One hundred duets (200 pages) for trumpet, clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax or other B-flat treble-clef instruments, but usable with all treble clef instruments thanks to the inclusion of MIDI format play along tracks. Originally offered in four smaller volumes, our best-selling duet books have now been combined to form one giant collection. The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets starts fairly easy and gets progressively more difficult. The first twenty-four duets are written with younger players in mind and contain strong melodies, easy key signatures, relatively few eighth notes and few accidentals, and a traditional jazz style of playing. Written on the chord progressions of traditional jazz favorites, they are excellent studies in syncopation and jazz sightreading. The remainder of the book contains seventy-six melodic bebop-style duets written over chord progressions of standards and jazz tunes that are excellent for intermediate to advanced players. Chord symbols above the notes help teach fundamentals of jazz improvisation. Students sightreading skills will improve while theyre having fun. Each book comes with a data CD containing two mp3 play-along tracks for each duet (a moderate tempo and a more ambitious tempo). The CD also has MIDI files for those who wish to modify the playback characteristics of the play-along tracks using programs such as Band In A Box or Cakewalk, allowing any treble-clef instrument to use the play-along tracks with this book. Additionally, there are complete mp3 mock-ups of every duet for you to listen to; that is, the rhythm section track is combined with MIDI sounds of the melody lines. There are instructions included for making five audio CDs from this one data CD as well as tips for using the book and play-along CD for treble clef instruments other than those in B-flat. These duets are written over the chord changes from the following standards: Titles in bold type (above) only available in the complete 200-page book. Beautifully printed on high-quality paper and GBC comb-bound with protective mylar outer covers. Due to the large size of this book it may only be shipped via USPS Priority Mail. PDF of duet written over the chord changes to Everybody Loves My Baby Play-along track for this duet Hear mock-up of the same duet PDF of duet written over the chord changes to Well You Needn't Play-along track for this duet Hear mock-up of the same duet |