Recordings
- Introduction to the String Family – Amazon | iTunes
- Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Strings – Amazon
- Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Violins – iTunes
- Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Violas – iTunes
- Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Cellos – iTunes
- Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Double Basses – iTunes
- Dueling Banjos (banjo & acoustic guitar) – Amazon | iTunes
Videos
- Orchestral Strings
- String instruments of the orchestra
- How To Listen To Music 1: Orchestral String Instruments
- Vitali – Chaconne [violin solo version] by Stepan Grytsay
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales: The String Story
- Intro to the String Family
- New Violin Family Orchestra – Bach: Air on G String
- American String Quartet – Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
- double bass
- viola
- violin
- Other Strings
Visuals – These cards can be used different ways. When you play – or name – one of the string instruments, they can hold up which instrument they hear. Students could match the names of the strings with the pictures. I have used these specific cards with a 2nd grade unit on Strings (along with the Word Search and Assessment below.)
Crossword & Word Search
I don’t use the fun sheets very often – only if there’s a substitute or if I need to catch a class up to another class because of an assembly or something.
Assessment
PowerPoint
Links
- Orchestra resources
- more orchestra visuals
- string family poster – Amazon
- Book: I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
The following content is available below to Plus Members:
- PDF includes:
- String Family Poster
- Printable String Instrument Cards
- Strings Assessment
- Strings Word Search
- Strings Crossword
- Strings Crossword with instrument names
- Digital String Instrument Cards
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