Teachers' Choice, Selected Piano Repertory and Studies for grades 1, 2 and 3 is compiled to provide teachers and students with good options for the 2015 and 2016 ABRSM Piano examinations.- This collection of interesting and appealing Piano pieces contains editorial suggestions for pedagogical purposes. Most teachers will find the performance points helpful in developing stylistic awareness in the …

Method for Tenor Saxophone. Par KASTELEIN / MICHIEL OLDENKAMP. Edited by acclaimed educator Philip Sparke, these exciting method book/CD packs for beginners contain songs, music puzzles, games to increase your understanding of music, information about your instrument, and lots of fun pieces to play - either with the CD provided or with other students. Books include helpful diagrams and fun illustr…

The Electronic Keyboard Collection is an exciting exploration of music especially arranged for the beginner keyboard player. Each of the pieces are selected, edited and arranged by Trinity College’s experienced electronic keyboard examiner Jeremy Ward. The books have a fabulous range of pop classics to classical hits together with folk music, songs from the shows and a smattering of original piece…

A fun and simple introduction to playing jazz piano. Par WEDGWOOD PAM. Discover Pam Wedgwood's exciting world of jazz piano! How to Play Jazz Piano is a fun and simple introduction for young players with a basic knowledge of how to play the piano (about Grade 2 standard). It includes an introduction to improvisation, suggested listening ideas and covers swing, syncopated rhythms, basic chords and …

The Joy Of Second-Year Piano is a method and repertory for late beginner to early intermediate pianists, developed from the best-selling series by Denes Agay. Following on from the immensely popular First-Year book, the numerous pieces have been carefully selected, and are further supported by an opening tutorial section, specially-written warm-up exercises and helpful written notes throughout. T…

These popular 48 Preparatory Exercises were written by Johann Pischna and Bernhard Wolff and serve as preparation for the more difficult Technical Studies. Melodically pleasing with contrapuntal passages, the exercises accentuate maintaining proper fingering, dynamics and tempo, while reinforcing the ability to play in different keys. This new edition corrects old errors, translates all text into …

Violin Scales and Arpeggios Grade 8 contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM's Grade 8 Violin exam.Includes all scales and arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns and suggested fingering, helpful introduction including advice on preparing for the exam, all in a user-friendly format and clear page layout.NB: Revised scale and sight-reading requirements com…

Version With CD. These books each bring together, for the first time, nine pieces from ABRSM's Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces have been carefully selected to provide an attractive and varied range of music to perform in exams, concerts or anywhere else! Covering a broad range of styles, these books are an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The books also contain helpful…

Par HARRIS PAUL / TUCKER R.. Compose Yourself! is the indispensable resource for all teachers of composition. Emphasising a holistic and practical approach to composition, this book offers fifty lesson plans for the over-worked music teacher, and ideas for listening, discussion, notation, improvisation and performance activities. Information is divided into helpful 'bite-size' sections that suppor…

Par EISENHAUER WILLIAM. This is a carefully graded method that emphasizes good tone production and builds a sound rhythmic sense and develops well-rounded musicianship. This book starts with the basics such as getting acquainted with your instrument and correct placing of the reed but smoothly moves on at a confidence-building pace from playing single notes to simple tunes, some of which will be p…

This book teaches everything you need to know to get started playing the banjo. Beginning with tablature reading and basic technique, you'll be guided all the way to reading music and playing great bluegrass classics like Bile That Cabbage Down, Old Joe Clark and Cluck Old Hen. With helpful tips from renowned artists such as Bela Fleck, Alison Brown and John Hartford, this comprehensive beginner's…

This book includes helpful tips for getting started on the recorder with easy instruction, a fingering chart, and favorite familiar tunes to get started. In addition, it includes beautiful photos and easy arrangements for recorder of 8 selections from this hit Disney movie: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) - A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes - The First Branch - A Golden Childhood - Searching…

Par DUCKETT RICHARD / LOANE C.. Team Woodwind is designed for everyone who wants to learn to play woodwind. This method: presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student is ideal for individual, group or class tuition contains plenty of carefully graded music in a wide variety of styles encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire for mixed wind group and integrates with…

Learn to play the accordion and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the parts of the accordion, buying an accordion, preparing the instrument for use, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. Yo…

As Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies at the University of Miami, Ron's music has been performed and/or recorded by Red Rodney, Jerry Bergonzi, Pat Metheny, Stan Getz, John Abercrombie, Billy Hart and many more. This stylistically diverse collection of 40 of his favorite and most popular tunes in lead sheet format features music from all periods of his writing career (1962-2002). A written descrip…