Viola Time Runners A second book of easy pieces for viola

by Blackwell, Kathy; Blackwell, David

• ISBN13: 9780193221185
• ISBN10: 0193221187
• Format: Multimedia
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: Fort Wayne

Summary

Viola Time Runners is compatible with Fiddle Time Runners: all of the tunes (except the C string pieces) may be played together by viola and violin, either in unison, in unison with a few simple changes, or with the ensemble parts provided. The book uses the finger patterns 0-12-3-4 and 0-1-2-34, and includes 'C string specials'; extra pieces to give plenty of practice on the C string. Duets with parts of equal difficulty and a CD with performances of all of the pieces - bass and drums added for the jazz and rock numbers - make learning the viola fun. Piano accompaniments are provided in Runners Piano Book.

Author Biography

Kathy Blackwell, B. Mus. (Hons.), LTCL, LGSM, studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in
both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals initiative, a new assessment specifically designed for students taught in groups, and a contributor to the accompanying book All
together! Teaching Music in Groups (ABRSM, 2004). Her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, published by Oxford University Press, with her husband, David. Kathy and David have presented workshops in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. David Blackwell
studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is
co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle, Viola, Cello Time, and String Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. He now works as a freelance music editor, composer and arranger.
In 2017 Kathy and David Blackwell received two awards: from ESTA UK in recognition of their exceptional services to string teaching, and from the Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership for significant contribution to music education in Oxfordshire and beyond.

Table of Contents

Start the show, Kathy and David Blackwell
Banyan tree, Trad. Jamaican
Heat haze, Kathy and David Blackwell
Medieval tale, Kathy and David Blackwell
In memory, Kathy and David Blackwell
Chase in the dark, Kathy and David Blackwell
Merrily danced the quaker's wife, Trad. Scottish
O leave your sheep, Trad.
Jazzy Jingle Bells, J. Pierpont
Allegretto in C, Mozart
Pick a bale of cotton, Trad. American
Noel, Daquin
Finale from the Water Music, Handel
Ecossaise in G, Beethoven
Viola Time rag, Kathy and David Blackwell
Playing on the ol' banjo, Trad.
On the go, Kathy and David Blackwell
Blue whale, Kathy and David Blackwell
Takin' it easy, Kathy and David Blackwell
Mean street chase, Kathy and David Blackwell
Ten thousand miles away, Trad. (sea shanty)
I got those viola blues, Kathy and David Blackwell
Air in C, J. C. Bach
Prelude from Te Deum, Charpentier
That's how it goes!, Kathy and David Blackwell
Flamenco dance, Kathy and David Blackwell
Somebody's knocking at your door, Trad. American
The old chariot, Trad. (sea shanty)
Adam in the garden, Trad. Jamaican
Air, Handel
The wee cooper o' Fife, Trad. Scottish
The wee cooper o' Fife, Kathy and David Blackwell
Aerobics!, Kathy and David Blackwell
Caribbean sunshine, Kathy and David Blackwell