Essential Technique for Strings Book 3 further develops music skills for the intermediate and advancing student. Book 3 introduces students to higher positions, shifting, advanced bowing, and special techniques.

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Each Student Book Includes My EE Library

• More great play-along tracks!
• Includes exercises 1-76
• Download / Stream at www.myeelibrary.com.

Three Major Sections

• Higher Positions and Shifting
• Keys and Scales
• Bowings, Rhythms and Vibrato

Advanced Positions

• For all instruments
• Violin and viola: II, III, IV, V
• Cello: 1/2, II, II ext., II1/2, III, III ext., IV, IV ext.
• Bass: 1/2, II, II1/2, III, III1/2, IV, V, V1/2

Violin and Viola Shifting Sequences

• Exercises for open string, same finger and different finger shifts
• Embedded auxiliary notes for accurate shifting without confusing notation
• Unison exercises to reinforce and develop shifts to and from higher positions

Essential Elements Features Continued and Expanded

• Includes theory, history, multicultural music, creativity and assessment
• Sight-reading and rhythm pages

7 Major Keys

• Includes through 3 sharps and 3 flats
• Violin and viola finger patterns for both first and third positions
• Exercises in unison and thirds, scales and arpeggios to help reinforce keys
• Four-part Chorales

5 Minor Keys

• A, E, D, G and C minor
• All three forms of the minor scale included
• Two unison exercises reinforce each minor key

Additional Features

• Introduction of vibrato, spiccato, enharmonics and chromatics
• Treble clef for viola; tenor clef for cello and bass
• Cello and bass thumb positions
• Jazz lines for bass

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