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Since 1976 Johnson String Instrument has provided teachers with exceptional customer service. By offering the best rental program in the country, a vast selection of new and antique instruments and bows, sheet music, method books, teaching aids, and every imaginable stringed instrument accessory, we help teachers maintain their teaching studios.
The Art of String Teaching by Michael Hopkins
Includes volumes 1 and 2
A comprehensive string pedagogy resource covering everything from the origins and history of the string instrument family to advanced-level string techniques. Part I offers an orientation to string education, outlines a philosophical approach, and provides four chapters on the foundational aspects of string playing for beginners. Part II focuses on intermediate and advanced-level instruction such as left-hand shifting, vibrato, bowing techniques, tuning skills, improvisation and composition, and music listening, among others. The two concluding chapters offer insight into the string rehearsal and how to run a successful orchestra program. A must-have resource for university music education majors or non-string players teaching orchestra.
