Everybody knows it, and for many a player it was perhaps the first tentative attempt to coax sounds out of the piano: Chopsticks. The origin of this popular piano piece, like that of most folksongs, cannot be ultimately settled today. Legend has it that it was written by Ferdinand Loh and that the designation of the work 'F. Loh: Walzer' eventually turned into 'Flohwalzer'.But no matter who actual…

A moving tribute by Susan Day to the people we admire---whether it be family members, role models, or those serving our country---this piece in E minor uses easy rhythms, pizzicato, some divisi in the cello part, and a few low 2nd fingers in the violin 1 part. All players get melody lines, and the violin 2 part doubles the viola. Sounds harder than it is! (2:30) / Orchestre A Cordes

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. This spirited new Christmas medley from the pen of James L. Hosay will be a delight for all as the crown jewel of your holiday performance. The unmistakable sounds of the Emerald Isle are artfully portrayed here by one of the finest band composers of modern times. A thrilling opening with the rhythmic counterpoint of a 6/8 against 3/4 effect introduces this festive holiday rhap…

Par PECKHAM RICK. Bring new colors and voicings to your guitar playing. Berklee Professor of Guitar Rick Peckham unlocks the mysteries of modal tonality, with a series of exercises and demonstrations that will expand your chord vocabulary, capturing the signature sounds of groups led by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, as well as contemporary jazz, pop, and R&B artists. Peckham will show you how to ext…

Agustin Pio Barrios Ferreyra, a Paraguayan composer and guitarist, is nowadays known as the creator of the Mangorean or Indo-American school of the Guitar. ?The name, Mangoré, was adopted in honor of the great chieftain Mangoré, an important personage of the Paraguayan jungles?.Mangoré used for his works popular folkloristic themes of South America as well as sounds of nature (?the still waters of…

Par REUTHNER MARTIN. This book is a 'basic course' designed as an easy start to learning to play the trumpet during the first weeks and months. Learn everything about the generation of sounds and playing the first notes, the proper breathing technique and basic music theory. The exercises and practice pieces are fun while promoting the joy of learning to play the trumpet. The accompanying CD conta…

Par OKPEBHOLO SHAWN E.. Shawn Okpebholo?s Heritage, in the Edition Peters Concert Band Series, evokes moods, events and sounds (including West African drumming and indigenous melodies) from an ethnomusicological research visit the composer undertook to Nigeria. One of the primary musical themes of the work is an adaptation of a song that comes from the Esan people, a small ethnic group in the sout…

Par SMITH JOHNNY. Jazz virtuoso Johnny Smith presents his complete system of chord analysis, scale and arpeggio study, and practical theory application. This is one of the most useful books to be found in any jazz guitarist's library! Lessons include 2-octave scales, 6th chord forms, alterations of chords, resolution exercises, scales and arpeggios, upper extensions from 9th to 13th chords, suspen…

Written by Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. For piano. Format: instructional book. With introductory text, instructional text, musical examples, illustrations and performance notes. Instructional. This level introduces cross-hand arpeggios and the full major scale in the keys of C, G,…

Elementary. By Marvin Blickenstaff, Lynn Freeman Olson. Solo piano. For Piano Solo. Music Pathways: A Course for Piano Study. Student Book. 32 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.

By Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. For Piano. Accelerated Piano Adventures. Level: Primer/Level 1. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company, Inc.

Book with Media Online. Composed by Nancy Faber and Randall Faber. Faber Piano Adventures. Educational, Method. Softcover Media Online. 184 pages. Faber Piano Adventures #FF1302. Published by Faber Piano Adventures

For the Young Beginner. Faber Piano Adventures. Instructional and Method. Instructional book and digital download (softcover). With digital download. 87 pages. Faber Piano Adventures #FF1621. Published by Faber Piano Adventures

Written by Amanda Vick Lethco, Morton Manus, Willard A. Palmer. For piano. Format: instructional book. With instructional text, illustrations, easy piano notation, fingerings and lyrics (on most songs). Learn To Play. Series: Alfred's Basic Piano Library. 48 pages. 9x12 inches. P…

15 Lush Solo Arrangements of 15 Jazz Classics. Arranged by Al Lerner. Piano Solo Songbook. Hal Leonard Piano Solo Songbook (Intermediate to advanced piano arrangements with no lyrics). Jazz and Standards. Softcover Audio Online. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook (spiral-bound). With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Broadway, vocal standards, standards and traditional pop. 479 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonar…

C Edition. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x12 inches. 816 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By George Shearing. Organ. Level: 3-staff. Sacred Organ. Published by Sacred Music Press.

Composed by Mark Burrows. Choral. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #15/3495H. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.15-3495H).

Composed by Scott Joplin (1868-1917). For solo piano. Schirmer's Library, volume 2020. Format: piano solo songbook. With introductory text. Ragtime. 196 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc..

Written by Mark Levine. For piano. Format: instructional book (spiral bound). With chord names, instructional text, introductory text and black and white photos. Instructional and Jazz. The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published!. 305 pages. 9x11 inches. Published…

With Comments in English. By Maurice Ravel. Edited by Christa Jost. For piano solo. This edition: HN841. Piano (Harpsichord), 2-hands. Henle Music Folios. Urtext edition (Paper-bound). 24 pages. Published by Henle Urtext Edition.

(from 'Nocturnes'). By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #62128-122. Published by Peermusic