Melody Book, The: 300 Selections from the World of Music for Piano, Guitar, Autoharp, Recorder and Voice

Melody Book, The: 300 Selections from the World of Music for Piano, Guitar, Autoharp, Recorder and Voice

• Contains many songs in harmony. Pg.___
• Features music and songs (300) from around the world — of interest to young and old, to professional or amateur musicians, e.g.: Folk, ethnic, children's chants and school songs, dances and play songs, ballads, pop “standards,” secular and sacred songs, and music for different holidays. Pg.___
• Folk, ethnic, children's chants and school songs, dances and play songs, ballads, pop “standards,” secular and sacred songs, and music for different holidays. Pg.___
• Presents songs with on-page apparatus, e.g.: Accompaniment patterns suggested for instruments. Pg.___ Directions for dance, movement, or games. Pg.___ Background paragraphs about culture, history, composer, and style. Pg.___ Original foreign-language lyrics (with phonetic pronunciation) for ethnic songs and accompanying English lyrics. Pg.___
• Accompaniment patterns suggested for instruments. Pg.___
• Directions for dance, movement, or games. Pg.___
• Background paragraphs about culture, history, composer, and style. Pg.___
• Original foreign-language lyrics (with phonetic pronunciation) for ethnic songs and accompanying English lyrics. Pg.___
• Includes fingering and chord charts, and strumming patterns for instruments covered. Pg.___
• Offers clear, concise information for the generalist, including basic information about instruments and voice, e.g.: Playing keyboard, guitar, ukulele, Autoharp recorder. Pg.___ The vocal instrument of adults and children. Pg.___
• Playing keyboard, guitar, ukulele, Autoharp recorder. Pg.___
• The vocal instrument of adults and children. Pg.___
• Provides reference material for music theory. Pg.___
• Concludes with extensive classified indexes that list songs according to: National origin; key and number of chords; recommended instrument (Autoharp, guitar, keyboard, recorder); melodic range; scale (minor, modal, pentatonic); sol-fa syllables; rhythm durations; meter; type of harmony (round/echo canon/two-part); dances; games; percussion accompaniment; type (holiday/seasonal/patriotic); style period; and composer. Pg.___
• National origin; key and number of chords; recommended instrument (Autoharp, guitar, keyboard, recorder); melodic range; scale (minor, modal, pentatonic); sol-fa syllables; rhythm durations; meter; type of harmony (round/echo canon/two-part); dances; games; percussion accompaniment; type (holiday/seasonal/patriotic); style period; and composer. Pg.___
• Features 85 new selections, including new children's chants, action songs, ethnic music, holiday songs, and pop “standards.” Pg.___
• 80% of the songs lie within the vocal range of one octave. Pg.___
• Provides more on-page material, e.g.: Percussion parts. Pg.___ Dance/movement activities. Pg.___ Cultural, stylistic, historical, and biographical descriptions for the songs. Pg.___ Suggestions for Orff accompaniments. Pg.___
• Percussion parts. Pg.___
• Dance/movement activities. Pg.___
• Cultural, stylistic, historical, and biographical descriptions for the songs. Pg.___
• Suggestions for Orff accompaniments. Pg.___
• Gives additional information on children's voices and how to lead songs for children. Pg.___
• 50% of the music is also found in the elementary school music series. Pg.___
• Replaces instrumental themes with three themes that are in the Bowmar Orchestral Library : “Little” Fugue in G minor. Pg.___ Romanza (rondo) from “Eine Leine Nachtmusik.” Pg.___ Theme from “Trout” Quintet. Pg.___
• “Little” Fugue in G minor. Pg.___
• Romanza (rondo) from “Eine Leine Nachtmusik.” Pg.___
• Theme from “Trout” Quintet. Pg.___