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Lyrics and guitar chords for nearly 1,200 songs are arranged in a
compact, easy-to-use format in this comprehensive collection. Folk
revival favorites; Broadway show tunes; Beatles' songs; hymns,
spirituals, and gospel standards; songs about peace, freedom,
labor, and the environment are among the types of songs included.
This revised and retypeset large-print version of the enormously
popular songbook makes this essential resource easy to read and
useful in leading large and small groups.
Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony has successfully introduced
thousands of students to music theory. With the new Second Edition,
Burstein and Straus have made the text better than ever by
listening to professors and students and adding new coverage of
post-tonal theory and more opportunities for music analysis. The
text includes Norton's Know It? Show It! online pedagogy, which has
been proven to help students develop theory skills.
Analysing over 100 recordings from 1945-1975, this book examines
twentieth-century baroque performance practice as evinced in all
the commercially available recordings of J.S. Bach's Passions,
Brandenburg Concertos and Goldberg Variations. Dorottya Fabian
presents a qualitative, style-orientated history of the early music
movement in its formative years through a comparison of the
performance style heard in these recordings with the scholarly
literature on Bach performance practice. Issues explored in the
book include the availability of resources, balance, tempo,
dynamics, ornamentation, rhythm and articulation. During the
decades following the Second World War, the early music movement
was more concerned with the revival of repertoire than with the
revival of performance style which meant that its characteristics
and achievements differed essentially from those of the later 1970s
and 1980s. Period practice techniques were not practised even by
ensembles using eighteenth-century instruments. Yet, as this survey
reveals, several recordings of the period provide unexpectedly
stylish interpretations using metre and pulse to punctuate the
music. Such metric performance and appropriate articulation helped
to clarify structure and texture and assisted in the creation of a
musical discourse - the pre-eminent goal of baroque compositions.
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 4 Cello syllabus
for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C.
The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and
varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an
excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book
also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams,
useful syllabus information. Inspiring recordings of the nine
pieces featured in this book, plus piano accompaniment tracks, are
available. These can be purchased as part of the Cello Exam Pieces
with CD package or as audio downloads (see
https://shop.abrsm.org/audiodownloads for more details).
A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website
where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble
them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas,
the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the
prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S"
words that reveal a "spectacular story " With creative characters,
humorous dialogue and great music, The "S" Files is a children's
Christmas musical your kids will love performing.
Brass Mix is an original series of graded pieces that can be played
by any brass instrument. Book 1 covers Grades 1-3 and contains 12
new arrangements of traditional tunes and works by a diverse range
of composers. The pieces have been selected and arranged by brass
specialists to align with ABRSM grade levels. Many are featured on
the ABRSM 2023 Brass syllabus and in addition, all are ideal
choices for Performance Grade exams. There are piano and brass duet
accompaniments for all pieces, providing useful flexibility for
students and teachers. Key features:-one piece at each grade and
list of the ABRSM 2023 Brass syllabus, for all instruments
-distinctive and engaging repertoire from which to build a
programme for a Practical or Performance Grade exam -accompaniments
for a pianist or a second brass player -a single student book that
can be used by treble- and bass-clef brass including Eb Tuba
-separate Bb, Eb and F piano accompaniment books -a downloadable
part for Bb Tuba. Contents: Les Matadors: from Minuets, Cotillons
and Country Dances [Ignatius Sancho] Xiao Baicai [Trad. Chinese]
Takeda Lullaby [Trad. Japanese] The Barnyard Rag [Billy Johnson /
Chris Smith] The March of the Women [Cicely Hamilton / Ethel Smyth]
Jinkli Nona [Trad. Malaysian] On a Southern Balcony: No. 4 from
Southland Sketches [Blanche Ray Alden] Wade in the Water
[African-American Spiritual] On Parade [Amanda Ira Aldridge] Oh,
the Summer [Samuel Coleridge-Taylor] The Deserted Garden [Florence
Price] A Canadian Boat Song [Maurice Arnold]
How was large-scale music directed or conducted in Britain before
baton conducting took hold in the 1830s? This book investigates the
ways large-scale music was directed or conducted in Britain before
baton conducting took hold in the 1830s. After surveying practice
in Italy, Germany and France from Antiquity to the eighteenth
century,the focus is on direction in two strands of music making in
Stuart and Georgian Britain: choral music from Restoration
cathedrals to the oratorio tradition deriving from Handel, and
music in the theatre from the Jacobean masque to nineteenth-century
opera, ending with an account of how modern baton conducting spread
in the 1830s from the pit of the Haymarket Theatre to the
Philharmonic Society and to large-scale choral music. Part social
and musical history based on new research into surviving performing
material, documentary sources and visual evidence, and part polemic
intended to question the use of modern baton conducting in
pre-nineteenth-century music, Before the Baton throws new light on
many hitherto dark areas, though the heart of the book is an
extended discussion of the evidence relating to Handel's operas,
oratorios and choral music. Contrary to near-universal modern
practice, he mostly preferred to play rather than beat time.
In our era of financial uncertainty and disruptive technological
change, the music industry is in crisis. One career path that holds
great promise, however, is independent music teaching. For a host
of reasons, demand exists in every corner, providing one of the
most stable, promising career options available to musicians
regardless of instrument, genre, or background - at least, in the
hands of a savvy music teacher. In this book, author David Cutler
offers hands-on advice for creating a music career that is
meaningful, artistically fulfilling, and financially
self-supporting. The book's overriding goal is to ensure a steady
income for its reader and to give the reader tools to use that
income to provide financial independence. Cutler walks the reader
through the process of setting up a profitable and sustainable
career plan, and then through the practical aspects of getting out
of debt, spending responsibly, investing, and saving for
retirement. Cutler also sheds light on the logistics of running a
teaching studio, providing helpful documentation and tips for
everything from bookkeeping to time management. Lastly and most
importantly, Cutler explores situations for increasing a teacher's
impact. Rather than simply creating wealthy teachers, the
overriding goal of their book is to cultivate leaders who add
significant value to society through their teaching. A must-read
for private music teachers of all levels, both beginning and those
with established studios, as well as the music performance
graduates who so often become private studio teachers, The Savvy
Music Teacher provides practical advice in down-to-earth language
that includes real-life experiences from successful
teacher-entrepreneurs, a focus on large-scale income streams not
usually covered in books for studio teachers, and sample documents
(including contracts and marketing materials) on the book's
comprehensive companion website.
A clear and concise beginner's guide to playing the guitar. If
you've ever wanted to play guitar, this is the quick and easy way
to learn. This clearly illustrated guide shows you all you need to
get started playing the guitar, from getting to know the
instrument, posture and reading tablature to playing advance chord
extensions, scales and arpeggios. There are tips for perfect
technique and innovative illustrations show you how to play even
the most complicated-sounding chords. By the end of the 10 lessons
you will be able to play chords and scales, improvise your own
solos and finger pick and strum chords in every key. Easy-to-follow
text helps you understand the relationship between notes and there
is even a directory of over 250 chords for you to experiment with.
Learn how to: Buy and tune a guitar Get to know the correct posture
Learn open chords and basic fingerwork Understand simple music
theory and note relativity Discover barre chords Understand how to
play simple scales Take your first steps to soloing and improvising
Read any kind of tablature Extend your chord repertoire and learn
arpeggios Develop your skill and learn new styles of playa
This guide introduces concertgoers, serious listeners, and music
students to Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, one of the composer's
most popular and most powerful works. It examines the symphony from
several perspectives: Mahler's struggle to create what he called
the New Symphony; his innovative approaches to traditional musical
form; how he addressed the daunting challenges of writing music on
a monumental scale; and how he dealt with the ineluctable force of
Beethoven's symphonic precedent, especially that of the Ninth
Symphony. The central focus of Inside Mahler's Second Symphony is
on the music itself: how it works, how it works its magic on the
listener, how it translates the earnest existential concerns that
motivate the symphony into powerful and highly expressive music.
Beyond this, the book ushers the Listener's Guide into the digital
age with 185 dedicated audio examples. They are brief, accessible,
and arranged to flow from one to another to simulate how the
symphony might be presented in a classroom discussion. Each
movement is also presented uninterrupted, accompanied by light
annotations to remind the reader of what they learned about the
movement. Each musical event in the uninterrupted presentation is
keyed to its location in the orchestral score to accommodate
readers who may wish to refer to one. An innovative combination of
in-depth analysis and multimedia exploration, Inside Mahler's
Second Symphony is a remarkable introduction to a masterpiece of
the symphonic repertoire.
The late 17th century through to the end of the 18th century saw
rapid progress in the development of woodwind instruments and the
composition of a vast body of music for those instruments. During
this period a large amount of music for domestic consumption was
written for a growing amateur market, a market which has regrown in
the latter part of the 20th century. The last 30 years has also
seen the standard of performance by professionals on these
instruments rise enormously. This book provides a guide to the
history of the four main woodwind instruments of the Baroque, the
flute, oboe, recorder and bassoon, and this is complemented by a
repertoire list for each instrument. It also guides those
interested towards a basic technique for playing these instruments
- a certain level of musical literacy is assumed - and it can be
used by students, professionals and amateurs. Advice is also given
on buying a suitable reproduction instrument from a market where
now virtually any Baroque instrument can be obtained as a faithful
copy. This is the first book of its kind and has its origins in the
wind tutors of the 18th century.
A brand new book of fantastic pieces to work alongside the
bestselling Abracadabra tutorial books. Accompaniments are provided
on the CD, providing great pieces for concerts throughout the year.
Anyone can take the stage and stand in the spotlight! This brand
new book works alongside A&C Black's bestselling Abracadabra
tutorial books to provide additional pieces which are longer in
length, great fun and perfect for concert performances or simply
more musical fun. 14 pieces, from classics to folk and jazz are
carefully selected for flautists to enjoy playing for themselves or
audiences. Suitable for players at grades 1-3 level. Includes CD of
fantastic backing tracks specially arranged for this book,
providing sparkle to any performance. Four songs include optional
duet parts for friends to join in.
(Essential Elements for Strings). (Essential Elements for Strings
and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with
Essential Elements 2000 for Strings) Essential Elements for Strings
offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all
carefully paced to successfully start young players on their
musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially
designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a
unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific
exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of
their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a
wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the
beginning stages. Books 1 and 2 also include access to Essential
Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education
resource - anywhere, anytime, and on any device. Go to
www.essentialelementsinteractive.com to learn more Method features:
* Enhanced Starting System * Optimum Reinforced Learning * Pacing *
Theory, History, Cross-Curriculum & Creativity * Performance
Spotlights Book also includes My EE Library * (www.myeelibrary.com)
- Instant Stream/Download/CD-ROM* * Start-up video Learn the basics
* Play-along mp3 tracks for all exercises Features a professional
orchestra * Duets and trios Print and play parts with friends *
Music listening library Hear great pieces for orchestra * Internet
access required for My EE Library (book includes instructions to
order free opt. CD-ROM)
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