10 holiday favorites arranged for students at the Grade Four level including: Blue Christmas - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Feliz Navidad - I Wonder As I Wander - Mistletoe and Holly - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Silver Bells - Some Children See Him. 10 holiday favorites arranged for students at the Grade Four level including: Blue Christmas • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) • Feliz Navidad • I Wonder As I Wander • Mistletoe and Holly • The Most Wonderful Time of the Year • Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree • Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town • Silver Bells • Some Children See Him.

The Music About Us provides a library of topical resource material with ideas for performing composing listening and appraising. This includes: Sing and Learn with a collection of carefully selected and arranged songs Respond to music through actions and movement games Learn to recognise and explore musical elements Perform tuned and untuned instrumental accompaniments Begin to improvise and compose using a variety of resources Increase learning through cross curricular and topic links

Now beginning players can enjoy this best-selling book with a CD! This piano course provides the student the opportunity to experience the joy of playing while learning the rudiments of music in a logical order with gradual and steady progress presenting a challenge toward increasing pianistic facility.Now beginning players can enjoy Book 2 from Edna Mae Burnam best-selling Step By Step Piano Course with a CD! This Piano course provides the student the opportunity to experience the joy of playing while learning the rudiments of music in a logical order with gradual and steady progress presenting a challenge toward increasing pianistic facility.

A real crowd-pleaser and a natural for choreography! Available: SATB SAB 2-Part Instrumental Pak ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00. A real crowd-pleaser and a natural for choreography! Available: SATB SAB 2-Part Instrumental Pak ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00.

Classroom Activity-The Student Activity Books are fun-filled educational companions to the Succeeding With The Masters repertoire collections - an ideal way for students to explore the world of master composers. Features: Puzzles and games which transport students into the Baroque Era Enjoyable listening activities foster aural skills and knowledge of musical style. Creative exercises and writing activities stimulate the imagination. Students get to know J.S. Bach Handel and D. Scarlatti in a personal way!The Student Activity Books are fun-filled educational companions to the Succeeding With The Masters repertoire collections - an ideal way for students to explore the world of master composers. Features: Puzzles and games which transport students into the Baroque Era Enjoyable listening activities foster aural skills and knowledge of musical style. Creative exercises and writing activities stimulate the imagination. Students get to know J.S. Bach Handel and D. Scarlatti in a personal way!

The exercises in this book provide the means of acquiring finger strength. They feature hand equalisation phrases development rhythmic variety and different types of touch. English and German text.

Learn to play a song in more than one way with Piano Quartet Variations. Piano Quartet (1 Piano 8 Hands) for 4 players at 1 piano. Variations on Lu La Lay. Learn to play a song in more than one way with Piano Quartet Variations . Piano Quartet (1 Piano 8 Hands) for 4 players at 1 piano. Variations on 'Lu La Lay'.

ShowTrax CD-It's Carnival Time ... come join the lion the turtles the singing donkeys waltzing elephants and a host of other animals as they bring to life the music of Camille Saint-Saëns. Designed specifically for elementarystudents this all-school revue may be produced with minimal set and costuming or if time and resources permit a more elaborate production. The Teacher's Manual comes complete with the accompanied songs script stagingdirections and ideas for set and costuming. The Singer's Edition includes the script with staging directions and vocal lines only. The ShowTrax CD includes the spectacular orchestration by John Higgins for a truly professionalproduction. Your performers and their parents will enjoy the timeless music of Camille Saint-Saëns and you'll enjoy the opportunity to introduce your classes to a great orchestral classic. Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's 5-Pak Preview CD ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For grades 1-6.It's Carnival Time ... come join the lion the turtles the singing donkeys waltzing elephants and a host of other animals as they bring to life the music of Camille Saint-Saëns. Designed specifically for elementary students this all-school revue may be produced with minimal set and costuming or if time and resources permit a more elaborate production. The Teacher's Manual comes complete with the accompanied songs script staging directions and ideas for set and costuming. The Singer's Edition includes the script with staging directions and vocal lines only. The ShowTrax CD includes the spectacular orchestration by John Higgins for a truly professional production. Yourperformers and their parents will enjoy the timeless music of Camille Saint-Saëns and you'll enjoy the opportunity to introduce your classes to a great orchestral classic. Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's 5-Pak Preview CD ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 30 minutes. For grades 1-6.

The #1 hit from 1979 this arrangement is hot! Available: SSA and ShowTrax Cassette. The #1 hit by Gloria Gaynor from 1979 I Will Survive is now available as a ShowTrax CD .

Theory Book-This latest classically-flavoured songbook for John Thompsons Easiest Piano Course introduces easy works by one of the greatest composers ever to have lived Ludwig Van Beethoven . Featuring some very fine compositions First Beethoven isperfect for pupils reaching parts 2 to 4 of the world-renowned Piano course. These fun repertoire books contain some amazing pieces that have been specially collected and graded to be used in conjunction with the Easiest Piano Course. Pieces likeMinuet In G Major Rondo In C the sublime Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement and the classic Für Elise will reinforce essential technical ability while simultaneously enhancing a general sense of musicality and melodic playing. FirstBeethoven is therefore ideal for pupils whove worked through the course at levels 2 to 4 but its also a great set of pieces for sight reading practice for more advanced students. The pieces in this songbook become progressively moredifficult and to this end dynamics and phrasing have been omitted for the earlier pieces since theyre not introduced until Part 3 of the course. Early pieces like Ode To Joy and Turkish March help to reinforce what pupils learn inthe beginning of the John Thompson Method with a focus on playing notes and rhythms accurately. Towards of the end of the songbook more challenging pieces like Eroica Symphony and Sonata Pathétique will help pupils to enhance theirtechnical skills play more melodically and most importantly enjoy playing! Generally these pieces stay in the 5-finger position with handy hints and suggestions when a different fingering is called for. The pieces in this songbook arebeautiful to hear and to play making First Beethoven a really great beginners songbook for pupils who want to learn some of the finest music ever composed. As an introduction for beginners to classical music and Beethoven in particular thissongbook is rewarding and enjoyable these pieces being timeless and never going out of fashion. The John Thompsons Easiest Piano Course First Beethoven songbook is the ideal beginning book for classical music fans. Its tailor-made forpupils working through the renowned and revered Piano method so its authoritative and accurate helping you to enhance your technique and learn some amazing music at the same time.This latest classically-flavoured songbook for John Thompsons Easiest Piano Course introduces easy works by one of the greatest composers ever to have lived Ludwig Van Beethoven . Featuring some very fine compositions First Beethoven isperfect for pupils reaching parts 2 to 4 of the world-renowned Piano course. These fun repertoire books contain some amazing pieces that have been specially collected and graded to be used in conjunction with the Easiest Piano Course. Pieces likeMinuet In G Major Rondo In C the sublime Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement and the classic Für Elise &

In this video the instructor Steve Ross teaches you step by step his proven method that will get you started playing roght away and you don't even have to read music! Steve's casual teaching style is interesting and highly effective. Using simple diagrams hot tips and short-cuts you'll quickly learn all the basic techniques necessary that allow you to start playing a special combination of songs that are included in this accompaniment Play The Guitar Overnight songbook. This video includes: Guitar Styles The Capo The E sequence Introduction To Guitar Tuning Methods Country Folk Progressions Tablature The RightHand Rock Progression Chords

This multimedia education package contains a book audio CD and play-along CD designed to help you master Brazilian rhythms for drumset! The audio CD is based on authentic Brazilian influences and features guest appearances byDave Weckl and Dennis Chambers. The book contains examples of traditional and contemporary Brazilian forms plus detailed breakdowns and transcriptions of all the drum parts from the songs on the audio CD. The play-along CDfeatures minus-drums tracks providing teachers and students with a hands-on way to learn challenging Brazilian styles and adapt popular Brazilian rhythms and sounds to the modern drumset.In Vera Cruz Island world-renowned Brazilian drummer Vera Figueiredo and the up and coming Daniel Oliveira team up with Hudson Music to present a complete play-along package that surveys the varied music of Brazil providing both original musical interpretations and educational explanations of various Brazilian traditional and contemporary drum styles. This product the first of its kind not only explains Brazilian rhythms from drumset but puts them immediately in context with Vera's incredible songs so you can see how the rhythms work musically. Brazilian styles some of which are being explained in print for the first time in this package including:Maracatu Samba Samba Jazz Samba in 2/4 and 3/4 Samba-Reggae Samba Escola de Samba Bossa Nova Baiao Choro and Chamame. In addition to these styles Vera's songs also touch on Afro-Cuban and Forro mixed with rock rhythms and drumset duets. Vera Cruz Island (the title is an ancestral name for Brazil) contains two CDs: the complete album release of the same name as well as the entire album remixed without drums for you to play along with. Guest drummers on two of the tracks include Dave Weckl and Dennis Chambers; on the play-along versions of these tracks you get to play their parts! Detailed explanations of the drum parts and complete drum charts round out the package.

Released in the UK in 1988 'Voice Building' is now used world wide by a range of singers; including classical gospel and many contemporary artists. This CD is suitable for all types of voices from low to high.

The concept behind The Visual Drumset Method is to use pictures instead of normal music notation to illustrate how to play basic drum beats. Practice along with the individual drum beats on the CD then move on to the song tracks later on the CD and play any of the drum beats with these songs. Hand grip hand and foot positioning and technique instructions are also included. The concept behind The Visual Drumset Method is to use pictures instead of normal music notation to illustrate how to play basic drum beats. Practice along with the individual drum beats on the CD then move on to the song tracks later on the CD and play any of the drum beats with these songs. Hand grip hand and foot positioning and technique instructions are also included.

Hudson Music-This guide provides plenty of space for teacher and student to create complete multimedia lesson plans track progress and create transcriptions. There are 21 two-page spreads of lesson assignment sheets with facing blankmanuscript pages plus extra blank staff pages at the end of the book. This planner is the perfect way to organize lessons and can be used with all your favorite books DVDs and web sites as well as your ownexercises. This book is part of the Hudson Music TIP™ program (Teacher Integration Program). The goal of the program is to further and enhance drum education by helping teachers incorporate new media and technologyinto their current practices. Once enrolled you will have access to several tools including downloadable Teachers Guides for many of the Hudson titles interaction in the TIP forums exclusive content from our world-renownedAdvisory Board and much more. Membership is free and signing up is easy. Simply log on to www.hudsonmusic.com scroll down Features until For Teachers opens and follow the Join the TIPlink.This guide provides plenty of space for teacher and student to create complete multimedia lesson plans track progress and create transcriptions. There are 21 2-page spreads of lesson assignment sheets with facing blank manuscript pages plus extra blank staff pages at the end of the book. This planner is the perfect way to organise lessons and can be used with all your favourite books DVDs and websites as well as your own exercises.

The second part of this step-by-step approach for contemporary guitar students of all ages providing a comprehensive grounding in all aspects of guitar playing and musicianship. Starting with the very basics this tutorial course has been designed with a wide-range of ages and abilities in mind: Single-note playing is well-paced and provides students with an enjoyable excursion to solo playing Basic notation is reinforced throughout the book furnishing students with solid building blocks for retention Chords are introduced with examples that are easy-to-play This pedagogically sound method includes new music and arrangements that are fun for both students and teachers.The second part of this step-by-step approach for contemporary guitar students of all ages providing a comprehensive grounding in all aspects of guitar playing and musicianship. Starting with the very basics this tutorial course has been designed with a wide-range of ages and abilities in mind: Single-note playing is well-paced and provides students with an enjoyable excursion to solo playing Basic notation is reinforced throughout the book furnishing students with solid building blocks for retention Chords are introduced with examples that are easy-to-play This pedagogically sound method includes new music and arrangements that are fun forboth students and teachers.

The ideal guitar method for intructing young students can be used in private lessons as well as in the classroom. Included are new teaching techniques that enable the earliest beginner to play several songs from the very first lesson! All books are carefully graded and designed to instuct the modern guitarist to be proficient in solo playing chord accompaniment and chord-melody style. The method is adaptable to pick-style or classical technique. The ideal guitar method for intructing young students can be used in private lessons as well as in the classroom. Included are new teaching techniques that enable the earliest beginner to play several songs from the very first lesson! All books are carefully graded and designed to instuct the modern guitarist to be proficient in solo playing chord accompaniment and chord-melody style. The method is adaptable to pick-style or classical technique.

ShowTrax CD-Discover the magic and wonder of wishes come true in this fairytale favorite when Cinderella meets her Prince Charming! This enchanting story is retold through in a way that is particularly appealing to upper elementary and middleschoold performers. 55 minutes in length the eight original songs include: It's a World of Make Believe Gotta Get Away On My Own This Generation Lovely Just Believe Try on the Shoe Finale.Discover the magic and wonder of wishes come true in this fairytale favorite when Cinderella meets her Prince Charming! This enchanting story is retold through in a way that is particularly appealing to upper elementary and middle school performers. 55 minutes in length the eight original songs include: It's a World of Make Believe Gotta Get Away On My Own This Generation Lovely Just Believe Try on the Shoe Finale.

A useful resource for students parents and teachers that helps organise lessons week by week. A motivational tool to ensure success. The assignment book includes: A successful practice guide for parents and students. 48 lesson assignment pages that include a practice log an assignment writing space for teachers and space for student self-evaluation. Four full pages of manuscript paper. A performance record for the year. A useful resource for students parents and teachers that helps organise lessons week by week. A motivational tool to ensure success. The assignment book includes: A successful practice guide for parents and students. 48 lesson assignment pages that include a practice log an assignment writing space for teachers and space for student self-evaluation. Four full pages of manuscript paper. A performance record for the year.

These new editions have been fully revised to fit in with the 2011 modifications to the ABRSM aural syllabuses. Each grade takes students through all the sections of the exam offering practice tests example questions and clear explanations of what will be expected of them. They are the ideal study aid for any student preparing for the aural element of an Associated Board practical exam. The CDs for grades 6-8 contain recordings of all the musical examples from the specimen questions in the books including all the instructional text so that students may practice the questions as often as they like without their teacher. As with the books all theCDs have been fully revised to fit with the new ABRSM aural syllabuses.