Cello Time Christmas
by Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (book and CD ISBN 9780193369320; piano accompaniment book ISBN 9780193372252)
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About this piece
Thirty-two carols and Christmas pieces arranged by Kathy and David Blackwell for cellists who have started on their Cello Time books, with some set as duets. Along with familiar carols there are spirituals such as Go Tell It on the Mountain and Mary Had a Baby, a Christmas Calypso, a Hogmanay Reel, and Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Reed Pipes. Words are printed for singing along, with chord symbols for guitar or keyboard. A play-along CD is included, and a piano accompaniment book is sold separately.
Technical overview
Uses both first-position finger patterns, 0-1-34 and 0-12-34, so it suits pupils between Cello Time Joggers and Cello Time Runners. Dotted rhythms and two-note slurs appear, and twelve of the pieces are duets.
Technical focus
- 2 Note Slurs
- A String Notes
- D String Notes
- Dotted Rhythms
- Dynamics
- Ensemble Skills
- G String Notes