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Team Strings 2: Violin follows directly on from the original Team Stringsseries. It is a flexible and adaptable course designed for beginner violins; each piece is carefully graded to ensure a logical progression at a sensible pace, and the course can be tailored to suit students'' individual needs.Students are introduced to a wide variety of musical styles throughout the book. This second series has been enhanced by jazz and blues titles, and offers opportunities to develop playing, compositional and improvisational techniques. Team Strings 2 also includes all of the scales for the relevant grades set by the major examination boards. Imaginative piano accompaniments have been provided, and the volume comes complete with helpful notes, clear ensemble scores and a CD of backing tracks.The Team Strings series is suitable for use with individuals or groups, since it has been carefully written to support a

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The Team Series is suitable for use with both individuals or as a group tutor encouraging students to try ensemble playing from the very early stages. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using Team Strings to play in ensembles with students using Team Woodwind, Team Brass, Team Percussion and Team Recorder. Team Strings: Viola is a flexible and adaptable course ideal for beginner viola players. The tutor can be tailored to suit the specific needs of each student. Each piece is carefully graded to ensure a logical progression at a sensible pace and students are introduced to a wide variety of musical styles throughout the book. Team Strings has been specially written to support almost any combination of string instruments the teacher may encounter. Imaginative Piano Accompaniments have been provided as well as helpful notes and clear ensemble scores to aid the teacher. Team Strings also includes all of the scales for the relevant Grades set by the major examination boards. This volume comes complete with downloadable online audio of backing tracks designed to add a third dimension to practice sessions or performance when an accompanist is not available.

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Team Strings is firmly established as a leading series of string tutors. It presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student, ideal for individual, group and class tuition - including the ABRSM music medals. The books in the series contain plenty of carefully graded music in a wide range of styles, from Baroque and Classical eras to film, folk, jazz and Latin American. The series encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire and develops instrument-related aural skills, improvisation and composition. Included are scales and arpeggios and downloadable online audio comprising of over 70 backing tracks to make every student feel like a star performer. Team Strings is available for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass all of which are compatible. There is also a separate book of Piano Accompaniments/Score. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using Team Strings to play in ensembles with students using Team Brass and Team Woodwind.

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Team Strings is firmly established as a leading series of string tutors. It presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student, ideal for individual, group and class tuition - including the ABRSM Music Medals. This book contains plenty of carefully graded music for cello in a wide range of styles, from Baroque and Classical eras to film, folk, jazz and Latin American. The series encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire and develops instrument-related aural skills, improvisation and composition. Included are scales and arpeggios and a CD comprising of over 70 backing tracks to make every student feel like a star performer. Team Strings is also available for Violin, Viola and Double Bass, all of which are compatible. There is also a separate book of Piano Accompaniments/Score. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using Team Strings to play in ensembles with students using Team Brass and Team Woodwind.

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Team Strings is firmly established as a leading series of string tutors. It presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student, ideal for individual, group and class tuition - including the ABRSM music medals. The books in the series contain plenty of carefully graded music in a wide range of styles, from Baroque and Classical eras to film, folk, jazz and Latin American. The series encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire and develops instrument-related aural skills, improvisation and composition. Included are scales and arpeggios and downloadable online audio of over 70 backing tracks to make every student feel like a star performer. Team Strings is available for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass all of which are compatible. There is also a separate book of Piano Accompaniments/Score. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using Team Strings to play in ensembles with students using Team Brass and Team Woodwind.

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