| 58658 | Compatible String Ensembles: Easy Concert Duets |
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| (Arr. Griesinger, Kathryn) | |
| Category: Methods/Collections; String Orchestra |
| Instrumentation: violin,viola,cello,bass |
| Comments: 30 Easy level arrangements for any combination of string instruments. Handel – Water Music: Air; Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 11: Andante grazioso; Arirang; Au Clair de la Lune; De Colores; Dobru Noc; French Folk Song; Frere Jacques; Leonarda – Sonata No. 1 Op. 16: Largo; Dvorak – Symphony No. 9: Largo; Schumann, C – Lieder Op. 12 No. 4; Widermann – Lightly Row; Loch Lomond; Bayly - Long, Long Ago; Mason – Merrily We Roll Along; Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite: Morning Mood; Bach – Musette in D BWV 126; Beethoven – Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy; Pachelbel – Canon; Purcell – Rigaudon; Simple Gifts; Vivaldi – Four Seasons: Spring; The Ash Grove; The Water Is Wide; Bologne – Six Sonatas for Two Violins: Theme from Sonata No. 1; Brahms – Symphony No. 1 Theme; Root – There’s Music in the Air; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Tindley – We Shall Overcome; Rossini – Williams Tell Overture. |
| Description: Learning to play chamber music is an important milestone in the music student’s journey. These progressive duets offer beginning players the opportunity to play along with others, or with the helpful support of the teacher in a lesson. Each duet adds new techniques and challenges that align with the natural advancement of lessons to build ensemble skills. This book features familiar melodies from traditional, folk, and Classical repertoire including tunes that many string teachers will recognize from Suzuki books. Appropriate for recitals or even small group concerts, there are 30 selections of different tempi, styles, and keys for variety, while remaining in string-friendly ranges. |