Par BREDICE VINCENT. This is an incredibly comprehensive book dealing with every harmonic and technical aspect of guitar improvising. Included are analyses of scales, arpeggios, picking technique, chord progressions, cadences and modulations. In addition, numerous studies and exercises are contained to help you play through the concepts of being taught. The goal is technical and mental mastery of …

Mel Bay's Best Scale Method for Any Instrument provides the most efficient way to practice scales and the fastest path to mastery for the players instrument. Mel Bay's Best Scale Method for AnyInstrument presents a vehicle for increasing tactile familiarity and improving facility velocity and tone. This is not an encyclopedia of scales it is a comprehensive way to practice scales arpeggios cho…

Edited by Andrew AshbeeTwenty-eight pieces for treble two basses and organ and twenty-one for two trebles and a bass attest to the degree of mastery achieved by John Jenkins in the traditional fantasia form. His command of a fine lyric gift and wide-ranging tonal orbit are especially to be noted in the contents of this volume which fills an important gap in our knowledge of this distinctively …

The work of British composer Percy Turnbull is less well known than some of his counterparts but interest in his works is steadily on the increase. Drawing from wide influences such as Roussel Fauré Delius and Bartok his individual and original compositional style often incorporates French and English music. Dating from the mid-1930s his Romance for Violin and Piano is typical of his work; u…

Commissioned by the National Honorary Band Fraternity and Sorority of Kappa Kappa Psi this brilliant work is exemplary of Claude T. Smith's consummate mastery of the concert band medium. The four definitive movements reflect hisrhythmic inventiveness melodic exuberance and disinctive harmonic sense.

Commissioned by the Indiana Bandmasters Association for the 2008 All-State High School Honor Band this stunning work from the pen of Samuel Hazo is a tour de force of Middle Eastern sounds for the contemporary wind band. Fromdelicate and sensual soloistic writing to full-blown ensemble passages with rapid fire tutti rhythms and frenzied percussion here is a rewarding piece with drama and depth t…

Released in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of America's greatest composers this collection presents the first editions of a recently discovered movement of the violin sonata and an early violin work Gypsy Dance. Also includes many new transcriptions. In addition to piano accompaniment tracks the online audio includes performances recorded by Frank Almond concertmaster …

Closing Production for the show Uprising-This global hit by the British alternative rock group Coldplay is the final production in the show Uprising. With its sweeping lyrical melodies and uptempo pulse this grandiose song translates beautifully to marching band instrumentation in thismasterful arrangement by Tom Wallace. Percussion ensemble featuring keyboards introduces the piece. Optional synt…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par FUCIK JULIUS. Julius Fucik (1872-1916) was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He studied under Antonin Dvorák and at a young age played in military bands and later became bandmaster, a profession he practiced in various cities with many bands. In 1913 he settled in Berlin where he started his own music publishing house. As a composer Fucik is known for his light entertainin…