Par BRYANT ANN. This book is ideal for primary teachers with little or no experience of teaching music. It will also offer fresh ideas and inspiration to the most experienced music specialists. 'Teaching Foundation Music' is the first of Ann Bryant's music work schemes for primary teachers. The book includes lots of songs and rhymes with flexible lesson plans built around them as well as a CD of performance and accompaniment tracks to accommodate teachers with limited keyboard skills. This scheme offers guidance for those with no formal musical training and will build the confidence of all primary level teachers. The lesson plans are completely flexible and can accommodate mixed age and mixed ability groups, making them perfect for schools with more than one intake. Any teacher will benefit from Ann's broad experience and imaginative ideas and Children will love getting involved and singing the wide range of original songs and rhymes that have been incorporated into this structured and accessible set of lesson plans. Following Ann Bryant's training at the Royal College of music and her postgraduate course in Dalcroze Eurythmics, she has taught music movement and Drama to young people both here in the U.K and in Europe. For the last fifteen years Ann has specialised in Foundation and Key Stage 1, developing a unique and dynamic style of teaching. Author of the award-winning 'Teaching Key Stage 1 Music' (best New Music Product - Music Industry Associations Awards 2002), she has also established a highly successful career as a children's author./ Méthode / Formation Musicale

A Musical Tweet for Christmas-Email' Text' Post' Tweet' Skype' Christmas is almost here and the entire family is frantic about getting their lists to Santa in time. Exhausted super Mom is ready for an island vacation choked-up Dad doesn't need any moreridiculous ties big brother Axel is on the move and needs some wheels little brother Joey wants a puppy and Grandma and Grandpa want to try out their new matching sweat suits with one of those fancy dance revolution machines.But see how little sister Molly's handwritten letter reminds everyone of the true meaning of the season ? sincerely! Join the holiday hi-tech fun with clever songs hilarious antics and a full evening of entertainment thatwill leave your audience in stitches! This musical ?tweet? is designed for performers in upper elementary and middle school and features 7 original songs and a script with 18 main speaking parts. The Teacher Editionis filled with quality performance material including piano/vocal song arrangements with choreography script helpful production guide and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. For added value theready-to-use student books include songs and script and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers! Available separately: Teacher Singer 5-Pak Preview CD Preview Pak Performance/AccompanimentCD and Performance Kit/PACD. Duration: ca. 40 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Step Up To GCSE Music is the authoritative resource for getting you up to speed with the core content of the new GCSEs which will be taught in schools in England and Wales from 2016.   Whatever instrument you play whatever your background this clear and accessible guide:   Provides 14 sessions that can be tackled one-per-day for a fortnight's 'crash-course' in the holidays or spaced out over a school term Gets you up to speed with stave notation and the musical language requirements for all GCSE boards Contains regular tests to make sure that you fully understand eachtopic Helps you to achieve the highest grades

Inside Improvisation Series Melodic Structures A step by step method for learning to play over changes for all instruments. Inside Improvisation - Melodic Structures, is the first in a series of DVDs which describe a simple and pragmatic approach to improvisation. While focussing on the jazz idiom, the techniques discussed are applicable to many styles of music and all instruments, be it rock guitar, jazz saxophone, or the solos of the fusion keyboardist. The system presented in this volume offers a tangible pathway to inside the creative imagination by getting inside harmony, inside the changes. All music composed and performed by Jerry Bergonzi Rhythm section backround: Garry Dial - piano, Dave Santoro - bass, Alan Dawson - drums Produced by Hans Gruber PART 1 Section I: Four Note Groupings 1-5 Section II: Mixing Up Permutations Section III: Visualization Section V: Editing SectionVI: Key Centers Section VII: Inversions - PART 2 Section IX: Four Note Groupings 5-9 Section X: Avoid Notes Section XI: Upper Structure Groupings 9-13 Section XII: Additional Groupings Section XIII: Mixing Groupings

A practical and imaginative guide to jazz for instrumentalists and pianists of any age from beginners to approximately grade 4 level. Through listening and improvising it explores swing the blues scale jazz harmony and structure and is ideal for players keen to cross over from classical to jazz. The book is designed to be be used alongside instrumental/piano lessons in preparation for Trinity Guildhall/ABRSM exams or in the Key Stage 2/3 classroom. The enhanced CD features audio tracks to play along with and piano accompaniments to download.