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Essential Technique for Strings Book 3 further develops music skills for the intermediate and advancing student. Book 3 introduces students to higher positions, shifting, advanced bowing, and special techniques.

THREE MAJOR SECTIONS:

Higher Positions and Shifting

Keys and Scales

Bowings, Rhythms and Vibrato


EE Book 3 Features:

  • For all instruments

    1. Violin and viola: II, III, IV, V

    2. Cello: 1/2, II, II ext., II1/2, III, III ext., IV, IV ext.

    3. Bass: 1/2, II, II1/2, III, III1/2, IV, V, V1/2


  • Exercises for open string, same finger and different finger shifts

  • Embedded auxiliary notes for accurate shifting without confusing notation

  • Unison exercises to reinforce and develop shifts to and from higher positions


  • Includes through 3 sharps and 3 flats

  • Violin and viola finger patterns for both first and third positions

  • Exercises in unison and thirds, scales and arpeggios to help reinforce keys

  • Four-part Chorales

  • A, E, D, G and C minor

  • All three forms of the minor scale included

  • Two unison exercises reinforce each minor key


  • Dozens of rhythmic exercises in various time signatures

  • Common rhythms with suggested bowings


  • Introduction of vibrato, spiccato, enharmonics and chromatics

  • Treble clef for viola; tenor clef for cello and bass

  • Cello and bass thumb positions

  • Jazz lines for bass

Bonus: Essential Elements Interactive is included with the purchase of EE Book 3

 
 

Each book comes with Essential Elements Interactive - a powerful online resource for use in class or at home. EEi is included FREE with the purchase of a student book and provides students with many tools, including:

  • Enhanced Play-along Tracks

  • Cloud-based Recording Studio

  • Ability for teachers to assign, organize, and grade recordings

  • Ever-Expanding Resources

  • Track Student Progress

  • and much more


Download Free EE Strings Book 3 Perusal Book