Habits of a Successful Young String Musician (Book 1) - Viola

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Habits of a Successful Young String Musician is a field-tested and musical collection of 220 sequenced exercises for the beginning string student. The companion website (www.habitsstrings.com) features supplemental resources including accompaniment tracks, start-up clinic videos, and full performance videos for each exercise in the book. These cutting-edge online components are on MusicFirst (PracticeFirst) and MakeMusic Cloud (SmartMusic)._x000D_
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What makes Habits of a Successful Young String Musician unique?_x000D_
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Tone is at the heart of this method._x000D_
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Students begin using the bow earlier than other resources._x000D_
The familiar melodies enable students to use their ears to develop good pitch and tone._x000D_
Online videos allow students to see and hear professional string players modeling good tone and technique for each exercise._x000D_
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Tonal literacy is a key focus of this book._x000D_
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All four open strings are introduced early._x000D_
New notes are introduced with clear fingerboard diagrams and pictures next to the staff._x000D_
New keys are taught by highlighting notes affected by the new key signature._x000D_
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Rhythmic literacy exercises will have your students counting and reading independently._x000D_
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Long notes and rests are introduced early so students learn to count and subdivide._x000D_
Melodies in 3/4 appear early and often._x000D_
Nine pages of sight-reading exercises develop stronger tonal and rhythmic literacy skills._x000D_
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High-quality photos of excellent hand positions to help students develop great technique._x000D_
A diverse repertoire of classical and folk melodies from around the world._x000D_
Warm-up pages with scales, arpeggios, tuning canons, bowing variations, and other great tools for introducing, teaching, and reinforcing skills._x000D_
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Online resources (www.habitsstrings.com) include instructional videos by professional string coaches to reinforce instrument position, left-hand set-up, bow hand technique, hooked bows, slurs, developing good tone, as well as shifting and positions in the lower strings._x000D_
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Sarah Ball is the Director of Orchestras at North Gwinnett Middle School in Sugar Hill, GA._x000D_
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Margaret Selby is the Director of Orchestras at Laing Middle School in Mount Pleasant, SC._x000D_
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Christopher Selby is the Director of High School Orchestras at the Charleston County School of the Arts, Charleston, SC._x000D_
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Scott Rush is the team lead for the Habits series._x000D_