Intermediate/Advanced. The new millennium suggests a need for revamping great standards of the 20th century. Highly respected pianist, composer, and author Andy LaVerne has designed a set for such a purpose. Showcased are the musical and playable reharmonizations in a way musicians will find entertaining and enlightening. Some are tastefully subtle while others are surprisingly bold. Take these techniques and reharmonize your own tunes! Rhythm Section: Andy LaVerne (p); Rufus Reid (b); Steve Davis (d) Includes: # Cantaloupe Island # Dream # I Hear A Rhapsody # Maiden Voyage # On Green Dolphin Street # Smoke Gets In Your Eyes # Watermelon Man # Yesterdays # Softly As In A Morning Sunrise # Song For My Father # Stella By Starlight

The very thought of aural especially in examinations strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra it’s something to be developing all the time because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities boxes to fill in and practice exercises this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected a range of interconnected activities are includedto help develop the ear including singing clapping playing your instrument writing music down improvising and composing.This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010 ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Develop independent singing and listening skills in your young students with this delightful collection of 41 echo songs. You sing the melody they sing it back. Or take turns assigning different soloists or groups of 'leaders' and 'followers.' Students may also echo the leader provided on the split-track CD. Includes songs in various styles for mornings and afternoons seasons and holidays hellos and good-byes rhymes scales solfege and more. Plus each song has a page full of suggested activities and teaching suggestions. Chord symbols are provided. Grades K-3.

Does the very thought of the dreaded aural test fill you with fear? Does nothing seem as bad as being put on the spot having to recognise discordant intervals and singing back melodies that are simply too long to remember?Having a good ear is vital to becoming a successful musician and Improve Your Aural! is here to help develop your musicianship in easy graded stages. Through fun listening activities boxes to fill in and practice exercises this workbook and CD focus directly on all those key skills you need. You'll be singing clapping playing your instrument writing down music improvising and composing - as well as securing thatvital pass in the aural section of your grade exams.

Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities boxes to fill in and practice exercises this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing clapping playing your instrument writing music down improvising and composing.This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010 ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities boxes to fill in and practice exercises this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing clapping playing your instrument writing music down improvising and composing.This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010 ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Series : You Can Teach Yourself Number of pages : 136 A creative self-teaching text, which provides a through grounding in the fundamentals of music, this book is essential reading for beginning instrumentalists and vocalists providing a comprehensive musical dictionary, self- instructional theory lessons designed to motivate, and a wealth of historical information.

Description Suitable for young beginners, this book by S. J. Townshend, provides short exercises in the elementary rudiments of music including questions on clefs and staves, notes and values, accidentals, rests, tones and semitones, introduction to major scales, key signatures, tonic triads, time-signatures and musical terms.

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' Improve your Scales and Improve your Sightreading. Improve your Practice Grade 1 begins by encouraging students to plan their practice sessions starting with warm-ups and then giving tips on how to 'explore a piece'. This book will help children to think about different aspects of their music as they play giving them a better musical understanding of their pieces and also encourages independent thought and exploration.

Theory Book-On Your Way to Succeeding with the Masters Theory Book correlates with the repertoire collection On Your Way to Succeeding with the Masters. Each piece in the Theory Book 'spotlights' a particular concept from the repertoire collection such as: whole and half steps; five-finger patterns; tonic and dominant among others. In addition composition and improvisation activities are found throughout the book. Since each piece spotlights a different concept students may start anywhere in the book and study the desired pieces in any order. Includes a Glossary of Musical Terms for students to reference.

Answer Key-The On Your Way To Succeeding With The Masters - Theory Book Answer Key contains all of the answers to the 'spotlighted' concepts in the Theory Book. Having students work with various concepts in several different ways assists them with the retention of this important information and enables them to build on a solid foundation.

The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. This book contains pieces for Voice.  Each book in the GCSE Performance Pieces series has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner and overseen by our Series Editor Andrew Coxon who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the bestopportunity to show off their instrument and skills with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from. This Voice book features: Material suitable for all exam boards Ten songs with a range of difficulty appropriate for around Grades 3 to 6 A CD accompaniment of professionally recorded backing tracks so that you can hear exactly how each song is meant to sound allowing you to master every song The book includes a range of songs from 1968's Son Of A Preacher Man to two of Adele's biggest hits Someone Like You and Rolling In The Deep. Every song should be immediately familiar but if not you can enjoy discovering and then singing a great new song. With other songs by Bruno Mars Pixie Lott and Ed Sheeran included this book is perfect for nailing a contemporary song that you enjoy listening to and so will enjoy singing. Every song includes a page of information about it detailing the key range and some really useful performance tips. Helpfully a  YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book along with additional suggested listening such as interesting cover versions or other

Inside Volume 6?of La Formation Musicale Marie-Hélène Siciliano has devised a method constructed from 25 progressive lessons that cover all knowledge required of a student on theirsecond musical training cycle in a music school.? The theoretical concepts are embedded within the musical pieces so that as you play these beautiful tunes you will develop your musicality as well as yourtheoretical understanding. The five parts of La Formation Musicale consist of reading notes rhythm work ear training singing and theory and analysis.