Description

The Belwin String Builder is a comprehensive method designed for string classes, allowing violin, viola, cello, and bass to perform together. Each book functions as an independent unit, suitable for both group and individual lessons. The content is thoughtfully graded to minimize the need for extensive explanations, ensuring that each melody is engaging and conducive to developing effective left-hand technique and bowing skills. The series is available in three levels, accompanied by options for piano and a teacher's manual.

Songs / Content

• The Second Position---Finding the Fingers on the A and D Strings
• Finding the Fingers on the G and C Strings
• From One String to Another in the Second Position
• More Melodies That Shift with the Same Finger
• Melodies in C Major That Include the Second Position
• We Go from an Open String to the Second Position
• Melodies That Shift To and From the Second Position with Different Fingers
• The Scale Line Shift
• How to Shift When There Is No Slur
• The Third Position
• We Shift To and From the Third Position with the Same Finger
• Melodies That Shift To and From the Third Position Without Slurs
• How to Build a Minor Scale
• Melodies in Minor Keys---The Half Position
• More Melodies in Minor Keys
• The Wrist and Finger Stroke
• Sixteenth Notes
• The Dotted Eighth and Sixteenth Note
• More Melodies with Dotted Eighth and Sixteenth Notes
• Melodies Using the Martelé Bowing---The Fourth Position
• Finding the Notes in the Fourth Position
• We Shift To and From the Fourth Position with the Same Finger
• A New Rhythm---Triplets
• We Build a Major Scale on the Note A
• Melodies in Various Rhythms
• We Build a Major Scale on the Note E Flat
• More Harmonics---More Shifting
• Beautiful Melodies with Harmonics
• Melodies That Will Prepare for the Spiccato Stroke
• How to Play the Spiccato Stroke
• Lively Melodies Using the Spiccato Stroke