Par MILNE A.FORBES. Proceeding from the basis of simple, chromatically inflected tunes mastered in Book 1, An Introduction to Sight-Singing Book 2 extends the student's technique to encompass the performance of extensive, modulating melodies. There is further work on minor keys and chromatic notes, and stress is laid on the value of learning to sing by interval as well as by sense of key in order …

Par VERSTRAETEN BART. Bart Verstraeten (Belgium - o1981) started his musical education at the Music Academy of Sint-Niklaas. He obtained his Master's Degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, where he took lessons in harmony, counterpoint and fugue with Peter Thomas, in 2004 and in 2007 his Master's Degree in Composition where he was tutored by Luc Van Hove and Wim Henderickx. He graduated a M…

Liederzeit' is a collection of songs from all around the world which are suitable for making music in any season and at any time of the day - whether together with friends, at parties and celebrations or just in private for your own relaxation and entertainment. The selected folk songs and gospels shall motivate you to make music in your spare time: by means of easy arrangements, play-along CD and…

Par DIXON KYLE / STEIN MICHAEL / O'LOUGHLIN SEAN (Arr.. The popular TV series Stranger Things has reminded us of some of the great songs from the 1980s! With songs supporting key moments in the storyline, here is an emotion-packed medley of classic rock hits along with the iconic theme. Includes: Stranger Things Main Theme, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Master of Puppets, Separate Ways (Worlds Apa…

Par YAGLING VICTORIA. Victoria Yagling's Suite for Cello and String Orchestra (1967) is one of her first successes as a composer. The movement layout of the Suite is fast-slow-fast-slow. The first movement, Toccata, is a perpetual motion with a brisk tempo of 100 per dotted half. The Aria is reminiscent of Rachmaninov's Vocalise melody and Prokofiev's tonal language. This movement is the centerpie…

Learn the most common scales and modes used on the major diatonic Harmonica. The intention behind these extensive exercises is to develop agility and speed on the instrument. Single-note patterns are introduced without bends. After mastering these exercises the lesson then progresses to patterns with bends. If you want to optimise your performance on the Harmonica, this is a must-have addition to …

Edward Fairlie's Storm and Urge is a significant work for wind band and portrays a journey of emotional turbulence. The title comes from the German 'Sturm und Drang,? a literary and musical movement of the late 1700s which focused on extremes of emotion. Opening with a simple and reflective theme, we are then taken through a range of emotional settings from uncertainty to resistance, and then calm…

Fantasy Suite. Par HOSAY JAMES L.. This challenging and uniquely rewarding composition will be of special interest to the director who seeks “something different”. The pre-Columbian Mayan civilization is in many ways a great mystery to modern scholars. Their amazingly advanced mastery of mathematics, geometry and astronomy was remarkable indeed. But one of the most interesting aspects of ancient M…

Par WOLF HUGO. This volume contains two of the composer's most celebrated song collections. The Spanisches Liederbuch of 44 songs, largely religious or erotic. The Italienishces Liederbuch comprises 46 songs, full of masterly invention. Reproduced from an authoritative C.F.Peters edition, these songs include many acknowledged masterpieces. Peters edition. With separate English translations of th…

New Authentic Edition with Accompaniment and Performance Tracks. Par ARBAN JEAN-BAPTISTE. The New Authentic Edition of Arban’s Complete Conservatory Method contains the same tried and true comprehensive system of study that Arban developed over a century ago, and this completely re-engraved edition has been painstakingly edited by prominent trumpet performers and teachers. In re-editing the method…

Par SCHONFELDER M.. In this edition Moni Schönfelder combines elements of pop music (rhythm, phrasing, improvisation and groove) with the particularly light timbre of the recorder ensemble. Her arrangements are rhythmically clear, structurally coherent and easy to master. In this way recorder players can focus on rhythmical precision, phrasing and the collective “groove”. The edition includes arra…

Excerpts from Movement 4. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Developing an intimate understanding of the world’s greatest musical accomplishments is an important part of a music education. Every musician should have the joy of playing the music of Mozart, and the G-minor Symphony (Number 40) is one of Mozart’s signature works, and one of the greatest musical achievements of all time. Stephen Bulla has c…

Excerpts from Movement 4. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Developing an intimate understanding of the world’s greatest musical accomplishments is an important part of a music education. Every musician should have the joy of playing the music of Mozart, and the G-minor Symphony (Number 40) is one of Mozart’s signature works, and one of the greatest musical achievements of all time. Stephen Bulla has c…