En tant qu'outil pratique d'enseignement et d'apprentissage adapté aux commençants, petits ou grands, et orienté vers une intégration progressive du langage harmonique du jazz, ce manuel se compose d'un assortiment de mélodies et de grilles d'accords offrant la possibilité d'aborder l'harmonie par l'expérimentation. Deux types d'exercices y sont proposés : d'une part les traditionnelles harmonisat…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. 'New' Chamber Music for Guitar There has recently been an unprecedented demand for difficult works for guitar with various accompanying instruments. To make up for the unfortunately very limited repertoire, this arrangement of Mozart's ‚'duo for violin and viola' has been launched which replaces the viola by the guitar. It is striking that the guitar character of the v…

Winner of the 2014 National Band Association Young Band Composition Contest, 'The Haunted Carousel' was conceived as a piece for band utilizing the sound of a theremin, an electronic instrument often used in old science fiction and horror movies. The part is optional and all critical material is doubled with other instruments of the band. The theremin part is designed to be performed live on an am…

Par HAYDN JOSEPH. The culture of piano-duet arrangements begins in the early-to-mid nineteenth century, the great epoch of domestic bourgeois music-making, with its easy availability of decent instruments for every front parlour or gilded salon. All the way from the Wittgenstein Palace in Vienna with its eight grand pianos, to the uprights in the suburban best-rooms of Europe and beyond; and above…

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn?t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years …

Jazz Play-Along Volume 184. Par SMITH JIMMY. For use with all B-flat, E-flat, Bass Clef and C instruments, the Jazz Play-Along series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included online audio, these first-of-a-kind packages help you master improvisation while playing some of the greatest tunes o…

It gives us great pleasure to present the venerable tradition of playing the darbuka drum using a method that makes it easy to hear and simple to learn. The rhythms which will introduce you to this enchanted world have been chosen with care and are played by Ramzi Besharat and the Galilee Percussion Ensemble. Slow rhythms (played at a slow pace) are customary in artistic music: Rhythms used in bot…

Par AMARA STEFANO. Cet appendice du « Guide du violoniste débutant » traite toutes les notions théoriques et techniques qui ont été exclues (ou simplement citées) au cours de la rédaction des deux volumes précédents. Si l’objectif principal du Guide a été celui de faire apprendre les bases de la théorie musicale et de la pratique instrumentale aux néophytes, l’appendice est la finalisation et l’en…