The study of string instruments should include ensemble playing at the earliest possible stage. There is much to be gained from the playing of duets. Each player learns how to listen to the other, and in a short time develops an awareness of balance, musical phrasing, intonation, and tone quality. This type of training is excellent preparation for participation in large groups. These four volumes …

Take the lead is an integrated series for alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, piano, tenor saxophone, trumpet and violin. In each edition all of the songs are in the same key at concert pitch, allowing the different instruments to play together. Chord symbols are included at concert pitch for use by piano or guitar.'Take the Lead British Isles folk songs' is a collection of old favourites from all ar…

Par LAWRENCE PHIL. Warm-ups, technical exercises and studies are an essential part of all brass players' training - building stamina as well as establishing technique. Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet and Other Valved Brass Instruments is a tried and tested collection that presents core material for every stage of technical development: Forming a correct and secure embouchure Tonguing tech…

Par . Here's something unique and fun for the holidays. Johnnie has taken three Christmas favorites and treated them in a jazzy swing style for flexible instrumentation. Includes: We Wish You a Merry Christmas, O Christmas Tree, and Good King Wenceslas. / Date parution : 2021-11-03/ Répertoire / 5-Part Flexible Concert Band [opt. Strings]

Par MEALOR PAUL. Y Ddwy Chwaer is a suite of Welsh Folk Songs for voice and chamber ensemble. Mealor encourages the performer to take the score as a starting point and to use varying instrumentation and additions to 'make the music their own'. The suite was comissioned as part of the 'Rediscovering Ancient Connections' project which links St. David and St. Aidan of Ferns, County Wexford. / Date pa…

Cesar Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin is one of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire, a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe.Franck's friend, the cellist Jules Desart, was so impressed when he he…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par CACCINI GIULIO. Giulio Caccini (ca. 1550 - 1618), also known as Giulio Romano, was an Italian composer, singer, and lute player and is regarded as the founder of opera. Today, Caccini’s music is receiving attention again being performed by world stars such as Andrea Bocelli and Inessa Galante. In this arrangement Ave Maria the solo part can be taken by several instrument…

Par BEFFA KAROL. Lorsque Elsa de Lacerda et Pierre Solot m'ont commandé une pièce pour violon et piano qui devait s'inspirer de chants protestataires ou révolutionnaires, j'ai d'abord pensé à écrire des variations sur l'un des gospels célébrant la lutte pour l'émancipation de la communauté afro-américaine. Cependant, j'ai finalement choisi Untemationale comme matériau de base, matériau qui m'a par…

Auld Lang Syne. Par TRADITIONAL. This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various instruments and is surrounded by logical yet original - sometimes surprising - chords that dare to fluctuate. After a broad tutti, the ensemble begins to die out. The pie…

Par COLLECTIF / ATTIOGBE. Un beau voyage musical, avec 5 escales faisant la part belle aux langues et aux instruments du monde : Byl sobie krol (Pologne), Ida Je (Burkina Faso, Côte d?Ivoire, Ghana, Guinée), Duerme negrito (Colombie, Venezuela), Ninni (Turquie), Edo No Komoriuta (Japon). / Broché / Livre / Livres