Includes optional teachers accompaniment and vocal lines for you to follow.

Anyone can take the stage and stand in the spotlight with this fun and festive Christmas repertoire book. A selection of popular carols and songs to complement the best-selling Abracadabra tutorial books with a CD of specially-arranged backing tracks in a jazzy big-band style. Abracadabra Christmas: Clarinet Showstoppers provides fantastic material for lessons in the lead up to Christmas and will add glitter and sparkle to any Christmas concert performance!

Younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with detailed illustrations showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Open chords for folk music as well as power chords for rock music are presented clearly and easily in this text. A complete easy chord chart and capo chart is provided at the end of the book for easy reference. Examples and exercises arepresented in strum bar notation. Includes access to online 52-minute video. Younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple Guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions.These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with detailed illustrations showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Openchords for folk music as well as power chords for rock music are presented clearly and easily in this text. A complete easy chord chart and capo chart is provided at the end of the book for easy reference. Examples and exercisesare presented in strum bar notation. Includes access to online 52-minute video.

The fun way to learn to play - Books 1 and 2 of this popular series in one volume. Book 1 contains the simplest introductions to the fundamentals with plenty of fun tunes to play throughout. In Book 2 you will learn more guitartechniques and start playing more than one note at a time. Using standard notation and tablature. No previous knowledge is needed - ideal for complete beginners.

Age 7-8- Helen MacGregor's Music Express is the primary class teacher's simple answer to 'how do I teach music?'. This complete scheme includes content in the familiar structure of units lessons and activities and provides up to date delivery of the English National Curriculum from September 2014. This updated 2014 edition offers 60 completely new units of work supplying musical learning from age 5 to 11. Just as its first edition Music Express Second Edition presents an invaluable resource of great songs stories visuals movies and music from across the world and across history. With links to every subject and with lesson plans cateringto all music curricula of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Music Express is relevant to all schools and all children. Fully supported by CDs and audio-embedded whiteboard displays the books take teachers and children alike on an enriching and thoroughly engaging journey of musical discovery and creativity.

The Berklee Modern Method For Guitar series by Bill Leavitt now features audio recordings including solos duos and trios as well as selective studies. The accompaniments (including demonstrationtracks as well as 'play-alongs') are perfect for teachers and students. These guides are all you need to master your instrument. This edition of the first volume in the series comes without a CD and contains the sheet musicand playing advice only.

Everything you need for class assemblies in one ready-to-use pack. Four assemblies specially tailored for Year 1 with accompanying songs and music as well as ideas for dances costumes and sets with supporting teaching notes. Four complete class assemblies for Year 1 carefully designed to take the stress out of whole-class performances. Each assembly is based on a story which links to literacy topics as well as cross-curricular themes. The stories are semi-scripted allowing the class to join in with lines actions and choral speech. Supporting teaching notes provide ideas for sets costumes and dances as well as advice for preparing the performance and forlinking the assembly to classroom work and SEAL themes. The accompanying audio CD provides music for entering and exiting the assembly performance and backing tracks for the songs and music for optional dances. No music reading required.

About Suzuki Method For Violin. Includes: Posture and holding the violin The bow grip Beginning to play Changing Strings Positioning fingers Supplementary exercises

The Way to Learn Through Songs and Tunes-The perfect book for pupil and teacher. Tunes you know and want to play. Technique carefully graded. Clear fingering diagrams. Concise theory explanations. Revised CD edition with new extra CD. Orchestral as well as Piano backings. New duets. Fresh new look.

This material is part of the worldwide Suzuki Method of teaching. Companion recordings should be used with these publications.

Jazz-rock giant Scott Henderson reveals his unique approach to improvising on the guitar. Learn how to solo over major pentatonic melodic minor diminished and whole-tone scales along with modern uses for arpeggios and triads all in the context of melodic and rhythmic phrasing. With more than 2 hours of footage and a printable PDF booklet Scott breaks down the basics of many rhythmic and melodic motifs used to build solos along with his many conceptual approaches to phrasing

With Online Audio-Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative creative and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career when he was with Miles Davis and the jazz vocabulary he used. First to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising the authors discuss the use of guide tones bebop scales three to flat nine targeting and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one- two- and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style in notation and tablature grouped by the harmony over which they can beused. The accompanying play-along online audio provides the rhythm parts for each section including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions turnarounds and other harmonic situations. Incorporate these essential jazz lines into your vocabulary and you will be able to create your own lines in the style of John Coltrane. Includes access to online audio. Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative creative and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on thefirst period of Coltrane's career when he was with Miles Davis and the jazz vocabulary he used. First to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising the authors discuss the use of guide tones bebop scales three to flat nine targeting and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one- two- and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style in notation and tablature grouped by the harmony over which they canbe used. The accompanying play-along online audio provides the rhythm parts for each section including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths helping you master the phrases in all keys. Bycombining various lines musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions turnarounds and other harmonic situations. Incorporate these essential jazz lines into yourvocabulary and you will be able to create your own lines in the style of John Coltrane. Includes access to online audio.

Theory 1-The Theory Books are coordinated page-by-page with the Lesson Books and reinforce the concepts through theory games and drills that are fun to complete.

Teacher's Book-A unique collection of trios for different combinations of recorders: 2 descants and treble descant and 2 trebles descant treble and tenor. This selection features a wide range of well-known arrangements including spirituals Latin American dances classical favourites and a Christmas medley plus original pieces by John Pitts. The Pupil's Book contains the recorder parts and chord symbols; the Teacher's Book provides optional piano accompaniment forall the pieces.

10-Minute Teacher-Learn how to play The Pretender fast! This 10 minute video shows you all the chords and riffs from this classic song with on-screen chords and tablature. Includes 'soundalike' performance of the complete song plus asheet music booklet containing full notation tablature and complete lyrics.

This DVD video features Martha Masters the winner of the 2000 GFA competition performing in an intimate studio setting for your enjoyment. Martha's program includes a diverse and interesting array of music from many time periods and ethnic traditions. She introduces each composer's works with a brief description of what makes their music interesting. The program includes two works by Macedonian composer Miroslav Tadic (b. 1959) two sonatas by the 18th century Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) a suite by Puerto Rican composer Ernesto Cordero three pieces by Agust├¡n Barrios Mangore and a fresh piece by American composer Bryan Johanson. This DVD video features Martha Masters the winner of the 2000 GFA competition performing in an intimate studio setting for your enjoyment. Martha's program includes a diverse and interesting array of music from many timeperiods and ethnic traditions. She introduces each composer's works with a brief description of what makes their music interesting. The program includes two works by Macedonian composer Miroslav Tadic (b. 1959) two sonatasby the 18th century Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) a suite by Puerto Rican composer Ernesto Cordero three pieces by Agustín Barrios Mangore and a fresh piece by American composer Bryan Johanson.

10-Minute Teacher-Learn how to play Iron Man fast! This 10 minute video shows you all the chords and riffs for this classic song with on-screen chords and tablature. Includes ‘soundalike’ performance of the complete song. Plus: a sheet musicbooklet containing full notation tablature and complete lyrics. Here’s absolutely everything you need to play Iron Man in one exciting package in just 10 minutes! Watch it Learn it Play it in just 10 minutes!

Motivic Drumset Soloing presents techniques and philosophies to add musicality and invention to your playing. Combines classical and jazz-based approaches to offer a fulfilling and musical perspective on drumset performance. Motivic Drumset Soloing presents techniques and philosophies to add musicality and invention to your playing. Combines classical and jazz-based approaches to offer a fulfilling and musical perspective on drumset performance.

Includes: Opus One; I Sing The Body Electric; Send In The Clowns; Stray Cat Strut; Gloria; And I Love Her. Includes: Opus One; I Sing The Body Electric; Send In The Clowns; Stray Cat Strut; Gloria; And I Love Her.

The Easy Ukulele Method books give you music at your fingertips! Book II reviews many of the fundamentals presented in Book I. It tests your music reading skills with worksheets expands your knowledge with additional chords and gives you many more songs to play. Both notation and tablature are used allowing you to strum along using the chord symbols or play the melody with the tablature. The Easy Ukulele Method books give you music at your fingertips! Book II reviews many of the fundamentals presented in Book I. It tests your music reading skills with worksheets expands your knowledge with additional chords andgives you many more songs to play. Both notation and tablature are used allowing you to strum along using the chord symbols or play the melody with the tablature.