New Hal Leonard Series Makes Playing Along Easy for Beginning Instrumentalists
Disney, Classic Rock and Classical Themes Books with Online Audio Available at NAMM
MILWAUKEE - Students just starting out on an instrument can join in on the play-along fun, thanks to a new Hal Leonard series. The company will release its first three Easy Instrumental Play-Along titles at NAMM.
Perfect for beginning players, songs in the Hal Leonard Easy Instrumental Play-Along series have been carefully edited to include only the notes and rhythms that students learn in the first months of playing their instrument. These titles feature great-sounding demonstration and play-along tracks - featuring real instruments - that can be accessed on the Hal Leonard website, at www.halleonard.com/mylibrary. Once students enter the unique code inside their book, they can download or play all of the tracks.
Each Easy Instrumental Play-Along pack contains 10 songs to make even novices sound great playing with a band:
Disney
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Candle on the Water - I Just Can't Wait to Be King - The Medallion Calls - Mickey Mouse March - Part of Your World - Whistle While You Work - You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! - You'll Be in My Heart.
Classic Rock
Another One Bites the Dust - Born to Be Wild - Brown Eyed Girl - Dust in the Wind - Every Breath You Take - Fly like an Eagle - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - I Shot the Sheriff - Oye Como Va - Up Around the Bend.
Classical Themes
Can Can - Carnival of Venice - Finlandia - Largo from Symphony No. 9 ("New World") - Morning - Musette in D Major - Ode to Joy - Spring - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Fourth Movement Excerpt - Trumpet Voluntary.
The Hal Leonard Easy Instrumental Play-Along series is a terrific tool to keep first-year band students motivated. Titles are just $9.99 each, and available for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello and Keyboard Percussion.