Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 2 is the second volume in an exciting new series by Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall written specially for the twenty-first century child. This tried and tested course guides beginners from their very first lesson through to Prep test level. Note learning is taught alongside aural theory technique and composing skills providing a holistic approach to music. Packed with favourites such as What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor? In The Hall Of The Mountain King Amazing Grace and The Entertainer Get Set! Piano Tutor Book 2 is the perfect tutor for getting to Grade 1. Thisbook is fully compatible with Get Set! Piano Pieces Book 2 (9781408192788) providing plenty of material for reinforcement or just pure musical enjoyment.

Pupil's Book- A fun book of pieces and advice for flautists preparing for grades 1-3. Covering areas including tone articulation and finger work Abracadabra Flute Technique helps flautists build the solid technical foundation needed for successful exams and star performances - all through great music. The book features popular pieces in a variety of styles: Disney favourites such as ' Beauty and the Beast ' and ' Feed the Birds ' well-known classical melodies by composers including J. S. Bach and Beethoven and familiar traditional melodies. The CD includes performances and backing tracks.

This amazing book and demonstration CD uses proven methods for comprehending and performing complex rhythms to make understanding performing and composing in odd meters easy and natural. Also included: Three Steps to Mastery * Rhythm pyramid for all meters * Magic dotted rhythms to make odd meters feel even * Compound meters and combinations of even and odd meters * Applying odd meters to common song forms * Bibliography and Discography of recommended reading and listening.

This book will guide you through the long and varied history and technique of playing acoustic slide guitar. This includes: How to choose the right slide Open 'blues' tunings Stylistic licks and patterns 57 music examples Using a capo Standard tuning techniques licks and patterns Dropped D Open G and D tunings Muddy Waters and Elmore James' style blues Standard notation and tablature CD included

Haruko Kataoka performs each selection from Suzuki Piano School Volume 2 four times in succession before continuing to the next piece.

Method for descant recorder- The Tune book to accompany the popular range of tutor books.

In recent years the Ukulele has gone from strength to strength undergoing a massive resurgence. From trendster indie rock to top ten pop songs from unshakeable TV ads to YouTube mega-hits you can hear the Uke all over the place. This growing obsession shows no sign of abating - all over the country people are picking up a Ukulele and starting to strum at home in classes and down at the pub. Schools are even replacing the faithful recorder with a jazzy inexpensive Uke. Famous idlers Gavin Pretor-Pinney and Tom Hodgkinson have spent hours idling away on their Ukuleles to produce the ultimate Ukulele Handbook featuring an illustrated guide to itshistory crossed with a how-to guide and songbook. This is the book that will bring the underground movement into the mainstream. The first half of the book delves into the rich history of this eccentric little instrument from its birth in Hawaii to its popularity across the world with a timeline from 1879 to today and a Ukulele hall of fame that includes George Formby Hawaiian legend Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and YouTube Ukulele superstar Jake Shimabukuro. Then on to the practicalities: the anatomy of the Ukulele which Uke to buy how to play it how to strum pick read chord charts and tune the strings. Once you know all this you can get playing the songbook which includes a wide spread of songs from medieval lays and nursery rhymes to blues and rock 'n roll. Beautiful presentation and tab notation make reading the music easy even for beginners. With the highest production values a light touch and an irresistible instrument at centre stage this book is a must-have for all aspiring Formbys.

Bram Wiggins (1922-2014) was a highly respected British trumpeter composer and teacher. He spent eleven years as principal trumpet and principal cornet at the LSO before embarking upon a freelance career that tookhim all over Canada and the UK. He settled as Head of Wind at Stowe School while he would also regularly examine at the Royal Academy Trinity College and Birmingham Conservatory. He became well-known for his many compositionsand arrangements for Brass and Wind bands. In Take Up The Trumpet Wiggins' experience as a teacher player and composer is passed on to you in a superbly constructed and up-to-date series. The fun way tolearn the trumpet! In Book 2 you can learn to play 'Summertime' 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' 'William Tell' and many more popular pieces improving your music reading and learning new notes.

Book 1 from Theoretisch-Praktisch Zither-Schule by Carl F. Enslein. Book 1 from Theoretisch-Praktisch Zither-Schule by Carl F. Enslein.

No music reading required! Fact learning made fun! Perfect showpiece for assemblies and classrooms. Photocopiable and whiteboard lyrics. CD of backing teaching and performance tracks. Fulfils QCA Music Scheme Unit 20 Performing Together .

27 pieces to play in third position-This popular new publication contains ten exercises and 27 tunes with a play-along CD which act as an instructive yet pleasant introduction to playing in the third position. Postion 3 is a well thought-out and instructive introduction to the third position for violinists who have some playing experience. In this book you will find 10 exercises and 27 tunes in different styles. With the fantastic accompanying CD practising in the third position will become an enjoyable experience! Each tune has two tracks one solo with accompaniment so you can hear what it should sound like and the same tracks with the accompaniment only so you can take the lead!

Songs For Children- A great collection of music hall songs pop songs noisy songs and happy songs. Includes: The Wombling Song Going to the Zoo Lily The Pink Yellow Submarine Sing a Rainbow I Whistle a Happy Tune Bananas in Pyjamas The Hippopotamus Song and more... This edition contains easy-to-play piano accompaniments guitar chords and simple play-along ideas for classroom instruments.

The material in Sessions Volume 1 is drawn from the educational system used at the Agostini Paris school incorporating sessions with musicians. Many passages in this book refer to System Drums No. 1 in the same series.The material in Sessions Volume 1 is drawn from the educational system used at the Agostini Paris school incorporating sessions with musicians. Many passages in this book refer to System Drums No. 1 in the same series.

Real Blues Guitar is a complete blues guitar method. Beginning with basic rhythm and lead guitar techniques the book systematically guides you through the styles and techniques of blues guitar masters such as Albert King B.B King S.R Vaughan Johnny Winter Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy.

Steve Rosenberg's introduction to Recorder Playing.

A colourful and lively set of classroom songs that are packed with ideas for part-singing rounds singing conversations and actions. Designed to introduce part-singing at a young age this collection is great fun to learn and sing together.

These methods provide complete courses for players off all ages guiding students from their first note to 'classics' together with compositions by contemporary writers. Each book is accompanied by high quality rhythm section tracks recorded on compact disc. Right from the start students can enjoy authentic jazz sounds playing in the company of professionals. With step-by-step instruction and a progression of specially written pieces the fundamental elements of good technique are introduced alongside the rhythmic subtleties of jazz. Improvisation is encouraged from an early stage and is given direction through the systematic study of scales and arpeggios and advice onear-training and chord patterns. With supplementary suggestions for listening and reading and an Appendix containing all the chord progressions for 'live' accompaniment of the tunes The Jazz Methods are ideally suited to both students working alone and those learning with a teacher. John O'Neill has a solid understanding of jazz and how it can be taught. I highly recommend his educational jazz materials. (Jamey Aebersold) ...a rare opportunity for a new player (or a more experienced one) to develop a really musical facility. A rare addition to the jazz improvising library. (Lee Konitz international jazz saxophone soloist) Following on from the best-selling Jazz Method for Saxophone Developing Jazz Technique for Saxophone will help intermediate players take their jazz skills to a new level. The 22 pieces are written in a variety of jazz styles including reggae jazz waltz bossa nova calypso New Orleans South African salsa samba blues and swing. Special emphasis is given to helping students improvise over chord sequences such as the II-V-I progression. Idiomatic effects such as vibrato subtone glissandi and bending' notes are dealt with and there is a special chapter on overtones. Several new scales are introduced including the whole tone and diminished scales and a special section on patterns contains many ideas for

The Art Of Bowing consists of Fifty Variations on a Gavottte by Corelli by Guiseppi Tartini. As excercises they test and improve bowing technique and have been adapted for Viola by Alan Arnold.

Kaye Umansky 's witty tale of Lincoln Green tights girl power and boy-band hero Robin Hood is sure to delight and entertain audiences and performers alike. Perfect for upper primary school performances; there are plenty of parts large and small and a full quiver of show-stealing songs by award-winning composer Stephen Chadwick. The outlaws of Sherwood Forest have raided again and the evil Prince John plots a trap for Robin Hood: he will hold an archery contest and award a golden arrow - and a dungeon - to the winner. Robin's eye-watering speed with his bow and arrow are legend but as Marion and Mensa the wise woman suspect it's all sleight of hand. Robin's a truly terrible shot! So how can he win the prize avoid the dungeon and - most importantly - keep his fame intact? The complete performance pack with its photocopiable script full audio CD support and piano vocal score includes everything you need for rehearsing and presenting the final show. No music reading required.

Erster Lehrmeister im Klavierspiel-Piano. Wolff