Mike Springer's Favorite Solos, Book 2


Book Description

This collection contains Mike Springer's best-loved sheet music solos that have been published through the years. Students, teachers, and audiences will enjoy the variety of styles, sounds, and moods of this music. The book contains 8 early intermediate to intermediate pieces. Titles: * Crystal Glaciers * Daybreak * El Toro * Gossamer's Groove * Jamaican Jamboree * Midtown Jam * Ragtime Romp * Sunset Serenade




Not Just Another Scale Book, Bk 1


Book Description

Hidden within all of the 10 innovative piano solos in each volume are scales---sometimes ascending, sometimes descending---in one or both hands. What makes each book "Not Just Another Scale Book," however, is the accompanying CD that features wonderfully orchestrated background tracks. Book 1 features pieces written in both major and minor keys up to two sharps or flats. Book 2 has pieces written in major and minor keys using three to seven sharps. The pieces in Book 3 are written in major and minor keys using three to seven flats.




Mike Springer's Favorite Solos, Book 1


Book Description

This collection contains Mike Springer's best-loved sheet music solos that have been published through the years. Students, teachers, and audiences will enjoy the variety of styles, sounds, and moods of this music. The book contains 10 late elementary to early intermediate pieces. Titles: * Black Cat Crawl * Dynamo Rag * Howling Winds * Main Street Strut * Majestic Mountain * Medieval Tournament * Sixth Street * Swingin' in the Park * Undercover Spy * Waterfall at Midnight




Mike Springer's Favorite Solos, Book 3


Book Description

This collection contains Mike Springer's best-loved sheet music solos that have been published through the years. Students, teachers, and audiences will enjoy the variety of styles, sounds, and moods of this music. The book contains 9 intermediate to late intermediate pieces. Titles: * Cinco de Mayo * Dazzling Lights * Iditarod Sled Race * Jazzin' Around Town * Jazzy Locomotive * Mariachi Serenade * Mighty Mount McKinley * Rio Grande * Sierra Madre




Dennis Alexander's Favorite Solos, Book 2


Book Description

The contents of this book have been personally selected by Dennis Alexander as some of his all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles of each piece makes this book a valuable supplement to most piano methods. This book contains 8 early intermediate to interemediate pieces including: * Dizzy Delight * El Zapateado * Mooncrossing * Newport Rock * Notturno * Screamin' Cat Boogie * Turboccata * Valse Romantique




Martha Mier's Favorite Solos, Book 2


Book Description

The contents of this book have been personally selected by Martha Mier as some of her all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles of each piece makes this book a valuable supplement to most piano methods. This book contains 10 late elementary to early intermediate pieces including: * Busy Fingers * Chattanooga Blues * Copper Penny Rag * Feelin' Blue * Firefly Waltz * Frontier Frolic * Ladybug Lullaby * Peppermint Rag * Summer Rain * Swaying Willow Trees




The New Music Industries


Book Description

This research-based book outlines career models for artists, methods of creative engagement, artistic options including individuality and branding, production practices, the realities of being a musician in the new industries, and implications for popular music education. Due to the profound effects of the digitisation of music, the music industries have undergone rapid transformation. The former record label dominated industry has been supplanted by new industries, including digital aggregators, strategists and online platforms. These new music industries now facilitate ‘direct’ access to both artists and their music. While such accessibility and the potential for artist exposure have never been greater, the challenge to stand out or to even navigate a musical career pathway is formidable. A useful resource for musicians and educators, this text highlights the ways in which the new music industries facilitate increased opportunities for 21st Century popular musicians to collaborate, communicate and interact with others interested in their music.




Not Just Another Christmas Book, Book 2, Intermediate: 9 Jazzy Piano Solos with Optional CD Accompaniments, Book & CD [With CD (Audio)]


Book Description

From driving swing to jazz waltz, the Not Just Another Christmas Book series has it all. The carefully graded arrangements are perfect for Christmas parties and recitals, or they can be used simply for fun. The books are truly unique because they contain accompanying CDs that feature bass and drum parts to create the sense of playing in a jazz trio. Pianists can play along with the CDs at both practice and performance tempos. Book 2 features selections at the intermediate level. Titles: The First Noel * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * O Christmas Tree * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Santa Claus Is Coming to Town * Silent Night * We Wish You a Merry Christmas.




Catherine Rollin's Favorite Solos, Book 2


Book Description

The contents of this book have been personally selected by Catherine Rollin as some of her all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles of each piece makes this book a valuable supplement to most piano methods. This book contains 9 early intermediate to intermediate pieces including: * Ballad for Our Time * Butterscotch Rag * El Conquistador * Jazz Waltz * Legends of the Canyon * Morning Reverie * Tango Tangle * Tendresse * Wish Upon a Star




The Algorithm Design Manual


Book Description

This newly expanded and updated second edition of the best-selling classic continues to take the "mystery" out of designing algorithms, and analyzing their efficacy and efficiency. Expanding on the first edition, the book now serves as the primary textbook of choice for algorithm design courses while maintaining its status as the premier practical reference guide to algorithms for programmers, researchers, and students. The reader-friendly Algorithm Design Manual provides straightforward access to combinatorial algorithms technology, stressing design over analysis. The first part, Techniques, provides accessible instruction on methods for designing and analyzing computer algorithms. The second part, Resources, is intended for browsing and reference, and comprises the catalog of algorithmic resources, implementations and an extensive bibliography. NEW to the second edition: • Doubles the tutorial material and exercises over the first edition • Provides full online support for lecturers, and a completely updated and improved website component with lecture slides, audio and video • Contains a unique catalog identifying the 75 algorithmic problems that arise most often in practice, leading the reader down the right path to solve them • Includes several NEW "war stories" relating experiences from real-world applications • Provides up-to-date links leading to the very best algorithm implementations available in C, C++, and Java