Product Description
Island of Dreams
by Colin Kirkpatrick is a new set of ten really easy cello pieces using
open strings and 1st position only. These short pieces are musical sketches
of a magical island somewhere in South East Asia. The first three pieces
use open strings only and the others make use of 1st, 2nd and 3rd
fingers. This
collection is for students at absolute beginner level and those at an early elementary stage. Its intended
as supplementary material to your usual teaching materials. Theres plenty of
contrasting music for a beginner student recital or an end-of-semester
concert. Your cello students are sure to
find these pieces enjoyable, and useful for sight-reading with more experiences players. All the pieces can be played in
first position. The first three use long notes on open strings, with simple
bowing and limited dynamic markings. The
remaining pieces use open strings and first, second or third fingers.
Every piece
has a short keyboard introduction so that the student can sense the tempo and
musical style before playing. The accompaniments have been kept as simple as
possible. Dynamic markings are used from the start, and some articulations
marks (notably staccato) are used. Several pieces have a few measures rest in
the middle to give the player a break and add musical contrast and also to give
experience of counting empty bars.
The album
consists of piano-cello score and a separate cello solo part contained in
a single PDF file. The audio sample contains the following pieces (1) Dance to
the rising sun; (2) Song of dawn; (3) Slow waltz at the seashore; (4) At the
temple gate; (5) Ancient song to the sea; (9) Dance of the new moon and (10)
Dance from the woodlands.
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