A mysterious pizzicato pulse sets the tone in this sly scherzo while shadowy melodies evoke the wood elves. Dynamics ebb and flow throughout before the piece builds to its conclusion. With a technical focus on two-note slurs and G string notes, this piece provides some exciting technical challenges for young players, but students and orchestras will be drawn to the dramatic style and mischievous m…

The series ORGAN PLUS ONE contains pieces which are freely-composed or based on hymn tunes, both original works as well as arrangements. The editions include solo parts in C, Bb, Eb and F, which can be played by violin, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet and horn in F. The range of the solo instrument parts is in the middle register, making this series particularly appealing to non-professional church…

In this exciting new video/audio/book combo, Mark Michell, bassist for the progressive-rock band Scale the Summit, breaks down the techniques that make him one of the most skilled bassists on the prog-rock scene.Topics include:Utilizing the full fretboardAnalyzing chordsVoicing chords on BassMixing fretted notes and harmonicsMixing chords and tappingExploring Bass line optionsAnd more!By demonstra…

This lovingly-constructed folio, introduced by music journalist Peter Doggett, presents all the songs from Bob Dylan's Grammy Award-winning album, carefully arranged with melody line, full lyrics, Guitar chords and strumming or picking patterns for each song.Alongside the music you will find beautiful imagery and an introduction offering fascinating insight into Dylan's playing style. / Guitare

A compilation of the best-loved classical tunes of Russian composers, from Borodin to Prokofiev, arranged for two flutes. Wonderfully romantic: These arrangements of world-famous orchestra tunes for two flutes will be loved by young and older players alike. The melodies of Russian master composers are sure to inspire a dance of the fingers. Many people grow up with melodies from ballets such as T…

Looking to add variety to your fingerstyle guitar repertoire? If so, this collection is for you! Master classical guitarist Ben Pila has expertly arranged and recorded 15 memorable and fun-to-play songs that will broaden your horizons and your playbook! Songs include: Africa · Can't Help Falling in Love · Hotel California · Livin' on a Prayer · Perfect · The Sound of Silence · Stand by Me · This I…

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. If you seek truly dramatic music, look to opera. Opera has been enormously influential on Classical, Popular, and Film and Television music over the years. James L. Hosay’s new intermediate level piece, OPERATICA, incorporates the important elements of Opera and Classical music to bring exhilarating drama to the concert band stage. Style and technical considerations make this a…

Par ADOLFO ANTONIO. Phrasing is the way the elements of music (melody, harmony and rhythm) are interpreted by different cultures (or different musicians, including vocalists). In Phrasing In Brazilian Music, Antonio Adolfo demonstrates through written and recorded musical examples on the piano, how the different elements of music play an important role when musicians are performing Brazilian Music…

10 songs carefully selected and arranged for first-year instrumentalists. Even novices will sound great! Audio demonstration tracks featuring real instruments are available via download to help you hear how the song should sound. Once you've mastered the notes, download the backing tracks to play along with the band! Songs include: Angels We Have Heard on High · Christ Was Born on Christmas Day · …

Designed for Mandolin players who want to improve their technique quickly, Doc Rossi's ASAP Irish Mandolin contains a series of tunes that will help you to master the style whilst expanding your repertoire.Starting with the basics of ornamentation in traditional Irish music, Rossi then goes directly into the tunes, in tablature and standard notation. Right-hand and left-hand techniques, ornamentat…

Volume Two of Fifty Years Of Hits, another collection of 100 songs from the past half-century, arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar. Featuring some of the greatest songs spanning decades, genres and entire musical eras, this massive collection will be a mainstay on any musician's music stand.Featuring many of The Beatles' finest tracks, Fifty Years Of Hits also runs through Joni Mitchell's career,…

Flûte Method - Learning Made Easy. Par KASTELEIN / KLAAS DE JONG. Each volume in the Step by Step series contains 14 structured lessons, a DVD (Volume 1 only) and 2 CDs. The aim of this book is to provide all beginners with an opportunity to have fun whilst learning to play their instrument. The 2 CDs contain performances of each piece to demonstrate how it should be done, along with play along tr…

Book and 2 CDs adapted by Cory Christiansen. Building on the success and popularity of Vol. 1 - Jazz Guitar and Vol. 2 - Nothin' But Blues for Guitar, Corey Christiansen has adapted another classic, Vol.3 The II/V7/I Progression for guitar. As with the previously mentioned adaptations, this one uses both standard and TAB notation and is correlated closely to the original edition, but speaks direct…

The Path to Mastery and Individuality (For All Instruments). Imagine if you could HEAR a musical phrase, VISUALIZE its layout on your instrument by seeing and feeling the fingerings and/or embouchure in your mind's eye, KNOW the names of the notes as well as the degrees of the key and FEEL the dynamics you want to include. All simultaneously, in a millisecond, and without moving a muscle ... and i…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. 'His present pieces must convince both connoisseurs and others alike of the unbiased opinion that Beethoven will in time become one of the greatest composers in Europe”, thus wrote Joseph Haydn, when informing the Elector in Bonn on the progress of his pupil in 1793. However, the elector replied that he was already familiar with parts of the Parthia op. 103 that had been …