Now in a third edition Abracadabra Cello has a fresh contemporary new look & is the perfect book for pupil & teacher. This title offers an identical selection of repertoire to the other books in the Abracadabra Strings series so they can be used in any combination for group or whole class lessons & mixed ensemble performances. Used alone they remain ideal for individual tuition. With tunes you know & want to play carefully graded in 20 learning steps this new edition of the popular tutor also

Includes:: duets trios & teachers parts. Clear fingering & bowing diagrams & concise theory explanations help to teach the fundamentals of the instrument & each new technical aspect is reinforced by several pieces using that particular technique. Abracadabra Cello now also

Includes:: two CDs of performance & backing tracks featuring selected orchestral backings.



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This pupils book provides a lively & comprehensive introduction to the very first steps of playing the cello. It is part of the Abracadabra Strings Beginners series a new series of string tutors designed to precede our existing Abracadabra books. All the titles in the series work in conjuction with each other making them ideal for ensemble group & whole class tuition. Used alone they remain perfect for indivdual lessons. The book contains activities games & pieces that teach the fundamentals of playing the cello: good posture (with & without the instrument) bow hold finger position & pitch awareness as well as developing rhythm & notation reading. The CD also aids pitch development with performances of the pieces & backing tracks to motivate pupils to practise pieces & activities outside of their lessons. The basics are constantly reinforced & revisited with the pupils building up to performance pieces that combine & showcase all of the skills they have developed. ...

Abracadabra spells 'excellent instrumental tutors' & the Abracadabra approach to learning through songs & tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress & enjoyment with their chosen instrument. Now in a third edition Abracadabra Woodwind has a fresh & contemporary new look & is fully updated. With additional teaching material
- & with nothing left out from the previous edition
- Abracadabra Clarinet will continue to engage & excite the young player.

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Abracadabra spells 'excellent instrumental tutors' & the Abracadabra approach to learning through songs & tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress & enjoyment with their chosen instrument. Now in a third edition Abracadabra Woodwind has a fresh & contemporary new look & extra new CDs to play with. With additional teaching material
- & with nothing left out from the previous edition
- Abracadabra Clarinet now has two CDs instead of one & has been specially revised to make the aural experience even more engaging & accessible.

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Abracadabra spells 'excellent instrumental tutors' & the Abracadabra approach to learning through songs & tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress & enjoyment with their chosen instrument. Now in a third edition Abracadabra Woodwind has a fresh & contemporary new look & is fully updated. With additional teaching material
- & with nothing left out from the previous edition
- Abracadabra Flute will continue to engage & excite the young player.

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Abracadabra spells excellent instrumental tutors & the Abracadabra approach to learning through songs & tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress & enjoyment with their chosen instrument. Now in a third edition Abracadabra Woodwind has a fresh & contemporary new look & is fully updated. With additional teaching material
- & with nothing left out from the previous edition
- Abracadabra Oboe will continue to engage & excite the young player.

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Abracadabra spells 'excellent instrumental tutors' & the Abracadabra approach to learning through songs & tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress & enjoyment with their chosen instrument. Now in a third edition Abracadabra Woodwind has a fresh & contemporary new look & extra new CDs to play with. Budding saxophonists will love Abracadabra Saxophone's cool new jazzy makeover
- with improvisation playing by ear & opportunities to swing right from the beginning. Now with two CDs instead of one specially revised to make them even more engaging & fun to play with.
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Born to illiterate parents in the untamed frontiers of America & raised with virtually no formal education Abraham Lincoln often questioned his future. But he took comfort in knowing that he at least had the freedom to choose his own path in life. Freedom he believed was a precious thing & he was certain that no man had a right to enslave another. Unfortunately not everyone in America shared that belief. In the mid-19th century America was a nation with more than four million slaves; it was a nation that had lost its moral compass; a nation desperate for a leader to step forward. That leader was Abraham Lincoln. Thrust into the national spotlight when his conscience would not let him turn away from injustice Abraham Lincoln took control of a shattered nation at the cusp of a civil war. & he helped ensure that the idea of freedom for all did not perish from the earth. ...

Its Indiana 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mothers bedside. Shes been stricken with something the old-timers call Milk Sickness. My baby boy... she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mothers fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire. When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln he writes in his journal henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study & devotion. I shall become a master of mind & body. & this mastery shall have but one purpose. Gifted with his legendary height strength & skill with an axe Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House. While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union & freeing millions of slaves his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln" & became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years. Using the journal as his guide & writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin & David Mc Cullough Seth has reconstructed the true life story of Americas greatest president for the first time
- all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War & uncovering the role vampires played in the birth growth & near-death of the nation."
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The five-volume ABRSM Songbook series offers singers & their teachers an unrivalled choice of core repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of rewarding vocal study. The series

Features: Over 100 art songs drawn from Grades 15 of ABRSM's Singing syllabus; A massive range of repertoire from the Medieval to modern musicals many in practical new editions; Irresistible new arrangements by Carol Barratt of 18 classic songs; A rich collection of 60 authentic unaccompanied traditional songs sourced from around the world; English singing translations for every non-English-language song many newly-commissioned; Useful notes on the songs containing background information & performance suggestions; CDs of piano accompaniments to all the art songs performed by Simon Lepper as well as recordings of the text to every song performed by native speakers.

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