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Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments
Teachers and flutists at all levels have praised Nancy Toff's The
Flute Book, a unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music.
Organized into four main parts-The Instrument, Performance, The
Music, and Repertoire Catalog-the book begins with a description of
the instrument and its making, offers information on choosing and
caring for a flute, sketches a history of the flute, and discusses
differences between members of the flute family. In the Performance
section, readers learn about breathing, tone, vibrato,
articulation, technique, style, performing, and recording. In the
extensive analysis of flute literature that follows, Toff places
individual pieces in historical context. The book ends with a
comprehensive catalog of solo and chamber repertoire, and includes
appendices with fingering charts as well as lists of current flute
manufacturers, repair shops, sources for flute music and books, and
flute clubs and related organizations worldwide. In this Third
Edition, Toff has updated the book to reflect technology's
advancements-like new digital recording technology and recordings'
more prevalent online availability-over the last decade. She has
also accounted for new scholarship on baroque flutes; recent
developments like those of the contrabass flute, quarter-tone
flute, and various manufacturing refinements and experiments;
consumers' purchase prices for flutes; and an updated repertoire
catalog, index, and appendices.
Folk songs have always had a special place in music. Pleasing
melodies, singable lyrics, and a lasting message are some of the
factors that make folk songs endure, and the English folk song The
Water Is Wide (also known as O Waly, Waly) is no exception. Dating
to the seventeenth century, The Water Is Wide has been a
consistently popular folk song due to its bittersweet lyrics and
poignant melody.? The Water Is Wide has been recorded in many ways,
by many artists, including famous Irish tenor Anthony Kearns, as
well as Bob Dylan and James Taylor.
This arrangement of The Water Is Wide features a simple melody in
the flute that evolves as the piece progresses, and an interesting
piano part that is full of lush harmonies. This folk song is ideal
for use at a competition, as a concert or recital piece, or at
church.
12 Contemporary Jazz Etudes is written by the world-renowned jazz
composer, arranger, saxophonist, bandleader, educator, and member
of the Yellowjackets, Bob Mintzer. Designed for the medium to
advanced difficulty level, this book includes: 12 jazz etudes
composed by Bob Mintzer in a variety of jazz styles, tempos, and
time signatures; performance notes/tips for each etude to assist in
interpretation and improvisation; play-along CD with a stellar
rhythm section; and an opportunity to study and learn these skills:
melodic composition, improvisation, sight reading, motivic
development, call-and-response, and jazz concept. All books are
compatible and written so they can be performed together.
This book contains valuable practice material for candidates
preparing for ABRSM's Flute exams at Grades 6-8. It features sample
sight-reading tests for the new requirements from 2018, written in
attractive and approachable styles.
A superb collection of exercises to help develop bowing style,
accuracy, rhythms and wrist speed/strength. These have become some
of the most widely used and successful studies and exercises in the
first position.
Alfred's Ultimate Pop & Rock Instrumental Solos series is
arranged for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in
F, trombone, violin, viola, cello, and optional piano
accompaniment. All wind instrument arrangements are fully
compatible, and can be successfully performed as ensembles or solos
by students who have completed the first book of any standard band
method. A fully orchestrated accompaniment MP3 CD is provided,
featuring each song as a live performance demo track followed by a
play-along track. The CD also contains a PDF of the piano
accompaniment and Alfred's Tempo Changer Software.
Titles: 21 Guns * 25 or 6 to 4 * A Whiter Shade of Pale * All I
Have to Do Is Dream * Animal * Blueberry Hill * Both Sides Now *
Boulevard of Broken Dreams * Dancing Queen * Desperado * Domino *
Don't Stop Believin' * Dynamite * Everybody Talks * Firework * and
many, many more.
What do the world's most prominent oboists have to say about their
musical ideas, performance techniques, and teaching strategies?
Michele L. Fiala and Martin Schuring, themselves skilled oboists,
undertook the project of asking twenty-six of them about their
musicianship and pedagogy. The results are collected in Great
Oboists on Music and Musicianship, which provides a unique window
into how these virtuosi of wind instruments think about their
craft. Each chapter paints an engaging portrait of a leading oboist
that allows them to share-in their own words-their insights on the
performance techniques, learning strategies, and career moves that
propelled them to their current stature. The captivating prose
chapters that Fiala and Schuring composed from the interviews allow
each artist's personality to shine through as they convey their
hard-won wisdom on topics such as musical interpretation, the
relationship between vocal and instrumental music, being a good
ensemble player, and warm-up routines. The diverse array of
musicians portrayed in this book includes orchestral and solo
performers from across North America, Europe, and Australia. Their
practical advice will resonate not just with oboists but also with
players and teachers of other instruments as they pursue their own
musical journeys.
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