SKU: HL.841447
ISBN 9780634004506. UPC: 073999670486. 9x12 inches. English.
Solo arrangements of 12 songs with an accompaniment CD so instrumentalists can play along with a real band.
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SKU: BT.MUSAM988691
ISBN 9781846098475. English.
Step into the spotlight and play along with the superb backing tracks on the specially recorded CD. Includes sixties hits by Van Morrison, The Beach Boys and Louis Armstrong. Ten fantastic arrangements of popularsixtieshits arranged for Alto Saxophone. The Guest Spot books include a practical playing guide and a CD of backing tracks and accompaniments to play along with. There is a full performance version of the music on the first set oftracksand the Alto Saxophone part is then omitted from the second set, allowing you to play along with the recorded accompaniments.
SKU: YM.GTW01100365
ISBN 9784636102581. 8.5 x 12 inches.
Have you ever wanted to play some popular J-Pop songs, but the notes are too high, too detailed, too difficult to finger, or the song is too long? To solve such difficulties, the scores are arranged in keys that are easier for wind instruments to play, reviewed the detailed notes, and shortened the length of the songs. *Alto saxophone scores are notated in E-flat. *All chord symbols in alto saxophone sheet music are transposed chords. The concert key is the minor third degree above the chord listed. (For example, a piece in C is written in E-flat.).
SKU: BT.MUSBM11517
ISBN 9781846091360. English.
The DVD edition of this hugely popular series of tutors gets you even closer to your instrument with a set of real music lessons right there on your screen! A New Tune A Day features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone, technique and posture. The selection of music is fresh and exciting, including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those vital practice hours are never boring! The book includes: Advice on your instrument and the equipment you will needInstructions for effective technique and comfortable playing Explanatory pages on reading and understanding music Tests to check your own progress and comprehension The accompanying audio CD features a virtuoso performance and backing track for each pieces, as well as recorded examples to support the lessons. The DVD features lessons on: Basic techniques Putting the instrument together Posture Looking after your instrument Basic music notation How to approach your first piece.
About A New Tune A Day
Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of an audio CD-with actual performances and backing tracks-will make practice even more fun and exciting, and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. This book contains: easy-to-follow lessons on clear, uncluttered pages; tips for technique; improvising hints; audio CD with a virtuoso performance, backing tracks, and audio examples; great music, including duets and ensemble pieces; useful pull-out fingering chart
SKU: HL.44002170
UPC: 073999172249.
The concert band and brass band music of Philip Sparke is played and loved by musicians throughout the world, with most of his compositions being standard concert repertoire. In this book he has selected seven of his best-known works and presented the complete, unedited 1st part for each of the main instrument groups with a play-along CD concert band backing. Now everyone can play with some of the world's leading concert bands in the privacy of their own homes. Includes seven pieces: Hanover Festival * To a New Dawn * Portrait of a City * Time Remembered - Elegy for Band * Kaleidoscope - 5 Variations on the Brugg Song * The White Rose * and The Year of the Dragon.
SKU: HL.44006608
ISBN 9789043120210. UPC: 884088130633. English-German-French-Dutch.
Saxophone study material that is aimed at musical expression and sound, instead of virtuosity is always in short supply. Most existing study books offer too little opportunity to apply the learned technique for its actual purpose - making music. These New Concert Studies meet the demand for teaching the art of making music. The book contains fifteen studies that put emphasis on interpretation and performance. The pieces have been written by a number of leading composers and their various approaches make practising these studies a good way to widen your musical horizons. The books comes with a demo CD featuring Nobuya Sugawa showing exactly how it should be done.Steeds weer blijkt de behoefte aan studiemateriaal voor saxofoon dat zich richt op muzikale expressie en klank in plaats van virtuositeit. New Concert Studies voorziet in deze behoefte met vijftien etudes waarin de nadruk ligtop interpretatie en voordracht. Ze zijn gemaakt door topcomponisten. Hun diverse invalshoeken maken het studeren van deze etudes tot een uitstekende manier om je muzikale horizon te verbreden. Op de bijgevoegde cd staat van elkeetude steeds een interpretatie - van topsaxofonist Nobuya Sugawa.Der Schwerpunkt dieser Etuden liegt nicht auf Virtuositat, sondern auf dem eigentlichen Zweck des Musizierens: musikalischem Ausdruck und Klang. Alle funfzehn in diesem Band versammelten Etuden stammen aus der Feder von ausgezeichneten Komponisten und erweitern in ihrer Vielfalt den musikalischen Horizont des Saxophonisten. Die beiliegende CD wurde vom japanischen Saxophonvirtuosen Nobuya Sugawa eingespielt. New Concert Studies contient quinze etudes de concert axees sur l'expression et l'interpretation. La grande diversite des pieces est ideale pour elargir son horizon musical.
SKU: BT.DHP-1185906-404
ISBN 9789043154666. English.
Look, Listen and Learn has set the standard for contemporary brass and woodwind teaching. These exciting method book/CD packs for beginners engage students and develop their understanding of music and their instrument through songs, puzzles, games and lots of fun pieces to play. Three progressive method books form the basis of the series, enhanced by several corresponding supplementary volumes.
With Play The Beatles, students will embark on a journey through time to the 1960s to get to know one of the most important bands in the history of rock. This pack includes fifteen of the best-known songs by The Beatles, arranged in increasing order of difficulty in such a waythat they can be used in conjunction with all three volumes of Look, Listen and Learn. Authentic-sounding accompaniment tracks are also provided online to download or stream directly.
