The Gig Book : Showtunes

The Gig Book: Showtunes is jam packed with 85 classic songs by the biggest names in musical theatre. Presented in gig-friendly melody line arrangements with complete lyrics, chord symbols and Guitar chord boxes. / Mélodie/Vocal/Guitare (MVG)

First published in 1954 John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course is one of the most-loved and best-selling piano methods in the world. John Thompson’s timeless approach to teaching has been trusted by generations of teachers to start millions of students on their musical journey. This book includes 15 repertoire pieces to complement the Easiest Piano Course helping to reinforce basic technique develop musicality and increase the enjoyment of learning. These simplified arrangements are also ideal sight-reading practice for more advanced pupils. With a great selection of showtunes including Can You Feel The Love Tonight Chitty ChittyBang Bang A Whole New World and many more there’s something in First Showtunes for every beginner pianist to enjoy!

Little Voices Showtunes brings together five fun songs from stand-out musicals, all specially selected and arranged in two parts (SS) for young groups and choirs. The included CD contains complete Vocal and Piano versions plus Piano-only accompaniments to each song. Each themed book in the Little Voices series contains five songs that make a perfect introduction to part-singing for beginner groups. / Chant Et Piano

This bumper collection offers a fantastic selection of showtunes, jazz and blues classics, pop favourites, film themes and classical pieces, all specially arranged for the grade 1 - 3 pianist. The Orange Book features an easy-to-read notation style, complete with fingerings, chord symbols and lyrics where appropriate. This songbook includes the hits Trouble, Rule The World, God Bless The Child and many more great pieces. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

Add a large helping of glitz and glamour to you repertoire with this bumper selection of showtunes, all arranged for the solo Pianist! 45 show songs from the West End to Broadway have been specially chosen to create an anthology that will add spice, variety and endless entertainment to your recitals. With pieces ranging from the saucy Jazz of Chicago and Big Spender to the gentle intimacy of Memory and The Music Of The Night , you will never again be stuck for a guaranteed crowd-pleaser! / Piano

Fifty Great Songs For Children To Sing-The National Songbook 2 follows on from the success of The National Songbook about which The Singer magazine wrote 'No school or nursery should be without this book'. It follows the same format bringing together a brilliant mixture of 50 songs both contemporary hits and favourites that are in danger of being forgotten. Showtunes folk songs children's songs and pop songs are all brought together in one handy volume specially chosen to bring fun and musical variety to the primary school classroom. All songs are arranged for easy Piano If you don't have a pianist to hand no problem - the Piano parts can be downloaded onlineusing the enclosed download card. Lyrics are printed out for every song but are also available as free downloadable PDFs for easy projection or multiple printing.Let's get children singing again!

This incredible saxophone book contains 60 pieces for saxophone, from well-known film themes, classical pieces, jazz and blues standards, to showtunes and popular hits. All of the pieces have been specially arranged for beginner to intermediate Alto Saxophone / Saxophone

If you've heard jazz guitarists like Joe Pass play chord melody you may think that the style requires an encyclopedic knowledge of music theory musical super-powers or making a deal with the devil. But fear not! This bookwill show you how to create your own satisfying chord melody arrangements on the Mandolin...and will do so in a practical applicable way.'Aaron Weinstein has many musical accomplishments. I am very proud to have playeda small part with some of them. When he was only 12 he made his first recordings and asked me to play Mandolin on them. I was knocked out to encounter someone that young that was conversant in both old-time or contest fiddling andJoe Venuti style jazz. Not long after that Aaron became interested in the Mandolin and chords and he came by every so often to play and discuss voicings improvisation and the like. I showed him some of the Jethro Burns chordmelody arrangements that Jethro showed me. I've been teaching those for decades in hopes of one day playing them smoothly myself!Fast forward a few more years and Aaron has a Berklee degree traveled the worldplaying hot Violin music and is hobnobbing with the greatest NYC jazz stars. And oh yeah one other thing: he took the art of chord-melody Mandolin style to an entirely new level! The rich harmonies of the standard jazz and showtune repertoire the swinging bass lines and connecting chords and independent voice movements (doing more than one thing at a time) are all present in Aaron's style thanks to his great ear open mind and gift at locating thingson the fretboard. And now Aaron has documented explained and shared his discoveries and approach with all of us in this book. Thank you Aaron!This is truly a step-by-step method that you will enjoy. You'll findyourself saying 'oh of course!' as the author gets you playing and understanding things that sound very detailed and complex. The first section I would call the mandolinistic stuff: the how-to on getting things moving and