Playing on the Changes features 13 jazz etudes through the various chord qualities found in standards and jazz tunes in all 12 keys. Areas covered include major 7th chords, minor 7th chords, dominant 7th chords (Mixolydian, altered dominant, and half-whole diminished), minor ii (flat-5) chords, tritone substitutions, and a variety of progressions using all of the above. Bob Mintzer has written out…

As performed in the fabulous Trans-Siberian Orchestra live concert, experience Tchaikovsky's 'Trepak' from The Nutcracker as you never have before. Just as energetic with wind and percussion instruments alone, several included optional parts enhance the authenticity. If you haven't seen TSO, check it out online. If you add lighting effects, there are no better choices for your holiday concert clos…

Piano Vocal Score and CD with instrumental and vocal versions. Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Cantolopera is an exceptional new series of book/CD packs from Ricordi that offers a fresh approach to great opera repertoire. The books include versions for voice and piano of the worlds most famous arias. The CDs feature two versions of each aria:one with a 130-piece orchestra providing accompaniments to allow the…

From Professional Jazz Trombonists. Par GENDRICH JULIE. Imagine that you had an opportunity to ask your favorite jazz trombone player any question. Now imagine that you had over 30 of these great musicians in one place, captured here, giving you their advice and insight. Bonanza: Insights and Wisdom from Professional Jazz Trombonists is perhaps unique in that a series of similar questions were pos…

The mega-blockbuster, Man of Steel, has a musical score as powerful as the super hero himself. Composer Hans Zimmer captures the vastness, beauty, conflict, and emotion of the film in his powerful score including: 'Look to the Stars,' 'DNA,' 'Goodbye My Son,' 'Launch,' 'Krypton's Last,' 'If You Love These People,' 'Flight,' and 'What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?' Supermen…

Par MARA WASBURN. This outstanding children's method for mountain dulcimer is the result of the author's many years of sharing the dulcimer with children, and has been successful with children as young as 5 years old. This single volume combines the best material from the author's two previous volumes, Children's Dulcimer Method Volumes One and Two. In it you will find many traditional songs and f…

Par MAY IMELDA. A Lick and a Promise is the debut poetry collection of one of Ireland’s most famed female musicians, Imelda May. Following the release of her first poetry EP Slip Of The Tongue in 2020, this collection contains 100 poems, including two each from both her father and young daughter. Using the themes of Breast, Below, Blood, Eyes, Tongue and Temple, the poems are written in May’s abso…

Par HUWS JONES EDWARD. Violin lessons have never been so much fun! Squawking parrots, giant footsteps, black cats and witches, seagulls, skaters and a marching band - you'll find them all, and more in Red Parrot Green Parrot. This teacher's book provides the tools for teacherts to help young players through Red Parrot Green Parrot. / Méthode / Violon

Par DEPRETER JAN. You are an intermediate guitar student or player? Get to know the Belgian Jan Depreter then, a young but much renowned composer and guitar virtuoso, famous for his excellent concertworks. The selection of intermediate pieces presented here will be manageable for many./ Recueil / Guitare

There is something for everyone in this collection of Isabelle Aboulker's most beautiful melodies: the passionate vocalises of Je t'aime, composed for the fiery Patricia Petitbon, sit alongside limpid fables by La Fontaine (The Crow and the Fox, The Lion in Old Age and more), while the unnerving eeriness of the merchant of souls in Au Marché de Saint-Paul contrasts with the light humour of the Sav…