Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones* Passing the Tonic* Pitch Matching* Scale Builders* Interval Builders* Expanding Intervals* Chord Builders* Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony* Rhythmic Subdivision* 5-Note Scales* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) * ChoralesThe compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. / Percussions

Arr. Elliot Del Borgo. Par CURNOW / STEPHEN BULLA / PAUL CURNOW / L.HOSAY / D. THE YOUNG BAND CHRISTMAS COLLECTION ist eine Sammlung von einigen der besten Blasorchester-Weihnachtstitel für junge Spieler im Buchformat. In dieser Ausgabe finden Sie ausgewählte Titel von James Curnow, Douglas Court, Paul Curnow, Stephen Bulla, Elliot del Borgo und James Hosay. All diese Titel haben sich als absolute Gewinner erwiesen - sowohl vom pädagogischen Standpunkt betrachtet, da sie die Aufmerksamkeit der Schüler halten - als auch hinsichtlich der begeisterten Reaktionen des Publikums auf die so gut eingefangene Weihnachtsstimmung. Curnow Music Press steht für Qualität auf dem Gebiet der Jugendorchesterliteratur und diese Qualität zeigt sich auch in dieserAusgabe. Das Buchformat erspart Ihnen wertvolle Zeit des Notensortierens und verschafft den Schülern einen leichteren Überblick. Der Wert dieser Sammlung tritt auch beim Preisvergleich mit einzelnen Blasorchesterausgaben deutlich zu Tage. Die Partitur und Stimmenhefte sind separat erhältlich. Bitte bestellen Sie gemäß Ihrer Besetzung. / Niveau : 1.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Percussions

Par NILLES ANIKA. If you don’t have access to your drums regularly, travel a lot, or have neighbors with sensitive ears, you will already have a PRACTICE PAD. But practicing without a drum kit is special! To keep your hands agile and dive deeper into EFFECTIVE METHODS that really improve your pad technique, ANIKA NILLES‘ PAD BOOK is JUST THE THING!  Anika gives plenty of options WHAT AND HOW to practice on a pad. Practice pads are particularly well suited because they reduce drumming to one basic sound source. This way you follow a process of continuous progression in terms of stickings and rudiments, phrasings and rhythm concepts. The FUNDAMENTAL WORKOUTS are allocated to four chapters: Subdivision Studies, Mixed Meters, Hand Independence, and Polyrhythms. The result is a complete system with triplets, 16th notes, quintuplets, sextuplets and septuplets, which are broken down into individual steps starting with a very basic layout before moving to more complex rhythms. The focus is on building up and consolidating fundamentals across all note values, raising awareness on a feel for time and rhythm, and presentation of many possibilities on how you can expand acquired skills. Anika also puts together a collection of WARM-UPS which suggest ideas on how you create your own rhythm patterns out of the technical features in this book. The deeper meaning underpinning Anika’s ideas is always how to be MORE CREATIVE. It is about working on your weaknesses, developing new ideas and rhythms for yourself, or simply looking at familiar things from a different perspective. Back on the DRUM KIT you will find that you can focus on more specific, musically relevant topics such as sound, orchestration, and dynamics, since the hands, body, and mind have already internalized the basics practiced on the pad. JUST FUNDAMENTAL   / Methods & Tutors / Etude / Percussions

Description This book is for advanced hand drummers who want to play complex solos using simple sequences of hand strokes. Whether you play Djembe, conga, or ashiko, the practical hand-pattern strategies explained here will help you get the most out of your hands with the least amount of effort. And whether you want to solo in a traditional African or Afro-Cuban ensemble, in a drum circle, in a band, or in your living room along with your favorite CDs, Secrets of the Hand will help you take your playing to the next level. The book is organized into two main sections. The first covers the five basic hand-pattern strategies and the second covers five strategies for creating the illusion of speed. Each new strategy builds on the ones before it. And while you're learning the strategies, you'll also be learning over a hundred patterns that should be a fountain of ideas for you when you solo.

The long awaited Mallet Percussion edition of this series. 12 Disney songs specially arranged for Mallet Percussion. Includes: Be Our Guest The Bells of Notre Dame Can You Feel the Love Tonight Colors of the Wind Friend like Me I Just Can't Wait to Be King Part of Your World Reflection Under the Sea You'll Be in My Heart (Pop Version) You've Got a Friend in Me Zero to Hero.

Suitable for young children aged 3-7 this book allows everyone to join in playing and singing along to familiar songs with simple percussion instruments. A free CD providing the backing and accompaniments is included toplay-along to. Barry hart talks you through each instrument: how to hold and play it to produce the best sound and tips for very young children to play in time. This book can be used in conjunction with Children's PercussionSet Rucksack (Item code: 9030440) which contains all the instruments used in the book. For Voice with Piano Lyrics and Chord symbols.

This Doumbek DVD covers beginning to advanced techniques in the Arabic drumming style - the clearest most exciting way to play the Doumbek.Features unique \'play along\' sections accompanied by a full band so you canapply the rhythms in a musical setting. It takes you through simple rhythms in an easy to learn manner. You\'ll learn these important Middle Eastern rhythms: Beledi Maqsum Chiftetelli Malfuf Khaligi Ayyub andKarsilamas.You\'ll also learn advanced skills such as switching rhythms and developing your internal time sense as well as how to play Doumbek for bellydancers.

Doris McLaren and Edward Hughes. A Nativity play for young children with narration by the donkey of Bethlehem. The action of the play opens in the present day and on the appearance of Neddy it switches back to the first Christmas Eve. For the final tableau and the finale it reverts back to the present day. The unison songs include ‘Clippety Clop’ ‘Star Light Star Bright’ and ‘Christ Is Born For You’. 20 MINS.

This book/CD pack is designed for the hand drummer that is eager to step up to the next level in performance. You will develop a good sound by incorporating strengthening exercises coupled with various techniques to develop strength speed independence and control. Practical exercises for coordination and independence are included to help you increase your level of performance. The CD includes a performance track by Poncho and José.

Inspire your students to make some noise with Teach and Play Balinese Gamelan!The six pieces in this book represent an exciting and varied selection of music from the island of Bali from a Balinese warrior dance and a traditional lullaby to rhythmic 'monkey' chanting and a shadow-puppet play. Each piece is broken down into clear and simple steps that show you how to build up the music gradually with your class. Combined with the accompanying DVD - which contains 60 short clips of the author and a group of KS3 students demonstrating all of the instruments and patterns to each piece - teaching and learning world music has neverbeen so easy or enjoyable.The six pieces are supplemented with valuable background information about the music and culture cross-curricular projects composing ideas advice on assessment and guidance on teaching whole-class world-music ensembles. The material in this book has been designed primarily for use with KS2 and KS3 classes but the addition of higher-ability parts for each piece means the book can be tailored easily to KS4 as well. It is not necessary to own authentic instruments to get the most out of this book as classroom alternatives are suggested and demonstrated. 'This series has been written by a genuine expert who has thorough knowledge of his subject and shares this with the reader in a lively enthusiastic and passionate way. I have never found any books before that are so clear in explaining the fundamentals of these world-music genres and doing so in a format based around practical relevant and achievable tasks is even more remarkable. I can see these books becoming one of those series that every music teacher will have either read or heard about in years to come.'Matt Allen Head of Music Chessington Community College Kingston

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Latin American Series : Interact & Learn Number of pages : 152 This course examines the infusion of traditional Afro-Latin and especially Afro-Cuban concepts into contemporary Western music. Upon completion of this book you will have mastered many new skills that will help you become a more accomplished percussionist and, more importantly, a more complete musician. By exploring the role of percussion in traditional Afro-Cuban music, you will understand the important contribution drums make towards a complete musical piece, and that a drum is not merely a rhythmic placeholder but truly a musical instrument worthy of recognition. While this book focuses primarily on hand percussion, its basic principals are also applied to the drum kit. There is no standard notation in this book; rather, the rhythms are illustrated with easily understood charts based on counting out subdivided beats. Two companion CDs offer audio examples of all major points.

With this three-volume video course you will learn the fundamentals of Latin percussion and many exercises. In addition, you'll be able to play a great variety of Latin rhythms with the following instruments: timbales, bongos, güiro, maracas, cencerro, and shaker. You will learn the rhythms of the cumbia, balada, bolero, vallenato, cha-cha, mambo, merengue, salsa and rock. Este método es el tercer curso de nuestra exitante serie de percusión que consiste de tres partes. Aprenderás los fundamentos básicos de los timbales, bongos, güiro, maracas, cencerro, and shaker, y una amplia variedad de ritmos latinos auténticos en una manera entretenida y fácil de seguir. Incluye técnicas prácticas, consejos indispensables y mucho más. Desde salsa a rock, ¡esta serie lo tiene todo! Incluye: cumbia, cha-cha-chá, bolero, mambo, merengue, salsa, vallenato, y rock. / Percussions / 60 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Brazilian rhythms have become more fashionable and well-liked in recent years the carnival style and energetic nature proving very popular in contemporary music. This DVD is a wonderful programme that teaches you the basics enabling beginners to master three traditional patterns. This extensive DVD tutorial includes a history of traditional Brazilian Instruments and shows you how to tune and the techniques to play the Pandeiro Tamborin Timbaland more.