Fingerprints by William Bruce
Fingerprints is a collection of fourteen pieces for the Grade 1-4 cellist, each piece is written by a living composer all of whom eat breakfast, feel tired, get irritable, laugh at jokes and has favourite things. The pieces that they have contributed to this volume are designed to capture the essence of who they are and go together to provide an exciting volume of new original music for you to play. **ABRSM selected piece (Cello 2010-2015): Ten Toads (Milne) Zig zag (Hindson) NYPD TV (Byrchmore) Danny's Dance (Matthews)This is a lively collection of short pieces by some ‘alive and kicking’ contemporary composers, who each supply their name, place and date of birth as well as two of their ‘favourite things’ – details which some children will loveThe pieces range widely in style and event the simplest have real character, for example Nikki Iles’ The Wishing Gate which uses only open strings and first and second fingers but is given life by a lovely jazz-tinged accompaniment. Key signatures are kept simple, the better to introduce techniques such as double-stopping, harmonics, glissandi etc, and one piece briefly employs tenor clef. The volume is filled with useful teaching material of a high musical standard….
European String Teachers Association, Summer 2007
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571522972 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571522971 |
| Title | Fingerprints |
| Author | William Bruce |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber Music Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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