Sometime Maybe (from Jazzin' About)
by Pam Wedgwood
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Duration
- 2'43''
- Publisher
- Faber Music, Jazzin' About: Fun Pieces for Cello, No. 8 ((c) 1992 Faber Music Ltd); reproduced by ABRSM in Cello Exam Pieces from 2024, Grade 4, List C no. 3 (AB 4107); also sold as a single digital download
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About this piece
Pam Wedgwood, a former professional horn player with more than 200 books to her name, began her Jazzin' About series in 1988 [1]. Sometime Maybe is No. 8 in the cello volume, which Faber published in 1992, and ABRSM sets it for Grade 4 [1]. ABRSM's note hears a solo line that keeps searching and never quite settles [1]. Over a slow tempo the cello hangs on repeated high notes in triplets, pushes forward in a louder middle section, and takes a short breath before the opening theme returns [1]. Katherine Jenkinson and Martin Cousin recorded it for ABRSM's Grade 4 album [2].
Technical overview
G major, 4/4, quarter note = 72, with a slightly faster middle section. Shifts on the A string between first, third and fourth positions, with printed fingerings. Repeated-note triplets against long slurred lines, flats and naturals in the melody, entries after rests, and frequent rit. and a tempo changes that need watching with the pianist.
Technical focus
- Accidentals
- Collaboration with Piano
- Legato
- Rhythm
- Rubato
- Shifting
- Syncopation
- Triplets