Jean-Luc Daumard (b. 1951) is a French musician and pedagogue. His ground-breaking book Solfège Prendre (Making Solfege) is a workbook containing a series of exercises designed for beginners letting the young musician record their progress as they develop their understanding of musical theory. Each fun exercise is written clearly in large font with simple language and clear pictures making it easy for learners of any age to comprehend. In French.

Sight Reading: The Rhythm Book is a graded workbook for instrumentalists and vocalists designed to develop sight reading and rhythmic skills by presenting a course of progressive lessons and studies specifically aimed at theseareas. Many different rhythmic groupings and writing styles and clearly presented and analyzed. This book will provide invaluable assistance to all musicians and lead to a greater understanding of the fundamentals of rhythm.Through the development of the counting method employed in this book and the analysis of rhythmic structure-identification of the various notes rests groups and signs used-the student will attain greater ease and facility whenapproaching sight reading material.

Stylistically this is a book about jazz improvisation both because that particular musical style is most comfortable and familiar to this author and because jazz has been the main arena of improvisation for nearly a century at least for profusion if not superiority in that craft. However the many and variegated techniques developed by great jazz improvisers during the last century and presented here would be of considerable even equal use to persons engaged in other styles of improvisation such as rock blue grass dixieland commercial dance or church music. Perhaps someday there will be specific improvisation methods for these styles but for the present jazz music leads all other styles in the development of methods for learning to improvise.

Trevor Webb and Nicholas Drewe. A series of books giving practical projects for use in preparation of the GCSE examinations in music. All the books are grounded on the three major principles of the GCSE syllabuses: listening composing and performing. They may be used either as a complete series or independently. In the early stages the emphasis is on active participation the subject matter is diverse allowing scope for the teacher to introduce a broad range of musical topics. The listening and composing elements gain a greater importance within the series as it progresses although there is always integration between them. Books 1 And 2 contain a variety of projects onrhythm scales tunes chords writing a pop song composing with electronic and conventional instruments and composing with voices amongst many other ideas. Books 3 And 4 offer 22 different listening exercises which are based on the works of a wide range of composers including Bach Handel Elgar Britten Joplin McCartney and Lloyd Webber. Each piece is presented in the form of a skeleton score and questions are set to develop the pupil’s aural perception and musical literacy. The music cassette which accompanies these two books includes recordings of many of the works.

Intermediate Notation and Sight-Reading for All Instruments-If you are already good at reading and writing quarter note and eighth note rhythms and want to up your game this is the book for you. Supported by recordings of the exercises and worksheets that help you practice the material you will learn 16th notes through triplets of all rates syncopations triple meters odd meters and even 32nd notes and beyond. Whether you are a vocalist a student of any instrument or a composer this step-by-step method will prepare you to read and correctly write nearly any rhythms you will ordinarily encounter.

Opening Up The Jazz Ensemble. Par COLLIER GRAHAM. This book/CD set addresses the development of improvisation in all its forms, individual and collective, textural and structural, and is designed to open up the minds of all the players in any jazz situation. The workshops are designed to help all levels of improviser. They will help the raw beginner start the process of learning to improvise, not necessarily in an exposed soloing situation, but will also help the technically fluent improviser who often needs to be taught to listen more and consider the overall picture rather than just his or her own contribution. Interaction also deals in a practical way with the connections between the present and the past, showing how the concepts of earlier styles can be adapted to our own music to create something valid for our own situation. / Méthode / Méthode / Big Band

This series of competitively prices workbooks is a carefully graded to assist students intending to attain the relevant ABRSM standard. Every aspect of the theory for grade 3 is introduced gradually for ease of learning, and are clearly laid out with simple instructions explaining the principles for each section thoroughly. There is plenty of ooprtunity for the pupil to fill-in along the way, thus providing the perfect gradual method for learning.

Inside Music presents a practical approach to developing the composing performing and listening skills required for the GCSE examination. Clearly laid out and easy to use - each project lists the required resources gives starting points for listening performing and composing activities and follow-up suggestions. A pupil self-assessment chart is included at the end.

This series of competitively prices workbooks is a carefully graded to assist students intending to attain the relevant ABRSM standard. Every aspect of the theory for grade 5 is introduced gradually for ease of learning, and are clearly laid out with simple instructions explaining the principles for each section thoroughly. There is plenty of ooprtunity for the pupil to fill-in along the way, thus providing the perfect gradual method for learning.

Inside music presents a practical approach to developing the composing performing and listening skills required for the GCSE examination. It is clearly laid out and easy to use. Each project lists the required resources gives starting points for listening performing and composing activities and follow-up suggestions. A pupil self-assessment chart is included at the end.

This series of competitively prices workbooks is a carefully graded to assist students intending to attain the relevant ABRSM standard. Every aspect of the theory for grade 2 is introduced gradually for ease of learning, and are clearly laid out with simple instructions explaining the principles for each section thoroughly. There is plenty of ooprtunity for the pupil to fill-in along the way, thus providing the perfect gradual method for learning.

This series of competitively prices workbooks is a carefully graded to assist students intending to attain the relevant ABRSM standard. Every aspect of the theory for grade 4 is introduced gradually for ease of learning, and are clearly laid out with simple instructions explaining the principles for each section thoroughly. There is plenty of ooprtunity for the pupil to fill-in along the way, thus providing the perfect gradual method for learning.