Sign up for the Musical EdVentures mailing list . What you need to view the scores and listen to the recordings About the recordings These recordings are, if I remember correctly, of a middle school string orchestra sight reading. 2nd violin, viola, and cello parts use open strings only. First parts are mostly step-wise motion.
Leaps are mostly to or from an open string.
In modes of D major. No notes requiring the fourth finger for violins and viola. The writing is mostly homophonic, except in the bass, and a few spots. The dense, dark, exciting chords will be more challenging to students ears than to their fingers, and also, hopefully, an exciting and educational change from straight triadic harmony. Rhythms are easily bowed and counted groupings of eighths, quarters, and half-notes.