Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an essential part of the training of musicians of any instrument. This workbook is designed to help overcome the nerves that can cause sight-reading problems, by ensuring sound technique and approach and by providing confidence boosting tips. Step-by-step it helps the student to build up…
Improve your sight-reading! Flute is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris, guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece, through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues, then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions, and finally by…
Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an essential part of the training of musicians on any instrument. This workbook is designed to help overcome the nerves that can cause sight-reading problems, taking the young recorder player up to grade three level. Step-by-step it helps the player to build up a complete…
Firmly rooted in Paul Harris’s Simultaneous Learning approach, this new edition of Improve your sight-reading! Clarinet Grades 4-5 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-reading. Step by step you will build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through rhythmic, melodic and technical exercises, then by studying prepared pieces…
Gentle and tuneful, another Griffith dedication Intermezzo, published in 1894, was the third piece German wrote for the eminent flautist Frederick Griffith, a friend from his student days at the Royal Academy of Music. The pair often worked together following their appearance at the Steinway Hall in May, 1892, where the first performance of German…
An excellent tutor book for the beginner, with 25 graded lessons, as well as studies and exercises to develop technique. All of the tunes are original compositions from James Rae, and are all in popular styles with optional duet parts. Clear fingering diagrams are used throughout and the free CD of optional accompaniments provides support…
For all instrumentalists and vocalists. CDs contain 30 extended tracks of recorded background. Great primer for learning basic skills in major and minor keys. Advanced players will want to work on double-timing, playing outside and side-slipping in all keys at comfortable tempos. Special tracks have Jamey Aebersold playing various exercises and soloing on his saxophone…
A terrific book of 20 modern studies for either Alto or Tenor saxophone. Each study deals with a particular aspect of rhythmic playing ranging from jazz, rock and funk to contemporary classical. They are moderate length in order to maximise concentration on style and interpretation and have also been compiled in order of difficulty to…
For individual or group tuition in jazz ensemble playing.Through introducing rhythms and modes for different jazz band styles, students quickly acquire a vocabulary from which to build solos. The accompanying CD provides great incentive to practise new skills.
Jazz Flute Studies brings together 78 of James Rae s pieces from his successful method Progressive Jazz Studies into a single great-value book, suitable for Grade 1 to 5 flautists. * Part 1 introduces the beginner to jazz rhythms including swing quavers, syncopation and anticipation * Part 2 contains fully graded melodic jazz studies *…