Par FEASTER HALLEY. New cello students nearly always start in first position aided by finger tapes or guides for accurate finger placement. As they advance, they are expected to learn to shift out of first position, but the focus is on the movement of the shift rather than on note locations or pitch accuracy.In this book, author and versatile cellist Halley Feaster introduces a step-by-step approa…

Here's a whimsical concert march your beginning band will be ready to perform after only a few weeks! John O'Reilly has taken four of the beginning band repertoire's 'greatest hits' including 'Hot Cross Buns,' 'Lightly Row,' 'Go Tell Aunt Rodie' and 'Merrily We Roll Along' and cleverly worked them into a delightful medley, ideal for your band's very first concert! The familiar tunes work their way…

Par MASSIMO PALERMO. Learn bass fingerboard secrets with this quick and useful guide through the fundamental triad and seventh chord arpeggios. Learn to recognize these essential items and to easily find them over the whole neck. Each chord in Encyclopedia of Bass Arpeggios is provided with a brief introductory chart analyzing the arpeggios rising from chords and relevant inversions. The developme…

Par CAFARO PASQUALE. Pasquale Cafaro, born in S. Pietro in Galantina in 1715; he was directed by his family to 'scientific' studies (science of law) but soon abandoned them for musical ones. He then entered the Conservatorio della Pietà de' Turchini as a son at the age of 18, almost as an adult. His main teacher was one of the greatest musicians of the 18th century, Leonardo Leo, who immediately r…

The books in the Five-Star Solos series give students and teachers a wide variety of pieces at graded levels. Different styles, colors, tempos, and moods are included in each book. Ballads, waltzes, Latin tunes, contemporary sounds, and 'showstoppers' all combine to make teaching both fun and exciting. Students will be rewarded with music that clearly sets them apart from the crowd. / Piano

Par HISAISHI JOE. This book is a collection of sheet music for solo guitar performances of Music of Studio Ghibli Films.A total of 26 popular songs from Studio Ghibli films, including ‘My Neighbour Totoro,’ ‘Princess Mononoke’ and ‘Howl's Moving Castle,’ in both musical notation and tablature. Each song is beautifully and tastefully arranged for solo guitar, both melody and accompaniment played by…

Par WILLIAMS JOHN. Unleash the spirit of adventure with the iconic Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark. This thrilling composition, expertly adapted by Robert Longfield, brings the epic sound of John Williams' masterpiece to your ensemble. Brace yourself for a pulse-pounding performance as your young musicians embark on a musical treasure hunt. With its dynamic rhythms and memorable melodie…

Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès’s second work for string quartet, The Four Quarters was written for the Emerson Quartet and was premiered by them at Carnegie Hall in 2011. The winner of the 2012 British Composer Award for Chamber Composition, the 20-minute work charts the progress of a day. Glassy harmonics typify the opening movement Nightfalls, whilst playful pizzicati abound in Serenade – Morning …

In E-Flat Major / In C-Sharp Minor. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. At the dawn of the 19th century Beethoven struck out on new paths with his two opus 27 sonatas, each of which he called a 'sonata quasi una fantasia”. Both of them, in particular Sonata no. 2 which was later nicknamed the 'Moonlight Sonata”, were destined for immortality. Jonathan Del Mar, second to none in his knowledge of Beethoven's…

Rockschool is about playing the styles of music you enjoy. The specially written tunes develop the key skills, styles and techniques you need so you can play the hits of yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Rockschool packs include full notation and TAB plus backing tracks on a CD featuring top musicians. Students are encouraged to be creative with the Rockschool tunes - so feel free to improvise a…