In their travels, the King's Singers have amassed a wonderful collection of songs from countries around the world that they regularly visit. Featured on their album, Postcards, here are several of their favorites. Bon voyage! Includes: Arirang (Korea), Pokarekare Ana (New Zealand), The Oak and the Ash (England), Botany Bay (Australia), Es dunkelt schon in der Heide (Germany), O My Love Is Like a R…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…

Dave explains his approach to jazz improvisation with musical examples that he himself uses, learned from years of playing with the greats - after learning how to play jazz from listening to players such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. Explains the minor sub approach using minor scales to play over dominant seventh chords, and then includes several solos over often-played jazz stan…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. 'Rodrigo” was premiered in autumn 1707 in Florence and is therefore one of Handel's early stage works. The composer, only 22 years old, wrote a densely-woven musical scenario for his first opera composed in Italy . It masterfully portrays the dramatic states of mind of the protagonists surrounding the Iberian tyrant Rodrigo and the plot full of deception, betrayal , a…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Maurice Ravel's Sonatine for Piano Solo, composed in 1905, has a classical form in the style of Haydn, blended with modern harmonisation. It is very different from the impressionist style of Debussy and is characterised by a delightful spontaneity. The first movement has a feeling of nostalgic freshness, bright and clear. The second movement harks to late 18th-century elegance a…

Arrangeur: Mike Cornick. Par DIVERS AUTEURS (ARR.MIKE CORNICK). 'How to make friends at the keyboard” might be the series title for Mike Cornick's albums for 5 or 6 hands at one piano! In this latest volume, '4 Afro-Caribbean Pieces for 6 hands”, Mike offers three traditional pieces, 'Jamaica Farewell”, 'Mary Anne” and 'Yellow Bird”, plus a piece of his own which perfectly captures the stylistic…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German “Musikverein Braunshausen” on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on September 17, 1999, is not a street march but a concert march, just like Mercury and Arsenal. The use and variation of different rhythmic patterns gives the first part of this march …

Par GOODIN JIM. Whether guitarists are new to open-tunings or already working with them, fingerstyle specialist Jim Goodin offers a progressive look at the popular D-based harp-like tuning. Classical, Celtic, blues, folk, gospel and several original compositions are represented in the 15 notation/tablature arrangements each arranged proportionately to offer beginning, intermediate and advanced fin…

Par BEATLES THE. The singles of The Beatles took the blueprint set by Elvis, Little Richard and the original rock n' rollers and used it to create a sensation that is still as strong and vital as ever. Their 7' records flew up the charts, often occupying several places in the top ten simultaneously! Now highly sought-after collectors' items, The Beatles singles are a document to their ever-changin…

Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE. There are several piano works by Debussy that lend themselves admirably to transcription. The timbre of the guitar is sympathetic to the delicacy of expression, and to many subtle graduations of dynamics and tone colour which are so compellingly effective in these works. Julian Bream transcribed two of the most popular from Book I of the Preludes - La fille aux cheveux de lin (…

Marienantiphon. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The new edition is based on the autograph which was presumed to have been missing since the second world war but which was rediscovered in 1964. It is the basis for the present new critical edition by Christine Martin. In contrast to previous sources, several matters concerning articulation have been corrected. / Hymnes et chorals / Répertoire / Solo S…

This little mouse is small, friendly and very intelligent. She loves music and plays several intruments. In this book, the mouse will help you learn the basic rules of music theory.

Par PART ARVO. 'Pari intervallo' was composed in 1976 on the occasion of the death of a friend and is dedicated to his memory. The basic musical material consists of two parts which move exactly parallel to each other, so that the interval between them is always the same- hence the title. 'Pari intervallo' is reminiscent of a chorale prelude which might be prefaced with the lines from Romans 14/8:…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Lunteren, a village on the Veluwe (a wooded region in the Netherlands), sets the scene annually for a village festival dominated by folklore. Festa Paesana (Italian for village festival) is set to music by several folkloric sketches. The theme in Festa Paesana is partly based on a Dutch anthem (Wien Neerlands bloed); when other lyrics are used it is also known as the Lunteren an…

Par COLES PAUL. This selection of thirty traditional Christmas Carols for classical guitar includes some of the most beautiful carols from several countries, most of which are well known. There are also ten new compositions which, although they have no lyrics, are intended to create a festive flavour to complement the popular songs. Written generally for the early to intermediate-level player to…