Easy Sheet Music for String Orchestra

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....

Using only the notes of the D major scale, Richard Meyer has fashioned a medieval-sounding piece that is sure to fascinate your beginning string students. The minor key, modal harmonies and driving rh...

Written in a minor mode, this thrilling piece is reminiscent of Schumann's character pieces for young musicians and has been composed to reinforce F and C naturals and give young orchestras more exper...

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There's a ninja on the loose and he's sneaking through the orchestra. But not for long! Your students will love making up storylines for what happens next in this colorful Asian-flavored piece that us...

Rise of the Bow-Bots is a creative offering by Richard Meyer that will be as much fun to play as it will be to teach. The Bow-bots are alive and invading your orchestra room! This colorful selection i...

Back in print, this fantastic arrangement of this classic piece is perfect for a young string orchestra, yet still retains the feel of the original! An unusual format provides flexibility with parts f...

Leroy Anderson created some of America's best loved music, especially during his tenure with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Here is a very easy arrangement of his beloved The Syncopated Clock written by B...

This is a very easy and straightforward piece in D Major, using repeated eighth and quarter notes. All sections of the orchestra are sure to be kept busy. Whole bows should be used for quarter note pa...

This is a very easy and straightforward piece in D Major, using repeated eighth and quarter notes. All sections of the orchestra are sure to be kept busy. Whole bows should be used for quarter note pa...

Written in E natural minor, this simple piece is a lesson in dynamic variations, bow divisions, and minor tonality. It uses mostly quarter notes and half notes, encouraging students to vary the bow sp...

Written in E natural minor, this simple piece is a lesson in dynamic variations, bow divisions, and minor tonality. It uses mostly quarter notes and half notes, encouraging students to vary the bow sp...

This fun piece is written in first position for all parts. It is in D Major, with a short section in b minor. It encourages the use of forearm bowing in the quaver passages and is rhythmically and har...

This fun piece is written in first position for all parts. It is in D Major, with a short section in b minor. It encourages the use of forearm bowing in the quaver passages and is rhythmically and har...

This fun piece is designed to teach bow division and bow speeds. The last eighth note can be lifted and carefully replaced in the half note rest in various measures - a jack in the box! (2:25)

This fun piece is designed to teach bow division and bow speeds. The last eighth note can be lifted and carefully replaced in the half note rest in various measures - a jack in the box! (2:25)

The title doesn't lie: there is no doubt about whether the note should be sharp or natural. The piano part is essential so that the students can hear the changing harmonies from major tonality to mino...

The title doesn't lie: there is no doubt about whether the note should be sharp or natural. The piano part is essential so that the students can hear the changing harmonies from major tonality to mino...

Just like the piece says: it's all about counting beats, rhythms, and rests. Students can fall into the trap of forgetting to count. This piece makes it easy to teach the young ensemble all at the sam...

Just like the piece says: it's all about counting beats, rhythms, and rests. Students can fall into the trap of forgetting to count. This piece makes it easy to teach the young ensemble all at the sam...

This piece, in simple triple time, is designed to teach students to plan their bow speeds with alternating fast and slow bow speeds. It is also useful for reinforcing slurs and the first two finger pa...

This piece, in simple triple time, is designed to teach students to plan their bow speeds with alternating fast and slow bow speeds. It is also useful for reinforcing slurs and the first two finger pa...

Using unison rhythms and simple part work, One Step at a Time by Loreta Fin moves mostly by steps and skips, reinforcing scale and arpeggio preparation and basic string crossing. There are some slurs...