ISBN 9781619117839.

This text presents beginning cello technique and basic music reading fundamentals. There is an emphasis on using melodies and classical pieces to instruct each new concept. The 28 lessons include basic technique and reading skills, scales in the keys of D, G, C and F and bowing techniques such as dynamic contrast, slurs, accents, and staccato bowing. There are 47 melodies presented including works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Mozart and other classical composers.A The book includes access to online audio containing all of the exercises and pieces recorded with solo cello and piano accompaniment. It is useful as a teaching and practice tool as well as a performance accompaniment track.A.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow from THE WIZARD OF OZ, by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, arranged for solo cello by Alison Gillies.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow has become something of an anthem for the NHS in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. This arrangement for solo cello is in G major and suitable for intermediate players of approximately grade 3-5 standard. It is all in bass clef and the highest note is A above middle C.