Strategies for teaching strings / Donald L. Hamann ; Robert Gillespie.

Accompanying DVD contains excerpts from String clinics to go: the art of recruiting, getting started and teaching intermediate skills.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- The string instrument family -- Beginning string class instruction -- Intermediate class instruction -- Advanced string class instruction -- The school orchestra program -- Preparing for your orchestra rehearsal -- "Conducting" your rehearsal -- Practical approach to teaching improvisation in the school orchestra -- String student recruitment and retention -- Method books and music for the school orchestra program -- Appendix A. Correlated string orchestra Music and teaching strategies to develop bowing and left-hand playing skills -- Appendix B. The national standards -- Appendix C. The survey of teaching effectiveness (STE) -- Appendix D. Additional pedagogical resources.