SKU: HL.1465615
ISBN 9798350127058. UPC: 196288212508.
Designed with the beginner in mind, Christmas Songs for the Very Beginner features popular, easy-to-play melodies in pre-staff notation, perfect for those in their first months of learning. Arrangements consist of simple rhythms, letter names inside each note, minimal hand movement, and no page turns. This book is a perfect supplement for students needing extra playing material, with each song including playing tips and fingering diagrams. The songs are presented in order of difficulty. The written piano accompaniments can be played by a teacher or friend, or you can play along with the recorded accompaniments. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks of the accompaniments, for download or streaming, using the unique code provided on page 1. The book also includes over five pages of music activities including coloring fun, music math, and a Christmas countdown for more fun! Songs include: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth ⢠Away in a Manger ⢠Do You Hear What I Hear ⢠Feliz Navidad ⢠Happy Holiday ⢠Here Comes Santa Claus ⢠Jingle Bell Rock ⢠Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ⢠Where Are You Christmas? ⢠You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch â¢Âand more.
SKU: GI.G-9124
ISBN 9781622771745. English.
Need to adapt an SATB work for your small SAB choir? Have sopranos who can’t sing divisi…but know a great trumpet player who is happy to help out? Need to simplify a viola part for a beginner? In straightforward, step-by-step fashion, authors Blake Henson and Gerald Custer show how to take a piece of existing music and craft a workable, polished arrangement that meets the needs of your ensemble in the real world. Arranging: A Beginner’s Guide is full of ideas, examples, and exercises to try out and adapt, grounded in the belief that arranging is not only a necessary skill, it is one that is relatively easy to learn and master. This book is written for conductors, church musicians, teachers, and students at all levels. Learn how to: • reconfigure a piece to fit your choral circumstances • translate your ideas into practical, performable music • turn a solo song into a choral piece • write a descant • transform a piano part into an arrangement for band or strings • extend a hymn into an anthem with introduction, interludes, and coda • create within copyright law With numerous examples and helpful tips—plus humor and insight—this engaging and practical workbook is designed to make the arranging process simple and fun. “We are generally familiar with an endless supply of songs and sounds. However, as performers and as listeners, we need ways of experiencing this information and inspiration in fresh and new ways for insight, understanding, and sometimes for the important and practical reasons of accessibility. This is at the core of Arranging: A Beginner’s Guide: Step-by Step Instructions and Exercises, and the tools we need to approach informed creativity are systematically outlined in this comprehensive guide to arranging.†—Tim Sharp, Executive Director American Choral Directors Association Sought after for his choral, solo vocal, and orchestral work, Blake Henson has received numerous commissions from choral and instrumental ensembles of all kinds. Dr. Henson is an experienced and popular teacher of theory and composition. A Grammy-nominated, award-winning composer and arranger with more than 95 works in print and two CDs, Jerry Custer teaches music theory and composition at Wayne State University in Detroit. Also by Blake Henson and Jerry Custer, available from GIA Publications, Inc.: From Words to Music: A User’s Guide to Text for Choral Musicians (G-8728) and The Composer’s Craft: A Practical Guide for Students and Teachers (G-8533).
SKU: YM.GTP01101774
ISBN 9784636114492. 8.75 x 12 inches.
Very easy-to-play piano collection with popular Studio Ghibli songs for beginners! This series of solo piano sheet music collections features 14 songs each from 10 popular Studio Ghibli films, including My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. The level of difficulty is at the entry-level, with easy arrangements suitable for piano beginners. The table of contents and the title section of each score include the song titles and film names in three languages: Japanese, English, and Chinese. Recommended for use in piano lessons and is perfect for students in music classrooms. Be sure to get both volumes and enjoy all the songs!
SKU: YM.GTP01101773
ISBN 9784636114485. 8.75 x 12 inches.
SKU: MB.30431M
ISBN 9780786691616. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
This book and companion audio include twenty of the most popular kids tunes of all time, arranged for small hands to play on the ukulele. Chords are supplied for other instruments to join in the fun, as well as lyrics for singing. The ukulele tablature makes learning fun and easy, while the arranger with 25 years of teaching experience has laid the foundations for good fingerstyle technique. This book is therefore both fun and educational. Includes access to online audio.The ukulele is a wonderful instrument for kids - cheap and cheerful, and ready-made for kids small hands. Most ukulele books introduce chords from the first page, yet chords can be difficult and frustrating for child beginners. This book gets kids playing recognizable tunes right from the get go. Each song includes:- A standard notation clef with the words underneath- Chord symbols for guitar, keyboard or another ukulele to provide accompaniment- A tablature clef, which is what the kids should play.
