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Following her successful soprano recorder volume, Sarah Jeffery now presents ‘My Favourite Melodies’ for treble recorder. This unique collection includes a wide range of pieces, from medieval melodies and Renaissance pieces with their own diminutions to famous baroque works and classical and romantic arrangements. In addition, the volume contains two contemporary compositions that demonstrate the versatile sound spectrum of the alto recorder. Each piece has been carefully selected to encourage enjoyment and to explore the different tonal colours of this versatile instrument.The accompanying lessons by Sarah Jeffery on YouTube, in which she plays pieces from the book, make it possible to play many parts of the arrangements in a relatively short learning time. The downloadable accompaniments and tips for each piece in the edition are also helpful.A personal selection by Sarah JefferySarah Jeffery, an acclaimed recorder player and dedicated promoter of both early and contemporary music, has channelled her passion and expertise into this project. She is known worldwide for her performances and educational work, which she complements through her YouTube channel ‘Team Recorder’. With over 200,000 subscribers, she has built a global community that includes both amateurs and professional musicians. Her work on this channel, as well as her teaching at the Royal College of Music in London, where she specialises in contemporary music, underlines her commitment to music education and cultural exchange.Innovative approach and global reachThis sheet music edition is ideal for players of all levels who want to expand their repertoire and delve deeper into the world of recorder music. Each piece in ‘My Favourite Melodies’ is not only a musical discovery, but also an expression of Jeffery's vision to establish the recorder as a versatile and expressive instrument.Discover the musical diversity in ‘My Favourite Melodies’In this sheet music edition you will find a fascinating selection of pieces that present the alto recorder in different musical contexts. For example, ‘Off to California’, a lively traditional hornpipe, introduces you to the world of folk music, while ‘Estampie quarta’, a medieval dance form, demonstrates the rhythmic diversity of early music. Holborne's ‘The Fairie Round’ conveys the Renaissance style with its playful and delicate melodies and John Dowland's ‘Lachrimae Pavane (Flow my Tears)’ shows just how profound Baroque music can be. ‘Les Folies d'Espagne’ is full of variations and shows how virtuosic and free improvisation was. The ‘Largo (from: Winter)’ from the ‘Four Seasons’ is a good example of the expressive and picturesque quality of Vivaldi's music.Other highlights include Bach's ‘Badinerie’, which conveys lively and sparkling energy. Mozart's aria of the Queen of the Night (from ‘The Magic Flute’) also demands technical finesse from the players. And Saint-Saëns' “The Swan (from: The Carnival of the Animals)” is lyrical and gentle and brings out the warm timbre of the alto recorder wonderfully. The final piece is ‘Prelude: The Seafront (from: Vallum Mare: an Adventure Suite)’, which introduces contemporary compositional techniques. Here we experience an atmospheric and pictorial musical landscape.Instrumentation:alto recorder and piano

Selected for pupils in their first years of piano lessons, this volume contains 50 of the most beautiful original compositions for piano from the days of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) to the days of Alexander Grechaninov, providing playing material from the baroque period to the early 20th century. Apart from numerous individual pieces, it also contains easy sonatas and sonatinas by Haydn, Clementi, Mozart, and Beethoven. Complete with fingerings, tempo suggestions and notes on the execution of ornaments, this collection with its modern and reader-friendly layout is ideal for lessons and for playing at home.Instrumentation:piano

Beginning Jazz Piano - An Introduction to Swing, Blues, Latin and FunkPart 1 - Everything You Need to Get StartedThis book is aimed at players with some piano experience who wish to develop a grasp of the basic tools required to play and improvise in a jazz style. It includes many unique features and resources to kick start your journey:19 pieces spanning a range of styles, taking you in easy steps from one chord only, to tunes with three chordsEach piece includes a simple BASS LINE for a friend or teacher, to help you keep the flow and play with a consistent grooveDownloadable AUDIO FILES of every piece, featuring examples of improvised solosBACKING tracks with bass and drums only, for when you're by yourself‘REPLAY’ tracks for most pieces, featuring scrollable music and adjustable temposUnique ‘SING & PLAY’ tracks to help you develop your aural skills and improvise with pentatonic scalesInsight into basic jazz harmony and improvisation techniques, including scales, chords and left-hand shapesInvaluable SUGGESTED LISTENING sections in each chapter, focusing on tunes with one, two or three chords onlyThis is the ideal book to use with your piano teacher, but the backing and ‘Replay’ tracks make it equally accessible to those studying on their own.Video CourseTim Richards has also created video courses to compliment these books with our partners, MusicGurus.Beginning Jazz Piano Part 1 - Everything you need to get startedBeginning Jazz Piano Part 2 - Harmony, Improvisation, Accompanying & Reading from Lead SheetsAbout the authorTim Richards is an experienced teacher, and the author of the critically acclaimed Improvising Blues Piano and Exploring Jazz Piano textbooks. BEGINNING JAZZ PIANO 1 - Press Reviews“Richards’ musical content here is as memorable and engaging as ever, and he superbly channels the playing styles of some of Jazz’s greatest piano legends along the way…This is the real deal...a full-on jazz education from scartch."Andrew Eales - Pianodao.com“Richards expertly provides a whole range of pieces and exercises using blues scales, pentatonics, the Dorian mode, plus the eight-bar blues and minor key signatures.”Karen Marshall - MUSIC TEACHER Magazine“The books are nicely paced, not overloading you with too much too soon… All this for the price of an hour’s lesson represents excellent value.”Justin Randall - The Jazz RagInstrumentation:piano

Sarah Jeffery, known in the recorder world not least through her YouTube channel "Team Recorder", presents her favourite pieces for descant (tenor) recorder and piano in this volume. From variations on "The Wellerman" to the medieval estampie, Renaissance dances and Baroque movements to Romantic adaptations and modern compositions - 14 original works and arrangements of medium difficulty guaranteeing the players’ enjoyment. With audio tracks to listen to and play along with, as well as videos with info and tips. Cover photo by Claudia Hansen.Instrumentation:soprano recorder (tenor recorder) and piano

This collection of the most beautiful 100 easy original compositions for piano presented by Schott contains a selection of works that accompany every pupil in the first years of his or her piano lessons. The volume contains compositions from the days of Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) to the days of Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956), providing playing material from the high baroque period to the early 20th century. Apart from numerous individual pieces, there are also easy sonatas and sonatinas by Haydn, Cimarosa, Clementi, Mozart and Beethoven. Complete with fingerings, tempo suggestions in the form of metronome numbers and notes on the execution of ornaments, the collection with its modern, readable typeface is ideal not only for lessons, but also for the private music-making of every music lover. This album represents superb value for money!Instrumentation:piano

This book teaches the techniques of all the main branches of country fiddle. It brings structure, clarity, and purpose to your learning, and allows you to fluidly play through a country song, differentiating between the intro, the backing, the fills on verse and chorus, the fiddle solo, and the outro, all in a style appropriate to the type of song. Old time, early string band music, western swing, bluegrass, honky tonk, Cajun and commercial country are all covered here. You will also learn about specific players from the history of country, so that you can absorb and master the techniques which they pioneered. The style of the book is practical and down-to earth, but also entertaining, spiced with anecdotes from the many colourful characters we meet along the way, be they heroes or villains!Instrumentation:Violin

This collection of 30 popular original compositions and arrangements for piano presents a selection of pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that will delight any pianist. Besides the ‘Sonata facile’ and other popular educational pieces, this volume also contains many arrangements, such as the first movement from ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ or various opera arias. All pieces are of an easy or intermediate level of difficulty, with fingerings and metronome suggestions added. The collection appears in a modern and user-friendly print format; it is recommended not only for teaching purposes, but to anyone who enjoys playing the piano as a hobby.Instrumentation:piano

The Melody At Night, With You is, perhaps, Keith Jarrett's most intimate album. It is comprised of solo piano renderings of jazz ballads and folk songs, played with unmistakable affection. Jarrett dispenses with the jazz soloist's conventional emphasis on dexterity, the 'clever' phrase, the virtuosic sleight-of-hand. Instead he strips these songs to their melodic essence and, gently, lays bare their emotional core.This transcription, which has Keith Jarrett's personal approval, was worked out at the keyboard and aims, above all, for maximum playability within the greatest tonal range. Friedrich Grossnick, as an experienced pedagogue, has produced an outstanding score with particular sensitivity to Jarrett's interpretation thus enabling its faithful recreation on the piano.Instrumentation:piano

This collection of 30 well-loved original compositions and arrangements for piano presents a selection of pieces by Frédéric Chopin that will delight any pianist. Besides the ‘Raindrop Prelude’ and other popular teaching pieces, the book also contains arrangements of the two famous Piano Concertos E minor and F minor, the Krakowiak and many more. All the pieces are at intermediate level, with fingerings and suggested metronome speeds added. The collection appears in modern and user-friendly print format; it is recommended not only for tuition purposes, but for anyone who enjoys playing the piano as a hobby.Instrumentation:piano

Repertoire for lessons, concerts and leisure time - carefully compiled by Rudolf Mauz. For more information on the Easy Concert Pieces series, see page 15. Besetzung:clarinet and piano

Tango – that's not just a 'classical' dance form but, in addition, pretty much a philosophy of life, yet in any case a 'bath' in the whirlpool of emotions. This volume contains 10 tangos, including such popular pieces as 'Jalousie', 'El Choclo', 'Por una Cabeza' and even more recent classics such as 'Adiós Nonino' by Astor Piazzolla. The arrangement for piano tried to do justice to the specific sound image of the tango as much as possible. Each tango comes together with a jazzy piece in which, in most cases, the preceding tango is newly interpreted in a jazz-related style, but sometimes is combined in pairs with a new composition. Whether it is an arrangement or a new composition, the idea always comes from the tango itself. For instance, the corn cob ('El Choclo') is made into a corn dish with a tangy sauce ('Choclo con Salsa'), while fiery jealousy ('Jalousie') serves to light a Cuban cigar ('Le Cigare Jaloux'). An unhappy lover tries his luck at the races ('Por una Cabeza'), where he might be advised to bet on Spanish horses ('Caballos Españoles'). Astor Piazzolla wrote his piece 'Adiós Nonino' after the death of his father: jazzing this up would be totally inappropriate. The 'Preludio del Ángel' that follows it is a new composition inspired by Piazzolla and Bach.Instrumentation:piano

The ‘Easy Concert Pieces’ series presents a varied selection of easy concert pieces for double bass and piano from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods through to the modern era. To facilitate choosing individual pieces for performance and auditions at music schools, competitions or examinations these pieces have been ordered according to level of musical and technical difficulty.Book 1 (ED 22551) contains pieces in half and first position. Pieces in each position and some using position changes are presented from each era. Simple techniques such as portato, staccato and legato bowing are introduced along with pizzicato, using rudimentary dynamics ranging from piano to forte, crescendo and decrescendo and simple phrasing. The pieces selected here are varied in character with memorable tunes, a few different time signatures and simple rhythms."A very welcome publication for beginner double bass players, this collection is right on target...Thoroughly recommended" - Cathy Elliot, ESTA ARCO Instrumentation:double bass and piano

"Get to know classical masterpieces": Within this series you will find a simple arrangement for piano of The Carnival of the Animals, a wonderful composition by Camille Saint-Saëns. As they are presented in this ‘great zoological fantasy’, we hear the animals getting together to celebrate a carnival party. With explanatory texts and fully coloured illustrations, the edition is aimed at young and adult pianists. The easily playable arrangements and original pieces provide an ideal introduction to this work.Instrumentation:Piano