Best Orchestral Songbooks
Selected and progressively arranged from the foremost instructive works of Buchler, Cossmann, Dotzauer, Duport, Franchomme, Grutzmacher, Kummer, Lee, Piatti, Schroeder and Servais.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I listen to the piece as i play, pairing up a digital tuner to ensure im on key, since i do not use fingerboard stickers, at all."
"How much do I love this book?"
"Moreover, I had a great teacher who happened to be the principal bass. of the NY Philharmonic who had received his training at the Paris Conservatory and who selected the curriculum for next."
"Master the etudes in this volume and you'll be ready for all beginner and most intermediate and even some advanced cello repertoire."
"I find the exercises in this book very useful with gradual increase in difficulty as you proceed to build up technical skills."
"Great aid in working on specific bowing techniques and etudes."
"Lets face it scales and exercises are the foundation of good playing."
A great first violin book for the very young student featuring extra large notation, letters inside the note heads, fingerings, plus coloring and activity pages. Formerly an instrumental music teacher in the Philadelphia School District, Los Angeles Unified School District, and Santa Monica-Malibu Public Schools, Mr. Newman has supervised music programs in more than eighty public and private institutions from the Kindergarten through college levels. Larry Newman was also one of 40 teachers nominated for the 2007 25th Annual BRAVO Award, established in 1982 by the Music Center of Los Angeles County to recognize individuals for innovation and excellence in arts education. He is also the author of the Violin Fun Book and Beginning Band Fun Books - group method books used in all Children's Music Workshop music programs.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Best book I have seen for really young kids."
"This little book is perfect."
"My daughter loves this book, and so does her teacher."
"love it, My 4 year old can practice by herself, her teacher loves as well, I wish it had more preschool songs in it like twinkle twinkle little star."
"My daughter, who is 5, finds this book very easy to use and practice with."
"I bought it to be effectively a coloring book for violin interest."
"My daughter and her violin teacher love this book(and the series)."
"Got this for my 5 year old..she has progressed very well with this book, only thing I wish it had was more in detail explanation on the notes and how to actually read them as well."
Best suited for college-level musicians and above, this includes parts for piano, bass, drums and flute. Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The instrumental parts might seem expensive,but the piano score is 114 pages, and then there are the bass,drum, and flute parts."
"Clever sophistication - sequel to Bolling's original Flute Suite - demonstrates tremendous musical ingenuity and clever marketing to pioneer and capture an entire new generation of listeners. Jazzy (Instrumental). Faultless - Piano part now comes in a proper book form. along with separate Flute Bass & Drum Sheets. Arrangements are exactly as you hear them on CD."
"Great price for complete score/parts of a classic piece."
"First mailing had the flute, drums, and bass parts."
"I'm a Claude Bolling fan - love to listen to his music and play."
"Warning!"
"I order this and all the parts came Except for the piano part."
Best Chamber Music
(Essential Elements for Strings and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000 for Strings) Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"She does use the CD that came along with the book and it is nice for her to be able to follow along."
"Essential Elements is what I used to learn music in band as a kid."
"Bought Book 1, 2, and 3."
"Still a classic and useful method for learning."
"Exactly what was needed and quickly shipped."
"Great books to learn any instrument.I used them when I was younger and now my daughter will."
"I wanted to learn to play violin and cant afford lessons so I bought both these books."
"Book came very quickly and was exactly as described."