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Cello
Cello Tiffie Joggers
a first book of very easy pieces for cello
Grateful thanks are due to Polly Chilcott, Alison Ingram, Avril Ivin,
Tom Morter, and Janet Parsons for all their help with this volume.
•open string pieces and tunes using the finger pattern 0-1- 34
•easy duets (start with the staves marked~; come back and play the top part later]f
'• scales and arpeggios in the keys of G, D, and C major, one octave
• a. ~fusic Fact-Finder Page at the back to help explain words and signs
• CD '"ith performances of all the pieces to play along to. Pieces counted in; drumkit
added for the jazz and rock numbers
• straightfon,-ard piano accompaniments available in a separate volume
OXFORD
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Open Strings
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minim
(ha lf-n ote) - minim rest
(half-note rest)
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dotted minim
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(whole measu re rest)
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Lift your bow off in each of the rests and let it orbit! (Make a big circle with your arm.) ~
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9. Katie's waltz
Count 4 bars
Gently
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Jee l the rh~-thm , 2 3 4 In ~our feet. 2 3 4 Feel the rh~ -th m
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as ~ou pia~
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it, feel the beat go 2
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1 2 3 4 rh~-thm fe-ver, 1 2 3 4 rh~-thm fe- ver, oh ~ea h !
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Throug h the teeth and past the gums, so watch out, tum-m~ , here it comes!
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- nrough .. he teeth and past the gums, so watch out, tum - m~ , here it comes!
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* Tap the cello with your left-hand ftngers .
Count 4 bars
Brightly
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So tnere!
15. Rowing boat
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17. C string boogie
With a gentle swing
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19. Tiptoe, boo!
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(shout)
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(eighth-notes)
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When you ca pla y slurs, come back a nd ploy t his piece slurring three crotchets
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(quarter-notes) to a bow·_
24. Phoebe in her pettico·a t
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26. Summer sun
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28. Knock, knock!
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Who's there? Hu-go who?
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Knock, knock, Hu -go, You go first and then it's me!
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Knock, knock, How-ard, How wou ld ~ou like to p ia~ this tune?
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Who's there? How-ard who?
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Who's there? Shir-le~ who?
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Kno ck, knock, Shir -le~, Sure-1~ ~ou know which string is C!
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Try the ha rder part of 'Jim a1long Josie, on page 3 _
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thi s: Crot-chets sound like that!
this: Quar-ter -notes like that!
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Lis- ten to the rh~ -thm on m~ big eel lo. Mi-nims sound like
Half-notes sound like
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Lis - ten to the rh~ - thm on m~ big eel lo. Se - mi - breves like
Whole-notes sound like
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this: Se - mi- breves like that!
this: Whole-notes so und like that!
_ 33. Cattle ranch blues
Stompy
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1 J J w r r r r
1 1 J J w qJ
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cresc.
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Tr~ the harder part of 'Hill an' gull~ rider' on page 4.
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7
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35. St amping dance
Czec _
Heavily
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37. Chopsticks for two
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38. Runaway train
Count 4 bars
Express train tempo
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39. Distant b ells
C:::~'l : 2 bars
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·41. The old castle
With a singing tone
mp
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112~it. Fine
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mf
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2
Count 2 bars
43. Pa trick's reel
Ene~geti ca II y
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2:# r r IF F r r IF r r J Ij j It
-r~ the harder part of 'All~ ball~' on page 11 .
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If f f lo
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Scales and Sealey Things!
Playing scales and arpeggios with dijjerent rhythms is a great way to brighten up ~o ~
practice.
Try each note oj these scales and arpeggios with this rhythm : 1 l
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Ready stead~ go now
Football teams, your jriends' names, your javourite animals, and food can al l be
starting-points for your own rhythms. Make up some more patterns of your own.
G major scale
46 f):lf:J 0 IV f@ IF FF IUD IJ - :1
G major arpeggio
Add the arpeggio fingering like a telephone number below.
47 ?XI &J J r IE r J IJ II
D major scale
48 ~x•#t r f@ 1Fr (t If -
D major arpeggio
49 9: •# ar r r r r r r· 1 1 11
C major scale
so 9: i J t) I J_j 0 IJ - Jill
C major arpeggio
51 ~: 2 J I ~ J I I J. II
J J *
Super sprinter
Energetically
cresc. f >
53 evel 2: in training J= 80
Wave machine
. mf f mf f
Ring my number
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!Iig J J J I; J J g lg J j J lj ~J J
Ring m~ num-ber, quick as ~ou can: *I I that's how it goes.
JJJ iJ D JJ I~JJJg ~ I
Ring it back-wards, quick as ~ou can: *I I ring it if ~ou can.
* Use t he empt~ boxes to write in the .fingers needed to pia~ these notes.
Challenge: can ~ou play this tune starting on the G or the D string?
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Music Fact-Finder Page
Here are some of the strange words and signs ~ou will find in some of ~our pieces !
How to play it
pizzicato or pizz. = pluck
arco = with the bow
., =down bow
V =up bow
>- = accent
~
; =tremolo
Volume contr ol
p (p ian o) = quiet
mp (mezzo-piano) = moderate!~ quiet
mf (mezzojorte) = mod erate!~ loud
f Cjorte) = loud
ff Cfortissimo) = ver~ lou d
or crescendo (cresc.) = getting gradual!~ louder
or diminuendo ( dim.) = getting g radual!~ quieter
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- .z :d =-nd:::m::.al p!eces. me
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Trme Christmas
(uJ ~- ~ fuJ of 3 1 easy pieces)
OXFORD