Par HIGGINS ANDREW. Tracing the steps taken by the author on his musical journey, So You Want To Learn To Improvise' Offers teachers and students a step-by-step guide to acquiring the skills needed to improvise at the piano. The book is deliberately stylistically non-specific, working from the premise that once the basics are secured, choices about style can be personal issues. The content from S…

Christian Köhn is a pianist with a deep understanding of Brahms' piano music. Now he has edited a new Urtext edition of Brahms' variations (1861) on an eight-bar theme from Handel's 'Keyboard Suite #1? ('Suite de pièces de Clavecin?, Vol. 2).Köhn has drawn on every available source and incorporated the most recent musicological discoveries. With his fingering, a well-presented layout and optimum p…

Irish Folk Tunes for Ukulele presents a collection of 36 pieces for solo fingerstyle ukulele playing. Drawn from the rich tradition of Irish folk music the collection covers a range of styles including some popular, as well as lesser known pieces. Experienced ukulele player and teacher Colin Tribe along with musicologist Andrew Robinson provide notes on all of the pieces, as well as technical aspe…

Par PAYNE JIM. This is the most complete presentation of today's popular funk drumming style available. This book takes you from the very roots of rock and rhythm`n'blues drumming to the highly complex, multidirectional funk styles of today. He also details certain subtleties heretofore only a seasoned veteran would understand. While most drum instruction book concentrate on developing technique, …

Version With CD. These books each bring together, for the first time, nine pieces from ABRSM's Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces have been carefully selected to provide an attractive and varied range of music to perform in exams, concerts or anywhere else! Covering a broad range of styles, these books are an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The books also contain helpful…

Passionsoratorium. Par LOEWE CARL. Carl Loewe, who today is known only for his Ballades, left behind an extensive musical opus especially created to meet the rapidly growing needs of the emerging middle class during the Biedermeier period [including 15 oratorios]. In the oratorio Das Sühnopfer des neuen Bundes [The Expiatory Sacrifice of the New Covenant], composed during the middle of the 19th ce…

Par BEDNALL DAVID. Composed for Matthew Redman and Colston's Girls' School Chamber Choir, this is a gentle and expressive setting of Salvator Mundi, ideal for upper-voice church choirs and cathedral choirs. The text is particularly associated with lent and its implorations for mercy lend it a solemn and penitential atmosphere. The dark key of Bb minor reflects this mood, and the long-drawn, expres…

These books each bring together, for the first time, nine pieces from ABRSM's Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces have been carefully selected to provide an attractive and varied range of music to perform in exams, concerts or anywhere else! Covering a broad range of styles, these books are an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The books also contain helpful footnotes and, f…

Par SMALLEY ROGER. The material of this work is drawn from the sixth of William Blitheman's varients on the plainsong Gloria Tibi Trinitas, which is to be found in the Mulliner Book. This piece appears in its original form at the beginning of the score./ Répertoire / Voix Mixtes

Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Piano presents a collection of beautiful pieces arranged for solo piano drawn from the rich tradition of Argentinean music. Highly regarded performer, author and teacher Julian Rowlands provides notes on all of the pieces, explaining their background and history. The volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes. German and French translations of …

Examination Pieces. Par . The Edition Peters Grade 8 Piano Anthology has long been a popular resource for anyone approaching this important milestone examination. In September 2022 Edition Peters will release a new Grade 8 Anthology to support the new (2023/2024) Syllabus and, for the first time, will issue new anthologies to support pianists studying at or preparing for Grades 5, 6 and 7. Also ne…

Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman a…

32 Traditional Pieces. Par . Scottish Folk Tunes presents a collection of beautiful pieces for solo piano drawn from the rich tradition of Scottish folk music. Experienced author and arranger Barrie Carson-Turner provides notes on all of the pieces, explaining their background and history. The volume is accompanied by a recording of all tunes for download. German and French translations of all tex…

Hallelujah Ukulele: 19 Of The Best And Most Beloved Hymns and Spirituals is a truly special collection of gospel favorites drawn from the traditions of many faiths and cultures.Hallelujah Ukulele: 19 Of The Best And Most Beloved Hymns and Spirituals brings a delightful mix of treasured worship songs - songs of praise and petition, hymns of joy and thanksgiving, spirituals that have given strength …

The musical appeal of the Blues, as they began to be heard in the early twentieth century, was so infectious that musicians with open minds and ears were drawn to it as soon as they heard it. And that appeal crossed the racial and ethnic divides that characterized American society. So it was, that even before African American guitarists were recorded playing fingerstyle blues guitar, their white n…