- UNA CORDA is a series of 19 familar folk and patriotic tunes fingered to be played ALL ON ONE STRING.
- Players shift up and down the fingerboard without crossing strings and without clef changes.
- High ledger lines and spaces are avoided for now.
- In a few bass examples some string crossings are required.
- All materials are designed for use by violin, viola, cello and bass in any combination from a single player to a large string orchestra.
- Files are in pdf format which can be read by Acrobat Reader (free download) or several similar utilities.
- All instruments use high positions; no instrument has been dumbed down.
- Tunes used are familiar, public domain melodies. Learning them should be painless and enjoyable. Accompaniments in midi files are provided. These can be opened using Quicktime or Media Player. With a dedicated midi player, tempos can be altered for practice purposes
| MARKINGS USED | ||||||||
| 1 | numeral | = | finger used | II | Roman | = | position | |
| – | dash | = | shift | A | Capital | = | string used | |
| + | plus | = | extend (vn & va) | F | phi | = | thumb (vc & cb) | |
| x | letter x | = | extend (vc) | < | = | pivot forward (cb) | ||
| > | = | pivot backward (cb) | ||||||