Here we have a typical minor blues in all 12 keys. Few chord progressions offer the freedom and variety of expression found in the minor blues progression. Great players have all approached this chord progression in a variety of ways from attacking each chord vertically in its pure form to playing horizontally ?across? the progression, usually with a blues or minor pentatonic scale, to taking all…

'Ingenting utanför / Nothing Beyond? is another collaboration between Mårten Jansson and the Swedish poet Einar Askestad. This a cappella choral work deals with sorrow and loss. After a forceful, harmonically ambiguous section and a clear break in the music, the piece ends with a comforting decrescendo of reconciliation. It was commissioned by the Uppsala female choir 'La Cappella? and is dedicate…

Par CURTIS MIKE. “The eight pieces are all well crafted, with underlying jazz roots, butemploying more sophisticated compositional techniques...Throughout,there is great, engaging counterpoint, a down-home bluesy feel that issometimes missing in more composed-out jazz pieces, and a harmonicand melodic freedom that is rare among published jazz material...Any ofthese duos would also work well on a r…

Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's b…

This one-minute piece is thoroughly traditional in its notation and easy to play. Harmonies based around fourths and baroque-style rhythms are its most obvious characteristics, with a harmonically surprising chord bringing this 'Bagatelle' to a close with a wink of an eye. / Marimba Et Vibraphone (Ou 2 Instruments A Clavier)

Violin Edition. Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better underst…

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

Rooted in European music history due to his acquaintance with Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz and Schumann, Stephen Heller (1813-1888) is one of the most important representatives of the Romantic character piece. The Budapest-born pianist and piano teacher composed almost exclusively for his instrument. His overall oeuvre comprises more than 150 works, including sonatas, preludes, dances, variations, colle…

This volume contains favourite Israeli, Hassidic and liturgical songs as well as selections for the Sabbath and Festivals. The arranger, Albert Rozin, has created sensitive settings which are easy to play but which do not sacrifice the flavour of the original harmonies. Organists and guitar players will find little difficulty in playing the songs harmonically by using the chord symbols indicated i…