Accent on Performance Holiday Collection
Over the course of ten years, legendary young-band composers John O'Reilly and Mark Williams composed and arranged over 100 creative works that correlate with specific pages in their highly successful band method, Accent on Achievement. Alfred Music is now proud to make these arrangements available in a book format that includes 22 full arrangements in each collection. The Holiday Collection features creative arrangements of many Christmas and Hannukah favorites. Titles: First Christmas Sleigh Ride * Holiday for Basses * Early English Christmas * Yankee Doodle Christmas * Holiday Magic * The Little Drummer Boy * and 16 others.
Accent on Performance Classical Collection Conductor’s Score
Over the course of ten years, legendary young-band composers John O'Reilly and Mark Williams composed and arranged over 100 creative works that correlate with specific pages in their highly successful band method, Accent on Achievement. Alfred Music is now proud to make these arrangements available in a book format that includes 22 full arrangements in each collection. The Classical Collection includes authentic, carefully arranged music of the master composers from the Renaissance through the Romantic Period. Titles: Elizabethan Dances * Mozart Serenade and Dance * St. Anthony Chorale * Best of Beethoven * Ave Verum Corpus * Saturday at the Symphony * and 16 others. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.
Stick Control
George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named the book one of the top 25 books of all-time. In the words of the author, it is the ideal book for improving: control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution and muscular coordination, with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced-level rhythms, moving through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.
Cave Dance
Cave Dance is inspired by Flamenco dance performances the author experienced while in Malaga, Spain. The dramatic, flamboyant, and virtuosic performances take place in the Sacromonte district caves which have been converted into Romani entertainment venues. This piece is derived from recordings the author made featuring various combinations of folk dances that are strung together into a performance. Hence, the constantly shifting tempos and feels that occur within the piece. Some of the dances featured female dancers and some male; some were with instrumental accompaniment and others just with hand claps or castanets. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.
Por Una Cabeza
This arrangement is based on the version from The Tango Project. It was originally written for three performers on a single 5-octave marimba. It was then expanded for a full ensemble to augment the arrangement, but can still be performed as a trio if desired. Instrumentation (3 or 9 players): three soloists (one 5-octave marimba), two additional marimbas (low A), bells, xylophone, and bass (string bass or bass marimba).
Guitare Acoustique Avance
Le dernier volume de cette superbe s矇rie consacr矇e ? la guitare acoustique commence par des exercises vous permettant de d矇velopper vitesse et pr矇cision. Vous approfondirez la musique celtique, le blues, l'improvisation modale, et vous apprendrez ? jouer les styles dits de Musique du Monde.
Blues Guitar
Un manuel complet cr癡癡s par une des meilleures 矇coles de guitare aux ?tats Unis. Le volume inclue: des diagrammes d'accords et de gammes faciles ? lire, des exemples en notation musicale et en tablature, de nombreux plans dans les styles des ma簾tres du blues, des techniques et la th矇orie du blues pour le solo et l'accompagnement.
Jody Fisher’s Jazz Guitar Chord-Melody Course
One of America's top jazz guitar educators and authors, and a respected jazz chord-melody performer, Jody Fisher clarifies and simplifies the art of creating an arrangement and improvising as a solo guitarist. In his easy-to-understand and enjoyable style, this master of solo guitar teaches all of theory, technique, and arranging skills you need to start a lifelong journey as a solo guitarist. As the author says, Becoming a solo guitarist is an ongoing learning experience that will reward you with a highly personal form of expression. As a solo guitarist, you will be completely self-reliant; your skills will free you from dependency on anyone else, Also, these skills will transfer directly to group playing, so you can't really lose." Jody Fisher's Jazz Guitar Chord/Melody Course is a must-have for any serious jazz guitarist."
Beginning Rock Guitar
Beginning Rock Guitar is perfect for beginning guitarists as well as players who want to enhance their knowledge. Topics in this book and DVD-ROM include rock theory, left-hand techniques, power chords, rhythm guitar, and improvising with pentatonic scales. Also included are licks in the styles of such greats as Chuck Berry, Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and more. This revised edition features a new chapter on drop D tuning, new examples in the styles of the hottest guitar players on the scene, new audio recordings, and a brand new video demonstrating the examples in the book. The video teacher, Jared Meeker, is a rock guitar virtuoso with a relaxed and unique style that makes learning fun. Beginning Rock Guitar is the most thorough method available for beginning rock students.
Play at Sight
Play at Sight is a systematic course in the essential skills and techniques required for successful sight-reading, suitable for elementary pianists. Divided into four parts, each covering a specific range of skills, starting with separate hands within a compass of five notes, moving up to reading two staves together with varied keys, dynamics and articulation. One week's exercises are given on each page - the teacher can hear one or more at a weekly lesson. The technical point of each page is clearly explained. Specific problems such as keeping eyes on the music and reading two staves at once are discussed. The gradual pace encourages an accurate and musical performance at every stage, essential for confidence and enjoyment. Christine Brown is a renowned teacher and pedagogue of immense experience. She is highly respected for her lectures and articles on the subject of sight-reading and also a leading authority on the Hungarian composer, Bela Bartok.
Dame Fanny Waterman
Dame Fanny Waterman: Piano Treasury, Volume 1 is an unmissable collection of piano repertoire for Grade 5-7 level players. Especially selected and edited by the renowned Dame Fanny Waterman, it also features her own teaching notes and comments on all the pieces.
Duets of Timeless Standards
Since 1976, Dan Coates has arranged thousands of popular music titles. Composers and artists such as John Williams, Burt Bacharach, and Elton John have expressed total confidence in Dan's ability to create outstanding piano arrangements that retain the essence of the original music. The duets in this series capture a variety of styles and provide valuable experience in developing listening skills, technique, and musicianship. These pieces are excellent crowd-pleasers that are perfect for recitals, encores, piano ensemble classes---or just plain fun. Titles: All of Me * As Time Goes By * From This Moment On * I Got Rhythm * I'm in the Mood for Love * My Funny Valentine * They Can't Take That Away from Me * What a Wonderful World.
Favorite Contest Winners - Summy-Birchard & Belwin
Exciting piano solos are motivating for students, as well as thrilling for audiences. Thoughtfully written and carefully graded original compositions are essential for every piano studio and produce successful learning experiences for students. Over the years, Belwin-Mills and Summy-Birchard produced extensive libraries of quality elementary and intermediate supplementary piano music. The pieces included in this series represent the two companies' most popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists. Book 2 is for elementary through late elementary students and the pieces are placed in approximate order of difficulty. Titles: Astronauts Salute * At the Trading Post * Blinky the Robot * Cool Blue * First Sonatina in F Major * The Frisky Filly * The Golden Harp * March of the Ghosts * Night Clouds * Pagoda * Quiet Lagoon * Tricky Traffic. A Federation Festivals 2024-2028 selection.
Favorite Contest Winners - Summy-Birchard & Belwin
Exciting piano solos are motivating for students, as well as thrilling for audiences. Thoughtfully written and carefully graded original compositions are essential for every piano studio and produce successful learning experiences for students. Over the years, Belwin-Mills and Summy-Birchard produced extensive libraries of quality elementary and intermediate supplementary piano music. The pieces included in this series represent the two companies' most popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists. Book 4 is for intermediate through late intermediate students and the pieces are placed in approximate order of difficulty. Titles: Jazz Miniature * Jazz Sonatina * Lament * The Peacock * Phrygian Toccata * Pinwheels * Starlight Waltz. A Federation Festivals 2024-2028 selection.
Diversions
This piece, set in 3 movements, is full of texture and colour changes and makes the most of the sonorities available to a woodwind quintet. Clever original writing and some subtle musical humour add a lot to the appeal of this work.
A Ceremonial Occasion
Written as a piece to be used at the University of Western Ontario Spring Convocation, this work could be used as an opening fanfare for a concert or as a concert piece at a distinguished event. The Soprano and Euphoniums have some technical flourishes while the remainder of the ensemble plays the fanfare passages. All parts are interesting and challenging.
Theme (From Pomp and Circumstance)
This is the most often played processional at graduations from elementary school through to college and university. Only the main theme has been adapted here and there are several escapes" if the piece is required to end early. In fact, with all the optional endings, the piece can be several different lengths. It can end just before the 1 minute mark or can be extended to just over 2 minutes or even longer if repeats are taken."
Donkey Riding
This famous folksong has been brilliantly arranged for concert band. Melody is found throughout the ensemble and rhythmic variety keeps the piece interesting and exciting for both players and the audience. Creative writing and a popular melody make this an ideal piece for contest use.
The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a piece written in the carefree style of the music written in North America at the turn of the 20th Century. The concerts in band shells throughout Canada and the United States contained such popular compositional types such as: theme and variations, orchestral transcriptions, waltzes, overtures, rags and marches. This four movement suite takes a typical concert at that time, and puts it all in a single, multi-movement work.
Two Native Legends
This powerful and dramatic work makes an ideal contest piece. It is based on the legends The Fairy Ring from the Chippewa tribe and The Witch of the Mitche-hant from the Passamaquoddy. Both contain colourful writing for both winds and percussion. This new work offers you something new for your next concert.
Sound Innovations Ensemble Development
Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band is a valuable resource for helping your students grow in their understanding and abilities as ensemble musicians. It contains 412 exercises, including more than 70 chorales by some of today's most renowned concert band composers. An assortment of exercises is grouped by key and presented in a variety of intermediate difficulty levels. Where possible, several exercises in the same category are provided to allow variety, while still accomplishing the goals of that specific type of exercise. You will notice that many exercises and chorales are clearly marked with dynamics, articulations, style, and tempo for students to practice those aspects of performance. Other exercises are intentionally left flexible for the teacher to determine how best to use them in facilitating and addressing the needs and goals of their ensemble. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or challenging their musicianship with beautiful chorales, this book can be used after any band method or as a supplement to performance music. Contains chorales composed by Roland Barrett, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galante, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, and Michael Story. The Ensemble Development Series is also available for Young Band and Advanced Band. Learn more at www.alfred.com/SIED. This title is available in SmartMusic.
Fingerstyle Debutante
Si vous avez 矇t矇 inspir矇 pour commencer la lecture fingerstyle" guitare ou exp矇riment矇 joueur souhaitant am矇liorer vos connaissances, ce livre est l'endroit parfait pour commencer. Utilisation standard notation musicale et l'onglet, les exemples vous guide ? travers accords de base th矇orie, modes, drop-D tuning, alternant bass et plus. Le CD montre tous les exemples du livre. 96 Pages."
Mozart 19 Sonatas - Complete
Revised and edited by Richard Epstein with a biographical sketch of the composer by Philip Hale. All text is written both in English and Spanish.
Six Decades of Telecaster
This new version of Tony Bacon's Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster shows how the world's first commercially successful solidbody electric guitar still attracts musicians more than 60 years since its birth in California. Today, it is more popular than ever and for many guitarists has overtaken the Stratocaster as the Fender to own and play. The Tele is the longest-lived solidbody electric, played by everyone from Muddy Waters to Keith Richards, from Radiohead to Snow Patrol. Its sheer simplicity and versatility are vividly illustrated here through interviews with Jeff Beck, James Burton, Bill Kirchen, John 5, and more. The book is three great volumes in one: a compendium of luscious pictures of the most desirable Teles, a gripping story from the earliest days to the latest exploits, and a detailed collector's guide to every Tele ever made. Packed with pictures of great players, collectable catalogs, period press ads, and cool memorabilia, The Telecaster Guitar Book is the one Tele book that all guitar fans will want to add to their collection.
Windscape
Windscape is written in four sections. It opens with The Winds from the North." The driving bass line combined with the punctuated shots represent the bitter winds that blow. This moves into "The Winds of Change." This has a shifty but steady pulse that features melody in the trumpet at first and then a counter melody is added the horn. Crystal glasses and a lone horn are the featured sonorities in "The Winds of Mystery." "The Winds of Change" then reappears and, with several sidebar introductions of new rhythmic and melodic material, the piece ends as it should---driving and enthusiastic."
Songs of Freedom
Brought together in this rousing medley are Michael Row Your Boat Ashore," "Were You There," "Joshua 'Fit the Battle of Jericho," "Amazing Grace," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and "When the Saints Go Marching In." Everybody gets a chance to solo in this exciting piece. A fun ride for performers and audiences alike!"
Christmas Medleys for Students
Christmas Medleys for Students includes favorite Christmas carols that have been skillfully combined into medleys that are perfect for recitals or other performances. Book 3 is arranged at the intermediate level with the pieces placed in approximate order of difficulty. Rhythmic challenges include playing in 6/8 and 9/8 meters, as well as playing changing meters. Key signatures are limited to two sharps or one flat. Technical challenges include playing a variety of articulations, playing with more hand and finger independence than at earlier levels, and playing blocked and broken triads and their inversions. Titles: The Hallelujah Chorus/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * Here We Come A-Caroling/We Wish You a Merry Christmas * I Saw Three Ships/Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas/Jingle Bells * O Holy Night/Silent Night * Pat-a-Pan/Sing We Now of Christmas.
Hornpipe
This arrangement of the main theme of Handel's Hornpipe from his Water Music is intended for use by intermediate trombone students. The parts can be played with one or multiple players on a part.
The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone
This is the first comprehensive guide to the saxophone, its history, technical development and repertoire. Extensively researched and including much new information, the volume is written by some of the finest performers and experts on the instrument. The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone incorporates detailed historical developments in the classical, jazz and rock fields, provides practical performance guides, and has a chapter on teaching the instrument.
The Cambridge Companion to the Cello
This is a compact, composite and authoritative survey of the history and development of the cello from its origins to the present day. Its carefully structured series of thirteen essays deals with the history and construction of the cello and bow, discusses the careers of the most distinguished cellists through history, surveys the repertory of the instrument in unprecedented detail and reviews teaching methods, technical developments and issues of performance practice. It is the most comprehensive book ever to be published about the instrument.
The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar
Featuring thirteen essays covering different traditions, styles, and instruments, this study is written by influential players, teachers and guitar historians. Its coverage allows the guitarist to learn the analogies and differences between traditions and styles. The genres range from baroque, classical, country, blues and rock to flamenco, African and Celtic.
The Cambridge Companion to the Violin
The Cambridge Companion to the Violin offers students, performers and scholars a fascinating and composite survey of the history and repertory of the instrument from its origins to the present day. The volume comprises fifteen essays, written by a team of ten specialists, and is intended to develop the violin's historical perspective in breadth from every relevant angle. The main subjects discussed include the instrument's structure and development; its fundamental accoustical properties; principal exponents; technique and teaching methods; solo and ensemble repertory; pedagogical literature; traditions in folk music and jazz; and aspects of historical performing practice. The text is supported by numerous illustrations and diagrams as well as music examples, a useful appendix, glossary of technical terms and an extensive bibliography.
The Cambridge Companion to the Piano
The Cambridge Companion to the Piano is an informative and practical guide to one of the world's most popular instruments. This collection of specially commissioned essays offers an accessible introduction to the history of the piano, performance styles, and its vast repertoire. Part 1 reviews the evolution of the piano, from its earliest forms up to the most recent developments. Part 2 explores the varied repertory, up to contemporary music, with a final chapter on jazz, blues and ragtime. The Companion also contains a glossary of important terms and will be a valuable source for the piano performer, student and enthusiast.
The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet
The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet is a practical guide to the world of the clarinet. It offers students and performers a composite survey of the history and repertory of the instrument from its origins to the present day, as well as practical guidance on teaching and playing from historical performance to contemporary techniques and jazz. Informed by the experience of distinguished professional players and teachers, this book makes an essential and stimulating reference book for all clarinet enthusiasts.
The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments
The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments provides an overview of the history of brass instruments, and their technical and musical development. Much of the volume is devoted to the way brass instruments have been used in classical music, but there are also important contributions on the ancient world, non-Western music, vernacular and popular traditions and the rise of jazz. The editors are two of the most respected names in the world of brass performance and scholarship, and the list of contributors includes the names of many of the world's most prestigious scholars and performers.
Sound Innovations for Concert Band - Ensemble Development
Three Choral Preludes
The Three Choral Preludes is a collection of short organ preludes by Johann Pachelbel. It has been scored for two b-flat trumpets and two trombones (with an optional horn part to replace the first trombone). All parts are interesting with melodic and technical parts for everyone. This collection would be very effective at a church or wedding service to replace an organ.
Practical Studies for Cornet and Trumpet
Es un libro para ayudar al alumno a familiarizarse con los acordes, para proporcionarle experiencia adicional de los ritmos, armaduras y articulaciones fundamentales, y para mejorar la precision de la lectura empleando estudios interesantes y melodicos.
