Par FINE ELAINE. Although the practice of scales is essential to building and maintaining strength, technique, tone, and agility?it is very easy to slip into the habit of playing them automatically, without paying attention to how they sound or even being aware of what scale we are playing. The 29 single-page studies in this book are designed to combat that tendency as they are musically, intellec…

Par MIER MARTHA. Due to numerous piano teacher and student requests, Martha Mier has written Book 5 in her best-selling Jazz, Rags and Blues series. Titles: Blue Interlude * Hot Potato Rag * Jazz Finale * Memphis Blues * Opening Night Jazz * Persnickety Rag * River City Blues * Steamboat Jazz. \'This is a great way for students that aren\'t keen on classical music to discover an appreciation for …

Cd: Full Performances And Play-Along-Tracks - Piano Part To Print. This collection presents well-known folk songs - with a twist: the tunes, newly arranged for melodic instrument and piano, are slightly jazzy and mixed with pop music elements - making traditional songs sound fresh and interesting again! All pieces are very melodic in character and work well even without piano accompaniment, which …

Technical Studies for trombone and brass 1st volume. Par . The aim of this work is to propose a serious and innovative teaching in the study of trombone (and brass) technique, to develop a suitable lip setting (mouthpiece) and fill gaps in technique, speed and agility. The structure is very agile and flexible, so it adapts optimally to each teacher’s own approach, leaving ample room for didactic p…

Songpack is one of the most successful resources for classroom music-making on the market. The song-based package actively encourages participation and offers ideas on performing, listening and inventing, thus fulfilling requirements of the Programmes Of Study and GCSE syllabus. Forty songs ranging from pop and folksongs to film and show tunes. Titles include 'Sailing', 'When I'm Sixty Four', Morn…

The Czech composer and teacher Emil Hradecký (b. 1953) has devoted much of his creative output to children and the piano. His Two-Part Piano Miniatures on One Page are ingenious small piano pieces for beginners which are easy to play yet melodically interesting. Here children are introduced to the character of classical music as well as various dance forms: cha-cha-cha, tango, waltz, polka, blues …

3rd Edition. Par . Trusted by hundreds of teachers since 2001, Scale Shapes is the popular, diagram-based way to learn piano scales using the Stocken Method. Based on the new ABRSM syllabus, this fully revised and updated third edition is an invaluable aid for grade exams and general progress.' BASED ON THE NEW ABRSM SYLLABUS ' UNIQUE KEYBOARD DIAGRAMS make playing scales easy: left- and right-han…

for Tenor Saxophone and Bb Instruments. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s, he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG’s, MFS…

Breeze-Easy Method for Trumpet (Cornet), Book I By John Kinyon Item: 00-BE0019 UPC: 029156269994 ISBN 10: 0897243749 ISBN 13: 9780897243742 The Breeze-Easy Series features instrumental methods for individual and group instruction, created by experienced teachers John Kinyon and Valentine Anzalone. It is designed to produce the best musicianship in the greatest number of students in limited tea…

Jemmy Bluestein is a well-known teacher and performer on many instruments. He has a number of albums with the Bluestein Family and his brother Evo with whom he often performs. You will learn tuning, picking techniques, chording techniques, rhythms, basic chords for the keys of D, G, A and C, embellishments, variations and singing accompaniment. / Mandoline