The third collection of twelve duets for the beginner keyboard percussionist includes examples of classical, pop, game and contemporary music styles with both parts at a similar standard.  The duets c...

Circumference 1 for tenor saxophone and piano. A journey through music from spirituals to jazz and bop, into Latin then pop and it could start over again (but doesn’t have to).  A duet for tenor saxop...

Quartet of whistles with one startling noise (starting pistol, rim shot, whip crack...) for dramatic effect.Whistles and decoys needed are: straight (UK police), Pea (referee), Siren and Three-tone (t...

During the past few years I have been thinking of strategies for taking music to the audience rather than expecting an audience to congregate at a formal concert venue.  There are now pop-up shops, ar...

Twelve pieces for the beginner timpanist with a drum accompaniment line.  All works in this collection can be performed on two timpani (no pedals) with the drum part for snare or hand drum.  The A Lit...

A step by step approach to scales for piano students. Included are: major, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, blues scales and Dorian and Mixolydian modes for each key.Each scale is shown i...

Twelve duets for the beginner keyboard percussionist with both parts at a similar standard.  All works in this collection can be performed within two octaves, C to C, and part 2 can fit on standard tu...

A collection of original music composed specifically for students that have recently started playing keyboard percussion.  Suitable for glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba or xylophone as the lead instr...

Composed for two snare drums or snare drum with tom tom the twelve duets introduce some pop and latin styles of music as well as music from a more orchestral tradition.  The music has been edited to i...

Twelve pieces for the beginner timpanist with a drum accompaniment line.  All works in this collection can be performed on two timpani (no pedals) with the drum part for snare or hand drum.  The A Lit...

Drums By Numbers - a collection of drum rhythms using numbers alongside music notation. During my teaching practice I have found these to be very accessible for beginner and neurodivergent students. S...

Concert music for 12 drummers with a mixture of fully scored and improvised (as smaller quartet group) sections with an approximate duration of five to six minutes.  Beginner to intermediate standard ...

At least 8 percussion but flexible to add as many hand drums/djembes as are available.  The onset of rain is a journey in sound as the rain arrives and then increases in intensity.  Instrumentation is...

The third collection of twelve duets for the beginner keyboard percussionist includes examples of classical, pop, game and contemporary music styles with both parts at a similar standard.  The duets c...

Twelve easy duets for Bb clarinets with both parts at the same standard. Easy keys and/or modes and all written in the Chalumeau, below the break, register. What you download A 2.3MB PDF with cover, c...

A brand new collection of duets for absolute beginners on the flute. All works have been composed with regard to how the first notes and keys are introduced. Starting with only using the notes G, A an...

Twelve short duets for brass in the treble clef.  Ideal for the early stages of learning the trumpet, cornet, tenor horn, baritone and euphonium with each part being at the same standard.  The duets a...

Twelve duets for the beginner alto saxophonist with both parts at a similar standard. All works in this collection have been written with regard to easy keys and technique. What you download A 3.7MB P...

Quartet of whistles with one startling noise (starting pistol, rim shot, whip crack...) for dramatic effect.Whistles and decoys needed are: straight (UK police), Pea (referee), Siren and Three-tone (t...

A suite for snare drum in four movements with piano or recorded accompaniment. Duration At concert speeds throughout the total duration for the suite is 8 minutes 5 seconds. Standard A number of styli...

Easy percussion quartet with eight optional extra parts to be added in any order as resources and/or players are available and will work as a quartet, quintet, sextet... up to duodecet or twelvetet.  ...

A collection of five pieces for cello, one unaccompanied and the others with recorded accompaniments that are available to download for free at https://urbanskyline.bandcamp.com/album/cello-stories. W...

The second collection of twelve duets for the beginner keyboard percussionist includes examples of contemporary, Latin, pop and classical music styles with both parts at a similar standard.  The duets...

Twelve more duets using easy to read rhythms that can be used to explore the instruments found on many percussion trollies.  Rhythms include influences from Cuban, Brazilian, Spanish, military and dan...

The first collection of twelve duets for the beginner drummer/percussionist includes examples of some different styles of notation: full stave, single stave, slash, with stems up and stems down to pre...

Twelve pieces for the beginner timpanist with a drum accompaniment line.  All works in this collection can be performed on two timpani (no pedals) with the drum part for snare or hand drum.  The A Lit...

Twelve duets for the beginner keyboard percussionist with both parts at a similar standard.  All works in this collection can be performed within two octaves, C to C, and part 2 can fit on standard tu...

Drums By Numbers - a collection of drum rhythms using numbers alongside music notation. During my teaching practice I have found these to be very accessible for beginner and neurodivergent students. S...

A collection of solos in various styles for xylophone with backing tracks that are available for free from https://urbanskyline.bandcamp.com/album/12-solos-for-xylophone-backing-tracksThe solos are ar...

Easy percussion quartet with eight optional extra parts to be added in any order as resources and/or players are available and will work as a quartet, quintet, sextet... up to duodecet or twelvetet.  ...

Edited for tablet and/or printing to give a more versatile product.  The short accessible pieces have been devised to enhance the lesson (beginning or end) by developing reading and listening skills a...

A step by step approach to scales for piano students. Included are: major, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, blues scales and Dorian and Mixolydian modes for each key.Each scale is shown i...

Recognisable themes from recent adverts arranged for the beginner piano/keyboard player.  Beethoven, Brahms, Delibes and more plus some warm up exercises by Peter R. Birkby. What you download A 1.4MB ...

This trio is inspired by a factory environment featuring metal and wood sounds with the bass drum portraying the magnitude of the workspace. Incessant yet constantly developing rhythms, finding differ...

Score and all the parts available to download as a single .pdf.  The all wooden instrumentation is limited for the trio (could even fit in the pocket) and uses wood and temple blocks with claves.   Th...

In this fifth collection of Rhythm Quartets each piece of music contains common (as in found in many other works) rhythm combinations using half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth or minim, crotchet, quav...

Composed for two snare drums or snare drum with tom tom the twelve duets introduce some pop and latin styles of music as well as music from a more orchestral tradition.  The music has been edited to i...

Quartet of whistles with one startling noise (starting pistol, rim shot, whip crack...) for dramatic effect.Whistles and decoys needed are: straight (UK police), Pea (referee), Siren and Three-tone (t...

This trio is all about swing and rhythmic drive, control of dynamics and performing complimentary textures of percussion sounds to add excitement and interest to the music for the intermediate to adva...

A suite for snare drum in four movements with piano or recorded accompaniment. Duration At concert speeds throughout the total duration for the suite is 8 minutes 5 seconds. Standard A number of styli...

A percussion trio using only sandpaper blocks.  Score and all parts included in the single pdf with an extra guide to how to make your own inexpensive sandpaper blocks.  Duration is approximately 2 mi...

A percussion trio for metal sounds of brass bowl and Indian bell or finger cymbal, brass bowl and triangle and brass bowl and brass rod.  An ideal introduction to ensemble performance for the novice d...

Score and all parts included in the download as a single PDF for this percussion trio using 6 cowbells (two each) that starts slowly with rolls and double strokes before getting faster and faster.  Th...

Challenging yet possible and it could define your quartet. Approximately 11 minutes 25 seconds of Bolero by Maurice Ravel arranged for percussion quartet by Peter R. Birkby.  The download includes ful...