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Strings Alive.(Book Review)
(For Beginning String Orchestras), by Gregory Kerkorian. Lake State Publications (P.O. Box 1593, Grand Rapids, MI 49501), 2002. 31 pp. piano/score, 16 pp. each part (first and second violin, viola, cello-bass); $10 piano/score, $6 each part. Elementary.
Strings Alive is a collection of sixteen pieces, suitable for various occasions, for a young string group.
There are three string parts: first violin, which is the most difficult and usually has the melody, an interchangeable second violin/viola part and a cello/bass part. It is intended to be a sequel to the Strings Serenades collection by Kenneth Henderson and Albert Stoutamire.
Strings Alive starts with "Two Chorales," for three voices. Rhythmic values are quarter, eighth and half notes, and only the major finger pattern is used in the first chorale. First violin needs to know the minor pattern in the second chorale.
Another piece, "Hand Clap Boogie," provides a change of pace, as the violins clap and knock while the bass line has a typical boogie bass line.
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