12 pieces for solo flute, two flutes, flute and piano.For advanced 1st-cycle flutists.One step further is a follow-up to Follow my steps 1 and 2.Composed by Gilles Martin and equally suited for students' concerts or performance assessments, these 12 original pieces for flute solo, 2 flutes, flute and piano are intended for advanced 1st-cycle students.They address various stylistic and technical is…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 l…

Par RAE JAMES. 18 studies written to develop familiarity with the main types of scales and arpeggios in Jazz. More enjoyable than the scales themselves, James Rae has deliberately chosen keys that give a comfortable, user-friendly introduction to the various tonalities. Each section describes a particular type of scale and includes studies based on it. Included are: the major scale, the dorian mod…

Discover the fascinating world of slap bass with this innovative course. With this instructional DVD you'll learn to slide, hammer, pull, slap and otherwise attack the bass strings to create your own unique style in playing cumbia, salsa, cha-cha, and funk rhythms. You'll also learn to play chords in various progressions and much more. To best use this DVD you should already be familiar with the b…

St. Michael. Par BOURGEOIS LOUIS. The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c. 1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms, he made some four-part arrangements, which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later, Bourg…

7 European Salon Pieces. Par POPP WILHELM. In the 19th Century nationalist themes came into fashion. Composers drew on songs and dances from their native lands, working them into paraphrased adaptations, pot pourri arrangements and sets of variations or incorporating folk elements from various cultures in their compositions. Flautist Wilhelm Popp (1828-1902), who wrote music for his instrument at…

Elementary piano lessons focus first on a five-note range, before any finger crossing is introduced. This book of tunes Gib mir 5 (Give me 5) contains 35 easy and progressively arranged original piano pieces in various five-note ranges and keys. The pieces have a broad range of styles, including minuets, folk tunes, sentimental instrumental pieces, pop and rock ballads and pieces in a boogie-woogi…

Rooted in European music history due to his acquaintance with Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz and Schumann, Stephen Heller (1813-1888) is one of the most important representatives of the Romantic character piece. The Budapest-born pianist and piano teacher composed almost exclusively for his instrument. His overall oeuvre comprises more than 150 works, including sonatas, preludes, dances, variations, colle…

This fierce concert piece takes the orchestra on an exciting musical journey. With strong rhythm and melodic themes, each section has the opportunity to perform important lines. Students will be challenged to perform with various emotional styles, including both intense and legato melodies. (2:30) Correlates to Sound Innovations Book 2, Level 2. / Orchestre A Cordes

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. Full Spectrum attempts to capture the beautiful spirit and diversity of Washington, D. C. Varying meter, complex and countering rhythms, percussion instruments of various ethnic origins, and authentic international rhythmic groovcs are all combined by James Hosay to portray the vast diversity of one of the world’s great cities. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / …

A Venetian nobleman, member of various judiciary boards of the Serenissima Repubblica, an intellectual of vast erudite learning, Benedett o Marcello was a prolifi c and eclectic composer. Duets hold a special place in Marcello's output, a musical genre attended by famous composers such as Händel and Steffani. Marcello wrote at least fifty such works, as the many manuscripts kept in libraries acros…

Fassung Iv. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. with the unfinished revision [1739] an an appendix. The St. John Passion ranks among the great vocal works from Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he made numerous changes. All previous editions of the St. John Passion have combined …

A Fun and Comprehensive Overview of Rock Keyboard Playing. Par BOUCHARD JOE / ROMEO SHEILA. The Total Rock Keyboardist will teach you everything you need to know to become a well-rounded player. This book provides warm-ups, practice tips, discussion of various keyboard instruments and their place in music history, left-hand bass lines in a variety of styles, tips for improvising melodies and keybo…

Par TYRONE BROWN. A collection of hip musical compositions by award-winning bassist Tyrone Brown. Compositions for Bass offers 10 pieces in various grooves including Swing, Latin and odd meters. The companion CD has Mr. Brown performing each piece - eight on acoustic bass and two on acoustic bass guitar. The pieces are also playable on electric bass guitar. Some tunes are suitable for solos or due…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. 'New' Chamber Music for Guitar There has recently been an unprecedented demand for difficult works for guitar with various accompanying instruments. To make up for the unfortunately very limited repertoire, this arrangement of Mozart's ‚'duo for violin and viola' has been launched which replaces the viola by the guitar. It is striking that the guitar character of the v…