Impro (Stainer & Bell)
Free improvisation in String Teaching

Violin, viola, cello or double bass - for two or more players

This is a guide to introducing the idea of improvising with students - for beginners as well as for more advanced players. Playing without music in front of you can be quite liberating and can often stimulate students who may be weary of conventional teaching or who take quickly to the idea of using their imagination to invent their own notes and sounds. Includes pieces with improvisation and excercises.

'Introducing improvisation to pupils from the earliest stages gives them a great feeling of being in command of their instruments, free from the tyranny of the printed page... Teachers who already teach improvisation may find useful ideas here. But for those who don't yet, and are unsure where to start, this should be of great value. Appropriately for its subject, it provides a firm base from which teacher and pupil alike can depart and explore'
The Strad

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