The Spiders' Revenge is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by primary school children. The work was written for Evie Primary School a small rural school in Orkney of about 60 pupils between the ages of five and eleven and was specially devised to enhance an environmental studies project on 'mini-beasts'. All the pupils in the school took part in the first performance. Two children playing in a garden delight in tormenting ladybirds snails spiders and other living creatures who they claim 'have no right to be'. The spiders teach the children a salutary lesson during the course of which they learn a great deal aboutthe ways of these creatures finally recognizing the wonder of the insect world and acknowledging that all 'have their place on the earth'.The songs include simple recorder and percussion parts and guitar chords. Tuned percussion part. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

The Easy Funk Play-Along series for wind and brass instruments now also contains parts for the rhythm section. Now it is possible to provide live accompaniment to a varied wind ensemble consisting of flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets and/or trombones (4 parts in each tune book with CD) on piano/keyboards, guitar, electric bass and percussion - ideal for school and music school ensembles.The score and all parts are available individually and can be used simultaneously in instrumental lessons. / Percussions

First Lessons Conga is a perfect introduction to the conga drum. The book includes lessons on music notation posture positioning tuning and hand strokes. There are also many exercises examples ofLatin rhythms and even some history of the instrument. Written by best-selling Mel Bay author Trevor Salloum this method is all you need to start playing the conga today!

In this third volume in his bestselling series Al Dworsky shows you how to play funky West African Djembe grooves on Bongos. Each pattern is taught step-by-step using a player's eye view and a side view at normalspeed and in slow motion. The grooves fit with all kinds of music as you'll see when Al plays them with his brother Rich Dworsky the Piano player on public radio's A Prairie HomeCompanion. And you'll be able to playalong because Al only plays exactly what he's shown you how to play in the lessons.To show you how the grooves work in a more traditional context Al is joined by master drummer Fode Seydou Bangoura onDjembe. The DVD is about an hour long and includes a PDF file with simple charts of all the patterns. Alan Dworsky is the creator of over 20 bestselling and award-winning books and videos for hand drummers and othermusicians including the DVDs ?Gentle Djembe for Beginners' 'Cajon Grooves for Beginners ' and 'Bongo Grooves for Beginners?. His books 'A Rhythmic Vocabulary' and 'Conga Drumming' have each won the DRUM Magazine Readers' Poll asBest Instructional Book.

Learning to play the bongos has never been easier than with this new DVD from Alan Dworsky the award-winning author of 'Conga Drumming' and 'How to Play Djembe.' Designed for the first-time hand drummer this video teachesfun funky grooves that fit with all kinds of music. The instruction is clear and step-by-step with no boring exercises. Each pattern is taught with overhead and side views and slow motion is used to help make sure every detailis clear. The techniques used in this non-traditional approach are easy to learn and easy on the hands. Each lesson has a matching play-along track to practice with. The DVD comes with a PDF file with charts of all the patterns and there's a section on the video explaining how to read the charts. Also included are tips on tuning and how to hold the bongos explanations of basic rhythmic concepts and examples of how to use the grooves to play along withrecorded music or jam with friends.

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galante, David Gillingham, Stephen Melillo, Robert Sheldon,Todd Stalter, Jack Stamp, Randall Standridge, and Michael Story. This book is a valuable resource in helping students grow in their understanding and abilities as ensemble musicians. Exercises are grouped by key and presented in a variety of intermediate to advanced difficulty levels. Where possible, several exercises in the same category are provided to allow variety while accomplishing the same goals. Its flexibility makes it perfect for large ensemble rehearsals, lessons, and studio use. / Percussions

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galante, David Gillingham, Stephen Melillo, Robert Sheldon,Todd Stalter, Jack Stamp, Randall Standridge, and Michael Story. This book is a valuable resource in helping students grow in their understanding and abilities as ensemble musicians. Exercises are grouped by key and presented in a variety of intermediate to advanced difficulty levels. Where possible, several exercises in the same category are provided to allow variety while accomplishing the same goals. Its flexibility makes it perfect for large ensemble rehearsals, lessons, and studio use. / Percussions

Bongo Grooves For Beginners is a selection of 21 Bongo grooves that work with all different kinds of music. Each groove is taught step-by-step as well as being shown in slow motion. This hour long DVD will haveyou slapping and tapping out exotic rhythms from around the world in no time. The DVD has been filmed from a players-eye-view of the instrument to help you copy the actions. As an added feature each lesson ends withAlan Dworsky playing along with a guitarist.