The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books including this volume for Initial have been specifically written to reflect Trinity’s parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout.Designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems these books follow the same progressive format as previous editions: technical aspects are introduced step by step firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises then by studying prepared pieces with associatedquestions and finally ‘Going solo’ with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.

This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for the ABRSM Grade 3 Piano exam from 2009. Includes specimen tests for new sight reading requirements from 2009.

The ABRSM sight-reading syllabus for Piano has been completely revised; effective from January 2009. This brand new edition of Paul Harris' 'Improve Your Sight Reading' series and international best-seller with over 350 000 copies sold is published to support these new requirements.

Euphonium and Tuba bass clef Grades 6-8-New specimen sight-reading tests provide useful practice material for candidates preparing for higher-grade practical exams. The tests explore different keys styles and tempi and at each grade are representative of the technical level expected in the exam.

The Associated Board's Jazz Piano series is a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and a rigorously planned syllabus provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination understanding and style and to improvise effectively right from the start. Every time jazz musicians play they will ask themselves questions such a What feel is this in? and How does this rhythm go?. The process of listening and continually analysing is a fundamental part of jazz performance and it is this process which is explored in the Board's aural tests. The tests have been carefully designed to develop theportfolio of aural skills you will need for your jazz playing and will form a natural extension to your study. This book provides a set of practice aural tests for Grades 1 to 3. Exploring a wide variety of jazz styles the tests will work on your pulse and rhythm skills and teach you to recognise copy and improvise on commonly recurring jazz patterns and melodic features. An introduction to the book suggests useful ways to extend and develop activities related to the aural tests details of the exam and what the examiner will be looking for.

This book explores the main elements of tonal harmony. Students using this book will acquire a secure knowledge of the basics of harmonic practice. Singing playing and completing the exercises and studying the music examples will provide essential experience of the 'tools of the trade'. More than 280 music examples illustrate the author's clear and direct exposition of the history and practice of harmony while the student will be able to work through over 190 exercises.

new edition from 2011-Aural tests are an integral part of all ABRSM Practical graded music exams. The Specimen Aural Tests provide teachers and students with many practice examples of the tests to use as part of a music lesson or when preparing for an exam.This volume covers Grades 1?3 and includes: practice examples for each test in a range of musical styles the examiner rubrics (the exact words that will be used by the examiner to deliver the tests) so that candidates can be fully prepared for what will happen on the day descriptions of the tests as they appear in the syllabus model answers whereappropriate as a guide to the sort of responses that would be successful in the exam The Specimen Aural Tests volumes are each available in versions with or without CDs.

Levels/Grades 1-3-These practice Aural Tests and Quick Studies support the Associated Board's syllabus for Jazz Sax Levels/Grades 1-3. Complementing the study of jazz repertoire they focus on musicianship skills central to the performance of Jazz and to working by ear.

This book contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM?s Oboe exams at Grades 1-5. It features all the new requirements from 2018 arranged in grade order.

Grades 6-8-The volumes in this series provide much practice material for candidates preparing for the Associated Board examinations. The tests in each grade have been carefully written to explore as fully as possible the parameters of of grades 6-8.

This series of graded albums providing a wealth of jazz repertoire. It contains well-known tunes in accessible arrangements and new pieces specially commissioned from top jazz musicians and educators. The CD with each album provides 'minus-one' backing tracks as well as recordings of full performances.

Version With CD-These books each bring together for the first time nine pieces from ABRSM?s Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces have been carefully selected to provide an attractive and varied range of music to perform in exams concerts or anywhere else! Covering a broad range of styles these books are an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The books also contain helpful footnotes and for those preparing for exams useful syllabus information. They each features two solos and one duet drawn from each of Lists A B and C giving candidates a choice of repertoire for their exam in one easy-to-use book. Book

This book provides a clear introduction to the musical forms and structures that have been used by composers from the 17th century onward. Dealing first with the terms phrase and cadence it extends from simple binary and ternary forms to cover all the principal classical forms - sonata from varied types of sonata form rondo form the concerto air with variations and so forth - with analyses of key works.