Teacher's Edition-Teachers Edition. Don't read notes read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one assuming no previous training with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes rests meter pitch and unison/2-partsongs in Vol. 1 and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol.1) Student Edition (Vol.1) CD (Vol.1) Teacher's Edition (Vol.2) Student Edition (Vol.2). Recommended for Grades 3-8.

The Complete Resource for Community Choirs-Community Voiceworks is an unrivalled collection of fun reflective empowering and moving songs in the practical Voiceworks format. With five sections covering a variety of life's key themes there is something for everyone - from classic hits such as 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay' 'If I had a hammer' 'Walking on Sunshine' and 'Something Inside So Strong' to well-known traditional songs and new works by acclaimed choir leaders. The CD provides recordings of individual parts allowing non-readers to learn aurally and song sheets are photocopiable. A truly inclusive collection for all groups who love singingtogether regardless of experience!43 flexible songs from simple unison to four parts by established writers and arrangers.Ideal for community choirs of all types and school groups of 11+ years.Vast range of repertoire including well-known pop songs traditional songs from around the world contemporary songs protest songs and rounds.Diverse themes including Peace and Reflection Liberty and Freedom and Celebrations.Warm-ups and practical tips on working with amateur singers and the natural voice.Supporting rehearsal plans for each song from the basis of learning by ear.Copiable pages.CD containing MP3s of learning tracks (providing individual vocal parts) and backing tracks for some pieces.Recordings of full performances available to download.

Note-for-Note Vocal Transcriptions-This terrific collection in the Note-for-Note Vocal Transcriptions series features 12 Beatles classics with Vocal parts transcribed exactly as they were recorded including lead harmony and background parts and all Vocal inflections plus a Keyboard reduction of the instrumental parts and chord labels.Songs include: Because Day Tripper Drive My Car Good Day Sunshine In My Life Nowhere Man Paperback Writer Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band This Boy (Ringo's Theme) Ticket to Ride With a Little Help from My Friends and You Won't See Me.

Key stages: 1 to 3.The scene is deep in the ocean with a cast of spectacular characters including the Great White Shark his Godson Hammerhead Dolly the Dolphin Fish of every shape and size and tiny Barnacles hitching rides on a mighty Blue Whale.The list of parts is flexible to accommodate the number of available performers with fairly evenly distributed lines. There are approximately 30 acting/singing parts plus choruses of Sea Creatures and Humans.This Pupil's Script includes the lyrics for the songs performance notes and the script for the play.You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

40 Fun Warm-Ups Using Songs from Across the United States-Keeping singers in our ensembles excited and energized during the warm-up process is a consistent hurdle for educators across the nation. By using songs that are indigenous to different parts of our country teachers in choral classrooms can help students prepare their minds bodies and voices while sharing a bit of our culture and history from different areas of the United States. All of the songs can be used with both inexperienced beginners and advanced singers. The lesson suggestions introduced with each song are intended to be aspringboard for teachers to modify and adapt to their own students' needs and skill levels. Each melody includes strategies that are accessible for those who are just learning how to use their voices and also for those more sophisticated singers who enjoy a good challenge. Keeping singers in our ensembles excited and energized during the warm-up process is a consistent hurdle for educators across the nation. By using songs that are indigenous to different parts of our country teachers in choral classrooms can help students prepare their minds bodies and voices while sharing a bit of our culture and history from different areas of the United States. All of the songs can be used with both inexperienced beginners and advanced singers. The lesson suggestions introduced with each song are intended to be aspringboard for teachers to modify and adapt to their own students' needs and skill levels. Each melody includes strategies that are accessible for those who are just learning how to use their voices and also for those more sophisticated singers who enjoy a good challenge.

Ever wonder how to put together the vocal parts in bluegrass 3 part harmony singing? In this very intimate lesson, Jenny Lester puts her band mates through the paces of finding their harmony parts. They very generously comply in an honest, open-hearted session that takes you right into what could easily be one of their private vocal practice sessions. Soon you will be practicing lead, tenor and baritone singing, each on it's own and then with the other 2 parts through this instructional DVD. In this lesson, Jenny takes two songs (Friends Like You and The River, Mother Nature and Me) and touches on the following techniques for good harmony singing - --finding a good harmony note by learning how to find the root, 3rd and 5th of the chord you are singing over --basic harmony theory for singers --octaves --tips on when and when not to use vibrato --blending and tone --harmony singing with men and women --singing consonants with a group --the tenor and baritone parts that make basic bluegrass harmony --closing off with harmonies to Will The Circle Be Unbroken --and more / Voix / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

A Practical Sight-Singing Course-Don't read notes read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one assuming no previous training with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes rests meter pitch and unison/2-part songs in Vol. 1 and continuein Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol.1) Student Edition (Vol.1) CD (Vol.1) Teacher's Edition (Vol.2) Student Edition (Vol.2). Recommended for Grades 3-8.

12 Selections for Study and Performance. Par BECK ANDY. Developing singers will cherish this charming collection of songs designed especially with them in mind. Creativity, musicality, and expressivity are clearly evident in and easily taught through each and every selection. Imaginative texts come to life with moderate vocal ranges, lyrical lines, and sensible yet captivating piano parts (which are professionally played on the optional CD). Inspire your next wave of outstanding solo singers. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Etudes et exercices / Recueil / Voix

Hugh the Drover or Love In The Stocks. A Romantic Ballad Opera in two acts. Libretto by Harold Child. New edition based on the 1959 edition as revised in accordance with the composer\'s directions. Full Score and orchestralparts available on hire.

from the 13th century to the present day-Enjoy another compilation from Schott's 'Best of' series. This volume contains over a hundred charming melodies including old favourites new arrangements and original works by Barrie Carson Turner. The collection encompasses a range of musical styles and genres from the thirteenth century tune 'Sumer is icumin in' to the upbeat 'Rock-a my soul'. Designed for 2 to 6 parts with ostinato accompaniments the canons and rounds are suitable for all voices and all ages.

Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons-From the campfire to the concert hall singing in rounds and canons is one of the most enjoyable experiences for singers of all ages. As music teachers we know that successful harmony doesn't just happen. It occurs over time with lots of practice and encouragement.This collection of rounds and canons is a sequential repertoire of kid-tested no-fail songs to guide students through that developmental process of ?finding their voices? in successful harmony. It includes movement and percussion echoes rounds and canons; speech canons; call and response songs; and song rounds and canons. ROUND the World is also a multicultural collection so thatstudents can experience the music of their world brothers and sisters and have a greater understanding of their cultural stories and traditions.?The Teacher Edition features reproducible song melodies with chord symbols song background performance tips piano/vocal arrangements and a variety of reproducible classroom instrument parts for accompanying options. The Performance/Accompaniment CD is available separately or in a Classroom Kit with the Teacher Edition for more budget-saving value! Available separately: Teacher Edition (HL09971739) Performance/Accompaniment CD (HL09971740) and Classroom Kit (Teacher and P/A CD). Suggested for grades 2-5.

Rockschool is about singing the songs you love. Your Vocals Grade 2 book contains six of the biggest tracks from the past six decades arranged for you to sing for your Grade 2 exam. This book also includes examples of all the supporting tests found in the Rockschool Grade 2 exam. This book for male vocalists contains the songs: Get Lucky - Daft Punk Mr Brightside - The Killers I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks Other features include: Fact Files: band and artists backgroundinformation with recommended listening. Backing tracks: high quality recordings to sing along to in Rockschool exams. Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online. Vocal scores: easy-to-follow separate Vocals scores. Piano and Guitar parts: Piano notation and Guitar chords included to help with practice.

The Spiders' Revenge is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by primary school children. The work was written for Evie Primary School a small rural school in Orkney of about 60 pupils between the ages of five and eleven and was specially devised to enhance an environmental studies project on 'mini-beasts'. All the pupils in the school took part in the first performance. Two children playing in a garden delight in tormenting ladybirds snails spiders and other living creatures who they claim 'have no right to be'. The spiders teach the children a salutary lesson during the course of which they learn a great deal aboutthe ways of these creatures finally recognizing the wonder of the insect world and acknowledging that all 'have their place on the earth'.The songs include simple recorder and percussion parts and guitar chords. Vocal part. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons-From the campfire to the concert hall singing in rounds and canons is one of the most enjoyable experiences for singers of all ages. As music teachers we know that successful harmony doesn't just happen. It occurs over time with lots of practice and encouragement.This collection of rounds and canons is a sequential repertoire of kid-tested no-fail songs to guide students through that developmental process of ?finding their voices? in successful harmony. It includes movement and percussion echoes rounds and canons; speech canons; call and response songs; and song rounds and canons. ROUND the World is also a multicultural collection so thatstudents can experience the music of their world brothers and sisters and have a greater understanding of their cultural stories and traditions.?The Teacher Edition features reproducible song melodies with chord symbols song background performance tips piano/vocal arrangements and a variety of reproducible classroom instrument parts for accompanying options. The Performance/Accompaniment CD is available separately or in a Classroom Kit with the Teacher Edition for more budget-saving value! Available separately: Teacher Edition Performance/Accompaniment CD (HL09971740) and Classroom Kit (HL09971741)?(Teacher and P/A CD). Suggested for grades 2-5.