SKU: GI.G-10002
ISBN 9781622774128.
Help your students Level Up! their sight-reading skills using their minds and ears, as well their voices! Level Up! is a sequential, interactive, and comprehensive resource built from the authors’ decades of research and experience teaching students of all levels and ages. Using the concept of target skills (isolated pitch and rhythm patterns), Level Up! guides students to carefully understand and analyze every new skill by difficulty. Authors Michele L. Henry and Keitha Lucas Hamann then reinforce each skill by asking students to sight-read specially sequenced practice melodies. Each of the five volumes—Foundation al, Emerging, Minor, Developing, and Advanced—is designed as an interactive workbook for students to mark up, and is available in both treble clef and bass clef editions. The companion Teacher Manuals include clear instructions for how to best use the Level Up! system, outline the approach and sequencing, and provide assessments. Level Up! supports the artistic literacy goals of the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) and many state music education standards. The companion website, giamusic.com/levelup, provides even more reinforcement. The goal of Level Up! is simple: to help students become independent and confident musicians, with benefits to last a lifetime! Michele L. Henry, Ph.D. is Professor of Choral Music Education at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Keitha Lucas Hamann, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.  Level Up! is the most sequential approach to the teaching of sight-reading that I’ve ever seen! Designed for use with singers at the middle school through high school levels, the methodology aligns with National Standards, UIL, and TEKS, and is range related for developing voices. Within each lesson, specific skills are targeted and the interactive approach further encourages the mastery of skills. Individual assessment is provided both for long-term and short-term goals, thus creating a complete and accessible methodology which can be used in any choral or general music classroom. —Lynne Gackle, Director of Choral Activities, Baylor University This book fills a unique niche in the field. I love that it takes the needs of developing/changing voice singers into account and that students can write in the books like a workbook as they are learning the tools for sight singing. Teachers will definitely appreciate the opportunities for assessment built into the series. —Jessica Nápoles, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education, University of North Texas As a teacher, I really do love this resource. It’s broken down in a way that makes it very easy to incorporate into my lessons, and the fact that it’s sequential and very clear about the concepts introduced at each level is extremely helpful. I can see my students (beginners especially) getting better and more confident with their sight-reading. I look forward to using this resource as our primary sight-reading resource! —Courtney Neva, Choir Director, Dripping Springs High School.
SKU: GI.G-10006
SKU: OU.9780193522619
ISBN 9780193522619. 11 x 9 inches.
For SATB, flute, clarinet, and piano This is a beautiful setting of an English translation of one of Horace's Odes. Varying choral textures, crunchy harmonies, and a rippling piano accompaniment complement the text's imagery of nature and the seasons. Mellifluous flute and clarinet melodies add further colour to the overall picture.
SKU: HL.49044494
ISBN 9790001191241. UPC: 841886019577. 9.0x12.0x0.158 inches. Katharina Drees.
An absolute must for modern cello lessons: Hot Cello is a varied mixture of pieces from pop, rock, blues and jazz music. Volume 1 is very easy and limited to the first position. Students are gradually introduced to technical and musical problems. The second part is intended for the teacher or advanced students. The pieces in Volume 2 are musically and technically more demanding and assume an ability to play in 1st-4th position. All pieces are included on the accompanying CD.
SKU: CA.2916000
ISBN 9790007092788.
Thes e 15 pieces were conceived by Helmut Bornefeld as part of a school music project, and were composed accordingly. The pieces are suitable for advanced pupils, and can be played in parts during recorder lessons.
SKU: HL.49045084
ISBN 9783795749125. 9.0x12.0x0.329 inches.
The edition provides a varied mixture of the latest songs and immortal classics and is an attractive addition to the repertoire for classical guitar. The two experienced teachers have developed the songbook for private and group lessons at music schools. It is also suitable for music-making at home. Chord symbols are provided for the optional accompaniment by a second guitar player. Including Dust In The Wind, Let Her Go, Pegao, Starry Night (Vincent) and many more!
SKU: HL.49044495
ISBN 9790001191258. UPC: 841886019584. 9.0x12.0x0.187 inches. Katharina Drees.
SKU: HL.48184583
UPC: 888680853693. 9x12.25 inches.
“All devotees to Drum learning will welcome this remarkable compilation of studies, each of which enhances a particular technique. As a significant collection of excercises for the budding drummer, La Classe de Batterie provides clear and authoritative lessons to aid continous learning of the instrument. Being virtuosic, prolific musicians themselves, Boursault and Lefèvre have created a well-informed anthology, covering a wide range of technqiues, from improvisation to Snare Drum artistry. Learn to play these crucial studies, influenced by the Drum teaching of conservatoires, and you will find your progression in drumming significantly enhanced. Here's looking forward to further colloaborations from Boursault and Lefèvre.&rdquo.
SKU: HL.49046941
ISBN 9783795722005. UPC: 196288087304. 9.0x12.0x0.163 inches.
The Easy Concert Pieces series presents easy to intermediate pieces for trumpet with piano accompaniment. Pieces typical of their era and suitable for auditions, public performance, competitions or examinations are ordered according to level of difficulty in three volumes. These Easy Concert Pieces also provide appealing additional material for use in trumpet lessons. Each piece has been recorded, both in full and playback versions (piano accompaniment).The audio files can be downloaded with a voucher code (in the book). In addition to the enclosed part for trumpet in Bb, a part for trumpet in C (Schott ED 22555-01) is available for download at www.schott-music.com. Volume 1 (ED 22555) contains very easy to easy pieces with a range up to written c'', with d'' appearing as a short top note in just afew pieces. Simple and memorable rhythms, readily playable note sequences and patterns of articulation that can be mastered quickly and easily make this book ideal for beginners. Volume 2 (ED 22556) contains easy to intermediate pieces with a range no higher than f''. Besides extending rhythmic scope and requiring a little more in terms of phrasing and articulation, these pieces will encourage further exploration of musical contrasts. Volume 3 (ED 22557) is of medium difficulty and intended for players with a well-developed embouchure who can play notes up to written g'', though this note only appears as a short top note. Flexible articulation and legato playing with a well-developed dynamic range are required for pieces that are longer than those in the preceding volumes.
SKU: PE.DHC80117
ISBN 9780983353645. UPC: 644718011721. English.
In the second book from the 'Ukulele at School series, you will learn to play melodies as well as some of the basics of reading music. Revisit the songs learned in the first book and learn new ways to play them. Plus, you and your classmates will be able to play both the new and old versions together as duets! Units go further in-depth on tuning the 'ukulele, plucking, and learning the notes on each string. To enhance your learning experience, tune into the free, correlating audio tracks and lesson plans at www.UkuleleAtSchool.com! Stanford University music professor, Steve Sano, and six-time GRAMMY Award-winner Daniel Ho, draw upon decades of experience as performers and instructors to bring you 'Ukulele at School, a unique and empowering method that makes learning fun and easy! First impressions last a lifetime. This introductory program is designed to instill a love of music in students, provide a solid musical foundation, and invigorate schools with the ideal classroom instrument . . . the 'ukulele! The EASIEST way to read music on the 'ukulele! This book, together with 'Ukulele at School, Book 1 provides a basic music curriculum for a full school year! Lessons that are thoughtfully paced and logically presented create a rewarding experience.
SKU: XC.SATB2007
UPC: 812598034905. 6.8 x 10.5 inches.
With a timely motive that pulses onward, this winter feature equates love and the passage of time with the turn of seasons. Repetitive notes in the melody line are surrounded with harmonies that move close, then further away to create an interesting texture in this minor key setting. Accessible ranges and easy-to-learn parts make this a great choice for young treble choirs.
SKU: HL.14062594
About A New Tune A Day
Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of an audio CD-with actual performances and backing tracks-will make practice even more fun and exciting, and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. This book contains: easy-to-follow lessons on clear, uncluttered pages; tips for technique; improvising hints; audio CD with a virtuoso performance, backing tracks, and audio examples; great music, including duets and ensemble pieces; useful pull-out fingering chart
SKU: HL.14062608
SKU: HL.14081773
SKU: HL.14062623
SKU: HL.14062617