16 Sensations (Stephen Chin) – String Orchestra

Description

Well there is plenty here to fill even the busiest elementary programme!  Players imaginations will go wild with titles such as “The Still Before the Storm”, “Fairy Floss”, “Ostinato Odyssey” and “Bubbles, to name a few.  Players are introduced to a wide variety of keys and orchestral textures that really promote an early appreciation of tone colour in music.  Techniques such as harmonics, martele, spiccato, slurred legato, string crossings, right & left-hand pizzicato and tremolo are presented in a very accessible fashion.

Grade: 1-1.5.

Contents:

• Gecko Echo
• The Still Before the Storm
• Jumpin’ Jumbucks
• Valse Sentimentale
• Rickshaw Rally
• Morning Star
• Fairy Floss
• March of the Stick Insects
• Sunset Sarabande
• Riding the Rapids
• Hiccups
• Sleepy Sandman
• Ostinato Odyssey
• A Stately Minuet
• Bubbles
• Fiddle Stick Fury