A Beginner's Guide, Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons with Audio, Video, and Popular Songs!. The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. This work was originally written in 1964 for two 12 year old twin brothers whom Britten met whilst working in Budapest. Each twin played the piano, and one the flute and the other the violin. A second version has been prepared for those who may not be quite so versatile as the twins for whom it was originally intended, and includes a version for four players with extra ad lib…

Par DAVIS CARL. Composed for one of the world's leading saxophonists, John Harle, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, Charlie's Flea Circus is a delightful 5-minute work for saxophone and piano by Carl Davis. Taking in waltzes and mazurkas, this characterful and witty work makes a wonderful addition to the repertoire and is presented here in a versions for alto saxophone and piano, or alto d…

Par BOULEZ PIERRE. Pierre Boulez wrote two pieces for solo violin, called “Anthèmes” I and II. This is the first and shorter of the pair and was composed in 1991 for the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition. Taking inspiration from childhood memories of Catholic church services, Boulez created a piece of two distinct sonic worlds, in seven short parts, ending with a “col legno battuto”, characteristi…

This collection presents over 200 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles, for solo Trombone. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 11 sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms.Each section of the book contains solos, as well as trombone duets, and piece…

Par PART ARVO. ‘I went to nursery school every day until the end of secondary school!’ Arvo Pärt says and pauses, staring slyly at his listener. ‘My mother worked at a nursery school in Rakvere, and I always went to visit her after my lessons.’ There, the future composer often sat at the piano and played or improvised for his little friends. Arvo Pärt is a composer best known for his 'tintinnabuli…

Learn killer licks in the style of your favourite players, and jam along with our superb guitar jam tracks! Each Quick Licks DVD includes an arsenal of licks in the style of your chosen artist to add to your repertoire, plus backing tracks to practice your new found techniques! Learn minor blues licks in the style of Jimmy Page, the man that laid the bluesy soloing foundations of heavy rock. Also…

Par BEAUJEAN MICHEL. Cet ouvrage propose une suite d'exercices musicaux originaux, très progressifs, destinés en premier lieu aux contrebassistes débutants. En suivant les différents chapitres de cette initiation, vous trouverez ainsi de précieux conseils sur les bases du jeu de la contrebasse Jazz, abordant tour à tour des difficultés et des enseignements dont l'évolution reste aussi efficace que…

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, Jacob's Dreams being no exception. Milhaud 's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in Jacob's Dreams. Composed in 1949, Jacob's Dreams is a dance suite, written for Oboe, Violin, Vi…