Pieces, exercises and tips for the beginner. This step-by-step tutor can be used by beginners of all ages and is suitable for use either with a teacher or by self-learners, taking you from your very first lesson up to the standard required to begin Trinity College London’s Electronic Keyboard exams (Initial level). Each stage introduces a mixture of keyboard functions, playing techniques and music…

Lubo? Fi?er (1935?1999) was one of the most distinctive figures of Czech music in the 20th century and composed the Variations on an Unknown Theme in 1976. The ?unknown theme? was a prankish eight-bar theme from Fi?er?s student days. In the elation following the home-team win over Canada on 15 March 1959, he made a bet with his colleague Kalach to compose a concert piece for violin and orchestra …

Par DE HAAN JAN. The source of inspiration for the composer was the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl in Russia. The first movement Ostinato expresses desperation, helplessness, fear and anger. The themes from the first movement are further exposed in the second movement Fantasia which has a spectacular finale. / Niveau : 4 / Répertoire / Fanfare

Handel Coronation Anthems in Urtext editions for the first time'Zadok the Priest?(BA 10258) and 'The King shall rejoice?(BA 10259) are the best-known of the four coronation anthems that Handel wrote for the crowning of George II in London (1727). HWV 258 accompanied the king's anointment, HWV 260 his actual coronation.Thanks to their festive and majestic structure befitting the occasion as well as…

This collection, arranged for string quartet or string orchestra, is written for educational or professional use, or just to have fun playing selections from the classic Gershwin® work. It's great for concerts, recitals, receptions, parties, and other special occasions. Titles are: Summertime * It Ain't Necessarily So * Bess, You Is My Woman * I Got Plenty of Nuttin' * A Woman Is a Sometime Thing …

An American classic fiddle tune and standard repertoire in the world of bluegrass, Cold Frosty Morning is transformed into an energy-filled showpiece for strings with this clever setting by Larry Moore. Play it for the winter season and holidays, or on any program that needs a pickin-grinnin audience pleaser. / Ensemble A Cordes

for Jazz Improvisation. Par ORO XABIER. With content ranging from theory and history to practical exercises, examples, études, and play-along tracks, this book offers the most comprehensive guide ever written for this esoteric and traditionally obscure scale. Simply put, it reveals the last big secret of jazz fusion?s avant-garde.According to which music theorist believes he first discovered it, t…

Par O'NEILL JOHN. Suite à la méthode de Jazz Best-seller pour clarinette, les ' Elaboration Jazz Technique pour clarinette ' aidera le joueur intermédiaire et prendre leurs compétences jazz à un nouveau niveau. Les morceaux sont écrits dans une variété de styles, y compris les blues, swing, nouvelle Orlea/ Etude / Clarinette

Par RAE JAMES. This work was written for and dedicated to the clarinettist Mark Walton OAM by way of a thank you for all his fine recordings and performances of my music. It was premiered in London by Mark and his accompanist David Miller OAM, on June 29th 2014 in the Princess Alexandra Hall at Royal Over-Seas League, Mayfair in a concert entitled ‘Clarinet Hidden Treasures from England’ which was…

These popular 48 Preparatory Exercises were written by Johann Pischna and Bernhard Wolff and serve as preparation for the more difficult Technical Studies. Melodically pleasing with contrapuntal passages, the exercises accentuate maintaining proper fingering, dynamics and tempo, while reinforcing the ability to play in different keys. This new edition corrects old errors, translates all text into …