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Really Easy Jazzin'' About (Recorder) is a vibrant collection of original pieces in a range of contemporary styles, arranged for the absolute beginner recorder player by Pam Wedgwood and featuring piano accompaniments. So take a break from the classics and get into the groove as you cruise from blues, to rock, to jazz..  

Jazz Piano Studies 1 is a great collection of original Jazz studies and study pieces, spanning a host of jazz idioms from blues, trad. and ‘big band’ to gospel, ballad and more reflective styles. These carefully-graded studies explore systematically a broad range of techniques including left and right-hand chord shapes, large hand stretches, more complex rhythms, blue notes, ornaments and chromatic phrasing. Whether you are learning on your own or with a teacher, Jazz Piano Studies is the ideal route to stylish piano playing! For piano players at Grade 3 and above.

Very Easy Little Peppers is the first book in a five-part series by Elissa Milne, Australian-based composer, teacher, and writer. Each book is filled with fun jazz pieces that can be used both as pedagogical studies and as repertoire pieces. Very Easy Little Peppers starts at Pre-Grade 1-Grade 1 and progresses to the standard required for the first exam. The pieces have been written with the young pianist in mind, avoiding leaps that are difficult for small hands and incorporating suitably short and lighthearted pieces, and introduces a range of keys, rhythms and performance techniques. Technique is developed alongside musicality, helping young players to move towards grade exams and the other books in the series.  

Fingerprints is a volume of musical fingerprints from living composers, containing fourteen original pieces for the Grade 1-4 trumpeter. Each piece has be specially commissioned to capture something of what makes the composer who they are today and doubles up as an exciting volume of new and interesting music for trumpet.**ABRSM selected pieces (Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn from 2009):Game Over (Cliff)The Procession (Byrchmore)Twilight in Paris (Bennett)Go-Goanna (Milne)

Saxophone Basics Repertoire is a fantastic addition to the Saxophone Basics Series, offering supplementary material for the Grade 1-4 alto saxophonist, including a range of pieces from pop to classical such as the themes from James Bond, The Pink Panther, Peter Gunn, The Great Escape, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. It starts at Grade 1+ and progresses to Grade 4. Each of the 7 stages focuses on a different saxophone technique including phrasing, playing in the key of B, low notes, high notes, chromaticism, syncopation and swing. Also included: · Varied and carefully-chosen original repertoire · Arrangements of favourite tunes including  · Related technical exercises and studies · Opportunity for pupil improvisation and composition · Duets to encourage ensemble skills · Simple piano accompaniments

Heat, passion, sensuality and pulsating rhythm are the very life blood of Latin America - Play Latin encapsulates this exotic world through stunning arrangements for intermediate-level saxophone with simple piano parts. Swing to the frenzied rhythms of ''Tico tico'', wallow in nostalgia with The girl from Ipanema, and cry rivers with Adios.Play Latin will be loved by pupils and teachers alike.A tenor saxophone part is also available from Faber Music.

Variety is the spice of musical life and the essence of First Repertoire for Cello. This is the first of three books containing carefully-graded repertoire that skillfully explores the cello''s unique sonorities and provides a superb introductory literature for the young player.

Technique Takes Off! Cello presents fourteen original, imaginative studies for solo cello, specially designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to more advanced material by Dotzauer and Popper. Each piece concentrates on one or two aspects of technique, and the whole set covers a wide range of left and right hand skills, including spicatto bowing, string-crossing, moto perpetuo, cantible, and easy double stops.Teachers and pupils will find this invaluable, yet light hearted, collection both enjoyable and stimulating."I have been meaning to write to say how much pleasure Technique Takes Off has given me and my students. Beautifully conceived, imaginative and great fun to teach. I have been using it at higher levels with more detail too. All power to your elbow!" William Bruce (Head of Strings and ABRSM examiner)**Trinity College London selected piece (Cello 2010-2012): Village Bagpipes (Cohen)

If you can play just a few notes on the violin, then you're ready for this book. Here are 15 imaginative, newly-composed little pieces for the absolute beginner, all with attractive piano accompaniments. The pieces are arranged progressively, so you can hear the step-by-step improvement as well as simply enjoying music.

Technique Takes Off! Viola presents fourteen original, imaginative studies for solo viola, specially written with the timbre and register of the instrument in mind and designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to those of Mazas and Kreutzer. Each piece concentrates on one or two aspects of technique, and the whole set covers a wide range of left and right hand skills, including spiccato bowing, string-crossing, moto perpetuo, cantabile, and easy double stops.Teachers and pupils will find this invaluable, yet light hearted, collection both enjoyable and stimulating."I have been meaning to write to say how much pleasure Technique Takes Off has given me and my students. Beautifully conceived, imaginative and great fun to teach. I have been using it at higher levels with more detail too. All power to your elbow!" William Bruce (Head of Strings and ABRSM examiner)

Piano Progress Studies Book 2 is part of The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series, which displays the thoroughness, imagination and sense of discovery that are key features of teaching. The excellence of the musical material, the clear printing and the attractive presentation of the books have been universally acclaimed. The series is established as one of the foremost modern piano methods. Author Fanny Waterman is one of the most outstanding piano teachers of our time. Joint founder, with Marion Harewood, of the Leeds International Piano Competition, her ever growing list of prize-winning pupils has brought her international renown.  

Piano Progress Studies Book 1 is part of The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series, which display the thoroughness, imagination and sense of discovery that are key features of teaching. The excellence of the musical material, the clear printing and attractive presentation of the books have been universally acclaimed. The series is established as one of the foremost modern piano methods. Tutor Dame Fanny Waterman is one of the most outstanding piano teachers of our time. Joint founder, with Marion Harewood, of the Leeds International Piano Competition, her ever-growing list of prize-winning pupils has brought her international renown.

With Violin Playtime Book 3, the beginner violinist can make music from the very first lessons. In the three books that make up this series, there are over a hundred little pieces, a treasure-trove of attractive tunes - some traditional, some by composers of the past, some newly composed. This is more then just an easy anthology, as the underlying approach is ''learn as you play'', and a carefully devised ground plan of technical development makes it a manual in disguise, a tutor without text.This book is for players of about grade 2. Lively illustrations contribute visually to the excitement of learning the violin. Violin Playtime Book 1 caters for players from the beginning to around grade 1, while Violin Playtime Book 2 is for those firmly within grade 1. **ABRSM selected piece (Violin 2008-2011): To the Maypole (Trad.)

This method, which can be used for any size of instrument, from 12 to 120 bass takes the student rapidly through the fundamentals in a manner to establish self-confidence from the first lesson. This book presents a new and scientifically correct program for mastering finger technique, enabling the accordionist to acquire the brilliant technique of the professional player far more rapidly than by indiscriminate and haphazard practice. Included also is an easily understood course in Keyboard Harmony and its adaptation in harmonizing melodies and playing effectively from piano and violin music. Finally, this method contains a series of carefully graded and edited solos embracing all forms of music from Swing-Boogie to the Classics.

Wedgwood Blue is a landmark collection bringing together the extraordinary talents of the Wedgwood family. Oliver Wedgwood is a teacher and freelance jazz musician and younger brother Sam Wedgwood is a talented singer/songwriter. Wedgwood Blue features 10 original pieces in a variety of jazz styles for the Intermediate to Early Advanced pianist - from modern ballads to honky tonk, blues to Latin - all with sophisticated CD backings.

If you can play just a few notes on the Alto Saxophone, then you're ready for this book. Here are 14 imaginative little pieces especially composed for the absolute beginner, all of them with attractive piano accompaniments. The pieces are arranged progressively, so you can hear the step-by-step improvement in your playing as well as simply enjoying the music.

Recital Repertoire Book 1 is part of the Watermann/Harewood Piano series - devised jointly by the world famous piano teacher Fanny Waterman and her co-founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood (now Thorpe) - is established as one of the foremost piano methods.

Over seventy original progressive studies in a variety of jazz styles, by James Rae. A systematic, methodical approach that helps you to play stylish Jazz right from the beginning. The book is divided into three sections: Part One introduces the beginner to jazz rhythms, including swing quavers, syncopation and displaced accents. Part Two contains twenty carefully graded melodic jazz studies to assist in the formulation of physical techniques and skills. Part Three Improvisation and Blues encourages the budding Jazz flautist to use these studies as the basis for further creative jazz improvisation.

Ideal for the Early Intermediate (Grade 3-4) violinist, Mary Cohen's Nifty shifts! is specially designed to kick-start position changing. Featuring lots of well-known tunes and technical tips - including the use of a 'guide' finger, preparation strategies, melodic fragments to play in different keys and positions, and by ear - there are also handy technical exercises in the form of 'fingerobics' and 'glisserobics', helping the player to develop these new skills.

Paul Harris's Clarinet Basics Repertoire (Teacher's part) is a fantastic addition to the Clarinet Basics Series, offering supplementary material for the Grade 1-4 clarinetist, including a range of pieces from pop to classical. Each stage focuses on a specific technique with exercises and pieces to help consolidate new skills. There is plenty of opportunity for ensemble playing with the inclusion of duets as well as approachable piano accompaniments to suit every teacher. Â

Haydn to Humperdinck, show tunes to spirituals - variety is the spice of musical life and the essence of First Repertoire for Viola. These three books combine over 60 carefully graded elementary pieces which skilfully explore the viola's unique sonorities and provide a superb introductory literature for the young player. Titles: Hymn to Joy * Country Gardens * Shepherd's Hey * Cushie Butterfield * Gretel's Song * Reveille * Ländler * The Mikado's Song * Clapping Dance

80 Graded Studies for Saxophone brings together in two books a broad selection of 18th and 19th century repertory, with studies by Arban, Baermenn, Blatt, Brod and others. Also included are a number of specially composed studies by Paul Harris. The studies are arranged in increasing difficulty from elementary level to early intermediate, according to a carefully planned technical progression.

Offers your favourite jazz standards. This title contains works that are arranged for the Grade 4-6 pianist.

Helps the player overcome problems, by building up a picture of each piece, through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues, then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions, and finally 'going solo' with a series of sight-reading pieces.

Sixteen easy-intermediate pieces for Clarinet and Piano, edited selected and arranged by Paul Harris and Emma Johnson. This is a collection of imaginative and idiomatic arrangements and original pieces, all carefully selected and written for Grade 1-4 player. From Bruch to Britten, Telemann to Alkan, and including such classics from the shows and television as Cole Porter's 'Night and Day' and Barrington Pheloung's theme from 'Inspector Morse', there is something here for every occasion.

Features various songs from The Eagles' award-winning come-back album that are arranged for voice and guitar.

Me and My Piano Duets book 1 comprises 20 pieces arranged for piano, which have interchangeable parts of equal difficulty so that the young pianist can play alongside a teacher, parent or another pupil, whilst others are intended for pupil/teacher performance. A lively and stimulating mixture of new and familiar material, drawn from many different countries.  This book is part of Dame Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood''s Me and My Piano Series and these easy, attractive duets are designed to complement the progression of Me and My Piano Part 1 and Part 2.

Cool syncopation, funky riffs and smooth, stylish tunes - from dynamic to nostalgic, Pam Wedgwood's series has it all. Jazzin' About is a vibrant collection of original pieces in a range of contemporary styles, tailor-made for the absolute beginner. So take a break from the classics and get into the groove as you cruise from blues, to rock, to jazz.

Carlos Santana's guitar style brought the rhythms of Afro-Cuban music to generations of people who might otherwise never have heard them. This title presents the combination of musical notation and guitar tabulature together with backing tracks on the CD that gives you the opportunity to learn eight of Carlos' tracks note-for-note.