LudwigMasters Beginning Strings

Two sets of string parts make this work accessible to first- and second-year students. There are even two piano parts, one for rehearsal and one for performance, as well as some light percussion.

Island of Stars is a captivating early ensemble experience for your young orchestra. The students feel supported yet part of an orchestra experience with music written in two and three parts. The midd...

Shake, Shake, Shake is a delightful level 1 string orchestra piece by Ingrid Koller that will keep everyone on their toes! Every section gets a turn to play the simple D major melody, and everyone get...

Audiences will tap their toes and sing along to This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie as Ethen Epple's level 1 arrangement conceptually covers: staccato, pizzicato, detaché, syncopation, and a key c...

This engaging piece for string orchestra is appropriate for any time of the year but would be especially fun for a summer orchestra concert. Arco Polo is the musical depiction of the well-known swimmi...

Bringen Sie mit dieser Vertonung eines authentischen Volksliedes aus der chinesischen Provinz Shanxi ein wenig internationalen Flair in Ihre Programme. Mit dieser Melodie, die in ihrem Heimatland von...

Endlich gibt es eine mehrsätzige Sinfonie, die für die kleinsten Musiker geschrieben wurde! Ihre Schüler können mit diesem melodiösen und skurrilen Werk einen Vorgeschmack auf den Konzertsaal bekommen...

Endlich eine Version von Offenbachs beliebtestem Tanz, die auch für jüngere Spieler geeignet ist! Die Stimmen für Klavier und Violine 3 (für Bratsche) bieten wertvolle Unterstützung für die jüngsten E...

This arrangement of the Hawaiian folk song Kahuli Aku will evoke the imagery and vibrancy of the "singing snails" (kahuli) depicted in the song lyric. Young musicians and their audience will sense a d...

Les Matadors represents an English country dance from Ignatius Sancho's "Minuets Cotillons & Country Dances for the Violin, Mandolin, German Flute, & Harpsichord", published in 1775. Sancho's original...

Shake, Shake, Shake is a delightful level 1 string orchestra piece by Ingrid Koller that will keep everyone on their toes! Every section gets a turn to play the simple D major melody, and everyone get...

Audiences will tap their toes and sing along to This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie as Ethen Epple's level 1 arrangement conceptually covers: staccato, pizzicato, detaché, syncopation, and a key c...

This engaging piece for string orchestra is appropriate for any time of the year but would be especially fun for a summer orchestra concert. Arco Polo is the musical depiction of the well-known swimmi...

End your first year with three American folk songs about water, each of which is passed around the orchestra. Learning opportunities abound, both with the bow and pizzicato. There are some easy double...

Watch the sun set from your veranda with this relaxed Latin waltz. It's a good opportunity for upper strings to use both high and low 2nd fingerings. Your orchestra will learn to count tied notes and...

Whole Bow Waltz von Ingrid Koller ist eine unterhaltsame Methode, um Orchesterschülern die dringend benötigten Fähigkeiten im Umgang mit dem Bogen zu vermitteln. In diesem Stück der Stufe 1,5 in G-Dur...

Whole Bow Waltz von Ingrid Koller ist eine unterhaltsame Methode, um Orchesterschülern die dringend benötigten Fähigkeiten im Umgang mit dem Bogen zu vermitteln. In diesem Stück der Stufe 1,5 in G-Dur...

Drum set is featured with your orchestra in this e minor modal rock tune. Quarter and eighth notes are the rhythmic foundation with plenty of rests to make counting interesting.

Queen's Quest depicts an intense chase through the kingdom as our titular queen seeks to help her citizens in times of trouble! Your students will love playing the intense staccato rhythms and the pow...

End your first year with three American folk songs about water, each of which is passed around the orchestra. Learning opportunities abound, both with the bow and pizzicato. There are some easy double...

Dies ist die perfekte Einführung in das Volkslied für das junge Streichorchester. Ein Klavier zum Üben und eine optionale dritte Violinstimme sorgen für optimale Unterstützung und Flexibilität.

Two-note slurs and dotted quarter note rhythms are introduced to your first year orchestra in this delightful rondo. Basses will use half position while the notes of the D major scale are reinforced....

With or without catnip, the image of a cat dancing to its own private music is intriguing and beguiling. Half positions, left-hand pizzicato, and interesting turns of melody make this the perfect choi...

Two-note slurs and dotted quarter note rhythms are introduced to your first year orchestra in this delightful rondo. Basses will use half position while the notes of the D major scale are reinforced....

With or without catnip, the image of a cat dancing to its own private music is intriguing and beguiling. Half positions, left-hand pizzicato, and interesting turns of melody make this the perfect choi...