Pieces, puzzles, scales, and arpeggios by Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell.
Cello Time Scales is brimming over with creative ideas and packed with imaginative and amusing cartoons to make learning scales and arpeggios easy.
- Covers the finger patterns used in Cello Time Joggers and Runners, and includes all the scales and arpeggios for ABRSM Grades 1 and 2
- Sets out each form with a fingering chart, a telephone 'helpline' to reinforce the arpeggio fingering, and a rhythm game to practise the scale
- Includes a variety of fun pieces for each key, and a range of puzzles and compositional games
Contents:
D major: Finger tips
D major: Low D, high D, A in between
C major: Let's jog
C major: Step, skip, jump!
G major: Follow me
G major: Arpeggio fanfare
C major: Fast food
C major: What's in your sandwich?
A natural minor: French carol
A natural minor: Somerset folksong
F major: Accelerator
F major: Double decker
A major: Sweet Betsy from Pike
Bb major: Two little angels
Bb major: Knock, knock!
G major: French folk song
G major: Eiffel Tower
D harmonic minor: Theme from Mahler's First Symphony
D harmonic minor: Mission to Mars
C harmonic minor: Old man of Peru
G harmonic minor: Haunted house
G harmonic minor: Le tambourin
D melodic minor: I gotta play those cello blues
D melodic minor: Shalom Chaverim
C melodic minor: Yellow cello
C melodic minor: Escalator cha-cha
G melodic minor: A bit of Bach
G melodic minor: Bump in the night
G, D, C natural minors
G natural minor: Zum gali, gali