras, this selection is correla...

Familiar songs of the Chanukah season are skillfully presented in this great arrangement for young strings by John O'Reilly. Ideal for first-or second-year string orchestras, this selection is correla...