Sarah Watts: Band in a Book - Piano Part: Flexible Band: Part

The flexible book for anyone wishing to start an ensemble-Sarah Watts' Christmas Band In A Book is a user friendly flexible book for anyone wishing to play or accompany traditional carols. All the instrumental parts are in this one book and the simplearrangements will suit an elementary ensemble.Christmas Band in a Book can be used for any combination of instruments with accompaniment from duet to orchestra and all the pieces and arrangements are inSarah’s immediately recognisable style. The book contains 10 pieces: Little town of Bethlehem God rest ye merry gentlemen We three Kings Away in a manger Good KingWenceslas The first nowell Come all ye faithful See amid the winter's snow In the bleak midwinter and Deck the halls.Sarah has a passion for encouragingpeople to enjoy music. As Artistic Director of the National Youth Music Camps she plays a large part in promoting the Dankworth 'all music' philosophy that influenced her early years.

The flexible book for anyone wishing to start an ensemble-Band in a Book and Christmas Band in a Book can be used for any combination of instruments with accompaniment from duet to orchestra and all the pieces and arrangements are in Sarah's immediately recognisable style.

These exciting new jazz numbers will give starter bands the encouragement and assurance they need to sound really great. It's not necessary to use all the parts just choose the ones that best suit your players. Thereare flexible parts for C B Flat and E Flat instruments Piano and Bass. Each tune has a melody line for C B Flat or E Flat instruments. Most tunes have some improvisation starter notes which can be used throughout thepiece to create solos and give confidence to beginner improvisers. On the included backing track CD the backing accompaniments for each piece are repeated four times to allow for optimal improvised solos.