096 - Christmas Melodies: Double Stop Solos and Duets For Cello, Volume II

Christmas Melodies: Double Stop Solos and Duets For Cello, Volume II

Martha performs the Double Stop Solos from Deck the Halls, combining both Volume I and II arrangements from the Violin version back-to-back. The Cello version is quite similar and is a loose transcription.

38 Total Pages: 14 Carols and 28 Arrangements.

Scroll to the bottom for a complete song list with key signatures.

Volume II of Christmas Melodies: Double Stop Solos and Duets For Cello is quite a bit more challenging than Volume I. The double stops involve occasional triple stops. Students should be in at least late Suzuki book five, early book six or have studied Vivaldi / Breval Concerti, etc.

Like Volume I, arrangements of Christmas Carols appear first as duets, with the exact same notes then rewritten for one player as a double stop solo. By playing the duet first, students get an exact duplication of what the double stops should sound like. This is a very challenging Volume (I have to practice the violin books every Christmas!), but it’s a fun way to improve your technical skills on the cello, while also dazzling your friends and family!

Contents: Good King Wenceslas (G), O, Christmas Tree (G), Joy to the World (F), Angels We Have Heard on High (G), What Child is This? (D minor), The First Noel (C), Deck the Halls (C), We Three Kings (G minor), Silent Night (D), O Come All Ye Faithful (G), Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (G), Jingle Bells (C), Away in a Manger (G), It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (G), O, Holy Night (C).

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Angels We Have Heard on High

O, Christmas Tree