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Cello Time Runners

second book of easypieces for cello
Kathy and David Blackwell
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 Cello Time Runners
a second book of easypieces for cello

Kathy and David Blackwell

illustrations by Alan Rowe

Grateful thanks are due to Polly Chilcott, Alison Ingram, Avril Ivin,
Tom Morter, and Janet Parsons for all their help with this volume.

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Welcome to Cello Time Runners. You'll nd:

•pieces using 2nd nger

•pieces using backward and forward extensions
semiquavers, dotted crotchets, and 6/8 time
• duets, with parts of equal dif culty
•scalesand arpeggios covering the keys you'll nd in the book, plus G major 2 octaves
• Music Fact-Finder Pages at the back to help explain words and signs
• CD with performances of all the pieces to play along to. Pieces counted in; drumkit
added for the jazz and rock numbers
• straightforward piano accompaniments available in a separate volume

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 1. Start the show
(for Clare)
KB &DB
Count 4 bars
Rock tempo

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 2. Banyan tree Jamaican
Gently 2

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 3. Heat haze KB & DB

Easy going

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4. Medieval tale
KB & DB
Sadly

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 Count 2 bars
5. Chase in the dark
KB & DB
With menace

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 6. Spy movie
KB & DB
Creepily gliss.

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7. Gypsy dance
KB & DB
With energy

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 8. Pick a bale of cotton
American
Hoe down

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 9. On the go! KB &DB
Count 4 bars
Lively

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 10. That's how it goes! KB & DB
With energy

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Luckily this piece is not as hard as it looks!

 11. Blue whale KB & DB

Gently

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2. Fine

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12. Mean street chase

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 13. Allegretto
Allegretto Mozart

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14. Cornish May song

Traditional
Lively
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 16. Prelude from Te Deum'
Maestoso Charpentier

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 17. Paris café
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Jazz waltz

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 18. Starry night
Tenderly KB & DB

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22 a tempo
poco rit.

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 19. Cello Time rag KB & DB
Count 4 bars
Not too fast

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 20. Caribbean sunshine
KB & DB
Calypso

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21. Jacob's dance
KB & DB
Rhythmie

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22. Song from the show

KB & DB
Lyrical

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 23. The road to Donegal
KB & DB
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 24. Cat's eyes
KB &DB
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 25. Mexican esta
Lively KB & DB

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Usethese words to help with the rhythm:

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26. Summer evening

KB & DB
Flowing
X2
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 27. Extension rock KB &DB

Lively

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28. Show off!

KB & DB
Funky
1 x 2

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 29. You and me
KB & DB
Happy

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x4 2
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You and me!

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 30. One day
KB & DB
Simply
X2

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31. Aerobics
KB & DB
Fast!

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 32. Hungarian folk dance
KB & DB
Lively
1 x 2

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36 2nd time accelerando

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 33. Show stopper
KB &DB
Strongly

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 34. Farewell to Skye
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Peaceful KB & DB

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C major scale 2 octaves
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Cmajor arpeggio 2 octaves

Fmajor scale 1 octave

F major arpeggio 1 octave

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Bb major scale 1 octave

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Bb major arpeggio 1 octave

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D major arpeggio 2 octaves

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A major scale 1 octave

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 D harmonic minor scale l octave

D melodic minor scale 1 octave

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D minor arpeggio 1 octave

Charmnonic minor scale 1 octave

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Cmelodic minor scale 1 octave

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Cminor arpeggio 1 octave

G major scale 2 octaves

G major arpeggio 2 octaves

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 Music Fact-Finder Pages
Here are some of the strange words and signs you will nd in some of your pieces!

How to play it
pizzicato or pizz. = pluck
arco = with the bow
-= down bow
V= up bow
>= accent
qliss. (glissando) = slide your nger along the string

Don't get lost!

|: = repeat marks

2 |= rstandsecondtimebars
Play the rst bar rst time through; skip to the second bar
on the repeat
D.C. al Fine = repeat from the beginning and stop at Fine
D.S. al Fine = repeat from the sign $ and stop at Fine
rit. or rall. = gradually getting slower
molto rall, = slow down a lot
a tempo = back to the rst speed
S=pause

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 Volume control
p(piano)= quiet
mp (mezzo-piano) = moderately quiet
mf (mezzo-forte) = moderately loud
f(forte) = loud
fF fortissimo) = very loud
or crescendo (cresc.)
- gettinggraduallylouder
or diminuendo (dim.)
getting gradually quieter

Italian phrase-book
accelerando = gradually get faster
Allegro = fast and lively
Allegretto = not too fast
Andante = at a walking pace
espress. = expressively
legato = smoothly
Maestoso = majestically
Moderato = at a moderate speed
staccatO = short
Practissimo = lots of Cello Time!

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 Cello Time Runners with CD
Cello Time is a greatseries for young cellists. Packed with lively original tunes, easy duets
and traditional pieces, the books are carefully paced and organized to build con dence every sten
of the way. With plenty of entertaining illustrations and a CD to play along to, with Cello Time
it really is fun to play!

Cello Time Runners includes:

• piecesusing2nd nger
• piecesusingbackwardand forwardextensions
• a range ofstylesfrom folk to jazz
• semiquavers,dottedcrotchets,and 6/8 time
• duets,with parts ofequal dif culty
scales and arpeggios covering the keys youll nd in the book, plus G major 2 octaves

• Music Fact-FinderPages at the back to help explain words and signs

• CD with performances of all the pieces to play along to. Pieces counted in; drumkit added
for the jazz and rock numbers
straightforward piano and cello accompaniments available separately

Cello Time
by Kathy and David Blackwell
Cello Time Starters cello book with CD
(a beginner book for cello) Starters Teacher's Handbook
Cello Time Joggers cello book with CD
(a rst book of very easy pieces) piano accompaniment book
cello accompaniment book
Cello Time Runners cello book with CD
(a second book of easy pieces)
piano accompaniment book
cello accompaniment book
Cello Time Sprinters cello book with CD
(a third book of pieces for cello)
piano accompaniment book
cello accompaniment book
Cello Time Christmas
cello book with CD
(a stockingful of 32 easy pieces)
piano accompaniment book
Cello Time Scales
cello book
(pieces, puzzles, scales, and arpeggios)

'A marvellous addition to the beginner repertoirebecause they are fun with extremely musical tunes.'
ESTA News and Views
Cover illustration by Alan Rowe.

OXFORD ISBN 978-0-19-322085-0

UNIVERSITY PRESS
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