Skipping Puddles in the Sunshine (Grade 3 level) - 4 files package

This piece is for advancing level.
It is to be played in 1st position throughout.

Skipping Puddles in the Sunshine focuses on these aspects:

• fast, clean string crossings
• circular wrist and forearm movements
• bow distribution
• zig-zag bowings
• dynamics
• blocked strings
• Music theory: scale degrees

Skipping Puddles in the Sunshine also invites students to explore how emotions change throughout the piece. The teacher might want to explain how the use of different scale degrees changes the melody from major to minor. 

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