{"id":4668,"date":"2013-11-11T21:38:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T05:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/?p=4668"},"modified":"2013-11-12T22:06:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T06:06:29","slug":"god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen-arranged-for-4-young-violins-2-cellos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/2013\/11\/11\/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen-arranged-for-4-young-violins-2-cellos\/","title":{"rendered":"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Arranged for 4 young violins, 2 cellos"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall I directed a small string group that ended up consisting of 6 kids aged about 8-11. They were all in at least Suzuki book 2, but a couple could barely read and a couple others were fairly advanced. No published music I could easily find bridged the gap, so I arranged something practical on my own this evening. As I have greatly benefited from people offering free ensemble music online in the past I figured I would post this for anyone else to use or adapt if they wish, even though it isn’t particularly good! The files are PDFs in letter format.<\/p>\n

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Everyone gets the melody at least once during the three variations. The tremolo at the beginning is meant to provide a somewhat mysterious feel. The small interludes given to the first violin are supposed to have a middle-eastern flavor and be taken out of time and possibly embellished upon. The 2nd cello part is meant to be the easiest although there are a couple of brief finger extensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This fall I directed a small string group that ended up consisting of 6 kids aged about 8-11. They were all in at least Suzuki book 2, but a couple could barely read and a couple others were fairly advanced. No published music I could easily find bridged the gap, so I arranged something practical … <\/p>\n

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