I Recommend
I Recommend

Author: James D. Ployhar

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1999-11-15

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781457454905

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A complete warm-up technique book containing units on lip slurs, chorales, major scales and scale studies, minor scales, chromatic scales, arpeggios, interval studies, articulation and dynamic studies, rhythm studies, and rudiment review. Written by James D. Ployhar, with individual tuning suggestions and warm-up exercises by additional experts on each instrument.

Tone and Technique
Tone and Technique

Author: James D. Ployhar

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1999-11-17

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781457456107

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An ideal combination for the improvement of technical facility, articulation, intonation, and tone.

Performance-study Guides of Essential Works for Band
Performance-study Guides of Essential Works for Band

Author: Kenneth L. Neidig

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2008-11-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9781574631074

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(Meredith Music Resource). A truly outstanding collection of timeless essays on basic repertory for band by Frank L. Battisti, John Bourgeois, Frank Erickson, Robert Garofalo, Donald Hunsberger, Francis McBeth, Kenneth L. Neidig, Stephen L. Rhodes, Mark Scatterday, Thomas J. Trimborn and John Zdechlik. These clear and to-the-point analysis/interpretations are based on careful research, rehearsals, and years of high-level performances. In this informative work, you will find inspiration for a truly superior presentation of these masterworks for band.

Double Bass Blues
Double Bass Blues

Author: Andrea J. Loney

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2019-10-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1524718521

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A Caldecott Honor Book! A joyous celebration of family, community, and the unifying power of music, perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street. Nic is an aspiring musician whose life spans two different worlds--his suburban school where he wows his friends in orchestra, and the busy city streets of his home where he's jostled by the crowd. Nic makes his way home from a busy day at school with a double bass on his back, the symphony of his surroundings in his heart, and a sweet surprise for the reader at the end of his journey. This is a sweet, melodious picture book about how dedication, music, and family can overcome any obstacle.

A Composer's Insight: Richard Rodney Bennett
A Composer's Insight: Richard Rodney Bennett

Author: Timothy Salzman

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781574630480

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This is a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare, behind-the-notes perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas. Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.

The Sax & Brass Book
The Sax & Brass Book

Author: Paul Trynka

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2003-06-01

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9780879307370

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(Book). This is the first illustrated history of the horns that have defined jazz since the 1920s and enhanced more recent pop and rock music with their distinctive, classy sounds. Offering superb, specially commissioned photography and inviting descriptive text, The Sax & Brass Book tells the unique 70-year story of these instruments. Exquisite, color pictorials included throughout enhance detailed historical profiles of master brass and woodwind manufacturers, including Buescher, Buffet, Conn, Holton, King, Leblanc, Martin, Sax, Selmer, Yanagisawa and Yamaha.