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Compositions and arrangements are written by Dawn C. Wooderson and Nancy Marsters. This book contains 32 pages and is designed for the first-year player. It includes some performance notes, historical notes, and a reference glossary of terms and symbols. No page turns are required. The contents include a variety of styles.
CONTENTS
- Minka (Russian)
- La Bergamasca (16th century)
- Psalm 84 (Schutz)
- Russian Folk Dance
- O the Beautiful Treasures (Shaker)
- Blue Bells of Scotland
- As the Black Billy Boils (Australian)
- Glowworm (Lincke)
- Old French Song
- The Tailor and the Mouse (English)
- John Peel (English)
- Meditation for September (Marsters)
- Korobushka (Russian)
- Bouree: Parson’s Farewell (English)
- The Touchstone (English)
- Hushabye (American)
- Las Mananitas (Mexican)
- Sourwood Mountain (American)
- Layered Blues (Wooderson)
- Marines’ Hymn (American)
- Pappy Trackin’ (Wooderson)
- Argeers (Renaissance)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (Cohan)
- Tzena, Tzena (Israeli)
SEQUENCING
- Pieces are sequenced from the simplest rhythmic patterns to the more complex
- The first six pieces contain only quarter, half and whole notes (the optional percussion notation has some eighths)
- Eighth notes are added in the next five pieces
- Eighth rests occur in the twelfth piece
- Dotted quarters, cut time and syncopation are added in various pieces that follow
- Second position is suggested in two places
