David Moses: Recorder Magic: Descant Tutor Book 4: Descant Recorder:

For Books 1-2-Featuring all the tunes from Recorder Magic books 1 and 2 this CD includes performances and backing tracks for each tune so that beginners can hear how the music sounds then play along to the accompaniments. As well as every song from the book this CD also contains the demonstrations of the musical lessons and activities with gaps so the student may copy what is heard. A very comprehensive and fun approach to this ever popular instrument.

Recorder Magic Descant Tutor Book 1 takes the beginner Recorder player through the earliest stages of Recorder playing and reading music. The book progresses steadily and by the end the Recorder player will be able to read and play the notes E G A B and high C. There is plenty of reinforcement throughout particularly for the first three notes: B A and G. The melodies are a combination of popular traditional and new inspiring melodies written by the authors Jane Sebba and David Moses. Each track on the accompanying CD contains a Recorder performance followed by a backing track played twice.

Recorder Magic Descant Tutor Book 3 provides inspiring pieces to develop the recorder playing skills of the intermediate level Recorder player. By the end of this tutor the Recorder player will be able to play the notes C D E F F# G A A#/Bb B high C high C# high D and high E in a range of styles of pieces. The melodies are a combination of popular traditional and new inspiring melodies written by the authors Jane Sebba and David Moses - in a broad range of styles including ragtime.The melodies are fun as are the illustrations in the book -it makes playing the Recorder really enjoyable!

Ten classical themes by the greatest composers have been arranged for a young Recorder ensemble. A selection of melodies by Mozart Boccerini Weber Beethoven and more are presented here in full score for four descant Recorders with Piano accompaniment. The four parts vary in difficulty to suit a mixed-ability classroom group. An audio CD provides exemplary quality backing tracks and example performances for use in rehearsal or in concert. Furthermore a CD-ROM is also provided which is packed with parts for other Recorders including 3 parts for treble/sopranino 3 parts for tenor and bass parts for any C instrument.The selection ofworks will give young students vital first-time experience of Classical music-playing and the pack contains everything you need for even the most unusual combination of instruments and abilities.