Strictly Strings

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...

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...

Using only a one octave D-Major scale with no eighth notes, this arrangement(combining several favorite carols) is perfect for that first holiday concert. Interesting parts for all instruments ensure...

The title of this piece refers both to the often hectic activity of the holiday season and the 'perpetual motion' rhythms (played in eighth notes) that appear throughout the arrangement. Familiar caro...

Looking for a mutli-cultural piece for your holiday concert? Look no further! Celebrate the holidays with this sparkling medley designed for first-year orchestras. 'Hanukah O Hanukah' is combined with...

This arrangement is a simple, yet rich presentation of the French carol 'Noel Nouvelet,' often known to English-speaking audiences as 'Sing We Now of Christmas.' Utilizing only the notes of a one-octa...

Strictly Strings Pop-Style Solos provide a wonderful selection of very appealing material for the young instrumentalist. Although correlated to specific pages in Strictly Strings, Book 1, these solos...

Strictly Strings Pop-Style Solos provide a wonderful selection of very appealing material for the young instrumentalist. Although correlated to specific pagesin in Strictly Strings, Book 1, these solo...

Strictly Strings Pop-Style Solos provide a wonderful selection of very appealing material for the young instrumentalist. Although correlated to specific pages in Strictly Strings, Book 1, these solos...