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: © pieces using 2nd finger © pieces using backward and forward extensions © semiquavers, dotted crotchets, and 6/8 time © duets, with parts of equal difficulty ® scales and arpeggios covering the keys you'll find in the book, plus G major 2 octaves Music Fact-Finder Pages at the back to help explain words and signs © CD with performances of all the pieces to play along to. Pieces counted in; drumkit added for the jazz and rock numbers ® straightforward piano accompaniments available in a separate volume MUSIC DEPARTMENT OXFORD [UNIVERSITY PRESS1. Start the show (for Clare) Count 4 bars Rock tempo mp cresc. 21 a © Overd University Pres 20 ‘OXFORD UNIVERSITY: ‘PRESS. Nat rere2. Banyan tree Jamaican mf cresc.3. Heat haze Easy going WW Sh = === oa 4. Medieval tal5. Chase in the dark Count 2 bars ee With menace6. Spy movie Creepily *8. Pick a bale of cotton } American Hoe down9. On the go! Count 4 bars ae = a 10 eee 15 Zz, A \)10. That’s how it goes! = With energy -11. Blue whale ——s 12. Mean street chase13. Allegretto Allegretto Ni 14. Cornish May song Traditional mp crese. ff 7Allegretto e16. Prelude from ‘Te Deum’ a Maestoso ba t / res f17. Paris café 9: poy pe See * 2 mp espress!Tenderly So oe si eat mp espress, a tempo ~~ 22 poco rit, dim. ey 27 — _ oe 32 ral.19. Cello Time rag Count 4 bars — Not too fast 2 f20. Caribbean sunshine Calypso v mf 21. Jacob’s dance Rhythmic KB & DB Fine000050 Maha =, o THISS ITT ma 22. Song from the show Lyrical 1x2 mf =23. The road to Donegal24. Cat’s eyes With menace (Swing) plzz P7 3 = 2 = S x a =27. Extension rock x2 28. Show off!29. You and me Sf f >> You and me! i SS ff30. One day Simply 2 mp espress. 31. Aerobics32. Hungarian folk dance Lively KB & DB ‘mp staccato 2nd time accelerando 2 mn33. Show stopper Strongly mf34. Farewell to Skye (for lain) Peaceful rall. xa40 Scaley Things C major arpeggio 2 octaves oe F major scale 1 octave 2 2 F major arpeggio 1 octave 2 Bb major scale 1 octave Lge Bb major arpeggio 1 octavemajor scale 2 octaves “ees ily 7 D major arpeggio 2 octaves 3 1x4 Amgjor scale 1 octave 1x) 1x2 A major arpeggio 1 octave tea aE G harmonic minor scale 1 octave 5 1x8 13 eu G melodic minor scale 1 octave 2 G minor arpeggio 1 octaveD harmonic minor scale 1 octave 143 —-- 2 D melodic minor scale 1 octave -S at D minor arpeggio 1 octave C harmonic minor scale 1 octave 2 1x3 ir, —. C melodic minor scale 1 octave 2d br ad C minor arpeggio 1 octave tala SEES: feds — G major scale 2 octaves aeMusic Fact-Finder Pages Here are some of the strange words and Signs you will find in some of your pieces! How to play it pizzicato or pizz. = pluck arco = with the bow - = down bow | p bow > = accent | gliss. (glissando) = slide your finger along the string Don’t get lost! Ik: = repeat marks rt iP = 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.8. al Fine = repeat from the sign % and stop at Fine rit. or rall. = gradually getting slower molto rall. = slow down a lot a tempo = back to the first speed = pause 31Volume control P (piano) = quiet mp (mezzo-piano) = moderately quiet mf (mezzo-forte) = moderately loud Ff (forte) = loud AF (fortissimo) = very loud aT or crescendo (cresc.) = getting gradually louder — or diminuendo (dim.) = getting gradually quieter Italian phrase-book accelerando = gradually get faster Allegro = fast and lively Allegretto = not too fast Andante = at a walking pace espress. = expressivelyEEC —EE er — Se ae Cello Time Runners with CD Cello Time is a great series for young cellists. Packed with lively original tunes, easy duets, ‘and traditional pieces, the books are carefully paced and organized to build confidence even of the way. With plenty of entertaining illustrations and a CD to play along to, with Celle Ti it really is fun to play! Cello Time Runners includes: pieces using 2nd finger pieces using backward and forward extensions ‘a range of styles from folk to jazz semiquavers, dotted crotchets, and 6/8 time duets, with parts of equal difficulty scales and arpeggios covering the keys you'll find in the book, plus G major 2 octaves ‘Music Fact-Finder Pages at the back to help explain words and signs $s performance fol the places to play along tm. lees cout straightforward piano and cello accompaniments available separately Cello Time by Kathy and David Blackwell Cello Time Starters {a beginner book for cello) ee eek witt Cello Time Joggers (a first book of very easy pieces) Cello Time Runners (a second book of easy pieces) Cello Time |