Another Six Duets on Traditional Christmas Carols for advanced-intermediate and advanced trumpet players by the same arranger who brought you 12 Christmas Duets and Five More Christmas Duets. More than a simple harmonized rendering of the melody, these arrangements are suitable for a variety of performance venues from informal Christmas gatherings to church services, and are also a joy to use for sight-reading in December private lessons. Included are: Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Go Tell It on the Mountain, We Three Kings, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, and In Dulci Jubilo (Good Christian Men Rejoice). Most are set in their traditional styles, while Go Tell It on the Mountain is set in an authentic jazz style. These are similar in style and complexity to the earlier Christmas duets by this same arranger. Note: These arrangements for trumpets are NOT compatible with this arranger\'s editions for other instruments. This collection and this arranger\'s earlier collection, Five More Christmas Duets, may be purchased together in the collection titled Christmas Duets, Volume 2, for Trumpets.

Many have loved the duet arrangements found in the original collection of 12 Christmas Duets for Trumpets arranged by Kenneth Baird. Volume 2 is now available! As in the original collection, this is a delightful collection of intermediate to advanced-intermediate level duets based on traditional Christmas carols. They are challenging at times (not for beginners) without being overwhelming; at times joyful, at times uplifting, at times serene. There's even a very jazzy version of Go Tell It on the Mountain! In addition to being a joy for friends to play together, they are a great resource for teachers to play at lessons with their students, they are are suitable for informal Christmas performances, and many are appropriate for church services. Note: the duets in this collection have NOT been arranged to be fully compatible with Mr. Baird's duet collections for other instruments. Instead, these have been arranged specifically for trumpets. This collection does include the duets found in previously released Five More Christmas Duets for Trumpets by Mr. Baird. Included in Christmas Duets, Volume 2, are: Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, the First Noel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World (a more traditional version than found in the original duet collection), We Three Kings, Angels We Have Heard on High, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and In Dulci Jubilo (Good Christian Men Rejoice). If you are looking for simple harmonizations of Christmas Carols, this collection is not for you. If you are looking for something more, you've come to the right place.

Many have loved the duet arrangements found in the original collection of 12 Christmas Duets for Flutes arranged by Kenneth Baird. Volume 2 is now available! As in the original collection, this is a delightful collection of intermediate to advanced-intermediate level duets based on traditional Christmas carols. They are challenging at times (not for beginners) without being overwhelming; at times joyful, at times uplifting, at times serene. There's even a very jazzy version of Go Tell It on the Mountain! In addition to being a joy for friends to play together, they are a great resource for teachers to play at lessons with their students, they are are suitable for informal Christmas performances, and many are appropriate for church services. Note: the duets in this collection have NOT been arranged to be fully compatible with Mr. Baird's duet collections for other instruments. Instead, these have been arranged specifically for flutes. This collection does include the duets found in previously released Five More Christmas Duets for Flutes by Mr. Baird. Included in Christmas Duets, Volume 2, are: Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, the First Noel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World (a more traditional version than found in the original duet collection), We Three Kings, Angels We Have Heard on High, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and In Dulci Jubilo (Good Christian Men Rejoice). If you are looking for simple harmonizations of Christmas Carols, this collection is not for you. If you are looking for something more, you've come to the right place.

This compilation includes "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus", "Silent Night", "In the Bleak Midwinter", "The First Noel", and "Sing We Now of Christmas" arranged for two violins with piano accompaniment. These pieces would be wonderful additions to Christmas services, recitals or other holiday events. Included are the piano accompaniment score, individual violin I and violin II parts and a combined violins I and II part.
Piano accompaniment tracks are available for each piece separately at Sheet Music Plus:
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus Item ID# S0.913911
Silent Night Item ID# S0.905391
In the Bleak Midwinter Item ID# S0.922241
The First Noel Item ID# S0.887431
Sing We Now of Christmas Item ID# S0.894339

This excellent book contains tried and true arrangements by Laurie Buchanan, director of the San Antonio, Texas, Harp Ensemble. The music has been performed for years during the Christmas season, and the arrangements are innovative and fun to play. Primarily for pedal harp, there are lever harp parts for five of the arrangements, and three of the arrangements can be performed completely on lever harp with minor adjustments.
Table of Contents: Away in a Manger, Good Christian Men, Rejoice, Hark the Herald Angel Sing, I Saw Three Ships, Hark the Herald Angel Sing, In the Bleak Midwinter, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, O Holy Night, Now is Born the Divine Christ-Child, Silent Night 

Trumpet Pro Pentatonic Tonalization
Introduction
Pro Pentatonics is a new book from the constantly growing Total Tonalization Series. It is book number five in the pentatonic series.

Technique in the form of pentatonic scales is most enthusiastically sought after by jazz musicians. Although the scale and its compositional uses are not limited to jazz, the practice of those scales is almost exclusively a "jazz thing." Not only is the pentatonic scale the root of the blues scale, but it is also used to varied degrees by most modern jazz musicians.

That said, there are certain benefits to practicing pentatonic scales that apply to all musicianship. For example, I believe that the best way to begin to learn and understand quartal harmony is via practicing the pentatonic scales. Pentatonic scales are constructed in perfect fourths. Let's look at the C pentatonic as an example:

E - A - D - G - C

Five notes a fourth apart from each other, beginning on E, produces all of the notes of the C pentatonic scale:

C - D - E - G - A

For this reason, the traditional scale patterns come alive with the sound of perfect fourths when applied to the pentatonic scale.

Quartal harmony is not limited to jazz compositions or improvisation. Many musicians since the early twentieth century have written compositions utilizing quartal harmony, and I believe that the first step to understanding those compositions and performing them is in practicing the pentatonic scales.

Aside from the theoretical applications of the pentatonic scale, there are also technical reasons to practice them. The removal of the fourth and seventh scale degrees (the tritone) creates a scale and inherent patterns which become far clumsier to perform than the traditional major scales. The agility and flexibility required offer the diligent practicer an edge over those who do not practice such things.