Happy New Year! While preparing to make copies for second semester, I noticed the notation for some of the handouts wasn't as clear as I thought it could be. I went into Finale, took new screenshots, and, sure enough, the print was much easier to read. No student had ever complained to me that the music was hard to read, but once I get started with making one thing better, I'm on a roll and it's hard to stop. So...here is a list of blog posts with updated handouts. If you've used any of these in the past, you may want to check out the updated versions and try these instead.
Look for the note:
* = updated January 2026 for clearer resolution
Enjoy!
- Elementary Orchestra Solo/Ensemble, Part 1: Description and Additional Repertoire (both 1st and 2nd year additional repertoire sheets)
- Composition #4--G-string Notes (also added a reference of what the G string notes look like on the staff + finger number + letter name)
- G Major Composition (also updated to include G Major clues and musical tools)
- Scale Warm-up Sheet (D Major, G Major, C Major) (added more bowings including spiccato for all three keys as well as a higher octave and lower octave version for different instruments/keys)
- C/E String Notes (all three versions of this handout--regular notation, some alpha notes, all alpha notes)
- Summer Packets (both 1st and 2nd year summer packets)
