SKU: GI.G-8713
ISBN 9781622770717.
“I am not a doctor and cannot legally prescribe any kind of stress-reducing medication for dealing with parents, budgets, students, principals, coaches, dropouts, or whatever else you could add to this list. But I can confidently recommend laughter, often called the best medicine, and my number one recommendation in the laughter field for band directors is any of the five books of Trey Reely. “ —David Newell From the Foreword Nobody gets the life of a band director quite like Trey Reely. His columns in The Instrumentalist magazine have entertained an entire generation of band directors, capturing all the humor and poignant moments like no other writer. Here’s an example from “You Do the Math: Formulas for Disaster†in this volume:                           band director + parent + principal                   band director + parent + principal + superintendent           band director + parent + principal + superintendent + school board band director + parent + principal + superintendent + school board + local media Mr. Holland Rides Again is the newest installment of the Mr. Holland series by Reely, who has been described as “James Thurber, Woody Allen, Art Buchwald, and Dave Barry rolled into a single person.†Laugh along with a seasoned Arkansas band director as he explores “Mozart and Microbes,†“Things to Do with a Broken Music Stand,†“Headlines from the Podium,†and “Bach: The Selected Tweets,†among other enlightening topics. Reely’s unique, rambunctious style is full of wit and wisdom that will reduce any band director’s stress instantly. Mr. Holland Rides Again is chock full of laughter and wisdom that will have you smiling, nodding your head in agreement, and rushing to share with musical friends. Trey Reely is Director of Bands at Riverview High School in Seary AR. His other books include Mr. Holland on the Rebound, and Mr. Holland on the Edge: Even More Tales of Musical Mayhem.
SKU: MB.31103M
ISBN 9781513468792. 8.75x11.75 inches.
Adam Granger self-published the first edition of Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar in 1979. A second edition was published in 1994. Now Mel Bay Publications presents the third edition of the book.
This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.
There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles are fully indexed, making the book doubly valuable as a reference book and a source book.
In this new edition, all tunes are typeset, instead of being handwritten as they were in the previous editions, making the tabs easier to read.
The tunes in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are presented in Easytab, a streamlined tablature notation system designed by Adam specifically for fiddle tunes.
The book comes with a link which gives access to mp3 recordings by Adam of all 508 tunes, each played once at a moderate tempo, with rhythm on one channel and lead on the other.
Also included in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are instructions for reading Easytab, descriptions of tune types presented in the book, and primers on traditional flatpicking and rhythm guitar. Additionally, there are sections on timing, ornamentation, technique, and fingering, as well as information on tune sources and a history of the collection.
Mel Bay also offers The Granger Collection, by Bill Nicholson, the same 508 tunes in standard music notation.
SKU: SU.50024640
The source of the piece is a close-up photograph of a cobweb by California artist, Zander Smith. Through this web are scattered four or five trapped dewdrops. In the music, a rough-hewn, dancelike, Spanish-sounding motif scatters itself through a webbed tracing of moody and yearning melody. The piano mimicks the sound of a serenading guitar.Copyright 1996. Published by: Seesaw Music.