A collection of 48 lively pieces originating from England. These curated gems include easy arrangements of hornpipes, jigs, maggots, polkas, waltzes, etc.
Each Tunes for Two collection consists of individual spiral-bound duet books presented in score form with melody on the top line and harmony beneath so you can play each tune by yourself or with others. Duo arrangements of the tunes in this collection, in the same keys, are available for violins, violas, cellos, basses, mandolins, soprano recorders, and alto recorders.
The tunes in this collection are laid out so that there are no page turns to interrupt the flow of your playing.
PDFs are available worldwide for each of the books in the Tunes for Two series.
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“Abbot Bromley’s Horn Dance” “A-Roving” “Ball, The” “Bath Carnival” “Blow the Wind Southerly” “Buttered Pease” “Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron” “Dorsetshire Hornpipe, The” “Dover Pier” “Early One Morning” “English Country Garden” “Faithful Shepherd” “Fiddler’s Morris” “Golden Vanity, The” “Greensleeves” “Greenwood Tree, The” “Grove, The” “Gypsy Rover” “Harvest Home” “Helston Furry Dance” “Henry Martyn” “Hunting the Hare” “Jack’s Maggot” “Keeper, The” “Kemp’s Jig” “Knole Park” “Linnen Hall” “Liverpool Hornpipe” “Merry Doctor, The” “Merry Girls of York, The” “My Lord Byron's Maggot” “Navvie On the Line” “O! The Weary Waters Of Tyne” “Orange in Bloom” “Outlandish Knight, The” “Parson’s Farewell” “Phyllis the Lovely” “Pop Goes the Weasel” “Quay Fair, The” “Rolling Home” “Shepton Hornpipe” “Sweet Nightingale” “Timour the Tartar” “To Anacreon In Heaven” “Vicar of Bray, The” “Whistle At Her” “Winster Gallop” |
“In this particular collection, regional and topical songs are interspersed with lively hornpipes, jigs, waltzes and several maggots, (maggots in the second meaning of the word, a fancy or a whim). Fluency in second and third position in the upper voice is required in some works. Mostly the melody is in the upper voice, with lower voice accompanying. As with all the duet books, a chordal accompaniment is suggested for working with other accompanying instruments such as guitar. Good tunes are passed around here, we find that the Star-Spangled Banner began as To Anacreon in Heaven by John Stafford Smith (1750- 1826). Or was Smith setting down his version of an even earlier tune? Deborah Greenblatt continues this tradition of passing around these timeless tunes to the string world through her accessible and interesting arrangements.”
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