World Music Made Easy

Real Easy Book 2 - C Version. Following on from the great success of The Real Easy Book Volume 1, The Real Easy Book Volume 2 is perfect for students with a few years of playing experience, right up to working professionals. From jazz classics like Four, Scrapple From The Apple, and Dear Old Stockholm to contemporary tunes like George Benson's Mimosa and Donald Fagen's Walk Between Raindrops this selection of songs will keep you and your audience smiling. The Real Easy Book Volume 2 will save band directors countless hours of writing out scales for soloing, chord voicings, Guitar diagrams and Bass lines - they are all included with each tune. The educational material in this book has been developed in conjunction with Stanford Jazz Workshop. It works.

A superb collection of easy-to-play arrangements for solo melody line instruments, complete with chord symbols in concert pitch. Includes 'Be'Bop'A-Lula', 'I Believe', 'Rocket Man' and 'Woman'. / Flûte Traversière

Instructional DVD on Live Sound-Your Sound is a comprehensive 90-minute instructional DVD showcasing live sound made easy. Join Dave 'Mighty Mouse' West as he takes you on a tour of his world. Here he will show you some of the best techniques in both concert and theatrical sound. Whether you are in your garage or in a house of worship these tricks of the trade are sure to help you improve your skills.Do you have trouble hearing the vocals? How about the instruments? Does the band complain that they can't hear as well? With easy to understand analogies and hands on demonstrations you will see how to solve these problems yourself.Is that pesky feedback... back? You don'thave to be a seasoned sound person to restore peace to the stage. Your Sound is an ultimate teaching tool and is a must-have for schools houses of worship theaters clubs studios or even the garage. The DJ and karaoke scene are sure to benefit as well.Musicians are you having trouble speaking the same language as your engineer? Then this video is also perfect for you. A good gig is a 50/50 split between tech crew and talent. Knowledge is a key to success and Your Sound is a master key.West has over 25 years of experience in the business of live entertainment spanning from his garage to the fair and festival circuit. He has also worked with international touring dance and theatrical companies as well as some of the biggest names in music.

Par GRIFFIN MICHAEL. This clear and well organised text is suitable for students of arranging and composition, and for classically trained musicians wishing to further grasp the simple logic of jazz harmony. Essential understandings: - Triad structures and inversions - How to select chords - chord symbols - Simple but effective voicing formulae - The circle of 4th progressions, - Extensions to the 9ths and dominant 13ths, and altered 5ths and 9ths. Included in the 107 pages are comprehensive explanations, examples, exercises and solutions. For school students, the course can be started in year 9 and worked through to year 13. 'This book certainly delivers. Mr. Griffin does a superb job giving clear and concise steps that students should take when approaching the task of harmonizing a melody. The book is laid out in a clean, easy-to-understand format. Mr. Griffin is obviously a gifted teacher, and has developed a book that would be a great resource for any music teacher or student interested in understanding and implementing more complex theory/harmony concepts.' - Natalie Wickham, Music Matters, USA. 'Particularly good for A Level pupils composing in a pop and jazz style. The material gradually increases in difficulty and there are a lot of useful exercises to be completed by students”- Music teacher, UK. 'Excellent resource which will save teachers hours of preparatory work. Useful for a general understanding of options when harmonising in composition. An essential part of KS5 harmony work which goes beyond the common chords and progressions. Very professionally set out.”- ZigZag Education, UK./ Méthode / Tout Instrument

With Online Audio-An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland arranged for easy Mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as Mandolin tablature. An accompanying online audio recording contains all thetunes played at a manageable speed with Guitar accompaniment. The collection contains airs well known songs polkas slip jigs slides double jigs hornpipes and reels all of which are specially arranged by the authorwith the beginning/intermediate mandolinist in mind. On the audio recording the tunes are played 2 or 3 times so you can really get into the feel of the tune when playing along. The speed of the tunes is quite slow but not soslow as to take away from the essential feel of the music. Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. The haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to bediscovered in this selection of great traditional music. This book includes access to online audio.

Give your young musicians a chance to know Mozart a little better. Two Mozart operas are represented in this very easy suite along with a lovely theme from a Mozart piano sonata. Whether you choose to use this suite for your nextconcert performance or in that first festival experience letting young musicians play melodies from the world's finest composers is always a good idea.

Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music yet right from the beginning, you will be playing arrangements which include a complete rhythm section with full sounding chords, bass and drums. Includes Books 1, 2 and 3 of the 1994 Edition. / Clavier (Avec Grilles D'Accords)