Practising scales and arpeggios can seem like to be a compulsory exercise, if this is the case, then Groove Connection, is the answer for you.This tried and tested concept features exciting musical workouts for players of all levels. Start your lessons and practice by brushing aside monotony and getting into the Groove! This approach is rooted in the principles of music education. Composer Klaus D…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over nearly fifty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19…

Par HARRIS PAUL. Firmly rooted in Paul Harris' Simultaneous Learning approach, this new edition of Improve your sight-singing! Grades 1-3 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-singing. Step by step, you will build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through over 150 rhythmic, melodic and technical exercises, then by studying prepared pieces and making c…

Par MATHEOS CHRIS. This method book explains how percussive slap bass works with the drums, and how playing percussively will make you 'lock' tighter with the drummer. Included are sections on building a percussive groove, pop control, moving patterns, individual string control, slap without pops, slapping with tensions, double pops, slapping with dyads, triplets, Flamenco thumb technique, odd met…

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. A powerful new work for beginning band! The words “exciting” and “accessible” don’t always go together in the band literature field, but Timothy Johnson’s new composition honoring Zebulon Pike’s historic exploration brings these words together with masterful style. Your young band students will love playing this forceful and mysterious music. Don’t forget the cross-curricular …

1722 And 1725 (Urtext - Paperback). Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. This edition follows the widely popular selection of pieces (often simply known as 'the” Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) including all items except the technically more challenging French Suites and Partitas, which Bach later reworked and published separately. However, our new publication for the first time incorporates also the rele…

Game Over pour trompette (ou pour cornet ou bugle) et accompagnement de piano est une composition de caractère vif et enjoué. La partie solo présente une étendue relativement limitée d'une octave et demie. C'est pourquoi Game Over est une pièce particulièrement adaptée aux jeunes élèves, à jouer en audition ou comme répertoire d'examen. Son effet est encore rehaussé par un accompagnement de piano …

Par KAPUSTIN NIKOLAI. This short duet by contemporary Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin has a driving syncopated rhythm and edgy harmonic palette. Kapustin makes good use of both the cello?s rich sonority and its more hard-edged character to underpin the flute?s almost incessant virtuosic outpourings. There is tense rhythmic interplay between the instruments, making it a hugely enjoyable piece for…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Whilst making no claims to be stylistically authentic, this little piece aims to capture the infectious spirit of mariachi, a word whose origins are lost in the mists of time, but which describes not only the performers (on guitars, vihuelas, violins, trumpets and harp) but also the music itself. Their music speaks of love, passion, politics, life in the country and revolutionar…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Flute Concerto in G major K. 313 (285c) Flute Concerto in D major K. 314 (285d) Andante C major in K. 315 (285e) Mozart exhibited a special affinity with the woodwind family, writing prolifically for the instruments throughout his lifetime. This Urtext edition is based upon original manuscripts making it the ideal choice for both academic study and informed concert per…

The most useful book each contains 26 fairly simple scales, each presented as an exercise with a second part to be played by the teacher, or the CD. The book introduces other aspects such as tonality, harmony and how scales are constructed to give the beginner an all round knowledge of how music is constructed. The three speed CD that is included with both these volumes contains the second part at…