Par COHEN MARY. Bags of Classics for Cello is filled with favourite melodies from famous works of classical music, arranged for the grade 3-4 player who is developing position work and perhaps trying vibrato. Selected and arranged by leading string pedagogue Mary Cohen to lie well under the hand, it introduces a wide variety of styles and sound worlds, from Vivaldi and Purcell to Saint-Saens and H…

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Bluegrass Series : McCabe's 101 Series Number of pages : 48 In music, the term bluegrass describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe, which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book contains 101 authentic bluegrass guitar licks in the favorite bluegrass keys o…

Par COURT DOUGLAS. Conductors of beginning bands are always looking for fresh material that will be fun for the band while the students continue sharpening their playing skills. You and your students will certainly have a great time with this new Grade 1 piece by Douglas Court. Cast in a relaxed “island” style, it’s a great way to help young musicians understand the need for smooth tonguing and pl…

Par SCULTHORPE PETER. Memento Mori is a work for Orchestra from celebrated Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe. The piece features some hauntingly beautiful melodies and striking tonal contrasts. The work is said to be inspired by a visit to Easter Island, famous for its great stone heads, monuments that can be seen as both an example of the indomitable nature of the human spirit and as part of i…

Step into the spotlight and play along with the superb backing tracks on the specially recorded CD with a duet partner. Guest Spot Duets includes two CDs containing four tracks for each song: a full performance demonstration, one backing track omitting both duet parts, one containing the first duet part only, and one the second part. So whether or not you have a duet partner, Guest Spot Duets incl…

This book is great for keyboardists who have learned the basics of blues improvisation and composing. Beginning with a review of concepts and skills covered in Beginning Blues Keyboard, this book explores further into topics such as chord extensions, blues techniques, building bass lines, playing in the key, ii-V substitutions and slow blues. Blues forms such as the twelve-bar blues and the eight-…