British singer/songwriter James Arthur came onto the global scene after his victory on the TV show "The X Factor" and has been winning people over with his soulful voice ever since! His song "Say You Won't Let Go" is a beautiful ballad about life, love, and the longevity of relationships, and it has become increasingly popular as a wedding-music staple. Perfect for ceremonies, cocktail hour, and even proposals, this arrangement for violin & cello duet brings the powerful song to life with just as much passion, soul, and dynamic variety as the original. Playable for advanced-intermediate students and sightreadable for professionals - watch out for all the syncopated rhythms!

Why choose Cellobat Charts arrangements? For any musician who knows what they're doing, the answer is easy: just listen to them. Every freelance musician has thrown hard-earned money away on questionable, error-filled charts by unknown arrangers from weird corners of the Internet. But watch out -- inferior arrangements not only make gigs less enjoyable to play, but they also make your group sound bad to your client and audience, no matter how great your players really are. That's why Cellobat Charts is here: to provide students and working string players alike with high-quality versions of highly requested music. My arrangements are guaranteed to be energetic, fun to play, and enjoyable to listen to, whether or not you're familiar with the original songs. Hear the difference for yourself! Full videos of many Cellobat Charts arrangements are available on YouTube so you know exactly what you're getting. Click "Watch" near the item details at the top of the page for full video of "Say You Won't Let Go." Crowd pleasing guaranteed.


Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, M�tley Cr�e, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
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http://www.youtube.com/c/SarahCellobatChaffee

Violin/Cello duet arrangement of "Marry You" by Bruno Mars. Perfect for weddings, cocktail hours, or other events. Also great for teaching, learning and casually playing. This arrangement follows the general structure of the song - it's fun and straightforward!


Duration: 3 min 40 sec

The famous guitar piece Recuerdos de la Alhambra is here arranged for a string duo of violin or mandolin and cello. The first part could even be played on another cello if it is played an octave lower. The parts are of intermediate difficulty.

"Marry You" from Bruno Mars' album Doo-Wops and Hooligans arranged for String Duo (Violin/Cello Duet) by Aaron Bennett.

Watch sheet music: https://youtu.be/8IwCNv79bas

This Violin and Cello arrangement is ideally suitable for function duos and offers plenty of rhythmic and melodic interest for both instruments.

An ever-popular, upbeat staple for any wedding gig!

"Viva La Vida" was released by Coldplay as a single in 2008 to immediate critical and commercial success. It went on to become the band's first number one US and UK single, and it won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2009. With its catchy string hook and upbeat melody, it's no wonder that this song is now a ubiquitous request -- so you can't go wrong with having it in your gig books! This arrangement was originally commissioned for a wedding cocktail hour, but it's sure to be requested for wedding ceremonies and receptions, and will also be great for parties, corporate events, solo & ensemble contests and any other occasion in need of some good vibes. This arrangement for violin and cello duet captures the soul of the original song with its lyrical melody lines, dynamic variations,and driving beat, for a chart that's just as much fun to play as it is to listen to! This is an intermediate level arrangement that will be easily learnable for students and sightreadable for professionals -- there are a few tricky rhythms, but both parts stay in first position throughout.

Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, M�tley Cr�e, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
http://www.cellobat.com
http://www.instagram.com/cellobat
http://www.youtube.com/c/SarahCellobatChaffee

Any gigging string group knows that this song is a ubiquitous request during wedding season, so be prepared to help your clients make amazing memories with this beautiful arrangement of "Can't Help Falling In Love"! This version of the Elvis classic for violin and cello duet maintains the passion and dynamic intensity of the original and will be great for ceremonies, cocktails, or even proposals. Intermediate-level arrangement is easily playable for students and sightreadable for professionals.

Coldplay's 2014 hit "A Sky Full Of Stars," co-written and produced with Avicii, was an instant top 10 hit on the charts in 16 countries and received a Grammy nomination. The song was Coldplay's first dance track, but the lyrics are more along the lines of a sweet love ballad, making this song a popular request for weddings and receptions. This Cellobat arrangement for violin and cello duet was originally commissioned for a wedding ceremony, but it's also perfect for pop concerts, solo & ensemble contests, receptions, parties, and even proposals -- with its beautiful soaring melodies and driving beat, it will be sure to get your audience dancing! Rated advanced-intermediate for some tricky syncopated rhythms (the same ones repeat throughout), but this arrangement will be playable for students and sightreadable for professionals.

Make sure your trio is prepared for wedding season with this beautiful arrangement of the Righteous Brothers' classic hit "Unchained Melody" for two violins & cello! Perfect for ceremonies, cocktail hour, receptions, and even proposals, this arrangement brings the beloved classic song to life with all the passion and beautiful melodic intricacies of the original. Playable by students and sightreadable by professionals - V1 part is a little more advanced (tricky rhythms, high notes) and they will have fun with the elaborate vocal nuances in the melody!

Indie pop singer Ruelle began her career as a country rock artist, but ended up switching to a more cinematic electro-pop style of music. With her songs featured on dozens of TV shows and movies, she has become a cult favorite artist, and her song "I Get To Love You" is (so far!) her biggest hit on the Billboard charts. The song has since become a wedding-music staple - in fact, this arrangement was originally commissioned for a bride's processional. Perfect for wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours, and even proposals, this arrangement for violin and cello duet maintains the beautiful harmonies and string lines of the original song. Playable for students and sightreadable for professionals - rated intermediate with for a handful of unusual rhythms in the violin part and some double stops (mainly with open strings) in the cello part.

Ed Sheeran's 2017 single "Perfect," an old-fashioned romantic ballad about his soon-to-be-wife, Cherry Seaborn, broke a number of records on the charts and has become one of the top-requested wedding songs of the decade. So this arrangement for violin and cello duet is sure to be a crowd-pleaser! Originally commissioned for a wedding ceremony, it's also perfect for receptions, proposals, pop concerts, or just to play for fun. This arrangement is rated intermediate -- there are a handful of tricky rhythms, but neither part goes above 1st position, and it will be easily playable for students and sightreadable for professionals.


Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, M�tley Cr�e, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
http://www.cellobat.com
http://www.instagram.com/cellobat
http://www.youtube.com/c/SarahCellobatChaffee

Originally inspired by a spiritual, "Stand By Me" was written and recorded in 1961 by famed RandB singer-songwriter Ben E. King. The catchy, soulful tune immediately went to #1 on the RandB charts, and ended up becoming a Top Ten on the Billboard charts twice -- once for its original release, and again in 1986 when it was used as the theme song for a movie of the same name. This song has been deemed "culturally and historically significant" and it has remained one of the most beloved songs in history for decades, so you can't go wrong having this one in your gig books! This Cellobat arrangement for your violin and cello duo maintains the fun groove, catchy melody, and joyful feel of the original, plus a lyrical violin interpretation of the orchestral interlude in the middle, for a chart that's just as enjoyable to play as it is to listen to! Rated intermediate -- there are some syncopated rhythms throughout, but there's nothing too complicated here, and this chart will be playable for students and easily sightreadable for professionals.

Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, M�tley Cr�e, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
http://www.cellobat.com
http://www.instagram.com/cellobat
http://www.youtube.com/c/SarahCellobatChaffee

Released by Dan Shay as a single from their third studio album in 2018, "Speechless" was an instant hit, reaching number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. They also released this beautiful and catchy country-pop love song with a "wedding video," which has helped ensure its status as a highly requested song for weddings. This arrangement of "Speechless" for violin and cello captures the laid-back groove, soaring melodies, and gorgeous harmonies of the original -- I've played it at many weddings and it's always been an audience favorite! This was originally commissioned for a wedding ceremony, but it will also beperfect for receptions, proposals, cocktail hours, pop concerts, or just to play for fun. Rated advanced intermediate, mainly for some tricky rhythms throughout; this will be learnable for students and sightreadable for professionals.

One of the best-known and most-loved songs by British alternative rock band The Cure, "Just Like Heaven" was the band's first American hit single, and it reached the top 40 on the Billboard charts. The band's singer wrote this upbeat and energetic love song in honor of his future wife, making it a perfect choice for weddings, receptions, and cocktail hours, along with pop concerts, solo & ensemble contests, and any other occasion that you need to make your audience smile! This arrangement for violin and cello duet maintains the exciting builds, fun melodies, and most importantly the pure joy of the original, and it will be just as much fun to play as it is to listen to! In terms of melodic and technical difficulty, this chart is intermediate level, but I'm listing it as advanced-intermediate due to a number of interesting tied and syncopated rhythms. Have fun! :)

"Brown Eyed Girl" was released by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison in 1967, and it became an instant hit, spending 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was soon well known as Van Morrison's signature song, and it has since become a staple of classic rock radio and one of the most covered songs in rock history. If you need a song in your gig binder that is beloved by everyone of every age and is sure to get your audience singing along, this is the one! This arrangement of "Brown Eyed Girl" for violin & cello duet is a lively, upbeat chart that is as fun to play as it is to listen to. Rated intermediate, this chart will be easily sightreadable for professionals and quickly learnable for students -- both parts are entirely in first position, and there are a number of syncopated rhythms, but nothing too crazy.

The book and movie vampire fantasy series "Twilight" has been a smash hit for audiences of all ages, and Christina Perri's catchy love song written for the movie has become a widely requested tune. This arrangement for violin & cello duet, originally commissioned as the processional for a wedding, is a beautiful string rendition of this popular song, with soaring vocal lines, dramatic octave and dynamic changes, and a building rhythmic intensity throughout the song. Appropriate for intermediate student musicians and sightreadable for professionals -- the cello part is more of an early-intermediate level, but the violin part is more on the advanced-intermediate side due to a number of tricky rhythms.

"You Are The Reason" was released as the second original single from Calum Scott's debut album Only Human, and it has since sold over five million copies and streamed over a billion times. This violin and cello arrangement of the beautiful ballad -- with its lyrical, soaring melody, beautiful harmonies, and powerful rhythmic undercurrent -- was originally commissioned for a wedding, but it's also the perfect addition to your gig books for ceremonies, receptions, proposals, or any other occasion where you need to give your audience chills! Rated intermediate -- this will be playable for students and sightreadable for professionals.

"Epiphany," a ballad by South Korean boy band BTS and sung as a solo by member Jin, is a beautiful song about the importance of loving yourself and accepting your own flaws. Released in mid-2018, it soon became one of the band's biggest hits, gaining almost a million views per hour during the first day of its release. Originally commissioned for a wedding ceremony, this arrangement of the hit song for violin and cello is equally beautiful, featuring all the soaring vocals, rhythmic drive, and dynamic contrasts of the original. It will be perfect for weddings, receptions, proposals, vow renewals, cocktail parties, solo & ensemble contests, or any other occasion that needs a lovely lyrical tune! This chart is about 3 1/2 minutes in duration and is rated intermediate. The cello part is very easy and more like early intermediate; the violin part stays mainly in 1st and 2nd positions but briefly goes up as high as 5th.


Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, M�tley Cr�e, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
http://www.cellobat.com
http://www.instagram.com/cellobat
http://www.youtube.com/c/SarahCellobatChaffee

Written by Lady Gaga for the hit 2018 movie A Star Is Born, "Shallow" is a rock ballad that alternates its verses between the two main characters of the film and culminates in a powerful duet. It was not only featured as a pivotal moment in the film, but also released with a music video as a single, and after its release it quickly topped the charts in a dozen countries. "Shallow" now boasts the title of 'most awarded song of all time' after receiving numerous Oscars, Golden Globes, and Grammys. In short, this hit song is one that everyone needs to have in their gig binders! This arrangement for violin & cello duet recreates the famous guitar line, the beautiful lyrical melody lines, and maintains the powerful dynamic builds of the original for a chart that's just as much fun to play as it is to listen to! Perfect for parties, corporate events, solo & ensemble contests, or just playing for fun, this chart is sure to get everyone singing along. Easily sightreadable for professionals and playable for advanced-intermediate students -- there are some tricky rhythms throughout, and the violin part goes up to 3rd position.


Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, M�tley Cr�e, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
http://www.cellobat.com
http://www.instagram.com/cellobat
http://www.youtube.com/c/SarahCellobatChaffee

Maren Morris' hit pop-country song "The Bones" was released as a single in May 2019 and soon became a hit, earning Morris a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song. And it's no wonder -- it's hard not to love it! With its lyrics about building a solid relationship and its unique hook, catchy chorus, and upbeat rhythmic groove, "The Bones" is bound to be a hit at wedding ceremonies, cocktails, receptions, proposals, solo & ensemble contests, or any occasion that needs a good-spirited love song. This Cellobat arrangement is as much fun to play as it is to listen to, and you're sure to get your audience singing along! Rated advanced-intermediate for a number of tricky rhythms throughout, this chart will be sightreadable for professionals and playable for more advanced students.

Sarah "Cellobat" Chaffee earned her bachelor's degree in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and is now based in Las Vegas. She currently performs with Aerosmith in their "Deuces Are Wild" residency at The Park MGM Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Sarah is also the principal cellist in David Perrico's Pop Strings Orchestra, a 14-piece band that performs every Friday and Saturday at Caesars Palace, and she plays regularly for Premiere Wedding Music and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has performed and recorded with many other artists including Halsey, Disturbed, M�tley Cr�e, Celine Dion, Kygo, Ricky Martin, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, and Lady Antebellum. She can be found at:
http://www.cellobat.com
http://www.instagram.com/cellobat
http://www.youtube.com/c/SarahCellobatChaffee