Par CURNOW JAMES. What a wonderful idea! Make beautiful music such as this available at the Grade 1 level! Even young bands love to play enchantingly beautiful melodies. You’ve spent a lot of time and effort in helping your students learn to play full value notes, breathe in appropriate places, and stretch out their phrases so that they sound more mature and less like beginners. In the Bleak Mid-W…

Songs Of Peace Hope And Love features 30 inspirational and motivational songs arranged for beginner Piano/Keyboard players including Bridge over Troubled Water From a Distance The Greatest Love of All Hallelujah I'd like to Teach the World to Sing Let There Be Peace on Earth Over the Rainbow We Are the World What the World Needs Now Is Love The Wind Beneath My Wings You Raise Me Up and…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Every conductor knows the importance of using excellent teaching materials to aid in the development of all aspects of musical growth. The quality of the band's performance must be continually improving. Each component of the ESSENTIALS OF MUSICIANSHIP series is designed to focus on a specific area of musical performance. By using these materials during the warm-up period, the co…

In imitation of the huge ‘House rage’ (at the end of the eighties) John Emerson Blackstone composed ‘House of Dance’ for youth orchestra. It proved to be a success. House owes its name to the place where this music was ‘developed’ i.e. an old night club called ‘The Warehouse’ in Chicago. Many subcultures followed. Whether you like the style or not one thing is certain: House …

Alec Wilder impresses with his Suite in four movements for Flute Clarinet and Piano. High points are the offbeat jazzy Scherzo-like second movement and the well-argued slow movement. This adventurous work will present anenjoyable challenge to the ensemble players and provide a unique addition to their repertoire.The Flute Clarinet and Piano score are all included on separate inserts.

Moving On Again! was written in 2007 for the young English bassist Eloise Riddell. Commissioned by her family the suite of three pieces uses a range of jazz and popular styles to create new and exciting music for the young progressing bassist who is confident in thumb position. Blues with a Swing is lively and rhythmic with effective syncopations to move the music swiftly along. The piece begins…

Grade 2 Flute Pieces allows you to learn a diverse range of popular solo works that have all been carefully chosen with the specifications of the major exam boards in mind. This particular book is perfect for Grade 2 flautists, including some classic tunes and contemporary pop hits. The included download card also gives you instant online access to full backing tracks for every song.This fantastic…

With Absolute Beginners Guitar Chords it's easy to learn to play chords on the Guitar, whatever your level of experience. Simply look at the photographs, then follow the diagrams and hear the chords played. Every time you come across a chord you don't know, just look it up and listen.Absolute Beginners Guitar Chords is probably the only chord book you'll ever need.This comprehensive guide features…

13 songs guaranteed to get the fans fired up, including: Crazy Train · Don\'t Stop Believin\' · Eye of the Tiger · Havana · Seven Nation Army · Sweet Caroline · We Are the Champions · and more. Songs are arranged for instrumentalists and feature access to great demonstration and backing tracks so they can play along and sound like a pro! Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the bo…

Featuring over 100 songs by the German rock band Element Of Crime the Songbook is the only lyrics and chord book for fans of the prolific European group. Element Of Crime were formed in 1985 and with their unique blend of melodic rock and pop have gone on to record nearly 20 albums generating immense popularity in their native Germany. Their first few albums were written with English lyrics …