Developed by the great string teacher Sheila Nelson, this collection of 12 pieces for flexible string ensemble (including score and parts) is suitable for near-beginner string students. The pieces stay within the keys of A and D major, with rhythms limited to quavers, crotchets, crotchet rests, minims and dotted minims. Time signatures are limited to 3 and 4.
Octotunes helps develop reading skills in two stages. The student is first encouraged to learn and sing tunes from the sol-fa charts, before transferring to the stave notation with its additional dynamics and bowing.
Contents:
- Anna's Arabesque
- Ben's Bounce
- Edgar's Explosion
- Ellie's Excursion
- Gabriel's Galop
- Isabelle's Intermezzo
- Libby's Lullaby
- Noam's Notion
- Sami's Story
- Sebastian's Stomp
- Sophie's Square Dance
- Tasha's Tune