This superb DVD?includes a selection of easy to absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of metal lead Guitar playing.In this DVD course Danny Gill walks you through a collection of 35 licks and associated techniques to get you wailing like Kirk Hammett or Dave Mustaine in no time at all.Featuring everything from unison bends, alternate picking,…

Finally, an authentic collection of Salsa/Latin favorites, with syncopations, voicings and bass figures guaranteed to make you play in whole new ways and expand your musical awareness. There is no drum set on this recording! All the percussion is purely Latin/American and the rhythm section is tight! Be sure to check this one out. It's like no other play-a-long in the series. Rhythm section is Mar…

Opening with a quiet reserved refrain from “Faith is the Victory ” then bursting into a joyous declaration “Songs of Faith” is a masterful blend of three beloved hymns. The triumphant sound of the trumpetadds strength and confidence to these bold statements of faith and Joseph Martin's use of the lilting dance-like 6/8 meter reminds us that faith in God is our greatest s…

The classic scale and arpeggio studies of Gabriel Parès were adapted in the 1940s for like-instrument study by Rubank's Harvey Whistler and are now the standard for elementary scale instruction. Presenting all the majorkeys up to four flats/sharps (and the relative minors) each unit also includes long tone and embouchure studies. Supplemental material includes comprehensive chromatic scales fin…

?In this work I gave everything I had to give. [?] What I did here I will never do again?. Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of his Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.78 dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. Like Beethoven?s Ninth this so-called ?Organ Symphony? was commissioned by the Philharmonic Society in London where it received its premiere on 19 May 1886.In this first scholarly-crit…

Commissioned by the award-winning Kalamazoo (MI) Concert Band Alleluia is a convergence of hauntingly emotive themes that culminate in breath-taking builds. The Kalamazoo Gazette described it as the “pinnacle of theconcert” in which it was premiered adding that Hazo's master composition takes the listener from “...bells and chimes to full Hosannas. The result was transfiguring!…

Par BLANKEN JOHN. John Blanken has created a swinging arrangement of the famous Scottish traditional tune Scotland the Brave. The usual version with bagpipes is the best known and there is a similarity in Swingin’ Kilts owing to its long, drone-like tones in the accompaniment. The theme has been rhythmically adapted but it is still easily recognisable. Swingin’ Kilts holds a challenge for every br…

Like every other great 19th-century solo concerto Dvorák?s famous Cello Concerto was a collaboration between composer and virtuoso. It has long been known that certain solo passages in Dvorák?s autograph score were actually written by the cellist Hanu? Wihan; but Bärenreiter?s edition now reveals that some details in the Orchestral parts are also in his writing showing just how closely the two m…

The Singer's Jazz Anthology is an exciting new series providing aspiring jazz vocalists and pianists with staples of the jazz repertoire. The singer's portion, matching the original sheet music, is paired with fresh, unique accompaniments arranged in an authentic jazz style and designed to enable the singer to sound like they're being backed by an accomplished jazz pianist. The accompaniments can …

Commissioned by the Highland Festival Stuart MacRae's work Salm 42 is a Gaelic setting of Psalm 42 and was first performed on 5th June 1999 at Eden Court Theatre Inverness by the combined Gaelic Choirs of Inverness Dingwall and Nairn. This work is arranged for Unaccompanied SATB Choir and lasts around 4 minutes. Composer Stuart MacRae began receiving high-profile commissions at a young age f…