Instruments

Trinity’s new Acoustic Guitar syllabus reinvents the popular Plectrum Guitar syllabus, keeping it vital and relevant to today’s guitarist by giving teachers and learners the flexibility to develop fingerstyle and plectrum playing. A selection of the best-loved pieces from the previous syllabus has been retained at every grade for continuity.

This book contains all the exam pieces for Grades 3 to 5, covering a wide range of styles at each grade folk, acoustic, rock and pop styles, jazz, blues, country allowing candidates to follow distinct stylistic pathways as they progress. All pieces are printed in both tablature and standard notation so are accessible for any learner.

Note: As of April 2023, Trinity’s Acoustic Guitar 2020-2023 Syllabus will no longer operate with an end date. Therefore, Trinity’s Acoustic Guitar Exam Pieces 2020-2023 books will be valid indefinitely (subject to copyright) and any planned updates will be announced at least 12 months in advance. Trinity will be gradually amending the covers on these books upon reprint to ‘from 2020’, however there are books in circulation with the previous date range. In those cases, the change to syllabus arrangements overrides the dates printed on the cover of the book.

Contents:

Annie’s Song (Denver, arr. Walker)

Bayou Blue (Walker)

Hotel California (Felder, Henley & Frey, arr. Walker)

Joyride in a Pink Cadillac (Morandell)

Setting Sail (Pells)

Tomorrow Will Be Better (Powlesland)

Tuesday Bluesday (Powlesland)

Turn to Dust (Powlesland)

Chillout (Powlesland)

In the Know (Walker)

Love Yourself (Sheeran, Bianco & Bieber)

Mean Street (Powlesland)

Pinky Plays the Blues (Morandell)

Sepia Toned (Walker)

Sun Song (Lester)

Your Song (Elton John, arr. Rose)

Bonnie’s Bounce (Walker)

Ho Hey (Fraites & Schultz, arr. Rose)

Marry You (Mars, Lawrence & Levine, arr. Morandell)

One More Time (Chilton)

Rewrite the Stars (Pasek & Paul, arr. Walker)

Rockroach (Powlesland)

Song for Dorothy (Crosland)

Stairway to Heaven (Page & Plant)

That’s the Way It Is (Morandell)

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Everything a drummer needs to prepare for the performance and technical work components of Trinity drum kit exams from 2020. Encompassing a wider range of styles than ever before, the syllabus allows candidates to follow distinct stylistic pathways jazz, funk, Latin, musical theatre with arrangements of well-known works sitting alongside pieces specifically written for the syllabus by leading drum kit educators and performers. Performance notes are included for each piece, along with new technical work rudiments and exercises for each grade, and backing tracks are included as a free download.

Note: As of April 2023, Trinity’s Drum Kit & Percussion 2020-2023 Syllabus will no longer operate with an end date. Therefore, Trinity’s Drum Kit Exam Pieces 2020-2023 books will be valid indefinitely (subject to copyright) and any planned updates will be announced at least 12 months in advance. Trinity will be gradually amending the covers on these books upon reprint to ‘from 2020’, however there are books in circulation with the previous date range. In those cases, the change to syllabus arrangements overrides the dates printed on the cover of the book

Contents:

Joyspring (Clifford Brown, arr. Clark Tracey)

Mean Beanz (Chris Burgess)

Bossa Favour (Mike Osborn)

The Double Bubble Duchess from Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, arr. Chris Burgess)

Olé! (Mike Osborn)

Three Line Whip (Mike Osborn)

Spain (Chick Corea & Joaquin Rodrigo, arr. Clark Tracey)

Helpless from Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda, arr. Chris Burgess)

Film Noir (Mike Osborn)

Algo Latino (Clark Tracey)

Step It Up (Chris Burgess)

Kerfuffle Shuffle (Mike Osborn)

The Buddy System from City of Angels (Cy Coleman & David Zippel, arr. Chris Burgess)

Snidey Kitten (Mike Osborn)

Where’s Juan? (Mike Osborn)

Footprints (Wayne Shorter, arr. Clark Tracey)

Gimme Five (Chris Burgess)

Barrak’s Boogie (Mike Osborn)

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Ruth und Naoyuki Taneda beschäftigen sich seit vielen Jahren mit der Musikerziehung von Kindern ab drei Jahren. In dieser Schule zeigen sie auf, dass es möglich ist, bei Kleinkindern über das Medium Farbe (farbige Noten) das absolute Gehör zu entwickeln, also jene Hörfähigkeit, die bisher als angeborenes Privileg einiger weniger, besonders “begnadeter” Musiker galt. Die Autoren betrachten den Mythos absolutes Gehör ganz nüchtern und zeigen, welche Möglichkeiten er für die Musikerziehung am Klavier bietet. Sie weisen damit einen neuen Weg für den frühinstrumentalen Unterricht. Instrumentation: piano

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(Book). Finally, the long-awaited English edition of this historic Japanese book is here! The Beauty of the ‘Burst pays tribute to Gibson’s magnificent Sunburst Les Pauls made between 1958 and 1960, the most highly prized solidbody electric guitars ever. The magnitude of their value is directly related to their look (outrageous wood patterns, or “figured” timber), since non-players are paying top dollar for them. The book features lavish full-color photos of these beautiful instruments throughout; the guitars of famous players; a foreword by Ted McCarty; a bio of the author, world renowned collector Yasuhiko Iwanade; and the “Science of the Burst” section with over 30 pages of detailed reference facts on every facet of the guitar, including colors, wood figure, pick-ups, hardware and qualities of “voice.” This may be the closest guitarists will ever be able to get to these incredibly collectible beauties! 216 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover

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This second volume of Professional Piano Teaching is designed to serve as a basic text for a second-semester or upper-division piano pedagogy course. It provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching intermediate to advanced students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach; numerous musical examples; chapter summaries; and suggested projects for new and experienced teachers.

Topics:
* teaching students beyond the elementary levels
* an overview of learning processes and learning theories
* teaching transfer students
* preparing students for college piano major auditions
* teaching rhythm, reading, technique, and musicality
* researching, evaluating, selecting, and presenting intermediate and advanced repertoire
* developing stylistic interpretation of repertoire from each musical period
* developing expressive and artistic interpretation and performance
* motivating students and providing instruction in effective practice
* teaching memorization and performance skills

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From Introduction: “Huddie Ledbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly, died in December, 1949 at the age of 64. He had come out of the deep South, settled down in a little apartment on New York’s lower East Side, determined to build a successful career as a musician. Unfortunately, there was not much interest in folk music then. He got occasional jobs singing for schools and colleges, or at little parties where they were raising money for some cause like helping Loyalist Spain. Until the last three years of his life, he had barely recorded more than a few dozen songs. Today, through his recordings, he is world famous as one of the greatest singers of folksongs of this century. Songs he composed, or helped put together out of the fragments of older tunes, or adapted into the form in which we all know them now, have sold in the tens of millions: Good Night Irene, Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy, Midnight Special, Rock Island Line, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (the tune), Old Cotton Fields At Home, and many others. The driving rhythms he developed on his unusual guitar, with its double strings, are unforgettable to anyone who ever heard them. Today, many young people wishing to learn his songs as he sang them, are trying to learn his style of guitar playing. This book is designed to help them, but it cannot be considered a substitute for listening to the recordings of Leadbelly….It must be remembered that more is involved than playing the correct notes and rhythm. When you listen to Leadbelly on record, you are listening to a man with many years of experience play an instrument. To achieve what he achieved is something which cannot be communicated in a book.” – Julius Lester

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