Format : Sheet music + CD
SKU: AP.1-ADV7150
ISBN 9783892210979. UPC: 805095071504. English.
Improvisation is at the heart of Jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correct in a large Jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Lead Alto Saxophone in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, examples, and a play along CD to help you put it all together. The repertoire covers many jazz styles from Basie to Latin and African-influenced music, to ECM and contemporary jazz (the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Brookmeyer, etc.).
SKU: HL.266771
ISBN 9781785580529. UPC: 888680733414. 9.0x12.0x0.253 inches.
Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backing track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your saxophone. In one great book you get a look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures instead of long explanations, Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing, technique and maintenance, audio tracks to show you how things should sound, plus full-length accompaniment tracks to play along with. The book also comes with an e-book and a practice assessment app!
SKU: AP.1-ADV7010
ISBN 9783892214274. UPC: 805095070101. English.
Saxophone Duets features six mild to moderate duets for two like-minded saxophones and a duet for alto and tenor, with practical tips for the rehearsal and creative classroom use. The play-along CD contains recordings of duets with saxophonist Jim Snidero. Use your stereo balance control to eliminate a part and sit in on the duet! An excellent collection from salsa to blues to bebop. Titles: Introduction * Rehearsal Suggestions * Rockin' in Reggae (Reggae-Shuffle) (AS/AS) * Calypso Jam (Carribean-Calypso) (AS/AS) * La Comisura (Salsa-Latin) (AS/TS) * Velvet Like (Medium Blues) (AS/AS) * Modal Dialogue (Medium Swing) (TS/TS) * Sundown (Medium Bebop) (TS/TS) * Samba Carnavalesco (Samba) (AS/AS). Conductor's score is item #01-ADV7000.
SKU: BT.MUSBM11517
ISBN 9781846091360. English.
The DVD edition of this hugely popular series of tutors gets you even closer to your instrument with a set of real music lessons right there on your screen! A New Tune A Day features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone, technique and posture. The selection of music is fresh and exciting, including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those vital practice hours are never boring! The book includes: Advice on your instrument and the equipment you will needInstructions for effective technique and comfortable playing Explanatory pages on reading and understanding music Tests to check your own progress and comprehension The accompanying audio CD features a virtuoso performance and backing track for each pieces, as well as recorded examples to support the lessons. The DVD features lessons on: Basic techniques Putting the instrument together Posture Looking after your instrument Basic music notation How to approach your first piece.
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: GI.G-10168
ISBN 9781622774777.
NOW AVAILABLE! Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician is a field-tested, vital, andââ¬âmost importantââ¬âmusical collection of 225 sequenced exercises for the beginning band student. The bookââ¬â¢s cutting-edge online component, HabitsàUniversal, features a backend gradebook that allows students to submit video recordings of their performances as a primary source of assessment. This gradebook is compatible with PowerSchool, Canvas, Google Classroom, Brightspace, Edmodo, Schoology, and many other platforms! In addition, Habits Universal features supplemental rhythm vocabulary sheets, accompaniment tracks, video start-up clinics, as well as a professional video coach for each exercise in the book. What makes Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician unique? Features include:àTeacher tips for each exercise in the book.àDiatonic solfege that begins on the first day of instruction.àInitial exercises on the mouthpiece, mouthpiece and barrel, reed, bocal and reed, or headjoint prior to playing the first notes in the book. Sequential rhythm charts embedded in the book. These same rhythms are then presented with pitches for a seamless transfer to the music students are performing.àTechnique and skill-building exercises embedded within the method, which helps to prepare students for future Habits exercises.àThe introduction of the key of Concert C, which results in students playing the pitches B, E, and A more often (as opposed to the typical emphasis on B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat). The introduction of five keys: Concert B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, C, and F. The Concert G scale is also provided in the back of the book.àLeft (L) and right (R) indicators for woodwinds along with appropriate chromatic alternate fingering indicators.àShaded boxes around first-time challenges in the student books.àA thorough explanation of (T:1) for trombones and rules for when to use it.àRhythm vocabulary that progresses through quarters, eighths, dotted rhythms, sixteenths, and an eighth and two sixteenths.àThe sequential introduction of the one-handed breakdown of a percussion rudiment before introducing the rudiment itself.àThe use of the ââ¬Åenharmonic ladderââ¬Â and the ââ¬Åcall-and-response gameââ¬Â to learn enharmonic notes. A thorough explanation of and markings for the ââ¬ÅF dilemmaââ¬Â on oboe. An explanation of appropriate flicking on bassoon.àTwo pages of slow ââ¬Åclarinets onlyââ¬Â work that focuses on going over the break and throat tones.à.
SKU: BT.DHP-1001865-404
ISBN 9789043161633. Dutch.
Horen, lezen and spelen - de meest complete methode voor blazers - is verschenen voor dertien verschillende instrumenten in drie delen die geschikt zijn voor zowel groeps- als individueel onderwijs. Deze succesvolle methodeis samengesteld volgens de hedendaagse normen en eisen van het muziekonderwijs en de daarbij behorende examens. Elk boek staat boordevol gehooroefeningen, spelletjes, puzzels, tips en wetenswaardigheden. De verkoopprijs van ditboek is inclusief toegang tot de online audiotracks in mp3-formaat die voor extra speelplezier zorgen. Met de unieke code in het boek kun je deze direct downloaden of streamen. In alle drie de delen is dr. Checkup de guitige gidsdie de leerlingen steeds begeleidt met nuttige informatie en tips. In deel 3 krijgt hij versterking van ene Theodor Tonleiter.
In deel 1 komen de notenwaarden tot achtsten in een beperkte omvang aan de orde, evenals een aantalvoortekens. Daarnaast wordt aandacht besteed aan de belangrijkste hulpgrepen. De geschiedenis van het instrument staat beschreven op een speciale bladzijde met fraaie illustraties.
In deel 2 staat - naast een ritmischeuitbreiding naar zestiende noten en de introductie tot de 6/8 maatsoort - een chromatische toonuitbreiding op het programma. Verder belicht elk boek speeltechnieken enoefeningen die zijn toegespitst op het betreffende instrument.Een bladzijde met nieuwe informatie over het instrument is weer een waardevol extraatje.
In deel 3 komt het spelen van talrijke stukken op de eerste plaats, maar ook nieuwe toonladders en intervallen komen aan de orde, evenalsTheodor Tonleiter's uitleg over majeur- en mineurtoonsoorten. De leerlingen leren improviseren over een akkoordenschema. Verder bevat deel 3 ritmische uitbouw tot de meestvoorkomende en gebruikte combinaties van notenwaarden.Interessante wetenswaardigheden over de bouw van het instrument komen op een speciale bladzijde aan bod.
