The Balkans - where Europe meets Asia...All the cultural diversity of the Balkans is reflected in its varied and colourful music. Hidan Mamudov's selection of pieces from the region, in arrangements for ensemble and separate play-along editions for solo instruments, will provide new experiences for middle-grade players and beyond?The pieces are selected from Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Mac…

Ballad from Fantasy Pieces for Piano Op. 36. Par BACKER-GRONDAHL AGATHE. Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s ‘Ballade’ can best be described as a Romantic character piece. Such one-movement piano pieces with titles that loosely indicate a mood/idea made out a central genre in the 19th century. In Backer Grøndahl’s production, several of these are grouped under the term ‘fantasy pieces’. There are six collect…

Guitar Theory For Dummies goes beyond Guitar basics, presenting information on how music works and gets applied to the Guitar fretboard. It provides the guidance you need to play songs and improve your improvisational and compositional skills. Plus, access to audio tracks and video instruction online help you master the concepts and techniques covered in the book.If you already have a handle on th…

14 popular works for Clarinet with Piano accompaniment featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Includes pull-out part, and performance notes by Emma Johnson. / Clarinette Et Piano

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Prelude and Fugue in C major from The Well-tempered Clavier includes the printed score, a written masterclass from international concert pianist Daniel Grimwood, in which he considers how to approach the playing of baroque harpsichord music on the piano, a biography of the composer and a short history of the music – all illustrated in full colour. more than the score… i…

Par LETHCO AMANDA VICK / MANUS MORTON / PALMER WILLARD. More than 3-million adult students have learned to play the piano using this well-sequenced course. Perfect for beginners who prefer a chord approach, students learn how to play chords in either hand in order to move beyond simply playing single note melodies. The accompanying DVD includes an introduction to all the pages in the book and perf…

The easiest way to learn new scales! This companion to the best-selling Absolute Beginners tutor series goes beyond just listing scale shapes, it shows you how they are formed, and how to use scales in solos and when playing lead guitar. / Guitare

Third and Fifth Position. Par . Introducing the Positions, a series widely used in classroom and private studio, represents a critical next step for string students. Position playing allows players to extend range beyond the basics and move into the ranks of intermediate and advanced ensemble groups. The most important positions vary for each instrument, and Whistler wisely introduces the most-use…

Chiemsee-Messe. Par HAYDN JOHANN MICHAEL. Among Haydn’s over thirty settings of the Latin Ordinary, the Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursula occupies an outstanding position, which, according to the autograph, was completed on 5 August 1793. This Mass has been referred to as the most “Mozartian” of all his masses. With its song-like melodic character, the unity of the motivic material and the harmonius…

This Italian edition of the world-renowned John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course is designed to present the easiest possible approach to Piano playing, complete with an amusing family of characters and illustrations to help emphasise the information being taught. This is book one, and it comes with an accompanying CD.Part one is devoted to developing fluency in reading by note, the biggest hurdle f…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. June from The Seasons includes the printed score, a written masterclass from international concert pianist Daniel Grimwood, in which he describes how to approach the barcarolle style of this Romantic Russian piano music, a biography of the composer and a short history of the music ? all illustrated in full colour. more than the score? is a series of classic piano musi…

65 studi e brani dal repertorio classico per lo sviluppo della tecnica e dell’interpretazione. Par . The Guitarclass is a two-volume anthology in which the selected material is organised into thematic areas that use a group of studies and compositions ordered by difficulty for each technique or obstacle to be addressed. The complete work features over 120 pieces ranging from Renaissance to contemp…

Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. Buxtehude took the melody and words from the evening hymn Christ, der du bist der helle Tag. The words are embellished with coloratures and a change of meter enhances the work’s charme. This composition goes beyond the bounds of a straightforward chorale cantata through its use of concertante elements, which also applies the voice parts. The title of this work, on a copy ma…

Par CURNOW JAMES. FLASHPOINT makes your young musicians sound beyond their years. The rhythmic ostinato at first gives listeners the impression of a complex meter, while what the young musicians are reading is actually easy to understand. The relentless energy of FLASHPOINT once again proves that James Curnow composes exciting concert fare for EVERY ability level. The eight measures leading up to …

Speed Mechanics for Drums is the ultimate technique book for today's faster playing styles - a roadmap to mastering the many facets of playing the drumset. This book then goes beyond technique to help you tap your inner creativity and discover your own original style. The book includes access to video online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book. / Batterie