Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No 3
originally guitar, arranged by Georg Mertens for solo cello 2p
[grading 9 out of 10]
plus
Vincente Sojo - Cantico
originally guitar, arrangement for cello solo by Georg Mertens 2p [grading 8 out of 10] $5
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Guitar Accompaniments to famous violin Gypsy pieces: (sent per email; print out as A4)
Vittorio Monti - Czardas
guitar accompaniment including introduction (not including violin part / suits all editions)
3p [grading 7 out of 10]
plus
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 5
guitar accompaniment (not including violin part / suits all editions)
2p [grading 7 out of 10] $5
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
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Violin & Guitar Duos (sent per email; print out as A4) This series will be extended soon.
Hungarian Gypsy Songs with Variations
Georg Mertens - Variations on "My Fiddle is broken, my Heart is broken"
Theme with 3 Variations ; Var. 3 - Adagio leads into:
Don Giorgio Mainerio (c 1540 - 1580) - Ungaresca
Both pieces together, violin & guitar [grading 6 out of 10] 4p $5
Georg Mertens - Ideas upon "Slowly flows the River Maros"
Slow original theme with Variations and fast middle parts:
violin & guitar [grading 8 out of 10] 8p $5
Georg Mertens - Cantilena (for Geoff & Mary Mitchell)
violin & guitar [grading 6 out of 10] 4p $5
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Recorder (Blockfloete) & Guitar Duos (sent per email; print out as A4) This series will be extended soon.
William Byrd - Wolseys Wilde for recorder & guitar
William Byrd - La Volta for recorder & guitar
Anonymus - The sick Tune for recorder & guitar
Three Songs together,
5p [grading 6 out of 10], $5
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
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Recorder & Cello Duos (sent per email; print out as A4)
Georg Mertens "Multicultural Suite" for diverse recorders (Blockfloete) & cello
Multicultural Suite complete $10
Multicultural Suite - Single Movements:
French Ouverture
for treble recorder & cello
Parts 4p [grading 6 out of 10], $5
Scherzo for treble recorder & cello 2p
+ Barbarian Intermezzo for descant recorder (sopranino) & cello
Parts 4p [grading 6 out of 10], $5
Arabia Nocturna for descant recorder & cello
Parts 4p [grading 8 out of 10], $5
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
Didgeridoo for bass recorder & cello - FREE download.
Parts 2p [grading 6 out of 10], This movement contains improvised elements.
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Violin & Cello Duos (sent per email; print out as A4) This series will be extended soon.
Georg Mertens - "Anniversay Valse" (for Geoff & Mary Mitchell)
violin& cello [grading 6 out of 10] 4p $5
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* * * * * String Players: Don't miss on this website:
"A Systematic Analysis of Bow Technique" (click in left column).
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PART 2
Sheet Music
FREE DOWNLOADS
To print free sheet music:
click on the page you want to copy.
The page will open; click on print. the page will print as A5 inthe top left of the A4 sheet.
Recommended:
Print, then photocopy enlarging to your required size;
print on off white paper (sand) to avoid glare when reading.
Copyright for all sheet music available from this page by Georg Mertens.
Copying of "free sheet music" welcome. Any use for commercial purposes or publishing without permission of the author prohibited.
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Cello solos / solo parts:
Camille Saint Saens - The Swan (Le Cygne) - see below for a cello 2 & 3 to "The Swan"!
cello part only [grading 6 out of 10]
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
Cello 2 & 3 to "The Swan" (cello accompaniment) by Georg Mertens
Originall the whole cycle "The Carnival of the Animals" had been written for 2 pianos, just for a children's birthday party.
How about a cellist's birthday with a performance of "The Swan" by 3 cellos? Or a full cello ensemble playing "The Swan", just for fun!
Cello 2 incorporates the theme as an echo and imitates the water like effect, which is usually symbolised by the part of the harp / piano.
Cello 3 reminds of Bach's Prelude in G major from Suite No 1, made to fit "The Swan"!
It all fits like magic - even with the piano on top of the three cellos.
It would be very nice of you all to send me a copy of the birthday invitations where my swan is played! (No worries, royalties will not be charged. Of course any commercial use excluded)
As a birthday present to all cellists these scores will always remain for free.
Bach / Gounod - Meditation / Ave Maria
cello part only
Henry Eccles - Sonata G minor / Prelude (largo) & Courante (allegro)
cello part only [grading 7 out of 10]
This edition here includes in the Prelude for the repeat optional Baroque ornaments.
Anonymus / Collection Forster 1546 - Ich armes Maegdelein / Poor Maiden me [grading 4 out of 10]
Comment: This beautiful song is probably composed by a woman of the Renaissance, mourning over her lover who doesn't seem to return from war.
Pachelbel Canon in D - A not so boring cello part
Possibly every cello player, every student complains: this cello part is so boring. - I got so bored, I started to embellish the part. It fits better, sounds better (recorded with the Blue Mountains Trio on the CD: Music for Grand Dining)
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata e minor, Largo I
With Baroque ornaments, cello part only [grading 8 out of 10]
Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata e minor, Largo II
as solo version [grading 8 out of 10]
In this version the solo cello plays the melody plus the original accompaniment in double stops. Sounds very effective.
Gabriel Marie - La Cinqantaine
(with sensible bowings) cello part only / see CD1 [grading 3-4 out of 10]
This is a copy of my pre 1900 print.
This piece is dedicated to the 50th birthday ("cinquantaine") of Monsieur E.Binon, cellist of "the opera" (?). This means, although transcribed for virtually every existing instrument, the piece is originally written for cello.
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
Manuel de Falla - Nana, [grading 8 out of 10]
cello part only
(with more expressive fingerings; also including the correction of the rhythm mistake of all editions in bar 8)
Georg Mertens - Cadenza to Haydn Cello Concerto C major, 1st movement,
more interesting than the printed cadenza and more fitting in style than the cadenzas by Benjamin Britten and Maurice Gendron [grading 9 out of 10]
Please send a message when performed. Scanning and emailing the program would be great.
Georg Mertens - Variations on "Sakura, Sakura"
[Theme: Traditional Japanese] for cello solo [grading 7 out of 10]
Jules Massenet - Meditation from Thaiss
arrangement for cello solo by Georg Mertens (matches violin/piano accompaniment part)
2p [grading 8 out of 10]
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
BOWINGS and FINGERINGS of the following CELLO STUDENT PIECES may be copied by watching recordings on YouTube:
* Bach Arioso
* Bach Prelude & Courante of Suite No 1 G major
* Beethoven Sonatina
* Breval Sonata C major
* Handel Aria
* Popper Fond Recollections
* Romberg Sonata e minor
* Squire Tarantella
* Tschaikovsky Valse Sentimental
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
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Cello Duos, up to 5 Cellos - This series will be extended soon.
Georg F. Handel - Silent Worship for 2 to 5 cellos [grading 4 out of 10]
Originally Duett with continuo / orchestra;
arranged for 2 cellos (melody C1/C2) with cello continuo obligato plus 2 cellos for upper (c4) and middle part (c5) of the continuo.
If played with 3 cellos - melodies plus continuo obligato - the continuo sounds better played with the bow.
If played with 5 cellos, all 3 continuo cellos pizzicato.
(Note: last crotchet (1/4) of bar 17 to bar 19 is missing in virtually all movies).
This music is very suitable for groups of students - with the three continuo cellos all plucking away accompanying the 2 melodies.
J.S.Bach - Chorals for 2 Cellos [grading 2 or 3 out of 10]
So many students asked me for Chorals by Bach. Here are a few.
1 Jesu meine Freude (part of "Cello Method" below)
2 Christus der uns selig macht (part of "Cello Method" below)
3 Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten
4 Nun ruhen all Waelder (part of "Cello Method" below)
5 An Wasserfluessen Babylon
6 Freue dich meine Seele
7 O Haupt voll Blut umwunden (part of "Cello Method" below)
Domenico Dalla Bella - Sonata C major: Giga
An absolute favourite when I learned the cello as a boy; an ideal piece to introduce the tenor clef (part of "Cello Method" below) .
Those were the Days my Friend or Dorogoi Dlinnoyu [Boris Fomin]
This instrumental tune became known as the song "Those were the Days" with Mary Hopkin in 1968
- with accompaniment for 2nd cello (part of "Cello Method" below) .
Camille Saint Saens - The Swan (Le Cygne) for 3 cellos
[grading 6 out of 10]
Cello 2 & 3 to "The Swan" (cello accompaniment) by Georg Mertens
Originall the whole cycle "The Carnival of the Animals" had been written for 2 pianos, just for a children's birthday party.
How about a cellist's birthday with a performance of "The Swan" by 3 cellos? Or a full cello ensemble playing "The Swan", just for fun!
Cello 2 incorporates the theme as an echo and imitates the water like effect, which is usually symbolised by the part of the harp / piano.
Cello 3 reminds of Bach's Prelude in G major from Suite No 1, made to fit "The Swan"!
It all fits like magic - even with the piano on top of the three cellos.
It would be very nice of you all to send me a copy of the birthday invitations where my swan is played! (No worries, royalties will not be charged. Of course any commercial use excluded)
As a birthday present to all cellists these scores will always remain for free.
Theme from "For Elise" [L.v.Beethoven] with Accompaniment for 2nd cello (part of "Cello Method" below) .
Autumn Leaves (La Feuilles de Mortes) [J.Kosma] with accompaniment for 2nd cello (part of "Cello Method" below) .
Thomas Morley - Almain arr. for 2 cellos (see also recorder / cello & guitar).
Parts 2p [grading 4 out of 10]
Please find in the "Cello Method" below c 90 Duos for 2 Cellos.
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Violin & Cello Duos This series will be extended soon.
Cimarosa - Larghetto
violin & cello [grading 3-4 out of 10]
Thomas Morley - Almain arr. for recorder / violin & cello (see also violin & guitar / 2 cellos).
Parts 2p [grading 4 out of 10]
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Cello & Guitar Duos This series will be extended soon.
Thomas Morley - Almain arr. for cello & guitar (see also violin & guitar / 2 cellos).
Parts 2p [grading 4 out of 10]
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Guitar Accompaniments to famous Gypsy violin pieces (not including violin part) :
To
Hungarian Fantasy by W. Russ-Bovelino
[grading 7 out of 10]
To
Hundred Kisses (Hungarian Traditional Gypsy song)
[grading 5 out of 10]
The violin parts of Hngarian Fantasy & Hundred Kisses are published in "The Gipsy Violin" / Vienna World Music
To
Lento of Zigeunerweisen / Gypsy Airs by Pablo Sarasate
[grading 6 out of 10]
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
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Guitar Solos & Duos
Domenico Scarlatti
/ Sonata A major - Andante cantabile
K.208 / L.238 solo guitar [grading 7-8 out of 10]
J.S.Bach - Little Prelude / Praeambulum C major
- No 1 from the "Klavierbuechlein fuer Wilhelm-Friedemann (Bach)"
BWV 924 transcription for solo guitar [grading 6-7 out of 10]
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STUDENT PERFORMANCE PIECES - Guitar Duos This series will be extended soon.
All pieces include an accompaniment for the teacher
These pieces sound harder than they are, are fun to play and teach at the same time specific musical and technical facilities.
Music for beginners does not need to be boring! We are learning much faster, when it's interesting.
PART 1 - Easy reading of strings 1-3, only open bass strings. No shifts. [grading 1 out of 10]
1 E - Drive ( G.M. )
Originally written for a student, who could not keep the note E in mind. Fast, strict rhythm, alternating stroke. A piece for string 1 & 2 only.
2 Beach afternoon ( G.M. )
Melody for string 1-3 with pretty accompaniment.
3 B - Drive ( G.M. )
Focussing on the note B. Teaching triplets, alternating stroke. String 1 - 3 only.
4 Blind Study ( G.M. )
Enhances the awareness to put the fingers on the correct strings. String 1 - 3 only.
- 4B Accompaniment to "Blind Study" and Exercise to read the open Bass strings
5 Evening ( G.M. )
Introducing open bass strings, holding fingers down in the melody. No notes together or chords.
6 Flamencino I ( G.M. )
Rhythmical melody, open bass strings. End note: melody and thumb together.
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PART 2 - Builts up the facility of bass string playing and reading. [grading 1 to 2 out of 10]
7 Twinkle, twinkle little Star
In A major. Melody and bass notes (open strings) together.
8 The Clown ( G.M. )
Thumb facility on open bass strings. Accidentals. Melody and bass together.
9 Bass Study after Fernando Sor ( G.M. )
Bass notes. Moving theme in e minor, fast.
10 Asturiana ( G.M. )
Asturias theme, a student's request. In A minor. 2nd position in last line.
11 Flamencino II ( G.M. )
Includes all notes on the 3 bass strings. Introducing simple chords. Fast.
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PART 3 - Easy Position play and shifts. [grading 2 out of 10]
12 Bumpy Road ( G.M. )
A major. All in 2nd position.
13 Tangillo ( G.M. )
Tango rhythm. Frequent shifting between positions 1 - 2. In A major. With accompaniments of rhythm and solo guitar. Solo guitar part comes also in TABs and is suitable for plectrum / electric guitar.
14 Romance ( G.M. )
Introducing position play between pos 1 and 5. Moderate speed.
15 Synchronisation Study ( G.M. )
Dynamic expressions. Tricky finger lifting. Positions 1 and 5.
16 Concert Toccatina ( G.M. ) Includes a change of positions exercise.
A student wished to play J.S.Bach's Toccata in d minor. I explained, it's impossible on guitar, but promised to write something very similar.
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Outer Space Sounds - unaccompanied ( G.M. )
Atmospheric / 12 Tone music.
"House of the Rising Sun" Chaconne ( G.M. ) In preparation
Chaconne in 3/4. Variations on the harmonies of the song. Each variations can be played together with any other. Suitable for guitar ensemble.
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FREE Guitar TABS of Classical Pieces
I wrote this Tabs in 1979 before Tabs became popular. I used a system, which combines our Tab of today with the Rhythm
writing of our traditional music notation. This way of writing did not become popular although I find it by far superior to our Tabs of today.
(see also the last Tab from c 1540)
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J.S.Bach - Bourre in e minor (Tab)
- from Lute Suite No 1 [grading 6 out of 10]
Anonymus - Spanish Romance (Tab)
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One of the most famous pieces ever written for guitar [grading 6 out of 10]
F. Tarrega - Lagrima (Tab)
- A beautiful slow piece, very Romantic. Lagrima means "tear" [grading 5 out of 10]
F. Sor - Study in B minor (Tab)
- beautiful simplicity. Also technically a fantastic study [grading 4 out of 10]
Gaspar Sanz - Canarios (Tab)
- A tricky fast piece with multiple slurs (pull-ups and hammerings) in a changing beat of 6/8 and 3/4 [grading 7 out of 10]
Anonymus - Greensleeves (in the version of Francis Cutting 1580) (Tab)
- [grading 2 out of 10]
On the listening Link on the right hand side you can hear the abolutely beautiful set of Variations on Greensleeves for recorder and guitar by an anonymus composer from the early 18th century.
(The music for these variations will be added to this page in 2010)
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
Milan- Pavan 1 (c 1540)
- [grading 4 out of 10]
To the History of TABS (Tabulatures) :
By many Classical players TAB's are today regarded as "amateurish", unprofessional. However, Tabulatures are the original writing for guitar & lute.
This TAB here is a reprint of the original from c 1540!
What we call today our standard music notation is in fact also historically a Tab. It was introduced as a Tab for organ: The notes represent the white keys, any derivation needs an "accidental", a # or b and are the black keys in between . The base for this scale is natural a minor, the letters a - g from the alphabet, the same notes as for C major.
This is also the reason why our standard writing is inconvenient for guitar. Sometimes from one note to the other it's one fret (a semitone), at other times two (a tone). In the standard notation we need to learn the Tab for the white keys of the piano before we can translate the music into "guitar language".
Our symbols for the accidentals b and # and natural are going back to the gothic writing of b and h. The h was the first black key to accomodate our non phrygian scale starting from A, also used in the major scale as the leading note. In fact in Germany the note B represents our Bb, where as the note B is in German still called H. The German notes ABC are the start of a phrygian scale, pointing to the Eastern origin of our scale system.The English system threw the H out altogether (In Westminster Abbey is an early Renaissance painting still showing the scale including the notes B and H pointing out that the letter H for our B of today had been used in Britain as well).
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Violin / Recorder (Flute) & Guitar Duos This series will be extended soon.
Antonio Vivaldi - Largo from "La Stravaganza" XI - violin & guitar
[grading 3-4 out of 10]
Deep Sorrow / Hungarian Traditional Gypsy song - violin & guitar
[grading 5 out of 10]
Thomas Morley - Almain arr. for recorder/violin & guitar (see also 2 cellos).
Parts 2p [grading 4 out of 10]
(For physical CD's see section "CD releases" - left top sections)
Listen to "Favourite Cello Student Pieces" with Georg Mertens cello & Gavin Tipping piano - click here
(Breval, Romberg, Eccles, Vivaldi, Cui, Saint-Saens, Bach, Marie, Beethoven, Faure, Tschaikovsky)
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PART
Cello Method
by Georg Mertens
From the Beginning to the Completion of Position 4
This Cello Method sets the following standard:.
The progression of pieces and exercises in this methyod has been developed over the last 20 years to ensure every new step is prepared.
The talented student might fly through and still enjoy every piece and finds the exercises useful.
The average talented student will enjoy every step and progress gradually from level to level without suddenly experiencing obstacles.
When a student finds an instrument "hard" or finds it difficult from a certain point onwards, it is usually the result of confronting the student with material he/she is not prepared for. In this method everything has been done possisble to avoid these obstacles.
Pieces in the method are accompanied with a second cello - either student & teacher; since cello teachers can primarily play cello, it seemed inappropriate to write accompaniments for piano.
Georg Mertens has been a cello teacher for 35 years. Already during his studies he got hold of every available teaching method and came to the conclusion, that they are without exception relatively poor; they mainly work for students who would learn with any method (or without), but methods are not really helping the progress. He started to develop his own method, which has been continuously changed over 20 years and works well for the talented and the less talented student.
Every piece is a musical unit. Exercises are to the point. Every step is prepared.
Today many new cello methods are often not based on the teaching of the cello at all, but are just linked to limp along with other instruments, like violin or even brass. This method is so far the most systematic and at the same time fully enjoyable method available.
Copyright for all parts of this method Georg Mertens (2009). Free copying welcome. Any use for commercial purpose is prohibited.
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VOLUME 1 (see below for Volume 2):
No 0 - 50 , FIRST POSITION [Difficulty grading of No 1 - 49: 1 out of 10]
(click on coloured fields to view and print / free copies print as A5)
No 0 - Introduction into terms and notes
No 1 - Learning to play in rhythm on open strings
No 2 - Half notes (1/2) / Accompaniment to No 1,2,4
No 3 - Rain, rain go away [traditional English] (Introducing the left hand / with 2nd cello for students)
No 4 & 5 - Dotted Minims, 3/4 notes / 5 Long, short, short, long
6 - 18 PIECES IN THE KEY OF D MAJOR
No 6 & 7 - Twinkle, twinkle little Star [melody: Traditional Austrian] (No 6 is the open strings accompaniment)
No 8 - Mary has a little Lamb [Traditional English] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 9 - French Folk Song [Traditional French] (starting V; for 2 cellos)
No 10 - Tica tica Tuc - tuc; Quavers/ 8th notes [Mertens] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 11/12 - Frere Jacques / Where is Thumbkin [Traditional French] & All my little Ducklings / Alle meine Entchen [Traditional German] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 13/14 - Scale in D major & Lightly Row / Haenschen klein [Traditional german] (correcting the Suzuki version / with 2nd cello for students)
No 15 - Song of Joy / Ode to peace / Freude schoner Gotterfunke [Beethoven] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 16 - Baa Baa Black Sheep [Traditinal English] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 17 - Fox Song / Song of the Wind / Fuchs du hast Gans gestohlen [Traditional German] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 18 - Bee baa Bootzelman / Der Bi Ba Butzelmann [Traditional German] (for 2 cellos)
19 - 30 PIECES IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR
No 19 to 21 - 19 The effect of the second finger / 20 The notes in G major / 21 The scale in G major
No 22 - Andantino [Carcassi] - Introducing the 2nd finger (for 2 cellos)
No 23 - Silent Night / Heilige Nacht [Gruber] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 24 - Duo in G major for 2 cellos [Mertens] (2nd cello for students)
No 25 - Happy Birthday [Traditional English] (with 2nd cello for students)
SLURS
No 26 - Slur Exercises
No 27 - Quick Tune, 2 notes slurred [Mertens] (with 2nd cello for students see below)
- No 27a - 2nd cello for students to Quick Tune
No 28 - Rigadoon [Purcell] for Accompaniment see No 41
No 29 - Nun ruhen alle Waelder [Bach] for 2 cellos
No 30 - Down in these Woods / Dort niedn in diesem Holze [Traditional German] (with 2nd cello for students)
31 - 35 PIECES IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR
No 31 - Scale in C major (with 2nd cello for students)
No 32 - Orientation Study in C [Mertens] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 33 - Intonation Study [Mertens]
No 34 - The Hippopotamus - bass note fun [Mertens] (for 2 cellos)
No 35 - Nimble Fingers for 2 cellos [Mertens]
36 - 50 PIECES IN DIFFERENT KEYS
No 36 - Maienzeit / Maytime [Neidhardt] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 37 - Scarborough Fair [Traditional English] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 38 - Sakura, Sakura [Traditional Japanese] (for 2 cellos)
No 39 - Hartikvoh [Traditional Jewish] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 40 - The Ashgrove [Traditional English] (with 2nd cello for students see below)
- No 40a - Accompaniment to "The Ashgrove" for students (hard)
No 41 - Rigadoon II [Purcell], Accompaniment to No 28
No 42 - Study in C major after Fernando Sor (with 2nd cello for students see below)
- No 42a - Accompaniment to Study in C major for students
No 43 - Study in G major (4 & 8 notes slurred) after Dotzauer (with 2nd cello for students)
No 44 - We wish you a Merry Christmas [16th Century Anonymus] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 45 - Early one Morning [Traditional English] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 46 - Pavan [ Luis Milan] (for 2 cellos)
- Accompaniment to "Pavan" (teacher)
No 47a/ 47 - Staccato & Double Stop Exercise / 47 - Morning Stroll [Gretchaninov] (with 2nd cello for teacher & students see below)
- No 47c - 2 Accompaniments to "Morning Stroll": Teacher (close to the original) & Student accompaniment
No 48 - Jingle Bells [Pierpont] (with 2nd cello for students, see below)
- No 48a - Accompaniment to "Jingle Bells" for students
No 49 - Hornpipe [Irish Fiddle Tune] (with 2nd cello for students)
[Difficulty
grading of No 50 - 64: 2 out of 10]
No 50 - Exercise for Double Stops / Bagpipe Song [Mertens] (with 2nd cello for students, see below)
- No 50a - Accompaniment to "Bagpipe Song" for students
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CELLO METHOD - VOLUME 2:
The Extended Positions and Positions 1/2, & 2,3,4
51 - 55 THE EXTENDED FIRST POSITION (BACK / b )
[Difficulty grading of No 51 - 64: 2 out of 10]
No 51a - Exercise for the Extended Position back (b) & No 51 - Dona, Dona [Traditional Yiddish] (2nd cello see below)
No 51b - Exercise 2 for the Extended Position back & 2nd cello accompaniment to "Dona, Dona"
No 52 - Choral: Christus der uns selig macht [Bach] (for 2 cellos)
No 53 - Spagnoletto [Negri] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 54 - Choral: O Haupt voll Blut umwunden [Bach] (for 2 cellos)
No 55 - Passamezzo [Phalese] (with 2nd cello for students)
56 - 60 THE EXTENDED FIRST POSITION (UP / # )
No 56a & b - Exercises for the Extended Position (#)
No 57 - Scale in D major +
No 58 - Study in D after Sebastian Lee (with 2nd cello for students)
No 59 - Minuet in C [Petzold / Bach] (2nd cello for students see No 68)
No 60 - Bourree in 5 [Mertens] ( 2nd cello for students see below)
61 - 64 FIRST POSITION WITH MIXED EXTENSIONS
No 60a/ 61 - Accompaniment to "Bourree in 5 / Scale in d melodic minor"
No 62 - Gilderoy [Traditional Irish] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 63 - Danza [Chilesotti] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 64 - Greensleeves [after Cutting] (with 2nd cello for students)
65 - 68 THE HALF POSITION
[Difficulty grading of No 65 - 85: 3 out of 10]
No 65 - Exercise for Half Position
No 66 - La Folia [Spanish Anonymus] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 67 - Tis the last Rose of Summer [Morley] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 68 - Accompaniment to Minuet in C [Petzold/Bach, No 59]
69 - 80 THE SECOND POSITION
No 69 - Exercises for Second Position (not extended)
No 70 - Aria [Lully]
No 71 - Dominion [Irish Traditional] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 72 - Hungarian Dance [Book of Sopron] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 73 - 73a Ornaments, trill & mordents / 73b Trill Exercise
No 74 - Bianco Fiore [Negri] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 75 - Exercise for the EXTENDED 2nd POSITION & No 76a - Accompaniment to Minuet 2 in C for students [Petzold/Bach]
No 76 - Minuet 2 in C [Petzold?/Bach] (with 2nd cello for students see above)
No 77 - Old Reel [Traditional Irish] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 78 - The Sandman [Zuccalmaglio] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 79 - Star of County Down [Traditional Irish] (with 2nd cello for students see below)
No 79a/b - Accompaniment to "Star of County Down / Preperatory Exercise to "Irish Washerwoman"
No 80 - Irish Washerwoman [Traditional Irish] (with 2nd cello for students)
81 - 88 THE THIRD POSITION
No 81 - Exercises for the high Third Position
No 82 - Alman [anonymus 16th century] (with 2nd cello for students)
No 83 - Dorogoi Dlinnoyu (Those were the days my friend) [Boris Fomin]
This instrumental tune became known as the song "Those were the Days" with Mary Hopkin 1968
- Accompaniment (2nd cello) to Dorogoi Dlinoyu (Those were the days) [G.M.)
No 84 - Swedish Tune [Bernhard Romberg]
- No 84a - Accompaniment (2nd cello for students) to Swedish Tune [G.M.]
No 85 - Minuet in d minor [Bach/Petzold]
- No 85a - Accompaniment (2nd cello for students) to Minuet in d minor
[Difficulty grading of No 86 - 100: 4 out of 10]
No 86 - Study for the Extended 3rd Position [Mertens]
- No 86a - Accompaniment for students to "Study for the Extended 3rd Position"
No 87 - Hook Stroke Studies
No 88 - Theme from "Nutcracker Suite" [Tchaikovsky] (March of the Toy Soldiers)
- No 88a -
Accompaniment for students to "Theme from Nutcracker Suite"
89 - 100 THE FOURTH POSITION
No 89 / 90 - Scale in G major / Exercises for 4th Position
No 91 - Study in G major for position 1-4
- No 91a - Accompaniment to Study in G major (2nd cello for students)
No 92 - Jesu meine Freude, Choral for 2 cellos [J.S.Bach]
No 93 - Study with Harmonics: Cantilena - Andante [A.Kummer]
- No 93a - Accompaniment to Cantilena - Andante
No 94 - Systematic Exercise for Position 1 - 4 [G.M.]
No 94a - Accompaniment for Systematic Exercise for Position 1 - 4 / last part of No 94
No 95 - Theme from "For Elise" [L.v.Beethoven] with Accompaniment
No 96 - Spiccato Exercise
& Accompaniment to "A Hundred Kisses"
No 97 - A Hundred Kisses [Traditional Hungarian Gypsy]
No 98 - Autumn Leaves (La Feuilles de Mortes) [J.Kosma]
- No 98a - Accompaniment to "Autumn Leaves"
No 99 - Introduction into the Tenor Clef / The 12/8 bar/measure
No 100 - Giga [D.Dalla Bella]
- No 100a - Accompaniment to "Giga"
Major Scale Patterns
Students are usually taught to learn scales one after another, independently, without using any understanding. If they haven't played a scale for a while, they have forgotten it.
But all scales have the same pattern of notes, and of course the finergings will be the same, when they start with the same finger.
Find here the patterns of the fingerings for the major scales. In 1 - 2 weeks students will remember all scales for all times!
Fingering Sheet for all major scales (3 octaves)
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