Par WEDGWOOD PAM / LUMSDEN C.. Jackaroo teaches fundamental string technique using only open strings and first finger, each piece introduces a new rhythmic or technical point, with useful suggestion boxes for the teacher. The addition of words and lively accompaniments by Pam Wedgwood mean that each piece can be sung through first. There's even the chance to draw your own imaginary animals too, in…

Par HUTCHINSON PAUL. Sixty Country Dance Tunes 1786-1800 is a collection of rediscovered folk tunes, made available for the first time since the end of the eighteenth century. Consultant editor and renowned folk musician Paul Hutchinson has curated this edition, bringing together the following original publications: - Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1786 - Cahusac's Annual Collection of Tw…

Par WEDGWOOD PAM / LUMSDEN C.. 'Jackaroo' teaches fundamental string technique using only open strings and first finger, each piece introduces a new rhythmic or technical point, with useful suggestion boxes for the teacher. The addition of words and lively accompaniments by Pam Wedgwood means that each piece can be sung through first. There's even the chance to draw your own imaginary animals too,…

Par OLECHOWSKI JOZEF. Elena Durán and Józef Olechowski, one of the world's most successful partnerships, present a delightful and unique compilation of specially composed pieces for flute and piano. Listen to the enchanting and inspiring performances on the CD, then play along to the piano accompaniments. Elena and Józef play the pieces regularly in rehearsal and concerts and so will you! It's mus…

Mark Vega’s Jazz Solo Series for Eb instruments, including Tenor Saxophone, is a great instructional tool for musicians and music students to learn or improve their improvisational abilities in the jazz-swing idiom. There are sixty-six examples in the book, starting at a somewhat easy level and gradually increasing in difficulty throughout the book. Sections include: Exercises in all twelve keys u…

Par MONTGOMERY WES. In his brief career, Wes Montgomery completely revolutionized jazz guitar. On the Riverside recording Boss Guitar Wes demonstrates why he is still considered as one of the finest artists of the jazz guitar. Studies of Wes' incredible solos, his melodic, rhythmic and harmonic approaches will prove beneficial to any guitarist with interest in jazz. It is no wonder that he has inf…

Par THOMAS REDMOND. Although his scorching fingerpicking was most impressive at first glance, a closer look at 'Just Us' reveals that he is equally adept at what many musicians consider as a more difficult task: playing fewer notes... ones that mean more, and say more with less, as he does on album opener 'A Simple Gift', title cut 'Just Us', and 'One Sad Clown'. 'Just Us' is an album consisting l…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Since their publication in the New Mozart Edition, Mozart's sonatas K. 10–15 count as piano trios. Furthermore, the title of the first edition, published by father and son Mozart in 1765 reads 'Six Sonates pour le Clavecin qui puevent se jouer avec l'accompagnement de Violon ou Flaute Traversiere”. In other words, these pieces are harpsichord sonatas that may be accomp…

Pathétique. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. The brooding melancholy that pervades many of Tchaikovsky's compositions is perhaps most concentrated in his Symphony No. 6, the 'Pathétique, ' a remarkably innovative, highly personal, and deeply emotional work. A perennial concert favorite since its premiere in 1893, this symphony is also characterized by two of the composer's most consistent and memorab…

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. One of Verdi's most popular opera, La Traviata is based on La Dame aux Camélias ('Camille'), the novel and play by Alexandre Dumas, fils that enthralled Parisian audiences of the 1850s with a stirring portrayal of a beautiful courtesan redeemed by love. With his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, Verdi transformed the Dumas story of a passionate, ultimately poignant love affair…