Volume 2 of the Belwin String Builder opens with a brief review of Book 1. The basic bowings are presented - the detache and the martele in different parts of the bow in the keys of C, G, D, F and B flat major. The material in this volume is carefully chosen for its musical interest and its technical value. There are a number of duets which are to played by either two pupils or with the class divided into two groups. There also are a number of melodies in which the class becomes a string ensemble, each instrument playing a different part. The last 3 pages are devoted to the third position, which is presented in very easy assignments. The pupil is taught to find the notes in the 3rd position by listening carefully and by testing the tones with the open strings.
ContentsLittle Brown Jug
Scotland's Burning
Blue Bells of Scotland
The Cuckoo
A Little Song (John Wilkes)
A Song of Praise (H.G. Nageli)
Morris Dance
The Fishy Scales (Hohmann)
These Are Happy Days
Awake, My Soul (Bartheleman)
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
The Milkmaid
Long, Long Ago (Thomas H. Bayly)
The Farmer
Up on the House-Top
Farewell (Hohmann)
The Muffin Man
America the Beautiful (Ward)
Just Walking (Dancla)
Graduation March (Wohlfahrt)
The Class Reunion
Deck the Hall
In the Gloaming (Harrison)
Glad Christmas Bells
In Lines of Gold (Dykes)
The Maypole (Hohmann)
Always Gay
Pussy Willows
Evening Bell (Malan)
America (Carey)
The First Noel
Carnival Time
A Miracle
Billy Boy
Sis-Boom-Bah (Wohlfahrt)
A Smooth Change
The Castle on the Rhine
The Sunshine
Massa's in the Cold Ground (Foster)
Old Black Joe
The Mountain Stream
The Chase (Hofmann)
A Pleasant Dream (Rousseau)
The Grasshopper
The Band Played On (Ward)
Having Fun (Leopold Mozart)
A Bouncing Ball
Tara's Halls
The Cliffs of Cornwall
Happy Anniversary
The Great Sea (Hofkapelle)
The Church Service (Dykes)
To a Skylark (Nageli)
Menuet (Leopold Mozart)
Clap Hands
Frolic
Follow the Leader
In Sherwood Forest
Saint Paul's Steeple
Reuben, Reuben
May Comes Singing
The Hunter and His Horn
Some Folks Do (Foster)
The Cricket Match
The Strawberry Festival (Wohlfahrt)
The Butterfly Waltz
The Elephant Takes a Walk (Wohlfahrt)
The Little Dutch Mill
Augustin
Come Thou Almighty King (Giardini)
Hymn to Joy (Beethoven)
Adeste Fidelis (J. Reading)
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Little Jack Horner
Little Tom Tucker
A Short Story
The Farmer in the Dell
All Around the Mulberry Bush
Will-o'-the-Wisp (Malan)
The Bee
Cradle Song (Brahms)
In the Gloaming (Harrison)
Lullaby
Running Along (Hofmann)
Forget Me Not
Pierrot in the Moonlight
There Was a Frog
Prairie Flower