iddle Time Runnep
A second book of easy pieces for violin
Kathy and David BlackwellContents
Section 1—New notes for second finger 3.
1. Start the show 3
2. Banyan tree (duet) 4
3. Heat haze 5
4. Medieval tale 5
5. Cornish May song 6
6. Chase in the dark 6
7. Merrily danced the Quaker's wife i?
8. O leave your sheep (duet) 8
9, Jingle bells (. Pierpont) 9
10. ‘Allegretto in G (Mozart) 10
11. Pick a bale of cotton 10
12. Noél (Daquin) (duet) u
13. Finale from the ‘Water Music’ (Handel) 12
14, Ecossaise in G (Beethoven) 3
15, Fiddle Time rag 4
16. Playing on the ol” banjo 15
17. On the go! 16
18. Yodelling song 16
19. Takin’ it easy 7 aA
20. Gypsy dance 17 2S
21. Ten thousand miles away (duet) 18 < a)
22. I got those fiddle blues 20 \ c
23. Air in G J. C. Bach) 21 QU,
24. Prelude from ‘Te Deum’ (Charpentier) 21 f aD
25. That's how it goes! 22 7B
oo
Section 2—New notes for third finger 23
26, Flamenco dance 23
27. Somebody's knocking on your door 24
28, The old chariot 25
29, Adam in the garden 26
30. Air (Handel) (duet) 27
31, The wee cooper 0” Fife 28
32. Aerobics! 28
33. Caribbean sunshine 29
Music Fact-Finder Pages 30New notes for 2nd finger
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B flat F natural C natural G natural
J dotted crotchet
(dotted quarter-note)
ida d semiquavers
(sixteenths)
1. Start the show
Count 4 bars
Rock tempo2. Banyan tree
Jamaican
Gently
mf3. Heat haze
Easy swing
To practise the main rhythm of this piece, try saying d. a 4 4
Hot and sun = ny?
4. Medieval tale
Sadly
mp legato a
5 oo, —~5. Cornish May song
Traditional
Lively
f
mf
inf crese
6. Chase in the dark
Count 2 bars
With menace
f7. Merrily danced the Quaker’s wife Scottish
Jig
mfby Sraditional
3
sat
e
é
Ks
tw,
i
8. O leave your sheep9. Jingle bells
Christmassy
a
J. Pierpont
f
29 D.C. al Fine
cresc10. Allegretto in G
Allegretto
‘
Mozart
11. Pick a bale of cotton
Hoe down
f12. Noél aqui
Allegretto
f
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12
mf’
15
|
f
n
ze
f
FP
f
4
——13. Finale from the ‘Water Music’
Moderato
Handel
f
mf —— =
21 (ral. 2nd time)
nat
won) WAN
—_——. ~~14. Ecossaise in G
Beethoven
Allegro
f mf15. Fiddle Time rag
Count 4 bars
Not too fast
#-7W aa SS
a
«
a
a
# f *Traditional
16. Playing on the ol’ banjo
Happily
pizz.
13
D.% al Fine17. On the go!
Count 4 bars
Lively
mf crese.
i re
18. Yodelling song af Traditional
With a strong beat =,19. Takin’ it easy
Count 4 bars
Laid-back tempo ‘
=
mp legato
poco rit. a tempo
25
cresc. mp
20. Gypsy dance
Fiery!
7
Best f fe 2 crese
156 Se
nf crese21. Ten thousand miles away Sea shantu
With a good swing
Vv,
f
f mf
16)D.C. al FineSlow blues
22. | got those fiddle blues
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2023. Air in G J.C. Bach
Andante
Er SS 2—-
; Tt
mf
4
inf crese f
24. Prelude from ‘Te Deum’ Charpentier
Maestoso
2125. That’s how it goes!
With energy
fo
e
(crese.)
D.C. al Fine
oy
a
crese.
Luckily, this piece is not as hard as it looks!
22New notes for 3rd finger
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C sharp G sharp D sharper
26. Flamenco dance 3
Ole!
n 4
7 mf
42 arco
2327. Somebody’s knocking at your door tazitionol
Gently
Vv
P28. The old chariot
Strongly
mf’
crese.
Sea shanty
D.C. al Fine29. Adam in the garden Jamaican
Relaxed tempo
inf ose f —Handel
30. Air
Allegro
f
f P
27si. ime wee cooper Oo rye Scottish
Gently
‘At the * sign in the piece below, hold your fingers down
on the A string while you play the open E string.
32. Aerobics!
Fast!
D.C. al Fine
crese.
2833. Caribbean sunshine
Calypso 7
mf
5 i Vv