Group Music

(Helen Butterworth)


& Ian Butterworth

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Music Catalogue - Helen Butterworth

Group pieces are available for violins, violas, flutes or cellos.

Some pieces can be found on http://www.youtube.com/. Search for the piece title or "Helen Butterworth".

mp3s of backing tracks are also available

Guide to Playing Levels:

A - Beginning (up to Suzuki Book 1 / Grade 1)

B - Elementary (Suzuki Books 1 (late) & 2 / Grade 2)

C - Junior (Suzuki Book 2 (late) & 3 / Grade 3-4)

D - Intermediate (Suzuki Book 4 & 5 / Grade 5-6)

E - Senior (Suzuki Book 6+ / Grade 7+)

COMPOSITIONS for Violin Groups

  • Creepy Crawly (open string pre-twinkle tune) A

  • Grand Can(y)on (up to 6 part violins + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A-C

  • Up Bow Waltz (violins + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A/B

  • Hungary Mungary (3 part violins + piano) B/C

  • Lisdoonvarna (4 part violins + piano) A/B

  • Never-Ending Round (4 part violins + optional cello) B

  • Two Tone Tune (violin using 0-1-2 + piano) A

  • Samba Twinkle (samba rhythms in the melody + piano too) A

  • Round Dance (up to 15 part violins + piano) A-C

  • Clock Song (4 part violins + piano) A/B

  • First Fanfare (3 part violins + piano) A/B

  • Timbuktu Trains (4 part (round) violins + piano) (+ 2 pre-twinkle parts) A

  • Quincy Dillons High D Tune (2 part violins + piano) (+ optional pre-twinkle part) B/C

  • Filipino Frolic (3 part violins + piano) A/B

ARRANGEMENTS for Violin, and Violin Groups

Solo Violin

  • French Folk Song (fits with violas and cellos) A

Violin & Piano

  • Go tell Aunt Rhody (with [sad] F# minor piano accompaniment for playing slowly!) A

  • Pop Goes the Weasel (pizz. open string version - piano plays melody) A

  • Danish Folk Tune - In Forest and Meadow A

  • Canadian Folk Song - The Silver Birch B

  • Dorset Reel - trad. A

  • Ian Butterworth - Hungarian Dance B

  • Soldier's Joy - trad. A

  • Two Japanese Songs A

  • French Folk Song (fits with violas and cellos) A

  • Bile them Cabbage Down A

Two Violins & Piano

  • Czech Carol (trad.) A

  • J.Strauss & H.Butterworth - Czech Polka (has optional pre-twinkle part) B

  • Swedish Folk Song - Karin und Kalle B

  • Chopin - Anniversary Étude C

  • Sullivan - The Yum-Yum Song (from The Mikado) B/C

  • Franck - Panis Angelicus C

  • Gyldmark - Ave Maria B

  • Lisdoonvarna (Irish Jig) (violins 3 & 4 are easy parts) B

  • Svenska B

  • Sebba - Scaley Samba B+C

  • Colin Evans - Lotus Talk (Violin 1 uses 3rd position) C

  • Ally Bally Bee A

  • Beswick - Twilight C

  • Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 3 parts + piano) A+C

  • Farewell to Summer A

  • Dorset Reel - trad. (2nd violin has open string part) A

  • Tongo - a Polynesian Melody A

  • Wikfors - Minisnoa A+B

  • Hickory Dickory Dock (can be played with violin 3 too, on open strings part)

Three Violins & Piano

  • Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine (HB+IB) D

  • Fauré - Tantum Ergo D

  • Hungary Mungary - arr. Helen Butterworth B/C

  • Sullivan - So please you, Sir C/D

  • Sullivan - Three Little Maids C/D

  • Sullivan - How-De-Do! C/D

  • Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 2 parts + piano) A+C

  • Swedish Folk Tune - Appelbo Walking Tune B/C

  • Hickory Dickory Dock (violin 3 has only open strings) A

  • Ship's Carpenter - arr. Helen Butterworth B

  • Skye Boat Song (trad.) A

  • Susato Fanfare A

  • Filipino Frolic B

  • O Waly Waly C

  • Czech Polka (3rd violin has open strings) B

  • Ian Butterworth - Go, Lassie Go D

Four Violins & Piano

  • Sullivan - Mikado Madrigal B/C

  • Lisdoonvarna (Irish Jig) (violins 3 & 4 are easy parts) B

  • Swedish Folk Tune - Sara und Kalle (can be played with 1/2/3/4 parts + piano) A-E

Five Violins & Piano

  • Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba E+D+C+B+A

  • Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.8 E+D+C+B+A

(Up to) Sixteen Violins & Piano

  • Bile 'em Cabbage Down A-C

  • Flying Saucer A-C

  • Round Dance A-C

  • Chatterbox A-C

Rounds for Violins

  • Never-Ending Round (4 part violins + optional cello) B

  • Swedish - Snowflakes, Wind, Mist and Moon (4 part violins) A/B

  • Rounds for violins 1 : Laughing, Sailing, Time for my Tea A

  • Rounds for violins 2 : Make New Friends, One Two Three Four Five Six Seven A

  • Rounds for violins 3 : The Clock (tick tock), Viva La Musica B

  • White Coral Bells (2 part violins) B

  • Vegetable Round (very easy) A

COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS for Viola Groups

  • Celtic Canon (3 part violas + piano) B

  • Dilley Dance (2 part violas + piano) B

  • Doodle Dots (2 part violas + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A

  • Dream Days (2 part violas + piano) B

  • Glenorchy Grizzle (2 part violas + piano) B

  • Heather's Humbug (3 part violas + piano) C

  • Hungarian Hop (3 part violas + piano) B

  • Laura's Lullaby (2 part violas + piano) C

  • Mayo Morrins (2 part violas + piano) A

  • Popcorn Pizza (3 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A & B

  • Russian Rumpus (4 part violas + piano) C

  • Stamping Song (2 part violas + piano) B & C

  • Tweet Tweet (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) B & C

  • Wiggen Wiggle (5 part violas + piano) C

  • Lonely Lady (4 part violas + piano) B

  • Dooby Doo Doo (4 part violas + piano) B

  • Legato Lines (3 part violas + piano) A & B

  • Double Dazzle (2 part violas + piano) C

  • Fiddlers' Folly (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) C

  • Sh! Sh! (3 part violas + piano) ( + pre twinkle part) A & B

  • Cheeky Czardas (3 part violas + piano) B

  • Willow Wands (3 part violas + piano) B/C

  • Settlers' Song (2 part violas + piano) B/C

  • Chopin - Anniversary Etude (2 part violas + piano) C

  • Cabbages (5 part violas + piano) ( + pre-twinkle part) A/B

  • Czech Carol (2 part violas + piano) A

  • Dorset Reel (3 part violas + piano) A

  • Czech Polka (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) B

  • Gaelic Gold (3 part violas + piano) ( + pre-twinkle part) A

  • Echo Effect (4 part violas + piano) A

  • Pizzicato Peril (2 part violas + piano) B

  • Filipino Frolic (3 part violas + piano) B

  • Jelly Jam (4 part round + piano) A

  • Rumpty Rumba (3 part violas and easy part + piano) A/B

  • Yum-Yum Song (2 part violas + piano) B/C

  • First Fanfare (3 part violas + piano) A/B

  • Timbuktu Trains (4 part violas + piano) A

  • Five Fun (3 part violas + piano) B

  • Susato Fanfare (3 part violas + piano) A

  • Minisnoa (2 part violas + Piano) A/B

  • Swedish Shoemaker (2 part violas + piano) ( + pre-twinkle part) A

  • Never-Ending Round (4 part violas + piano) B

  • Slurring Skirmish (2 part violas = piano) B/C

  • O Waly Waly (3 part violas + piano) C

  • Swing Song (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A/B

  • Franck - Panis Angelicus (2 part violas + piano) C

  • Skye Boat Song (3 part violas + piano) B

  • Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (5 part violas + piano) E+D+C+B+A

  • Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.8 (5 part violas + piano) E+D+C+B+A

COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS for Cello Groups

    • Farewell to Summer (2 part cellos + piano) A

    • Skye Boat Song (trad.) (3 part cellos + piano) B/C

    • Sullivan - The Yum-Yum Song (from The Mikado) (2 part cellos + piano) B/C

    • Franck - Panis Angelicus (2 part cellos + piano) C

    • Sullivan - Mikado Madrigal (4 part cellos + piano) B/C

    • Up Bow Waltz (cello + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A/B

    • Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 1, 2 or 3 parts + piano) A+C

    • Hickory Dickory Dock (cello 3 has only open strings) A

    • Susato Fanfare (3 part cellos + piano) A

    • Never-Ending Round (4 part cellos + optional cello + piano chords) B

    • Grand Can(y)on (up to 6 part cellos + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A-C

    • Dorset Reel - trad. (2nd cello has open string part) A

    • Ship's Carpenter (3 part cellos + piano) B

    • Chopin - Anniversary Étude (2 part cellos + piano) C/D

    • Czech Carol (2 part cellos + piano) A

    • Chatterbox (up to 6 part cellos + pre-twinkle cello + piano) A-B

    • Czech Polka - J.Strauss & H.Butterworth (2 cellos + piano) (+ optional pre-twinkle part) B

    • First Fanfare (3 part cellos + piano) B

    • O Waly Waly (3 part cellos + piano) C

    • Slurring Skirmish (2 part cellos + Piano) B/C

    • Swing Song (2 part cellos + pre-twinkle cello + piano) A/B

    • Timbuktu Trains (4 part (round) cellos + piano) (+ 2 pre-twinkle parts) B

COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS for Flute Groups

    • Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 1, 2 or 3 parts + piano) A+C

    • Czech Polka (2 part flutes + piano) (+ easy part) B

    • Farewell to Summer (2 part flutes + piano) A

    • Grand Can(y)on (up to 6 part flutes + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A-C

    • Mikado Madrigal (4 part flutes + piano) B/C

    • Never Ending Round (4 part flutes + piano chords) B

    • Franck - Panis Angelicus (2 part flutes + piano) C

    • Skye Boat Song (trad.) (3 part flutes + piano) A

    • Spring Waltz (flute + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A/B

    • Sullivan - The Yum-Yum Song (from The Mikado) (2 part flutes + piano) B/C

    • Susato Fanfare (3 part flutes + piano) A

    • O Waly Waly (3 part flutes + piano) C

    • Czech Polka (2 part flutes + Piano) (+pre-twinkle part) B

COMPOSITIONS for STRING ORCHESTRA

  • Creepy Crawly -A (very easy)

  • Double Trouble A (very easy)

  • Hubble Bubble A (very easy)

  • Thorpe Cloud A (easy)

  • Dum Diddle Dum A

  • Clock Song A

  • Ukrainian Dance A

  • Stringdilley A

  • Tick Tock A

  • French Forest Song A

  • Gaelic Gold A

  • Ship's Carpenter B

  • Rutland Reel A

  • Gaudeamus (Let's all Celebrate!) A

ARRANGEMENTS for STRING ORCHESTRA

  • Handel - Fireworks Minuet A/B

  • Church Bells A

  • Susato Suite A

  • Dorset Reel A/B

  • Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre C