Format : DVD
SKU: GI.G-10748
ISBN 9781574635461.
Contributors: Sarah Ball, Scott Casagrande, Lafe Cook, Chuck Cushinery, Roy Holder, Mike Howard, Chadwick Kamei, Alex Kaminsky, Diane Koutsulis, Scott Laird, Ed Lisk, Stephen Massey, Elizabeth Reed, Jeff Scott, Andy Sealy, Christopher Selby, Kim Shuttlesworth, Susan Waters, Alfred Watkins, Darcy Vogt Williams Throughout this edition, you will read numerous accounts by some of the most accomplished and experienced music-makers in the profession. Through the use of imaginative, collaborative music making strategies, they provide students with meaningful musical experiences that illuminate the magical and expressive power of music. Topics covered include: The Personal Meaning of Music How Music Making Affects Young Students Providing Musical Experiences Strategies for Musical Expression Strategies for Active Listening The Selection of High-Quality Music The Collaborative Process Creativity, Expression, and Imagination The Music Educator/Teacher The Conductor/Ensemble Director  Everyone in the group is involved in selecting the repertoire. —Dr. Charles Cushinery, Director of Orchestras,   Ed W. Clark High School, Las Vegas, Nevada As conductors, we are generally good at telling players what is wrong, but not always good at telling them when they do what we want. —Roy Holder, former Director of Bands,   Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Virginia Giving students the tools and energy to express themselves and make creative decisions in their own music-making is key to the education of the ‘whole person.’ —Mike Howard, Director of Bands   Vandegrift High School, Austin, Texas For some of my students, making music gives them a place to belong, a sense of value, or a means to learn self-esteem. —Jeff Scott, Director of Bands,   Cario Middle School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Music can stimulate imagination and creativity. It is the ultimate form of self-expression. —Alfred Watkins, former Director of Bands,   Lassiter High School, Marietta, Georgia Music means that we can express together, experience emotions together, and affect the human spirit on a deep level. —Darcy Vogt Williams, Director of Bands,   Stiles Middle School, Leander, Texas.
SKU: AP.50945
ISBN 9781470669775. UPC: 038081591667. English. Words by Julia Ward Howe.
Wow! This terrific chart is inspired by the iconic Clark Terry version featuring two trumpets with plungers. A swing chart played around 112 BPM with sample solos provided for tenor 1 and trumpet 2, a hot sax soli, a stop-time shout chorus with bari sax setting the groove. Check this fine chart out! (4:35).
SKU: AP.50945S
ISBN 9781470669782. UPC: 038081591674. English. Words by Julia Ward Howe.
SKU: MB.31103M
ISBN 9781513468792. 8.75x11.75 inches.
Adam Granger self-published the first edition of Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar in 1979. A second edition was published in 1994. Now Mel Bay Publications presents the third edition of the book.
This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.
There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles are fully indexed, making the book doubly valuable as a reference book and a source book.
In this new edition, all tunes are typeset, instead of being handwritten as they were in the previous editions, making the tabs easier to read.
The tunes in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are presented in Easytab, a streamlined tablature notation system designed by Adam specifically for fiddle tunes.
The book comes with a link which gives access to mp3 recordings by Adam of all 508 tunes, each played once at a moderate tempo, with rhythm on one channel and lead on the other.
Also included in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are instructions for reading Easytab, descriptions of tune types presented in the book, and primers on traditional flatpicking and rhythm guitar. Additionally, there are sections on timing, ornamentation, technique, and fingering, as well as information on tune sources and a history of the collection.
Mel Bay also offers The Granger Collection, by Bill Nicholson, the same 508 tunes in standard music notation.
SKU: AP.1-ADV6010
ISBN 9783892215301. UPC: 805095060102. English.
It is natural as we age to contemplate the finality of passing on, if not personally, then certainly as an effect from others around you whom have left this space. Having to endure the passing of family and friends is of course very trying. This is especially true when the perception is that someone passed before their time though there are those of us who believe in fate implying that the Force works in its own mysterious way. Composers often commemorate passings with music as a means to mourn and as well to celebrate the life of an individual who meant something to them. Such is the nature of this piece. Movement 1---Past uses as source material themes I wrote for my mother Frances and father Leo when they passed; movement 2---Present centers around a choral (Prayer for Mike) I wrote for my dear friend, saxophonist Michael Brecker when he passed a few years ago. This same period also saw the passing of other friends and associates whom I had known for years, all way too premature, beginning with JF Jenny Clarke and Bob Berg, Hans Gruber, Thomas Stowsand, David Baker, James Williams, Dennis Irwin, John Stubblefield. The final movement---Future is a requiem of sorts for all of us still here. With its improvisational character, it is meant to suggest the positive implications of living life to its fullest. Titles: Past * Present * Future.
