OXFORD Cello Time Runners a second book of easy pieces for celloCello Time Runners a second book of easy pieces for cello Kathy and David Blackwell illustrations by Alan Rowe Grateful thanks are due to Polly Chilcott, Alison Ingram, Avril Ivin, Tom Morter, and Janet Parsons for all their help with this volume. Welcome to Cello Time Runners. You'll find: ieces using 2nd finger ieces using backward and forward extensions smiquavers, dotted crotchets, and 6/8 time uets, with parts of equal difficulty sales and arpeggios covering the keys you'll find in the book, plus G major 2 octaves fusic Fact-Finder Pages at the back to help explain words and signs D with performances of all the pieces to play along to. Pieces counted in; drumkit dded for the jazz and rock numbers raightforward piano accompaniments available in a separate volume MUSIC_ DEPARTMENT OXFORD1. Start the show (for Clare) Count 4 bars Rock temp f rn nf 7 f - mp cresc f n Printed by Halstan & Co. Lid., Amersham, Bucks, England2. Banyan tree Jamaican3. Heat haze Easy going 3 mp 4. Medieval tale Sadly : ed mp legato5. Chase in the dark Count 2 bars With menace f mp rece6. Spy movie Creepily 2 nm glis, mf’ n fn With energy mf crese. Test f ? 156 =8. Pick a bale of cotton Hoe down9. On the go! Count 4 bars Lively 5 mf crese — — =| ae ee] “i Peal) Z Z Ps My: WS aS D ‘S y i a ‘y 7 ly PINE iy Py } YZ ae WH c x10. That’s how it goes!11. Blue whale Gently 20 D.C. al Fine cee SS 12. Mean street chase Funky13. Allegretto Mozart Allegretto v — mf 14. Cornish May song Traditional mp cresc ff >Daquin16. Prelude from ‘Te Deum’ Charpentier Maestoso Be f cresc ; f17. Paris café Jazz waltz mp espress. i Fine f wp ——— = a ral, D.C. al Fine18. Starry night mp espress. Tenderly VE a dim. molto rall.19. Cello Time rag Count 4 bars Not too fast f20. Caribbean sunshine Calypso y y Rhythmic Fine crese. f eo my 7 D.C. al Fine|AMUSICAL MASTERPIECE-Tie Tima] [pd23. The road to Donegal24. Cat’s eyes With menace (Swing) pizz, arco v arco v 37 arco25. Mexican fiesta mp cresc. Fine anf cresc. f 3 3 D.C. al Fine se these words to help with the rhythm: glJ) JT as ee Tro - pi - cal heat-wave in Mex - i - co e 26. Summer evening Flowing spear _ 1x2 4 mp27. Extension rock mp cresc. Ee ; ff 28. Show off! Funky‘mp cresc. ff mpcresc. 4 2 1 13 ff You and me! ffSimply 2 ‘mp espress. 21 D.C. al Fine 31. Aerobics 13 D.C. al Fine32. Hungarian folk dance Lively axe mp staccato 36 2nd time accelerando mf (ff)33. Show stopper Strongly crese. f offPeaceful y 1 x 34. Farewell to Skye (for lain) rall.C major arpeggio 2 octaves 2. 1s _—_ fee F major scale 1 octave : 2 2 = —, F major arpeggio 1 octave 2 Bb major scale 1 octave 2 taza) major scale 2 octaves aox2 1x 2 ) major arpeggio 2 octaves 3 aixa £ sine . major scale 1 octave 1x 2, 1x2 .major arpeggio 1 octave oe 14 harmonic minor scale 1 octave 2 xs melodic minor scale 1 octave 2 1 3 2x1 — minor arpeggio 1 octaveD harmonic minor scale 1 octave 1x3 2s 2x1 D melodic minor scale 1 octave rear) ote ts 2 D minor arpeggio 1 octave 1x3 C harmonic minor scale 1 octave HEE Hee EE EEE =, C melodic minor scale 1 octave 2 13 Bx > C minor arpeggio 1 octave A G mgijor scale 2 octavesMusic Fact-Finder Pages dere are some of the strange words and signs you will find in some of your pieces! dow to play it pizzicato or pizz. = pluck arco = with the bow n= down bow V = up bow = = accent gliss. (glissando) = slide your finger along the string Jon’t get lost! I: ll = repeat marks 7 2 = first and second time bars Play the first bar first time through; skip to the second bar on the repeat D.C. al Fine = repeat from the beginning and stop at Fine D.%. al Fine = repeat from the sign 8 and stop at Fine rit. or rall. = gradually getting slower molto rall. = slow down a lot a tempo = back to the first speedVolume control P (piano) = quiet mp (mezzo-piano) = moderately quiet mf (mezzo-forte) = moderately loud f Gforte) = loud ff Gortissimo) = very loud Se eeeEeT EEE ETECCE or crescendo (cresc.) = getting gradually louder or diminuendo (dim.) = getting gradually quieter Italian phrase-book ce accelerando = gradually get faster Allegro = fast and lively Allegretto = not too fast Andante = at a walking pace espress. = expressively legato = smoothly Maestoso = majestically Moderato = at a moderate speed staccato = short Practissimo = lots of Cello Time!