Variants on a Japanese Folk Song. Par CURNOW JAMES. The beautiful Japanese folk song 'Ancient Castle' is transformed and enhanced through subtle variation in this stunning setting by James Curnow. Curnow, who is so respected by directors of more experienced bands, shows how effective he is at the very easy level as well. Offering ample opportunity to focus your band's attention on intonation and b…

This collection presents 195 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles, for solo Double Bass. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 11 sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms.Each section of the book contains solos, as well as Double Bass duets, and piec…

Sing Pop A Cappella is a collection of a cappella arrangements of fantastic pop songs old and new, by renowned teacher, singer and director Gitika Partington. Her arrangements are used by choirs across the UK, and she emphasises that being able to read music is not necessary. Rewarding and enjoyable, Book Three continues her project to bring people together through the power of song.What's great a…

The Essential Piano Singles collection is a series of collectible classic songs in a Piano and Vocal format and easy-to-play arrangements. John Lennon's Imagine is presented here in this innovative design, with downloadable audio tracks, performance hints and interesting song background notes. This is the best possible way to play and sing this all-time classic tune.All the titles in the Essential…

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. Par . 120 color-coded cards to learn basic musical symbols, all notes from low ledger C to high ledger C, and rhythm patterns in 4/4 and 3/4. Also includes cards that focus on recognition of steps and skips on the staff. / Méthode / Accessoire / Piano

Par POE LARA. Lara Poe's (b. 1993) energetic Divergence (2015-2016) for string quartet was conceived cyclically: the four movements explore drifting in and out of focus between different materials. A light ditty of the second movement diverges to the third movement's overtone derived chords. Duration: c. 25' This product includes a set of parts (violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello) and a s…

Par RASO JASON. Jason Raso's Soloing on Electric Bass: A Chord Tone Approach provides the next step following his first book for Mel Bay Publications, Improvising on Electric Bass. The primary focus of this second book is to help you develop a more melodic approach to solo bass playing. The author suggests avoiding root notes, concentrating instead on chord tones of a 3rd, 5th, and 7th as fertile …

Par . This progressive method, written by Ralph Allwood and Andrew Morris, provides a carefully paced approach to the sight reading requirements of Trinity Singing exams at Grade 3 to Grade 5. For each grade there are ten lessons, each with a clear area of focus, featuring a wide range of classical genres. Stage-appropriate sight reading tips, both general and specific to the voice, are given alo…

Par LEFEVRE / MOUCHA. Written by Guy Lefèvre, Progression is a set of short pieces for Drums on a music composed by Stephane Moucha, for beginners and intermediate players. It is accompanied by a CD featuring 24 titles, to help the player through its execution. The book includes some ; Rhythmiques, short exercises of 8 measures, focus on the rhythms, the written breaks and some progressive pieces …

Par FIDYK STEVE. La méthode moderne de tambour prend l'étudiant mesure par mesure dès le départ avec les concepts de tambours plus fondamentales a présenté et fait preuve d'une manière claire. Les exercices en première année focus significativement à la lecture des valeurs de note et de repos, coordination des mains et des pieds, battements de simple quart note avec des variations et des idées sur…

Reine Frauensache! will be released on occasion of the German Choir Festival in Stuttgart in May 2016. Divided into four sections (Secular, Sacred, Folklore and Popular) the collection covers newer compositions which are part of the repertoire of many women's choirs already as well as ageless beautiful titles from older eras- music spans from Palestrina, Telemann, Gounod, Brahms, Distler and Chami…

Par DUTILLEUX HENRI. Composed between 1973 and 1976, Ainsi La Nuit for a String Quartet is one of the most important works of its genre, by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), a French composer. This score of Ainsi La Nuit is the conductor's score, with the four instruments altogether. The score for each individual instrument can be bought separately. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation for the J…

Restart Clarinet guides returning players through 12 specially selected pieces to bring them successfully back up to speed with the Clarinet at their own enjoyable pace. With additional exercises, tips and theory reminders, lapsed clarinettists will find the learning curve engaging and rewarding yet flexible, with special focus paid to common issues such as tone, voicing techniques and remastering…

While organ music of the 19th century was not highly regarded in Germany a few years ago [with the exception of a few outstanding works], our understanding of it has grown during recent years. In other countries 19th century organ music has retained its place in the repertoire to a far greater extent. This three-volume collection presents playable organ works of high quality for both liturgical an…