Very Easy Sheet Music for Cello

Cello for Beginners
Audio playback of our sheet music downloads
for 1st-year cello

Easy pieces for those just starting to learn the cello. There is music for absolute beginners and others in the early stages of cello playing. The sheet music is available, in downloadable PDF format (What's PDF?), from our online store.

The 'Cellos Start Here' series is carefully graded to provide attractive repertoire which can be easily combined with popular methods. These pieces have simple, but satisfying, piano accompaniments.

'Sheet Music Starters' has further, very easy, cello music suitable for the 1st-year player.

Flexible arrangements for groups of instruments, with harmony parts suitable for beginner cellist, will be found on the Easy/Classroom Ensembles page.

For easy quartets, with individually available parts, and solo repertoire for year two and above, click here: Easy Online Sheet Music for Strings

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Cellos Start Here

Make a song and dance of those first lessons with our 2-and 3- note, accompanied, pieces!

This series of pieces introduces open D and A strings, followed by fingered notes in 1st position, D string. We will shortly be adding a section with a strong focus on all open strings, for the benefit of those teachers and learners who adopt this approach.

Print your cello part and return to enjoy playing duets with the online accompaniment!

Cellos Start Here - 1 / Cello & Piano

Cellos Start Here - 1 / Cello
Notes used: open D and A strings

Includes:
Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

I'm On My way!
Delightful 'D'!
Here Comes the Band
Fancy Dancing?

Cellos Start Here - 1 / Piano accompaniment

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Cellos Start Here -2 / Cello & Piano

Cellos Start Here - 2 / Cello
1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F# on D string

Includes:
Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

A First Song
Strange Bells
Just Strolling
Merrily

Cellos Start Here - 2 / Piano Accompaniment

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The simple but attractive accompaniments are clearly set out to make it easy for piano-playing family members, or friends, to make music with the beginner cellist.

Cellos Start Here - 3 / Cello & Piano

Cellos Start Here - 3 / Cello
1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F# on D string; includes 3/4 time sig.

Includes:
Get in the Groove!
Come On!
Dancing Partners

Cellos Start Here - 3 / Piano Accompaniment

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Cellos Start Here - 4 / Cello & Piano

Cellos Start Here - 4 / Cello
1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F#, G on D string

Includes:
Ring, Joyful Bells!
Country Dance
Ghostly Voices
Yesterday's Games

Cellos Start Here - 4 / Piano Accompaniment

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Cellos Start Here - 5 / Cello & Piano

Cellos Start Here - 5 / Cello

1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F#, G on D string and open A string

Includes:
Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

Five Note Fun
Down By the Danube
Stirring the Pudding

Cellos Start Here - 5 / Piano accompaniment

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Pitch It Right! (Cello)
Description: Very simple songs, using the notes D-A, on the D string, for beginner readers. By request, they can be supplied in transposed versions for playing on other strings. They were originally compiled for class teaching and teachers' notes are available, providing pages of games and activities for aural and rhythmic training. Pitch It Right! is ideal for teachers who adopt an aural approach to early tuition, or who use tonic solfa.

Includes:

Things Can Only Only Get Better!
All Fingers - And Feet!
Pardon Me!
Dancing Fingers
This Elephant Did Forget!

"Pitch it Right!" is also available, by Mail Order, as a pre-printed booklet.

Further Easy Pieces:

First Tunes On The A String

Well, Let's Get Cracking!
Wind & Rain
Strike Up the Band!
Shall We Dance?

Notes: B & A, on A String

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Gaelic Scenes / Cello & Piano

Gaelic Scenes /Cello
1st Position. Notes used: A - A, in key of D Major (No C#)

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Aura Lee/ Cello & Piano
Better known as the melody of Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender."

Donning The Tartan/ Cello & Piano

Three tunes with a Scottish flavour:

When Old Friends Gather
Thoughts of Home
Taking the Floor

(Notes: G, A, B, D, E, F#, G, A)

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