The Essential String Method series
Sheila Nelson's award winning teaching approach available in a clearly structured progressive method covering preliminary to grade three in all stringed instruments.
The Essential String Method develops the pupil as a musician as well as an instrumentalist right from the start through an integrated programme of games, activities, songs and pieces.
Developed by Sheila Nelson (violin), Cathy Elliott (Double Bass), Gerald Howard (Cello) and Adrian Thorne (musicianship) in collaboration with The Guildhall School of Music & Drama. A "Millennium Product" Winner.
Octotunes is the latest project from teacher, writer and performer Sheila Nelson, author of the award-winning Essential String Method.
Ideal for individual or group teaching, this selection of short, fun pieces for flexible ensemble can be played by solo violin, violin duo, three violins and cello or even string quartet, all with an optional keyboard accompaniment part.
Octotunes provides early experience of ensemble playing, without extensions, shifts or changes of finger pattern from the basic open string scales.
