Turnarounds are short four-chord progressions often found at the end of tunes to set up and return to the beginning. They can also be found in other parts of tunes and even as the primary progression such as in 'I Got Rhythm' aswell as many other bebop jazz and blues tunes. Turnarounds can be the thorn in the side of guitar players because they often require playing separate scales for each ch…

A rare nineteenth-century English example of an alternatim office hymn setting. The glorious Gregorian melody for Passiontide and feasts of the Holy Cross alternates with spacious harmony of noble simplicity. Wingham was Director of Music at the London Oratory from 1882 until his death in 1893.

Learning to read music is much like learning a language. There are three basic elements: listening, reading, and writing. This well-organized book provides step-by-step sequential lessons for developing these skills. Rhythm, note, and interval concepts are taught in the following way: first, hear and echo a short musical example - second, read and perform a notated exercise - and third, notate mus…

Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination and these varied ensembles are easy andenjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments!The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestral gro…

Six Japanese Gardens is another wonderful example of contemporary programmatic composition by Kaija Saariaho for percussion and electronics. It was composed in the summer of 1993 when Saariaho took inspiration from thegardens around her in Kyoto.Electronic files are available to download. Download instructions are available inside the book.

The New Method for Learning to Read Written Jazz Music-Throughout the country most music educators teach jazz by rote because in jazz 'what you see' isn't 'what you get.' Students who wish to study this musical form generally have had traditional classical-oriented training and most have difficulty reading jazz music. This self-study text is the answer to this problem. Published in five compa…

Kaleidoscope No. 4-(Richie) (Am) Edited by Nicholas Hare. Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination andthese varied ensembles are easy and enjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guit…

Ten Lead Guitar Lessons from The Registry Of Guitar Tutors the world’s leading authority on Guitar education. Lesson subjects include: choosing a scale major scales pentatonic scales slurring vibrato jazz soloing and much more. Each lesson is shown in both standard notation and easy-to-read tablature. This book includes a free accompanying CD making Guitar easier to learn than ever bef…

This series explores the exciting and ever-changing world of Jazz showcasing the wide range of styles and techniques that characterise this often complex and perplexing music!Designed to be used in tandem with the Jazz Connection series Jazzabilities boasts a logical set of studies and exercises designed to help you get your hands around the Jazz Piano styles of today. Rather than intimidating y…

Beethoven's four-movement Sonata in A-flat major op. 26 belongs to his most popular works. It is dedicated to Prince Lichnowsky, one of his most generous patrons and the dedicatee of, for example, the Grande Sonate pathétique op. 13 and Symphony No. 2 op. 35. The work's initial drafts date from 1800-01 - it was first published in March 1802. This demanding sonata is highly varied in its form: it b…