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> Ten easy compositions providing the ideal entry point into Jazz > The pieces are based on chord progressions of well-known standards > Articulation markings and phrasing help you get into the Jazz s...

17 pieces cover a wide variety of swing styles - traditional blues, ragtime and dance music including Latin American and modern forms. Included too is Surprise, Surprise!, a small piece of theatre. It...

The detective-Tango as cult-song of the 60s in a parody for soprano- alto and bass recorder, even better for alto, bass and subbass recorder. The Waltz Tea for Three which roots llie in the Jewish fol...

'Jazzy Cello' is intended to provide young musicians with primarily classical training the opportunity of becoming acquainted with jazz-oriented music. The technical demands have been kept deliberatel...

This series of jazzy pieces will help players familiarize themselves with the syncopated rhythms of Jazz, Rock and Pop. The pieces are graduated in order of technical difficulty allowing the player to...

Either of these pieces, for more advanced players, would make an exceptionally unusual and entertaining concert item. The writers, Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, have stunned audiences, critics a...

Either of these pieces, for advanced players, would make an exceptionally unusual and entertaining concert item. The writers, Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, have stunned audiences, critics and fe...

Musical influences at the beginning of the 20th century These range from the melodic and harmonic subtlety of Erich Korngold at a mere 11 years of age, the jazz sounds of Wilhelm Grosz, a versatile mu...

'Jazzy Recorder 2' has been composed with the aim of giving players of very moderate range and ability an easy introduction to the jazz idiom. It contains further five pieces in various jazz/swing sty...

Wider Opportunities with the Debut series INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP LEARNING All of these pieces for young recorder players in their earliest stages of learning can be performed as a solo (descant recorder)...

The bass recorder brings a deep, rich timbre to the recorder ensemble. Nevertheless, when beginning with the bass recorder, even players who have already mastered one or more instruments of the record...

The technical aspects of recorder playing are quickly absorbed and put into practice with this publication from the popular Heinz Jung. The demonstration CD enclosed offers, without doubt, great suppo...

Enjoy hours of playing with this wonderful collection of 50 pieces of festive music from around the world. There are settings of both sacred and secular works. Music is such an important part of celeb...

The ability to sight-read well is a valuable asset to any musician, yet sight-reading is often ignored. The Eyes and Ears series contains carefully graded sight-reading specimens with a duet part for...

Young players who are just starting to read music can find it very difficult to follow a duet or trio. This book solves the problem with colour coded music, making it easy for clarinet beginners to fo...

This book of Duets and Trios (Grade 1 - Grade 3 level) makes it easy for students to follow their ensemble part by using colour coded clefs/key signatures.  The music covers a wide range of composers,...

The aim of this book is to take the player from scratch up to approximately Grade III standard in as short and pleasant a way as possible. Throughout the book a strong emphasis is placed on the import...

Improvisation, Jamming or Busking is something that does not come naturally to everyone but, with the help of James Rae’s 'Jazz Zone', it can be learned! James has lived and breathed this style all hi...

Seine erfolgreiche Methode für Klarinette ergänzt James Rae durch diese zwanzig weiteren Vortragsstücke. Unter Verwendung der bereits im ersten Übungsheft gelernten Töne werden hierbei die musikalisch...

Practising scales and arpeggios can seem like to be a compulsory exercise, if this is the case, then Groove Connection, is the answer for you. This tried and tested concept features exciting musical w...

This teacher's book has the piano accompaniments and flute duet parts for the other books in The Young Flute Player series. Most of the piano accompaniments are easy to play, even for flute teachers w...

The art of improvisation from the first level with explanatory notes included. The CD provides examples and rehearsal tracks for playing along.

The object of this work is to furnish the beginners with as easy an introduction as possible to the art of playing the pianoforte. It is intended for children, even of the tenderest age, and the progr...