Essential Elements For Jazz Ensemble

(Instrumental Jazz). Mike Steinel's follow-up book to his popular Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble features a wealth of instructional material that can be used in a full band setting or individually. After a brief review of style basics, this comprehensive method includes a section of daily warm-ups and workouts for rehearsal, followed by a variety of lessons covering specific styles and improvisation concepts. Each lesson ends with a full band performance piece. Take your students to the next level with this masterful approach! Features * Review of important concepts from Book 1 * Warm-ups and workouts for the start of rehearsals * Lessons covering a variety of jazz styles and improvisation concepts * Nine rewarding full band pieces that reinforce each lesson * Information on the cities, regions, and people influencing the evolution of jazz * Recordings of all exercises, including full band arrangements and sample solos* * Grade/Level 3 * Each book includes an access code for audio files on "MyLibrary" (internet required.) Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

(Essential Elements Guitar). Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris and popular songs in a variety of styles, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to become a staple of guitar teachers' instruction and get beginning guitar students off to a great start. This method has been designed to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with features such as cross-curricular activities, quizzes, multicultural songs, basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include: getting started; basic music theory; guitar chords; notes on each string; ensemble playing; and much more! Songs used in Book 1 include such hits as: Dust in the Wind * Eleanor Rigby * Every Breath You Take * Hey Jude * Hound Dog * Let It Be * Ode to Joy * Rock Around the Clock * Stand By Me * Surfin' USA * Sweet Home Chicago * This Land Is Your Land * You Really Got Me * and more!

Band Classroom Methods - All Levels

12 outstanding arrangements for the beginning jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos are included: swing, ballads, rock, pop, holiday, Latin and a great warm-up chart titled "Loosen Up." This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation of 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, and 4 rhythm, but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just nine players - 2 Alto Saxes, Tenor Sax, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Piano, Bass and Drums. Optional parts are available for C Flute, Tuba (doubles Bass part), Horn in F (doubles 1st Trombone), and Baritone Horn T.C. (doubles 1st Trombone). Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for voicings and rhythms and guitar chord frames are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections and there is plenty of full sounding ensemble. Titles: * Chattanooga Choo Choo * El Gato Gordo * James Bond Theme * A Jazzy Merry Christmas * The Judge * Li'l Darlin' * Loosen Up * One O'Clock Jump * Over the Rainbow * Peter Gunn Theme * The Pink Panther * Rock This Town

(Essential Elements Jazz Ensemb). From Hal Leonard's acclaimed Essential Elements series for Jazz Ensemble, here is an economical collection of 15 complete arrangements in a variety of styles. A valuable teaching tool in addition to filling your programming needs! Includes: All of Me, Ballad for a Blue Horn, Basin Street Blues, Blues for a New Day, Bubbert Goes Retro, Bubbert's Groove, Ja-Da, Mister Cool, On Broadway, Perfidia, Satin Doll, So What, Song for San Miguel, Sunday Afternoon and Take the "A" Train. These full-length Grade 1.5 arrangements are the perfect "next step" for bands using the EE Jazz method, and also stand on their own as great easy charts for young players. * Written for full band/playable with 3 saxes, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone and rhythm section * Each arrangement is a self-contained teaching unit with exercises for melody, rhythm and improvisation * Includes opt. parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba

(Instrumental Jazz). (Sample solos by Mike Steinel) At last, a jazz play-along book for developing players! In addition to being a perfect introduction to some of the best-known jazz standards, Essential Elements Jazz Standards includes hints for improvising on each tune, a guide to jazz articulations, a scale/chord correlation chart, and biographical sketches of key jazz figures. And if that wasn't enough, each tune comes with its own sample solo for reference or performance! The professionally recorded audio CD has tempo adjustment software for use in your computer. Includes: Now's the Time, Killer Joe, Blue Bossa, C-Jam Blues, Footprints, Song for My Father, Autumn Leaves, Freddie Freeloader, St. Thomas and Blue Train. * Play-along CD with choice of full recording (with melody) or rhythm section only * Tempo adjustment software (computer required) * Sample written solos and improvising hints * Rhythm book includes bass lines, piano voicings, and drum patterns

(Essential Elements Jazz Ensemb). From Hal Leonard's acclaimed Essential Elements series for Jazz Ensemble, here is an economical collection of 15 complete arrangements in a variety of styles. A valuable teaching tool in addition to filling your programming needs! Includes: All of Me, Ballad for a Blue Horn, Basin Street Blues, Blues for a New Day, Bubbert Goes Retro, Bubbert's Groove, Ja-Da, Mister Cool, On Broadway, Perfidia, Satin Doll, So What, Song for San Miguel, Sunday Afternoon and Take the "A" Train. These full-length Grade 1.5 arrangements are the perfect "next step" for bands using the EE Jazz method, and also stand on their own as great easy charts for young players. * Written for full band/playable with 3 saxes, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone and rhythm section * Each arrangement is a self-contained teaching unit with exercises for melody, rhythm and improvisation * Includes opt. parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba