Fiddle Time Joggers

a first book of very easy pieces for violin

Kathy and David Blackwell
Illustrations by Martin Remphry

Welcome to the Third Edition of Fiddle Time Joggers. You’ll find:

• open string pieces and tunes using the finger pattern 0–1–23–4
• duets—start with the staves marked c; come back and play the other part later!
• three new pieces, replacing nos. 3, 29, and 44
• audio play-along and backing (accompaniment
tracks (accompanimentonly) tracks
only) available to download
from www.oup.com/ftjoggers3e
www.oup.com/ftjoggers or to or access
to access
on on principal
principle streaming
streaming platforms
platforms
• audio practice
practicetracks
tracks(recorded
(recordedat at
a slower tempo)
a slower for some
tempo) pieces,pieces,
for some also foralso for
downloading/streaming
downloading/streaming
• piano and violin accompaniments available separately in printed collections
• Fiddle Time
An ideal book to use alongside Fiddle TimeStarters
Joggers
• a book for violin that’s also compatible with Viola Time Joggers

V
Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, England
2013,and
This collection © Oxford University Press 1998, 2001, 2005, 2013 and2021
2022
Unless marked otherwise, all pieces (music and words) are by Kathy and David Blackwell and are
© Oxford University Press. All traditional pieces are arranged by Kathy and David Blackwell and are
© Oxford University Press. Unauthorized arrangement or photocopying of this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

Kathy and David Blackwell have asserted their right under the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Composers of this Work.

Impression: 1

ISBN: 978-0-19-355940-0

Music and text origination by Julia Bovee.

Printed in Great
Printed Britain
in China
 Contents
Open strings 3
1. Bow down, O Belinda (duet) 4
2. Under arrest! 4
3. Someone plucks, someone bows (duet) 5
4. Down up 5
5. Two in a boat (duet) 6
6. London Bridge (duet) 6
7. Fast lane 7
8. In flight 7
9. Lift off! 8
10. Katie’s waltz 8

First finger 9
11. Copy cat (duet) 10
12. Tap dancer 11
13. Rhythm fever 11
14. Here it comes! 12
15. So there! 12
16. Rowing boat 13
17. Ally bally (duet) 13
18. Tiptoe, boo! 14
19. Travellin’ slow 14
20. Lazy cowboy 14

Second finger 15
21. Off to Paris (duet) 15
22. Clare’s song 16
23. City lights 16
24. The three friends (duet) 17
25. Peace garden 17
26. Summer sun 18
27. Phoebe in her petticoat (duet) 18
28. Ready, steady, go now! 19
29. Cooking in the kitchen (duet) 19
30. Happy go lucky 20
31. The mocking bird (duet) 21

Third and fourth fingers 22

32. Algy met a bear (duet) 22
33. Listen to the rhythm 23
34. Cattle ranch blues 24
35. In the groove 24
36. Stamping dance 25
37. Distant bells 25
38. Lazy scale 26
39. The old castle 26
40. Rocking horse 27
41. Patrick’s reel 27
42. Calypso time 28
43. Knock, knock! 28
44. Rocky mountain (duet) 29
45. Carrion crow (duet) 30
46. Flying high 30
4 7. Fiddle Time 31

Music Fact-Finder Page 32

 Open strings

Vi i i i
G D A E

i crotchet
(quarter-note)
r crotchet rest
(quarter-note rest)

h minim q minim rest

p
(half-note) (half-note rest)

h. dotted minim
(dotted half-note)
whole bar rest
(whole measure rest)

3
 Someone plucks, someone bows
��°V ####### 4 i i i i
3

VV ####444 iUœ œiW œ i œi œ ii œii iiœ ii œ

pizz. Traditional
pizz.
pizz. Words KB & DB
c

# i i i i
��¢VV ## 44 œ i i œi i i œii œ iiœ œ ii œ
V # # U i i i
c

i iW
arco

# # 4
4 U
arco
arco
œ W œ œ œ œ
Down, up goes the bow, Jim a - long Jo - sie;

��V ######## 4i œi i œ i ii ii i i .™
Down, up goes
Down, up goes thebow,
the bow, whenJim a -play
we’re long Jo -orsie;
-ing fast slow;

VV ### 4iœi ii œ ii ii œ i œ i œii iœ .™

3
3 pizz.
3
c °

# i U i i i œ i œ œi œ i .™
c

V # # i i i i i i i
c
W i i
¢��VV # 4i i i i ii i i ii ii iœ .™
# U
arco
# # 4œ W
œ œ œ œ œ œ
down, up goes the bow, Jim a - long Jo - sie.
Down,up upgoesgoes
down, the the
bow,bow, Jim play
when we’re a - long Jo or
- ing high sie;
- low.

�V # # # i i i i i i i i
down, up goes the bow, Jim a - long Jo - sie.

3
.
# #
c

� V # i i i i i iii i i .
4 Down
down, up up
goes the bow, Jim a - long Jo - sie.

# # .
Count 2 bars

U
i iiWW ii ii UiU iWW i i UU WW UU WW
VV ## 44 . iU ii ii ii ii
arco
Count 2 bars KB & DB

iiii ii ii ii ii
arco
4
#
VV ### i i ii ii ii .
Down up E string, down up A string, down up D string, down up G string;

ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
r
ii ii ii r .
7 Down up E string, down up A string, down up D string, down up G string;
7

i iU Ui iW i i U W U W
# # . i iW i i
Count 2 bars

V 4
*

iiii
arco Play the A and end with D.

iiii
*
4 Play the A and end with D.

* Fill in the letter names of these notes.

V# # i i i i i i i r.
* Fill in theDown
letterup E string,
names down
of these up A string, down up
notes. D string, down up G string;

i
7 5
5
 Rowing boat
#
16

V 34 i i i i i i h. h. i i i
KB & DB
Gently
F
#
V h. i i i h. i i i i i i h.
6

# F
V h. i i i h. i i i i i i h.
12 Getting slower

�V # # 4
17 Ally bally

4h h h h h h h
Scottish folk tune

# h
V
� i # 4
4 i i i i i i i h i i i i i i h
�V # # .
h h h h h h h h
5

#
c

V
� i i# i i i i i i i i i i h h .

13
 3rd and 4th fingers

Viiiii
E F G H I V i i #i i i
E F G H I
D # E F G A

#i i i
G A B C D

V i i #i
E F G i
H i
I V i
E #i
F G H I
i i
A B #
C D E E # #
F G A B

slur

Algy met a bear

�V ## 44 mf
32 KB & DB

i i i i i i i i i i i
Words anon.
H
V # # h h h h
Al - gy met a bear, a bear met Al - gy. The

� 4 mf 4 H
�V ## i i i i i h.
3

i >iH >i r q .
# # .
i> >i r q
bear was bul - gy, the bulge was Al - gy!

�V h h h. i
H
Swap parts when you do the repeat.

22
 Lazy scale
# p r iU i i h h r i i
38

V # 44 i
Dreamily KB & DB

#
V#h h r i i i h h r i i i
mp
5

#
V#h h r iU i i h h r i i i h
cresc.

h
9

# Ui i i h p
V#r
f
h r i i i h h
14

mf mp

The old castle

i h i i h i i g
39

# #
V # 44 mph i
With a singing tone KB & DB

# # #
V h i i
5
i i i i i i i i g
# #
V # mf
9
h i i h i i h i i h h
#
13
#
V i i i i
# h h h i i gp
rit.

mp
Now go back to page 16 and play ‘Clare’s song’, slurring three crotchets
(quarter-notes) to a bow.

26
 40 Rocking horse

# S
Count 4 bars

V # 34 h. h. h i h.
Gently

h. h.
KB & DB

#
V # h i h. h i h.
mp
h. h.
11

#
V # i i i h i h. h. h.
1. 2.

h.
17 rit. Fine

#
21
# U
V i i i h i i i i h.
# S
V # i i i i i i h. h.
25
mf D. al Fine

41 Patrick’s reel

# S
Count 2 bars

#
V 44 mfi i i ip i i i i i i iiiii i i i i i
Energetically KB & DB

#
V#iiiii i i i i i i i i i i i h >i r
(repeat )
7 Fine

#
V # hf h i i h h h i i h
(cresc. on repeat)
11

# S
V#h h i i i i i i i i h h
15 D. al Fine

52 Practice tempo
27
 47 Fiddle Time

# # Si i i i i i i
Count 4 bars

#
V 4f i i i iii iii i i i i
Easy going KB & DB
(a tempo)
4
V
9
# # # i i i i i i i i i i h h i i i h
V
13
# # # i i i i i i i i i i iii iii i i i i
#
17
#
V iii i i iii i i g p g q i r
# 1. 2. pizz. Fine

# #
V mp
21
# U
h i i h h h i i h h
# # i i i i i i i i i i S
V# h i i i i i i
25 rit. D. al Fine

cresc. mf
53 Practice tempo

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