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About miriamtroxler

Miriam Troxler resides in Beaver, Pa, where she runs a private music studio. After graduation from Chatham University, she toured in Europe with the Continental Singers Orchestra as principal cellist. A long time member of Greenville Symphony Orchestra, she is also the founder and musical director of CelloBrationS. Miriam enjoys composing and arranging with several published pieces to date.

Buffalo Gals Piano Solo

The sheet music for Buffalo Gals is now available as a digital download. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has D Flat Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to learn … Continue reading →

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When you find a piano at Costco and just start playing

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Buffalo Gals

Listen on the viola. Here is the same tune on the cello. Buffalo Gals is the D Flat Major tune from A Year of Folk Tunes.

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All the Pretty Little Horses, Cello Fingerings

In the Year of Folk Tunes books, the tunes are not fingered. This allows the player to choose, which creates more integrated learning. Here is an example of a possible fingering. The focus, in this case, is to use more … Continue reading →

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Playing Music with 5 Flats

In A Year of Folk Tunes, August’s key of the month is D Flat Major and B Flat Minor. It’s not a key that shows up in a first- or second-year method book. However, when you need to be able to … Continue reading →

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Sound Explorers 8/23

On Wednesday we had a long play by ear session in D Flat. Then there was a quick review of Buffalo Gals from A Year of Folk Tunes. If you missed it, catch up with the video.

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Playing Duets with 6 Sharps

In A Year of Folk Tunes, July’s key of the month is F Sharp Major and D Sharp Minor. It’s not a key that shows up in a first- or second-year method book. However, when you need to be able to … Continue reading →

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Simple Gifts for String Quartet

This brand-new arrangement of Simple Gifts opens with a cello solo. The viola joins for a short duet before the other parts come in. The arrangement builds with the second violin and first violin each playing melody in the second … Continue reading →

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Sound Explorers 8/16

Today’s class started with play-by-ear in D Flat Major. Then we worked on the second verse of Buffalo Gals in A Year of Folk Tunes book. Fingerings were given for piano, violin, and cello. If you missed it, you can … Continue reading →

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Be Thou My Vision Duet

This version of Be Thou My Vision lets both parts have the melody. You can listen to it on YouTube. Sheet music is now available as a digital download for two violinists or treble clef instrumentalists, two violists, or two … Continue reading →

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