As another school year draws to a close many students pack up their instruments for the summer months. Come September they may not have the same level of technique or endurance and will wish that they had kept up with their practice. Here in the Print Music Department we carry a large variety of Jamey Aebersold books - jazz play-a-longs that are perfect for staying in shape during the summer. These books are enjoyed by many students, teachers and professionals alike, desiring to improve their jazz skills while having fun at the same time.
Each volume has a theme that highlights [...] Read more
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Aebersold Play-A-Long Books
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Cosmo Music
This post was posted in Corner Books and was tagged with Jazz, Play-A-Longs
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Harry Potter
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Cristina D'Alessandro
In just a few short weeks, the final chapter in the Harry Potter franchise will hit movie theatres everywhere. Cosmo Music has carried many varieties of Harry Potter sheet music since the very first movie, The Philosopher’s Stone, was released. For you wizard fans who want to keep playing your clarinet, trumpet, flute or saxophone over the summer, we have Potter music for you! And for piano players we have Five Finger, Big Note, Easy Piano and Piano Solo arrangements from all 7 (soon to be 8) Harry Potter films. Hardcore Potter fans may be familiar with the composer Alexandre [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books and was tagged with Clarinets, Flutes, Pianos, Saxophones, Sheet Music, Trumpets
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It's a Ukulele Summer!
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Elliott Chung
Summer is here and what better way to enjoy the outdoors than with your very own ukulele! Small, light, easy-to-learn and always entertaining, the ukulele is very popular among artists such as Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz and most recently, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
With a wide selection of method books, chord charts, CD play-a-longs, and artist anthologies, Cosmo Music has lots to choose from whether you’re a budding player or seasoned pro. AC/DC, Elvis, Paul Simon, and the Beach Boys are just a few of the many artists we feature here in the store. One particularly cool series is [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books, Tom's Guitar Hangar and was tagged with Chord Charts, Play-A-Longs, Sheet Music, Ukuleles
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Instrumental Play-A-Longs
Posted on July 5, 2011 by Victoria Hong
Are you bored playing without any accompanists? If so, why not give yourself the opportunity to enter the fun and challenging world of instrumental play-a-longs?
At Corner Books we carry tonnes of play-a-longs including Disney, Classical, Jazz and Blues, Praise and Worship, and Contemporary Hits. Whether you're a string or wind player our books are designed for all instrumentalists and most importantly are published with different levels of playing ability in mind. Each book provides the "lead" or melody line for you to play with a recorded track of the other parts. Just imagine having a group of musicians accompanying you [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books and was tagged with Play-A-Longs
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Free Bridges Guitar Teaching Workshop
Event took place on June 14, 2011 by Cosmo Music
Frederick Harris Music Co. invites you to a FREE Bridges Guitar Series Workshop!
RSVP to Corner Books on the Main Level today!
Date: Tuesday, June 14
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Location: Cosmopolitan Music Hall
RSVP to Doug Armstrong at 905.770.5222 x 310 or printmusic@cosmomusic.ca
This post was posted in Corner Books, Events, News, Tom's Guitar Hangar and was tagged with Guitar Workshops
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Guitar Manuscript Paper
Posted on May 24, 2011 by Elliott Chung
There are a lot of different elements that one must take into consideration when choosing the right type of guitar manuscript paper. Do you want chord boxes? Tabulature? What about the number of staves? The distance between the lines? Would you like the pages to be hole-punched, bound or perforated…or a combination of each?
Here at Corner Books our guitar manuscript comes in all shapes and sizes. There’s our tried and true Cosmo guitar dictation book, which is ideal for beginning guitar students. We also have a tabulature-only pad that is hole-punched, making it easy to store your music in a [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books and was tagged with Manuscript Paper
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Rekindle your Relationship with your Instrument!
Posted on April 19, 2011 by Lesley Dawe
Spring is in the air, and that means that it’s time to pick up your horn, and try something new! For those of you out there who are looking to get back into playing an instrument, the new series I Used to Play may just be the kick start you need! Available from Carl Fischer Music, the series is an innovative new method developed specifically for adults looking to reacquaint themselves with music, brush up on their skills, and perhaps learn a new thing or two along the way. Available for brass, woodwind, and string instruments, each book contains technical [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books, Virtuoso Band & Orchestra and was tagged with Brass Instruments, Guitar Strings, Sheetmusic, Woodwind Instruments
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Bridges – The Revised RCM Guitar Series
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Elliott Chung
Spring is here and with it comes the arrival of Bridges, the recently revised classical guitar series from the Royal Conservatory of Music. From an aesthetic point of view the new series looks great, with attractive covers for each level, clear and large printing, and better spacing between staves. Inside the books you’ll find that new titles have been introduced (including “The Frog Galliard” by John Dowland and “Cavatina” from The Deer Hunter in level 8). You’ll also notice that contemporary Cuban guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer has been well represented in both the repertoire and studies from grade 6 [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books, Tom's Guitar Hangar and was tagged with Acoustic Guitars, Sheetmusic
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Bye Bye CD Backtracks...Hello USB Key!
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Cristina D'Alessandro
Guitarists, are you tired of sifting through your entire collection of backing track CD’s to find the exact one you feel like playing along to today? Well Hal Leonard has just released a new series of guitar books: Boss eBand Guitar Play-Alongs.
These books have done away with the CD and introduced the USB flash drive instead! Now all of the digital backing tracks are stored on a 1GB flash drive that is compatible with Mac’s and PC’s alike. These digital tracks come in mp3 format which means that you can easily transfer them onto your ipod or even mix and [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books, Tom's Guitar Hangar and was tagged with Play-A-Longs
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Music from the Grammy's at Cosmo Music
Posted on February 22, 2011 by Doug Armstrong
Did you check out the 2011 Grammy’s? What a show! The performances alone were worth finding the T.V channel on February 13th. At 67 Mick Jagger showed us he’s still as spry as a 20 year old on stage and Rihanna, Usher and Canuck Justin Bieber didn’t disappoint their millions of fans either.
At Cosmo Music we love the Grammy’s too and you can find the sheet music for your favourite winners and nominees in our Print Department from Miranda Lambert, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga to Cee Lo Green, Lady Antebellum, Sade and Bruno Mars. For what’s new and hip [...] Read more
This post was posted in Corner Books and was tagged with Grammy Awards, Sheetmusic
