Christmas Tidings Set Type:Digital ScoreBased on the Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", this Grade 1 arrangement features easy rhythms (quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes), melody lines in all parts, some pizzicato, key of E minor and 4 4 time throughout, some divisi double stops in the cello part, and an optional piano part. Viola doubles 2nd violin, cello doubles bass. Teachers and students will love how easily this piece comes together. Audiences will be impressed
The optional percussion parts (including a doumbek if available) add to the Middle Eastern style and setting of this holiday classic
is an exciting minor piece for beginners that portrays a Marsquake
a relaxing tempo
The piece opens with the theme simply stated in upper strings with a soft accompanying pizzicato ostinato in lower strings
In this exciting version for string orchestra
and combines the two themes at the end for a rousing conclusion
crashing waves
Getting the feel of playing in these unusual meters is much easier for students than one might think
Images of gypsies in celebratory dance around a campfire are easily conjured up when listening to this delightful work that hearkens to eastern Europe
yet is very playable for younger students as it stays in first position for all instruments except basses
Aubrey was a free spirit and spread her kindness and generosity liberally
much of David Bobrowitz's writing is indelibly marked by his experiences in the great city
