Fiddle Time Runners
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Product ID: OX7 3386785
By Kathy and David Blackwell
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Series:
Fiddle Time
Genre:
method
Line Up:
Violin & CD (Solo: Violin)
Level: 1
Part & CD
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About this item
Book 2
Fiddle Time is a great series for young violinists. Packed with lively
original tunes, well-known pieces, and easy duets, the series is
carefully paced and organized to build confidence every step of the way.
This new edition still contains all your favourite pieces, back by
popular demand, plus five new pieces, a brand new CD, and fantastic new
illustrations.
- pieces and duets using the finger patterns 0-12-3-4 and 0-1-2-34
- traditional tunes and pieces by well-known composers from Handel to Mozart
- original pieces in a range of styles from rag to flamenco
- compatibility with Viola Time Runners - most pieces can be played together
- fantastic illustrations by Martin Remphry
- an inspiring play-along CD, with live band, string quartet, guitar, and accordion backings, as well as fun sound effects
- practice tracks recorded at a slower tempo for some pieces
- backing tracks (accompaniment only) available to download from the Companion Website
- piano and violin accompaniments available separately
Songlist (33)
- Adam in the garden
- Aerobics!
- Air (Handel)
- Air in G
- Allegretto In G
- Banyan Tree (duet)
- Caribbean sunshine
- Chase in the dark
- Cornish May Song
- Ecossaise in G
- Fiddle Time Rag
- Finale from the 'Water Music'
- Flamenco dance
- Gypsy Dance
- Heat Haze
- I got those fiddle blues
- Jingle Bells
- Medieval tale
- Merrily Danced The Quaker's Wife
- Noel
- O leave your sheep (duet)
- On the go!
- Pick A Bale Of Cotton
- Playing on the ol' Banjo
- Prelude from 'Te Deum'
- Somebody's knocking on your door
- Start the Show
- Takin' It Easy
- Ten Thousand Miles Away
- That's how it goes
- The old chariot
- The wee cooper o' Fife
- Yodelling Song
Instrumentation
Violin & CD
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Composer
Kathy and David Blackwell
Kathy Blackwell, B. Mus. (Hons.), LTCL, LGSM, studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals initiative, a new assessment specifically designed for students taught in groups, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in Groups (ABRSM, 2004). Her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, published by Oxford University Press, with her husband, David. Kathy and David have presented workshops in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle, Viola, Cello Time, and String Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. He now works as a freelance music editor, composer, and arranger. In 2017 Kathy and David Blackwell received two awards: from ESTA UK in recognition of their exceptional services to string teaching, and from the Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership for significant contribution to music education in Oxfordshire and beyond.
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