The Big Book of Folksongs

The Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choirs is an enjoyable collection of diverse tunes that have descended from the folksongs across the British Isles. A variety of arrangements are included, both old and new, of well-loved tunes as well as some lesser-known pieces. All 34 tunes are arranged for SATB Chorus with Piano accompaniment, making this a brilliant way to enhance your choir's repertoire.This Book Of British Folksongs offers a grand selection of favourite folk tunes arranged by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Paul Mealor and George Dyson. Tunes like A-Hunting We Will Go, Auld Lang Syne, Bonny At Morn, Come Lasses And Lads and Scarborough Fair suggest the sheer diversity on offer here. From sad tunes to happy songs, the arrangements here are at once beautiful and touching, coming truly to life when sung by a Mixed-Voice Choir. These thirty four folk songs will enrich a performance programme, whether as one part or the entirety. Choirs of all types and abilities will be able to discover their favourite arrangements, either the most beautiful, the funniest, or the most enjoyable to sing. With the country experiencing a revival in singing traditional folksongs, this collection is a great way to experience the unabashed joy that performing these British tunes can bring. With a great number of favourite tunes as well as some lesser-known songs, this collection includes songs like There Were Three Ravens, Yarmouth Town, My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose, Dance To Your Daddy and The Rio Grande, as well as an extensive and fascinating introduction by Jeremy Summerly.The wonderful thing about singing folksongs is they are like a window into our country's history. They are occasionally funny, often dramatic, but always enjoyable to sing, and their diversity reflects the different people, landscapes and cultural history of the British Isles. These folk tunes can be traced back through British history, evolving through the oral tradition, continually changing lyrics and melody, being amended and sculpted according to the people who sung them. These timeless tunes have been recorded in this innovative Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choir, however, the joy of these songs is you can put your own spin on them, adapting them to how you want them sung and continuing their legacy. This wonderful collection is a fantastic addition to any choir's performance repertoire, and is sure to lead to success for the choir and audience for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

Multicultural Resource of Songs Celebrations and Fun Facts-It's a global party and you're all invited to Oktoberfest in Germany Children's Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam Loy Krathong in Thailand the Festival of Holi in India and lots more! Step into the music and culture of tenregions around the world and read about festivals with moon cakes sky lanterns didgeridoos Kintaro and a host of other interesting facts and legends. This quality resource features reproducible student articles and folksongsthat are fun to read and sing exceptional standards-based lesson plans assessment and extension activities to enhance learning and piano accompaniments with ethnic choreography for that special touch! It all comes in onevalue-packed Book/CD! The ENHANCED CD features each song recorded with and without singers separate pronunciation guide tracks to help learn the foreign texts and PDFs of the articles and songsheets for projection options!Promote cross-cultural education and reinforce language skills while focusing on the principle objective of having fun learning songs from different cultures! Available: Book/Enhanced CD. Suggested for grades 3-6.

Book 1-There are over 50 favorite folksongs famous classical melodies songs from various cultures and many fun-to-play original songs in this one book appearing in order of level of difficulty. Many songs have lyrics to encourage students to sing alone or with others when not playing the Recorder.Chord names are included for a guitarist or pianist. There are many opportunities for ensemble playing throughout the book: duets SOLO and ALL designations a round and a three-part ensemble. In addition to the master fingering chart on the inside-front-cover a fingering chart of every new note appears on the page where the new notes are introduced.

Welcome to The Big & Easy Songbook for Guitar with Tablature! This book is a unique collection of music that has been specifically selected for the beginning Guitarist: songs that are easy and fun to play and will sound wonderful performed on any type of Guitar.Included are: American Folksongs Classical Themes Holiday Music Multicultural Songs Patriotic Songs Popular Music Styles and Sacred Music. Enjoy the songs that you want to play at home with your friends or at public appearances such as recitals and festivals.For easy use all of the songs are listed in three ways: alphabetically by the level of difficulty and by genre. Any wayyou look at it you can quickly find the exact song you want.

Songpack is one of the most successful resources for classroom music-making on the market. The song-based package actively encourages participation and offers ideas on performing listening and inventing thus fulfillingrequirements of the Programmes Of Study and GCSE syllabus. Forty songs ranging from pop and folksongs to film and show tunes. Titles include Sailing When I’m Sixty Four Morning Has Broken Rivers Of Babylon and many more.Each song is prefaced by teacher’s notes giving helpful hints on rehearsal and performance project work and listening activities. In addition to the songs and keyboard accompaniment there are easy parts for recorder and tunedpercussion plus melody parts in Bb. The pupil’s book gives the melody line optional counter-melody plus guitar chords.

Songpack is one of the most successful resources for classroom music-making on the market. The song-based package actively encourages participation and offers ideas on performing listening and inventing thus fulfillingrequirements of the Programmes Of Study and GCSE syllabus. Forty songs ranging from pop and folksongs to film and show tunes. Titles include ‘Sailing’ ‘When I’m Sixty Four’ Morning Has Broken’ ‘Rivers Of Babylon’ and many more.Each song is prefaced by teacher’s notes giving helpful hints on rehearsal and performance project work and listening activities. In addition to the songs and keyboard accompaniment there are easy parts for recorder and tunedpercussion plus melody parts in Bb. The pupil’s book gives the melody line optional counter-melody plus guitar chords.

80 Graded Studies for Violin Book 2 is a must-have resource for teachers and students. Studies are an established part of every instrumentalist’s training. They place technical problems in musical contexts and can be invaluable aids for development.This study book brings together a broad selection of repertoire including works by famous pedagogues such as Kreutzer Mazas and Sevcik as well as folksongs lesser known gems and contemporary studies.The studies in Book 2 are arranged in order of increasing difficulty according to a carefully planned technical progression from Grades 6-8.

Par RANNANMAKI JUSSIPEKKA. Colourstrings Guitar ABC is designed primarily for young beginner students as their first introduction to the world of guitar playing. This material can be adapted for teaching children of any age and used either on its own or combined with other beginner learning materials. In this book, the different elements of music and the music staff are introduced as simply as possible. The book is suitable for both private and group instruction. The repertoire is a collection of children\'s songs and folksongs from different countries. A teachers\' guide is included in the publication. The Guitar ABC is based on the famous Colourstrings string instrument methodology./ Méthode / Guitare

C. Paul Herfurth. A first book for instruction in group class or individual lessons. Uses familiar hymns and folksongs to give a thorough musical background.

An Anthology-An Anthology. The largest most comprehensive collection of Israeli folksongs in print! Culled from 10 acclaimed music books and dozens of audio recordings this collection is a broad overview of the beloved classic folksongs from pre-State to present times. Includes melody line chords full Hebrew texts transliterations and annotations for more than 165 songs.