The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio is available online for download or streaming, and it i…

This book teams up Grammy winner Lennie Niehaus with the great jazz saxphonist and educator Greg Fishman for a set of exciting jazz solos written for the intermediate sax player. These 14 jazz solos were written to be played with Jamey's popular Volume 54, Maiden Voyage play-a-long and, since they are by Lennie, you know they swing and are fun to play. To make it even better, we've included a play…

Par BULLA STEPHEN. What can be more charming than a comely Irish folk melody? This is music that allows the band to play in the rubato style, with much room for expression. Found in an old British publication and simply called “Irish Air, ” this endearing arrangement is a rhapsodic treatment that takes fragments of the melody and develops them into a large symphonic work. The freedom of tempi allo…

24 transcriptions note par note couvrant la carrière de Vai, y compris : The Attitude Song · The Audience Is Listening · Bad Horsie · Big Trouble · Building the Church · The Crying Machine · Die to Live · Eugene's Trick Bag · For the Love of God · Tempête de gravité · Main sur le c?ur · Duel coupant la tête · J'adorerais · Jibboom · Jus · K'm-Pee-Du-Wee · Pieds de lotus · Now We Run · L'histoire d…

Par GASSI VINCE. 'Bandwidth,' according to Webster's Dictionary, is the maximum data transfer rate of an electronic communications system. In Bandwidth by Vince Gassi, waves of sound and rhythmic energy (1.21 gigawatts to be exact) are transferred to you and your audiences. Right from the first measure this piece will power on and power you up. Syncopated figures contrast with legato lines while t…

(The Four Seasons). Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands, with Handel and J. S. Bach, as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sacred and secular, he was without doubt, the most prolific composer of his age. In addition to hundreds of vocal works, including forty-nine operas, he composed …

Par SWEENEY MICHAEL. Based on traditional tunes dating back hundreds of years, Michael\'s masterful rhapsodic setting utilizes a wide variety of styles and moods. Taking the listener on a dramatic and emotional journey, the featured melodies include: Return from Fingal, Lord Mayo, The Yellow Bittern, Captain O\'Kane, Song of the Chanter, and Behind the Bush in the Garden. Dur: 6:35 / Date parution…

Par SCOTT ANDY. A major new work for solo harp in six movements by Andy Scott. Commissioned by and composed for Sioned Williams. The world premiere of Jukebox was given by Sioned Williams at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London in October 2014. The 1950’s were the heyday of the vinyl record jukebox, and this 14-minute work for solo harp mirrors the concept of a jukebox playing short ‘singles…

The composer Patrick Burgan and the giant of French music Henri Dutilleux formed real elective affinities with each other. Dutilleux never missed an oppor­tunity to mention the high esteem in which he held the younger musician's work. Dedicated to the memory of Henri Dutilleux, Songe À La Douceur takes its title from the 2nd verse of 'L'Invitation au Voyage', from the 'Fleurs du mal' by Baudelaire…

I See Fire is Ed Sheeran 's contribution to the soundtrack to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - the second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit , by J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed Sheeran worked closely with, director of the Hobbit films, Peter Jackson to create this peaceful, but powerful, piece specifically for the film. Listen to I See Fire here: The video shows …

The Sonata is one of Erkin's works which the casual listener may fail to attribute to a particular geography at a first hearing. He will however become absorbed by a unique sense of identity, surprising harmonies and rhythms which integrate with such sincerity and authenticity in the flow of the music. At a more attentive hearing, one can discover features of ancient Anatolian music which Erkin al…

The Complete Piano Etudes is the first ever publication of all 20 of renowned composer Philip Glass's beautifully simple pieces for solo Piano.With their deft rhythmic and dynamic changes, exciting harmonies and moving melodies, the Etudes are a joy to hear and play. Glass has composed 20 pieces that are at once relaxing and musically captivating, making this collection ideal for a committed fan a…

Playing on the Changes features 13 jazz etudes through the various chord qualities found in standards and jazz tunes in all 12 keys. Areas covered include major 7th chords, minor 7th chords, dominant 7th chords (Mixolydian, altered dominant, and half-whole diminished), minor ii (flat-5) chords, tritone substitutions, and a variety of progressions using all of the above. Bob Mintzer has written out…

Depicting stunning points of interest, the history, and the geology from southern Orange County, California, this piece takes the listener on a musical tour of three of the composer's favorite places. Students and audiences will enjoy the strong, confident themes, and lush colorful writing in this original work. (3:10) / Orchestre