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(Educational Piano Library). Piano Solos features original
performance repertoire from 14 different composers. These inviting
compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts
learned in the corresponding level Piano Lessons book. The
outstanding variety of musical styles makes every solo and
important piece in its own right exciting to both performer and
listener. Fully orchestrated accompaniments for every piece are
available separately on CD or General MIDI. The CDs include both a
practice and performance tempo for each piece. Click on the audio
icon to hear a sample of "Viva La Rhumba" by Carol Klose from Piano
Solos Book 2 .
Team Strings is firmly established as a leading series of string
tutors. It presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit
each student, ideal for individual, group and class tuition -
including the ABRSM music medals. The books in the series contain
plenty of carefully graded music in a wide range of styles, from
Baroque and Classical eras to film, folk, jazz and Latin American.
The series encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire and
develops instrument-related aural skills, improvisation and
composition. Included are scales and arpeggios and downloadable
online audio of over 70 backing tracks to make every student feel
like a star performer. Team Strings is available for Violin, Viola,
Cello and Double Bass all of which are compatible. There is also a
separate book of Piano Accompaniments/Score. All of the books in
the series are fully integrated allowing students using Team
Strings to play in ensembles with students using Team Brass and
Team Woodwind.
(Easy Piano Vocal Selections). Over 50 Disney delights, including:
The Ballad of Davy Crockett * The Bare Necessities *
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo * Candle on the Water * Chim Chim Cher-ee * A
Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes * Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs' Marching
Song) * It's a Small World * Kiss the Girl * The Siamese Cat Song *
Someday My Prince Will Come * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious *
Under the Sea * When You Wish Upon a Star * Winnie the Pooh *
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah * and more.
The guitar is one of the most evocative instruments in the world.
It features in music as diverse as heavy metal, blues, indie and
flamenco, as well as Indian classical music, village music making
in Papua New Guinea and carnival in Brazil. This cross-cultural
popularity makes it a unique starting point for understanding
social interaction and cultural identity. Guitar music can be sexy,
soothing, melancholy or manic, but it nearly always brings people
together and creates a common ground even if this common ground is
often the site of intense social, cultural, economic and political
negotiation and contest.This book explores how people use guitars
and guitar music in various nations across the world as a musical
and symbolic basis for creating identities. In a world where place
and space are challenged by the pace of globalization, the guitar
provides images, sounds and styles that help define new cultural
territories. Guitars play a crucial part in shaping the commercial
music industry, educational music programmes, and local community
atmosphere. Live or recorded, guitar music and performance,
collecting and manufacture sustains a network of varied social
exchanges that constitute a distinct cultural milieu.Representing
the first sustained analysis of what the guitar means to artists
and audiences world-wide, this book demonstrates that this
seemingly simple material artefact resonates with meaning as well
as music.
In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a
guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity,
and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a
sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the
viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a
good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to
deal with anxiety, and thoughts on wellness and practice
techniques. Alongside these are photographs and a companion website
of video demonstrations of the exercises played by the author, as
if in a lesson. Interspersed throughout the book are lively and
illuminating anecdotes of van der Werff's own experiences as a
student and as a professional musician, as well as a number of
blank pages and staff paper for the student to literally 'make
notes' and write down their own ideas, offering a space for
creative expression using the skills they learn in reading and
playing along with the text. Bringing together decades of teaching
and performance experience from one of the most respected figures
in viola pedagogy, A Notebook for Viola Players is a master class
in viola ideal for any player hoping to perfect the fundamental
areas of their practice.
This book explains and shows in detail the various techniques used
by fiddle players in creating a traditional style of playing. All
the information is presented in the context of the music itself,
with numerous transcribed and recorded examples. It is aimed not
only at the beginner, but also the fiddle-player (and indeed
violinist) with some knowledge and experience who wishes to learn
more. For those unable to read music, a chapter on notation is
included. Particular emphasis is given to bowing and ornamentation,
with individual chapters devoted to jigs, slides, polkas,
hornpipes, airs and reels. The book also attempts to convey
something of the excitement felt in playing music which has a large
degree of improvisation, albeit within certain bounds. The
demonstration CD, which features a large selection of the
transcribed tunes and ornaments performed by Cranitch, is an
invaluable aid to learning as it allows the listener to hear how
the music and ornamentation should sound.
'All my life my Stradivarius had been waiting for me, as I had been
waiting for her . . .' At 7 years old Min Kym was a prodigy, the
youngest ever pupil at the Purcell School of Music. At 11 she won
her first international prize. She worked with many violins,
waiting for the day she would play 'the one'. At 21 she found it: a
rare 1696 Stradivarius, perfectly suited to her build and
temperament. Her career soared. She recorded the Brahms concerto
and a world tour was planned. Then, in a train station cafe, her
violin was stolen. In an instant her world collapsed. She descended
into a terrifying limbo land, unable to play another note. This is
Min's extraordinary story - of a young woman staring into the void,
wondering who she was, who she had been. It is a story of isolation
and dependence, of love, loss and betrayal, and the intense, almost
human bond that a musician has with their instrument. Above all
it's a story of hope through a journey back to music. 'The hours
fell away as I read this spellbinding tale of love, loss and above
all devotion to art' - Susan Cain, author of international
bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't
Stop Talking
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 1 Cello syllabus
for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C.
The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and
varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an
excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book
also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams,
useful syllabus information. The enclosed CD features inspiring
recordings of the nine pieces in this book, plus piano
accompaniment tracks for use when practising. A version of this
book without the CD is also available, as are audio downloads (see
https://shop.abrsm.org/audiodownloads for more details).
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 4 Cello syllabus
for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C.
The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and
varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an
excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book
also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams,
useful syllabus information. The enclosed CD features inspiring
recordings of the nine pieces in this book, plus piano
accompaniment tracks for use when practising. A version of this
book without the CD is also available, as are audio downloads (see
https://shop.abrsm.org/audiodownloads for more details).
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 3 Cello syllabus
for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C.
The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and
varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an
excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book
also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams,
useful syllabus information. Inspiring recordings of the nine
pieces featured in this book, plus piano accompaniment tracks, are
available. These can be purchased as part of the Cello Exam Pieces
with CD package or as audio downloads (see
https://shop.abrsm.org/audiodownloads for more details).
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