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PRACTICE LINKS

ILMEA Violin Scale Sheet

ILMEA Viola Scale Sheet

ILMEA Cello Scale Sheet

(cello video for scales)

ILMEA Bass Scale Sheet

ILMEA Senior orchestra scales:

C, G, D, A, E, F, and Bb Major

c and g melodic minor

Violin-Viola-Cello: Three Octaves

String Bass: Two Octaves

Quarter Note = 120

Detached Bowing

Scale Practice Videos (slurred series)

G major

A major

B flat major

C major

D major

E major

F major

C minor

G minor

ILMEA scales quarter note = 120

G major

A major

B flat major

C major

D major

E major

F major

C minor

G minor

EHS Chamber Orchestra

Gig Book Sheet Music 

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Bass

TTC Ode to Joy

click for sheet music

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Bass

Hallelujah Chorus (click to listen)

Hallelujah Chorus string parts

ILMEA 2025

Dvorak's Carnival Overture (click to listen)

Sheet music:

Violin 1 and 2 parts with excerpts marked

Violin hybrid excerpts only

Viola

Cello

Bass

Copland's Hoe Down from Rodeo (click to listen)

Sheet music:

Violin 1 and 2 parts with excerpts marked

Violin hybrid excerpts only

Viola

Cello

Bass

Copeland's Saturday Night Waltz (click to listen)

Click for string parts

Click for state excerpts - 2025 Beethoven year

Screencasts:

Beethoven Violin state excerpt

Beethoven Viola state excerpt

Beethoven Cello and Bass excerpt

Edwardsville Symphony "Side By Side" Concert May 25

Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet (click to listen)

Sheet music:

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Bass

​Suppé: Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna: Overture (click to listen)

Sheet music:

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Bass

​Where the Black Hawk Soars (click to listen)

Vivaldi Concerto for 2 cellos (click to listen)

Sheet music:

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Bass

Beauty and the Beast (click to listen)

​ILMEA

All audition video recordings must be submitted as a public youtube link.

Video recording instructions

Mendelssohn/ Berlioz 2024 State Required Excerpts string parts

Mendelssohn excerpt cell part with fingerings

Click to practice along with these screencasts:

Violin Mendelssohn State excerpt screencast

Viola Berlioz State excerpt screencast

Cello Mendelssohn State excerpt screencast

Bass Berlioz State excerpt screencast

ILMEA State Excerpt Screencasts 2023

ILMEA Violin State Excerpt Mozart

ILMEA Viola State Excerpt Mozart

ILMEA Cello/Bass State Excerpt Mozart

ILMEA State Excerpt Beethoven Year

​Click for state excerpts - Beethoven year

Screencasts:

Beethoven Violin state excerpt

Beethoven Viola state excerpt

Beethoven Cello and Bass excerpt

Stretching exercises for string players

​String player technique exercises

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5 common technique mistakes

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Spiccato exercises

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Upbow slurred staccato

Orange Blossom Special (arr. Augustin Hadelich)

Double Bass Videos

#1 spiccato etude

#2 spiccato masterclass

Viola Videos

Lawrence Power: British Viola Virtuoso

Magnus Lindberg Viola Concerto (US Premiere by Lawrence Power) March 15, St. Louis Symphony, audio begins at 20 min

Semester Exam 

Semester Exam Study Guide

Exam Quizlet

Interval Ear Training Exercise 

Reading Rhythms Practice videos

ILMEA Junior Orchestra Music 2025

Themes from The New World Symphony (click)

The Ascent (click)

Wiley Waltz (click)

Orange Jam (click)

Junior Orchestra State Etude

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