24 beautiful, well-known standards in keys comfortable for most female singers. The first-class rhythm section plays each song with a special sensitivity and with the singer in mind, including intros that help orient the singer to the melody. Special stereo separation allows piano playing singers to eliminate the piano track and play/sing along with the bass and drums. Book includes lyrics written over the melody notes and chord changes. It Had to be You (Eb) - A Foggy Day (C) - Alone Together (A minor) - Body and Soul (Bb) - But Not for Me (Bb) - Bye Bye Blackbird (C) - Days of Wine and Roses (C) - East of the Sun (Eb) - Fool's Rush In (G) - I Cover the Waterfront (Eb) - I Thought About You (C) - Love For Sale (Fminor) - Misty (C) - My Funny Valentine (A minor) - September in the Rain (C) - Skylark (C) - Stardust (Ab) - Stars Fell on Alabama (Ab) - Summertime (D) - That's All (Ab) - Time after Time (Ab) - What is This Thing Called Love? (G) - What's New (G) - You Go To My Head (C)Support média : Compact discLangue : en anglais

Letter from Sado is an exciting new piece for young band based on a Japanese haiku of the same name. Sado refers to Sado Island in Japan in which various artists religious and military leaders were sent in exile many years ago. The island has historically had a strong community of taiko drummers and as such the piece incorporates optional homemade taiko drums. Blackshaw writes: To capture the idea of interpretation and the concept of reading between the lines the students are invited to become decision makers about particular sections in the music. For example the opening and closing sections of the piece use the same material which is a selection of repeated melodic figures.The students themselves decide how to play these figures as individuals in small teams and then as a whole band. Their decisions include ideas regarding tempo (how fast') dynamics (how loud') and articulation (smooth short or hard'). To inspire them we use the haiku poem; i.e. the opening section invites the students to play the material as if it were a 'stormy wild sea' and the closing section invites the students to play the same melodic figures but this time draw their inspiration from 'Heaven's River ' or as we know it the Milky Way. In-between there is an elaborate heavily textured section that becomes increasingly powerful. The music doesn't rest harmonically until the whole band plays in unison. These multiple layers of sound represent the many thoughts and ideas that would have surrounded those individuals sent to Sado Island in exile the final unison is representative of their own breakthrough experience sending them on a pathway to inner peace and acceptance. Embrace your players' creativity offer them your trust and see how far Letter from Sado can take your band!