Par MURAIL TRISTAN. Instead of considering the Piano as a percussion instrument (hammers hitting strings) Territoires De l'Oubli emphasises a different idiomatic characteristic of the instrument: a group of strings whose vibration is caused by sympathetic resonance or by direct action of the hammers. This is why the sustain pedal is depressed from the beginning until the very end of the piece: the…

Arrangements For The Mountain Dulcimer In Daa Tuning. Par MC NEIL MADELINE. DAA est une belle tuning pour le dulcimer de montagne. Ce livre contient 19 arrangements de traditionnels de mélodies folkloriques irlandais, Welsh, canadien français, écossais et américains et de chansons qui sont riches au sein de leurs mélodies, complétées par le réglage de la DAA. Bien que le résultats en mouvement lin…

Pierre Boulez wrote two pieces for solo violin, called 'Anthèmes' I and II. This is the first and shorter of the pair and was composed in 1991 for the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition. Taking inspiration from childhood memories of Catholic church services, Boulez created a piece of two distinct sonic worlds, in seven short parts, ending with a 'col legno battuto', characteristic of Boulez's witty…

26 pieces for viola players. Par COLLEDGE HUGH / COLLEDGE KATHERINE. The Boosey and Hawkes Easy String Music series by Katherine and Hugh Colledge contains four volumes of repertoire for new and developing string players. Popular with teachers and students alike, each title steadily introduces and consolidates new techniques, fingerings, notes and rhythms to build firm foundations for future learn…

Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies edited by the first class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony which came down to us in nearly 20 different sources. So it was not surprising that Bär…

The Easiest Keyboard Collection is a series of repertoire pieces, of favourite and the most popular songs, arranged for electronic Keyboard. This collection contains some of today's best-selling 'chart busters', with songs from some of your favourite artists, arranged for easy Keyboard. Each song includes lyrics, chord symbols and chord note diagrams with suggested voice registration, tempo and rh…

This Tuba Fingering Chart is a brilliantly useful reference guide for players of all ages and abilities. Featuring an expansive gatefold design that shows essential information such as fingerings for all notes, notation hints and instrument care, this is a guide that should never leave your possession.A chart such as this is the perfect supplement for your lessons or your self-teaching, giving you…

Based on the requirements of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Scale Shapes is an invaluable aid for grade exams and general progress, which uses a new diagram-based way to learn piano scales using the Stocken Method. The unique Keyboard Diagrams provide a system which allows the student to concentrate exclusively on the physical shapes of the technical exercise and in consequenc…

Par GLAZOUNOV ALEXANDER. Glazunov' s compositions are often noted for their distinctive emotionality and underlying heroic mood. This also applies to the known organ works of this Russian master, all of which bear the characteristic traits of the Russian symphonic style: epic breadth and monumentality as well as a close proximity to folk music, all combined with supreme contrapuntal skill. This …