Easy Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Strings Extraordinaire! is a progressive collection of Classical, Traditional, Folk, and original compositions for performance by students of different playing levels. All pieces are scored with both...

All the jazz is in the piano. A straightforward arrangement for your students' first concert after only a few months of instruction. Jazzy Old Saint Nick features only a few pizzicato sections for a d...

A confidence-building arrangement about America's favorite pastime is just right for one of those first concerts with this new arrangement that will delight every parent in the audience.

Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 34)

Battle of the Shadow Hunters is a dark, driven character and teaching piece. It was written for second year students to give them practice with a minor tonality, but also easy enough rhythmically to a...

An elegant dance in 3/4 time, this Beethoven minuet is a great vehicle for teaching about rondo form. The episodes between the refrains are short - just four measures in most cases - so students hear...

Here's an effective work for beginning level players that features solid teaching material in a setting that is also terrific concert programming. Skilled part writing for all players, bold modal harm...

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

Your first-year string students will shine as Baroque meets country in this fun, Grade 1 selection. Based on quotes from Bach's famous Menuet in G and his Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, this is the perfe...

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...

One of the most important works of the 20th century was Stravinsky's ballet, The Firebird. The iconic 'Finale' is now accessible to young players with this effective arrangement by Michael Story. All...

A (Very) Short History of Music is an amazing grade 1 medley of a representative example from each major period of Western music using mostly half and quarter notes. Seamlessly presented by Douglas E....

This work contains notes and rhythms in the printed music - but no tempo indication or expressive markings (such as dynamics or articulations). Those missing items are the 'music' that you, the teache...

Using the notes of the D major scale, Dizzy Digits by Richard Meyer was written to improve early readers' finger dexterity and note-reading skills. Your students are sure to rise to the challenge of t...

Dorian Doodles, by Jim Palmer, gives beginners a chance to try out new techniques, including playing melodic lines with pizzicato, exploring dynamic changes, and using the Dorian mode. Students will e...

Dorian Doodles, by Jim Palmer, gives beginners a chance to try out new techniques, including playing melodic lines with pizzicato, exploring dynamic changes, and using the Dorian mode. Students will e...

New World Variations, arranged by Jim Palmer, is a grade 1 variation based on two themes from Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvorák. The variations feature lyrical playing, accented playing, and pizzicato....

New World Variations, arranged by Jim Palmer, is a grade 1 variation based on two themes from Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvorák. The variations feature lyrical playing, accented playing, and pizzicato....

Based entirely on just five notes (D through A), Five Note Fiddler is an ideal way to reinforce the D tetrachord while having a ton of fun in a fiddle-inspired setting. Brian Balmages playfully weaves...

Béla Bartók for beginning strings! All the parts are reinforced in the piano accompaniment guaranteeing a superb presentation. Fine opportunities exist to develop outstanding characteristic tone quali...

From Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, The Nutcracker , this timeless holiday tune is scored for beginning strings. A dance of monumental proportions that will be a joy for rehearsal as well as performanc...

A beginning string orchestra piece of elephantine porportions! Sean O'Loughlin is able to deliver time and time again exciting music that students love to play. His pieces sound much more difficult an...

First-year players can ?reach for the stars? with this easy concert piece. An ethereal theme with simple rhythms in first position calls to mind mysterious celestial spheres. All sections of the orche...

Make every week sharp week with your beginning string students. Composer Tyler Arcari gives us a fun teaching piece to help students remember their sharps! Every sharp is clearly indicated to reinforc...