(Essential Elements for Band). (Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000 ) Essential Elements for Band 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 Learning System * Optimum Reinforced Learning * Theory, History, Cross-Curriculum & Creativity * Daily Warm-ups & Rubank Studies * 12 Full Band Arrangements * Rhythm Studies 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 player on each individual instrument * Duets and trios Print and play parts with friends * Music listening library Hear great pieces for band * Internet access required for My EE Library (book includes instructions to order free opt. CD-ROM)

96-page wirebound book; 12 staves per page; 8 1/2 inch. x 11 inch.; Music Notation Guide.

(Fake Book). This amazing collection transcribes nearly 150 of the best-known jazz solos (regardless of the instrument) exactly as recorded by icons of the trade, including: Autumn Leaves (Chet Baker) * Blue in Green (Toots Thielemans) * Blue Train (John Coltrane) * Bright Size Life (Jaco Pastorius) * Dolphin Dance (Herbie Hancock) * Footprints (Wayne Shorter) * I Do It for Your Love (Bill Evans) * I Mean You (Thelonius Monk) * Isreal (Bill Evans) * K.C. Blues (Charlie Parker) * Milestones (Miles Davis) * New Orleans (Wynton Marsalis) * Nuages (Django Reinhardt) * Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Oscar Peterson) * Spring Ain't Here (Pat Metheny) * Stella by Starlight (Ray Brown) * Waltz for Debby (Cannonball Adderley) * West End Blues (Louis Armstrong) * and many more. Some songs are presented multiple times featuring the unique solos by different artists who performed them.

Contents: Brahms: Cardle Song, Waltz in Ab, Op. 39, No. 15 * J.S. Bach: Minuet, Prelude in C * Beethoven: Fur Elise, Minuet in G, Sonatina No. 1 in G, Sonatina No. 2 in F * Schumann: The Merry Farmer, Soldiers' March, The Wild Horseman * Schubert: Serenade * Mendelssohn: Venetian Boat-Song No. 2 * Tchaikovsky: Christmas ("December" from The Seasons, Op. 37a, No. 12), None But the Lonely Heart * Haydn: Gypsy Rondo, Minuetto Giocoso * Case: Around the Hills * Godard: Au Matin, Op. 83; Second Mazurka in Bb, Op. 54 * Heller: L'Avalanche (Etude) * Offenbach: Barcarolle * Ijinsky: Berceuse (Lullaby) * Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz * Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) * Bilbro: The Busy Sawmill * Merkel: Butterfly, Op. 81, No. 4 * Richter: The Clock * Thompson: Copy Cat * Benda: Dark Eyes (Russian Folk Song) * Lively: Dreamland * Grieg: Elfin Dance * Bender: From a Birch Canoe * Davis: Indian Drum * Behr: In May, In the Gypsy Camp * Wright: Melody, Waltz, Veil Dance * Mozart: Minuet No. 1 * Hopson: Parade of the Midgets * Fisher: Pipes of Pan * Delibes: Pizzicati (Sylvia) * Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28, Nos. 6 and 7 * Kolling: Prestissimo (from Flying Leaves, Op. 147) * Howell: Rustic Dance * Thome: Simple Aveu * Munn: The Snake Charmer * Clementi: Sonatina, Op. 26, No. 1 * Ellmenreich: Spinning Song * Eckstein: Spooks * Adler: The Swimming Pool, Two Butterflies * Harker: Swinging in Fairyland * Rameau: Le Tambourin * Beaumont: Tarantella * Paradies: Toccata in A * Dutton: Under the Rose Arbor * Hobson: The Waterfall * Gwynn: Woodland Waltz.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). 19 piano/vocal/guitar selections from the soundtrack to the much-buzzed-about musical pastiche episode of Fox Network's Buffy the Vampire Slayer that aired in November of 2001. Features a plot synopsis, full-color photos, and these songs: Theme from Buffy the Vampire Slayer * Coda * Dawn's Ballet * Dawn's Lament * I'll Never Tell * The Mustard * Rest in Peace * Something to Sing About * more.

(Essential Elements). (Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000 ) Essential Elements for Band 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 Book 2 features: * Book 1 review section * Daily Warm-ups * Rhythm Raps, sight-reading and improvisation * Theory, history and multicultural music * Creativity and assessment * Instrument-specific etudes * Rubank Studies and solo * 12 full band arrangements, including a planned concert Book also includes My EE Library* (www.myeelibrary.com) - Instant Stream/Download/CD* ...with Play-along mp3 tracks for ALL exercises, featuring a professional player on each individual instrument * Internet access required for My EE Library (book includes instructions to order free opt. CD)

The most comprehensive single-volume blues publication ever, with songs spanning the entire history of the genre. Every major blues artist is well-represented, including Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Billie Holiday, Leadbelly, Alberta Hunter, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bessie Smith, Sonny Boy Williamson, and scores of others. Features very easy-to-read engravings of 400 fantastic songs, including: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) * Angel Eyes * Baby Please Don't Go * Basin Street Blues * Beale Street Blues * Bell Bottom Blues * Black Coffee * Crossroads * Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans * Everyday (I Have the Blues) * Fine and Mellow * Folsom Prison Blues * A Good Man Is Hard to Find * Hellhound on My Trail * (I) Can't Afford to Do It * I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues * Ice Cream Man * Lady Sings the Blues * Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) * Lucille * Mean Woman Blues * My First Wife Left Me * Nine Below Zero * Oh! Darling * Road Runner * Royal Garden Blues * St. Louis Blues * Steamroller Blues * Stormy Weather * Sweet Home Chicago * Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do * The Thrill Is Gone * Worried Man Blues * hundreds more!