Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès’s second work for string quartet, The Four Quarters was written for the Emerson Quartet and was premiered by them at Carnegie Hall in 2011. The winner of the 2012 British Composer Award for Chamber Composition, the 20-minute work charts the progress of a day. Glassy harmonics typify the opening movement Nightfalls, whilst playful pizzicati abound in Serenade – Morning …

This book contains a complete course for anyone wanting to learn how to play acoustic or electric Guitar. After 20 years of teaching Guitar, Justin has realised that the majority of beginner guitarists struggle with the same problems, and has worked out how to help them overcome the things they find difficult. The course is divided into nine stages - each stage has enough new material to keep you …

Par CURNOW JAMES. An important part of our Essentials of Musicianship Series, Scale Studies for Band is designed to be used as an instructional aid during your normal daily practice. Written so that the scale studies can be interlaced at appropriate times into your rehearsal, they enable you to address the scale and key considerations of your next piece just before starting that piece. For instanc…

Many students only need a few opera arias in their vocal study. Selected Opera Arias extracts 10 arias useful to the typical voice student from the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology, with plot notes, translations and IPA, and combines them with the diction lessons recorded by top coaches in New York, and accompaniments recorded by coaches on staff at Lyric Opera of Chicago. The voice student gets a valu…

12 Selections for Study and Performance. Par BECK ANDY. Developing singers will cherish this charming collection of songs designed especially with them in mind. Creativity, musicality, and expressivity are clearly evident in and easily taught through each and every selection. Imaginative texts come to life with moderate vocal ranges, lyrical lines, and sensible yet captivating piano parts (which a…

Time Pieces for Trombone is a two-volume anthology providing a graded selection of well-crafted and idiomatic arrangements, as well as some original pieces, for Trombone and Piano, Grades 1-5. All of them have been carefully written by Paul Harris and Amos Miller to practice the note ranges and keys of the early grades while providing straightforward Piano accompaniments for the teacher to play. T…

Par PACHELBEL JOHANN. Pachelbel was one of the great organ masters of the generation before J. S. Bach. Unsurprisingly, interest in his music has remained constant and today he is widely considered one of the greatest and, indisputably, one of the most productive composers of all time. This new collection assembles a rich selection of the composer's organ works, including 72 chorale settings and 4…

Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing. Lines played over mino…

Par MANN JANE. This system concentrates on the particular fingers which play simultaneously in each hand providing anchor points to improve coordination and speed up the learning process. Using just five scale and four arpeggio patterns throughout, memorising is quick, easy, and secure, and correct fingering guaranteed every time! Even if you don\'t read music notation this illustrated method work…

The Anthology. Par SWIFT TAYLOR. You've memorized all the songs from the double album, now it's time to play them for yourself! Our matching folio to The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology features all 31 tracks meticulously arranged for easy piano with lyrics. Dive into the emotional depth of Swift's music and play along with your favorite tracks from Fortnight to The Manuscript, to So Long…