The ABCs of Cello - Book 3
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Publisher
- Carl Fischer Music Publisher (ABC17; ISBN 978-0-8258-3889-7). Easy Piano Accompaniment sold separately (ABC18)
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About this piece
The ABCs of Cello for the Advanced, Book 3 is the third volume of Janice Tucker Rhoda's ABCs of Cello method and follows Book 2, which introduced second position. Its main new skill is third position, and it adds forward extensions, double stops, octave checks and spiccato. The 43 melodies mix folk and fiddle tunes, among them Shenandoah, Fiddler's Holiday, Waltzing Matilda and Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, with classical themes such as Rubinstein's Melody in F, alongside Rhoda's own pieces and studies. Each lesson has warm-ups and left-hand finger graphs, and the book ends with scales, arpeggios, a note-recognition worksheet and a practice chart. Despite the 'Advanced' in its title, it is an early-grade book. A separate book of easy piano accompaniments is available.
Technical overview
Third position, with forward extensions, double stops, octave checks and spiccato, plus warm-ups, finger graphs, scales and arpeggios.