Pitts John - Recorder Duets From The Beginning - Teacher's Book 2

New Full-Colour Edition-This new edition of John Pitts' Treble Recorder From The Beginning is a complete course in playing Treble Recorder and now comes in full colour with 2 CDs. It is particularly suitable for Descant playerswho are progressing to the Treble Recorder. This beginning Recorder course contains a wide selection of tunes that combine a lot of the old favourites with some new additions including music from Latin America ScottJoplin compositions classical pieces and folk songs! Other innovations included in Treble Recorder From The Beginning are consolidation material at all levels seven new duets and two includedmusic CDs. These CDs contain solo Recorder demonstrations of every piece plus performance backing tracks and help to make this course helpful to non-specialist teachers as well as being a source of inspiration for people learningto play at home. A companion Treble Recorder From The Beginning Teacher's Book  is also available containing Piano and Guitaraccompaniments. If you've already learned the Descant Recorder or you are learning the Treble Recorder with no prior knowledge this Treble Recorder From The Beginning tutor is a great entryinto the world of this wonderful instrument.

Description The new full-colour revised edition of John Pitts' best-selling recorder course. Book 2 has 13 new items as well as new optional duets. Songlist A Child This Day Is Born Amazing Grace An Eriskay Love Lilt Barnyard Song Boogie Blues Botany Bay Cascadura Beguine Cherry Tree Rag Clementine Cossack Dance Descant Down In Bethlehem Fais Dodo Gavotte God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Good King Wenceslas Grandma Grunts Haul Away Joe I Like The Flowers Incey Wincey Spider Kalinka Kookaburra Kum Ba Ya La Mourisque Land Of The Silver Birch Little Red Wagon London's Burning Manx Lullaby My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean Now All The Forests Are At Rest Old Joe Clark Old Paint One More River Over The Sea To Skye Pokare Kare Polonaise Portuguese Dance Row, Row, Row Your Boat Scarborough Fair Sinner Man Skip To My Lou Tango Chacabuco Ten Green Bottles The Ash Grove The Child's Carol The Fireman's Not For Me The First Nowell The Hollow Elm Tree The Lord Mayor's Parade Tzena Unto Us A Boy Is Born Way Down South What Would You Do? Woofenbacker's Boogie Zulu Lullaby

Easy mixed duets for descant and treble recorders to play together suitable for two players or for class ensembles. The 22 duets feature a wide range of well-known arrangements including folk songs spirituals Latin Americandances blues and classical favourites as well as original pieces by John Pitts. The material is precisely graded so that both the descant and treble parts progress gradually in difficulty and range of notes. The Pupil's bookincludes guitar chord symbols along with suggestions for use of percussion instruments. The Teacher's book contains piano accompaniments for all the pieces as well as some additional pitched/unpitched percussion parts.

Pupil's Book 1-Easy duets for descant recorders ranging from Beethoven to the blues to encourage the learning of new notes and rhythms. Suitable for two players or class ensembles with piano accompaniments in the teachers' books. Ideal foruse alongside the Recorder From The Beginning tutor books.

Music Medals Recorder Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire for the developing ensemble progressively graded Copper Bronze Silver Gold and Platinum. They contain original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets trios and quartets forming a smashing collection of fun pieces and arrangements in various styles to provide much needed diversity and enjoyment. This exciting range is suitable for lessons concerts or as Part of a Music Medal and forms ideal group-teaching material for the development of ensemble playing. For descant or soprano and treble or alto recorders.