21 pieces for trumpet and piano selected and edited by Peter Wastall, now refreshed and repackaged to fulfil the needs of the next generation of musicians.
Providing the perfect 'next step' for students reaching the end of Peter Wastall's award-winning Learn As You Play method books, this charming collection of repertoire is ideally suited for students of Grade 3-5 standard.
Each piece is now complemented by useful practice and performance tips and piano accompaniment. Demonstration and accompaniment tracks are available online.
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Introducing BrassTabs: the easiest way to play. No need to read music!
Featuring tracks by BTS, Queen, Nirvana, Bastille, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse, and more!
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The Easy Concert Pieces series presents easy to intermediate pieces for trumpet with piano accompaniment. Pieces typical of their era and suitable for auditions, public performance, competitions or examinations are ordered according to level of difficulty in three volumes. These Easy Concert Pieces also provide appealing additional material for use in trumpet lessons.
Each piece has been recorded, both in full and playback versions (piano accompaniment).The audio files can be downloaded with a voucher code (in the book). In addition to the enclosed part for trumpet in Bb, a part for trumpet in C (Schott ED 22555-01) is available for download at www.schott-music.com.
Volume 1 (ED 22555) contains very easy to easy pieces with a range up to written c'', with d'' appearing as a short top note in just afew pieces. Simple and memorable rhythms, readily playable note sequences and patterns of articulation that can be mastered quickly and easily make this book ideal for beginners.
Volume 2 (ED 22556) contains easy to intermediate pieces with a range no higher than f''. Besides extending rhythmic scope and requiring a little more in terms of phrasing and articulation, these pieces will encourage further exploration of musical contrasts.
Volume 3 (ED 22557) is of medium difficulty and intended for players with a well-developed embouchure who can play notes up to written g'', though this note only appears as a short top note. Flexible articulation and legato playing with a well-developed dynamic range are required for pieces that are longer than those in the preceding volumes.
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To every young musician, the first concert is a special experience. The choice of the 'right' performance piece is of vital importance: It should be technically and musically manageable, make a strong impression and give great pleasure in practising. The edition My First Concert contains easy pieces for trumpet in B flat and piano for music lessons and first auditions. The selection of the works invites the performer on a trip through various music epochs – starting from 16th-century music via Baroque, Classical and Romantic to contemporary music. The musical journey through time ends in pleasant, modern pieces from the areas of popand rock music which would add variety to lessons.
Most pieces can be played after 1-2 years of music lessons. Approaching the works is made easier by the MP3 downloads which containsall pieces as a demo version and as a play-along version with just piano accompaniment. The edition also contains an easy piano partfor accompaniment. It is deliberately kept simple so that the piano accompaniment can also be played by students – for example at – concerts in music schools or at competitions.
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The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Janet Way, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 2 trumpeter and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.
Each volume contains:
–19 pieces & short studies, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
–grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
–brand new sight-reading activities
–newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
–a piano accompaniment booklet
–Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available to stream or download.
Janet Way is an experienced performer and teacher. She is a tutor for the LRAM woodwind teaching course at the Royal Academy of Music, and has worked as a mentor and diploma examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. She is founder and director of the internationally-acclaimed Oxford Flute Summer School.
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