Products We're really sorry... We don't currently have that one in stock Please add your email and we'll notify you when it's back Email Home» New Items "10 Short Solos for Double Second Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Double Second Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-03-10_Short_Solos_for_Double_Second_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-03 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "10 Short Solos for Six Bass Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Six Bass Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-05-10_Short_Solos_for_Six_Bass_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-05 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "10 Short Solos for Tenor Steel Drum" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Tenor Steel Drum" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-02-10_Short_Solos_for_Tenor_Steel_Drum ISBN SBJM2-02 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "10 Short Solos for Triple Guitar/Cello Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Triple Guitar/Cello Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-04-10_Short_Solos_for_Triple_Guitar_Cello_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-04 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "40 Short Steel Drum Solos" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "40 Short Steel Drum Solos" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-01-40_Short_Solos_for_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-01 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby. The 10 solos for each voice can be purchased as a book or compiled together here. The styles represented include jazz, soca, rock, trap, prog, 8bit, cinematic, classical and more. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "A Beginner's Reggae" by David Singhaus List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "A Beginner's Reggae" by David Singhaus Product ID SDDS-001-A_Beginners_Reggae ISBN SDDS-001 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and college steel bands)"A Beginner’s Reggae" was written as a pedagogical piece for bands that have younger students or bands that are just starting out. It can also be used to an introduction to the style of Reggae and encourage the students to listen to artists within that style, as well as be used as a tool to teach cut time and playing with a swing feel. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Berimbau Angola Palmares" by Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Berimbau Angola Palmares" by Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes Product ID SDEA-007-BAP ISBN SDEA-007 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)Berimbau Angola Palmares is an arrangement of the popular bossa nova tune Berimbau. It features the vocal traditions of the capoeira roda, the Ladainha and Corridos, and the capoeira instrument, the berimbau. It features the toques, Angola and São Bento Grande de Angola, from the capoeira group, Capoeira Angola Palmares, under Grand Mestre Norival Moreira de Oliveira. The composition opens with an arrangement of a traditional Ladainha from Capoeira Angola Palmares and transitions into the bossa nova style. The solo bossa nova style of the guitar has been integrated into the piece for the upper voices while the bass guitar and atabaque is replicated in the lower voices voice of the piece.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Cumana" by Brad Shores List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Cumana" by Brad Shores Product ID SDBS-0145-Cumana ISBN SDBS-0145 Difficulty: Medium Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This spicy mambo will get the toes tapping for sure. Key of G minor. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Daybreak" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Daybreak" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-009-Daybreak ISBN SDJM2-009 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)The inspiration for "Daybreak" comes from a sunrise on a very still morning while camping on by a lake. The sunrise was particularly beautiful and slowly developing from color to color. Musically, this piece brings moto perpetuo to mind. There is lots of room for expression and opportunities to improve on touch especially to bring out the melodic line over an.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Delirium" by Aaron Gage List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 "Delirium" by Aaron Gage Product ID SDAGA-001-Delirium ISBN SDAGA-001 Difficulty: Medium (great for advanced high school & college steel bands)This contemporary pan ensemble work highlights a somber and haunting emotion meant to replicate the feeling of insomnia. The piece focuses on the old tradition of counting sheep to try and sleep. The main melody heard in the piece replicates the idea of something being counted in order to counter those delirious, sleepless nights. The theme traverses and develops along with all 4 pan parts supported by 4 tremolo-based chords. List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 Add to cart "Dis' Feeling Nice" by Brad Shores Price$8.50 "Dis' Feeling Nice" by Brad Shores Product ID PABS-0152-Dis_Feeling_Nice ISBN PABS-0152 This Boogsie tune will get the place moving for sure. Key of F major. Price$8.50 Add to cart "Dut dee" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Dut dee" by Mat Britain Product ID SDMB-013-Dut_Dee ISBN SDMB-013 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This goofy title is simply the syllables I was singing while coming up with the melody. It was composed for one of my beginning student bands.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-After a short, easy Intro, the A and B sections are based on a repetitive melodic motif in the upper voices, and an easier than normal strum pattern in the 2nds and Guitars. This pattern can be a nice introduction to strumming and the importance of clear and precise strumming.At letter C, a little music theory can be taught by explaining about relative minor as the tonality shifts from C major to A minor. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Everybody Loves A Saturday Night" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Everybody Loves A Saturday Night" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-031-Everybody_Loves_A_Saturday_Night ISBN JJBS-031 Difficulty: EasyThis easy to play Island Classic is a great tune to learn. It includes the steel drum sheet music and play-along accompaniment tracks. There are.... Price$5.50 Add to cart "Free The Robots" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Free The Robots" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-012-Free_The_Robots ISBN SDJM2-012 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)This solo will stretch any intermediate player to accomplish a smooth performance. Musically, Free The Robots is an additive and subtractive piece inspired by the recent developments in AI. A theme is laid out, modified, reestablished, morphed…etc…until the "Robot" starts to have more original thoughts and glitches out in the.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller Product ID SDMB-015-Fuh_Spite ISBN SDMB-015 Difficulty: Medium/Medium Hard (great for high school and college steel bands)Notes:The separate Dbl 2nds parts, and Guitar/Cello parts are essential.This song by Kees Dieffenthaller, better known as Kes, was released in late January 2023, just a bit too late for any Trinidadian steel bands to arrange for Panorama 2023. The first time I heard it I knew I wanted to arrange it for my top college steel band.Having your students listen to the source material is essential. My arrangement follows the form of the song pretty closely and is in the same key as the original, G major. I also did my best to transcribe the vocal parts as closely as possible to the original. I did leave out a few of the vocal flourishes to make the arrangement more playable. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Gently Falling" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Gently Falling" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-011-Gently_Falling ISBN SDJM2-011 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Gently Falling is a pleasant twisty turny sort of piece that gently bends your ear. Musically, this semi-progressive flowing solo will challenge soloists to make every note speak intentionally. Allowing the piece to breath by giving each note its full value and choosing when to stretch is key to playing this piece well. The use of delay and.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Great is Thy Faithfulness" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Great is Thy Faithfulness" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-033-Great_Is_Thy_Faithfulness ISBN JJBS-033 Difficulty: EasyOne of the most timeless hymns ever written is treated very reverently in this Jumbie track. Price$5.50 Add to cart "Island Breakdown " by Brad Shores Price$8.50 "Island Breakdown " by Brad Shores Product ID PABS-0149-Island_Breakdown ISBN PABS-0149 This fun "jam song" is wonderful for improvising over a very predictable chord progression. Key of C. Price$8.50 Add to cart "Jesus Loves Me" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Jesus Loves Me" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-034-Jesus_Loves_Me ISBN JJBS-034 Difficulty: EasyA timeless hymn that fits the Jumbie very well! Price$5.50 Add to cart "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain Product ID SDMB-014-Just_A_Little_Bit_Funky ISBN SDMB-014 Difficulty: Medium/Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This tune came about after listening to a bunch of horn bands like Tower of Power and Cory Wong & the Wongnotes. If your students aren’t familiar with bands like these, turn them on to that music. It’s funky and loads of fun!Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-Intro- As I was finishing up this composition, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passed away. The Intro is just a few bars of "Respect" as a tribute to her. The Guitar-Cello part has a 3-voice chord. Split the part between two (or more) players. If you only have one Guitar player, leave out the top note of that chord.If you aren’t a fan of the "Respect" quote, feel free to start at measure 5. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Kilonova" by Aaron Gage List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 "Kilonova" by Aaron Gage Product ID SDAGA-002-Kilonova ISBN SDAGA-002 Difficulty: Hard (great for advanced high school & college steel bands)A classical concerto for tenor pan and string quartet. This piece traverses multiple movements that follow the impending explosion of a star. This is an ideal piece for a small chamber ensemble to perform a concerto without the need of a full size orchestra. List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 Add to cart "Kingston Town" by Lord Creator List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Kingston Town" by Lord Creator Product ID SDBS-0149-Kingston_Town ISBN SDBS-0149 Difficulty: Medium (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This popular reggae song has been done by Marley and UB40 and will make a great addition to your next gig. Key of Bb. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Komorebi" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Komorebi" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-010-Komorebi ISBN SDJM2-010 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Komorebi (pronounced kō-mō-leh-bē), is a beautiful Japanese word with a beautiful meaning. To borrow from morethantokyo.com "Literally, "sunlight leaking through trees," this word describes the beauty and wonder of rays of light dappling through overhead leaves, casting dancing shadows on the forest floor.” With no English equivalent, this.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Let's Take a Walk" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Let's Take a Walk" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-013-Lets_Take_A_Walk ISBN SDJM2-013 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)This jazzy tune is an opportunity to showcase the beauty of the instrument in a genre that is not very common. The wide range of this flowing melody is a good chance to work towards tone consistency on the full range of the pans. The piano backing track is simple and sets the mood and underpinning for a fun performance. The track is included but the.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Make It" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Make It" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-008-Make_It ISBN SDJM2-008 Difficulty: Medium/Easy (great for junior high, high school & college steel bands)"Make It" is one of those pieces that sounds more difficult than it actually is. It gives a chance to focus on dynamic contrast and has optional solo accompaniment sections. These can be soloed over (or played as is with no solo), looped, removed and even shifted around as needed to feature your soloist(s). Some solo options give the band higher or lower accompaniment notes to stay out of the range of the soloist. You should feel free to add percussion as you see fit but some good options might include shaker, conga, and triangle. Duration = 4.5mins List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Mambo Italiano" by Bob Merrill List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Mambo Italiano" by Bob Merrill Product ID SDBS-0152-Mambo_Italiano ISBN SDBS-0152 Difficulty: Medium Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)Dean Martin made this tune famous in the 1950's. Key of D minor List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Night Walk" by David Singhaus List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Night Walk" by David Singhaus Product ID SDDS-002-Night_Walk ISBN SDDS-002 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and college steel bands)"Night Walk" was written as part of a project I did while I was studying for my Master’s degree at George Mason University. Our pan professor, Victor Provost, challenged my classmates and I to write short pieces for beginners and then we would perform them in class. This is one of two projects done. This is a nice, soothing piece that can be used as a change up to the high-energy music that steel bands normally play. With only two chords, it can also work as an introductory piece to improvising. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Ode to Joy" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Ode to Joy" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-035-Ode_To_Joy ISBN JJBS-035 Difficulty: EasyOne of the most timeless hymns ever written is treated very reverently in this Jumbie track. Price$5.50 Add to cart "On the Mercurial Tides" by Aaron Gage List Price: $77.00Price$67.00 "On the Mercurial Tides" by Aaron Gage Product ID SDAGA-003-On_The_Mercurial_Tides ISBN SDAGA-003 Difficulty: Medium (great for advanced high school, community level & college level steel bands)A one movement concerto for tenor pan and wind ensemble. This piece seeks to incorporate the steelpan as a highlighted feature in the classical wind ensemble setting. The sense of a "mercurial" piece speaks in that there are temperamental changes that shift from a sense of hope into a sense of despair. It seeks to feel as though the listener is on a journey of uncertainty yet all relating to a common theme of returning home. List Price: $77.00Price$67.00 Add to cart "Resolutions" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Resolutions" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-015-Resolutions ISBN SDJM2-015 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Resolutions is inspired by the resolutions many people make each year but ultimately give up and return back to their slow plodding norm. There are moments of achievement and moments of inspiration and motion. Musically, this solo will have the soloist moving fast to make the shifts from drum to drum smoothly. If done well.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Roadtrip" by Yuko Asada List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Roadtrip" by Yuko Asada Product ID SDYA-008-Roadtrip ISBN SDYA-008 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college steel bands)"Roadtrip" is a composition written for the 2023 Northern Illinois University Percussion Camp Middle School Steelband. This musical piece captures the essence of a joyful journey through its calypso rhythms and melodic sequences. Tailored for a beginner band, "Roadtrip" offers young musicians an exciting opportunity to explore the world of steelpan while enjoying the playful spirit of calypso. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Roulette" by Yoichi Izawa List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Roulette" by Yoichi Izawa Product ID SDYI-002-Roulette ISBN SDYI-002 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school & college steel bands)This composition was written for my steelband, WAIWAI STEEL BAND, in 2015. With this song, I wanted everyone to form a circle, hold hands, and dance. I hope that this song will create a circle of joyful hearts with the performers and the audience. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Somewhere" by Leonard Bernstein List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Somewhere" by Leonard Bernstein Product ID SDBS-0147-Somewhere ISBN SDBS-0147 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This classic ballad from West Side Story will thrill listeners of all ages. Key of F major. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Steel Band Music" by Aldwyn 'Lord Kitchener' Roberts List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Steel Band Music" by Aldwyn 'Lord Kitchener' Roberts Product ID SDKA-003-Steel_Band_Music ISBN SDKA-003 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)This piece is a well known calypso from 1964 done by Lord Kitchener, dubbed the Grand Master of Calypso. The arrangement embodies the golden era of calypso music with traditional rhythms and melodies used. There is also an 'Open solos' section which provides a medium for improvisation or 'ramajay'. This piece is one that you surely want to add to any Calypso repertoire. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "steel" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "steel" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-016-steel ISBN SDJM2-016 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)This solo was an accident turned into something unique. When working on a project in my music software I went to search for "steel" in the sound library to find the steel drum sound. Instead of typing in the search bar I accidently keytyped on the keyboard and played the main theme to the piece. Musically, steel is a chromatic shifts tonal centers fairly often for such a.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Tears for U" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Tears for U" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-014-Tears_For_U ISBN SDJM2-014 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Tears for U was written as a lament for the War in Ukraine. This slowly unrolling piece gives the opportunity to show the expression possible on this beautiful a rich instrument. The underlying ostinato is warm and gives forward motion while the melody hangs heavily and provides shape. This solo will challenge any.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Tiki Party" by Brad Shores List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Tiki Party" by Brad Shores Product ID SDBS-0154-Tiki_Party ISBN SDBS-0154 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)A great beginning tune for any age. F major. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Una Paloma Blanca" by George Baker List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Una Paloma Blanca" by George Baker Product ID SDBS-0146-Una_Paloma_Blanca ISBN SDBS-0146 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This "White Dove" hit was released in 1975 and will be a hit with the audience. Key of C major changing to F major. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Underneath the Mango Tree" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Underneath the Mango Tree" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-032-Underneath_The_Mango_Tree ISBN JJBS-032 Difficulty: EasyA very catchy tune that has 3 distinct sections. It includes the steel drum sheet music and play-along accompaniment tracks. There are.... Price$5.50 Add to cart "Vida Nueva" by Brad Shores List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Vida Nueva" by Brad Shores Product ID SDBS-0150-Vida_Nueva ISBN SDBS-0150 Difficulty: Medium (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This Brad Shores original has a spicy samba feel and has two distinct sections in different modes. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart « Previous12Next »
Products We're really sorry... We don't currently have that one in stock Please add your email and we'll notify you when it's back Email Home» New Items "10 Short Solos for Double Second Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Double Second Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-03-10_Short_Solos_for_Double_Second_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-03 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "10 Short Solos for Six Bass Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Six Bass Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-05-10_Short_Solos_for_Six_Bass_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-05 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "10 Short Solos for Tenor Steel Drum" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Tenor Steel Drum" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-02-10_Short_Solos_for_Tenor_Steel_Drum ISBN SBJM2-02 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "10 Short Solos for Triple Guitar/Cello Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 "10 Short Solos for Triple Guitar/Cello Steel Drums" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-04-10_Short_Solos_for_Triple_Guitar_Cello_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-04 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 10 solos that progress from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby.***NOTE*** There is a book called "40 Short Solos for Steel Drum" which contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. It includes 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. These solos are included in that collection. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. List Price: $27.00Price$22.00 Add to cart "40 Short Steel Drum Solos" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "40 Short Steel Drum Solos" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SBJM2-01-40_Short_Solos_for_Steel_Drums ISBN SBJM2-01 Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate Steel Pan PerformerThis book contains 40 solos that range from Beginner to Intermediate levels. There are 10 solos for each of the following steel band voices: Tenor, Double Second, Triple Guitar/Cello, and Six Bass. Each instrument has 5 unaccompanied solos and 5 solos that include a backing track. Each solo that has a backing track includes a QR code at the top. This will link to a playlist that includes the track on Youtube for quick access when you don't have the tracks downloaded nearby. The 10 solos for each voice can be purchased as a book or compiled together here. The styles represented include jazz, soca, rock, trap, prog, 8bit, cinematic, classical and more. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "A Beginner's Reggae" by David Singhaus List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "A Beginner's Reggae" by David Singhaus Product ID SDDS-001-A_Beginners_Reggae ISBN SDDS-001 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and college steel bands)"A Beginner’s Reggae" was written as a pedagogical piece for bands that have younger students or bands that are just starting out. It can also be used to an introduction to the style of Reggae and encourage the students to listen to artists within that style, as well as be used as a tool to teach cut time and playing with a swing feel. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Berimbau Angola Palmares" by Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Berimbau Angola Palmares" by Baden Powell, Vinícius de Moraes Product ID SDEA-007-BAP ISBN SDEA-007 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)Berimbau Angola Palmares is an arrangement of the popular bossa nova tune Berimbau. It features the vocal traditions of the capoeira roda, the Ladainha and Corridos, and the capoeira instrument, the berimbau. It features the toques, Angola and São Bento Grande de Angola, from the capoeira group, Capoeira Angola Palmares, under Grand Mestre Norival Moreira de Oliveira. The composition opens with an arrangement of a traditional Ladainha from Capoeira Angola Palmares and transitions into the bossa nova style. The solo bossa nova style of the guitar has been integrated into the piece for the upper voices while the bass guitar and atabaque is replicated in the lower voices voice of the piece.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Cumana" by Brad Shores List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Cumana" by Brad Shores Product ID SDBS-0145-Cumana ISBN SDBS-0145 Difficulty: Medium Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This spicy mambo will get the toes tapping for sure. Key of G minor. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Daybreak" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Daybreak" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-009-Daybreak ISBN SDJM2-009 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)The inspiration for "Daybreak" comes from a sunrise on a very still morning while camping on by a lake. The sunrise was particularly beautiful and slowly developing from color to color. Musically, this piece brings moto perpetuo to mind. There is lots of room for expression and opportunities to improve on touch especially to bring out the melodic line over an.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Delirium" by Aaron Gage List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 "Delirium" by Aaron Gage Product ID SDAGA-001-Delirium ISBN SDAGA-001 Difficulty: Medium (great for advanced high school & college steel bands)This contemporary pan ensemble work highlights a somber and haunting emotion meant to replicate the feeling of insomnia. The piece focuses on the old tradition of counting sheep to try and sleep. The main melody heard in the piece replicates the idea of something being counted in order to counter those delirious, sleepless nights. The theme traverses and develops along with all 4 pan parts supported by 4 tremolo-based chords. List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 Add to cart "Dis' Feeling Nice" by Brad Shores Price$8.50 "Dis' Feeling Nice" by Brad Shores Product ID PABS-0152-Dis_Feeling_Nice ISBN PABS-0152 This Boogsie tune will get the place moving for sure. Key of F major. Price$8.50 Add to cart "Dut dee" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Dut dee" by Mat Britain Product ID SDMB-013-Dut_Dee ISBN SDMB-013 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This goofy title is simply the syllables I was singing while coming up with the melody. It was composed for one of my beginning student bands.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-After a short, easy Intro, the A and B sections are based on a repetitive melodic motif in the upper voices, and an easier than normal strum pattern in the 2nds and Guitars. This pattern can be a nice introduction to strumming and the importance of clear and precise strumming.At letter C, a little music theory can be taught by explaining about relative minor as the tonality shifts from C major to A minor. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Everybody Loves A Saturday Night" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Everybody Loves A Saturday Night" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-031-Everybody_Loves_A_Saturday_Night ISBN JJBS-031 Difficulty: EasyThis easy to play Island Classic is a great tune to learn. It includes the steel drum sheet music and play-along accompaniment tracks. There are.... Price$5.50 Add to cart "Free The Robots" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Free The Robots" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-012-Free_The_Robots ISBN SDJM2-012 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)This solo will stretch any intermediate player to accomplish a smooth performance. Musically, Free The Robots is an additive and subtractive piece inspired by the recent developments in AI. A theme is laid out, modified, reestablished, morphed…etc…until the "Robot" starts to have more original thoughts and glitches out in the.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller Product ID SDMB-015-Fuh_Spite ISBN SDMB-015 Difficulty: Medium/Medium Hard (great for high school and college steel bands)Notes:The separate Dbl 2nds parts, and Guitar/Cello parts are essential.This song by Kees Dieffenthaller, better known as Kes, was released in late January 2023, just a bit too late for any Trinidadian steel bands to arrange for Panorama 2023. The first time I heard it I knew I wanted to arrange it for my top college steel band.Having your students listen to the source material is essential. My arrangement follows the form of the song pretty closely and is in the same key as the original, G major. I also did my best to transcribe the vocal parts as closely as possible to the original. I did leave out a few of the vocal flourishes to make the arrangement more playable. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Gently Falling" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Gently Falling" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-011-Gently_Falling ISBN SDJM2-011 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Gently Falling is a pleasant twisty turny sort of piece that gently bends your ear. Musically, this semi-progressive flowing solo will challenge soloists to make every note speak intentionally. Allowing the piece to breath by giving each note its full value and choosing when to stretch is key to playing this piece well. The use of delay and.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Great is Thy Faithfulness" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Great is Thy Faithfulness" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-033-Great_Is_Thy_Faithfulness ISBN JJBS-033 Difficulty: EasyOne of the most timeless hymns ever written is treated very reverently in this Jumbie track. Price$5.50 Add to cart "Island Breakdown " by Brad Shores Price$8.50 "Island Breakdown " by Brad Shores Product ID PABS-0149-Island_Breakdown ISBN PABS-0149 This fun "jam song" is wonderful for improvising over a very predictable chord progression. Key of C. Price$8.50 Add to cart "Jesus Loves Me" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Jesus Loves Me" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-034-Jesus_Loves_Me ISBN JJBS-034 Difficulty: EasyA timeless hymn that fits the Jumbie very well! Price$5.50 Add to cart "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain Product ID SDMB-014-Just_A_Little_Bit_Funky ISBN SDMB-014 Difficulty: Medium/Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This tune came about after listening to a bunch of horn bands like Tower of Power and Cory Wong & the Wongnotes. If your students aren’t familiar with bands like these, turn them on to that music. It’s funky and loads of fun!Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-Intro- As I was finishing up this composition, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passed away. The Intro is just a few bars of "Respect" as a tribute to her. The Guitar-Cello part has a 3-voice chord. Split the part between two (or more) players. If you only have one Guitar player, leave out the top note of that chord.If you aren’t a fan of the "Respect" quote, feel free to start at measure 5. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Kilonova" by Aaron Gage List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 "Kilonova" by Aaron Gage Product ID SDAGA-002-Kilonova ISBN SDAGA-002 Difficulty: Hard (great for advanced high school & college steel bands)A classical concerto for tenor pan and string quartet. This piece traverses multiple movements that follow the impending explosion of a star. This is an ideal piece for a small chamber ensemble to perform a concerto without the need of a full size orchestra. List Price: $67.00Price$57.00 Add to cart "Kingston Town" by Lord Creator List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Kingston Town" by Lord Creator Product ID SDBS-0149-Kingston_Town ISBN SDBS-0149 Difficulty: Medium (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This popular reggae song has been done by Marley and UB40 and will make a great addition to your next gig. Key of Bb. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Komorebi" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Komorebi" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-010-Komorebi ISBN SDJM2-010 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Komorebi (pronounced kō-mō-leh-bē), is a beautiful Japanese word with a beautiful meaning. To borrow from morethantokyo.com "Literally, "sunlight leaking through trees," this word describes the beauty and wonder of rays of light dappling through overhead leaves, casting dancing shadows on the forest floor.” With no English equivalent, this.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Let's Take a Walk" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Let's Take a Walk" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-013-Lets_Take_A_Walk ISBN SDJM2-013 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)This jazzy tune is an opportunity to showcase the beauty of the instrument in a genre that is not very common. The wide range of this flowing melody is a good chance to work towards tone consistency on the full range of the pans. The piano backing track is simple and sets the mood and underpinning for a fun performance. The track is included but the.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Make It" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Make It" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-008-Make_It ISBN SDJM2-008 Difficulty: Medium/Easy (great for junior high, high school & college steel bands)"Make It" is one of those pieces that sounds more difficult than it actually is. It gives a chance to focus on dynamic contrast and has optional solo accompaniment sections. These can be soloed over (or played as is with no solo), looped, removed and even shifted around as needed to feature your soloist(s). Some solo options give the band higher or lower accompaniment notes to stay out of the range of the soloist. You should feel free to add percussion as you see fit but some good options might include shaker, conga, and triangle. Duration = 4.5mins List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Mambo Italiano" by Bob Merrill List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Mambo Italiano" by Bob Merrill Product ID SDBS-0152-Mambo_Italiano ISBN SDBS-0152 Difficulty: Medium Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)Dean Martin made this tune famous in the 1950's. Key of D minor List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Night Walk" by David Singhaus List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Night Walk" by David Singhaus Product ID SDDS-002-Night_Walk ISBN SDDS-002 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and college steel bands)"Night Walk" was written as part of a project I did while I was studying for my Master’s degree at George Mason University. Our pan professor, Victor Provost, challenged my classmates and I to write short pieces for beginners and then we would perform them in class. This is one of two projects done. This is a nice, soothing piece that can be used as a change up to the high-energy music that steel bands normally play. With only two chords, it can also work as an introductory piece to improvising. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Ode to Joy" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Ode to Joy" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-035-Ode_To_Joy ISBN JJBS-035 Difficulty: EasyOne of the most timeless hymns ever written is treated very reverently in this Jumbie track. Price$5.50 Add to cart "On the Mercurial Tides" by Aaron Gage List Price: $77.00Price$67.00 "On the Mercurial Tides" by Aaron Gage Product ID SDAGA-003-On_The_Mercurial_Tides ISBN SDAGA-003 Difficulty: Medium (great for advanced high school, community level & college level steel bands)A one movement concerto for tenor pan and wind ensemble. This piece seeks to incorporate the steelpan as a highlighted feature in the classical wind ensemble setting. The sense of a "mercurial" piece speaks in that there are temperamental changes that shift from a sense of hope into a sense of despair. It seeks to feel as though the listener is on a journey of uncertainty yet all relating to a common theme of returning home. List Price: $77.00Price$67.00 Add to cart "Resolutions" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Resolutions" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-015-Resolutions ISBN SDJM2-015 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Resolutions is inspired by the resolutions many people make each year but ultimately give up and return back to their slow plodding norm. There are moments of achievement and moments of inspiration and motion. Musically, this solo will have the soloist moving fast to make the shifts from drum to drum smoothly. If done well.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Roadtrip" by Yuko Asada List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Roadtrip" by Yuko Asada Product ID SDYA-008-Roadtrip ISBN SDYA-008 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college steel bands)"Roadtrip" is a composition written for the 2023 Northern Illinois University Percussion Camp Middle School Steelband. This musical piece captures the essence of a joyful journey through its calypso rhythms and melodic sequences. Tailored for a beginner band, "Roadtrip" offers young musicians an exciting opportunity to explore the world of steelpan while enjoying the playful spirit of calypso. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Roulette" by Yoichi Izawa List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Roulette" by Yoichi Izawa Product ID SDYI-002-Roulette ISBN SDYI-002 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school & college steel bands)This composition was written for my steelband, WAIWAI STEEL BAND, in 2015. With this song, I wanted everyone to form a circle, hold hands, and dance. I hope that this song will create a circle of joyful hearts with the performers and the audience. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Somewhere" by Leonard Bernstein List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Somewhere" by Leonard Bernstein Product ID SDBS-0147-Somewhere ISBN SDBS-0147 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This classic ballad from West Side Story will thrill listeners of all ages. Key of F major. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Steel Band Music" by Aldwyn 'Lord Kitchener' Roberts List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Steel Band Music" by Aldwyn 'Lord Kitchener' Roberts Product ID SDKA-003-Steel_Band_Music ISBN SDKA-003 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)This piece is a well known calypso from 1964 done by Lord Kitchener, dubbed the Grand Master of Calypso. The arrangement embodies the golden era of calypso music with traditional rhythms and melodies used. There is also an 'Open solos' section which provides a medium for improvisation or 'ramajay'. This piece is one that you surely want to add to any Calypso repertoire. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "steel" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "steel" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-016-steel ISBN SDJM2-016 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)This solo was an accident turned into something unique. When working on a project in my music software I went to search for "steel" in the sound library to find the steel drum sound. Instead of typing in the search bar I accidently keytyped on the keyboard and played the main theme to the piece. Musically, steel is a chromatic shifts tonal centers fairly often for such a.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Tears for U" by Jordan Morrison List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 "Tears for U" by Jordan Morrison Product ID SDJM2-014-Tears_For_U ISBN SDJM2-014 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college players)Tears for U was written as a lament for the War in Ukraine. This slowly unrolling piece gives the opportunity to show the expression possible on this beautiful a rich instrument. The underlying ostinato is warm and gives forward motion while the melody hangs heavily and provides shape. This solo will challenge any.... List Price: $17.00Price$12.00 Add to cart "Tiki Party" by Brad Shores List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Tiki Party" by Brad Shores Product ID SDBS-0154-Tiki_Party ISBN SDBS-0154 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)A great beginning tune for any age. F major. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Una Paloma Blanca" by George Baker List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Una Paloma Blanca" by George Baker Product ID SDBS-0146-Una_Paloma_Blanca ISBN SDBS-0146 Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This "White Dove" hit was released in 1975 and will be a hit with the audience. Key of C major changing to F major. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Underneath the Mango Tree" by Brad Shores Price$5.50 "Underneath the Mango Tree" by Brad Shores Product ID JJBS-032-Underneath_The_Mango_Tree ISBN JJBS-032 Difficulty: EasyA very catchy tune that has 3 distinct sections. It includes the steel drum sheet music and play-along accompaniment tracks. There are.... Price$5.50 Add to cart "Vida Nueva" by Brad Shores List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Vida Nueva" by Brad Shores Product ID SDBS-0150-Vida_Nueva ISBN SDBS-0150 Difficulty: Medium (great for junior high, high school, and beginning college steel bands)This Brad Shores original has a spicy samba feel and has two distinct sections in different modes. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart « Previous12Next »
