Category Archives: cello

Sound Explorers 8/9 Learn the chorus of Buffalo Gals

Today we reviewed the D Flat Major Scale. We learned the next part of Buffalo Gals by ear. Fingerings for violin, viola, cello and piano were demonstrated. If you missed it, catch up with the video.

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Sound Explorers 8/2 Starting Buffalo Gals and D Flat Major

Today we began working on the D Flat Major Scale. We also started to learn Buffalo Gals in by ear. Fingerings for violin, viola, cello and piano were demonstrated to make it was easy to learn the D Flat Major … Continue reading →

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Sound Explorers 7/26

This morning we worked on the D Sharp harmonic minor scale, F Sharp Major Scale and G Flat Major Scale. We reviewed last week’s learn by ear harmony part for Yankee Doodle and played Yankee Doodle in F Sharp Major. … Continue reading →

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Sound Explorers 7/12

This morning we worked on the F Sharp Major Scale and arpeggio. It is the scale of the month for A Year of Folk Tunes. We also did some learn by ear musical fragments. Then we worked on the next … Continue reading →

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Catch You Later, Playing Music with 5 sharps!

F Sharp, C Sharp, G Sharp, D Sharp, A Sharp …. B is still natural, and E is natural. In A Year of Folk Tunes, June’s key of the month is B Major and G Sharp Minor. It’s not a key … Continue reading →

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Bird Rounds for String Ensemble and Optional Piano

The bird canons for string ensemble are in E Major and C Sharp Minor. The rounds have one part doubled so they would be playable with only two parts. In score form, each tune also has an optional piano part … Continue reading →

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Spring Recital 1:00, May 20 Photos

Thank-you Linda for taking the pictures.

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Four Rounds in March for Strings and Optional Piano

The March canons for string ensemble are in D Major and B Minor. Most of the rounds have one part doubled so they would be playable with only two parts. In score form, each tune also has an optional piano … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace for Cello and Piano

An elegant new duet arrangement of Amazing Grace is now available. It is suitable for church or recital performance. The cello and the piano both have melodic sections. The cello part requires some shifting but doesn’t go higher than fourth … Continue reading →

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Four Rounds in G Major for String Ensemble

The next four canons for string ensemble are in G Major. All of the rounds have one part doubled so they would be playable with only two parts. In score form, each tune also has an optional piano part for … Continue reading →

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