Leaps and Bounds - Kevin Sluder

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“By leaps and bounds”, a classic idiom, is another way of saying that something or someone is improving or increasing at a surprising rate, and has been used since the time of Shakespeare. Separately, “leap” and “bound” essentially mean the same thing, but paired together are a way of adding extra emphasis.

In the early years of playing a string orchestra instrument, the frequent acquisition of new skills allows students to learn more and more complex pieces of music in a relatively short amount of time. This sense of improving by leaps and bounds is especially noticeable to friends and family members that may not get to see the gradual
day-to-day progress of an orchestra classroom.

Most beginning literature for string players focuses on scale-wise motion, with very few “skips” between the notes. The main theme in Leaps and Bounds is all about notes hopping back and forth, rising and falling in larger intervals.

String Orchestra 

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Grade 1