Essential Elements Strings Book 2 continues the EE learning system starting with a review of Book 1. Book 2 further develops performance skills with exercises in new keys, additional rhythms and advancing finger positions.
Each Student Book Includes My EE Library
More great play-along tracks! Includes multiple exercises.
Review Section
- 6 opening pages cover all Book 1 elements
- Great refresher to start the 2nd year
Essential Elements Features Continued and Expanded
- Includes Rhythm Raps, Listening Skills, Theory, History, Multicultural Music, Creativity and Assessment
- Introduces and develops sight-reading
New Keys
- D (lower octave) and A Major
- F and B-flat major
- G and D Minor
New Rhythms and Meters
- Dotted notes
- Sixteenth-notes
- Syncopation
- 6/8 meter
- Cut time
- Triplets
Performance Spotlights
- Full string orchestra arrangements
- Arranged by John Higgins
- Various styles and levels
Finger Patterns
- For violins and violas
- By pattern, string and key
Additional Features
- Large, clear fingering charts
- Mixed meter
- Comprehensive scale and arpeggio pages
- Double stops
- Shifting introduced through harmonics
- Violin and viola extended third fingers and cello extensions introduced and reinforced
ISBN: 9780634052637
UPC: 073999680560
Format: Softcover with CD
Pages: 304
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