Par KINKEAD JONATHAN. Every guitarist dreams of owning a handmade instrument, but for most, the cost is likely to be prohibitive. The alternative - building your own fine guitar - is not as difficult as you might imagine, given some skill, patience, and the expert guidance of a master luthier. Every step of construction is fully covered, from choice, selection, and preparation of woods, to conside…

Par GOWIK KRYSTYNA. Fives for piano comprises music for beginners ? miniature pieces for five successive notes of a particular scale. However, those notes can be written in different octaves, with the following aims in mind: ? to teach the quick recognition of how notes are written on the stave, ? to teach how to move around the keyboard and to recognise the sounds of the instrument?s registers, ?…

The Faber Graded Rock and Pop Series: Guitar Songbook - Grades 4-5 provides the perfect resource for the budding rock and pop musician. Specially arranged to follow the parameters for Grades 4 and 5 as set out by Trinity for the 'own choice song” option in their Rock and Pop exams, each song also includes handy hints and tips and a fantastic sound-alike backing track suitable for practice, perform…

édité par Frédéric Zigante. Par VILLA-LOBOS HEITOR. The Prélude no 4 is taken from the complete critical edition of the 5 Préludes recently revised by Frédéric Zigante (reference DF 01657800, critical commentary in French, Italian and English). New engravings: practical, easy-to-follow editorial lay-out: no critical notes included. The 5 Préludes are worldwide protected repertoire. / Niveau : Faci…

Par BULLA STEPHEN. Stephen Bullas highly descriptive work was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, which took place between the 19th February and 26th March 1945. Casualties on both the American and Japanese sides were horrendously high before the famous image of the raising of the flag on top of Mount Suribachi signalled the end of one of the most significant and…

Par BLANKEN JOHN. John Blanken composed Intrada & Wilhelmus in 2002. The title speaks for itself. It's an introduction to the national anthem of The Netherlands; Wilhelmus. In this piece the national anthem is heared two times followed by a short postlude. / Niveau : 3 / Musique traditionnelle / Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Following the birth of her first child, violinist Rachel Barton Pine went looking for a collection of lullabies written for violin and piano. After finding nothing in existence, she set about gathering sheet music and recording her own versions with pianist Matthew Hagle. This new collection celebrates the beauty of new life and parenthood with familiar tunes and new discoveries by composers such …

Twenty-two greatest hits of the 80s in easy melody-line arrangements for all electronic keyboards. Ideal for the beginner, each song has chord symbols, lyrics, suggested registration, rhythm and tempo. Easy-to-follow keyboard diagrams are grouped together at the start of each piece and show all left-hand chord voicings used. / Chant Et Guitare

an easy-to-follow DVD that will take you step-by-step through the basics to playing complete songs! In one great DVD you get: Clear demonstrations and jargon-free explanations about: Correct posture and hand positions Basic strumming and rhythm patterns Understanding chord diagrams Playing your first songs / Batterie / Dvd

The volumes of the Ad libitum series contain duos, trios and quartets of easy, medium and advanced levels of difficulty, which are playable with various combinations of instruments. Ad libitum Family Edition volumes are recommended mainly for families or groups of friends where at least two people play an instrument. Each of the pieces included can be performed using flexible instrumentation, whet…

Par HAWES PATRICK. The Nativity is a collection of six carols with brand-new texts by Patrick’s brother. Three of these – The Infant, The Shepherds and The Magi – which are more upbeat in nature, follow the structure of verse and chorus and intersperse themselves with the more reflective poetry of The Manger, The Oxen and The Star, thereby providing a sense of overall momentum and contrast. The …

Par MARTIN FRANK. Having considered writing a Requiem for many years, Martin finally became obsessed with its creation only shortly before his own death. A Calvinist Protestant, he had turned to Roman Catholic texts earlier (as in his Mass of 1922-1924), but was now taken with the Requiem setting, in order to 'accept death, to make peace with it, to view it straight on with all the fears... that i…

Per Violino E Pianoforte. Par CALLIGARIS SERGIO. Sergio Calligaris was born in Rosario (1941), Argentina. He is one of the last musicians to incarnate the traditional 19th century figure of pianist, teacher and composer, inaugurated at the beginning of the 19th century by Muzio Clementi and carriedon after that by a sequence of famous names that the history of music has handed down to us. As a pia…

Par SCHOENBERG ARNOLD. Here the fourths, springing from an entirely different expressive urge, shape themselves into a defi nite horn theme, spread themselves out architectonically over the whole piece, and place their stamp on everything that happens. Thus it turns out that they do not appear here merely as melody or as a purely impressionistic chord effect; their character permeates the total ha…

Kantate Zum 13. Sonntag Nach Trinitatis. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The closing chorale of the cantata is given without text in the autograph. In this edition, the recommendation of the Neuen Bachausgabe (NBA 1/21) is followed./ Répertoire / Solistes SATB, Choeur SATB, Trompette (Da Tirarsi)