Essential Elements for Strings - Violin Book 2 with EEi Online Resources | Intermediate Violin Method and Sheet Music for Students and Teachers | Build Technique, Rhythm, and Musical Skills

by Robert Gillespie, Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, Michael Allen

(Essential Elements). Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages. Essential Elements now includes Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education resource. EEi introduces the first-ever, easy set of technology tools for online teaching, learning, assessment, and communication... ideal for teaching today's beginning band and string students, both in the classroom and at home. For more information, visit For a complete overview of Book 2, click

Genres: Music

48 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1995

Reviews

[Stephanie Pieck · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book continues the find foundation laid in Book One. Students will learn to play in positions above first position and in keys with multiple sharps and flats in the key signature. As before, concepts are clearly illustrated in both words and pictures. The large number of pieces in the book also ensure that a student will have plenty of chances to improve their note-reading skills. Definitely an encore equal to the debut!

[Toufiq · Rating 1 out of 5]

This 2nd edition did not add much on the 1st one. The pieces selected here are immature, shiny, and bright excepting Mahler's theme and Bach's minuet. In addition, the technical idea of teaching the scales by finger position instead of working it through the basic idea of fingerboad, keys and accidentals in scales is a lot easier I accept- but in long run, it would be of no help, I suppose.

The time spent on reading this was a torment on my soul. If it were not a gift, I would have put it aside after no more than 10 pages.

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good so far! Already about on # 68, so everyone in my 2nd period orchestra class, keep going!

[Elijah Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I owe learning violin in two weeks on an advanced level to this book, I would not have progressed my career as fast as I did without it. I recommend this series to any aspiring instrumentalist.