My First Pop Songs, Book 1

This treasury of part songs and sacred music for one to six voices will delight all lovers of medieval and Renaissance music. Containing a wealth of both religious and secular music from the 12th to the 17th centuries the collection covers a broad range of moods. Approximately half the songs are secular some from the popular tradition and others from the courtly poets and musicians surrounding such musically inclined monarchs. Some of the music contained is printed for the first time. Edited by Noah Greenberg

The easiest tunes from Horace Silver, Eddie Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Red Garland, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Cedar Walton, Wes Montgomery, etc. Get yourself---or your beginning jazz combo --- sounding good right away with the first fake book ever designed for the beginning improviser: Easy, but classic jazz tunes give the student a good start in learning the jazz repertoire.Sample piano voicings, guitar chord diagrams, sample bass lines, and useful scales for improvisation are included with each tune, for easy reference. Developed and road-tested for years at the Stanford Jazz Workshops summer jazz camps. It works! Each song will sound good played in rock, funk or Latin styles, as well as swing. Perfect for individual students of all ages, as well as jazz combos. A great resource for music teachers and band directors. Available in C, Bb, Eb and Bass Clef. / Instruments En Do

This book of First Australian Songs follows the world-renowned John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course method that has helped thousands of beginners learn the Piano. Now you can learn all of those famous Australian pop and folk songs with ease.The John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course is one of the best-selling Piano methods ever, and for good reason. The collection of repertoire books that are intended as supplementary material for these tutors are equally deserving of their praise, with the way they enable students to put what they've learned into practice through familiar and famous songs. This particular songbook is made up of those Australian Songs that remind you of a beautiful beach with white sands and a crystal clear ocean, while also representing the natural beauty of the flora and fauna of the great island.Popular tunes like I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree and Waltzing Matilda perfectly supplement students working through parts 2, 3 and 4 of the Easiest Piano Course, with the songs are also ideal for use as sight-reading practice by more advanced students. Other familiar melodies include Waltzing Matilda, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo and, of course, The Australian National Anthem. By learning and playing fun songs from this book, students will be more motivated to play the Piano and will become more musical as a result.What's more, this book is great in the sense that it creates a natural progression for beginners. The pieces become more difficult as they go on, meaning players have something to strive for. Also, because techniques like dynamics and phrasing (though essential) are not introduced until the later parts of the course, they have been omitted from the earlier parts of this songbook, so that initially the student remains focused on accuracy in the notes and rhythm.To enhance learning through fun-to-play popular songs, the First Australian Songs book will bring a taste of down-under to your fingertips. These jaunty melodies and happy tunes will get you playing, and improving, in no time at all. / Piano

The New Real Book 1 - C Version. For hardcore Jazzers and part-time jazz musicians, The New Real Book is a magnificent and meticulous fake-book collection of Jazz standards, Choice Standards and Pop-Fusion hits! This is an all-purpose book for jazz gigs, weddings, concerts and jam sessions and with over 200 songs inside there?s sure to be the very thing for the situation! Every one of these tunes is a true gem and include terrific compositions by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Van Heusen and Thelonius Monk, to name but a few! This is the C and Vocal version that includes the music and lyrics and, like all Sher Music fake books, it features composer-approved transcriptions, easy-to-read calligraphy, and many extras (such as sample bass lines, chord voicings and drum appendix) not found in conventional fake books. Created by musicians, for musicians! Easy to work with and extremely worthwhile to have, this volume is the new standard in fake books!

Tenor Edition-This is the perfect first collection for many voice students whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs ofnovice singers studying in traditional generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections evenmore useful each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.

The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival-The sound of the Mandolin is well-known today due to its use in classical music blues Western swing jazz and even rock 'n' roll. This insightful book tells the fascinating story of The Mandolin In America charting its history from the 1880s when the instrument first became a national craze to the 21st century where it is still enjoyed as an established instrument with its own distinctive sound and repertoire. Filled with colour photographs posters and more this book covers every aspect of this unique instrument's past including: The makers - the companies that pushed the evolution of theAmerican Mandolin from the early copies of Italian bowbacks to the revolutionary carved-top designs of Orville Gibson and the later refinements of the Gibson company. The players - from classical virtuoso Giuseppe Pettine to vaudeville star Dave Apollon from bluesman Charlie McCoy to jazzers Tiny Moore and Jethro Burns from Bill Monroe's foundation of bluegrass to the cross-genre excursions of Mike Marshall Sam Bush Dave Grisman Chris Thile and many more. The music - the author Walter Carter discovers important musical moments in the Mandolin's history including the recordings of the early virtuosos film shorts in the 20s and 30s popular hit songs inspired by the Mandolin and the development of Mandolin techniques from the classical tremolo and duo styles to the bluegrass chop.  The instruments - the book features a glorious set of photographs of key instruments historical memorabilia and leading players. The last section is a reference section with detailed specifications of the models of the major makers including serial number lists for Gibson and Martin.

The Gig Book: Bob Dylan is a tough and hard-wearing collection of tunes by one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever seen. These handy books feature lyrics chord boxes and melody line as well as a fewblack and white photos all condensed into a compendium that may look compact but is actually packed full of genius songs. Bob Dylan is one of those rare songwriters who has managed to keep up an incrediblyprolific output since he first burst onto the New York folk scene in the early 1960s. Undergoing constant reinventions of his songwriting style singing style and even a Christmas album Dylan has written some of the most famoussongs ever and retained serious critical acclaim throughout the decades he has been writing and singing. This Bob Dylan songbook features highlights from Dylan's entire career spanning his early folk songs through his countryphase over his electric rock and pop period through to his more recent return rock balladry.  Early protest songs like Blowin' In The Wind A Hard Rain's A'Gonna Fall and The Times TheyAre A'Changin' feature alongside some all-time classics spanning his entire career like All Along The Watchtower Like A Rolling Stone Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Make You Feel My Love. Take it from us if you need some inspiration in songwriting melody construction inventive use of chords or just want to play some incredible songs The Gig Book: Bob Dylan is the perfect song book foryou.  This Bob Dylan sheet music is great for guitarists key for keyboardists and momentous for all other musicians. The durable construction and convenient size of the GigBook series makes it incredibly easy to carry around just leave it in your gig bag and we can guarantee it'll stand up to the years of use you'll definitely be getting out of it.  So

My First Gospel Guitar Picking Songs is an ideal book for beginners interested in learning country-style guitar and basic reading skills. Author Steve Kaufman uses his award-winning method to teach principles of flatpicking basicchord fingerings and notation within the context of classic country songs. This book emphasizes the versatility of the gospel guitarist as a lead instrumentalist and rhythm accompanist from lyrical melodies to swinging strummingtechniques. The book comes with accompanying audio.

Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list - usually 40 or more titles per book - of the very best songs from a favorite musical genre. The holidays are just around the corner, and there is no better way to celebrate than with these Big Book classic Christmas tunes. Titles include All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth * Christmases with You * Deck the Hall * The First Noel * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen * Grown-Up Christmas List * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Joy to the World * Mary, Did You Know? * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Santa Baby * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * What Child is This * Winter Wonderland * and many more.

This book contains both exercises and songs for performance. Intonation, articulation, phrasing, and rhythm are strengthened in the exercises, and the conditioning is extended so that the playing of the songs and the recital pieces will be a pleasure for players as well as for listeners. The first and second parts are of the same degree of difficulty, so that the parts can be exchanged in the repeats. The songs include: Lieder, folk songs, chorales, choral songs, canons, song, Christmas carols, birthday songs, etc. The different recital pieces are intended as preparation for the great world of music literature. Tempos and dynamics can be adjusted according to the student's ability. Titles and lyrics are in German. / Clarinette