What's the best way to learn concepts? Through experience! How about a great way to memorize facts? By singing! This ingenious collection demonstrates fundamental musical concepts while clever lyrics define them. Dynamics, articulations, tempo markings, treble and bass clef note names, rests, fermatas, and more - it's all about music! Mark includes creative lessons (often games) and suggests related listening (usually masterworks) for every song in the book. So fun, kids won't realize they're learning. So fundamental, curriculum planning is a cinch! Recommended for grades 2-6. / Formation Musicale

Songpack is one of the most successful resources for classroom music-making on the market. The song-based package actively encourages participation and offers ideas on performing listening and inventing thus fulfillingrequirements of the Programmes Of Study and GCSE syllabus. Forty songs ranging from pop and folksongs to film and show tunes. Titles include ‘Sailing’ ‘When I’m Sixty Four’ Morning Has Broken’ ‘Rivers Of Babylon’ and many more.Each song is prefaced by teacher’s notes giving helpful hints on rehearsal and performance project work and listening activities. In addition to the songs and keyboard accompaniment there are easy parts for recorder and tunedpercussion plus melody parts in Bb. The pupil’s book gives the melody line optional counter-melody plus guitar chords.

So you want to write songs and you want to write them on guitar. This is the book that shows you exactly how.Taking tips and tricks from classic songwriters from Bob Dylan to the Beatles to Tori Amos How to Write Songs on Guitar takes you through the four main elements of a song rhythm melody lyrics and harmony and inspires you to combine them in exciting new ways.Now with updated songs and tips on writing trends it's packed with wisdom and practical advice culled from over 1 500 songs How to Write Songs on Guitar 2nd edition will soon have you producing better more memorable songs.

Mit seinem neuen Werk legt Masen Abou-Dakn, einer der erfolgreichsten Songwriting-Pädagogen im deutschsprachigen Raum, ein umfangreiches Arbeitsbuch zum Songtexten vor. Anhand von über 160 bekannten Songbeispielen zeigt er, wie mehr Ideen für berührende Texte entstehen. Praxisübungen liefern Anregungen, wie Sänger/innen und Songwriter/innen ihre Werke noch überzeugender und origineller gestalten und ihr künstlerisches Profil entwickeln können. Kurzweilig, inspirierend und extrem motivierend! / Formation Musicale

Song Collection About Friendship-Mac 'n' Cheese is a special collection of songs by friends about friends. Mac Huff and John Jacobson are life-long friends who both hail from America's Dairyland state of Wisconsin where being called ?Cheese-y? is theultimate compliment! These Mac 'n' Cheese songs are silly inspirational informative and especially kid-friendly. If you're looking for a song about Graduation Remembrance Days holidays summer vacation following your dreamsor making music with your friends you'll find it right here! This collection of 12 songs comes complete with fully accompanied songs choreography reproducible singer sheets and optional narration for each song. Friends andmusic they go together like Mac 'n' Cheese! Available: Song Collection (with reproducible songsheets) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. For Gr. 3-6.

The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. This book contains pieces for Voice.  Each book in the GCSE Performance Pieces series has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner and overseen by our Series Editor Andrew Coxon who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the bestopportunity to show off their instrument and skills with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from. This Voice book features: Material suitable for all exam boards Ten songs with a range of difficulty appropriate for around Grades 3 to 6 A CD accompaniment of professionally recorded backing tracks so that you can hear exactly how each song is meant to sound allowing you to master every song The book includes a range of songs from 1968's Son Of A Preacher Man to two of Adele's biggest hits Someone Like You and Rolling In The Deep. Every song should be immediately familiar but if not you can enjoy discovering and then singing a great new song. With other songs by Bruno Mars Pixie Lott and Ed Sheeran included this book is perfect for nailing a contemporary song that you enjoy listening to and so will enjoy singing. Every song includes a page of information about it detailing the key range and some really useful performance tips. Helpfully a  YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book along with additional suggested listening such as interesting cover versions or other

One Singular Sensational Holiday Revue-Auditions are underway for the 400th Anniversary of North Pole Musical and everyone is in a panic! The dancing Reindeer are ?hoofin' it ? but don't know what to do with Rudolph and his 4 left hooves. The elves aretired of always getting the short end of the stick and are singin' the blues. The snowmen are ?chillin'? but worried about the funky hot lights and the toys are trying to do the entire Nutcracker Suite in 3 minutes!The annual Christmas show keeps getting bigger and bigger each year. But wait a minute! Is bigger really better? See how Santa finds a way to remind everyone of the true meaning of the season. This sensational 35-minute holidayrevue features seven original songs in a variety of musical styles choreography and helpful production guide and a script with 26 speaking parts and adaptable cast list for groups of varying sizes and teaching objectives linkedto the National Standards for each song. The expanded Performance Kit/CD provides 20 Singer books along with the Teacher Edition and a P/A CD. Available separately: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (withvocals) Preview Pak (1 singer book 1 Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 singer books P/A CD). Duration: ca. 35 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Whatever your previous experience of composing or none this book will guide you through the process of creating musical ideas and developing them into a complete composition suitable for submission as part of your GCSE Music course. The first section introduces you to the ingredients of composing - techniques that you can apply to any style of music - including rhythm word setting pitch melody phrase structure harmony texture and instrumentation. The second section offers eight composing projects based on music of different styles and forms including verse-chorus song theme and variations minimalism musique concrete and film music. Each of thesewill guide you through the process of writing a piece of music from beginning to end.

Singalong DVD-Rom-A brand new collection of song movies for use on whiteboard in assemblies or in the classroom.The Sonsense Nongs Singalong DVD-ROM allows you to teach songs and lyrics from the corresponding A

A Practical Approach to Teaching Pitch and Rhythm-Kodály in the Classroom is a series of children's songs and teacher lessons sequentially organized to teach the basics of pitch and rhythm through singing and games for elementary students. The song material consists ofAmerican folk and well-known children's songs. Teacher lessons are easy to follow and do not require previous training in Kodály methodology. Also included are reproducible singer sheets and activities and a companion CDwith vocals and accompaniment only tracks. Primary (Set I) includes 30 songs for lower elementary students including: Charlie Over the Ocean Engine Engine Number Nine Michael Finnegan Who's That Tapping At The Window? LittleSally Water Hot Cross Buns and more! Available: Teacher Edition Performance/Accompaniment CD. For Gr. 1-3.

Teach basic singing and rhythmic reading with this versatile and practical collection. Simply sing in unison or add optional rhythm band parts (two or three per song) for additional levels of learning. Fifteen different classroom instruments are featured on American spirituals and folk songs, seasonal highlights, songs from other lands, and well-known favorites. As educational as it is entertaining, this budget-stretching collection is perfect for both classroom instruction and concert performance. Recommended for grades 2--5. Teacher's Handbook is 100% reproducible. / Voix

Being a fascinatingly unique composer Olivier Messiaen pushed the conventions of composing to its very limits. The composer's music remains ever-popular and The Technique of my Musical Language provides the key and necessary knowledge into the study of his delightful music. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of 11 where he won many prizes. As a passionate ornithologist as well as organist and composer many of Messiaen's works depict bird song. His music is rhythmically complex and harmonically and melodically distinct often using modes of limitedtransposition. It is for these reasons that the composer compiled The Technique of my Musical Language. The book contains text with musical examples describing unique elements of his music such as ametrical music his rhythmic notations and his modes of limited transposition among many others. For all fans of Messiaen The Technique of my Musical Language is essential to the understanding of the composer's much loved music.

Being a fascinatingly unique composer Olivier Messiaen pushed the conventions of composing to its very limits. The composer's music remains ever-popular and The Technique Of My Musical Language provides the key and necessary knowledge in to the study of his delightful music. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of 11 where he won many prizes. As a passionate ornithologist as well as organist and composer many of Messiaen's works depict bird song. His music is rhythmically complex and harmonically and melodically distinct often using modes of limitedtransposition. It is for these reasons that the composer compiled The Technique Of My Musical Language. The book contains text with musical examples describing unique elements of his music such as ametrical music his rhythmic notations and his modes of limited transposition amongst many others. For all fans of Messiaen The Technique Of My Musical Language is essential to the understanding of the composer's much loved music.