Syncopation Builders

Composer Timothy Johnson spent many years as a school band director. His teaching experience qualifies him to approach the development of this new entry into the CMP Essentials of Musicianship Series with reality-based confidence. Ever so gradually this product takes the band from the simplest forms of syncopation to more and more complex notation. Your students can build their reading skills at a pace they can handle. The astute teacher will also notice that there is plenty of concept reinforcement as the group steps from easy to more challenging rhythms.A great teaching tool!

24 More Vocal Exercises for Warm-Up and Workout-Choir Builders For Growing Voices: 2 features 24 Vocal Exercises for Warm-up and Workout. This second volume of the popular Choir Builders for Growing Voices series offers 24 more warm-ups and workouts for teaching proper vocal technique to young voices. These fun and original reproducible exercises will continue to get your students' growing voices on the right track to producing a quality sound. Strengthen phrasing and breath control use dynamic expression enhance independent and harmonic singing perform accurate articulations head voice ?sighs ? swing eighths and syncopation patterns proper dictionand rhythm accuracy and much more with these wonderful exercises for young voices. Sing along with the demonstration tracks on the enclosed CD for quick learning or use the accompaniment-only tracks for ear training and assessment options. Warm-ups include Autumn Breeze Celebrate Peace Jazzin' It Up Music in the Air Shine Your Light Together As One Walkin' in Blues Country A Little Latin Scattin' and more. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Welcome to Slap Bass In 6 Weeks. These DVDs are designed to help you achieve the motor skills and technique that are necessary to master this style of bass playing. Unlike written tuition this style is perfect for DVD as all the examples are visual and broken down into manageable and easy to follow chunks.If you have been frustrated or confused by other educational material covering this style this course is for you. It reveals the hidden concepts behind one of the most exciting styles of bass playing. You will be able to map your progress week by week and focus in on the areas you feel need work using simple and effective examples andtechnique builders with the slap bass in 6 weeks bass course.This material is presented to you in easy to absorb chunks. At the end of these DVDs you WILL be playing slap bass.WEEK 4Building rolling open string riffs a la Mark KingTechnique builders using 8 bar exercisesIntroduction of damped thumb hits and use of left and right hand syncopation to create rhythmic phrases.Exercises working on timing and motor skills