SKU: CF.BF155

ISBN 9781491162071. UPC: 680160920815.

Learning to play chamber music is an important milestone in the music student’s journey. Playing with a teacher or friend helps develop rhythmic independence, intonation, listening skills, and sense of pulse that are vital to playing in an ensemble. These progressive duets offer beginning and developing players the opportunity to play along with others, or with the helpful support of the teacher in a lesson. Each duet adds new techniques and challenges that align with the natural advancement of lessons, moving from easy rhythms and keys to staccato bow strokes, slurs, accidentals (low or extended finger patterns), and more complex or independent rhythms. While the melody remains in the top line, musicians can alternate playing the melody as all efforts have been made to keep both parts at a similar difficulty level. This book features familiar melodies from traditional, folk, and Classical repertoire including tunes that many string teachers will recognize from Suzuki books. Appropriate for recitals or even small group concerts, there are 30 selections of different tempi, styles, and keys for variety, while remaining in string-friendly ranges. Each duet is one page or less in length, ensuring an immediate sense of success for young players. The perfect supplement to method book exercises and solo repertoire.

SKU: AP.48265

ISBN 9781470643133. UPC: 038081555034. English.

Sound Percussion Ensembles by Dave Black and Chris Bernotas contains 11 arrangements and two original pieces at the intermediate level designed to give your percussion students a valuable group performance experience. It synthesizes skills taught in Sound Percussion and can be used as a supplement to any percussion method, or independently as stand-alone performance music. Playing in a group as a percussion ensemble will help your students develop independence and rhythmic stability, while offering a fun incentive to practice with friends. This book features a variety of music styles such as holiday, patriotic, multicultural, processional, classical, and original repertoire that can be used for performances throughout the entire school year. Each piece contains a Sound Advice section, providing helpful performance tips for your students on preparing for each work, executing the technique with excellence, and helping them understand notation. SI Online includes streaming demonstration tracks for each arrangement, providing excellent practice resources. Titles include: Trumpet Tune * Funeral March / March of the Marionette * Jingle Bells / Parade of the Wooden Soldiers * Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah * Joy to the World / Deck the Halls * Chester / Battle Hymn of the Republic * España Cañi (Spanish Paso Doble) * Mama Paquita (Brazilian Folk Song) * Sakura/Arirang (Traditional Japanese / Korean Folk Song) * The Entertainer * Pomp and Circumstance * Mission Possible * Gears. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.