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What Else Can I Play? Alto Saxophone Grade 1 makes learning more fun with carefully selected and arranged supplementary repertoire for today's young player. Each piece offers suggestions and guidelines to bowing, dynamics and tempo together with technical tips, performance notes and a simple piano accompaniment.    / Instrumental Music, Methods & Tutors / Recueil / Saxophone Alto et Piano

Imagine someone who has worked as an international saxophonist, an educator, a technician, a consultant, and as a designer, and you can imagine Peter Ponzol. For the first time, Peter offers details from his famous Saxophone Workshops. Learn about: ' Maintenance ' Reeds ' Mouthpieces ' Ligatures ' Sound ' Flexibility This exciting and informational pocket book will be a much needed addition to your musical library! Convenient pocket-sized book - 3.5 x 5.5 - perfect to toss in your gig bag! 64 pages. Peter has been around saxophones for decades, doing it all from manufacturing horns to reeds to mouthpieces. As well, he is a seasoned player. What he discusses in this book is coming from one of the sources-read carefully! - David Liebman, Sax artist/ author/ clinician. Read this review from Sax On The Web: The information in this book is right up SOTW's alley, with answers regarding reeds, necks, mouthpieces, saxes, maintenance, and the like. I would assume that the number of redundant threads started could be reduced almost in half simply with a reading of this book and those owning it could refer back to it at their leisure, as needed. And there is enough info in this book which contradicts some of our SOTW urban legends to make an episode of MythBusters. If you catch the right posts at the right time, much of the info in this book is already posted here on SOTW. But you have to see it and if hunting for it, you have to find it. OTOH it's all conveniently gathered and organized here in this primer - plus more. There are suggestions such as replacing the neck cork once or twice a year, which I would, if posting a response, say is not necessary. But here's the difference. Many of us on the forum are experienced musicians but few have the experience and depth that Ponzol has. We can write with credibility - Ponzol writes with authority. And this is based on decades not only as a top-echelon player, but as a successful and innovative sax, neck and mpc designer. The book is a 61 page pocket reference booklet which, in addition to topics mentioned above, include thoughts on ligatures, sound and flexibility. It is based on items of interest asked by attendees at workshops he has given over the years, hence the title. He begins by pointing out that at these workshops one of the first things he does is look at the condition of attendees' equipment with the observation that at least 90% of them need some kind of work and adjustments. What follows in the book's 61 pages are recommendations generated by this observation. Included are interesting comments such as: aging store-bought reeds by letting them sit for several years is fairly useless since the aging process stops once the bark has been cut away from the reed; not earth-shattering but interesting and certainly myth debunking. Again something that fits right in with many of the conversations on this forum. Interesting thoughts follow regarding the future of natural cane reeds, or how to select and get the most from your reeds - things I wouldn't think of like sanding the heel of your reed. SOTWers might also get a kick out of, and relate to, the title of his section on mouthpieces, 'Now the Fun Begins'. There are also interesting side comments we don't often hear like: in the 70s so many young players like Ponzol were trying to get Trane's recorded sound by working on metal Links because that's what they saw in photos and yet, Trane often recorded with hard rubber mpcs because, in Trane's opinion, it didn't have as much spit in the sound for him. It's interesting how some things come around back to you. There are two exercises I recommend to my students and have recommended on the forum regarding volume and embouchure control and flexibility. I've never heard anyone else recommend these exercises and yet here they are in Peter's book. Then it hit me. The only other one I know who uses them is a former teacher of mine and I remembered that years ago he said he had had some lessons with Ponzol. So 'the circle is unbroken' LOL. I would highly recommend it for beginners and intermediates, as well as for more advanced players to recommend to their students. It has made me re-think even some of my most basic assumptions regarding equipment and maintenance, which has made the read well worth it. I wish every SOTW newbie would start out their Forum time with this booklet at their disposal.

Drama Schemes by Mark Wheeller is the first book to look at the teaching practices of this internationally-renowned playwright.Features include:A scheme of work for each year of key stages 3-4 all of which have been conceived and developed through Wheeller’s own teaching experiences.Two schemes which focus on Wheeller’s use of drama across the curriculum including his growing admiration for the Mantle of the Expert system of learning.An exploration into the crucial role of the much-maligned school production. Through this he illustrates his development of plays such as Too Much Punch forJudy and Hard To Swallow which have become staple parts of the curriculum both in the UK and overseas.Wheeller also reflects on his ongoing career as a secondary school drama teacher after 30 years in the profession. He refers to his many influences: the famous (Dorothy Heathcote and Andy Kempe to name but two) and those not so well-known.The book's fascinating biographical detail makes a valuable resource for both those already familiar with Mark Wheeller's output and those discovering his work for the first time.'Every secondary teacher should read this book. Mark has at last written about his great skill his unique style of drama teaching using such an irresistible series of ideas. But what is so good about them is that they all work. He also has no time for 'ideological camps' and refers to the great influence Dr Dorothy Heathcote's methods (including Mantle of the Expert)has had on him even as he reaches the pinnacle of his career. If only more people in the field had the vision expressed in the book. I especially liked the way he weaves his own story as a learner and as a teacher gathering the vast and international experience he now brings to secondary drama teaching. These lessons have been tried and tested as Mark just wouldn't dare to do anything else. I also like

Learning to play Blues Guitar is a highly rewarding experience but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing -fast!Full colour pictures clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up Blues Guitar do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track andthat makes everything else come more easily.Contents include:Blues ChordsBass Chord Strumming PatternsReading Guitar TablatureFills and TurnaroundsIntros andEndingsSolo TechniqueImprovising RiffsCountry and Jazz BluesBlues RockA selection of timeless Blues songs to playChord reference library

Learning to play slide Guitar is a highly rewarding experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing - fast! Full colour pictures, clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up Guitar do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything else come more easily. Contents include: Setting up your guitar for playing slide Tunings Choosing a slide Reading tablature Slide technique Left-hand technique Vibrato Damping Chords and partial chords Fingerpicking / Guitare

Learning to play the Guitar is a great experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you familiarise yourself with the instrument and then gets you playing - fast! Full-colour pictures, clear diagrams and really practical advice combine to make Start-Up Guitar do exactly what it says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything else come more easily. Contents include: Choosing a Guitar Holding the guitar Tuning your Guitar Tips on practice Playing chords Using a pick Finger picking Reading Guitar tablature Chord library A selection of timeless folk and blues songs. / Guitare

For E-flat Instruments-Cannonball Adderley: Omnibook presents nearly 50 of Julian ?Cannonball? Adderley's recorded solos fully transcribed exactly as he recorded them including some articulations. Includes favourites such as Ah-Leu-Cha Blue Funk Cannonball Easy to Love (You'd Be So Easy to Love) Fiddler on the Roof Hi-Fly I Remember You Love for Sale Milestones Oleo One for Daddy-O People Will Say We're in Love Porky Sack of Woe So What Somethin' Else Spectacular Straight No Chaser This Here Waltz for Debby Work Song You Got It and many more. Arranged for E-flat instruments.Cannonball Adderley is perhaps one of the greatestAlto Saxophonist of all time and is particularly known for not repeating himself when recording. Adderley played and made his name with famous Jazz figures such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

Learning to play Bass Guitar is a great experience but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you familiarise yourself with the instrument and then gets you playing -fast!Full-colour pictures clear diagrams and really practical advice combine to make Start-Up Bass Guitar do exactly what it says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everythingelse come more easily.Contents include:Choosing equipmentHolding your BassTuningTips on practiceReading musicPlaying riffsPlayingscalesAlternating BassWalking Bass linesBlues Reggae Funk Rock and Latin-style Bass lines

Learning to play the 5-string Banjo is a highly rewarding experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing - fast!Full colour pictures, clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up 5 String Banjo do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything else come more easily.Contents include:Tuning your banjoChord shapesReading tablatureBasic strum styleHammer ons and pull-pffsClawhammer styleDrop thumb frailingBluegrass styleA selection of timeless bluegrass and folk songs to play / Banjo

Learning to play the Fiddle is a great experience but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you familiarise yourself with the instrument and then gets you playing -fast!Full-colour pictures clear diagrams and really practical advice combine to make Start-Up Fiddle do exactly what it says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything elsecome more easily.Contents include:Parts of the FiddleHow to hold the FiddleTuningBow strokesReading musicSlides and bluesDoublestopsA selection of timeless fiddle tunes for you to play