String Riffs

Includes score and parts for unison violin, viola, cello and double bass. May be used for individual instruments or for string orchestra. Each 1 Octave Minor Scale Sheet covers Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor and each Scale Sheet covers different techniques and styles. These may be used as adaptable worksheets-change dynamics, styles, techniques, etc. Due to copyright law you may not print or distribute copies of your digital conductor/piano score purchase; your uPRINT download grants p

Who’s On Bass? Duration: 2:45 Level 2.5 Dive into the depths of those satisfying low notes to discover Who’s On Bass? Flexible and versatile, this richly layered treat is designed as a bass section solo, with an optional easier second bass part, and an optional second cello part which doubles the bass solo. Lucky basses carry a strong melody, trading pizzicato with the upper strings and zig- zagging through double-stops and accents. Frothy 16th notes from the violins balance off- beat rhythm

Cellonator came into my life when I met “The Cellonator,” Courtney Yeates, a rock cellist with an active schedule. She said I could use her title if the piece was difficult, rockish, and fun to play. Challenge your lead cellist with a flashy melody, including solos for Violin I and Viola. Cellonator is in E minor with shifting, glissandi, sixteenths, chromatics, and creative bowing. If you need a “Cellonator” magnet or sticker for your soloist, check out StringRiffs.com merchandise. Duration: 2

Pupusas are Hand Pies – simple bread pockets filled with beans, meats, or cheese. Pupusas Especiales [Special Hand Pies] celebrates El Salvadoran and Honduran culture through a joyful dance in G major with syncopation and accents with the option of adding a Guitarrón and Claves to enhance the festive dance feel. A fun harmonic sequence from Caleb Zak, a student from Mount Vernon HS in Ohio, occurs towards the end of Pupusas Especiales. Thank you to my students’ creative minds. Duration: 2:00 Lev

Jazzy Menagerie is a “jazzy” mash-up of favorite beginning tunes: Mary Had a Little Lamb; a little Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Long, Long Ago in the Basses; Hot Cross Buns; and, Go Tell It on the Mountain.  “Jazzed” up melodies are interwoven, you could almost call the piece Mary and her Lambs saw a Star on a Mountain while eating Hot Cross Buns Long, Long Ago.   Jazzy Menagerie is in D Major with slurs, ties, dotted notes, pickups, syncopation, a little body percussion, maybe a small shift

Explore the dynamic spectrum with Giggles McSipwich: Sound Specialist by experimenting with location, arm weight, and bow speed. The syncopation in the piece is from Giggles’s name and title. Flex-Pack Parts – A • tune, B • challenge, and C • open strings – can be distributed, depending on the levels of your students. A piano part is included. Giggles McSipwich: Sound Specialist is in D Major with syncopation, tremolo, counting, optional independent parts, and dynamics. 2:00 length, -5-1.5 Level

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

Prickly Pair Pizzicato - Flex Duo - Filled with counter-rhythms and folksy accidentals, this cheery, versatile tune uses a flexible duo format. Prickly Pair is suited to any combination of string instruments, or can be performed as a two-part orchestral piece. Percussive stomps mixed with pizzicato, arco and optional instrument spins (fun for dexterous cellists and bassists) keep players bouncing.

String Riffs One Octave Major Scale Studies thru 4 Sharps and 4 Flats Plus C for Strings is a Series of 9 - One Octave Scale Studies useful to orchestras (vln, vla, clo, bss), individuals or studios. Introduce Major Scales thru 4 Sharps and 4 Flats Plus C, Sight Read, or use One Octave Major Scale Studies thru 4 Sharps and 4 Flats Plus C for Strings as your daily warm-ups. Each String Riffs One Octave Scale Study explores rhythm, style, bowing, and the basic scale. Each scale is different to

String Riffs D Major Scale Gone Wild! is a One Octave Scale Study useful to orchestras (vln, vla, clo, bss), individuals or studios. Introduce the D Major Scale, Sight Read, or use D Major Scale Gone Wild! as your daily warm-up. Each String Riffs One Octave Scale Study explores rhythm, style, bowing, and the basic scale. Each scale is different to encourage music reading and counting. Also available individually C Major thru 4 sharps and 4 flats, or you may choose to select all 9 scale studi

String Riffs G Major Scale Gone with the Wind is a One Octave Scale Study useful to orchestras (vln, vla, clo, bss), individuals or studios. Introduce the G Major Scale, Sight Read, or use G Major Scale Gone with the Wind as your daily warm-up. Each String Riffs One Octave Scale Study explores rhythm, style, bowing, and the basic scale. Each scale is different to encourage music reading and counting. Also available individually C Major thru 4 sharps and 4 flats, or you may choose to select a

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P

String Riffs Volume One Flex-Pack offers you 3 multi-level parts.  Part A-Tune, Part B-Challenge, and Part C-Open strings or basic notes.  A few pieces even have Part-D Solo for your go-getters or for you to accompany your students.  I suggest starting from the open strings and building up to your challenge players.   The Finale MP3 for Volume One Flex-Pack singles uses the same piano part from our Original Volume One, but now has A, B, C, and D parts represented as violinists. *Download "View P