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Supplement your beginning string curriculum with this new ensemble series from the authors of Essential Elements 2000 for Strings. Essential Musicianship - Ensemble Concepts is a two-level series correlated with Essential Elements 2000 that will reinforce your students' developing skills with solid beginning rounds and easy arrangements. All are designed to supplement method instruction and are organized around the keys taught in Essential Elements 2000 Books 1 and 2. In addition, each book provides a wealth of beginning and intermediate performance materials (over 35 rounds/arrangements in each book).

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Ensemble Concepts - Intermediate Level (HL00960192 - 00960197)

Catalog:	HL00960188
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
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Supplement your beginning string curriculum with this new ensemble series from the authors of Essential Elements 2000 for Strings. Essential Musicianship - Ensemble Concepts is a two-level series correlated with Essential Elements 2000 that will reinforce your students' developing skills with solid beginning rounds and easy arrangements. All are designed to supplement method instruction and are organized around the keys taught in Essential Elements 2000 Books 1 and 2. In addition, each book provides a wealth of beginning and intermediate performance materials (over 35 rounds/arrangements in each book).

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Ensemble Concepts - Intermediate Level (HL00960192 - 00960197)

Catalog:	HL00960187
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
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Over 85 songs are included in this Essential Songs series collection: Any Dream Will Do • Aquarius (Let the Sunshine In) • Blue Skies • Cabaret • Don't Cry for Me, Argentina • Edelweiss • Hello, Dolly! • I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' • I'll Be Seeing You • Memory • The Music of the Night • Oklahoma • Seasons of Love • Summer Nights • There's No Business Like Show Business • Tomorrow • and more.

Catalog:	HL00311222
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
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(Essential Technique for Band is fully compatible with Essential Technique 2000)

A technique-building program for any band, Essential Technique for Band is also an excellent tool for individual or small group study. This is Book 3 of the Essential Elements for Band beginning band system and features:

Key-Centered System

• Nine major and related minor keys
• Scales, etudes, short chorales, and music technique exercises
Individual Instrument Studies

• Demonstrated by a professional soloist on your instrument
• Professionally recorded accompaniments (not synthesized)

Special Studies Section Reading Skill Builders, Rhythm Pages, Jazz Style and Improvisation, Full Chorales, Rubank Scales and Arpeggios

Integrated History, Theory and Creativity

More Great Music Classical, world music, folk and more

Book also includes My EE Library* (myeelibrary.com) - Instant Stream/Download/CD*

...with Play-along mp3 tracks for many of the exercises

*Internet access required for My EE Library. Book includes instructions to order free optional CD.

Catalog:	HL00862620
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
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Series: Henle Music Folios
Publisher: Henle Urtext Edition
Format: Softcover
Piano Solo
Composer: Bela Bartok
Editor: László Somfai

With these three studies Bartók quite deliberately aimed to leave his mark on New Music in 1918. The first study is a kind of super-charged, motorically vehement Allegro barbaro, while the second, with its effervescent waterfalls of sound, seems redolent of an elegy inspired by Debussy. In the third, by contrast, Schönberg's influence is recognisable. The latter's "Private Musical Performances" in Vienna were also among the few occasions in the 1920s where Bartók's supremely demanding cycle - for performers andfor listeners - was played multiple times. Published by Universal Edition in 1918, the initial printing of the first edition was sold out so quickly that a second was already issued in 1921. László Somfai's Urtext edition is based on the musical text of the Bartók Complete Edition and, in addition to an exciting preface on the origins of the piece, features interesting, practical suggestions for performance as well.

Catalog:	HL51481412
Publisher:	Henle
Composer:	Bela Bartok
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Between 1914 and 1917, Sergei Rachmaninoff published two volumes of Études-Tableaux - a term coined by the composer with which he succeeded in expressing the blend of technical studies with programmatic character pieces. As with the concert etudes of Chopin or Liszt, they represent a technical and interpretational touchstone for every pianist.

Catalog:	HL51481279
Publisher:	Henle
Composer:	Sergei Rachmaninoff
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10 Seasonal Piano Favorites

Series:Willis
Publisher: Willis Music
Format: Softcover
Composer: Various
Arranger: Randall Hartsell
Piano Level: Intermediate

Ten sacred seasonal tunes arranged in exciting and often surprising styles for intermediate-level players! Titles: Away in a Manger (Medley) • The First Noel • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen • Here We Come A-Caroling • In the Bleak Midwinter • O Christmas Tree • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel • O Holy Night • Silent Night • What Child Is This?

Catalog:	HL00349234
Publisher:	Willis Music
Composer:	Various
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Arranger:	Randall Hartsell

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Series: Willis
Publisher: Willis Music
Format: Softcover
Composer: Various
Arranger: Randall Hartsell
Piano Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Uses: General

10 more wonderful arrangements of beloved hymns, a few with unique and unexpected harmonies that congregations will enjoy. Titles: Amazing Grace • For the Beauty of the Earth • Great Is Thy Faithfulness • Let Us Break Bread Together • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God • There Is a Balm in Gilead • This Little Light of Mine • We Gather Together • Were You There? Note: All arrangements are new!

Catalog:	HL00324185
Publisher:	Willis Music
Composer:	Various
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Graceful and calm, Everything Made New builds with growing optimism. Features a beautiful melody that blossoms into a broad, impressive-sounding cadenza. Will especially appeal to older students and performers. Key: D Major, with modulation. Mid-Intermediate

Catalog:	HL00158754
Publisher:	Willis Music
Composer:	Stevens
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These key stickers for use with all keyboards make learning to play simple!

Catalog:	HL00100016
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
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Arrangements of popular songs that beginning players will love to learn, including: The Candy Man • I Just Can't Wait to Be King • If I Only Had a Brain • Scooby Doo Main Title • and more.

Catalog:	HL00420151
Publisher:	FJH
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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This book is a treasury of the most popular and most requested masterworks of Western music. The selections are taken from original non-keyboard sources and arranged to create a "big" sound while remaining within the intermediate level. Contents include: Arioso (from Cantata No. 156) by J.S. Bach • Canon in D by Pachelbel • Danse Macabre by Saint-Saëns • The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition) by Mussorgsky • Habanera (from the opera Carmen) by Bizet • Hornpipe (from Water Music) by Handel • Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms • Liebesfreud by Kreisler • Rondeau (from Suite de Symphonies No. 1) by Mouret • Russian Sailor's Dance (from the opera Sadko) by Rimsky-Korsakov • Spring Song by Mendelssohn • Tales from the Vienna Woods (Opus 325) by J. Strauss, Jr. • Theme from Symphony No. 40 by Mozart.

Catalog:	HL00420140
Publisher:	FJH
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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Arranger:	Nancy Faber & Randal

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BigTime® Piano Jazz & Blues is a great collection of jazz and blues pieces. Standards such as “Take the 'A' Train” and “Desafinado” provide an introduction to basic jazz styles such as swing and bossa nova. Other moods and styles are featured in classics such as “Autumn Leaves,” “Misty,” and “Night Train,” and in original compositions such as “Equinox” and “Big City Blues.” The book is arranged for the intermediate-level pianist and is especially written to create a “big” sound while remaining within the level.

Catalog:	HL00420120
Publisher:	FJH
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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This new collection features 11 hits that students will love to learn, including: Dancing Queen • I Saw Her Standing There • Lean on Me • 100 Years • Pachelbel Canon • Pure Imagination • Star Wars (Main Theme) • You Raise Me Up • and more.

Catalog:	HL00420118
Publisher:	FJH
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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Piano arrangements of some of the great symphonic and operatic masterworks of Western music. Contents include: Aria (from the Peasant Cantata) by J.S. Bach • La Donna e Mobile (from the opera Rigoletto) by Verdi • Largo (from the opera Die Fliedermaus) by J. Strauss, Jr. • The Little Man in the Woods (from the opera Hansel and Gretel) by Humperdinck • March Militaire by Shubert • Overture (from the opera William Tell) by Rossini • Pizzicato Polka by J. Strauss, Jr. & J. Strauss • Polvetzian Dance No. 17 (from the opera Prince Igor) by Borodin • Roses from the South by J. Strauss, Jr. • The Rage Over the Lost Penny by Beethoven • Theme from “The Surprise” Symphony by Haydn • Theme from Trumpet Concerto in Eb by Haydn • Trepak (from the ballet The Nutcracker) by Tchaikovsky.

Catalog:	HL00420129
Publisher:	FJH
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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Favorite folk songs and familiar melodies which provide delightful pieces for recital and group sing-along. The arrangements emphasize the studentÆs mastery of I, IV, and V7 chords. Contents include: Skip to My Lou • The Mexican Clapping Song • Rise and Shine • The Great Meat Pie • Long, Long Ago • The Duke of York • Three Blind Mice • Everybody Loves Saturday Night • Down by the Riverside • Auld Lang Syne • Where Has My Little Dog Gone? • Hot Cross Buns • Turkey in the Straw • America.

Catalog:	HL00420123
Publisher:	FJH
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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ChordTime® Piano Jazz & Blues is a fun-filled collection of jazz standards and appealing blues. The selections motivate students to play while providing valuable practice with rhythm and chords. As the title ChordTime suggests, the emphasis of this book is on the student's mastery of I, IV, and V7 chords. The pieces are arranged in the keys of C, G, and F with valuable warm-up exercises for each key. Songs include: Tea for Two • Baby Face • Tuxedo Junction • Ain't Misbehavin' • and more.

Catalog:	HL00420155
Publisher:	Faber
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FunTime® Piano Jazz & Blues provides an entertaining collection of pieces from the jazz/blues idiom. The book is perfect for the Level 3 student interested in exploring this style. It consists of easy arrangements of jazz and blues standards as well as delightful original compositions that are sure to motivate and entertain any student.

Catalog:	HL00420119
Publisher:	FJH
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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FunTime® Piano Rock 'n Roll is a collection of hits from the rock and roll era that is sure to entertain the piano student. The selections have been careflly arranged for the early-intermediate pianist. A variety of keys are used, including major and minor, and the tempos range from upbeat rock to slow ballad. Songs include: Bye Bye, Love • Hey Jude • Hound Dog • Rockin' Robin • Stand by Me • and more.

Catalog:	FF1023
Publisher:	FJH
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The 2nd Edition Level 2B Lesson Book offers a systematic approach to scales, primary chords (I, IV, V7), and transposition for the keys of C, G, and F major. This new edition features nine new songs, plus enhanced arrangements of favorite pieces from the first edition. The new “Scale and Chord Adventures” appendix offers teachers the flexibility to explore major and minor scale and chord patterns in all twelve keys.

Catalog:	HL00420177
Publisher:	Faber
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Level 3A introduces 3/8 and 6/8 time signatures and the triplet. Students learn the chromatic scale, the 7th, one-octave arpeggios, and explore the key of D major. Contents include: Amazing Grace • Campbells are Coming • Cool Walkin' Bass • Cossak Ride • Echoes of the Harp • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik • Ice Dancing • Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho • Land of the Silver Birch • Looking-Glass River • Lunar Eclipse • March Slav • and more.

Catalog:	HL00420180
Publisher:	Faber
Composer:	Faber & Faber
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Level 3B continues to build musicianship with challenging and motivating pieces. Concepts include the octave, A minor and D minor scales (natural and harmonic minor), motive and sequence, all 12 major and minor triads, triad inversions, syncopation, and introduction to sixteenth notes. Contents include: Andante • Drummer at the Keyboard • Fiesta Espana • Gavotte • Highland Jig • House of the Rising Sun • Humoresque • Snowfall • Minuet in F • Pachelbel Canon • Phantom of the Keys • Rage Over a Lost Penny • Sea Chantey • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot • and more.

Catalog:	HL00420220
Publisher:	Faber
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The 2nd Edition Level 4 Lesson Book follows Piano Adventures Level 3B. The book is arranged by related major and minor keys, grounding the repertoire. The emphasis on root position V7 chords, arpeggios, and "Power Scales" links applied theory to the pieces being studied. Expressive repertoire selections build a strong foundation in harmony and technique.

Catalog:	HL00420183
Publisher:	Faber
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The 2nd Edition Primer Lesson Book introduces the keyboard, note values, and the grand staff. Students play in C 5-finger scale patterns, develop recognition of steps and skips, and learn letter names independent of finger number. Musicianship is built through the use of dynamics and coloristic experimentation with the pedal. The book is organized into units which represent the major concepts and skills. As new units are introduced, earlier concepts and skills are constantly reviewed.

Catalog:	HL00420168
Publisher:	Faber
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