The New Tunes for Strings were inspired by Paul Rolland's remarkable University of Illinois String Research Project, when a need became evident for idiomatic materials that would fulfill both the musical and technical requirements of the new (anf, from a traditional point of view, revolutionary) methods of teaching being developed in that enterprise.
All the pieces are playable in a variety of instrumentations, which will be found summarised for the teacher's reference under the title. For convenience in individual - lesson teaching and for string teachers lacking sufficient keyboard skill or an available pianist for the accompaniaments, alternative versions of the accompaniament, for violin or cello, are supplied for many of the pieces. These will be found in the part - books.

Lista utworów:
The boom & the chick - chick Hymn to the morning In space Pirate song Tenor aria Two Dancing Butterflies The old clock Under a blue moon Hora An old legend Serenade Soft - shoe shuffle O'Marrley's Reel Parade of Picadors Happy Song The Country Pipers Dance with Castanets Cinderella dancing The country fiddler Peasant dance Ragtime tune Caribbean Cafe - Music Neapolitan song Gavotte Tiddly - pom tune Russian song and dance Turkey trot The great Victory March Prayer for Peace Pagoda Music (supplement)