Stringsongs develop the reading skills begun in Tetratunes, by the use of singing and part-playing, without requiring the more advanced keys or position work. The main aims are developing musicianship, the use of basic bowing skills for interpretation, accurate pitching based on singing and well-understood scales, and the ability to listen to a contrasting part. Contents: A boat, a boat (Jenkins) Ave Maria (anon) Come, follow (Hilton) Drummer's march (Nelson) Echo dance (Nelson) Emperor Waltz (Strauss) Favourite round (anon) Fiddle and flute (trad) Gavotte (Handel) Haste thee, nymph (Arnold) I sing when I'm happy (Nelson) Idle cowboy (Nelson) Little Brown Jug (Eastburn) London's burning (trad) Long, long ago (Bayley) My dame hath a lame, tame crane (trad) O my love (anon) Oh, how lovely is the evening (anon) Rumba time (Nelson) Sound for us (anon) Summer is a-coming in (anon) Summer song (Nelson) Tallis' canon (Tallis) The flower wondrous-fair (Beethoven) The four posted bed The rose (Hayes) Three blind mice (trad)
