Three Seas
String Orchestra
Grade: 2.5
Key: D minor/G minor
Duration: 4.30
Listen and view the full score to Three Seas HERE.
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‘Three Seas’ features all instruments on melodic lines and explores the modes of D and G natural minors. With weaving melodies and lush harmonies supported by entrancing Middle Eastern rhythms, ‘Three Seas’ will delight audiences and performers alike.
‘Three Seas’ features all instruments on melodic lines and explores the modes of D and G natural minors. With weaving melodies and lush harmonies supported by entrancing Middle Eastern rhythms, ‘Three Seas’ will delight audiences and performers alike.
The history of the land we now know as the Republic of Turkey can be traced back to 25,000 BC. Surrounded by three external seas, (the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea), Turkey’s geographical position links Europe to Asia.
The stories of Turkey excite us with exotic tales and legends of people, battles and the rise and fall of great empires. These stories include The Trojan war, The legend of King Midas, the reign of Alexander the Great, the marriage of Antony and Cleopatra, and the rise and collapse of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. In more recent history, events including the Crimean war, the war at Gallipoli, and the formation of the new republic under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, keep Turkey as a place of historic interest and significance.
Fire on the Mountain
String Orchestra
Grade: 1.5
Key: D, G and A Major
Duration: 1.40
To listen to and view the score of Fire on the Mountain, click HERE.
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Fire on the Mountain is a well-known fiddle tune played in the Bluegrass and Old Time styles.
Fire on the Mountain is an ideal tune for String Orchestras in the early years of playing together. All the parts are in first position, with optional shifting for the double bass. Each instrument takes turns to play the melody.
Cabin Creek
String Orchestra
Grade: 1.5
Key: D, G and A Major
Duration: 1.40
Arranged by Karen Kyriakou
To view the score and listen to Cabin Creek, click HERE.
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Cabin Creek, with its duel name Barlow Knife, is a popular Appalachian tune, both a bluegrass breakdown and a song.
The three-sectioned melody is shared amongst the violin, viola and cello parts, while the double bass navigates different styles and techniques of playing bass lines.
Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass.
Strings Together
Teacher Resource Book
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Strings Together is a collection of 20 flexible activities designed for string teachers in all group learning environments; string programs, group lessons, tutorials, and string ensembles.
Each activity provides step-by-step lesson plans, extension activities, points for discussion, and comprehensive teacher notes. Activities are aural-based and explore composing, arranging, improvisation, technical work and ensemble skills. Opportunities are also created for performance outcomes.
Strings Together caters for classes of mixed instruments and multi-level groups, and can be adapted easily for general classroom music programs.