10 Easy Pieces. Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. 'In the Zoo 2” is a further collection of intermediate pieces for violin and piano by Aleksey Igudesman, depicting many of a child's favourite animals. Spanning from UK Grade 2 to 4, they will inspire young violinists to interpret the sounds and actions of the animals as notated by the composer and help them understand how abstract music can depict something …

A series available as violin duets or violin and piano.Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician's voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.The inspiration for writing these pi…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

Eight timeless standards are presented in this collection of fresh vocal transcriptions and an accompanying CD with example vocals plus a separate minus-one background track for each song. Songs include: The More I See You · It Had to Be You · The Shadow of Your Smile · Watch What Happens · The Good Life · Call Me Irresponsible · Street of Dreams · I Should Care.

String Quartet-'Hollyhocks is followed by a suitably lively and angular Deadly Nightshade (though alternative names are welcomed one example being Mother-in-law's Tongue) and there is a delightful use of alternating 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures to represent French Marigolds which achieves a suitably continantal flavour. Last is Canterbury Bells a fun and jazzy movement which would also work well…

This inspirational text is beautifully set for SATB voices. Moving seamlessly between unison and four-part singing the text is painted with gentle strokes of melodic and harmonic nuances and is a wonderful example of dynamiccontrast that teaches the singer interpretive abilities and quiet full singing. Available separately: SATB PianoTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:57.

Great Standards-The at-home vocalist can sing along to great standards in an actual professional setting with the Professional Sound Tracks series! These book/CD packs feature example vocals for each song plus separate background tracks. Orchestral interludes and instrumental solos typical of a live club performance are included retaining the natural performance flow of an actual performance with…

Music Minus One Piano-Handel's concerti grossi are considered the epitome of the baroque concerto form. And this lively example is no exception. A delight! Haydn's Concertino is cast in three short movements this charming little concerto is classic Haydn and is highly enjoyable to play. Johann Christian Bach was the youngest of the Bach sons and Mozart was overwhelmingly influenced by his composi…

Expand the boundaries of your knowledge and improvisation skills with this exciting book, which picks up where the improv lessons in Intermediate Jazz Guitar leave off. Topics include improvising over altered dominant chords, the diminished scale, the whole-tone scale, targeting the altered chords, revamping licks, modes of the minor scales and more! Loaded with easy-to-read scale diagrams and exa…

In this one-hour instructional DVD James Alan Shelton and George Shuffler demonstrate and teach the guitar techniques that helped change the role of the guitar in bluegrass music. The music of the Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys has featured lead guitar work since Bill Napier and George Shuffler brought the guitar to the forefront of the Stanley's music in the late …