A simple fun way to learn the basics of improvisation!-Easy Improvisation is a great way to learn the basics of improvising on your own with friends or with the whole band! Musicians are given guidance to play along in parts to play along with written-out solos or to improvise on their own. The audio tracks include demonstration of the music on the page or just the background rhythms and chords. 30 different styles are included: rock 'n' roll hip-hop jazz EDM country Bossa Nova calypso cha-cha reggae and more. Use sample solos and other tips to start improvising today!

A collection of lively and entertaining well-known pieces including Joplin's 'The Entertainer' and 'The Floral Dance'.

Instrumental Play-Along-Great solo arrangements of beloved melodies from Bach Beethoven Brahms Gounod Debussy Handel Rossini Satie and more! Contains: Ave Maria ? Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 ? Caro Mio Ben ? Clair de Lune ?Funeral March of a Marionette ? Gymnopédie No. 1 ? Hallelujah Chorus ? Hungarian Dance No. 5 ? Minuet ? Piano Sonata No. 14 (?Moonlight?) ? Pomp and Circumstance ? Symphony No.5 ? William Tell Overture.

A simple user-friendly method ideal for beginner trumpet students of any age. Emphasis is placed on sound fundamentals proper embouchure and other basic techniques using familiar tunes to teach notes and concepts. A wealthof solos is included to provide enjoyable repertoire during the learning process. Trumpet care and maintenance is taught as well. Includes access to online audio.

Jazz-Style Arrangements with a Variation-Broadway By Special Arrangement is a collection of 11 songs arranged for the instrumentalist wanting to pay in a jazz style - without the need to learn to improvise. The 'Clasically' trained amateur or professional performer or the intermediate-level (III-IV) student will enjoy palying thses expertly arranged Broadway melodies just for fun or to include as a light piece on a recial or solo-feature concert performance.The ballads and medium tempo and up tempo swing tunes are arranged with a play-through of the melody followed by a written-out varaition chorus a return to the melody and an ear catching ending.The piano bass and drum accompaniment CD willput you right in the band. The CD includes both the solo instrument with the accompaniment track and an accompaniment-alone track for each selection. The inexperienced performer can learn the appropriate style of playing and be comfortable playing in the jazz style before playing along with any of the rhythm section track.

World Music junior-Sounds of Christmas from all over the globe!Some of the most beautiful Christmas songs from around the world are presented here in player-friendly easy arrangements with play-along CD.The lyrics are included as well as information on the origins of each piece.

Easy Jazzy arrangements of famous themes making the world of Opera both fun and appealing with some ingenious flourishes of Jazz and Pop.12 of the finest melodies from the world of Opera have been given a unique twist with elements of Jazz and Pop music added to create opportunities for improvisation. The perfect choice for lovers of the classical/pop crossover the backing tracks have been performed by real musicians to ensure that your own performances really sparkle! Each piece includes a lively description of the Opera itself as well as written example improvisations. Once you've mastered the written versions the chord symbols have also been provided so that youcan create your own jazzy interpretations.Paino accompaniments are also included as PDF files on the enhanced CD.

Mark Vega?s Jazz Solo Series for Trumpet is a great instructional tool for musicians and music students to learn or improve their improvisational abilities in the jazz-swing idiom. There are sixty-six examples in the book, starting at a somewhat easy level and gradually increasing in difficulty throughout the book. Sections include: Exercises in all twelve keys using II-V-I and II-V-III-VI-II-V-I chord progressions. Exercises in all twelve keys using I-VI-II-V-III-bIII-II-V-I chord progressions. Complete worked-out solos over chord changes to the popular Jazz standards Stella By Starlight, Take The A Train, and There Will Never Be Another You. Includes an easy version of the solo followed by a more difficult one. Recordings of the choruses of the above pieces, repeated for convenient practicing. A selected discography of Mark?s favourite Jazz albums featuring great Jazz soloists.

Trumpet Edition-Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative creative and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus onthe first period of Coltrane's career when he was with Miles Davis and the jazz vocabulary he used. First to help the student better understand Coltrane's bebop style of improvising the authors discuss theuse of guide tones bebop scales three to flat nine targeting and other techniques.Then the text presents numerous one- two- and three-measure jazz lines in Coltrane's style grouped by the harmony over whichthey can be used.The accompanying play-along CD provides the rhythm parts for each section including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths helping you master the phrases in all keys. Bycombining various lines musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions turnarounds and other harmonic situations. Incorporate these essential jazz lines into yourvocabulary and you will be able to create your own lines in the style of John Coltrane.

Performed by Richard Steuart trumpet Accompaniment: State Wind-Orchestra of the Ukraine Conductor: Alexi Roschak A collection of magical classics for trumpet and wind ensemble; the great Richard Steuart demonstrates then you walk under the spotlights and make great music! Includes classics from Herbert Clarke Willie Liebe and the spectacular and much sought-after Carnival of Venice variations by Arban! Contains a custom-engraved solo part printed on high-quality ivory paper; and a digital stereo compact disc containing complete versions of each song and a second recording of the accompaniments minus soloist.

Music Minus One Trumpet-This Music Minus One edition includes: a high-qaulity engraved printed edition of the transcribed note-for-note trumpet solo part printed on easy-to-read paper a compact disc containing the complete performance of each piece in digital stereo follwoed by a second digital stereo version minus the soloist 19 arias from Bellini Donizetti Rossini and Verdi. Soloist: Bob Zottola Trumpet

10 Trumpet and Flugelhorn Transcriptions. Our Artist Transcriptions book features note-for-note transcriptions for trumpet and flugelhorn for 10 hot Mangione tunes. Includes his beloved melodic jazz-pop anthem Feels So Good and: Bellavia · Chase the Clouds Away · Children of Sanchez · Doin' Everything with You · Fun and Games · Give It All You Got · Hill Where the Lord Hides · Land of Make Believe · and Peggy Hill plus a biography.