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Up-Grade! Pop Piano Grades 0-1 is part of Pam Wedgwood’s hugely successful Up-Grade! Series, allowing pianists of all ages repertoire to bridge the gap between grades. Up-Grade! Pop offer’s Pam’s own take on songs such as Robbie Williams’ Angels, Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust and James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful as well as her own specially composed pieces. The varied pieces in this lively collection are demonstrated on the online audio and are designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade! There are several other spin-offs to the Up-Grade! series for piano, including jazz and Christmas.

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This book of sightreading tests for guitar offers a wealth of approachable and attractive pieces each carefully graded to match exam requirements. This latest addition to the Sound At Sight series provides invaluable practice material for guitarists and is vital preparation for examinations.

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An assortment of 20 pieces to pick and mix - from easy classics to great new pieces, this collection covers it all! ‘All Sorts’ is designed to fit the technique and capabilities of the young player, with easy-to-play piano accompaniments for the teacher.

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Pamela Wedgewood's Up-Grade! series is designed to bridge the gap between grades, using stimulating material in a wide variety of styles. Containing everything from toe-tapping jazzy numbers to more classical pieces, these collections are a fun and satisfying way to ease students gently on toward the next grade.

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Up-Grade! Alto Saxophone Grades 2-3 is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between grades 2 and 3. Pam Wedgwood's inimitable style is guaranteed to breathe new life into your playing! The varied pieces in this lively collection range from toe-tapping jazzy numbers to more classical styles, all designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade. There are several spin-offs to the Up-Grade! Series including jazz, pop and Christmas.

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Christmas Jazzin' About (Flute) is a vibrant collection of 9 classic, festive hits, including upbeat arrangements of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Good King Wenceslas, and The 12 Days of Christmas for flute and piano accompaniment. Get into the Christmas groove as you cruise from blues, to rock, to jazz, arranged by esteemed educator and jazz composer, Pam Wedgwood. Cool syncopation, funky riffs and smooth, stylish tunes – from dynamic to nostalgic, Pam Wedgwood's series Jazzin' About has it all.

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Masterful duo Mary Cohen and Robert Spearing team up once again in this wonderful collection of original pieces for established beginner string quartet. Quartetstart Level 2 is full of stimulating and enjoyable repertoire which has been carefully devised for string players of around ABRSM Grade 2–3. Building on the skills and ideas first introduced in Quartetstart Level 1, this truly original collection explores a wide range of musical styles as well as many interesting string effects (including simple harmonics, collegno, pizzicato and tremolo). Containing invaluable rehearsal tips throughout, these imaginative pieces will give string players the opportunity to discover the joys of ensemble playing right from the early stages of learning. A violin 3 alternative to the viola part is provided.

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Mary Cohen's Scaley Monsters is a comprehensive guide to scale practice, aimed at young violinists of Grades 1-2 standard. Each scale/arpeggio is accompanied by Dinosaur Footprint Map, indicating finger patterns, with lots of handy tips including standard rhythmic variants. Each scale also has a special solo piece in the same key, using the scale and arpeggio patterns, so that young players can understand the importance of scale practice, and how it relates to successful performance. Delightfully illustrated with dinosaur cartoons, Scaley Monsters is guaranteed to liven up practice routines.

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Up-Grade! Piano Grades 4-5 is guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing. The varied pieces in this lively collection are demonstrated on the online audio and range from toe-tapping jazzy numbers to more classical styles. All designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade! There are several spin-offs to the Up-Grade! Series for piano, including jazz, pop and Christmas.

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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)

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Jazzin' About (Trumpet) presents 8 original repertoire pieces arranged for trumpet with piano accompaniment by Pam Wedgwood. Cool syncopation, funky riffs and smooth, stylish tunes - from dynamic to nostalgic, this series has it all! Pam Wedgwood's Jazzin' About Series is a vibrant collection of original pieces in a range of contemporary styles for the intermediate player (Grade 3-5). So take a break from the classics and get into the groove as you cruise from blues, to rock, to jazz for trumpet and piano.

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First Book Of Trumpet Solos is arranged and edited by John Miller and John Wallace with piano accompaniment, and provides a broad selection of musical material - spanning almost 500 years - for players with little or no experience of the instrument. It takes the trumpeter from his or her very first lesson up to a standard equivalent to Associated Board Grade 4. The pieces are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, with essential skills introduced in a carefully planned progression making this a valuable component to any teaching method.

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Tenor Recorder Solos

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Piano Lessons Book Two is a part of The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series, and includes pieces by Bach, Gurlitt, Mozart, Gounod and Tchaikovsky. The book also contains an extensive appendices of scales, arpeggios and exercises. Piano Lessons Books 1–3 are the central course books of this highly successful piano method aimed at the older beginner. Devised jointly by distinguished authors Dame Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood, the series is established as one of the foremost piano methods. Technical material is skilfully and imaginatively presented, while each chapter guides the young player towards the successful performance of a comprehensive selection of pieces and studies. The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series has been devised jointly by the world famous piano teacher Fanny Waterman and the co-founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood, and is established as one of the foremost piano methods.

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This is by far and away the best short guide to Mahler's music, written expressly for music lovers by a great scholar who had an unparalleled gift for lucid and attractive exposition. The book contains the full texts, in German and English, of all the poems set by Mahler in his songs and symphonies. For this new, second edition the translations have been carefully revised, and the composer David Matthews has contributed a new preface. Deryck Cooke, who died in 1976 was renowned world-wide as a Mahler scholar. His performing version of Mahler's uncompleted Tenth Symphony, published by Faber Music, has been recorded by Simon Rattle, and is widely performed.

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