Par CLARKE GENE. Easy to Play Cello Airs and Ballads is a collection of 25 nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century folk and popular songs from England, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. All of the songs are written in easy rhythms, entirely in first position, with bowing indications and suggested guitar chords. Each tune corresponds with the same song in Easy to Play Violin Airs and Ballads and Easy to Play Viola Airs and Ballads. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Recueil / Violoncelle

With Online Audio-This collection features 47 traditional Celtic tunes arranged by Renata Bratt for two Cellos with rockin' groove and chop-based accompaniments.Celtic Grooves For Two Cellos includestunes from Ireland Scotland the Shetland Isles and Canada in duet arrangements all chosen with cellists in mind and in a variety of styles including jigs slip jigs reels strathspeys planxtys and airs in traditionalkeys.Performing in the groove is so important for string players that the American String Teachers Association recognises this skill as a separate category in their Alternative String Style Awards. Playing theseidiomatic and often syncopated accompanimental patterns is a great way to learn these styles. Includes access to online audio with all arrangements performed by the author.

Today the cello is usually considered a classical instrument but from the late 17th to early 19th centuries it was used in folk ensembles to provide low driving rhythms for dance tunes and to render haunting Scottish airs.Within the folk music revival of the past forty years there has been a small but dedicated movement to restore the unique richness of the cello to traditional music and Abby Newton has been on the forefront of that movement. Abbyhas been deeply involved with Scottish music ever since traveling to and performing in Scotland many times. The airs planxties and reels in this book come from traditional and contemporary sources including the 18th-centuryfiddler Neil Gow harper Turlough O'Carolan Daithi Sproule David Hornung Alasdair Fraser Ronnie Aimes and others. All 19 of the tunes are written for solo cello with chord symbols included on most tunes for an accompanyinginstrument. The text also includes the author's notes on the origin of each tune.