Encore Violin is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM Violin exam pieces, selected from syllabuses of the past few decades. Violinists will find an appealing mix of repertoire, while teachers can be confident that the perfect balance of content has been selected at every level.Book 2 features 18 popular pieces at Grades 3 and 4. Have fun exploring modern favourites and timeless classics, li…

Instructional Book with Online Video Lessons from the Classic Hot Licks Video Series. Par ROTH ARLEN. In this re-transcribed and edited book with online video, master guitar teacher Arlen Roth explores the finer points of guitar soloing. Arlen explains how to develop interesting and musical guitar solos, and stresses the importance of choosing notes wisely. All the guitar tab from the original boo…

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Janet Way,…

Par GILEWITZ RICHARD. Direct from the master of guitar clinics, this 96-page book contains a plethora of topics based on Richard Gilewitz\'s experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar and sound seminars for nearly a decade in a variety of settings worldwide. Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from players of all ages and skill level, with topics supported by written exp…

Par ADAMS SALLY. The Best of Flute is a major collection of the best loved pieces and studies selected by the major examination boards, from current favourites to forgotten gems. These books include the pieces which have captured the imaginations of teachers and students over the years. Technically tried and tested, all the pieces have been rigorously researched by Flute expertSally Adams. A CD of…

The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Dr. Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are tau…

This second volume of Professional Piano Teaching is designed to serve as a basic text for a second-semester or upper-division piano pedagogy course. It provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching intermediate to advanced students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach- numerous musical examples- chapte…

Toddlers and young children love to sing and dance classic nursery rhymes and songs. This activity strengthens bonds with family, encourages brain development and musicality, and most importantly, it's fun! This beautiful keepsake collection of over 100 classic nursery rhymes, playground songs, activity tunes, and memory rhymes ensures that all those bases are covered for parents, teachers, and th…

Let Steve introduce you to his amazing world of Lap Style Slide Guitar in C tuning (CGCGCD) in this easily accessible lesson for the intermediate slide player. 'Steve has evolved into a musical chameleon, whether appearing with his group Zubot and Dawson, the avant-folk quartet The Great Uncles of the Revolution or blues legend Jim Byrnes, and now, he proves he's a great teacher too!? In this less…

Par NADAL DAVAL. This exciting addition to the literature of guitar duos features special selections and arrangements by guitar scholar David Nadal. Spanning the Renaissance through the20th century, it spotlights such favorites as Handels The Harmonious Blacksmith, Byrds arrangement of Dowlands Lacrymosa, and selections from J. S. Bachs Art of the Fugue and Two-Part Inventions. Other featured comp…

The 25 Easy Exercises that comprise Friedrich Burgmüller's Opus 100 are perennial favourites for both Piano students and teachers alike. Originally entitled 25 Etudes faciles et progressives, composées et doigtées, expressément pour l'etendue des petites mains , the pieces offer a uniquely melodic and elegant opportunity to develop your Piano technique whilst learning a real repertoire of performa…

Offering insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary, the Schirmer Performance Editions series is designed for Piano students and teachers, as well as professional pianists.This volume contains 18 pieces by 8 composers, including Beethoven, Benda, Clementi, Czerny, Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel and Turk.Complete with online access to recorded performanc…

A Selection of easy pieces. Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók?s Mikrokosmos has been used by countless piano teachers and their students all over the world since its conception in the early twentieth century. It provides a solid foundation on which to build good technique and an early understanding of the very basics of music itself. These principles have, in Siegfried Steinkogler?s capable hands, made an e…

Over 150 contemporary tunes written by 100 female composers from Britain and Ireland. Par TICKELL KATHRYN (Arr.). Folk Tunes from the Women, is a tune book like no other! This is a bumper book of over 150 contemporary tunes from 100 composers from Britain and Ireland, all from different areas, traditions and backgrounds and has been curated by the Northumbrian piper and fiddle player Kathryn Ticke…