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Amazing Grace for String Quartet

Amazing Grace for String Quartet opens with viola playing the melody. The cello plays a countermelody, and the violins supply pizzicato texture. The next statement of the theme moves the melody into the treble voices. An elegant string quartet arrangement … Continue reading

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Cockles and Mussels Piano Solo

Cockles and Mussels is now available as a digital download on Sheet Music Direct and Sheet Music Plus. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download solo version has D Major warm-ups to facilitate learning the … Continue reading

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Four Rounds for String Ensemble and Optional Piano

The April canons for string ensemble are in A Major and F Sharp 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 … Continue reading

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Sweet Betsy from Pike Piano Solo

Sweet Betsy from Pike is the G Major tune in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano. It is now available as a digital download. In addition to the piano solo, four warm-ups in the key of G are included … 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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Amazing Grace Duets

A new duet arrangement of Amazing Grace is available as a digital download. There is a version for two violins or treble clef instruments. A second version is in alto clef for violists. The third set is for cello or … Continue reading

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The Cat’s Meow for String Orchestra

Beginning shifting has never been more fun! This canon for string ensemble with optional piano is in the key of C.  All the parts get to glissando as the cat meows. Listen to The Cat’s Meow in this video. Get … Continue reading

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Elf’s Dance

The Elf’s Dance is a lively canon for strings and optional piano. The violin and viola part double for smaller ensembles. The sheet music is available here. Minimum of two players are required. Listen to the Elf’s Dance in this … Continue reading

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Funga alafia

Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, Funga alafia is now available as a solo sheet music download. The song is paired with C Major warm-ups to facilitate learning the C Major scale and rhythms used in the … Continue reading

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Great is thy Faithfulness for Cello and Piano

A new arrangement for cello and piano is now available. Great is thy Faithfulness is an elegant intermediate arrangement. It is suitable for playing in church or recital. The cellist will need the first four positions. The sheet music is … Continue reading

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