String Orchestra Grade 1

• Playable by first-year groups
• Keys of D and G; first position (Bass 3rd position); careful writing of low 2 for Violins and Violas while avoiding high 3
• Introducing 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures with whole, half, quarter and eighth note patterns with no syncopation
• Detache, pizzicato, staccato, legato and marcato bowings to expand your students’ technique with the right hand