The collection is intended for the students of folk departments of music colleges, the educational programme of which includes the discipline Rudiments of Improvisation. Melodies forming this collection have already become the golden hits of world pop music. Therefore it’s most expedient to study necessary basics of improvisation by means of this material already from the first steps of educational programme. The collection will be of great use among music-lovers, willing to work out their own art of improvisation.Vladimir ChirikovContents:B. Howard. FLY ME TO THE MOON H. Warren. I KNOW WHY. From the film “Sun Valley Serenade”B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus. I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DOCh. Chaplin. SMILE. From the film “Modern Tunes”N. Oliviero, R. Ortolani. MOREK. Svoboda. QUEEN OF THE BALLA. C. Jobim. THE GIRL FROM IPANEMAJ. Herman. HELLO, DOLLY! From the musical of the same nameS. Tepper. RED ROSES FOR BLUE LADY