(Lennon & McCartney) (F) Edited by Nicholas Hare. Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumentalcombination and these varied ensembles are easy and enjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestralgroupings. Whether there are five or fifty players every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each setcontains a score plus around 50 parts each one carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There aremore demanding parts too for experienced players. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements ofwell-known titles are a must for every school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites. And don’t forget we haveKaleidoscope bumper carol packs and seasonal gems for your Christmas Concert too!

Arranging for Small and Medium Ensembles-The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color character and sophistication to chord voicings. Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions understanding jazz harmony overcoming harmonic ambiguity experimenting with unusual combinations andnon-traditional alignments and many more. The accompanying online audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques. The audio tracks feature PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player thatallows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

Skillfully arranged for beginning groups every section of the band gets a chance to play the melody on this Beatles classic. Written in a rock ballad style this tutti style arrangement requires no soloists.