Music Minus One French Horn-Perform timeless French Horn works with The Stuttgart Festival Orchestra! Perfect for practice rehearsal auditions contest solos performances and more! These two Mozart horn concerti are legend both being high-points in the repertoire. Regularly performed by every hornist at concerts and on disc. Beautiful sonorities and Mozart's own unique classical style make for a not-to-be-missed experience. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist then a second version with the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist. Performed by Willard Zirk french horn Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival OrchestraConductor: Emil Kahn

Team Brass is firmly established as the best-selling series of brass tutors. It presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student ideal for individual group and class tuition - including the ABRSM music medals. The books in the series contain plenty of carefully graded music in a wide range of styles from Baroque and Classical eras to film folk jazz and Latin American.The series encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire for both orchestral and brass band instruments and develops instrument-related aural skills improvisation and composition. Included are scales and arpeggios and a CD comprising of over 70 backing tracks to make everystudent feel like a star performer. Team Brass is available for Trumpet/Cornet French Horn Trombone/Euphonium Bass Clef and Brass Band Instruments all of which are compatible. There is also a separate book of Piano Accompaniments/Score.

Write for a horn section!
In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a complete score.
You will learn to:
Write for alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, as well as trumpet and trombone
Construct common voicings, such as unisons, octave unisons, two- to five-part soli, and open voicings
Expand your harmony by using jazz chords
Use brass mutes
Compose many textures, including melodies, solis, fills, pads, comping parts, background lines, and others
Score advanced harmonic techniques characteristic of brass sections, such as chromatic approach chords, four- and five-part voicings, tension substitutions, and more
?An amazing book that opens your mind for new horn arranging techniques. Horns on steroids!?
?Hassan El Shafei, Artist/Record Producer
?Arranging for Horns is the one-stop-shop the young arranger can make to explore the techniques, applications, and context for contemporary horn arranging. Jerry Gates masterfully compiled three decades of experience?both in classroom and in professional writing?into an organized and concise 80-page text. Highly recommended!?
?Adi Yeshaya, Composer, Arranger (Prince, Aretha Franklin, The Voice)
?An insightful and valuable resource for all arrangers. Jerry?s explanations are very clear and concise. Highly recommended!?
?Mark Harrison, Keyboardist/Composer, Music Educator, and Author
?Jerry is a devoted musician and educator who has written yet another clear and concise book! This time Jerry guides the reader through a direct and useful approach to writing horn arrangements. Included are rhythm section considerations, notations, and a valuable mention about contour shaping as the blueprint for a successful arrangement. This book demystifies arranging for horns and inspires us to dive right in. There are great tools included and distilled from Jerry?s many years of experience and education. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get quick and positive results without excess theory to weigh the creative process down.?
?David Goldblatt, Composer, Pianist, and Music Director (for national television programs, world tours, and varied media)
?Jerry Gates? Arranging for Horns is a concise yet thorough guide to horn arranging in jazz and popular styles. The book progresses through each vital instrument, offering writing techniques for them as individuals and as a group. Arranging for Horns goes one step further than many treatments of this topic, looking at how an arrangement can vary throughout a song?changing the intensity of the music. This added consideration gives arrangers a powerful tool for adding shape and contour to their songs. Recommended for all arrangers and songwriters.?
?Ben Newhouse, Composer and Educator
/ Partitions jazz

This text covers every possible style appropriate to an intermediate book for brass. It includes music from the 14th century up to the beginning of the twentieth century from dozens of countries including original compositions that mimic manyhistoric styles. The musical selections outside the standard repertoire compare well in quality to the more famous works and have unique elements that increase students musical vocabulary. Includes: challenging and rewarding music in a comfortablerange for students with braces · musical exercises to teach phrasing · lip slur exercises · great music used to make practicing feel effortless and enriching.

Play with a real band!-Bigger Swop is the follow-up to Big Swop - a household name in the wind-playing world. A variety of pieces in different styles such as R&B bossa nova swing and latin rock pass in revue. This album offers plenty of opportunities to improvise. The live recorded accompaniments on the CD make playing easy and fun!The accompaniment parts (including the chord notation) are on the CD in printable (PDF) format. You can print them out for your band members.

Instrumental Play-Along-This collection features 12 Great Movie Themes complete with backing tracks that will make you sound great! Audio is available online via streaming or download. Pieces include: Batman Theme The Godfather (Love Theme) He's a Pirate Mrs. Darcy My Heart Will Go on (Love Theme from 'Titanic') Over the Rainbow The Pink Panther Star Wars (Main Theme) and more.

50 Duets that Can Be Played by Any Combination of Wind Instruments-The intention of Compatible Christmas Duets For Winds is to provide instrument players the opportunity to play fifty popular Christmas carols in arrangements for two instruments.These duets will work with any combination of any two instruments so you can play carols with your friends no matter what instrument they play. There are endless possibilities for using duet combinations for fun and entertainment around the holidays. You can play for family friends or in a concert setting.Compatible Christmas Duets For Winds provides you with interesting and playable arrangements. It can also help to make practice time fun around theholidays and can be used with friends and teachers as well. One of the best ways to improve as a player is to play in small chamber groups and duets are the easiest way to get started. Playing duets with others of similar ability levels or even of greater ability will help to stimulate the growth of your playing.

32 Trios that can be played by any combination of wind instruments-Compatible Trios for Winds contains 21 trios in a variety of styles from classical to folk and includes some new original works as well. Each piece is playable by any combination of three wind instruments. Trios are a great way to learn how to play in a chamber music setting and this unique collection gives players the opportunity to do it with anyone else that plays a wind instrument making for an almost limitless combination of instruments. Compatible Trios for Winds is especially useful in a school setting where students are eager to play music with friends. The flexibility of these trios makes them a must-have for any windplayer. Includes tunes such as 'The Irish Washerwoman ' Brahms’ 'Hungarian Dance No. 5 ' Larry Clark’s original 'Harvest Moon ' and more.