Mel Bay Presents French Pieces for Flute and Piano

Dona Gilliam

Mel Bay Publications

Mel Bay Presents French Pieces for Clarinet and Piano

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book and CD will introduce the beginner progressively to the foundations of flute playing and musicianship. Proper assembly, playing position, and embouchure formation are carefully introduced along with simple songs and rudiments of music. Beginning players are taught a set of basic skills from which they can build performance technique. Lively rhythmic backgrounds on the accompanying CD will generate student interest from the very beginning. Practice loops will encourage students to learn through repetition. The First Lessons CD is perfect for use with group lessons and for energizing practice sessions from start to finish. Latin and jazz accompaniments make even the simplest exercises an enjoyable musical experience. Assemble your flute, pop the First Lessons CD into your player and have fun while you learn to play.  • Easy method for beginning players. • Progressive, step-by-step introduction to fundamentals. • Lively play-along CD.

Mel Bay First Lessons Flute Book/CD Set

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Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book, CD, and DVD will introduce the beginner progressively to the foundations of flute playing and musicianship. Proper assembly, playing position, and embouchure formation are carefully introduced along with simple songs and rudiments of music. Beginning players are taught a set of basic skills from which they can build performance technique. Lively rhythmic backgrounds on the accompanying CD will generate student interest from the very beginning. Practice loops will encourage students to learn through repetition. The First Lessons CD and DVD are perfect for use with group lessons and for energizing practice sessions from start to finish. Latin and jazz accompaniments make even the simplest exercises an enjoyable musical experience. Easy method for beginning players. Progressive, step-by-step introduction to fundamentals. Lively play-along CD and DVD.

First Lessons Flute

<p>The most comprehensive tinwhistle tutor available! Contains over 150 delightful tunes in a colorful variety of music styles. Classical, folk, and Irish melodies are presented with guitar chords shown. The carefully sequenced pedagogy guides the player through note reading while introducing the full range of the instruments. Ensemble music is also introduced. Also works well for fife or flute. Key of D. The companion CD includes selected pieces and exercises performed with guitar accompaniment in stereo.</p>

Whistler Pocket Companion

A well-written, easy, step-by-step method for learning tinwhistle. Contains big notes, illustrations, and a wealth of wonderful children's songs carefully scored and graded for the D tinwhistle. Written partially in easy-play notation, where the letter names of the notes are written inside the note heads, and partially in large standard notation. The play-along recordings contains every song in the book and serves as a guide to insure accuracy of interpretation and ease of learning. All record examples include solo whistle with multi-instrumental back-up.

Mel Bay Childrens Tinwhistle Method (Book/CD Set)

A handy text filled with notes on embouchure, hand position, and breath support, daily warm-ups, major and minor scales and arpeggios, lower octave etudes, contemporary etudes, and a trill and note fingering chart! The easy-to-use format makes it an excellent companion to any beginning to intermediate method. The included CD is an ideal way for the developing flutist to listen to and practice with the solo etudes found in the book. It contains contemporary etudes, lower-octave etudes, and extended range etudes. All etudes are presented in sections. Flute and piano tracks are followed by piano track accompaniments. The grouping of piano accompaniment tracks may facilitate the use of this recording in both studio and performance settings. All accompaniment tracks have an added two-measure introduction. Mixed-meter etudes begin with two measures of the meter found

Flute Handbook

<p>While the wooden simple-system flute is traditionally used in playing Irish music, a growing number of folk players have adopted the silver flute as a viable alternative. Here for the first time, The Complete Irish Flute Book presents the silver or Boehm flutist with a method for learning authentic Irish ornamentation! This thorough guide provides detailed fingering charts, exercises, and technical essays for learning to execute ornaments in the in the Irish style. Through a wealth of hornpipes, reels, jigs, set dances, and slow airs and songs. This book focuses not only on musical accuracy, but stylistic authenticity as well. The companion CD contains 26 of the 101 tunes from the book.</p>

The Complete Irish Flute Book

A collection of standard solo flute repertoire for the developing flutist. Great for recitals, contests, or as a performance practice. Includes piano accompaniment with a pull-out part for the flute.

Solo Pieces For The Intermediate Flutist Book/CD Set

Parlez-vous Français? This collection of popular compositions for flute illustrates French musical styles at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. Written information about the composers and French musical styles is included as well as keyboard accompaniments. The pieces include popular and enjoyable pieces by Debussy, Satie, Fauré, Boisdeffre, Saint-Saëns. On the CD, a native French speaker introduces all of the works in the book, helping you learn correct pronunciation of the composers names and performance markings. Play along with the piano accompaniment tracks for all pieces in the book. Accompaniment tracks reflect nuances in tempo, phrasing and articulation used by professional performers. All works are set at a performance tempo and can be used in the practice, studio or recital setting.

Mel Bay French Pieces for Flute and Piano

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