This CD is one of several supporting the AB Real Book. It contains 15 Real Book tunes for Jazz Flute Level/Grade 4 in the form of full performances and 'minus-one' backing-tracks.

This CD is one of several supporting the AB Real Book. It contains 15 Real Book tunes for Jazz Flute Level/Grade 4 in the form of full performances and 'minus-one' backing-tracks.

The Bluesier Side of Jazz by Andrew D. Gordon was inspired by the Piano students he teaches at Shepherd University School of Music in Los Angeles and is dedicated to those students: Jungwon Yumiko Yoko Eunice Sooji Hae Ji and Ok Kyu. As with many students that come from a classical background (including himself) it is a difficult transition to learn to play Blues and Jazz. When a musician improvises they usually play a variety of riffs or phrases that they have developed and learnt over a period of time and can access these phrases instantaneously whatever key they are playing in to create a seamless improvised solo from the phrases they havelearnt.Andrew's idea for this book is to create phrases or riffs over two measures of various Blues progressions. He sub-divided each of the 12 Bar Blues progressions used in this book (the chord progression for Watermelon Man is a 16 measure progression) into six sections (two measures each) and within each of the six sections created four different phrases or riffs so that the student has a choice of four different phrases to play over every two measures. They can then create a solo based on which phrase they choose for each two measures. By breaking down these phrases to two measures each he has found that the students have an easier time of learning to improvise than by trying to transcribe a whole solo from an audio recording or leaving them to their own devices in trying to play a solo based on the Blues scale or other related scales.Each of the ten examples are based on common Jazz/Blues chord progressions from Jazz songs such as 'Watermelon Man' 'Blue Monk' 'Tenor Madness' 'Route 66' 'Blue Trane' 'Bag's Groove' starting off with basic I-IV-V chords and increasing in complexity throughout the book. There are over 200 phrases/riffs to choose from that can be learned and applied to many types of jazz songs.

Flexible arrangements for multiple combinations of wind instruments-Adaptable and flexible to your unique needs Solos Duets and Trios for Winds is a versatile series that encourages playing in a variety of combinations. Featuring three written parts for every song the arrangements are designed so that the top line is the melody (Part 1) the second line (Part 2) creates a duet and the third line (Part 3) forms a trio. You can play solo parts alone or form small wind ensembles by mixing and matching instrumentation as well as mixing the parts played. Students will gain the opportunity to learn how to play in a small chamber group setting. The accompanying online media includes fully orchestrated backing tracks PDF files with pianoaccompaniments and TNT 2 software which features the ability to change the speed of the recordings without changing the pitch. Solos Duets and Trios for Winds: Movie Favorites features 19 of the most familiar and popular movie themes ever. Titles: As Time Goes By - Can You Read My Mind' (Love Theme from Superman) - Cantina Band - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead - Family Portrait - From Russia with Love - Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) - Hedwig's Theme - The Great Escape March - The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) - In Dreams - May the Force Be with You - James Bond Theme - The Magnificent Seven (Main Title) - Newt Says Goodbye to Tina/Jacob's Bakery - Over the Rainbow - Song from M-A-S-H (Suicide Is Painless) - Star Wars (Main Title) - Theme from Superman.

Flute-Nowadays Look Listen and Learn sets the bar for brass and woodwind teaching. These exciting method book/CD packs for beginners contain songs music puzzles and games to increase the pupils' understanding of music information about their instrument and lots of fun pieces to play. The three volumes of the method that form the basis of this series are enhanced by several books with supplementary material designed to correspond with the progress of the method. In Meet the Masters the melodies are arranged in increasing order of difficulty and can be used in conjunction with all three volumes of the Look Listen and Learn method series. Pupils takea journey through music history and meet the most important composers of classical music from Tielman Susato to Antonín Dvo ák together with pertinent historical commentary. The present edition includes printed music for piano accompaniments expertly arranged at a moderate level of difficulty which are also available in recorded versions online to stream or download.