Cello Time
The Cello Time series provides some of the best and most exciting repertoire for young cellists.
Packed with lively original tunes, easy duets, and traditional pieces, the books are carefully paced and organized to build confidence every step of the way. Try them today!
ABRSM cello syllabus from 2024: we have a number of pieces selected on this syllabus – click here for more details: ABRSM. We also have pieces on the Trinity cello syllabus 2020-2023: Trinity.
Solo Time for Cello, book 1
17 concert pieces for cello and piano
Listen to some pieces from Solo Time for Cello with this scrolling score.
A diverse range of repertoire for the intermediate cellist, with arrangements of pieces by, amongst others, Amy Beach, Florence Price, Handel and Robert Schumann. Includes fingering and bowing suggestions, notes on the pieces and composers, and piano accompaniments. Includes performance and piano backing tracks for each piece available from the OUP website. Approx. Grades 3-5/6.
Solo Time for Cello, book 2
16 concert pieces for cello and piano
Listen to some pieces from Solo Time for Cello with this scrolling score.
A diverse range of repertoire for the advanced cellist, with arrangements of pieces by, amongst others, Teresa Carreño, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, de Falla and Vivaldi. Includes fingering and bowing suggestions, notes on the pieces and composers, and piano accompaniments. Includes performance and piano backing tracks for each piece available from the OUP website. Approx. Grades 5/6-8.
Cello Time Starters (with audio)
A beginner book for cello
A great beginner book for the young cellist – 60 tunes, quizzes, games, songs, and listening activities. Fully compatible with Fiddle and Viola Time Starters, and suitable for individual and mixed group lessons (see our Guide to using Starters and Joggers). Play-along audio tracks available on major streaming platforms and to download from the OUP website.
Starters Teacher’s Handbook + CD
Notes and accompaniments to Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time Starters
Piano and string accompaniments, plus notes, warm-ups, photocopiable pages, and additional material.
Cello Time Joggers, 2nd edition (with audio)
A first book of very easy pieces for cello
Open string pieces and tunes using the finger pattern 0-1-34. Well-known tunes and original pieces from rock to calypso, duets. Play-along audio tracks available on major streaming platforms and to download from the OUP website.
Cello Time Joggers Piano Accompaniments
Piano accompaniments for Cello Time Joggers, 2nd edition.
Cello Time Joggers Cello Accompaniment Book
Cello accompaniments for all the pieces in Cello Time Joggers, 2nd edition, suitable for a teacher or more advanced student.
Cello Time Runners, 2nd edition
A second book of easy pieces for cello
Pieces using 2nd finger and backward and forward extensions. Traditional tunes, original material, and plenty of duets. Play-along tracks on the CD with the book.
Cello Time Runners Piano Accompaniments
Piano accompaniments for Cello Time Runners, 2nd edition.
Cello Time Runners Cello Accompaniment Book
Cello accompaniments for all the pieces in Cello Time Runners, 2nd edition, suitable for a teacher or more advanced student.
Cello Time Sprinters (with audio)
A third book of pieces for cello
Extended pieces in first position and introducing and exploring fourth position. Original pieces, pieces by a range of composers, and duets. Performance and backing audio tracks available on major streaming platforms and to download from the OUP website.
Winner, Best Education Publication, Music Industries Association, 2006
Cello Time Sprinters Cello Accompaniment Book
Cello accompaniments for all the pieces in Cello Time Sprinters, suitable for a teacher or more advanced student.
Cello Time Scales
Pieces, puzzles, scales, and arpeggios
Covers the finger patterns used in Joggers and Runners and includes all the scales and arpeggios for ABRSM Grades 1 and 2. Packed with creative ideas to make learning scales and arpeggios easy.
Cello Time Christmas (with audio)
A stockingful of 32 easy pieces for cello
Well-known carols and festive pieces in a range of keys with words to sing along. Includes solos and duets. Play-along audio tracks available on major streaming platforms and to download from the OUP website.
