Description
Book SynopsisContains material on styles children love including nursery rhymes, rounds, folk and popular songs as well as several original pieces. This title includes pieces that are suitable for consolidation work, for using alongside any method or tutor and are enjoyable sight-reading practice.
Trade ReviewThis book starts off with melodies at a similar level to the Prep Test, many of which are traditional English and several more of which are Mary Cohen’s own creations. I thick youngsters would share my enthusiasm for the Swedish, German, Dutch and especially Slovakian fold tunes that provide the majority of the material. Their piquant rhythms (try ‘Fair Katya’) and turns of phrase (‘Dinner’s ready!’) are less familiar to us than their English relations, but equally graspable by a young ear. There are no bowing or fingering suggestions so the youngsters have to be able to think for themselves – fabulous.
Music Teacher Magazine, March 2009
These really useful volumes are cello version of the violin books from Mary Cohen’s successful ‘Superseries’. Laid out to Faber’s highest standard, both books are admirably uncluttered on the page. Bags of Tunes contains an attractive selection of 42 short pieces, some original, some well-known, and includes a few famous rounds for group lesson fun. There is progression in terms of length and rhythmic difficulty, while the basic 0134 finger pattern is maintained throughout, and bowing and dynamics are left to the teacher.
European String Teachers Association, Autumn 2008
Table of ContentsYan, Tan, Thethera, Methera, Pip!; Rain, Rain, Go Away!; Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy; Pease Pudding Hot, Pease Pudding Cold; Hot Cross Buns; Kicking Cans Along The Street; Apple Papple; Extra, Extra, Extra Special!; Stepping Stones Across The Brook; Zachery And Zebedee; Let's Run Over The Little Stone Bridge!; Toc Tac Toe; Little Snail; Ponies Trotting; Seven Hairy Caterpillars; The Drunken Sailor; The Runaway Hen; Dinner's Ready!; Tails Up!; Clap Your Hands; Have You Heard?; Zum, Zum, Zum; Summer Goodbye!; Can You Sing This Song?; Pop Goes The Weasel; Hop-A-Doodle; Shepherd's Hey; Our Mother's A-Weaving; Apples And Pears; I Had A Cat; Silvery Water Moon; The Stream That Joins The Moldau; The Nightingale; London Bridge; The Bells Of St. Paul's Steeple; In Holland Stands A House; London's Burning!; Fair Katya; Frere Jacques; Three Fine Geese; Summer Is A-Coming In; Henry Baggins' Best Suit
