Contents are: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Variations and Theme (Shinichi Suzuki) * Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) * Song of the Wind, (Folk Song) * O Come, Little Children (Folk Song) * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) * LIghtly Row (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * Chatter with the Angels (Spiritual) * Song of the Wind (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) * French Folk Song (Folk Song) * O Come, LIttle Children (Folk Song) * Lament (Bohemian Folk Song) * Perpetual Motion (Shinichi Suzuki) * Allegretto (Shinichi Suzuki) * Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) * The Little Fiddle (German Folk Song).

This book is an edition, with commentary, of Handel's exercises for continuo playing, which he wrote for the daughters of George II. The exercises, which until now have not been readily available, are supplemented by clear and concise commentary. Remaining faithful to his source, Ledbetter, who lectures in keyboard studies, has prepared an edition that will prove invaluable to students and performers of the music of Handel and his contemporaries.

Improve your bass guitar technique and musicality by studying the music of the masters. Classical Favorites for Electric Bass is a collection of solos and duets featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Dragonetti and other composers of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. Some of these pieces are well-known and others are a bit off the beaten path, but each composition encourages technical and musical development in players who want to expand the scope of the electric bass beyond traditional bass lines. This book is written in standard bass clef notation and tablature and is recommended for the intermediate to advanced player.

This collection features a selection of masterworks by George Frideric Handel, presented in a simplified version for the beginner. 10 easy and fun themes to play as solos, that can be accompanied by piano or guitar (chords symbols are included above the staff). A complementary repertoire to Suzuki Method 1 & 2 level. Includes: Alla Hornpipe - Water Music, HWV 349 Bourrée - Water Music, HWV 348 Bourrée - Water Music, HWV 349 Hallelujah - Messiah, HWV 56 La Réjouissance - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 Lascia Ch'io Pianga - Rinaldo, HWV 7 Minuet - Water Music, HWV 348 Minuet - Water Music, HWV 349 Minuet II - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 Sarabande - Suite in D minor, HWV 437

This collection features a selection of masterworks by George Frideric Handel, presented in a simplified version for the beginner. 10 easy and fun themes to play as solos, that can be accompanied by piano or guitar (chords symbols are included above the staff). A complementary repertoire to Suzuki Method 1 & 2 level. Includes: Alla Hornpipe - Water Music, HWV 349 Bourrée - Water Music, HWV 348 Bourrée - Water Music, HWV 349 Hallelujah - Messiah, HWV 56 La Réjouissance - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 Lascia Ch'io Pianga - Rinaldo, HWV 7 Minuet - Water Music, HWV 348 Minuet - Water Music, HWV 349 Minuet II - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 Sarabande - Suite in D minor, HWV 437

This pioneering study examines aspects of figured bass notation and continuo realization in the High Baroque, especially with respect to the operas and oratorios of G. F. Handel. Contemporary treatises, Handel's manuscripts, original performance material, and other early sources provide clarification and guidance for the modern performer. Part one is an overview of figured bass in Handel source materials: autograph manuscripts, performing scores, original keyboard parts, 18th century scribal copies, and early editions. Part two treats in depth continuo realization problems that are often overlooked and can be troublesome in modern performances. The author defines the most common bass patterns, or formula-progressions, in Handel's music, together with the precise harmony the composer intended. The author attempts to show that continuo figuring can serve different functions depending on context. Much of the figuring that comes down to us in secondary sources may derive from the composer, or it may reflect valid contemporary practice. Modern editions, in the main, are too selective in this regard: they only include bass figuring from primary sources, leaving the modern performer frequently without sufficient guidance in the continuo part to improvise a stylistic accompaniment. Appendices include brief examples of continuo realization by Handel.BR> Patrick J. Rogers is an active keyboard player and former Fulbright Scholar who studied Handel under Theodor Göllner, Roland Jackson, Terence Best, and the late J. Merrill Knapp.

inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James,Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble repertoire of•Bach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes, concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.