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THREE EASIEST PIECES FOR STEELBAND
Mangoes
Janey Girl
Limbo
All traditional Caribbean melodies ideal for wider opportunites Y3 class teaching, first pieces for beginner steelbands or for "taster" sessions or one-day workshops. Arranged for 5-piece band (tenor, second, guitar, cello and bass) - optional guitar part makes the pieces suitable for 4 piece bands too! Complete with notes on teaching from an arranger with over 12 years experience teaching pan in schools, music centres and workshops.
Only 10GBP ( plus p+p)
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For the aficionado of pan music, hearing classical transcriptions played by steelbands is by no means unusual; indeed since the earliest days, all types of music have been adapted and performed on pan.This CD aims to reflect this tradition by presenting a broad range of styles and genres ranging from Debussy and Handel to David Rudder and Ray Holman. Features the award-winning trio from Guildford - Westwood Park Pantasia, and Europe's top pan woman - Rachel Hayward.
Available for only 10GBP.
Sheet music for solo, duet, trios and steelpan ensembles
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The Pan Tutor
This book contains twenty-nine graded pieces, together with complete instructions for the beginning pannist. It is suitable for use with any pattern of tenor pan and includes pieces by Dowland, Bach, Mozart, Bartok and Stravinsky, as well as traditional melodies. The book comes complete with a separately-bound supplement containing six accompaniments for an advanced pannist. The Pan Tutor is highly recommended for all soloists, GCSE students, and is ideal for the experienced pannist who wishes to learn notation.
Conveniently comb-bound for ease of use The Pan Tutor costs only 7 (GBP) or $10 (US).
Band Pieces
Tenor, Second, Guitar, (optional) Cello and Bass
unless otherwise stated
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More First Band Pieces 10 (GBP)
Sammy Dead-O! Sitira and Stone Cold Dead In De Market
Three more easy pieces which utilise common steelband rhythms and forms
Sarabande - Handel
5 GBP
This masterful keyboard work, which is the current theme for Levi's jeans translates perfectly onto steelband, making most effective use of the pans' dynamic and expressive range. Formed as a theme and variations, the theme alone could be performed by a novice band, and the variations add challenges for a band of intermediate level.
Three Easy Christmas Carols
10 GBP
Good King Wenceslas, The First Nowell and Wassail Song
- simple arrangements with interesting harmonies, suitable for beginner bands
Minuets from the Royal Firework Music
10 GBP
G.F. Handel's stunning yet easy/moderate baroque masterpieces arranged for tenor 1, tenor 2 (or double tenor), second, cello and/or guitar, optional Bass
First Band Pieces
10 GBP
Come Back Liza, Sly Mongoose and Round The Mountain:
ideal for introducing commonly used steelband rhythms to novice bands
with notes on teaching
The British National Anthem
5 GBP
For that special occasion, "God Save The Queen" in an easy arrangement
with a couple of unusual harmonic touches.
Fortune My Foe - Dowland
5 GBP
A simple first classic, with option variation for more advanced players
Chromatic Garden - Trad
3 GBP
"An English Country Garden" is given an unusual harmonic twist in theis easy arrangement
Fanfare from 'Orfeo' - Monteverdi
5 GBP
(also available for two tenors, seconds and cello)
An easy/moderate classic which makes a superb opener for any concert
La Ci Darem (Don Giovanni) - Mozart
5 GBP
A lovely opera excerpt which requires control and subtlety in performance, the test of a true pannist.
Clog Dance (La Fille Mal Gardee) - Herold
10 GBP
A moderate/difficult concert or festival piece which showcases the ability of the tenor and seconds players
Sinfonietta (1st & 4th mvts.) Janacek*
15 GBP
Difficult and effective modern classics, as played by The Skiffle Bunch (2000 World Champions!)
4th Orchestral Suite - J. S. Bach*
Bourrees 1+2
Gavotte
15 GBP
Also difficult, but some of the most beautiful music ever written, transcribed for pan.
* These pieces require division of all upper sections and are only suitable for large and experienced bands.
Tenor Pan
Tickle Me Quickly - Tobias Hume
2 GBP
Easy and charming first solo, originally written for viola da gamba
17 Traditional Tunes ed. R. Hayward
7 GBP
Jigs, Hornpipes and others selected and edited for the intermediate pannist
Silver Rays & Roslin Castle ed. R. Hayward
4 GBP
Two more challenging traditional melodies
Suite No 3 for Violin - J. S. Bach
7 GBP
Gavotte En Rondeau
Bourree
Gigue
Difficult concert or festival pieces, also suitable for GSCE students looking for impressive exam pieces. Can be played together or as separate movements.
Pastorale and Reel - Cyril Scott
5 GBP
Showy recital piece for the advanced player.
Double Tenor and Second Pan
Carillon - Herbie Flowers
3 GBP
from the classic Sky album, this haunting solo for double seconds or double tenor is of moderate difficulty.
Bagatelles No 9 & 10 - Beethoven
5 GBP
Very short, atmospheric solos, moderate difficulty
Prelude in Aminor - Purcell
3 GBP
Moody, flowing prelude arranged for the intermediate panninst
The Flower Duet (from 'Lakme') - Delibes
3 GBP
Perhaps better known as the British Airways music,, some spread chords and fast passages for hands together.
Three Lute Solos - Dowland
5 GBP
Fortune
The Frog Galliard
Can She Excuse My Wrongs
Three contrasting pieces from one of England's greatest composers. Moderately challenging: contains some spread chords and fast scalic passages.
Menuet & Badinerie - J. S. Bach
4 GBP
Flute melodies transcribed for the intermediate/advanced panninst.
Anitra's Dance - Grieg
3 GBP
This exotic dance is moderately difficult and contains some spread chords.
La Reveuse - Marais
3 GBP
"The Sleeping Girl" is a melancholy piece featured in the film "Tous les Matins du Monde"
Preludes in Eflat & Cminor J. S. Bach
5 GBP
Complex and challenging yet rewarding to play and hear.
Cello Pan
Duet from The Pearl Fishers - Bizet
4 GBP
This gorgeous classic is arranged for the intermediate cello-pannist
Le Badinage - Marais
3 GBP
Another atmospheric viol solo transcribed for the intermediate cello-panni.st
Suite No.2 for Cello - J. S. Bach
6 GBP
Prelude
Menuets 1 & 2
Bach's music seems especially suited to performance on pan, and these movements from the ever-popular violoncello suites are no exception. Suitable for the advanced pannist.
These pieces are available in arrangements for tenor and seconds, or tenor and cello pans; please state your preference when ordering.
Two Duets - Mozart
5 GBP
Allegro KV3
London Notebook no.65
Two easy and elegant first classics
Anna Magdalena Notebook - Bach
7 GBP
March
Minuet
Minuet in Eminor
Three pieces of moderate difficulty from Bach's famous collection.
Round O - Purcell
5 GBP
This well known rondo is suitable for intermediate players.
- Tenor, Double Tenor or Second and Cello Pans
To Sylvia - Schubert
5 GBP
This famous song has a simple tenor line, yet the seconds and cello parts are moderately difficult.
Bei Mannern - Mozart
5 GBP
One of the most famous duets from "The Magic Flute", this piece presents challenges in all parts.
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
7 GBP
A firm favourite with audience and players alike, the cello part is difficult, while the tenor and seconds parts are more accessable.
-Three Tenor Pans
Adagio for Glass Harmonica - Mozart
5 GBP
Moderately challenging trio requiring good ensemble and subtlety of touch.
Miscellaneous
Sticks - 3 GBP (pair)
All sticks are made from ramin hardwood; the tips are rubber covered with a layer of foam rubber. This gives a harder tip than rubber alone, and results in a purer sound. Available for tenor, double tenor, second, guitar and cello.
Bass Sticks - 5 GBP (pair)
Rubber balls hand - shaped and mounted on ramin hardwood sticks.
Screws - 1 GBP (each)
Suitable for U.K. stands, replace those worn out and useless screws with these hard-wearing screws, with welded wing nut ends. No more snapped plastic grips!
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