Par PIETILA ESA. The title of Esa Pietilä?s solo harpsichord work Fata morgana (2019) refers to a special weather con-dition, which creates illusory effect of mirage-like fairy castle-like monuments in the horizon of the sea. The piece brings forth the frightening bass sonority on double manual, full size harpsichord and the brightness on the treble and makes a dialogue out of them. ?I got fasci-n…

Par BARNES SUZANNA. This Fiddle Arpeggio Chart is a handy guide to playing the essential arpeggios on the Fiddle. Included are major, minor, diminished and augmented arpeggios spanning 2- octaves in all twelve keys. Easy-to-read diagrams outline the arpeggios on the fingerboard and are provided with fingerings to help the player execute them with ease and speed. In addition, diagrams are provided …

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's works for violin and harpsichord obbligato pervade his entire compositional oeuvre. The earliest works, like the Sonata in D minor still numbered BWV 1036, date back to the years of study with his father, yet show already a remarkable creative will of his own. The latest work, the fantasia 'C. P. E. Bachs Empfindungen' in F flat minor of 1787 is characterized by the com…

Arrangeur: John W. Schaum. Par SCHAUM JOHN W.. Every pianist needs a book of exercises to help them develop technical skills needed to perform any type of music from classical to jazz and pop to rock. Carl Czery is considered the founder of modern piano technique, and using the Czerny-Schaum exercises will improve piano technique for all late elementary to early intermediate students. The Czerny-S…

8 years on from their last release, French electronic duo Daft Punk have now unleashed their fourth and what is, so far, their most successful studio album to date, Random Access Memories . The sheet music in this songbook, including the hit single Get Lucky , has been expertly arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Listen to Get Lucky : The album pays tribute to the late 1970s and early 1980s era …

No. 1 d minor op. 77 and No. 2 A mejor op. 90. Par RAFF JOSEPH JOACHIM. He had been there as Franz Liszt?s assistant since 1850 and had made a name for himself in the city?s art scene now he embarked on new paths. He already composed his second Quartet in A major, op. 90, in Wiesbaden, the spa town that was to become his home for 21 years. The two quartets are unequivocal works: orchestrally-co…

Sonatinas form a vital part of the teaching material for beginner and intermediate piano students. Compared to the great classic piano sonatas, they are technically and musically simpler and typically shorter. However, they still convey the basic elements of Classical style: the relation of melody to accompaniment, articulation, stylistically authentic playing, and correct interpretation. For the …

Internationally renowned authors, musicians and recording artists, Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon of The Super Groovers have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the Smooth Jazz Genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner, intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. After releasing their first CD Supergroovin, which received world wide airp…

In 1993, Guitar World magazine introduced a column called The Sound and the Fury, penned by Metallica's master of metal guitar himself, Kirk Hammett. In his column, Kirk didn't just talk about his licks, riffs, warm-ups, and techniques, though - he taught them. Along the way, he also answered a multitude of questions on every imaginable topic sent in by readers. As a result, The Sound and the Fury…

Schubert for clarinet Together with Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert is considered to be the founder of romantic music in German-speaking countries. He mainly owes this reputation to the composition of more than 600 songs, many of which, even today, are an integral part of every singers repertoire. For this album James Rae has selected some of Schuberts most beautiful melodies from both his vo…