Folk Strings and More Folk Strings

Folk Strings Contents

  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • My Grandfather’s Clock
  • Moo-Lee-Hua
  • Alouette
  • Marianina
  • Don’t You Go
  • Farewell to Nova Scotia
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Valencianita
  • She’s Like the Swallow
  • More Folk Strings

more folk strings CONTENTS

  • Shoo Fly
  • Tancuj, Tancuj
  • Linstead Market
  • Un canadien errant
  • Bella Bimba
  • The Leaving of Liverpool
  • I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
  • Auprès de ma blonde
  • Sakura
  • Good Evening

Folk melodies from around the world.

Available for

String Ensemble
String Quartet or String Orchestra
Solo Instruments
Piano Accompaniment

  • flexible-scoring arrangements, can be used with multi-level groups
  • melody parts are elementary level
  • harmony parts are intermediate level
  • all pieces are written in user-friendly keys
  • shifting is kept to a minimum (mostly in first position)

Folk Strings for String Ensemble
More Folk Strings for String Ensemble

  • Violin Ensemble, Viola Ensemble, Cello Ensemble
  • for 2, 3, or 4 players – easy to ‘mix-and-match’ any combination of violin, viola, and cello other than string quartet or string orchestra
  • Piano Accompaniment part is optional

Folk Strings for String Quartet or String Orchestra
More Folk Strings for String Quartet or String Orchestra

  • each player gets the chance to play the melody
  • Violin 3 part can replace Viola part
  • String Bass parts are optional  
  • Piano Accompaniment part is optional

Folk Strings for Solo Instruments

  • Solo Violin, Solo Viola, Solo Cello
  • the melody of each piece is reproduced in large print
  • written for less advanced players 
  • can be used with the String Ensemble version, the String Quartet or String Orchestra version, or with Piano Accompaniment
  • Piano Accompaniment part is optional

Folk Strings Piano Accompaniment
more Folk Strings Piano Accompaniment

  • Use with any of the instrumentations written for String Ensemble, String Quartet or String Orchestra, or with Solo Instruments
“Another winner from Joanne Martin! I love the ‘movement’ in each piece. Our favorite is I've Been Working on the Railroad which actually sounds like a choo-choo train running down the track. Too adorable! We plan to use these songs in a geography folk song program and for children's concerts. I can't wait to see their faces!”
— Customer review, Sheet Music Plus, July 2009