Alan Charlton – författare

Read how the Carryer Family moved from Lincoln in 1700, to Leicester, Staffordshire and across the world. Enjoy tales of valour and achievement: succeeding despite physical handicap; struggling for votes for women; surviving shipwreck; fighting in World Wars; working as nurses; creating original art. Follow stories of missionaries to Canada and Australia; business success and failure; humorous anecdotes, such as the preacher claiming he had two heads; connections with Stan Laurel, Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov, the Pankhursts. Follow a bizarre Victorian divorce case. Wonder at an Ulsterman renouncing Queen Victoria to serve in the US Army and then becoming a priest in Her Church of England. Learn of the Carryer role in the World War Two “Dog In The Snow” story in Lebanon. Learn about trade in Charcoal Biscuits, indestructible underwear, handy guns for the ladies. The book is written for the Carryer family around the world and to inform and entertain the general reader.

This is the ideal guide for those who wish to get to grips with music to a greater depth, to learn to play faster, more complicated scores, to compose and arrange music – the possibilities are endless. This guide provides everything you need to know, explaining pitch, the treble clef, the bass clef, rhythm, accidentals, key signatures, scales and chords, along with a compendium of additional information. Then practise what you have learnt with the ‘Play Along’ sections containing simple, well-known examples of music, from ‘Scarborough Fair’ to ‘Jerusalem’. With helpful diagrams, clear accessible text and a practical ringbound format.