Features:

A comprehensive supplement for classroom or studio in a unique format, Sight-Read It for Strings will develop consistent reading habits and improve sight-reading for violin, viola, cello and bass students. Using a non-sequential unit format, materials are flexible and can be individualized.

Sight-Read It for Strings develops consistent reading habits by addressing:

• Counting System
• Identification of musical and non-musical cues
• Identification of musical patterns
• Awareness of the music page layout
• Special reading issues not necessarily related to notes

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Sight Reading Checklist
• Counting Systems
• Unit 1
• Dotted Quarter and Eighth Notes
• Special: "Road Maps"
• Ensemble: Men of Harlech March
• Unit 2
• Long Notes
• Special: Subdividing
• Ensemble: Theme from Symphony No. 1
• Unit 3
• Rests
• Special: Dynamics
• Ensemble: Theme and Variation on "Spring"
• Unit 4
• Ties
• Special: Meter Changes and Conducting
• Ensemble: Mixed-Up Bach
• Unit 5
• Note Values: Long to Short and Short to Long
• Special: Bowings and Articulations
• Ensemble: Noel's Galliard
• Unit 6
• Conjunct (Stepwise) Interval Patterns
• Special: Accompaniment Patterns
• Ensemble: Old Joe Clark
• Unit 7
• Disjunct (Skipping) Interval Patterns
• Special: Accidentals and Key Changes
• Ensemble: Bugle-Call Blues
• Special Page: E and C Strings

Catalog:	25259
Publisher:	Alfred Publishing
Composer:	Bob Phillips, Richard Meyer, Andrew H. Dabczynski
Artist:	Bob Phillips, Richard Meyer, Andrew H. Dabczynski
Arranger:	Bob Phillips, Richard Meyer, Andrew H. Dabczynski
Voicing:	Violin
Level:
Pages:	32