Double Bass - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319857 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #908417. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1319857). Welcome to The Singing Double Bass which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Double Bass as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Double Bassist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Double Bassist should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Fife,Flute - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319902 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #908462. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1319902). Welcome to The Singing Flute & Fife which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Flute & Fife as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Flute & Fife player will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Flute & Fife player should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Guitar - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319904 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #908466. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1319904). Welcome to The Singing Guitar which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Guitar as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Guitarist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Guitarist should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319927 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 129 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #908489. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1319927). Welcome to The Singing Piano which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Piano as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Pianist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Pianist should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Violin - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1322489 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #910790. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1322489). Welcome to The Singing Violin which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Violin as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Violinist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Violinist should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Tenor Horn - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1327766 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #915807. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1327766). Welcome to The Singing Tenor Horn which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Tenor Horn as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Tenor Horn player will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Tenor Horn player should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Trombone - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1322466 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #910767. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1322466). Welcome to The Singing Trombone which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Trombone as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Trombonist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Trombonist should be well on the way to becoming a â??Complete Instrumentalistâ??, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Clarinet - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319854 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #908413. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1319854). Welcome to The Singing Clarinet which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Clarinet as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Clarinetist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Clarinetist should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1322482 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #910783. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1322482). Welcome to The Singing Viola which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Viola as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Violaist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Violaist should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Cello - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1319837 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 131 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #908395. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1319837). Welcome to The Singing Cello which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Cello as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Cellist will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Cellist should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

Recorder - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1322451 By DaCapo Primary Music. By Fred Plowright and Jane Cutler. Children,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Educational Method. 129 pages. DaCapo Primary Music #910749. Published by DaCapo Primary Music (A0.1322451). Welcome to The Singing Recorder which is one of the Singing Instrumentalist series of books written for beginners of all instruments.The book gives a selection of entertaining repertoire and a thorough and complete musical experience from the very beginning.It is presented in four sections, each designed to introduce a particular aspect of music making, whilst taking on board instrumental skills. We invite teachers to use The Singing Recorder as they see fit, mixing and matching sections and songs to give a balanced and enjoyable combination of singing, playing an accompaniment, playing the melody, rhythm work, composition and playing duets.The book enables pupils, teachers and parents to make a successful start with the chosen instrument.When the book has been completed, The Singing Recorder player will have developed a clear understanding of the function of notation, an ear that can hear tuning and two parts and also be able to enjoy more dissonance as well as pure harmony. The Singing Recorder player should be well on the way to becoming a ‘Complete Instrumentalist’, which is, coincidentally, the name of the book that follows this one!Jane Cutler Director of DaCapo MusicYou can find more DaCapo pieces for young instrumentalists at DaCapo Music Shop

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.500264 By Stevie Wonder. By Stevie Wonder. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop,Rock,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113445. Published by John Fries (A0.500264). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.   You Are the Sunshine of My Life is a 1973 single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his first number-one on the Easy Listening chart. It won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year [Rolling Stone ranks the song at number 183 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Billboard called it a soft, haunting ballad with outstanding electric piano runs and outstanding production work.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.503339 By Stevie B. By Warren Brooks. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #115483. Published by John Fries (A0.503339). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  This is a rare song with a subtitle that appears just once in the verse section of the lyrics. The opening line, I got your letter from the postman just the other day proved to be a powerful phrase for this song about a man trying desperately to hold on to his girl. The song became better known as The Postman Song instead of the more common title Because I Love You. This arrangement is in a key that works better instrumentally.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.499598 Composed by Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans, and William Rose. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112894. Published by John Fries (A0.499598). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Great Day. The song was subsequently featured in three musical films: Hit the Deck (1955), sung by Tony Martin; Funny Lady (1975), sung by Barbra Streisand (who first recorded it for her 1967 studio album, Simply Streisand); and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) sung by Michelle Pfeiffer. It has been recorded by many artists.