For Clarinet-100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Clarinet the Beginner Series by musician educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs that make up Blues clarinet playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool forsight reading exercises with many different rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale in Andrew's opinion the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as straight and swing rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book section 1 contains basic Blues riffs section 2 contains Rhythm

This book has been written to familiarise the clarinettist with the various rhythms and phrasings encountered in modern music. Each study deals with a particular aspect of rhythmic playing ranging from Jazz and Rock to modern Classical interpretation. They are of short to moderate lenght in order to maximise concentration on style. They are compiled in order of difficulty. Early to advanced grades.

Here are 19 easy-intermediate arrangements of familiar melodies in classical folk and jazz styles. Each tune is presented as a trio but these ingenious arrangements work equally well as solos or duets - with or without accompaniment. You can even invite other instrumentalists to play along using the Flute Saxophone Brass and Violin editions in Book 2 of this series. This highly flexible series of coordinated instrumental books has been designed to give young people the chance to play together in various combinations of numbers and instruments. Perfect for one two or three clarinets - with or without accompaniment May also beused with matching arrangements in Book 2 editions of this series for Flute Saxophone Brass or Violin Optional Piano Accompaniment book with guitar chord symbols available Ideal for individual or classroom use

18 studies written to develop familiarity with the main types of scales and arpeggios in Jazz. More enjoyable than the scales themselves James Rae has deliberately chosen keys that give a comfortable user-friendly introduction to the various tonalities. Each section describes a particular type of scale and includes studies based on it. Included are: the major scale the dorian mode the mixolydian mode the minor pentatonic scale the jazz melodic minor scale the blues scale the chromatic scale the whole tone scale and the diminished scale. Studies in each of these volumes have been set as an alternative to scales for all grades on the Jazz Flute JazzClarinet and Jazz Saxophone syllabuses of the new Trinity Guildhall Examinations 2007.

Beginner Series-Andrew D. Gordon has created 30: 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisationalsolos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues.Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+

The Flex-Ability series is ideal for solos, duets, trios, quartets, or any size ensembles, including woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion. Players of various abilities, levels 1–3, can play together. An optional play-along CD is available separately. The 11 “classical” themes come from opera, symphony, piano and lute compositions, but are arranged in rock, jazz, swing and other contemporary styles. Here is a fun way to learn about these classics. Composer biographies and program notes are included. Titles: Overture from the opera The Barber of Seville * Bourée from Lute Suite No. 1 * Habañera from the opera Carmen * Theme from Hungarian Dance No. 5 * Minuet from Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook * Theme from The New World Symphony * Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 * Theme from Pomp and Circumstance * Prince of Denmark's March * Toreador from the opera Carmen * Overture from the opera William Tell.

Easy pieces with optional second parts-This is a unique publication which enables you to make music in different ways and using various strengths. With this book you can play solo or duo with or without accompanying CD. You can play together with someone who plays the same instruments or you can play with other wind and brass instrumentalists. A highly versatile book with original tunes for learning enjoyment.

11 Pieces in Swinging Styles-In All Jazz the composer has created a collection of 11 attractiverhythmic pieces that let musicians of an intermediate standard beginto develop familiarity with the techniques and interpretations ofvarious swinging jazz styles. The play-along CD featuring a live jazzband will ensure that all players are struck by the ‘jazz virus’ and willkeep coming back for more.

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones* Passing the Tonic* Pitch Matching* Scale Builders* Interval Builders* Expanding Intervals* Chord Builders* Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony* Rhythmic Subdivision* 5-Note Scales* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) * ChoralesThe compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. / Clarinette

On the CD:Full backing tracks professionally arranged and recordedFull backing tracks for each part so you can play along with either oneFull demonstration recordings to help you learn the songs.In the book:Carefully selected and edited easy clarinet duet arrangements with chord symbols in concert pitch.