Alan Bullard

This book is for Flute players of all ages who wish to develop their sight-reading skills and contains a number of graded exercises which lead up to examples of tests of similar standard to those set by the major examinationboards.

Alan Bullard's Health And Safety for CCBar and Piano. This original suite written for the Warwickshire Youth Choir represents an extended concert item at the centre of the Emerging Voices series. It sets anonymous instructions found in packaging to general household goods providing amusing and theatrical highlights as well as musical interplay and formal episodes.

These pieces are fun to play and conjure up a variety of scenes and pictures to fire the young player's imagination. The tunes range from the simplest to about Grade 1.

Alan Bullard’s bestselling Joining The Dots series now includes this book for Grade 2 that helps to develop sight-reading skills for singers. By working through a vast number of creative exercises and pieces students can prepare for those all-important ABRSM Singing Grade 2 exams. The books can also be used to build confidence in musicianship classes as a resource for choirs or audition preparation.   Joining The Dots Singing covers the requirements for ABRSM’s sight-singing tests at Grade 2 and includes:   Workoutsalong with simple songs to build the required rhythm and pitch skills for that specific grade Characterful pieces to sight-sing in a range of approachable musical styles Simple improvisation exercises in which students can explore ideas and develop their sense of rhythm and key Songs and rounds to sing with others for additional sight-singing practice or to learn quickly and sing for fun   Alan Bullard is a composer and ABRSM examiner. He studied at the Royal College of Music and the University of Nottingham and taught in further and higher education for many years. He has written many songs and choral works and his music is widely performed and appears on a number of recordings.

A Fresh Approach to Sight-Reading-Joining the Dots offers guitarists lots of material to help build confidence and skill in sight-reading. The series brings together a range of activities to help students improve their sense of fingerboard geography helping them to read new music more quickly and easily. The five books cover the requirements for ABRSM's sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 5 and include: many short characterful pieces to sight-read in a range of approachable musical styles warm-up and technical exercises to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each key simple improvisation exercises in which students canexplore musical ideas and familiarize themselves further with the 'feel' of each key longer solo pieces and some duets and trios for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun

Alan Bullard’s bestselling Joining The Dots series now includes this book for Grade 4 that helps to develop sight-reading skills for singers. By working through a vast number of creative exercises and pieces students can prepare for those all-important ABRSM Singing Grade 4 exams. The books can also be used to build confidence in musicianship classes as a resource for choirs or audition preparation. Joining The Dots Singing covers the requirements for ABRSM’s sight-singing tests at Grade 4 and includes: Workouts along with simple songs to buildthe required rhythm and pitch skills for that specific grade Characterful pieces to sight-sing in a range of approachable musical styles Simple improvisation exercises in which students can explore ideas and develop their sense of rhythm and key Songs and rounds to sing with others for additional sight-singing practice or to learn quickly and sing for fun Alan Bullard is a composer and ABRSM examiner. He studied at the Royal College of Music and the University of Nottingham and taught in further and higher education for many years. He has written many songs and choral works and his music is widely performed and appears on a number of recordings.

An introduction to favourite contemporary styles-Pianoworks - Popular Styles provides pianists with an introduction to the key musical styles of the last 100 years. Through 18 original pieces it captures the essential ingredients of blues gospel rock jazz and latin as well as neo-classicism minimalism and other popular classical styles.Carefully tailored for students of the Pianoworks series this book covers Book 2 and the final section of Book 1 while working equally well as a stand-alone repertoire resource.

Grades 1-3-This book is for Clarinet players of all ages who wish to develop their sight-reading skills and contains a number of graded exercises which lead up to examples of tests of similar standard to those set by the major examinationboards.

A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading-The eight books in Alan Bullard's Joining The Dots series cover the requirements for ABRSM’s sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 8.This volume for Grade 8 includes:Many short characterful pieces to sight-read in a range of approachable musical styles.Warm-up and technical exercises to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each key.Simple musicianship exercises in which students can explore ideas and familiarize themselves further with the ‘feel’ of each key.Longer solo pieces and a duet for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through forfun.

A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading-Joining the Dots offers pianists lots of material to help build confidence and skill in sight-reading. The series brings together a range of activities to help students improve their sense of keyboard geography helping them to read new music more quickly and easily.The five books cover the requirements for ABRSM's sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 5 and include:many short characterful pieces to sight-read in a range of approachable musical styleswarm-up and technical exercises to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each keysimple improvisation exercises in which students can exploremusical ideas and familiarise themselves further with the 'feel' of each keylonger solo pieces and a duet for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun

A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading-Joining the Dots offers pianists lots of material to help build confidence and skill in sight-reading. The series brings together a range of activities to help students improve their sense of keyboard geography helping them to read new music more quickly and easily.The five books cover the requirements for ABRSM's sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 5 and include:many short characterful pieces to sight-read in a range of approachable musical styleswarm-up and technical exercises to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each keysimple improvisation exercises in which students can exploremusical ideas and familiarise themselves further with the 'feel' of each keylonger solo pieces and a duet for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun

A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading-Joining the Dots offers pianists lots of material to help build confidence and skill in sight-reading. The series brings together a range of activities to help students improve their sense of keyboard geography helping them to read new music more quickly and easily.The five books cover the requirements for ABRSM's sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 5 and include:many short characterful pieces to sight-read in a range of approachable musical styleswarm-up and technical exercises to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each keysimple improvisation exercises in which students can exploremusical ideas and familiarise themselves further with the 'feel' of each keylonger solo pieces and a duet for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun

A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading-Joining the Dots offers pianists lots of material to help build confidence and skill in sight-reading. The series brings together a range of activities to help students improve their sense of keyboard geography helping them to read new music more quickly and easily.The five books cover the requirements for ABRSM's sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 5 and include: many short characterful pieces to sight-read in a range of approachable musical styles warm-up and technical exercises to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each key simple improvisation exercises inwhich students can explore musical ideas and familiarise themselves further with the 'feel' of each key longer solo pieces and a duet for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun