Alfred's Premier Piano Course: Duet 2B includes motivational music that reinforces concepts introduced in Lesson 2B. These duets for one piano, four hands continue the strong pedagogical focus of the course while providing the enjoyment of playing with a friend or family member. Written by America's leading pedagogical composers, these duets contain equally leveled parts for secondo and primo. Wit…

Christian Bourdon's new book features traditional and modern African rhythms for Conga, Tumba and Djembe. The focus is on special playing techniques (floating hand, 'bascules') with exercises for one and two players plus 3 solo pieces. / Conga - Tumba - Djembé

A mysterious pizzicato pulse sets the tone in this sly scherzo while shadowy melodies evoke the wood elves. Dynamics ebb and flow throughout before the piece builds to its conclusion. With a technical focus on two-note slurs and G string notes, this piece provides some exciting technical challenges for young players, but students and orchestras will be drawn to the dramatic style and mischievous m…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). Low-down on the Hoe-down is a rollicking romp through a selection of light-hearted line-dance tunes. It’s a tribute to Ward Swingle, founder and arranger of the legendary vocal group The Swingle Singers, whose idea it was to make a show-stopping concert-piece out of a number of barn-storming American square-dance songs, using a song called The Arkansas Traveler to …

Stop the Clocks is the first official 'best-of' collection from Oasis, containing songs hand-picked by the band to represent their very best work. It is testament to the incredible success of the Manchester band that this compilation of 18 classic songs eschews 8 of their top ten singles - more than most artists ever achieve - to focus on fan favourites such as the b-sides Acquiesce and The Master…

Tasting Harmony is designed to teach your ear to focus on the sound of each individual chord tone while simultaneously hearing the full chord. This is a new approach to ear-training, utilizing the concept of synesthesia; the mixing of the senses. Tasting Harmony taps into the ability we all possess to discern the different flavors of food items and uses that ability to establish an emotional conn…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEPH. Reprinted from authoritative sources, the works in this low-priced compendium focus chiefly on the Classical era. Selections include the Andante from Haydn's Surprise Symphony - Mozart's Sonata in A Major - Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' and 'Waltz of the Flowers' - and a generous assortment of works by Bach , including four of his Two-Part Inventions , which…

Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensive guide is one of the first jazz methods to focus entirely on the blues idiom and its contribution to jazz improvisation. It is designed to help you play authoritatively in a broad spectrum of jazz g…

Par . Matches method series in which students learn notes from middle-C outward on the grand staff. Gives focus to lifting from the keys led by the wrists as well as shifting arm weight from one finger to the next. Playing melodic intervals and selected harmonic intervals (2nds, 3rds, 5ths) with the building blocks necessary for playing two- and three-note chords. Various note naming exercises are…

Bluegrass Banjo From A To Z. Par NICKERSON ROSS. The Banjo Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, in-depth banjo instructional tool that covers the many intricacies of bluegrass banjo playing, including numerous topics that may have been overlooked in banjo instruction to date. The Banjo Encyclopedia can take a student from the beginning, to intermediate, and right through to more advanced styles of ban…

Essential Elements for Strings Book 1 offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique cha…

Par SNIDERO JIM. The Essence of Bebopis the new series by critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Jim Snidero. The Essence of Bebop reveals the heart and soul of this groundbreaking jazz style and is the first real \'manual\' for mastering bebop. The 10 enjoyable-to-play studies are inspired by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and many more, offering a unique basis for s…

Par THORVALDSDOTTIR ANNA. Commissioned by the Spektral Quartet, Carnegie Hall, and Washington Performing Arts and first performed in 2019. According to the composer Enigma was inspired by 'the notion of the 'in-between', juxtaposing flow and fragmentation... the perspective continuously moves between the two, the fundament and the fragmented shadows, but the focus is always their relationship.' / …

(Essential Elements for Strings and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000 for Strings)Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the cl…

Par MATHIAS WILLIAM. Written for the choirs of Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals, An Admonition to Rulers Op. 43 was composed shortly before Mathias's choral masterpiece, This Worlde's Joie, but has remained unpublished until now. Its powerful text from Wisdom 6 and 7, clothed in the composer's colouful, dramatic music, make it an ideal choice of anthem for Remembrance Sunday, or any…