Play With Your Band Volume 1

What can be more charming than a comely Irish folk melody? This is music that allows the band to play in the rubato style with much room for expression. Found in an old British publication and simply called ?Irish Air ? this endearing arrangement is a rhapsodic treatment that takes fragments of the melody and develops them into a large symphonic work. The freedom of tempi allows you to work with your band in a sensitively conducted way that only a beautiful piece like this will allow.There is always room on a concert program for at least one lush melodic contrast piece. Perhaps this one is for you. It?s so difficult to describe a thing of real beauty. Please listen tothe demo recording and hear it for yourself.

Based on the African-American spiritual ?Ev?ry Time I Feel the Spirit? Feel the Spirit captures the essence of the traditional spiritual. These songs were created by African-Americans oppressed by slavery. A deeply religious people the slaves would use singing as an expression of both their enthusiastic joy and profound sadness. Feel the Spirit enables you to play a great gospel song with your band

Based on the African-American spiritual ?Ev?ry Time I Feel the Spirit? Feel the Spirit captures the essence of the traditional spiritual. These songs were created by African-Americans oppressed by slavery. A deeply religious people the slaves would use singing as an expression of both their enthusiastic joy and profound sadness. Feel the Spirit enables you to play a great gospel song with your band

Blues to the MAX! With lots of drive and down home blues harmonies KENNESAW MOUNTAIN BLUES will latch on to your audience for keeps.Very accessible to Grade 2 1/2 bands this is one of the most enjoyable pieces you’ll find for any level of ability. If you have a kickin’ drumset player so much the better. Every section has gratifying parts to play and the easy mixed-meter section sounds so natural but will keep ‘em all thinking.The concert band doesn’t often get the chance to play in styles like this which is a shame because it’s so much fun. How about letting your band try a style that’s about as far from John Phillip Sousa as you can get! Get down with some Blues! KENNESAW MOUNTAIN BLUES is a winner!

Arranged in a beautiful and flowing chorale style Richard Saucedo brings life and musicality to this marvelous 18th century Polish carol. This offers an excellent opportunity to teach expressive and lyric playing with your younger groups yet willsound rich and sophisticated with more mature groups.

To General George Washington-The grand and energetic opening contrasting styles careful attention to articulations and rich harmonies make this one sound more advanced than it actually is. Consider using Heroic Tribute as the opening piece for your young band festival performance. The easy but bright and colorful Percussion along with excellent use of the Woodwind and Brass sections make this an ideal contest piece. There are plenty of teaching opportunities packed into this majestic new mini-overture for young bands. In fact even if your band usually plays higher grade level music you should still give this one serious consideration. Occasionally it’s good idea to rehearse a high-quality easiercomposition where your entire ensemble can concentrate fully on ensemble playing phrasing tone quality etc. and not worry about just chasing notes. This piece provides great cross-curricular teaching opportunities with history.A great teaching piece as well as a gem in performance!

Performer Level (correlates with Book 1 p. 24) SSSSSSS....watch out for this dangerous varmint as the sound of its rattle travels throughout your band unseen! This clever novelty number for beginning bands will delight yourplayers and keep the audience guessing. Dur: 1:30

Featuring Pat Martino, Dennis Chambers And Richard Drexler. Par BERLIN JEFF. Bass legend Jeff Berlin brings his unique teaching philosophies to life on this special DVD. Known throughout the world for his one-of-a-kind bass playing, Jeff started The Players School of Music in Clearwater, Florida and immediately introduced study concepts that go against the grain of the general music education system. Jeff discusses his non-metronome and non-tablature points of views, offering instead different ways to improve your time and develop your bass playing abilities. Harmonic exercises are used that will open doors to bass players wishing to explore new tonalities and melodic possibilities. This is a special DVD full of educational information, live playing demonstrations, and learning philosophies, the kind of which you will find nowhere else. Jeff Berlin plays with an all-star band in the video including Pat Martino (guitar), Dennis Chambers (drums) and Richard Drexler (keyboard). / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Jazz - Methods / Méthode / Guitare Basse

An unbelievable collection of the greatest stands tunes ever assembled in a single publication!!! Features short time-out versions of just about every hot jammin' slammin' rockin' poppin' tune you could ever think ofplaying in the stands! If your band plays for any type of sporting event or pep rally you can't afford to be without this collection of hits! Includes over 30 stands favorites such as: The Hey Song Devil With The BlueDress Get Ready For This We Will Rock You Y.M.C.A. Wild Thing Gimme Some Lovin' Born To Be Wild Walk This Way Twist And Shout and many more.

Play-Along Tracks For Developing Your Blues Bass Performnace Skill. Par ROSE FRANK DE. Welcome to the School of the Blues Lesson Series! This book and recording were created to help give you context to all the music you worked so hard to learn. The recorded Play-Along Trax have no bass. This gives you the opportunity to work on your blues bass patterns. I have used several different keys and tempos throughout these Play-Along Trax. These Play-Along Trax give you a very realistic example of how you would play live with a band. Music examples are kept fairly simple to make sure this book is accessible to bass players just above the beginning level. For best understanding of these techniques refer to Mel Bay's Blues Bass, Level 1 (MB21063BCD). Lastly, all the references in this book are written for a right-handed four string electric bass. If you play a 5 string bass you just need to extend the examples to include your B string. If you play left-handed then you need to reverse any references to the left and right hands. We will use standard music notation along with bass tablature (TAB) for this book. / Niveau : Débutant / Blues - Play Along / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Tablatures

Two melodies in the Scottish style meet head-on in this energetic new arrangement. Your students will love the ?bagpipe sound? and rhythmic color of the Scottish ?snap?. This arrangement can also be used with young bands as a lesson in the concept of counterpoint. Each of the two main themes is clearly stated on its own but remarkable things happen when they are played together. Through skillful selection of themes and contrapuntal composition Mike Hannickel does a masterful job of melding these contrasting songs into a unified and energetic adventure into the Highlands.Fun to play and a great style study!

What a wonderful idea! Make beautiful music such as this available at the Grade 1 level! Even young bands love to play enchantingly beautiful melodies. You’ve spent a lot of time and effort in helping your students learn to play full value notes breathe in appropriate places and stretch out their phrases so that they sound more mature and less like beginners. IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER by Holst is a perfect opportunity for them to truly realize the value of these things you’ve been teaching. Your musicians will come away from the experience of preparing this piece with a better understanding of how to shape a melodic phrase and play with warm reserved elegance.Captivating!

What a wonderful idea! Make beautiful music such as this available at the Grade 1 level! Even young bands love to play enchantingly beautiful melodies. You’ve spent a lot of time and effort in helping your students learn to play full value notes breathe in appropriate places and stretch out their phrases so that they sound more mature and less like beginners. IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER by Holst is a perfect opportunity for them to truly realize the value of these things you’ve been teaching. Your musicians will come away from the experience of preparing this piece with a better understanding of how to shape a melodic phrase and play with warm reserved elegance.Captivating!