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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.
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Playing Music with 3 Flats
In A Year of Folk Tunes, October’s key of the month is E Flat Major and C Minor. I wrote four rounds to help navigate this key. Everyone who played them, got a lot better at the hand positions required for … Continue reading
Posted in cello, composing, digital sheet music, music, piano, sheet music, viola, violin
Tagged C Minor, E Flat Major, supplemental music for strings
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Sound Explorers 10/4
Today we worked on the October scales, E flat major and C minor. We also did some physical stretches for ease in playing. If you missed it, catch up with the video.
Playing music with 4 flats
In A Year of Folk Tunes, September’s key of the month is A Flat Major and F Minor. I wrote four rounds to help navigate this key. Everyone who played them, got a lot better at the hand positions required for … Continue reading
Posted in cello, composing, music, sheet music, sheetmusic, string trio, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged A Flat Major, cello, F minor, piano, viola, violin
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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.
Posted in cello, music, performance, video scrapbook, viola
Tagged cello, D Flat Major, video scrapbook, viola
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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
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
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
Posted in cello, digital sheet music, music, string trio, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged A Year of Folk Tunes, cello, D Sharp Minor, F Sharp Major, piano, viola, violin
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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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Tagged sheet music, string quartet
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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
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
Posted in cello, cello duets, digital sheet music, music, sheet music, sheetmusic, viola, violin
Tagged cello duets, sheet music, viola duets, violin duet
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