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Team Strings 2: Violin follows directly on from the original Team Stringsseries. It is a flexible and adaptable course designed for beginner violins; each piece is carefully graded to ensure a logical progression at a sensible pace, and the course can be tailored to suit students'' individual needs.Students are introduced to a wide variety of musical styles throughout the book. This second series has been enhanced by jazz and blues titles, and offers opportunities to develop playing, compositional and improvisational techniques. Team Strings 2 also includes all of the scales for the relevant grades set by the major examination boards. Imaginative piano accompaniments have been provided, and the volume comes complete with helpful notes, clear ensemble scores and a CD of backing tracks.The Team Strings series is suitable for use with individuals or groups, since it has been carefully written to support a

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Part of the Authentic Jazz Playalong Series, I Got Rhythm (Flute) brings together Gershwin, Porter, Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz and features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire, idiomatically arranged for the Intermediate (Grade 4-6) player by Andy Hampton. Melody, lyrics and chord symbols are provided, offering opportunity for improvisation, with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide/biographical note to each song in the collection In addition, the playalong CD comprises a live trio of piano, bass and drums for truly authentic performance.

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Part of the Authentic Jazz Playalong Series, It Don't Mean A Thing (Alto Saxophone) brings together Gershwin, Porter, Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz and features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire, idiomatically arranged for the Intermediate player (Grade 4-6) by Andy Hampton. Melody, lyrics and chord symbols are provided, offering opportunity for improvisation, with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide/biographical note to each song in the collection. In addition, the downloadable online audio features a live trio of piano, bass and drums for truly authentic performance.

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The multi-million selling pop superstar Robbie Williams takes a break from the mainstream with this album, presenting a collection including some of the greatest swing and big band hits, performed in Robbie''s own charismatic style. Swing When You''re Winning contains a well-arranged score for the alto saxophone for all of the tracks on the album, such as Mr Bojangles and BeyondThe Sea.With an included CDwith backing tracks for all the songs, this book perfect for practising at home or performing live.

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My Fair Lady is Lerner & Loewe’s most successful musical, based on the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion. Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, boasts to his friend, Colonel Pickering, that he can train any woman to speak properly. He chooses Eliza Doolittle, a poor girl with a strong Cockney accent, whom he encounters selling flowers in Covent Garden. This score is arranged for piano and voice.

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Frankly Speaking: Three Classic Sinatra Hits comprises three of the best known Sinatra songs, arranged for soprano, alto, and combined men's voices with a straightforward piano accompaniment. The arrangement is part of the Choral Basics series, which is ideal for beginner choirs and for choirs in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing.

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Deep River: A Collection of Spirituals brings together Deep River, arranged with some adventurous harmonies and a Spiritual Medley which combines the songs All My Trials Lord, By and By and I Want Jesus To Walk With Me. These spirituals are arranged for soprano and alto voices with a straightforward piano accompaniment. The arrangement is part of the Choral Basics series, ideal for beginner choirs.

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Real Repertoire Studies Grades 4-6 is a fantastic introduction to the wealth of original works by the great study writers, from Clementi to Bartók, for intermediate pianists. These studies have been selected by the late, renowned teacher and pedagogue Christine Brown to provide technical training and plenty of musical interest and they will be ideal performance pieces for concerts or festivals. Each study has been scrupulously edited and includes additional fingers, phrasing, pedalling and metronome marks for added clarity and consistency. Helpful background notes on the composers are also included.

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Teaching Key Stage 2 Music is a complete step-by-step scheme of work for both specialist and non-specialist teachers. The book is carefully constructed to help teachers meet curriculum requirements and deliver music in an exciting and creative way, and includes detailed lesson plans yet also provides the flexibility for teachers to create their own.The book contains plenty of songs and rhymes, listening recommendations and assessment grids and provides fantastic audio and visual support. The Enhanced CD contains photocopiable lyrics and worksheets for easy printing/projection as well as backing tracks and full performances of all the songs contained within.

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First Repertoire For Trumpet is part of Faber Music's best-selling First Repertoire Series, which has been a favourite with teachers and young players for years, and features material that has been selected on numerous exam syllabuses. Trumpet players can enjoy the popular mix of 16 imaginative and idiomatic arrangements and original pieces with this excellent collection of repertoire for grade 2-4 level players selected and edited by Deborah Calland. Ranging from baroque dances from Handel and Jeremiah Clarke, to the majestic theme song from Star Wars, Johann Strauss’s The Blue Danube to the sparkling The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and La Bamba - there is something here for every occasion! **ABRSM selected pieces (Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn from 2009): The Blue Danube (Strauss) La Bamba (Trad.) Gigue (Clarke)

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Getting to know the masterpieces of the classical repertoire is an exciting and enriching experience for young pianists. These collections contain a wonderful array of classics from the orchestral and operatic repertoire, superbly selected and arranged by Peter Gritton to be perfect for piano. They are for grades 4-5, including fingering and come complete with informative comments and the vital statistics of each piece. This title offers the perfect introduction to some of the greatest music ever written!

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Getting to know the masterpieces of the classical repertoire is an exciting and enriching experience for young pianists. These collections contain a wonderful array of classics from the orchestral and operatic repertoire, superbly selected and arranged by Peter Gritton to be perfect for piano. They are for grades 0-1, including fingering and come complete with informative comments and the vital statistics of each piece. The perfect introduction to some of the greatest music ever written!

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More Songs of a Rainbow Nation brings you four more songs from South Africa for mixed voices, in beautifully crafted arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange. The selection opens with Freedom is Coming, a joyful, infectious celebration of hope and freedom from oppression, and the hugely popular Siyahamba is also featured. Both songs form part of L’Estrange's hit cantata Zimbe! Come sing the songs of Africa. Part of the Choral Basics series, the four songs are arranged for soprano and alto with combined men's voices - ideal for beginner choirs and those in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing. All Choral Basics publications feature a straightforward piano accompaniment to support the singers.

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Chill with Chopin allows you to relax with two collections of beautiful tranquil music. First listen to the best-selling CD from Naxos containing some of Chopin's most beautiful music, then play your favourite pieces for solo piano.

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19 songs spanning Embrace’s whole career, carefully transcribed in guitar tab, complete with guitar chord boxes.

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Chill With Mozart allows you to relax with two collections of beautiful tranquil music. First listen to the best-selling CD from Naxos containing some of the most beautiful Mozart piano music, then play some of his classic movements including First movement from Sonata in C (K.545), Rondo alla Turca from Sonata in A (K.331) and Adagio in B minor (K540), arranged for solo piano.

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Score to Claude Debussy's Les Tierces Alternées (Prelude 5), orchestrated by Colin Matthews. During his time as the Hallé Orchestra’s Composer in Association between 2001 and 2010, Colin Matthews spent five years making orchestral versions of all 24 of Debussy’s Preludes. He has been heralded for the success with which he has taken the inspiration of the piano masterpieces and skilfully created orchestral works of great variety, beauty and drama. Indeed, following their critical reception these works are being taken up and performed by orchestras across the world.

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Really Easy Jazzin' About Studies Piano is designed to introduce beginner pianists (Grade 0-1) to jazz techniques such as syncopation, swing, blues and walking bass. Each unit comprises short exercises and studies, building up to a fun jazz piece in Pam Wedgwood's inimitable style. So take a break from the classics and get into the groove!

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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..

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Love's Philosophy brings together three exquisite original songs by Alexander L’Estrange exploring love and longing. Inspired by the English song of composers such as Roger Quilter and Gerald Finzi and with stunning texts by Shelley, Tennyson and Byron, these evocative pieces are sure to become classics of the 21st century. Set for soprano and alto voices with a straightforward piano accompaniment, this collection is part of the Choral Basics series - ideal for beginner choirs and for choirs in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing.

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Youth Music's Singbook is an essential, inspirational resource for all singing leaders working with children and young people and contains twelve songs by some of the most exciting songwriters, composers and lyricists working today, including Howard Goodall, Steve Martland, Richard Stilgoe, Lin Marsh and Barry Russell. It explores a wide range of musical styles and topics, to inspire all young people from Key Stage 2-4, and celebrates our culturally diverse community, from Gujarati and Chinese to Albanian songs and beyond. Singbook has been carefully graded and color-coded into three levels - starting, developing and challenging - from songs in unison to those sung in parts so there is a wide variety of musical choice for a range of singing groups.

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Scored for the same ensemble as Benjamin’s Palimpsests (with the addition of a cor anglais), this ingenious transcription of one of the jewels of Baroque organ music succeeds in capturing the spirit and the unusual flavour the original. Inspired by De Grigny’s idiosyncratic registrations, Benjamin frequently `illuminates’ the work’s central melody with parallel harmonics which constantly change in both depth and colour. `It took something already pungently ornate and highly coloured and made it even more so, evoking the richly coloured stops of a French Baroque organ without ever stooping to imitation.’ The Telegraph (Ivan Hewett), 27 July 2004

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Lute-Book Lullaby is the stunning Christmas anthem which first brought the music of Alexander L’Estrange to our attention at the turn of the 21st century. Commissioned by award-winning chamber choir, Tenebrae, this beautiful mixed-voice composition contrasts a sweet “lulla, lullaby” refrain with a haunting and evocative soprano solo. The rich, mysterious harmonies, reminiscent of Messiaen and Howells, reflect L'Estrange's early musical training as a chorister in Oxford. Recorded by Tenebrae for Signum Records on a CD entitled Mother and Child, conducted by Nigel Short. Lute-Book Lullaby is part of Faber Choral Signature Series which introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

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Three popular Scottish folksongs arranged for soprano and alto with a straightforward piano accompaniment. Auld lang syne (meaning ‘old long since’), is a popular New Year’s Eve song in many parts of the world and is included here along with the beautiful Afton Water and the well-known Skye Boat Song. The arrangements are part of the Choral Basics Series, which has been carefully designed to provide rewarding, varied repertoire for beginner choirs. Perfect for singers of all ages, the series offers attractive, idiomatic arrangements for SA and SAMen choirs, with carefully considered vocal ranges and straightforward piano accompaniments that support the singers. Embracing world music, spirituals, folk song, pop classics, hit shows and original pieces, this series offers everything a budding choir could wish for.

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Howard Goodall's Great Big Tunes is a collection of memorable theme tunes to some of the UK's most popular TV shows. Featuring Psalm 23 (Vicar of Dibley theme tune) and Theme Academy (Medley of tunes from Mr Bean, Red Dwarf and Blackadder). These great tunes are arranged for soprano and alto singers with a straightforward piano accompaniment. The arrangement is from the Choral Basics series and is ideal for beginner choirs.

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The Language of Song: Intermediate (High Voice) is part of the successful series by Heidi Pegler and Nicola-Jane Kemp. The ability to sing in foreign languages is a much-needed skill for singers, but few vocal training resources tackle this aspect comprehensively in one book. With this in mind, ABRSM examiners and professional singers Heidi and Nicola-Jane have written a graded series of songbooks that provide classic song repertoire, carefully selected to develop the vital skills required to sing in a foreign language. An invaluable resource for all singing students and teachers, each song gives both a literal and poetic translation of each text, a detailed pronunciation guide using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) guide and background information on the songs as well as technical and musical teaching points. The accompanying CD provides the text for each song spoken by a native speaker - expert language consultants who specialise in coaching singers - as well as a recording of each song accompaniment by international pianist John Lenehan. Not just ideal for those taking graded singing exams, these are invaluable for singers of any age exploring international song repertoire up to university and college level. Learn to sing this wonderful foreign language repertoire confidently and effectively and celebrate the Language of Song! The Language of Song series was voted 'Best Educational Publication' at the 2007 Music Industries Association Awards. **ABRSM selected pieces (Singing from 2009): Vergebliches Ständchen (Brahms) Mariä Wiegenlied (The Virgin’s Slumber Song/Mary’s Cradle Song) (Reger) En Jerez de la Frontera (The Miller’s Wife) (Rodrigo) Tu lo sai (You know well) (Torelli) Le charme (Chausson) Aurore (Faure) Ständchen: No. 4 from Schwanengesang (Schubert) Amarilli, mia bella (Amaryllis, my lovely) (Caccini) Se tu m’ami (If you love me) (attrib. Parisotti/Pergolesi) Toglietemi la vita ancor: from Il Pompeo (Scarlatti) Vaga luna, che inargenti (Bellini) Clair de lune (Faure) Le secret (Faure) Die Forelle (Schubert) Die Lotosblume (Schumann) El majo discreto: from Tonadillas en un estilo antiguo (Granados) Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Montsalvatge)

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Easy Jazzin' About (Recorder) is a collection of original pieces that have been tailor-made for the beginner recorder player (Grade 1-3) and features a piano accompaniment. This edition to the Jazzin' About series features more of Pam Wedgwood's inimitable jazzy melodies. So take a break from the classics as you cruise through blues, rock and jazz. **ABRSM selected piece (Recorder from 2008): Cat Walk (Wedgwood) **Trinity College London selected pieces (Recorder 2012-2014): Dragonfly or Riding out West (Wedgwood) Let's Get Real (Wedgwood)

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From the comfort of a modern day living room, travel back in time to the birth of ther baby Jesus and discover how a tiny creature made a great contribution on that important day. The Christmas Cobweb is a charming magical story with memorable unison songs and optional percussion for Key Stage 1 composed by Pam Wedgwood with lyrics by Debbie Needle. Accompaniment CD, Script and photocopiable lyrics are included. The Spotlight series represents a variety of imaginative repertoire for stage or concert performance, from Key Stage 1 to 3+. Some of the cantatas provide scope for creativity through the addition of movement, whilst others are fully-contained 'mini-musicals'. Written appropriately for the age-group by experienced educational composers, here are songs and shows to suit all abilities and ages. For the latest news from Pam Wedgwood, visit her official website here.

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Tam Lin is part of the Junior Spotlights series, designed for Key Stage 2 children. There are thirteen fun and imaginative songs by Lin Marsh that have been written with the range and capabilities of this age group in mind. This musical, based on a celtic folk legend, lends itself to the addition of movement and some optional descant lines have been added. The book comes with a CD and photocopiable lyrics. You can also download the Tam Lin: Extended Script - a dramatisation by Wendy Cook to extend the 30-minute cantata to a 60-minute performance, preserving the songs while adding script and action, so that the piece can be performed as an evening’s entertainment in a primary school (see associated downloads, below). Tam Lin is a scottish folk tale telling the story of Janet, a young girl who lives in a castle with her father. One day she runs to Cartehaugh forest where the handsome and Enchanted Tam Lin lives. Back at the castle, Janet cannot stop dreaming about this young man. Life goes on around her but she is drawn to the forest again. Tam Lin tells Janet he is bewitched: when he was a child, the Queen of the fairies caught him and put him under a spell, which can only be broken by a young maiden on Halloween night. Janet must wait while the fairies approach, watch the black horse and brown horse go by, then pull Tam Lin from his milk-white steed. He will change into various creatures but she must hold him tight until at last he is a burning ember. When she throws this into the well, Tam Lin will emerge and the spell will be broken. Janet bravely succeds in her task; together they escape the Fairy Queen and return to the castle where they are happily wed. The Spotlight Series represents a variety of imaginative repertoire for stage or concert performance, from Key Stage 1 to 3 (Scottish P1 to S2). Some of the cantatas provide scope for activity through the addition of movement, whilst others are fully contained 'mini-musicals'. Written appropriately for the age-group by experienced educational composers, here are songs and shows to suit all abilities and ages.

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Pam Wedgwood's After Hours For Alto Saxophone And Piano presents eight atmospheric, original pieces for the intermediate saxophonist with piano accompaniment. They are ideal for teacher or pupil and provide a perfect follow-on for those that have used and enjoyed Pam’s highly acclaimed Jazzin’ About Series. The book contains piano accompaniments, but for extra sophistication a CD of backing tracks is also included. Each piece within the collection has two different backing tracks: the first (full performance) includes the backing track along with the instrumental melody; the second (backing only) presents the backing track alone. The full performance track is provided to help the player to the learn the melody and its interaction with the accompaniment; the melody is played on a marimba to avoid dominating the acoustic ‘live’ instrument for those players who choose to play along with this version of the backing.

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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)

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Flute Basics Repertoire is a fantastic addition to the Sally Adams's Flute Basics Series, offering supplementary material for the Grade 1-4 flautist, 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.

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Danny Boy & Other Classic Irish Melodies comprises three classic Irish folksongs arranged for soprano, alto and combined men's voices with a straightforward piano accompaniment - ideal for beginner choirs and for choirs in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing. The Irish have long been famed for their powerful traditional melodies, and the three in this volume are surely amongst the finest - Danny Boy, The Lark In The Clear Air and The Last Rose Of Summer. The arrangements form part of the Choral Basics Series, which has been carefully designed to provide rewarding, varied repertoire for beginner choirs. Perfect for singers of all ages, the series offers attractive, idiomatic arrangements for SA and SAMen choirs, with carefully considered vocal ranges and straightforward piano accompaniments that support the singers. Embracing world music, spirituals, folk song, pop classics, hit shows and original pieces, this series offers everything a budding choir could wish for.

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Groove Lab is a series designed and composed by Andy Hampton and David Motion for the development of jazz playing and improvisation skills. While the books are aimed at individual learning, they can be flexible and can also accommodate a large group or class situation. Groove Lab (Trumpet/CD) is ideal for teaching children with basic musical understanding the art of improvisation and some jazz technique. This book for trumpet with CD backing will give trumpet players the chance to play familiar, popular styles and rhythms at relatively early stage. Books are also available for electronic keyboard, flute , clarinet and alto sax. Each book is accompanied by a CD of backing tracks for an enhanced learning experience.

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Groove Labis a series designed and composed by Andy Hampton and David Motion for the development of jazz playing and improvisation skills. While the books are aimed at individual learning, they can be flexible and can also accommodate a large group or class situation. Groove Lab (Clarinet/CD)is ideal for teaching children with basic musical understanding the art of improvisation and some jazz technique. This book, with CD backing, will give players the chance to play familiar, popular styles and rhythms at relatively early stage. Books are also available for electronic keyboard, flute , clarinet and alto sax. Each book is accompanied by a CD of backing tracks for an enhanced learning experience.

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