What's the best way to learn concepts? Through experience! How about a great way to memorize facts? By singing! This ingenious collection demonstrates fundamental musical concepts while clever lyrics define them. Dynamics, articulations, tempo markings, treble and bass clef note names, rests, fermatas, and more - it's all about music! Mark includes creative lessons (often games) and suggests relat…

This Renaissance verse anthem alternates passages of two solo Voices with Choral sections is a testament to his mastery of this form.Organist Keyboard player and composer Orlando Gibbons was not only a composer of beautiful music. In his day he was also an important musical member of the Jacobean court and Organist at Westminster Abbey. He is now best known as a master of polyphonic music and …

This exciting resource provides you with a variety of ways to introduce the great composers and their music to your students. The Teacher's Manual includes an informative narrative written so that you can read it aloud with your students or refer to it as you prepare your lesson plan. But that's just the start. To add a new dimension to the learning, there is a unison song to perform for each comp…

First Lessons on Banjo is an ultra-easy instruction manual for beginning five-string Banjo played in the three finger style in G tuning. It can be used by those with no previous experience with the Banjo or music of any sort.It is so basic it can be used even by small children. The book features very detailed descriptions of even the most basic aspects such as wearing the picks properly the corre…

There are many beautiful airs from the Masters that are quite unknown to the average student. This volume is a follow-up to First Year Classics and presents examples more advanced than those in the first book. The material used has been carefully selected with special regard to its musical appeal so as to develop a feeling of affection rather than dread on the part of the pupil. Short biographical…

With Online Audio-This collection includes 30 songs as played by the renowned old-time Clawhammer Banjo player Wade Ward. Written in Banjo tab these traditional pieces have here been given modern interpretations by Bob Carlinand Dan Levenson. The repertoire in Wade Ward Clawhammer Banjo Master is the perfect starting point for your journey through the world of old-time music. As such each piece …

A classic repertoire book for young pianists, which provides a wealth of piano favourites. As with volume one, the scope of the material included is broad and thorough, ranging from the works of the great masters, to the folk tunes and dances of many lands. This collection encompasses grades one through to four. / Piano

Two lovely little pieces from our familiar choral masterworks series said to be among the most beautiful examples of the type in English choral music they are excellent for Lent in liturgical churches or for concert performance.

This 10-DVD set contains nearly 15 hours of lessons that will help you to master the Guitar.Each lesson is broken down into three parts. In the first the new material is explained. A tutorial is then given by the guitarist Steve Krenz followed by a bonus workshop.