Book 2. Par SMITH RICHARD. Richard Smith 's My Piano, My Body And Me - Book 2 develops the holistic approach to technique, musicianship and interpretation adopted in the first publication. This book is suitable for students at an intermediate level and covers music from different periods. It charts the Piano's development, showing how the larger instruments that emerged at the end of the 19th cent…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. One of Haydn's most famous symphonic movements, this selection will give your students a chance to develop a refined, 'Classic' style of playing. It seems like Haydn included everything in this movement---a delicately beautiful main theme, wild, minor-keyed outbursts, military percussion, and a solo trumpet fanfare. No wonder the London audiences went crazy over it! Arranged…

Svit för Helena för blåskvintett. Par KARLSSON LARS. Lars Karlsson's Suite for Helena (Svit för Helena, 1994) for wind quintet is built on folk tunes from his native Åland Islands. In five movements, it takes a form from classical models (French suite, fuga, scherzo) and also of 'family diary' describing the first steps of a baby boy (David's promenade), the bird sounds at the sea next to beloved …

Par . Develop mastery and control over the viola fingerboard, in all keys. Whether you are playing classical, jazz, fiddle tunes, or other styles, these twenty-first century strategies can significantly improve your technique and musicality, and provide the foundation for improvisation. Play-along audio tracks are included for accompaniment, as you begin to explore this previously uncharted but es…

Hob XVI:48. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Separate edition for practical use: Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:48 opens the series of Haydn's late 'classical' piano sonatas which were to leave their marks even in Beethoven's works. The first movement testifies to a highly developed cantabile art of variation, while the second radiates Haydn's typical humour./ Répertoire / Piano

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection wa…

Orchester-Suite. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. J. S. Bach ’s Four Orchestral Suites belong to that select group of works one could truly call classical hits! They stem from Bach ’s extremely productive time in Cöthen which ended in 1721. Unfortunately the only sources that have come down to us are copyist parts from Leipzig. These originally formed the basis for the critical complete edition volume w…

Three Jazz Settings. Par RICKER RAMON. This suite was inspired most notably by the saxophone quartets of Phil Woods and was written in a conscious attempt to wed certain stylistic elements of classical and jazz music. The players are not asked to improvise, but the piece does featuresections that sound spontaneous and freely created. The piece is difficult, but no more so than other quartets, like…

Par CAMPOGRANDE NICOLA. The score is inspired by the urban gardens that are becoming a new, exciting presence in our cities. In such a setting I imagined the piano as an urban memory and the string trio as a green, vegetal presence that surrounds it. Doing that, I created in my mind three special places to develop the different movements of the score. The first is indeed ideally On a Concert Hall …

Par COBHAM BILLY. When he burst onto the international stage in 1971 with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham had already recorded with Miles Davis and dozens of others. But it was his otherwordly playing with Mahavishnu that redefined what was possible on the drum set. Cobham's first solo album, 1973's Spectrum, became a number one hit, spawned three future jazz standards, and cemented his pla…

Alfred's Kid's Piano Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the piano right away. This complete edition combines levels 1 and 2 with the activity pages of the Notespeller, and includes online access to recordings of each song and exercise so you always know how the music should sound. Each lesson on every colorful page is explained in plain language that's easy to understand- plu…

Get yourself — or your beginning jazz combo — sounding good right away with the first fake book ever designed for the beginning improviser.This book contains: Easy, but classic jazz tunes to give thestudent a good start in learning the jazz repertoire. Sample Piano voicings, Guitar chord diagrams, sample Bass lines and useful scales for improvisation included with each tune, for easy referen…

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection wa…

Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition, the Pro Vocal series is for you! The book contains the lyrics, melody, and chord symbols for eight classic songs. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo! Perfect for home rehearsal,…

This matching songbook to the first album of this double-album masterpiece. Includes 17 classic hits: Back in the U.S.S.R. - Blackbird - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - Dear Prudence - Happiness Is a Warm Gun - I'm So Tired - Martha My Dear - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Rocky Raccoon - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Why Don't We Do It in the Road - Wild Honey Pie - more. / Guitare