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The Second Edition of Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 2 includes updates inspired by numerous recommendations from group piano teachers and students. This book includes a CD-ROM containing both Audio and General MIDI Files of the 500+ accompaniments included in the text, each with an interesting and engaging arrangement coupled with the piano part. Designed for collegiate non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience, the easy-to-use text contains 26 units, each intended to be covered in one week, thus fulfilling two semesters or three quarters of study. Theory, technique, sight-reading, repertoire, harmonization, improvisation and ensemble activities are taught thoroughly and consistently throughout the text. Book 2 is 408 pages.

Just a short introduction and the gorgeous natural flow begins, unfolding the familiar carol of O Come, All Ye Faithful." Twice more it is repeated in chorale form, ending with a majesty of style which this melody deserves. Percussion parts add a lot to the ensemble sound but are optional."

This is a fun traditional Welsh carol that lends itself well to a six-part clarinet ensemble. Melody is passed throughout the group as they wander through several variations of the melody. Fa-la-la-la-la-la!"

For many reasons, Christmas means joy. This tune, Ding Dong Merrily on High," is a wonderful musical snapshot of the whole season. In this arrangement, we hear church bells chiming, voices uniting and see people smiling."

Fanfare for Christmas" uses parts of several well-known Christmas carols and features each of the different brass voice choirs: trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba/euphonium. There are three optional percussion parts. This two-minute fanfare has a bold beginning, a softer middle section, and a grand finale. "Fanfare for Christmas" is a great way to open a Christmas program."

This peaceful Austrian carol is beautiful in its simplicity and elegance. Melody is found in all voices. Often performed by choirs, this is a favorite with audiences all over the world. Besides a great addition to a holiday concert, this is a wonderful opportunity to explore a warm, controlled, and balanced ensemble sound.

This piece is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is flowing and smooth, quiet, and reflective. (3:00)

This piece requires no introduction---it is a jolly and happy piece throughout. The melody is found in all parts, and key changes and some variations have been included. A great closer for a Christmas concert (2:10)

This medley wraps up eight of the most popular Christmas songs into a tidy package for audiences of all ages. Titles: Joy to the World * Away in the Manger * Ding Dong Merrily on High * Deck the Halls * Lo, A Rose * Hark the Herald * Coventry Carol * and Jingle Bells. There's something to play for everyone and it's a great way to touch on a lot of great tunes with good pace and variety throughout. (4:20)

This arrangement features three variations of the tune alternating with newly-composed interludes. The rhythms often alternate between duple and triple groupings, adding to the interesting feel. This was recorded on the CD Christmas Postcards from the HoodleBug Brass---recorded by the faculty brass quintet at IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania). (4:00)

This arrangement was conceived of as a concert opener for a quintet concert. It begins in a celebratory manner and, after two statements of the melody, the tune is stated in augmented fragments in the low brass. The rhythms often alternate between duple and triple groupings, adding to the interesting feel. This was recorded on the CD Christmas Postcards from the HoodleBug Brass---recorded by the faculty brass quintet at IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania). (4:00)

This is a little medley of two joyous, traditional carols. It should be played with a Wee Bit of a Merry Christmas Jig..." This was recorded on the CD Christmas Postcards from the HoodleBug Brass---recorded by the faculty brass quintet at IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania). (1:40)"

This clever collection of tropical delights" will add something different to a brass quintet Christmas concert. Optional percussion parts have also been included to add to the island feel. With singing parts for the group---you can even get the audience to participate. No stuffed shirts here! (5:20)"

The Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 1 reinforces note-reading skills based on the concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 1. Each page of the Notespeller & Sight-Play Book has two activities---a written activity and a playing example. The written activity reinforces notes on the keyboard and staff through coloring, circling, drawing, or matching. The sight-play examples help students relate notes and musical concepts to performance on the keyboard, move out of fixed hand positions, and identify melodic and rhythm patterns.

This piece was written in the thirteenth Century by an unknown composer. It was set as a single melodic line as many Gregorian chants were constructed. Lush, modern harmonies have been added to make it the popular Christmas piece it is today. The flute is the featured player in this arrangement and first states the melody alone. This is to emulate the call and response between a soloist and congregation at a church service. (3:30)

The Holly and the Ivy" is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is flowing and smooth, quiet and reflective. (3:00)"

For many reasons, Christmas means joy. This tune is a wonderful musical snapshot of the whole season. In this arrangement, we hear church bells chiming, voices uniting, and see people smiling. (2:25)

This is a fun traditional Welsh carol that lends itself well to a six part trumpet ensemble. Melody is passed throughout the group as they wander through several variations of the melody. Fa-la-la-la-la-la!" (1:50)"

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 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones * Passing the Tonic * Pitch Matching * Scale Builders * Interval Builders * Expanding Intervals * Chord Builders * Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony * Rhythmic Subdivision * 5-Note Scales * Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales) * Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) >The compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. The Ensemble Development Series is also available for Intermediate and Advanced Band. Learn more at www.alfred.com/SIED. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Alfred's Basic Ukulele Method 1 features clear, well-paced instruction that makes learning the ukulele easy and fun. This book covers how to hold your ukulele, tuning your ukulele, right- and left-hand techniques, the basics of reading music, chords, and strumming patterns, songs, and how to read TAB. For the first time, companion audio tracks that can be downloaded or streamed online are included with the book, so you'll have everything you need in one place. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.

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 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones * Passing the Tonic * Pitch Matching * Scale Builders * Interval Builders * Expanding Intervals * Chord Builders * Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony * Rhythmic Subdivision * 5-Note Scales * Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales) * Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) >The compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. The Ensemble Development Series is also available for Intermediate and Advanced Band. Learn more at www.alfred.com/SIED. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

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 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones * Passing the Tonic * Pitch Matching * Scale Builders * Interval Builders * Expanding Intervals * Chord Builders * Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony * Rhythmic Subdivision * 5-Note Scales * Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales) * Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) >The compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. The Ensemble Development Series is also available for Intermediate and Advanced Band. Learn more at www.alfred.com/SIED. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Premier Piano Express is designed for students who need a fast-paced approach to piano study. Based on the concepts and music from Premier Piano Course, this All-In-One Accelerated Course integrates Lesson, Theory, Technique, and Performance pages. Book 2 continues the steady development of artistry and keyboard skills that began in Book 1. The book is organized into skills-based units that feature clear explanations of important musical concepts. Worksheets within each unit provide review and strengthen understanding. The included media is available online and features audio performances on acoustic piano, orchestrated accompaniments for selected pieces, and software that allows you to practice in different tempos.

This collection has been crafted to provide professional-sounding, easily prepared arrangements for busy pianists. It contains 40 selections of Contemporary Christian favorites, appropriate for services throughout the holiday season. Each arrangement has been carefully engraved for easy reading, and approximate performance times have been included to assist with planning. Titles: Adore Him * All Is Well * Angels We Have Heard on High (Tomlin) * Bethlehem Morning * Born Is the King (It's Christmas) * Born That We May Have Life * Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) * Christmas Offering * The Christmas Shoes * Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground) * Emmanuel (McGee) * Emmanuel (Smith) * The First Noel * Glory in the Highest * Grown-Up Christmas List * Hallelujah (Light Has Come) * Hallelujah (Zschech) * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (King of Heaven) * He Has Come for Us (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen) * He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child * How Many Kings * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * Immanuel (From the Squalor of a Borrowed Stable) * Jesus Messiah * Joseph's Lullaby * Joy Has Dawned * Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy) * Let There Be Peace on Earth * Light of the World (O Jesus, Son of God) * The Little Drummer Boy * Mary, Did You Know? * Mary's Little Boy Child * My Soul Magnifies the Lord * One Small Child * Sing We Now of Christmas * What Can I Do (Christmas Version) * When Hope Came Down * Winter Snow * Your Name (Christmas Version). 140 pages.

Freeze Frame!, the hottest new TV game show, is on the air, featuring a fast and frantic Freeze Team" of performers who spin their way into positions portraying favorite wintertime activities. Our host, Chris Coldplay, keeps things moving as a quartet of celebrities tries to guess the action being shown on stage. Complete choreography included. Approximately 20 minutes. Recommended for grades two through six. Titles: Freeze Frame! * Can't Wait to Skate! * Sledding We Will Go! * Ski with Me * Winter Daydream * Snow Day! Snow Day!"

Upon its first publication in 1995, Pumping Nylon became an instant classic and a must-have technique handbook for all classical guitarists---and many guitarists of other styles as well. This complete edition includes additional early intermediate through advanced repertoire. Scott Tennant's encouraging style, sense of humor, and unique approach to technical training helped Pumping Nylon gain countless devotees throughout the world. At the heart of Pumping Nylon is the famous Daily Warm-Up Routine, which includes 11 clever, helpful exercises to get both hands in shape and ready to play while also improving your technical skills. These invaluable technique lessons are supplemented by Giuliani's 120 Right-Hand Studies, Tarrega arpeggio studies, and music examples from Bach, Turina, and Rodrigo. In addition, original compositions by guitar luminaries Brian Head and Andrew York reinforce the material while also providing concert-worthy repertoire. This second edition of Pumping Nylon Complete incorporates even more great material with new pieces by Evan Hirschelman, Guiliani's Left Hand Studies, Op. 1, and new technical exercises in tremolo and balancing chord voicings. The music engravings have been improved for easier readability, and a brand-new correlating video, available to download or stream, has been included. If Pumping Nylon Complete is already in your library, it's time to upgrade to this second edition, which is even better than the original. If you are just now discovering Scott Tennant's masterpiece, this is a great opportunity to jump on board and start enjoying this classic. Your practice routine and technical prowess will improve, and you'll have fun as you learn. Complete Second Edition Features* All of the original complete edition content, including easy to advanced repertoire * Three new performance pieces * Giuliani's Left-Hand Studies, Op. 1 * New lessons and exercises * Improved music engravings * An updated, high-definition video to stream or download.

For beginning musicians, Alfred's Easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of well-known and fun-to-play songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favorite songs. The Easy Hits Ukulele format provides melody, chords, and lyrics for easy strum and sing" performance---plus suggested strum patterns and TAB for any integral instrumental figures. This Christmas edition features timeless holiday staples like "Silent Night," "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and "Ukrainian Bell Carol," heart-warming pop standards such as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," novelty tunes like "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," and much more! Titles: Angels We Have Heard on High * Away in a Manger * Believe (from The Polar Express) * Blue Christmas * Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella * Celebrate Me Home * A Child This Day Is Born * Christmas Vacation (from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) * The Coventry Carol * Deck the Hall * Do You Hear What I Hear? * The First Noel * The Friendly Beasts * Gesù Bambino (The Infant Jesus) * The Gift * Go Tell It on the Mountain * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Good King Wenceslas * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * A Holly Jolly Christmas * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * I'll Be Home for Christmas * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * Joy to the World * The Little Drummer Boy * Mele Kalikimaka * O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum) * O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) * O Holy Night * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Silent Night * Silver and Gold * Sleigh Ride * Text Me Merry Christmas * The Twelve Days of Christmas * Ukrainian Bell Carol * We Three Kings of Orient Are * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * Welcome Christmas (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) * What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) * When Christmas Comes to Town (from The Polar Express) * You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!)."