Sound Innovations: Creative Warm-ups emphasizes four aspects of string
performance essential to the refinement of musicianship and skill at the
intermediate level. Consistent with the Sound Innovations structure,
students explore, develop, and refine (1) Sound Intonation; (2) Sound
Rhythms; (3) Sound Bowing Fluency and Choreography; and (4) Sound
Creativity. The levels can be used in the order that is best for your
students' development, whether that means as individual warm-ups or as
structured units. This material complements the content of Sound
Innovations: Sound Development for Intermediate String Orchestra.
Students will develop high-level listening skills through practicing
intervals, chord tones and balance, major/minor/diminished/augmented
chord qualities, drones, and extended hand patterns---including cello
extension pedagogy. Students will also learn to analyze, audiate, and
perform rhythms that create rhythmic independence and develop large
group rhythmic ensemble playing. Bowing fluency exercises will lead
students to play in all parts of the bow, start in different points of
the bow, use expressive bow strokes, and execute fluid string crossings.
A groundbreaking sequence of exercises and repertoire helps students
develop a toolbox of material to use while improvising in distinct
styles: classical, jazz, Latin, rock, and over a drone accompaniment.
Video demonstrations of key skills and audio tracks of key exercises are
referenced in the book and can be accessed online at
www.alfred.com/SoundDevelopmentWarmUps.
This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
