3- und 4-stimmige Kanons. Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. Canons are fun and at the same time also help develop the ability to listen and play along, thus making them an important enhancement to musical training. With 109 pop style melodies in two volumes Manfred Schmitz work provides comprehensive and diversified material which can be flexibly implemented in teaching single pupils, for group lessons and for…

17 Original Solos to Enhance Your Jazzabilities. Par BAUMGARTNER ERIC. 17 pieces written in a jazz style that progress from later elementary to mid-intermediate level. May be used with the Jazz Piano Basics series or as independent solo recital pieces! Several of the pieces were previously in the Eric's Jazz Connection series. Includes online audio files and performance notes by the composer. Titl…

Par MILNE A.FORBES. For over fifty years, A. Forbes Milne's text has been the classic route to mastery of the art of sight-singing, an essential skill for vocalists and a most valuable study for all musicians besides. Preparing each section of carefully graded exercises in various keys with a detailed yet concise theoretical account, the author offers a thorough preliminary training in time, rhyth…

Arrangeur: Fernand Oubradous. Par VIVALDI. Antonio Vivaldi (1673-1741) was an Italian composer, violinist and teacher in the Baroque era. His name has become synonymous with the series of Violin concertos known as the Four Seasons, but he also wrote over 500 other concertos for various instruments, as well as dozens of operas and several sacred works. The Concerto No. 23 (RV 425) was written in 17…

Short Works and Selected Sonatas. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. This comprehensive volume contains 134 pieces from Early Intermediate to Early Advanced level, including Beethoven's complete bagatelles, various dances, sonatinas, selected variation sets, and some of his most popular sonatas. / Classique / Recueil / Piano

Allain Gaussin, a pupil of Olivier Messiaen at the CNSM in Paris, and a veritable alchemist of sound, created a sensual and sparkling work that aims to induce in listeners the sort of 'internal awakening? that the Japanese refer to as Satori - the title given to a piece for solo clarinet he wrote in 1998. Composed a decade later, Tokyo-City for solo Piano draws on the same inspiration, fuelled by …

Par SWEENEY PETE. The first volume of The Complete Drumset series and approved curriculum for the National Guitar Workshop. Perfect for beginning drummers, this book starts with an introduction to the various parts of the drumset, sticking techniques, snare drum rudiments, accents, dynamics and reading drumset music. Techniques that develop ideal coordination for playing drumbeats that are explain…

A Study and Practice Book. Par JOSEF STOIBER FRANZ. Franz Josef Stoiber, organ professor and organist at Regensburg Cathedral, has decided not to present a conventional improvisation tutor here. Instead, he offers a multi-faceted reader and workbook containing useful methodical and pedagogical reflections, e. g. on cultivating a feeling for sound and training responsiveness. It also features a wid…

St. Michael. Par BOURGEOIS LOUIS. The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c. 1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms, he made some four-part arrangements, which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later, Bourg…

The music of this 12-minute piece for the Chinese zither zheng, flute, clarinet, harp, violin and violoncello is a unique mixture of Eastern and Western traditions. The striking instrumentation provides surprising and interesting tone colours which captivate especially Western European listeners.Xiaogang Ye is one of the most renowned and successful composers of China. He receives commissions from…