The purpose of these 100 short pieces is to give orchestra teachers original material for practicing the art of sight-reading. They are conveniently bound together in one volume to save time and effort it takes to find suitable music, pass it out and then retrieve it.
This new and revised edition has been enhanced with new bowings, clearer articulations, and more involved parts for the lower strings. It features key signatures and meters, key changes, meter changes, accidentals, various repeats, hemiola, and isolation oof various sections of the ensemble.
Taking five minutes each day to sight-read from this book will enhance the musical confidence and independence of your orchestra students. Besides the obvious benefit of improved skills at assessment time, students will learn to bring their best focus to the first read-through of music in rehearsal.