Classical Highlights: Clarinet: Instrumental Album

Famous classical pieces for clarinet and piano-In Selected Classics you will make a musical journey through several centuries. Eleven highlights from musical literature - from the end of the 17th to the 19th century - are explored in turn including Brahms' Lullaby Mozart's Voi Che Sapete Schubert's Standchen (Serenade) and O For The Wings Of A Dove by Mendelssohn. These pieces are still played worldwide. The Piano parts are of course provided. Playing together with a pianist is very inspiring and instructive. If no pianist is available there's always the enclosed CD. Not only does it feature complete demo tracks it allso contains play-along tracks with the Pianoaccompaniments.

Grade 4-Janet Way's Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical contemporary and educational repertoire highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff Dmitri Shostakovich Karl Jenkins Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall Vera Gray and others.This practical anthology of carefully selected pieces provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 4 clarinettist and creates the perfect package for teaching exam preparation and performance.Each volume contains:19 pieces & shortstudies each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip.Grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises.Brand new sight-reading activitiesNewly-commissioned aural awareness tasks.A Piano accompaniment booklet. This book for Grade 4 Clarinet players includes the pieces Seguidilla from Carmen by Georges Bizet Ska-Face by Steve Pogson Fantasia by George Philipp Telemann and more.Janet Way: Grade By Grade Clarinet (Grade 4) comes complete with a CD of full performance demonstrations Piano backing tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.

Grade 5-Janet Way's Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical contemporary and educational repertoire highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff Dmitri Shostakovich Karl Jenkins Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall Vera Gray and others. This practical anthology of carefully selected pieces provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 5 clarinettist and creates the perfect package for teaching exam preparation and performance. Each volume contains: 19 pieces& short studies each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip. Grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises. Brand new sight-reading activities Newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks. A Piano accompaniment booklet. This book for Grade 5 Clarinet players includes the pieces In A Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington Duettino by Hyacinthe Klose The Wistful Shepherd by Clarence Raybould and more. Janet Way: Grade By Grade – Clarinet (Grade 5) comes complete with a CD of full performance demonstrations Piano backing tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.

DVD 3-Move beyond the basics and get into the finer points of bluegrass flatpicking. You''ll be jamming with the best of them once you've mastered the tunes and techniques on this final DVD in this series.Steve Kaufman broadens your musical vocabulary by focusing on the essentials of good picking techniques. You'll learn to play six classic fiddle tunes - Liberty Salt Creek Blackberry Blossom Clarinet Polka Home Sweet Home and Ragtime Annie. Steve slows each one down highlighting the tricky areas and then playing it up-to-speed so you'll hear how it should sound in performance.You'll learn how to dress up your solos usingslides arpeggios bends accents and a variety of intros and endings. Detailed instruction in the intricacies of crosspicking will help give your playing more rhythmic appeal and style. Steve devotes much-needed attention to one of the most challenging areas for intermediate players - how to build speed - giving you invaluable advice on practicing testing yourself and perfecting left and right hand positions to help you accomplish your goals.