This enjoyable collection features 15 solos with piano accompaniment or play-along CD. The pre-recorded accompaniments feature orchestrations which provide a sparkling showcase for the young performer while they help solidify rhythmic accuracy and improve intonation. And they make practicing more fun too! Correlated with the Yamaha Band Student, Book 1.

Yamaha Band Student will appeal to teachers looking for a well-paced lesson sequence that keeps students motivated to continue past the first critical year. It is affordably priced, attractively presented and meets the needs of today's students and educators. Each level includes numerous songs, duets, trios and four full-band arrangements right in the method itself---perfect for first-year concerts.

Yamaha Christmas Ensembles utilize the same flexible format of the successful Yamaha Band Ensembles and contains 19 delightful arrangements of Christmas favorites. Arranged in order of difficulty, the carols span approximately the same level as Books 1 and 2 of the Yamaha Band Student. Page correlations are also included. Titles: * Angels We have Heard on High * Away in a Manger * Deck the Halls * Go Tell It on the Mountain * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman * Good King Wenceslas * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * In the Bleak Mid-Winter * It Came Upon a Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old St. Nicholas * Lo, How a Rose * O Come, O Come Emmanuel * Silent Night * Up on the Housetop * We Three Kings * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.

Yamaha Band Student will appeal to teachers looking for a well-paced lesson sequence that keeps students motivated to continue past the first critical year. Each level includes numerous songs, duets, trios and four full-band arrangements right in the method itself—perfect for first-year concerts.

The Second Edition of Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 2 includes updates inspired by numerous recommendations from group piano teachers and students. This book includes a CD-ROM containing both Audio and General MIDI Files of the 500+ accompaniments included in the text, each with an interesting and engaging arrangement coupled with the piano part. Designed for collegiate non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience, the easy-to-use text contains 26 units, each intended to be covered in one week, thus fulfilling two semesters or three quarters of study. Theory, technique, sight-reading, repertoire, harmonization, improvisation, and ensemble activities are taught thoroughly and consistently throughout the text. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. Book 2 is 408 pages.