(A Complete Guide to the Basics) For alto saxophone. Includes instructional book and accompaniment CD. With instructional text, glossary of musical terms, fingering chart and introductory text. Learn To Play. 48 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

A fabulous pack for the beginning alto saxophonist, this book/CD pack teaches all the essentials, and lets players progress at their own pace! CD includes audio instruction plus demo tracks with background accompaniments.

Written by Artie Shaw. For clarinet. With standard notation and instructional text. Swing and Technique. 9x12 inches. Published by Warner Brothers.

The exercises in this book are designed to help students learn the scales, articulations, technic and style necessary to play in the jazz idiom, particularly in the Big Band or Swing styles. Contents: Whole Tones, Whole Tone Exercises, Throat Tones Studies, Slurred Semitones In Various Intervals, Arpeggios and Rhythmic Figures, Arpeggios in Minor Thirds, Combination Arpeggios, Scales and Etudes, High Note Fingerings, Sample Page from Concerto for Clarinet.

For flute. Printable and viewable for PC and Macintosh. Instructional, Studies, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical Period and Romantic Period. Large collection of flute methods, studies, and ensembles. 1800 printable pages. 5.5x5 inches. Published by Theodore Presser Co.

One of the largest collection of flute material ever. Composers include: Altes, Andersen, W.F. Bach, Barre, Beethoven, Berbiguier, Boismortier, Bordet, Briccialdi, Chinzer, Devienne, Dietter, Lasso, Finger, Furstenau, Garibaldi, Geisser, Hotteterre, Hughes, Hugot, Karg-Elert, Koechlin, Kohler, Kuhlau, Kummer, Le Loup, Legoux, Loeillet, Mozart, Muller, Naudot, Quantz, Reicha, Reichert, Soussmann, Stamitz, Sweelinck, Telemann, Toulou, E. Wagner. Each CD works on both PC (Windows 95 and higher) and MacIntosh (version 7.5 and higher) systems.

(50 Ways to Improve Your Improvisational Skills) Written by Dennis Taylor. For tenor saxophone. Includes instructional book and examples CD. With introductory text, instructional text, musical examples, standard notation and chord names. Improvisation. 103 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

The 50 ideas are divided into three main sections: Harmony - explores scales, arpeggios, chord substitutions, harmonic embellishments, and other harmonic phrasing ideas; Rhythm - covers legato tonguing, swing feel, rhythmic displacement, how to manipulate time, and other aspects of rhythmic phrasing; Melody - discusses contour lines, making patterns musical, developing a motif, building a solo, and many other melodic phrasing ideas. The companion CD contains 26 demo tracks for listening, as well as many play-along examples so you can practice improvising over various musical styles and progressions.

For Bassoon. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist; then a second version with the accompaniment, minus you, the soloist. Published by Music Minus One.

Contents: Third Cello Suite (Bouree 1 & 2), St. John Passion: 'It Is Finished', L'Aprentice d'Sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), Firebird, Carmen: Entr'acte, Sextet, op. 71 , L'Elisir d'Amore: Romanza, Pictures at an Exhibition (four excerpts), Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 (first movement), Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 (second movement), Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64: 3rd movement, Gone but not Forgotten and Improvisations.

Edited by Thom Proctor, written by Kenneth Gekeler. For oboe. With instructional text and standard notation. Learn To Play. 52 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Belwin.

The primary purpose in presenting this method for publication was to make available a book that did not progress too rapidly for beginners, one that taught proper oboe fingerings, and one that presented logical progression of rhythmical problems. Includes fingering chart for the conservatory system oboe.

For Recorder. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing the accompaniments for each piece. Published by Music Minus One.

A method compiled and edited by Erich Katz, Dean of the American Recorder movement and the man responsible for the enormous recorder renaissance in the U.S.A. that started in the late 20th century and continues to this day. Here is a super course for learning to play every type of recorder-the sopranos, altos, tenors and even the less frequently used sopranino, and bass recorder. Each lesson is built around a series of duets and trios, beginning with the simplest of folk songs to more elaborate music of Bach.

(with Piano Accompaniment) Edited by Larry Teal. For alto saxophone solo and piano accompaniment. With solo part and piano accompaniment. Classical. 101 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

The pieces in this collection have been selected for their musical value, and for their adaptability to the style and limitations of the instrument. These compositions may be used both as study pieces and in concert performance. Contents: Album Leaf, Canzonetta, Nocturne, Fantasy Piece, Gypsy Rondo, Intermezzo, Larghetto, Minuet, The Old Castle, Romantic Piece, Rondo in D, Sicilienne and Allegro, Sonatine, Vocalise and Minuet.

Written by Benny Goodman. For solo clarinet. With standard notation, instructional text, illustrations and introductory text. Instructional and Jazz. 96 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

This book, written by Benny Goodman himself, has been out of print for many years. It teaches the beginning student clarinet tone, style, technique and musicianship. It covers such basics as assembling and tuning the clarinet, proper position, scales, expression and many exercises. Features 11 tunes, including biography of his career up to 1940 is also included.

(A Complete Guide to the Basics) For flute. Includes instructional book and accompaniment CD. With instructional text, glossary of musical terms, fingering chart, illustrations and introductory text. Learn To Play. 48 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

A fabulous pack for the beginning flutist, this book/CD pack teaches all the essentials, and lets players progress at their own pace! The CD includes audio instruction as well as demo tracks for the excercises complete with background accompaniments.