Martial Arts to Musical Arts. Par KAUFMAN STEPHEN F.. There has never been a more unique a book written on the subject of achieving musical mastery! From the sword to your ax, Hanshi Stephen Kaufman transposes the ancient wisdom of warriors into a performance enhancing attitude to keep you sharp, disciplined, and prepared for true greatness. Based on the profound 'Five Rings” philosophy of legenda…

Easy Piano Pieces with Practising Tips-With the new Urtext Primo series Wiener Urtext Edition intends to bridge the gap between studying a Piano method and taking additional lessons. Beginning with a performance level which is outlined by pieces such as Bach's Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 116) Mozart's Minuet in F (KV 5) or Schumann's Wilder Reiter (Op. 68/8) works by three different composers are sel…

Bruce Springsteen is one of today's great songwriters with a style that is all his own. This book uses his work as the starting point for a master class in the art of writing powerful – and successful – songs.Songwriting guru Rikky Rooksby takes Springsteen's songs apart and shows how the common techniques they use can help you: structure intros verses choruses and bridges • wr…

Par CABEZA JUAN. Diversions is a collection of 42 patterned etudes for piano. They are divided into two books with each volume including 21 progressive pieces. Each Etude focuses on a single technical pattern that students may encounter in the early stages of piano study, including scales, arpeggios, chords, repeating notes, intervals, and other common patterns. Most of the etudes are transposable…

Par LIDDELL CLAIRE. This 96-page book has been prompted by the many people who have come to the author with the common wail I can play the piano - a bit of Mozart and even an easy Chopin waltz - but I can't harmonise anything by ear when my friends ask me, or even when I'm alone. But anyone can - YOU CAN. This practical guide to improvisation is aimed at all those who have a beginner's knowledge o…

Set of parts for Alliage (Alloy) III for Violin Cello Classical Accordion and two Kokles (2010). Programme note The instruments of this quintet are very different in appearance and in the way of playing as well as tone production: strings to be bowed strings to be plucked confronted with the airborne tone of the Accordion. The origins and the traditions of the instruments are also very diversi…

This playable yet musically rewarding three-movement suite was composed by Hugh M. Stuart in 1969 and continues to be a popular work for contest and festivals. Skillfully adapted here for flexible instrumentation the music captures the early Englishfolksong style with moods and dances of the common folk.

10 Duette im Stil von Romantik, Blues, Bossa Nova, samba, Pop und Folklore. Par JUERGEN KUMLEHN. This book is for all guitarists who are looking for something new to play and who don't want to limit themselves exclusively to the more traditional type of duet music that's available. Stylistically, the pieces range from romantic, blues and bossa nova to samba, pop and folklore. The included CD conta…

The Little Black Book with all the Guitar CHORDS you'll ever need! This pocket-sized collection presents over 1100 chords presented in an easy-to-read format. Includes fingerings, note names and helpful tips for all guitarists. Also includes a really useful guide to some of the most common alternative tunings, advice on power chords and chord boxes to write your own chords and more. / Guitare

A real treasure trove in the scarce Romantic viola literature: Vol. 1 (Schott, ED 22254) of the popular Pièces des concours series are now followed by Vol. 2 (ED 22255) and Vol. 3 (ED 22256).The pieces were performed in final examinations at the famous Conservatoire de Paris between 1897 and 1969. The publication is based on the first editions. In order to make it easier to approach the works, 'mo…