No comments about Serial Shifting: Exercises for the Cello.

No comments about Disney Movie Hits: Cello.

No comments about Cello Music by French Composers from Couperin to Debussy for Violoncello and Piano.

No comments about Essential Technique for Strings - Cello: Intermediate Technique Studies.

No comments about Essential Elements Advanced Technique for Strings: Cello.

No comments about Christmas Carols: Cello.

1 comments about Lennon and McCartney Solos: for Cello.

1. This is the best Beatles fake book for violin I own. It seems like many books change the key or the notation too much. Or, the songs are 5 pages long, with lots of rests. These are solos, so most songs fit. At first I thought it didn't have my favorite songs, but I found myself enjoying everything in the book.
   
   The sheet music is easy to read. It's simple, but not too simplified. Most are in the keys of A, D and G. Second+ year beginners will have no trouble, and advanced players will have fun. There are enough notes to sound like the real thing, but not so much embellishment that it leaves nothing to interpretation. I would have liked a couple of doublestops or slides noted, but I should be able to work those out myself.
   
   What a great play-along CD! I believe these are real preformers! I hate buying play-alongs to only to get lifeless synth-midi garbage that sounds awful. That's no fun at all.
   
   The melody is on the right channel can be turned off if you want just the backup. I can't tell you how rare and valuable that is for play-alongs. Of course, you can tune out the backup and play with just the melody.
   
   The melody is played by a piano, not a violin, but it sounds good. The backup has a great drum kit that sounds a lot like Ringo, and at times even a full string section. I enjoyed listening to it while doing dishes. The performances sound real and not mechanical. They have feeling. The timing is pretty close to the original - not too slow or too fast.
   
   For less than $10 I got hours and hours of fun.

No comments about Debussy - Sonate pour Violincelle et Piano (Cello & Piano).

No comments about Mel Bay presents Christmas Strings: Cello & Bass With Piano Accompaniment.

2 comments about Disney Greats: for Cello Instrumental Play-Along Pack (Disney Greats).

1. 1) The CD tracks all play the melody line in a bell tone; no tracks with just the accompaniment. (Aha! Just figured out the melody is on the right stereo track, accompaniment on the left. If you can adjust your stereo settings you can get rid of the melody track.)
   
   2) The accompaniment sounds synthesized.



2. My daughter loves using this book to practice her clarinet. I would recommend this to anyone.