Intended for both working guitarists and those who play strictly for the enjoyment of great music, this collection of ragtime favorites will add something special to any party or social gathering. Including arrangements of such popular rags as 'The Entertainer,' 'Maple Leaf Rag,' 'Weeping Willow,' and 'Peacherine Rag,' this edition provides you with a repertoire of crowd-pleasers for any event and…

Take centre stage and play along with a live band. The authentic CD backing tracks will help you achieve a more professional performance. With this great 3-part Hybrid Book you get ten pieces in melody line arrangement, and audio CD with professional 'soundalike' performances of every piece featuring a live band, plus backing tracks to play along with. You also get free online downloads for a full…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 l…

Original Repertoire for Alto Saxophone. Nobuya Sugawa presents 9 new pieces with piano accompaniment which are suitable for saxophonists who have been playing for 3 or 4 years and want to become more experienced at playing with a pianist. The piano parts have been written so they can be played by piano students. This way the Recital Album can help the saxophonist and the pianist to a higher level.…

Par RASO JASON. Jason Raso's Soloing on Electric Bass: A Chord Tone Approach provides the next step following his first book for Mel Bay Publications, Improvising on Electric Bass. The primary focus of this second book is to help you develop a more melodic approach to solo bass playing. The author suggests avoiding root notes, concentrating instead on chord tones of a 3rd, 5th, and 7th as fertile …

A bold concert or graduation march! Minimal eighth notes, careful doubling, and only six pitches help beginners and ensembles with incomplete instrumentation sound their best. Give your aspiring musicians something exciting to achieve! (2:35) / Concert Band

A dozen contemporary hits are included in this collection perfect for budding instrumentalists. It features online access to audio demonstration and backing tracks for download or streaming to help you hear how the song should sound then play along and sound like a pro! Songs include: Broken (lovelytheband) · Havana (Camila Cabello) · Heaven (Kane Brown) · High Hopes (Panic! At the Disco) · The Mi…

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. This regal and stately fanfare-opener is a sterling new offering for band. Sixteen opening bars of thrilling fanfare lead inexorably to a theme expressing dignified momentum. Frequent but simple meter changes help to make this an interesting and educational piece that both the band and the audience will enjoy. A recap of the opening fanfare brings the piece to an exciting finis…

This book will help drummers gain a deeper knowledge of drum-chart reading and interpretation through the performance of 40 songs in a variety of styles (Afro-Cuban, Rock, Jazz, Brazilian, Reggae, and more). Each style starts with simple drum charts, and gradually builds to more complex and demanding compositions. The accompanying CD contains all the songs included in the book allowing the drummer…

I Used to Play Viola is a new book for adults looking to get back into playing the Viola, and will help jumpstart their memory and comfort with music. Its #1 goal is to get people re-acquainted with their instrument by providing them with types of music they want to play, like pop, jazz, and classic tunes, rather than etudes. The book contains a CD with audio MP3 files of complete performances of …