Mike Halliday
Clarinets, Saxophones & Sheet Music
I am a clarinettist, woodwind teacher, arranger, composer and music typesetter based in Worcestershire, UK. Check out my sheet music pages, keep up to date with news and instrument reviews on my blog, or find out about the services I provide.
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Can the BBC really afford to disband the BBC Singers?
As regards the proposed demise of the BBC Singers, I am not one to jump straight on the bandwagon of ‘Oh, how terrible this is’, without actually reading the...
PlayScore 2: Music Software Review
I was recently approached by the makers of PlayScore 2 to write a review of their software; they had seen my review of Dorico and these two programs have the potential to work closely together ...
Dorico: A Good Alternative to Sibelius?
Let’s face it, Sibelius has been the go to music notation program for publishers, teachers, composers and other music professionals for a couple of decades, and there is no doubting the credentials...
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The Flight of the Bumblebee
This arrangement of Rimski-Korsakov's well known miniature requires very capable players with good ensemble skills. Flute 1 carries the melody throughout and Flute 4 needs a player able to produce...
Butterflies
These four solo pieces are aimed at young guitarists at around UK grades 1 – 3 standard. The initial idea for them came from the fact that I needed more material to develop my pupils' ability to...
Flamenco Fun
This piece is for very young beginners who are just starting to control putting fingers down on a fret (and possibly struggling a bit with too-high action!). It just requires first finger on the...
Double Trouble
Once your pupils have mastered the scale of G major on strings 1 – 3, this is a great piece for practising moving up and down the scale. It also reinforces the basic note values of semibreve (whole...
Start in Time
The reason for the title is that the slightly odd (rhythmically) beginning to this piece is designed to make you think very carefully about pace and pulse BEFORE you actually start to play. This is...
Triplet Trouble — Saxophone
A little bit of practice with triplet crotchets is no bad thing. This very rhythmic piece gives a good context within which to play accurate groups of triplet crotchets when they appear just once...
Triplet Trouble — Clarinet
A little bit of practice with triplet crotchets is no bad thing. This very rhythmic piece gives a good context within which to play accurate groups of triplet crotchets when they appear just once...
Triplet Trouble — Flute
A little bit of practice with triplet crotchets is no bad thing. This very rhythmic piece gives a good context within which to play accurate groups of triplet crotchets when they appear just once...
Walkin’ & Wanderin’
A short duet to use as an encore or filler. Play with a jazz feel.
Gary’s Groove — Saxophone
This is a good workout to practise crossing the break and should be played with a jazz feel. Keep the finger movement economical and smooth when moving from C to D.