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‘the 1S bor “a : 35 ES pic EOE a auioreck a x © Copyright 1999 Guldhal Schoo of Music & Drama Sale sling ets Boosey & Hawkes Music Publithers Limited ‘Catherine Elio, Goralé Howard, Seis M, Nelson and ‘Adrian Thorne asert ‘the moral righ to be denied athe authors ofthis work, Conception ond reolzaien Ere Hols Desi Susan Carte asrovons Pryip Herries ‘Antony Marks Martine Blaney Cover tustotion Rachel Clarke (aged 8) Ail rights reserved. No part of his publication maybe reproduced in any form or by any means electroie, ‘mechanical photocopying or ‘otherwise, wiehour che prior wren permission ofthe publisher the essential string method Sear Gerald Howard with Catherine Eliott Sheila M. Nelson Adrian Thorne BOOSEY (‘) Quite fast bu very Hythe SM Neon . 2 % = . = == ee a = of New Year Song (s,I, - drm) Learn to sing this song with your teacher. Give it a good, solid pulse. Beat the pulse on a drum, if you have one. Music on the stave ‘When you put music Make New Year Song on your stave, beginning on open A, | 7 the stave, the sharp : sign always comes in Play it on your cello or use sliding ladders to work out | $8” *wajscone the letter names. Make some sharp signs to putin front : of any notes which have sharp names. Now sing New Yeor Song to the letter names. Timke Timke is a one-beat rhythm in square time. You have already met it at the beginning of New Year Song. pigs lee | Vow ary ta Beat che drums ut loud - erie j Make some rhythm cards for timke, the same size as in this tune? (Answer your ta, ti-ti and teke-teke cards. Use them in your rhychm games: tap-and-say (book 1), count-and-play (book 2) and back-and-forth (book 3). Clementine Full of energy y How many accidentals can you find in Alla Marcia? «(Answer on page 36.) Choose a few bars in the lower ~ part-of Alla Marcia and name all the notes in those bars. Alla marcia Duo: Alla Marcia ‘Ask your teacher what the Italian words alla marcia ‘mean, and then write some dynamics, accents, slurs, staccato or other markings to make the music sound: how you would like it, Which note does the sharp sign in the key signature belong to? How many of these notes can you find in i] Viennese Dance? (Answer on page 36). With a graceful swing v ap | Sharps, flats or natural signs Accidentals ee ‘on the music which are not part of the key signature are called accidentals. They ‘only apply to the bar they are in, and are cancelled by the bar line, ‘Atha i Backward extension Play open G, Octave G to tune your hand and then play Hot Cross Buns (book 1) starting on Octave G. Your first finger will need to find a new place on the fingerboard, Feel the whole-tone space between your first and . second fingers, rand d, reaching backwards . with your first finger to play d. This is called “an extension. Keep your thumb behind your second finger. Now try this starting on ‘Octave D. Use sliding ladders or solfa counters to work ‘out the letter names of the notes you played when you reached back with your first finger. Add the new notes to your letter ladder. ‘Then sing Hot Cross Buns to the letter names, as you play it. “Happy Sad'Song: Learn to sing Happy Sad Song with your teacher to the words and to the letter, ames. Remember to reach backwards with your first finger for the E flats and B flats. sor = row = ful frow should ie should it sound sad, ek feante make is Make up your own dynamics for Happy Sod Song, mind up, it Se at l | Happy or sad? (see poge 36) eee ives you quite | mad! i Catch a rhythm tii 4 A m / fu ii a . rm Se Se Colour in a circle every time you: wo ge ld tap-and-say the rhythm. O O Oo O countand-play the rhythm. (>) C) CC) sing oe rhythm co the soi. (YC) C)C) make a round. OO inproriwanme CC) OO drum-the-rhythm (book 3). More tunes and games New Year Song. Play New Year Song beginning with 2 on D. Can you sing the letter names as you play? Play the F major Square Scale in the ‘and learn to play the Theme. G Play Peripatetic Polka beginning with finger-pattern family did you use? v When you can ‘D play Erench Folk Song in F major and sing the letter names of the notes ‘sing and play Or Johnson’s Jig Osing and play New Year Song D sing New Year Song to the letter names ‘A play Clementine play Duo: Alla Marcia play Viennese Dance O play Hot Cross Buns beginning on Octave G and Octave D Qssing and play Happy Sad Sona Q Clap the ‘Catch a rhythm’ on this page while you sing ‘Find London Bridge Variations in the activities pages activities pages. 4on C. Which v When you have made some soifa counters D put ‘8b? on your letter ladder ‘made New Year Song on your stave ‘made some sharp signs ‘i made some time rhythm cards ‘A played rhythm games with timke earned about accidentals Qadded markings to Duo: Alla Marcia Q added the backward extension ‘Bb’ and ‘Es’to your letter ladder D coloured in the ‘Catch a rhythm’ circles on page 11 O ffnished ‘More tunes and games’ Sing as you play (GRANARY (ernst) onthe A string? Sing the first part to the words, rhythm names and the solfa. Learn to play the top and bottom | (Answer on page 36.) i part now. You will learn the middle part later. [( ‘Which bars need an extension for the 8 fiat : Solfa counters 4 Soon you will play March, where m is D natural. To find the letter names of the other notes, arrange eight solfa counters (d to d’) so that m is next to the box called D fon your letter ladder. What is the letter name of d? (Answer on page 36.) kk Play up and down this scale from d to d’. Feel the tones and semitones between your fingers and sing the letter 4 names as you go. tf iMareh} i Sing this piece to solfa and to letter names before you play it. * Stately marching speed 2 vom eee = j tf = - = : SSS sae geist = = i oF eae 1 7 il mn = 2 a x f ee os 8 : ote — 35E SSE: ao = ft f More tunes and games L ‘GiFind Sotfa Tunes in the activities pages and sing then play Whe can Tell me Why? . { & sing ‘Catch a rhythm’ on page 1! sing the solfa under the, | Remember to tune . notes, while your teacher or a friend sings New Year Song. ee begin topky O Play New Year Song beginning on B flat, 2.on G. Now try it one (¢ ‘octave higher beginning on the A string. Sing the solfa and then the letter names as you play. © Play the B flat major Swinging Scale and Peripatetic Polka in the oF lo% \ activities pages beginning on B flat on the G string. Which S finger-pattern family will you need? [ High Flies the Eagle (Is - mrd) Learn to sing this with your teacher. Music on the stave Write High Flies the Eagle on the stave, beginning as shown. For the moment, just draw the noteheads; you will add the doo a esr ta bey fats! Use sliding ladders or solfa counters ‘to help you find the answer. Remember to draw any sharp or lat signs before the note, Next time you have ‘your cello out, play High Fes the Eagle as you have written it Checklist * v When you have a Q finished ‘More tunes and games’ v When you can ‘Oi written High Flies the Eagle on Gi sing and play Kumba Yah! apy D play march ‘sing and play High Flies the Eagle Shifting around Tay-ti Make some tay-ti rhythm cards 6cm x 20cm. Taystiis a two-beat square rhythm. Tay : lasts longer than a beat and the ti + completes the next beat. When you say : or play tay-ti it is important that you feel | the second beat without making an extra note or a bulge in the sound, Tap the pulse and say the first line of High Flies the Eagle to the rhythm names. ale did | : High fies che Eagle Use tay-tiin your rhythm games: tap- ‘and-say, count-and-piay and back-and-forth, How many tay-tis can you find in High Flies the Eagle? (Answer on page 36.) Keep your thumb behind your second finger ‘Tap the pulse and say the rhythm before YY 7. PLie EF you play this piece. Allegretto v ES SS eee inf (repeatmp) Tay and ta in swinging and square rhythms In swinging rhythms each beat is a tay, so a ta needs a ti to go with it to make a full beat. In square rhythms each beat is a ta. Tay is longer than a beat, and you must add a ti to make up two full beats. The notes below have been grouped into beats. Swinging rhythm: § OO (CdED)|I *Squarerrrtm 4 COCO! ODDO! Puta ring round each beat before you tap-and-say this swinging rhythm. Then improvise a tune for it. SITU ITU2 2 i do TIL Puta ring round each beat before you tap-and-say this square rhythm. Then improvise a tune for it. a, dL IT Wd bls od Fourth position Play Open G, Octave G and then, using your fourth finger, find the note G on the A string an octave higher still. This is called fourth: position. Play French Folk Song beginning on that note. Find out the letter names of the notes you played, using your solfa counters. or sliding ladders. Write any new notes on your letter ladder. Sing the first eight bars of Balmy Days to solfa and then to letter names. ‘With «fall sound — i ihe . . ‘Tune your hand by finding A on the D string with your fourth finger. This is called second position. Slide along the string to change positions and remember to keep your thumb behind your second finger. boo : J Yorkand 6 Howord Allegro a tel i More tunes and games ap the pulse as yousing High ®D ) “ies the Eagle and see if you ‘ean work out where tay-ti ‘occurs. Write down the rhythm in the boxes on the right then add it to the notes on page 14. Q Make up a dancing tune to go i with this ostinato rhychm: SJ dL TIS Play the G major Square Scale in the activities pages. 'D Play variation | of London Bridge Variations in the activities pages. Remember to choose ‘dynamics and a speed for this duo. - Duo: Accidentals Catch a rhythm OAM i ds ob Fm Mm. bie MO Ged > Colour in a circle every time you: crater oerrin OOOO mrent OOOO . counvandgy bem COO) morwtieaume QQOOO ~ Now compose a melody for the rhythm. Checklist ‘V When you have ‘Gi made some tay-ti rhythm cards v When you can D played some rhythm games with D play Jenny Jones tayti Dtap-anelsay the rhythms on page 16 added any new notes to your letter play French Folk Sang beginning in am fourth position ‘Di coloured in the ‘Catch a rhythm’ O play Balmy Days circles on page 18 ‘A play Toccata D finished ‘More tunes and games? ‘O play Duo: Accidentals Happy or sad? Now turn to page, 19. Seale Tunes activities pages . f Finger-pattern families Finger pane forties To play a one-octave scale in first position on the cello you use 1 Lwin 4 the same finger pattern for demf and sltd’. You can group 3 scales into ‘families’ according to which finger pattern you use ‘ iH to play them. Play each of the scales you know and work out lat “ : which finger-pattern family they belong to. How many scales g ~ do you know in each of the finger-pattern families? (Peripatetic Polka, ‘etter name and _Play Peripatetic Polka using as many different notes for das you finger number of @ ‘ean, Like scales, you can group your versions of Peripatetic open D __ Polka into finger-pattern families. You can recognise which finger pattern to use just by knowing which finger plays d. Each time you play Peripatetic Polka in a new place, write the fetter name and finger number of d next to the finger- pattern sign. To start you off, two have been done for you. Theme To make the lower notes sound, raise your right elbow a litle so that the bow touches both strings. You don't need ‘to press harder with the bow. Variation | Touch the diamond-shaped notes with one finger at a time and bow close to the bridge. You will hear the high notes sound as harmonics. Variation 2 If you can, pluck the notes marked + using your left hand little finger. ‘keep your thumb behind your second finger sling your whole hand when you shift activities pages Solfa Tunes to Sing, Write and Play Stream of Fresh Water somrdrms Who can Tell me Why? Sldi dtd | 4 mtdam er mn | _ Tell a Tale of Oldentime Ledromm Py lddd gle 4 — ve ae ge ge, ao. =) Pe ELA I sasmis dts omsmrd rrmr PJD aaa sdromsism AGA Lt Pree Singing Tap-and-say the rhythm a few ‘times until you almost know it by heart. Think of a song which has the same starting sound. For example, to help you with Stream of Fresh Water you could ‘think of Snowman (book t), both begin on s. Now when ‘you sing the first note of the ‘tune it will have the right ring tot. Writing on the stave Put notes on your stave to make the tune. Sometimes begin with a line note and sometimes begin with a space note. See how quickly you can do this. Ifyou put a clef at the. start of your stave, do any of the notes need sharps or flats? _ Playing Find at least two different places on your cello to play each tune. Sing the letter names of the notes as you play. If you are not sure of the letter names, sliding ladders or solfa counters will help you work them out. Writing a song | you make up some good ‘words for any of the tunes, it will become a song! Finding the key _ mi is a ti rest. Say j Catch a rhythm cn | Here are some new swinging rhythms. Each of them A lasts for one tay beat. Make your own rhythm cards, cm x 15cm, and play your rhythm games with them. © Before you start the ‘Catch a rhythm’ below, group % alithe notes in each beat together by putting a ring around them. The first one has been done for you. a Wh STITT ldo | : a droll Colour in a circle every time your ‘cap-and-say the rhythm. oO O O O make a round, O O O oO ~ count-and-play the rhythm. O O O oO improvise a tune. O O oO O Remember to add Duo: Steps and Jumps performance directions Follow these steps to sing then play this duet. 1 Find the places where the notes jump instead of moving 5 by step and work out the solfa names of those notes. 2 Sing each part slowly to the solfa, then to the letter 4 ros Wy names. When you are good at this, try singing it as a duet with your teacher, ON fe| Sext_E] 3 Play the duet with your teacher or a friend. ‘ & ate a= Soe = A en, SSE SSS ——= 7 nee SS SSeS SEES z a + =z # # #1. a= SS f 5 High first position Play French Folk Song starting on open A. Your hand will need to find a new place on the fingerboard to make the semitone ‘step from d’ to t. Tune your fingers and feel the whole-tone space between your first and second fingers. Use sliding ladders or solfa counters to work out the letter ames of the new notes and add them to your letter ladder. ‘Then sing French Folk Song to the letter names, as you play it. Circle all the C sharps and G sharps in this piece. Find high first position using French Folk Song, then play Alla siciliana. Finding d Put a pebble on every natural note on your letter ladder. Then look at the key signature of Upon Paul’ Steeple to ‘see which notes in that piece will be sharps, not naturals. Move the pebbles showing these notes on your letter ladder to the sharp position. Next slide your solfa ladder until every pebble has a solfa sound next to it. What is the letter name of d? What solfa sound does Upon Pauls Steeple begin on? (Answers on page 36.) ‘Turn to the activities pages and play A major Square Scale, Sing the letter names as you play. Your thumb must slide along the neck of ‘the cello to sit behind ‘your second finger, (6 Hoverd end, Yok Hoppy or sad? = ; 3 i IOBERIRRUIEISHEEIE| (4 - «') Eo = Sing the beginning to solfa and then say the letter names, : remembering all three sharps in the key signature. He . > Treat + More tunes and games (Choose four pieces from the first five stages of this book. Write down the key signature and find out the letter name of d. When there is a strong feeling of d in J music, we write the word ‘major’ after the letter name. f ‘of d, and this is che key of the piece. ia | | ~ are) Sage = = SS = dis: A | | | Play French Folk Song beginning with A on the D string. | ‘Can you play it without using your A string at all? GS Learn the top part of Oliver's Hornpipe to play with your ‘teacher or a friend. You will learn the bottom part later. ‘As fast as you ean play the hardest bar! G Howard NG # v When you have ‘made the new swinging rhythm cards played some swinging rhythm games D coloured in the ‘Catch a rhythm’ circles on page 19 v When you can ‘Gsing and play Duo: Steps and Jumps A play Erench Folk Sang beginning on open A (G added the new notes in high first ‘Ossing and play Alla siciliana position to your letter ladder A play the scale of A major O worked out the letter name of d in Q sing and play Upon Paul's Steeple Upon Paul's Steeple play Oliver's Hornpipe O finished ‘More tunes and games? Minor matters IABBIEI! (co ) Learn to sing this song with your teacher. Play Apple Pie beginning on open D. Listen carefully to the tones and semitones. . Put the song on your stave, with a clef, beginning on ‘open D. Add any sharps or flats that you need. Al the songs and pieces you have learned so far in this book have a strong sense of d. Apple Pie begins and ends on I, which gives it a very different feeling. ‘We say that songs like this are in a minor key and write the word ‘minor’ after the letter name of I 3 . Aminor Take eight solfa counters 1, to land arrange them on your letter ladder to make a scale, starting with I, on ‘A, Does each solfa sound have a letter name on your letter ladder? Scales which begin and end on | are called minor scales. There are several different kinds of minor scale. The one you have just made is called + the natural (or aeolian) minor. Play the natural minor scale starting on A (1 on G) on your cello. * Happy or sad? Make your own minor tune Use this rhythm as the start of a short tune using notes which have a minor feel. At first use just three notes, Itd or rmf. When you are used to the minor feel, try adding more notes from the I scale or r scale. Sod de 2 [am 4 | Work out the solfa name of the first note and sing the first eight bars of Old French Song to me Solfa. Does the piece end on d or I? ‘When you know this song well, get your teacher to help you play i without using your A string. Use ‘the fingering in brackets. Work out the solfa name of the first note in this piece. What solfa sound does it end on? (Answer on page 36.) Not too fast Look cut for the position changes in this piece. Let your thumb slde along ‘the neck of your cello when you shift, Sing Snap-shift Waltz to the solfa and then ‘to the letter names before you play it. S + Howard: * = — SS — 1 Fine SS od fay fe oe a : et Pie me De a Fie More tunes and games Gi Find Solfa Tunes in the activities pages and sing then es play Tell a Tale of Oldentime. a Work out the rhythm of New Year Song (page 8). . (Find Scale Tunes in the activities pages and play the D minor Swinging Scale. This is a natural minor scale. If you make every C into aC sharp, it becomes a harmonic minor scale. ‘Gl Play Peripatetic Polka in the activities pages beginning 1 on G. Which finger-pattern family will you use? Play French Folk Song beginning on open D. Which finger-pattern family will you use? sing and play Limerick Rake * |v When you can 5 play Snap-shift Waltz sing and play Apole Pie v When you have ‘play the natural minor scale of A . Umade Apple Pie on the stave Gi play Old French Song Q made the scale of A minor on your letter ladder O play Old French Song without using your A made your own minor tune string i finished ‘More tunes and games’ High flyers Dotted notes A dot after a note makes the note longer by half its value. ‘Complete the following, The first one has been done for you. diadad dade J+ dade dade a dotted bicycle = .. (Answers on page 36) Duo: Tay and Tim Find-the tay-ti rhythms in the top line and see how they fit with the rhythm in the bottom line, Make this duo your own by adding some performance directions. i Ft Se Fm - >. RS ee Dee gee gf tay ete ge S 2 festa lt te, gaferie Softee RH eS: = hd = = = More tunes and games Before you piay the middle line of Kumba Yoh! on page 12, search the music for all the back extensions. Watch out for the bars which need a first finger without an extnsion. Play Peripatetic Polka in the activities pages beginning on D on the C string, Find out the letter names of any new notes and add them to your letter ladder. ‘Before you play the lower part of Oliver’s Hompipe, find all the F sharps on the C string and C sharps on the G string. 1 Play the second variation of London Bridge Variations in the activities pages. Find as many places as you can to play High Flies the Eagle beginning with your second finger. Happy or sad? ~ Sing All through the Night to the words, solfa and then to the note names. Which line has only one note in high first position? (Answer on page 36) if zz ne Andante moderato Troon te + SSS SSS foe 2 = Peep, ay child for} am near you Although the night 2 ts SSS ESS SSS = + F 7 May your rest bring dreams t cheer you All_~— through the night. =e (eee E am - Soft and slow the hours are creeping. town and vi lage gene ly sleep - ing 6 7 —— =: | Sj | | 7 Pst a care - fol watch Um keep - ing Al ehrough che right, Putting together a rhythm All these notes have fallen off the music. Can you group them into beats and then make up some bars of rhythm? ‘When you write down a rhythm, notes in the same beat are usually joined together. £Jd is easier to read than JAD : ‘Tap-and-say each rhythm when you have finished. Watch out for the notes in fourth position inthis piece. Playing two notes at once is called double stopping, Let the lower notes in the third Tine sing out. Benjamin Brown Tap a pulse and say this rhyme giving it a swinging rhythm. Can you write down the rhythm you made? Play your rhythm on your cello. Experiment with different notes until you have found a tune you like, Benjamin Brown went to town, LIL Lol I JL JI Riding along the dale. (On the way, his horse had some hay, Benjamin drank two pints of ale. ‘Ask your teacher to help you find the phrases in these dances, then tap-and-say and count- and:play each phrase before you play it. How Nf many accidentals are there in each dance? (Answer on page 36.) f F Checklist ¥ When you can Q play Duo: Tay and Tim ‘sing and play All through the Night ‘D play Scadavay Dawn ‘Oi play Two German Dances Happy or sad? Schubert 8 : : Ue D.C Dance | ad fb, v Wher you have Q worked out the dotted notes on «page 26 D finished ‘More tunes and games’ D put tégether the rhythm on page 27 written down a rhythm and made up a tune for Benjamin Brown found the accidentals in Two German Dances Party time “Use this checklist to give you ideas for how to practise your pieces. Use one set of boxes for each piece in this stage, For each piec ¥ When you have g VOD found the letter name of d and the solfa name of the first note 1.01.0 played the scale with the same key signature from d -d’ and I, tol 1. made up a tune using some notes or a rhythm pattern from the piece. v When you can QQ tap-and-say each phrase 2.0.0 count-and-play each phrase QO sing the first phrases to solfa DOO sing the first phrases to letter names Shepherd’s Hey Trio sigh and heeft More tunes and games Ci Find Soifa Tunes in the activities pages and sing then play Birds in the Steeple. Can you compose a piece to tell the story of Benjamin Brown (page 21)? Begin by thinking up a good sound for the horse's hooves. Play “Musical questions and answers’ using fourth . position. (AGEGRAH! (4 - 5‘) in loud passages should be fairly short, in soft passages very short. Use the part of the bow around the balance point, S&S between the middle and the heel. When you know the . ‘music well, you may be able to make the bow bounce. = | | | | | * octave above, on the next string, with your fourth shown in the picture. ~ Notation of solfa songs ‘New Year Song (5j,-drm) (8) orm Beare drums out loudly, Lethe peo-ple heir, Watsve come to withyouwel, On chefst day of the year. High Flies the Eagle (Is- med) (p./4) {oem High les he eagle, Riding the west wind. Wh hie wings read wie, Apple Pie (I,to1) (p23) Fromehemour-tin. se, Fe with ap > ple, su gar and apes Then all_-my finds wil sy ie tastes ice How to use the finger-pattern signs The finger-pattern signs help you to get ready to hand! to Open D, Octave D. (You should not do play the beginning of a piece. (You may need to _this before playing a tune in high first position.) change the finger pattern once you have begun splaying,) Here is how they work. ‘Then ‘tune your fingers’ by playing the song named in the box, starting on the string and finge? First you must ‘tune your hand’. Play the open _—_ shown in the smaller boxes to the right. Check string named in the left box, and then play the _that fingers you are using match the finger-pattern finger. So, f there is a D in the left box, ‘tune your Songs which help you get ready to play Moonbeams (Itd) (book 3) ‘Swallows (s,l-drm) (book 3) ‘ Moon bears shed pall Srablewaare pe rng esy Cowboy Chorus (fmrd) (book I) French Folk Song (book 4) ‘Snowman (s-m) (book |) Hot Cross Buns (mrd) (book !) Rhythm names ta(ma) J (#)_crotchet (rest) ‘quarter note (rest) i (mi) 2 (9) quaver (rest) eighth note (rest) teSrke 3 semiquaver sixteenth note ‘too (moo) J (-) minim (rest) half note (rest) ty 4. dotted minim dotted half note tay (may). (2) dotted crotchet (rest) dotted quarter note (rest) tim 2. dotted quaver dotted eighth note timke a Happy/sad cellists ‘There are pictures of cellists all the way through this book. Some are happy because they are sitting well with their cellos and using their bows correctly. Others are sad because they are not sitting well with their cellos or are not holding their bows properly. ‘As you work through the book see if you can say which cellists are happy, which are sad and why? The answers are given below. The following cellists are sad. Answers. age 8: Eight eimke ehythms. in the bottom fine. Page 13: dis B flat. Page 15: Four ty-ts, +d dsded +i dade Page 27: The third line ‘Reproduce and rina by Halton & Co. id, Amraham, Buck, Engions Page 9 (second question): Eight F sharps. Page 12: Top pare ~ bars 3,6, 1, 14, second time bar. Middle line — bars |, 5,9. Bottom part ~ bar 13. A dotted bicycle isa tricycle! Solfa names age 20: dis A. Upon Pout’ Steeple begins on d. age 24: Limerick Rake begins and ends on (high doh) eee 7A {| Page 9 (first question): Eight accidentals. One in the top line, seven Page 29: Two in Dance |, both E naturals. One E natural in Dance 2 Tenuosss op, in the teaching of stringed instruments, integrating $1501 = 1005 009.04 ‘musical awareness, creativity and technical development from the outset. ‘Making their way through the series, pupils encounter an attractive selection of new tunes and arrangements ‘on which to build their repertoire. The material is, presented as a logical progression of musical activities involving both the instrument and the voice. These make learning fun and are easily incorporated into instrumental lessons, simultaneously developing the pupil's technical and musical abilities while reinforcing. aspects of the National Curriculurn, Based on the Guildhall Schoo’ String Curriculum, . The Essential String Method provides a proven framework that draws on recognised concepts in good c teaching practice, laying reliable foundations for future musical development. ‘The Essential String Method can be used with GSMD graded examinations and the CLEAR Marking System. 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