with Optional Rock Rhythm Section. Par WOOD MARK. This multi-level piece includes a full set of parts for grade 2 as well as a full set for grade 4 ensembles. Mix and match the parts as you need---perfect for mixed-ability ensembles! The traditional bolero is a moderately slow dance in triple meter which originated in late 18th century Spain. Since then it has spread to other countries and become …

A basic ear training text with examples and suggested self-study curriculum. Armen Donelian, prominent pianist and composer, has condensed the essence of 25 years of teaching experience into Training the Ear. These ear training exercises were created for use in entry-level college classes and for private study. While this book focuses on the specific musical needs of jazz improvisers, students of…

Best Of In Recital Solos is a series that focuses on fabulous solo repertoire, intended to motivate your students. The fine composers of this series have created musically engaging pieces, and the wide range of styles in this six-book series is sure to please any student. It will help you to plan students' recital repertoire easily. This series can also be used as weekly motivation and fun, as wel…

Par SID JACOBS. An important addition to the improvising jazz guitarist's library, this thoughtful blend of text and musical examples focuses on the vocabulary of modern jazz and some of the applications of modern harmony. With examples written in standard notation and tablature, Jacobs offers instruction on bebop style phrases, playing fourths, inside-outside playing, pentatonic, whole-tone and s…

From the In Celebration of the Trinity Choral Cycle, this composition focuses on the Godhead of the Trinity. Reverent and majestic, this offering of praise moves from contemplative to stirring. Beautifully incorporates 'Holy, Holy, Holy.' Optional spoken narrative is included. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

This collection presents over 100 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles, for piano. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the book focuses on developing different key technical skills.Suitable for intermediate, to advanced level students. Part of the comprehensive Sight-Reading series published by Schott and edited by John Kember. / Piano 4 Mains

The late 1960s saw the perfect fusion of blues and rock, giving birth to modern rock guitar and a generation of groundbreaking players. Real Blues-Rock Guitar focuses on these amazing guitar players and shows you their chord progressions, licks, styles, and techniques. This revised edition, now with companion DVDs and all-new engravings, guides you through the styles of blues-rock guitar masters l…

The mastery of scales and scale patterns has long been established as the best way to improve technical abilities on all instruments. The Complete Scale Compendium focuses on what is most common in the study of classical music: core major and minor scales, as well as chromatic, pentatonic, whole-tone, and blues scales. Students will learn the construction of these scales while practicing unique pa…

The Composer Portraits series offers unique and original monographs on individual composers. Text and music introductions written by experts are combined with carefully chosen selections of newly-engraved music to give a concise but informed overview of the life and work of each composer. This edition focuses on the life and works of the Russian pianist and composer Igor Stravinsky . With notes by…

Par DURY IAN / THE BLOCKHEADS. Ian Dury was a wordsmith, artist and entertainer who gave the English language two of its most famous phrases drawn from the song titles, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll and Reasons to be Cheerful . Now a major British film, starring Andy Serkis as Ian Dury, focuses on his personal relationships during his rise to fame. It is ten years since Ian's last gig at the Lon…

'Behold the Lamb' is a powerful, yet reverent description of the act of Holy Communion. Its writer, Keith Getty (along with Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend), tells us that the first verse is meant to prepare us to receive, the second verse focuses on the bread, and the third verse, the wine. The final verse is the response of the faithful as we go out into the world, strengthened by the experienc…

Written for a wide variety of musicians, 15 Easy Jazz, Blues and Funk Etudes will appeal to both the spiring player and to more experienced musicians. For the younger player, particular care is given to range, rhythmic figures and overall playability. The more accomplished musican will appreciate the high level of musicality, the lyrical compositions and the opportunities to improvise. The simple …

Par CABEZA JUAN. Diversions is a collection of 42 patterned etudes for piano. They are divided into two books with each volume including 21 progressive pieces. Each Etude focuses on a single technical pattern that students may encounter in the early stages of piano study, including scales, arpeggios, chords, repeating notes, intervals, and other common patterns. Most of the etudes are transposable…

Par RASCHER SIGURD. Students can develop their range with this insightful book with text both in English and German. The author focuses on technique and offers musical examples and exercises to help developing players achieve a four-octave range. An important book for all saxophone students./ Etude / Saxophone

Par ZUCCO FRANK. Based on 50 years of teaching and performing on the accordion, Mr. Zucco has provided us with a complete and thorough accordion method for children. In this single volume, three levels of clear, easy-to-understand instruction teach music reading and playing from the very beginning, supplemented by original solos and arrangements. Students learn to play by feel and touch rather tha…