Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1314523

By Matthew West. By Aj Pruis, Andrew Pruis, and Matthew West. Arranged by Shelly Davis. Children,Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Pop. Score. 3 pages. Shelly Davis #903276. Published by Shelly Davis (A0.1314523).

Before you start the Christmas music too early, don't forget about this song for November!

This hilarious Thanksgiving song by Matthew West is arranged for early intermediate to intermediate players. It has been arranged in the original key to allow musicians to play along with the artist's original track on YouTube. Chord symbols are included so you could play the arrangement as a lead sheet or invite your string-playing friends to play along with you.

Shelly Davis is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, specializing in piano. She enjoys arranging popular tunes for musicians to play on the piano as well as for boomwhacker groups to play together.

Shelly is the host of the Piano Parent Podcast, a weekly podcast dedicated to parents of piano students. Podcast topics range from teacher and parent interviews to practicing tips, theory concepts, and musical mysteries. The goal of the Piano Parent Podcast is to help parents, students, and teachers make the most of piano lessons as they build stronger relationships with each other.

In addition to working with piano students and parents, Shelly enjoys Netflix bingeing and road-tripping with her musical husband, Duane. A recent road trip took them to southwest Texas where they slept in a teepee in Terlingua and spotted the famous mysterious lights in Marfa, Texas.

Duane and Shelly have been married for 35 years and are the parents of four musical children; Justin, Keri, Austin, and Tracy.

You can connect with Shelly at www.PianoParentPodcast.com and @pianoparentpodcast on Facebook and Instagram.

Small Ensemble Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1004795

Composed by Leslie Kleen. Contemporary. Score. 47 pages. Music From Riverside #4368516. Published by Music From Riverside (A0.1004795).

18 Songs from Chinese poets of the Yang period.  These poems have been set in English verse by Kenneth L. Patton.
They retain the simplicity of the original poems in Chinese and are on topics about Nature, Friendship, and Reflections on Life.
The guitar part requires a classical guitarist who is moderately advanced.  The voice part, however, is quite simple and in a fairly small range.   The style does not attempt to imitate Oriental music, but just a simplicity appropriate to the poems.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1281961

Composed by Stephen Hoover. Arranged by Dan Sander-Wells. Broadway,Musical/Show. Score. 17 pages. Stephen Hoover #872901. Published by Stephen Hoover (A0.1281961).

A humorous song poking fun at self-obsessive musical writers and the trend in theatre to examine dark and brooding topics.  

Singer Jason Phillip Solis premiered this song at the 2023 Musical Writers Festival (accompanied on piano by Rebecca Lowrey).

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1303569

Composed by John W. Fisher. Christian,Country,Folk,Instructional,Praise & Worship. Score. 3 pages. John Fisher #893144. Published by John Fisher (A0.1303569).

THE FEEDING is a sermon song based on the sermon preached by Dr. Paul de Jong on October 8, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church Fort Myers, Florida using the text of Mark 6: 30-56.  It uses the music, previously published as Im Hungry.  The piece for solo and guitar was first composed in 1965 after I witnessed such terrible hunger on a mission observation tour of Haiti.  Those words were printed in The Baptist Leader. A letter to the editor of Time Magazine on the same topic was published in the same year.   This current composition tells in detail the story of the feeding of the five thousand. It emphasizes that beside the resurection, this is the only miracle of Jesus that appears in all four gospels.  The lyrics try to portray how allarmed are the disciples and yet how confident is Jesus.

Interactive Download

SKU: HX.366196

By Nico Santos and Topic. This edition: Interactive Download. Pop. Piano/Vocal/Guitar (Piano Accompaniment). 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard Europe (HX.366196).

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.954018

Composed by Christopher Burnett. Blues,Instructional,Jazz. Score. 36 pages. BurnettPublishing.COM #3680511. Published by BurnettPublishing.COM (A0.954018).

Lesson Plan
Three Jazz Blues Structures

Summary

1. Subject(s): Simple Blues, Jazz Blues, Bird Blues

2. Topic or Unit of Study: Common Song Forms for Jazz Improvisation

3. Grade/Level: 9th Grade Jazz Band Student and above

4. Objective: a.) The construction of chords includes the same notes as scales except rather than proceeding stepwise, chords proceed by intervals of thirds (line note to line note, space note to space note). b.) Using the notes of each chord in time with the music will produce a coherent improvisation. c.) Using the notes of each chord in combination with the notes of the implied scale in time will produce a coherent improvisation. d.) Recognizing what chord symbols represent the 1, 4, and 5 chords of a Blues Key. e.) Recognizing what scales is implied by the ii7-V7 progressions in the progression. f.) Reinforce that proficiency in the performance of major scales is essential to coherent improvisation skills and understanding of Song Form structures used in Jazz music.

Time Allotment: 1-hour or more of class period time to introduce and practice the lesson during the clinic. Multiple practice sessions to mastery of the material toward useful performance and compositional applications by students.

Christopher Burnett 

Conn-Selmer Artist and Clinician

APPLIED JAZZ CLINIC