Rockschool is about playing the styles of music you enjoy.The specially written tunes develop the key skills, styles and techniques you need so you can play the hits of yesterday, today and tomorrow.The Rockschool packs have standard music notation plus great sounding CDs featuring top musicians. Includes full notation plus click-track and non click-track backing tracks on the CD. Students are enc…

Par . ?Showpieces? provide opportunities for pianists to display their skills and elicit the ?Wow!? response from an audience. The anticipation of acquiring virtuosity is highly motivating for piano students because there is a special thrill in experiencing the sound and feel of playing showpieces, as well as having the admiration of listeners! The music of Ovation, Books 1 and 2 was selected with…

This edition, combining some of the most beautiful piano works by Schubert, contains 14 pieces that will challenge late intermediate to early advanced pianists. Individual performance notes are included for each piece along with other editorial markings and suggestions. To assist in the development of an informed performance, Dr. Baylor has also included a list of recommended reading and listening…

Par SHAIN JON. Award-winning guitarist and folk-blues songwriter Jon Shain shares his personal approach to fingerstyle guitar. Using detailed exercises and his own songs as examples, Shain offers an intimate look at his technique and a glimpse into the influences and thought process that helped develop his style. Excellent instruction for the beginning fingerstyle guitarist, as well as offering ch…

Par BACH. Source of the cello suites composed c. 1720 in Cöthen is the manuscript of Anna Magdalena Bach which, according to certain scholars, is supposed to be in Bach's own hand. The editorial additions to the present volume by Ede Banda, professor at the Academy of Music of Budapest, founding member of the Tátrai String Quartet are based on the editor's experiences as performing artist and teac…

Par KHANAGOV KAREN. This collection of traditional hymns is designed for solo violin, duets, or groups. The arrangements are not difficult but are well-done musically. The pieces are ideal for offertories and for ensembles where rehearsal time is limited. The author encourages the more advanced violinists to add ornamentation where desired. Includes online audio, performed by Karen Khanagov on pia…

Par ERNST. A terrific collection of technical and dynamic studies to aid the development of Violin polyophonics and ornamentation. Ernst was a talented and virtuoso Violinst and a contemporary of Paganini and these studies demonstrate his great ability despite the lack of a distinct artistic personality. This collection udies for Violin also includes a transcription of Franz Schuberts Erlkonig Op.…

Par . This volume from the series Music from Chopin's Land includes three (differing in terms of form and style) works by Polish composers for a piano duo. These compositions, dedicated for students aged 14-16 and amateur pianists, shall help acquaint them with the issues of a piano duo and the charm of four-hand piano playing. Four-hand piano playing poses an exceptional challenge. It develops a …

Par TAILLEFERRE GERMAINE. A cycle of songs from the Les Six composer setting French texts from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. This version for voice and piano from 1930 follows the version for voice and orchestra from 1929. This is regarded as Tailleferre's most feminist work, the poems addressing the difficulties experienced by women, especially marital and affairs of the heart, and per…

Never played guitar before? With this book and CD you'll be playing power chords in no time. You'll learn how to play power chords on open and fretted strings, then move them around the fretboard so you can play in any key. You'll learn the different forms of power chord - from a two-note version to the mega power-chord with up to six notes. Plus, you will play power chords at different octaves an…

Never More Than One Sharp or Flat!. Par . Vous allez adorer jouer les morceaux de la collection 'In Easy Keys' de Hal Leonard ! Chaque recueil comprend plus de 20 chansons écrites avec des arrangments 'faciles' - jamais plus d'un dièse ou d'un bémol à la clé. La mélodie, l'harmonie, les rythmes simples, le doigté et même les paroles sont inclus. Jouer vos chansons préférées n'a jamais été aussi fa…

Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. This composition was never called a Nocturne by Chopin. It was probably written in 1830 when he was 20 years old, for his sister Louise, and was marked simply Lento, con gran espressione. It cannot be said to be in the form of a Nocturne, as Nocturnes are not written in any definite form, but the content justifies the name. It is interesting not only for itself but because it …

Par HERDER. Learning how to play the world's most beautiful classical music has never been easier than with this handsome volume of 97 timeless works for early and intermediate players, which students of all ages will quickly master. If you're just learning the piano or simply adding to your repertoire, this collection belongs in your music library. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Piano

New Schirmer Library edition of these well-known Rachmaninoff pieces for piano solo. Recent additions to Schirmers Library Of Musical Classics include music that previously was never part of this series and music that is being revived after being out of print for many years. / Piano