Rock On! Volume 3

This combo deal includes Chrissy Ricker’s “Rock On Volume 3” and “Let’s Quest Volume 3” songbooks for intermediates.

The highly-anticipated follow up in Chrissy Ricker’s Rock On series is here! This collection of nine pop & rock showcase solos will delight intermediates of all ages in your studio.

Rockin’ the Classics is a collection of ten pop, rock, and jazz inspired arrangements of well-known classical favorites by Chrissy Ricker. These fun and flashy intermediate level solos will excite students of all ages!

Perfect Patterns is a collection of twelve exciting showcase-style solos by Chrissy Ricker. These pattern-based pieces are ideal for early intermediates and cover a wide array of styles.

Look to the Sky, composed by Rick Robertson, is a lyrical, elementary level solo. It has the bonus of an optional duet/obligato part, playable on piano, flute, or violin.

Keep the Change is a lyrical jazz waltz in B minor with a written out improvisation. Great as a launching point for intermediates into jazz studies.

Take It Easy, is a smooth jazz solo composed by Joanne Griffiths full of lush harmonies and a lilting rhythmic flow. This piece is part of the Double Takes songbook that features progressive pairs of jazz, rags, and blues-inspired solos.

Sailing is an uplifting contemporary lyrical solo for intermediates that is also part of the New Horizons Songbook. Music by Jennifer Eklund.

This is a lyrical piano ballad in waltz time for intermediate pianists by Sarah Reaser O’Brien, NCTM. The melody is made almost entirely of ascending and descending pentascales (5-note scales) on white keys. The accompaniment for left hand requires a hand span primarily of melodic octaves with an occasional melodic tenth. The ternary form features a middle section with surprising harmonies and a deceptive cadence. Middle and high school students will find this piece both accessible and rewarding.

The Very Blue Danube, is an intermediate level jazzy remix of the famous Strauss waltz arranged by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Rockin’ the Classics songbook.

April is an intermediate jazz solo with a leisurely, easygoing feel. The syncopated rhythmic accompaniment is offset by a straight-eighth melody with built-in improvisational bits. This is one of a set of 12 month-titled pieces by Sarah Reaser O’Brien, NCTM.

Have video game lovers in your studio? Of course you do! Let’s Quest Volume 4 is a collection of eight video game inspired showcase solos and two evenly-leveled duets composed by Chrissy Ricker, that will delight intermediates of all ages in your studio!

Once Upon a Whimsically Macabre Time is a collection of intermediate piano solos centered around a theme of macabre stories and characters. In this collection, Stacy Fahrion displays a penchant for minor keys and dance-like rhythms.

Here We Come A-Caroling arranged for intermediates in an upbeat showcase-style jazz setting by Jennifer Eklund. Part of the Jazzy Jingles Volume 2 songbook.

Minuet in Gee! is a light-hearted ragtime spin on Beethoven’s classic Minuet in G. This solo, composed by Ron Levy, is ideal for intermediates of all ages. Cover photo is an original painting entitled “Dancers” by Carol Julien.

House of the Rising Sun, arranged by Chrissy Ricker, in a lyrical pop style for intermediates. This piece is part of the Rock On! Volume 2 songbook.

Minor Details is an easy, swing-style solo, designed to reinforce proper phrasing, staccato, legato, and accenting techniques. It’s the “details” that make this showcase solo both fun and functional! Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.

First Perfect Patterns, features thirteen easy showcase solos, in a variety of styles, for beginners, composed by Chrissy Ricker. Each piece is preceded by a preparatory exercise that encourages students to analyze and recognize the patterns in the music.