Nelson, Stringsongs for Cello (Boosey and Hawkes)

Stringsongsdevelop the reading skills begun inTetratunes, by the use of singing and part-playing, without requiring the more advanced keys or position work. The main aims are developing musicianship, the use of basic bowing skills for interpretation, accurate pitching based on singing and well-understood scales, and the ability to listen to a contrasting part.

Contents:

• A boat, a boat (Jenkins)
• Ave Maria (anon)
• Come, follow (Hilton)
• Drummer’s march (Nelson)
• Echo dance (Nelson)
• Emperor Waltz (Strauss)
• Favourite round (anon)
• Fiddle and flute (trad)
• Gavotte (Handel)
• Haste thee, nymph (Arnold)
• I sing when I’m happy (Nelson)
• Idle cowboy (Nelson)
• Little Brown Jug (Eastburn)
• London’s burning (trad)
• Long, long ago (Bayley)
• My dame hath a lame, tame crane (trad)
• O my love (anon)
• Oh, how lovely is the evening (anon)
• Rumba time (Nelson)
• Sound for us (anon)
• Summer is a-coming in (anon)
• Summer song (Nelson)
• Tallis’ canon (Tallis)
• The flower wondrous-fair (Beethoven)
• The four posted bed
• The rose (Hayes)
• Three blind mice (trad)