Par RIDEOUT BONNIE. Inspired by the Celtic circles of ancient Scotland, Bonnie paints a musical picture through time, joining the heavens and earth to the cycles of everyday life. Performed on Scottish fiddle with gold medal piper Eric Rigler on the Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish smallpipes and uilleann pipes. Also accompanied by guitar, Celtic harp, viola da gamba, hammered dulcimer, bass and b…

Par KINNAIRD ALISON. There can be little to replace the one-to-one relationship between teacher and pupil, but this hugely popular introductory tutor to the small harp, first published in 1989, is widely seen as the first and best beginners guide to the instrument, and is often supplied with newly built harps by several of the most renowned instrument makers. The Small Harp Tutor was written by A…

Learn to play mandolin and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the mandolin, its components, picks, how to tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right alo…

François Rabbath was born into a musical family in Aleppo, Syria, in 1931. Self-taught, he discovered the Double Bass at the age of thirteen. After moving with his family to Beirut in 1946, he played in a quartet with his brothers in restaurants and hotels. At the age of twenty-two, with the encouragement of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and pianist José Iturbi, he developed an original approach to the…

Par . To be a great rock and pop musician you need to develop a range of important musical skills — from performing with flair, to improvising and picking up new songs quickly. Trinity College London’s Rock and Pop exams are designedto help you develop these skills and take your musicianship to the next level. This book has been produced to help candidates prepare for the session skills test, an …

Pieces and studies for young violinists (Easy)Fiddle Time Scales 2 imaginatively develops musicianship skills, violin technique, and musical creativity through scales and arpeggios. It's an ideal companion volume to Fiddle Time Sprinters.# major and minor scales and arpeggios, plus dominant 7ths, chromatics, pentatonics, Blues scales, and modes# pieces and studies for each key in a range of styles…