Grade 1/Easy orchestra arrangements/originals in eclectic styles

On Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/59132254/Course-6061-Project


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Eclectic Orchestra Music
For 1st and 2nd year players

Title Level Composer/Arranger Pub. Notes
African Blessing Easy Deborah B. Monday Kendor Bwana Awabaniki

*American Fiddle Medley Easy Bob Phillips Alfred Fiddle tips given

*Arkansas Traveler Easy David Tovey Kendor D and A Major

Balloon Man Easy S. Roberts/T. Sharp Lathum Glissandi to harmonic

Bees Are Boppin Easy Thom Sharp Lathum Be-Bop Style/Swing

Blue Jeans Blues Gr. 1 F. Feese Wynn

Blue Ox Blues Gr. 2 Dean Sorenson Neil Kjos

*Bossa Nova Triste Multi Mary Alice Rich Neil Kjos Great multi-level piece

Cabbage Countdown Easy Bob Phillips Alfred D Major

Celtic Dance Gr. 1 Mark Williams Alfred E Dorian

Celtic Suite Easy Kathy L. Fishburn Wingert J. Bonnie Doon &
The Minstrel Boy
Dancin’ on the Bayou Easy Ralph Ford Alfred Cajun Style

*Danza Latina Easy Brian Balmages FJH Viola/Violin Solo part Advanced or easy
Dervish Easy Ralph Ford Alfred Middle Eastern Dance

Giant Slimy Squid Easy Thom Sharp Lathum Trem./low 1st/Flats

Haymaker Hoedown Easy William Owens FJH G major (F naturals)

Jamaica Farewell Easy Frank J. Halferty Kendor Syncopation

Jamaican Spice Easy Lee Bursewold Lathum G Major


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Title Level Composer/Arranger Pub. Notes
Jasmine Flower Gr. 1 Douglas Wagner Alfred Chinese: Molihua
2004 Sum. Olympics
Jump Street Swing Jam Gr. 2 Thom Sharp Sharp Mt.

La Casa De Cuerdas Gr. 1 Jeffrey Frizzi Kendor

*Mambo Amable Gr. 1 Thom Sharp Lathum Latin Perc.

*Mama Don’t Low Gr. 1+ Carrie Lane Gruselle FJH Fiddle Style/Counterpt

*Old Joe Clark Easy Richard Stephan Neil Kjos All get melody
Nice variations
*Red Peppper Gr.2.5 Jeffrey Bishop Wingert J. Zydeco/Cajun Fiddling

Rocky’s Rock Gr. 2 S. Burch Ludwig

*Rhythm and Blues: Gr. 1 Soon Hee Newbold FJH Body Percussion

Russian Music Box Gr. 1 Soon Hee Newbold FJH

Samba La Bamba Gr. .5 William Owens FJH Brazilian Dance/6note

Scottish Air Gr. 1 Jack Bullock Alfred

Scottish Fiddle Medley Gr. 1 Bob Phillips Alfred The Waves of Tory &
The Stronsay Weddin
Shuffleupagus Gr. 2 Matt Turner Fischer Improv. section

Sourwood Mountain Gr.1 Carrie Lane Gruselle FJH Pentatonic Fragments

*Stone Mountain Stomp Easy Carl Strommen C. Fischer Souther Fiddling Style
Copland-esque Style
Turkey in the Straw Easy Larry Clark C. Fischer

Pops/Rock Style
Advent Rising Theme Easy Bob Phillips Alfred Video Game Music

Bad Easy Michael Jackson Alfred Perc.

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Pops/Rock Style
Title Level Composer/Arranger Pub. Notes
Beat It Easy Michael Jackson Alfred Perc.

Billie Jean Easy Michael Jackson Alfred Perc.

Crocodile Rock Easy Elton John/Longfield Hal Leonard Perc.

Final Countdown Easy J. Tempest/Lavender Hal Leonard Perc.

Land of a Thousand Dances Easy C. Kenner/Longfield Hal Leonard Na Na Na Na Na song

Linus and Lucy Easy Guarald/Longfield Hal Leonard Violas some melody

Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Gr. 1 Bob Cerulli Alfred Easy Swing

Old Time Rock and Roll Easy Seger/Moore Hal Leonard

Pirates of the Caribbean Gr. 1 Lavender Hal Leonard

*Power Rock Gr. 1 M. Sweeney Hal Leonard Another One Bites..
We Will Rock You
Rock Riffs Gr. 1+ Soon Hee Newbold FJH Hard Rock/Stop Chor.

Satisfaction Easy Jagger/M. Story Alfred Piano/Tamb./Drums

Secret Agent Man Easy Sloan&Berry/Moore Hal Leonard Nice low strings

Stairway To Heaven Gr. 2 Bob Phillips Alfred Slow theme only

Sweet Child of Mine Gr. 2+ Hudson

21 Guns Easy Green Day/Phillips Alfred All sections/Melody

Tangerine Blue/Strawberry Ice Easy Renata Bratt Stanton Strings Charts Series

Thriller Easy Temperton/Longfield Hal Leonard

Viola Hero Easy Stephan Bulla Hal Leonard Haed driving Groove!

Key: Very easy=Gr. .5-1; Easy=Gr. 1.5-2

Join the Orchestra by Lindsay Klecka

Pictures: http://www.scribd.com/doc/59131128/Join-the-Orchestra

JOIN THE ORCHESTRA

strings rock!!!

You're listening to Black Violin, 

Brandenburg

Orchestra Instruments

BASS

Bass players Edgar Meyer and Victor Wooten,


Bass Duet

CELLO

Who's this artist?

VIOLA

VIOLIN

Chopping Demonstration


Richard Greene invented this technique.

This skill turns a melodic instrument into a percussive one.

7 Violin "Fun-Facts"

1. While playing the violin you burn 170 calories an hour!

2. The modern Violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood.

3. The worlds smallest violin is only 37 millimetres long and is small enough to fit in a box of matches!

4. An old Italian term for the violin is "kit".

5. If a violinist is placed into an MRI machine, we can see that a much larger area of the brain is devoted to his or her left fingers when compared with a non-violinist. Two or three times as large, in fact. Violinists also have more connections between the two sides of the brain which account for the better co-ordination they have between each hand compared with a non-violin player.

6. Joseph Merlin of Huy, Belgium invented the roller skates. To introduce his invention he entered the ballroom-playing violin in 1759. Unfortunately he did not know how to stop and crashed into a full-length mirror, breaking his violin. 

7. The violin is the most popular instrument for children, it is also the most indemand instrument at the professional level.

http://www.violinist.com/blog/Violinists2004/20068/5590/

In Conclusion...

JOIN THE ORCHESTRA




Because STRINGS ROCK!!!

Website links to Eclectic Styles Artists (for orchestra website) by Mike Govert

http://www.scribd.com/doc/59130800/Violinists-and-Fiddlers

THE ECLECTIC STRING WORLD
Check out these violinists and fiddlers!
Mark O'Connor – classical, blues, jazz, country, bluegrass
Wikipedia Article
Mark O'Connor's Website
You Tube Videos
Mark O'Connor - Fiddle Encore - Brooklyn Philharmonic (2008)
Mark O'Connor and Edgar Meyer Duet 1991.avi

Richard Greene - inventor of the "chop" – classical & bluegrass
Richard Greene's Website
You Tube Videos
Northern White Clouds @ Wimmerata
Richard Greene performs Greenesleeves live
Bluegrass Fire! Richard Greene, Tony Trischka Little Rabbit
Darol Anger – classical, jazz, folk, bluegrass
Wikipedia Article
Darol Anger's Website
You Tube Videos
Darol Anger Melt The Tea Kettle
Darol Anger Rhythm Technique Lesson (chopping technique)
Mark Wood – heavy metal
Wikipedia Article
Mark Wood's Website
You Tube Videos
Mark wood Rock Fusion
MARK WOOD - "BACH DOUBLE" on the Stingray SV4
Christian Howes – jazz
Wikipedia Article
Christian Howes Website
You Tube Videos
Christian Howes - Wish
Christian Howes and the Dangerous Band perform CH original, "Bobby's Bad"
Jeremy Kittel – alternative fiddler
Jeremy Kittel's Website
You Tube Videos
Jeremy Kittel with Tristan Clarridge
Hey Joe (Hendrix version) - Jeremy Kittel Band
Vicki Richards – classical, Indian, alternative
Vicki Richards' Website
You Tube Videos
"Glass Heart" - Vicki Richards, Mitch Kopp & Jeff Deen
Vicki Richards, Jeff Deen & Mitch Kopp performance 7/08 Gro
Randy Sabien – jazz & blues
Randy Sabien's Website
You Tube Videos
Peter Mulvey & Randy Sabien "Everybody Knows"
Crazy Harmonica Violin Jam
Alex Hargreaves - jazz, bluegrass, new acoustic, Texas style, western swing and classical
Alex Hargreaves' Website
You Tube Videos
Mike Barnett & Alex Hargreaves + SHINE (27-5-2010)
IBMA Jam Alex Hargreaves, Joey McKenzie, Drew Phelps
Tatiana Hargreaves (Alex's sister) – bluegrass, fiddler
Tatiana Hargreaves' Website
You Tube Videos
Clifftop 2009 Fiddle Contest Finals - Tatiana Hargreaves
Tatiana Hargreaves with Scott Law, 2-4-2011
Alasdair Fraser – Scottish fiddler
Alasdair Fraser's Website
You Tube Videos
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas playing "Grand Etang / Hull's Reel" live on BBC Radio Scotland

Brittany Haas – bluegrass, fiddler
Wikipedia Article
Brittany Haas MySpace Page
You Tube Videos
Brittany Haas demos Old-time music
Brittany and Natalie Haas.MOV
Miri Ben-Ari – hip-hip violinist
Miri Ben-Ari's Website
You Tube Videos
Miri Ben-Ari Sunshine to the rain
Miri Ben-Ari Pepsi Commercial
Yale Strom – Klezmer violinist
Yale Strom's Website
You Tube Videos
Yale Strom na festiwalu Zachor
Hot Pstromi with Yale Strom performing "Shpilt Mir Op Dem Naye Sher"
Bruce Molsky – old time fiddler
Wikipedia Article
Bruce Molsky's Website
You Tube Videos
Bruce Molsky--fiddle tune 2
Sally Ann
L. Subramaniam – Indian Violinist
Wikipedia Article
L. Subramaniam's Website
You Tube Videos
L. Subramaniam Live at the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival
L.Subramaniam moscow house of music
Tracy Silverman – jazz, contemporary classical, and rock violinist
Wikipedia Article
Tracy Silverman's Website
You Tube Videos
Tracy Silverman, Electric Violin--Led Zeppelin Medley
Eclectica Project featuring Tracy Silverman
David Garrett – classical and rock violinist
Wikipedia Article
David Garrett's Website
You Tube Videos
David Garrett Czardas Video
David Garrett - Master of Puppets - Feb 13th 2011 - Chicago Theater


John Blake – jazz violinist
Wikipedia Article
John Blake's Website
You Tube Videos
John Blake's Extraordinary Solo Jazz VIolin
Jazz and the Violin - John Blake with Billy Taylor - Work Song
Stuff Smith – old time jazz violinist
Wikipedia Article
You Tube Videos
Stuff Smith - I hope Gabriel Likes My Music
Stuff Smith - Bugle call blues (1965)
Joe Venuti – old time jazz violinist
Wikipedia Article
You Tube Videos
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - Doin' Things, 1928
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang- Man from the South
Stephane Grappelli – old time jazz violinist
Wikipedia Article
You Tube Videos
Blue Moon - Stephane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli - Stardust

Mike's orchestra homepage (with lots of great references):
http://w1.northbrook28.net/orchestra/index.html

Using Famous Basslines for Improvisation by Kelly Vieth

Using Famous Basslines for Improvisation:
Ice Ice Baby
vs.
Under Pressure

By Kelly Vieth

YouTube Videos of Queen, Vanilla Ice, and GREAT BASS LOOPS

Rock Band 3 – Under Pressure by Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moJc12qlISo
Queen & David Bowie Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrEN-YKLBM

Justin Timberlake Remix - Ice Ice Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiWTuv3vkJ0&NR=1
Vanilla Ice “Sellout” – Interview with Ice-T
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfW8HTXnYms&feature=related
Nuttin but Stringz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ78f1gUa5Q


The Lesson Plan (Day 1)

Introduce students to Video(s)
Give details about the repeated bass line: basso continuo, loop, ostinato, canon
Talk about history/background of both Queen’s version of “Under Pressure” - 1981
Talk about conflict when Vanilla Ice borrowed the famous bassline and “sold out” - 1990
Warm up with Copy Cat exercises, using syncopated rhythms on D string
Have students copy the bassline theme
Hand out sheet music and play!!! Which bassline seems more interesting? Which style would they rather play to: Rock n’ Roll OR Hip Hop
Show Nuttin’ but Stringz video - what similarities between videos??

The Lesson Plan cont’d (Day 2)

Show students the different websites where they can explore and improv rhythms/notes: - Phil Tulga - www.philtulga.com
- Google Guitar Doodle
- any others??
Turn on GarageBand and show different effects, loops, synthesizers, etc. Play for them variation of “Ice Ice Baby”
Use Copy Cat warm ups while playing either loop in the background!!

The goal of this exercise is to have students THINK about introducing a bass line to their own practice, to use their creativity during class and at home, and to be able to IMPROV to a groove through guided warm ups. Students can have fun looking up their own loops or writing their own! Electric instruments can be used or their “classical” instruments.

Websites for Student Composition/Improv

Google Guitar Doodle – try to play bass line with technology…download??
http://webscopia.com/2011/06/download-the-google-guitar-doodle/

Phil Tulga - Fraction Pies
http://www.philtulga.com/pie.html


Phil Tulga - Musical Bars
http://www.philtulga.com/fractionbars.html

Eclectic Styles Final Project - exposing young students to eclectic styles - Jenny Allen

Jenny Allen
June 30, 2011
Eclectic Styles Final Project

Goal: Over the course of the 2011-12 school year I would like to expose my students to a variety of eclectic styles through listening, performing/demonstrating, and researching. I plan to do this as a weekly project called “Fiddle Fridays”, “Eclectic Fridays”, or some other creative name yet to be determined! At our spring concert each grade level will perform a piece demonstrating their knowledge of eclectic styles.

Introduce my students to a variety of styles through listening to and watching video samples such as the following: (this is by no means a complete list!) Have them planned out ahead of time listed on a sheet by genre. This could lead to a discussion of how they sounded different/similar to each other. This could also turn into an assignment to satisfy our writing requirement for the 1st quarter.
Mark O’Connor
Mark Wood
Christian Howes
Darol Anger
Regina Carter
Turtle Island String Quartet
Jeremy Kittel
Saline Fiddlers
Nuttin’ But Strings
Apocalyptica
Stephane Grappelli
String Cheese
Carter Dewberry
Jean-Luc Ponty
Black Violin

Have the students explore their instruments, like we did in class the first day. Allowing them to try many different techniques and make sounds that they might not necessarily think sound “good”.
Glissando, double stops, tremolo, distortion, tapping, etc.

Call & Response (something I do every day as a warm-up, but would eventually become more of a spring-board for improvisation.)
Play exactly what teacher plays—only 1 measure at a time
Play a response to what teacher plays (using only D, E, F#)
Have a student be the leader for the previous exercises
Use different LH & RH techniques with these exercises—swinging, sliding, percussive use of the bow, etc.

Basic Improvisation
Start with open strings, one measure at a time
Pick 3 notes—students can play one measure any rhythm using those 3 notes
Pick a scale—students can play anything for 1-2 measures using the notes of that scale starting and ending on tonic.

Music Materials
My school owns the Basic Fiddler’s Philharmonic, Fiddler’s Philharmonic & Fiddler’s Philharmonic Encore books. I will use these books to choose music for the first semester.
I would like to write a grant to our local education foundation for a classroom set of the Jazz Basics for Strings by Robert Woods. After exploring some of the jazz music earlier this year and a discussion about style, I would use this book later in the year.

Eclectic Strings Musician’s Wall
I have probably 5-6 posters that I’ve collected from going to conferences with Mark Wood, Christian Howes, Martha Mooke, Yamaha Silent Instruments, and a couple others. I will display these at the beginning of the year.
After our December orchestra concert I will have a writing assignment for my students. They will need to choose an artist from the list I provide and make a poster about that artist. Those will then be displayed on the wall as well. This can also help satisfy the writing requirement for our 2nd quarter!

Guests in the classroom
There are a couple people in my area that I think would be willing to come in and work with my students and/or demonstrate what they do.
A parent of 2 of my students, Susan Belliel, is a violinist in the Grand Rapids Symphony and plays with a band. I think she would be willing to come in and demonstrate what eclectic styles of music she plays. Susan would be an excellent example of someone who was classically trained, plays with great technique, and plays other styles of music.
A teacher from the GR area, Becky Bush, who taught at camp with me last week offered to come work with my students some time this year. Becky is Bob Phillips’ daughter and has a great amount of knowledge in the Fiddling style that she can share with me and my students.
I would also like to bring in a group called “String Cheese” (www.stringcheesemusic.com) to work with my students. String Cheese is a duo that is located in the Ann Arbor area. Ali (cello) and Diana (violin/viola) both taught at the Michigan ASTA camps with me and have done clinics at schools throughout Michigan. I’ve heard wonderful things about their workshops and would love to share that aspect with my students—if not this year, then possibly the year after.

Music performance ideas for our Spring Concert
Blue Rhythmico—by K. Mosier
Bees are Boppin’—by T. Sharp
Orange Jam—by J. Bishop
American Fiddle Medley—arr. B. Phillips
American Rounds—arr. B. Phillips.
Ashokan Farewell—arr. Custer
Cripple Creek—arr. M. Hopkins
Best of Queen—arr. Moore

Gypsy links

http://www.amazon.com/Gypsy-Violin-Laszlo-Berki/dp/B000AQ698Q

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786674768/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000AQ698Q&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=14BH7ED6WZS1BNJ5XWQE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx2PLdDPbZo

http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?ID=5645

http://www.amazon.com/Bays-Gypsy-Violin-Mary-Harbar/dp/0786616512

http://stringscentral.com/cgi-bin/clinicians.detail.pl?id=34

http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/hungarian/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQn6Qb-9mD8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxHhSy36Klo&feature=related

http://www.stephanegrappelli.com/

http://www.hotclubofhulaville.com/HotClubofHulaville/Honolulu_Workshop_Registration.html

http://great-violin.com/category/gypsy-violin

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1hoia_gypsy-melody_music

A partial list of artists - we will be looking at these folks this week

Artists – a very partial list

Julie Lyonn Lieberman – queen bee of alternative styles – www.julielyonn.com
Mark O'Connor – fiddle god
Mark Wood – heavy metal – comes to schools
Christian Howes – jazz violin - http://christianhowes.com/education/education-links/
The Lesson Room – Christian Howes and Scott Laird lessons (D'Addario)
Darol Anger – www.academyofbluegrass.com – Republic Strings - Psychograss
Regina Carter – violinist performing with orchestras
Turtle Island String Quartet
Mads Toland
David Balakrishnan
Mark Summer
Jeremy Kittel
Danny Seidenberg – UnBande - http://www.alfred.com/Products/Steel-City-Strut--00-29762.aspx
Electric Violin Shop
Richard Greene – father of the Chop
Martin Norgaard – Jazz Fiddle Wizard – good teacher, good method for improv in classroom
Vicki Richards – Indian and rock (Wood violin), teaches at Berklee,
Bob Phillips
Alex Hargreaves – and sister Tatiana – young fiddlers
Renata Bratt – cello educator - http://melbay.net/authors.asp?author=1914
Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle Camp
String Project LA
Robert Anderson
Black Violin – Brandenburg 3 - http://youtu.be/KCXVCpcopa8
ELO – Electric Light Orchestra – Mark Wood
Mahavishnu Orchestra – 70's alt rock scene – Jerry Goodman violin
Scott Laird – D'Addario artist/teacher – lessons on electric
Brittany (violin) and Natalie (cello) Haas – incredible sister duo – lots of fiddle
Randy Sabien – jazz artist
Erik Friedlander – NY cellist
Dana Leong – Hip Hop Electro-Jazz Cellist
Eugene Freisen – cello teacher at Berklee - http://www.celloman.com/improv_study.shtml
Rushad Eggleston – younger cellist, plays with Darol (chopping DVD)
Matt Turner – cellist
Aaron Minsky – Ten American Etudes – cellist – Ten International Etudes
Nuttin' But Stringz - http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/
Miri Ben-Ari – hip hop - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CCkagE15sk&feature=related
Apocolyptica
Yale Strom
Bruce Molsky – old time Appalachian fiddle teacher
Matt Glaser – Transcribed a lot of old time fiddle and jazz tunes and players
L. Subramaniam
Tracy Silverman - http://youtu.be/Os8J7A35Ruo – Led Zepplin Video
Drew Tretick – the old Zeta guy
David Garrett
Stanley Chepaitis - http://www.stanleychep.com/indexA.htm
Lili Haydn
John Blake – current black jazz artist
Old timer jazzers:
Stuff Smith
Svend Asmussen
Joe Venuti
Stephane Grappelli
70's band:
It's a Beautiful Day
Jefferson Airplane????
Current band:
Carolina Chocolate Drops – old time fiddle band

MORE
Carter Dewberry – from Greenville (facebook – in LA)
String Fever – great videos! http://www.stringfever.co.uk/show.html