More than just a handy reference book, this book and CD set provides a complete guide to reading tablature for the beginner guitarist. Tablature offers an intuitive and coherent way of using printed music on the guitar without having to learn to read traditional notation - rather than seeing only the notes to be played, tablature guides your fingers to exactly the right frets and strings! This com…

Your guitar becomes the ultimate jazz solo instrument when you master the techniques and concepts in this book. Picking up where the harmony lessons in Intermediate Jazz Guitar leave off, topics include melody and harmony integration, bass line development, chord enhancement, quartal harmonies, and how to arrange a guitar solo. Learn to simultaneously play the harmony, melody, rhythm, and bass par…

Irish Folk Songs is a collection of 20 arrangements for 1 or 2 voices and piano, of traditional tunes. Put together by the highly regarded singer and arranger Philip Lawson, the volume contains well-known songs such as The Star of the County Down and Danny Boy, as well as many lesser known pieces.The volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes performed by Philip and Sophie Lawson.…

Anthem. Par PURCELL HENRY. The Anthem, in the post-Reformation church music of England was initially the term given to a choral work with an English biblical text. By the end of the 17th century it begins to take on Italian stylistic elements and becomes a cantata for solo voices, choir and orchestra. The anthem 'O sing unto the Lord' presented here, based on words of the 96th Psalm, is a particul…

Par CLEMENTS JIM. Arrangement of the traditional Basque Christmas carol for 8 part choir. Text by Sabine Baring-Gould. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes

Since Brahms' 'Guten Abend, gut Nacht', lullabies have been a popular element in many a concert progamme. Heinrich Poos set to music three traditional lullabies for women's choir which are perfect for evening concerts or serenades at events on a smaller scale. / Choer SSAA

16 Most beautiful Jazz Songs. Par GERLITZ CARSTEN (Arr.). In the latest volume of the Schott Piano Lounge series, Carsten Gerlitz presents the most popular jazz standards and bridges the gap between traditional and modern classics of jazz music, adding the one special note or other and improvisation to the famous melodies - all in the unmistakable Piano Lounge style. / Niveau : Facile - Intermédia…

Not to be confused with the same titled piece from the Nutcracker Suite, this tenor sax feature from Duke's later years has an open almost 'world music' groove that transitions to straight ahead swing. Contrasting traditional harmonic sections with vamp like textures, odd phrase lengths and his usual colorful orchestration, makes this one of Duke's great compositions. / Ensemble De Jazz

Par WENNAKOSKI LOTTA. Lotta Wennäkoski tells about her 10 minute long work Päärme (Hem) for piano trio: 'We often speak in music of crafting in a figurative sense, and craftsmanship is, for the composer particularly, a traditional professional virtue. I personally have from time to time nevertheless been interested in the concrete images aroused by handicrafts, the way fabrics feel, and sewing. Th…

Director Stageright and Music Director Highnote are busy leading the final rehearsals for the annual Christmas pageant and holding a few last-minute auditions. Will they be able to find just the right trio to play the three wise men? Will Harold and the Angel Choir make their entrances on time? Appropriate for both schools and churches, the score of this simple-to-stage production features traditi…

'Sista? visits the grief of an African family losing a beloved child, as well as the deep connection to the spirit world of the ancestors, which makes it possible for family and friends to carry on after her death. Polyphonic layers of song in the finale reflect the polyrhythmic nature of the traditional Ghanaian music which helped inspire this piece / Choeur D'Enfants

Director Stageright and Music Director Highnote are busy leading the final rehearsals for the annual Christmas pageant and holding a few last-minute auditions. Will they be able to find just the right trio to play the three wise men? Will Harold and the Angel Choir make their entrances on time? Appropriate for both schools and churches, the score of this simple-to-stage production features traditi…

Traditional fiddle music from around the world. Par . Le répertoire complet de musique traditionnelle pour violon est maintenant à votre portée ! Avec ce grand choix de recueils vous pourrez recréer l'ambiance de votre propre 'ceilidh', des danses folkloriques, du club de jazz, des cafés concerts comme à Sarajevo. Certains de ces morceaux de musiques sont connus, d'autres sont plus exotiques, mais…

Par GRANGER ADAM. This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles ar…