Naughty Bits for Cello - Extracts from Haydn's String Quartets

Description

Naughty bits – those tricky passages in chamber music that appear out of nowhere, and which can trip you up when it was all going so well. The "naughty bit" might be a passage in thumb position, a tricky rhythm, some awkward and unexpected accidentals, tenor or treble clef passages, or a run of fast notes – but wouldn't life be better if you had had a chance to practice those bits in advance? So here's the solution: a volume of those awkward passages from Haydn's string quartets, for you to practice, so that you can approach any Haydn quartet already prepared for those "naughty bits".

The publishers have used Peters Edition parts in order to have their editors' fingering and bowing suggestions, which tend to be missing from urtext parts. Differences between Peters Edition parts and urtext parts have been marked. A full explanation of how these excerpts have been selected, fingerings, bowings and tempi suggested etc is in the Foreward of this Naught Bits volume. Bar numbers relate to Peters Edition parts. The publishers are indebted to Michael Kaznowski of the Maggini quartet for his helpful comments, and for suggestions of contemporary fingerings.