These quirky pieces are trinkets that can spark young musicians' imaginations. They cover many techniques, such as pizzicato, staccato, harmonics, and rapid eighth notes, which can help beginning orchestras build their skills in a fun way. The memorable tunes often shared around the orchestra will indeed have your students begging for more!

1. Busy Bikes

2. Sanpan in the Clouds

3. Elephants and Fleas

4. It's Raining Diamonds

5. Very Dark Elves

6. Tibetan Trinkets

7. King Bruce's Spider

8. Nullarbor

9. Dragon Crusher

10. Magical Mandolines

11. Fuji

12. Ice Train

For String Orchestra Grade 1

By Robert Grice

Spirocore 3/4 Bass Extension C String Features: Please pre order

• Full and homogenous, balanced, and voluminous sound. 

• Calibrated to satisfy the express wish of many artists for an equally effective Arco and pizzicato.

• Suitable for amplified pickups 

• Highly Reliable String 

• Tackled notorious string problems such as wolf notes and muting. 

• Spirocore's hi-tech core makes for effortless fingering, responsive bowing, stable tuning, and long string life. 

With Spirocore, the steel string's technical possibilities have been fully developed.

Mozart’s Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (“Turkish”), for Violin and Orchestra (Barenreiter), is a sparkling Classical masterpiece, featuring lyrical melodies, virtuosic passages, and the beloved “Turkish” finale—ideal for standout performances.

Key Features:

• Iconic “Turkish” episode

• Lyrical and virtuosic solo writing

• Three contrasting movements

• Perfect for competitions and recitals

Eastman's commitment to quality tonewood and expert hand-craftsmanship is abundantly evident.

• Entirely hand-crafted of well-seasoned, select tonewoods

• Attractive and durable hand-applied translucent amber varnish

• African ebony fingerboard, boxwood pegs, tailpiece, and chinrest 

• Attractive and durable hand-applied translucent amber varnish

• Wittner composite tailpiece with four fine tuners available as an option

• Stradivari pattern

• Outstanding, modestly-priced step-up model

• Violin available in sizes 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 3/4 & 4/4

• Comes with bow, case, and rosin

Mozart’s Sonatas No. 7–12, K296, K376–K380 for Violin and Piano Vol. 2 (Henle) offers six masterful duo sonatas in a precise urtext edition—ideal for musicians exploring the depth and drama of Mozart’s Viennese style.

Key Features:

• Six Viennese sonatas in one volume

• Meticulous Henle urtext with editorial insights

• Rich interplay and expressive variety

• Great for advanced performers and chamber study

Ascente Violin E String by D'Addario is a high-quality option for skilled violinists. Its steel core creates a clear, warm sound with strong projection and sustain. The unique ball end makes installation easy and improves tunability. It's a solid choice for any musical setting.

• Ball-end

• Synthetic Core Material

• Tinned Carbon Stell Winding

• Specifically created to assist players in improving their sound quickly and effectively.

• Enhanced tonal range improves the quality of players’ musical instruments.

• This synthetic core string offers the most reliable tuning stability of all available options.

• Designed to last for a long time and resist wear and tear.

• All D'Addario strings are engineered, designed, and manufactured in the USA.

Prelude strings are ideal for educators teaching students due to their warm tone, durability, and value. Their solid steel core design produces a warm sound that is unaffected by changes in temperature and humidity. The durability and resilience of the solid steel core make Prelude strings a reliable choice with a long lifespan.

Larsen's Il Cannone strings have excellent fingerboard playability, feel, and bow resistance, making them a reliable choice for violinists. The Soloist is with a fuller tone and more presence.

• Il Cannone strings: powerful, colourful, and harmonically complex sound.

• Transparent, open, and brilliant tone.

• Quick and effortless response, versatile for musicians.

• Perfect for creating a rich and expressive sound with violins.

Larsen Il Cannone Soloist G Violin String is built on a new, synthetic multi-filament core wound with pure silver.

1/4-1/8 Evah Pirazzi Violin E String. Evah Pirazzi strings have a core made from a modern synthetic multifilament fiber with very intensive and powerful and excellent for soloists. 

Passione Solo A Violin String - The gut string for soloists.

Features 

• The sheep gut core of the Passione Solo strings is manufactured, wound and polished in the traditional way, by hand.

• soloistic tone with strong power and brilliance

• extended range of dynamics and tone colours

• very powerful and brilliant sound with great projection

• Significantly reduced playing-in time: Passione strings are immediately playable other than traditional gut strings.

• very easy response

Colour Strings Yellow Pages - III Basic Bowings by Geza Szilvay