Sound Innovations for String Orchestra: Creative Warm-Ups, Viola

“Sound Innovations: Creative Warm-ups” highlights four main aspects of string playing: Intonation, rhythm, bowing fluency, and sound creativity. These aspects are essential in the development of musicianship and intermediate level skills. Intonation: students will practice intervals, chords (major/minor/diminished/augmented), drones, and finger patterns, including cello extension pedagogy. Rhythm: Students will learn to analyze rhythms by saying and playing and perform exercises that develop rhythmic independence. Bowing Fluency: Exercises will assist students in learning to play with the whole bow, start sounds using different places of the bow, use expressive bow strokes, and accomplish fluid string crossings. Sound Creativity: Exercises and repertoire using drones accompaniment will introduce students to improvisation in different musical styles such as classical, jazz, Latin, and rock. Video demonstrations of skills and audio tracks of key exercises are referenced in the book and can be accessed online at www.alfred.com/SoundDevelopmentWarmUps.