String Choir
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Portrays the wide variety of musical moods and effects conveyed by stringed instruments and thus demonstrates the reasons for their bearing the brunt of orchestral interpretations. Reveals the various techniques of performance on stringed instruments from the most advantageous position possible. Selections include: music by Mendelssohn, Rossini and Beethoven. The concluding number is a portion of Schubert's "B Minor (Unfinished) Symphony."
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Describes the appearance, function and timbre of each stringed instrument of the symphony orchestra. Illustrates bowing, pizzicato, and finger techniques, and demonstrates the instruments with excerpts from Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, and Rossini's William Tell overture.
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