Viola Time Runners

Description

Asecond book of easy pieces for viola by Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell.

Viola Time Runnersis compatible withFiddle 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. Play-along tracks with lively and characterful accompaniments are available to download from a Companion Website, and piano and viola accompaniments are available separately.

Full Contents

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