SKU: PR.UE021584
ISBN 9783702473556. UPC: 803452070672.
All together easy Ensemble! is designed to be the student's first entry into ensemble playing. For beginners, each part is written in a comfortable range for each instrument, and parts are of equal importance. The set includes an optional piano part, which can be used to support or augment the ensemble, and UE provides brass parts as free downloads, if desired. Volume 5 includes easy arrangements of Strauss Blue Danube Waltz, the theme from Haydn Surprise Symphony, the traditional French Sur le pont d'Avignon, and an original James Rae tune, Hot Rock, which provides a range of styles and dynamics.
SKU: PR.UE021583
ISBN 9783702472634. UPC: 803452069751.
All together easy Ensemble! is UE's series of flexible arrangements for students venturing forth into ensemble playing for the first time. Since this is an important step in the development of many young musicians, arranger James Rae makes sure that all parts are important and integral and that all lines lie comfortably on the instrument. An optional piano part is included, to enhance the ensemble if necessary, and parts are included for a wide range of instrumentations. Volume 4 includes Shostakovich Waltz No.2 (from Jazz Suite No. 2), Verdi's La donna e mobile, Yankee Doodle, and Rae's original Cha-Cha Cubano. For beginning performers.
SKU: S2.094078
UPC: 821617009909.
Six easy hymn arrangements for instrumental solos, duets, or ensembles. Each book contains a piano score plus removable solo and duet parts. Keys allow any combination of brass and woodwinds to play together. All strings can play together. Great for first- or second-year players. 1. All Hail the Power.
SKU: S2.094052
UPC: 821617009701.
Six easy hymn arrangements for instrumental solos, duets, or ensembles. Each book contains a piano score plus removable solo and duet parts. Keys allow any combination of brass and woodwinds to play together. All strings can play together. Great for first- or second-year players.
SKU: S2.094094
UPC: 821617010004.
SKU: S2.094110
UPC: 821617010103.
SKU: FJ.FJH2375
ISBN 9781619283602. UPC: 241444441862. English.
Volume 1 of Christmas Trios includes three holiday favorites arranged for one piano, six hands. Bell Carol, O Come All Ye Faithful, and an exciting rendition of Jingle Bells are all accessible for a quick studio get-together, or holiday recital.
About FJH Piano Ensemble Series
Cre ative material especially written to explore aspects of artistic ensemble performance.
SKU: S2.094201
UPC: 821617009206.
SKU: BT.MUSBM11517
ISBN 9781846091360. English.
The DVD edition of this hugely popular series of tutors gets you even closer to your instrument with a set of real music lessons right there on your screen! A New Tune A Day features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone, technique and posture. The selection of music is fresh and exciting, including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those vital practice hours are never boring! The book includes: Advice on your instrument and the equipment you will needInstructions for effective technique and comfortable playing Explanatory pages on reading and understanding music Tests to check your own progress and comprehension The accompanying audio CD features a virtuoso performance and backing track for each pieces, as well as recorded examples to support the lessons. The DVD features lessons on: Basic techniques Putting the instrument together Posture Looking after your instrument Basic music notation How to approach your first piece.
About A New Tune A Day
Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of an audio CD-with actual performances and backing tracks-will make practice even more fun and exciting, and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. This book contains: easy-to-follow lessons on clear, uncluttered pages; tips for technique; improvising hints; audio CD with a virtuoso performance, backing tracks, and audio examples; great music, including duets and ensemble pieces; useful pull-out fingering chart
SKU: BT.DHP-1084553-400
ISBN 9789043130585. 9x12 inches. English.
The first volume in the Step by Step series contains 14 structured lessons, a DVD and 2 CDs. The aim of this book is to provide all beginners with an opportunity to have fun whilst learning the clarinet. The 2 CDs included with this book contain performances of each piece to demonstrate how it should be done, along with play along tracks. The separate piano accompaniment book that is available for live performances also helps to develop the listening and interactive skills required for playing as part of an ensemble. Throughout the clearly presented lessons the student will find entertaining pieces, games and other activities which reinforce the area of learning within thelesson. Step by Step, together with the DVD, demonstrates the more practical aspects of playing and is a comprehensive and innovative method designed to achieve the theoretical and technical knowledge required for playing the clarinet. Due to the fact that Step by Step proceeds at a slow place it is an ideal method for younger learners or those who need to progress at a more gradual rate. Step by Step - A definitive method covering all aspect of learning.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094597-400
ISBN 9789043131544. 9x12 inches. English.
Each volume in the Step by Step series contains 14 structured lessons, a DVD (Volume 1 only) and 2 CDs. The aim of this book is to provide all beginners with an opportunity to have fun whilst learning to play their instrument. The 2 CDs contain performances of each piece to demonstrate how it should be done, along with play along tracks. The separate piano accompaniment book that is available for live performances also helps to develop the listening and interactive skills required for playing as part of an ensemble. Throughout the clearly presented lessons the student will find entertaining pieces, games and other activities which reinforce the area of learningwithin the lesson. Step by Step, together with the DVD, demonstrates the more practical aspects of playing and is a comprehensive and innovative method designed to achieve the theoretical and technical knowledge required for playing. Due to the fact that Step by Step proceeds at a slow place it is an ideal method for younger learners or those who need to progress at a more gradual rate. Step by Step - A definitive method covering all aspects of learning to play.
SKU: BT.DHP-1084263-400
ISBN 9789043130431. 9x12 inches. English.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094706-400
ISBN 9789043131582. 9x12 inches. English.
SKU: GI.G-10368
ISBN 9781622776276.
This is a fascinating and important book for everybody even remotely interested in the history of American bands. Bryan Proksch has done some painstakingly thorough research in putting together an amazing assemblage of documents… This is a must-have book! —Jon Ceander Mitchell   The Wind Music Research Quarterly: Mitteilungsblatt der IGEB   (March 2022), 14–15 For the scholar, each entry presents an opportunity for expansion. For the teacher, this work provides source readings for courses on wind band history or for complementing Strunk or Weiss-Taruskin in university music history courses. That said, these documents stand as an enriching and entertaining read in their own right for anyone interested in the subject. —Michael O’Connor   Historic Brass Today 1/2 (Spring 2022), 32 The Golden Age of American Bands is ideally suited for courses on the history and literature of bands in America. Indeed, this volume could suffice as a textbook for adventuresome teachers in that it touches on the major musicians, instruments, ensembles, and functions expected of such a course. . . . Both private and classroom band instructors will find compelling glimpses into the history of their craft. [It is] bursting with opportunities to inspire curiosity in their students while effectively supporting their own curricular goals. —Benjamin D. Lawson and James A. Davis   The Journal of Music History Pedagogy Proksch’s new collection of documents is a most welcome step in the direction of getting [the story of bands] under control. The juxtaposition of documents from so many levels and types of ensembles proves to have a cumulative effect: one begins to see the subtle and long-lasting connections among them despite the big differences. It is easy to envision it as a supplemental text in a course on band history and literature, but the book is also just an absorbing read. There is much to learn here, and much to enjoy. —Ken Kreitner   Notes 79/2 (December 2022): 217-218 This is the story of the American wind band, told chronologically by those who experienced it in real time from 1835 to 1935. How did bands become bands? How did they rise in popularity? Which figures had insights and specific impacts on the development of the genre? Through source documents and articles, Bryan Proksch takes us on an extraordinary journey from the time of the first brass bands in the 1830s, through the Civil War and the golden ages of Gilmore and Sousa, to the cusp of the wind ensemble just before World War II. Hear from a young Frederick Fennell about his efforts to create the first band at Eastman. Read the outline of Allessandro Liberati’s unpublished trumpet method book. Eavesdrop on Karl L. King as he muses on the fate of bands after the death of Sousa. See Patrick Conway’s first undergraduate music education curriculum. Gawk as trombonist Fredrick Neil Innes embarrasses “world’s greatest cornetist†Jules Levy at Coney Island. Explore as Alan Dodworth revolutionizes bands. Retreat with a military band in the middle of a Civil War battle. Find out what it felt like to sit in a Sousa Band rehearsal. Ask Herbert L. Clarke why he thinks you should be playing a cornet instead of a trumpet. Find out how P. S. Gilmore managed to pull off the biggest concert events in American history. The book includes numerous rare and unknown illustrations to show you the places where band history happened. The documents include rare periodical excerpts, handwritten letters, and other writings taken from archives throughout the United States. These first-person accounts are certain to further refine and deepen our understanding and appreciation of American band history on a grand scale. Contents: Beginnings (1835–1859) The Civil War (1860–1865) The Jubilees (1866–1879) The Gilded Age (1880–1896) The Band Age (1897–1914) World War I (1915–1919) Transition and Decline (1920–1935)  Click here to download a FREE addenda. Bryan Proksch is a distinguished faculty lecturer and associate professor of music history and literature at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. This is his third book. His A Sousa Reader: Essays, Interviews, and Clippings (GIA Publications, 2016) explores the documents relating to the life and career of John Philip Sousa.
SKU: BT.DHP-1002045-721
ISBN 9789043109512.
As the name suggests, the series First Class contains compositions for the first group lessons which, despite their easy grade, are first class pieces! First Class offers numerous possibilities for ensemble playing. Specialattention is given to the range of each part, so that as many different instruments as possible can play the pieces together. This means almost any combination of instruments is possible, from a quartet to a full concert band. Allpieces also contain optional percussion parts. In Concert is a collection of small pieces composed by Jacob de Haan. As the title indicates, this part of the First Class series can be used to make up a concert program. Withmelodious titles such as March Along, Beetle Blues, and House Party, success is something you can count on! Contents: March Along · Beetle Blues · House Party · Quick Time · Slow Motion · Czardas · Farmhouse Rock · Soul Ballad ·English Waltz · Sunny Samba · Rhythm & Blues · Close FinishIn Concert is de eerste verzameling in de serie First Class. De twaalf zeer verschillende composities zijn in de lichste moeilijkheidsgraad geschreven. Al na een paar maanden kunnen de jongste muzikanten zo al primamet elkaar musiceren. Inhoud:March Along, Beetle Blues, House Party, Quick Time, Slow Motion, Czardas, Farmhouse Rock, Soul Ballad, English Waltz, Sunny Samba, Rythem & Blues en Close Finish.Der Serienname First Class spricht für sich: Einerseits sind die Werke in dieser Serie für das erste Zusammenspiel geschrieben, andererseits sind sie bei aller Einfachkeit doch sehr gut komponiert, also einfach 'Klasse'! Die Serie First Class bietet durch ihr spezielles Konzept unendlich Möglichkeiten des Zusammenspiels. Die Art und Weise der Instrumentierung ermöglicht, mit zwei oder mehreren gleichen, aber auch mit unterschiedlichen Instrumenten zusammenzuspielen. Nach Belieben kann das Ensemble durch Schlaginstrumente ergänzt werden. Das Prinzip ist sehr einfach: Man schaut, welche Instrumente zur Verfügung stehen und sucht danach die Stimmenhefte aus derdazugehörigen Liste aus.First Class in Concert - Jacob de HaanIn Concert ist die erste Sammlung der Serie First Class. Die zwölf ganz unterschiedlichen Stücke sind in leichtestem Schwierigkeitsgrad geschrieben. Bereits nach ein paar Monaten Spielerfahrung können damit die jüngsten Musiker miteinander klangvoll musizieren. La serie First Class propone pubblicazioni per principianti particolarmente adatte alle lezioni di gruppo. In First Class viene data grande importanza all’estensione delle parti, rendendo possibile l’esecuzione da parte di molti strumenti diversi. In questo modo, si può utilizzare qualsiasi combinazione di strumenti: dal quartetto fino alla orchestra di fiati. Tutti i brani contengono le parti opzionali per percussioni e dato che sono pensati per musicisti principianti, non contengono ritmi o tecniche complesse.
