Par TOOTS THIELEMANS. Etre un artiste c'est également être un professeur. Directement ou indirectement, à travers son travail ou ses mots, l'artiste enseigne. La collection 'Jazz Master Class' présente les plus importants artistes de jazz en atelier. Ils jouent, parlent de leur concert et de leur travail puis les étudiants de l'atelier jouent et les artistes commentent leur travail. Nous espérons …

The Art Of Blues Guitar Improvising. Par BARRETT DAVID. Blues Guitar Method Level 2, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series®, is about learning the art of improvising. Areas covered are: Tools for Improvising (Scales and Arpeggios) - Soloing Concepts (Question and Answer Phrasing and Chord Tone Approach Construction) - Pickups, Intros, Turnarounds and Endings - and Bar Solo and Analysis. Thi…

This beautiful duet from Monteverdi's opera 'L'Incoronazione di Poppea? is a wonderful addition to the CME Opera Workshop series. This duet, which occurs at the end of the opera, beautifully illustrates Monteverdi's ability to interweave the vocal lines in a harmonically intriguing way. Ann Small's edition features an ornamented return of the first section of the duet with stylistic trills that co…

This one-minute piece is thoroughly traditional in its notation and easy to play. Harmonies based around fourths and baroque-style rhythms are its most obvious characteristics, with a harmonically surprising chord bringing this 'Bagatelle' to a close with a wink of an eye. / Marimba Et Vibraphone (Ou 2 Instruments A Clavier)

...called dusk II for string quartet draws its inspiration from a line in Samuel Beckett's short story Lessness: 'Figment dawn dispeller of figments and the other called dusk'.The work is a kind of double Chaconne, each part of which contains 26 chords based on specific permutations of fundamental notes and their harmonics. Each of the parts pass through alternating, harmonically contrasted planes…

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

(33 Works by 25 Composers from the 20th and 21st Centuries). By Various. For Piano. Piano Collection. 240 pages. Published by G. Schirmer

Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings, introductory text, biographical sketches of composers and glossary of musical terms. 20th century. 238 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Yorktown Music Press.

By Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Keyboard. Level: Intermediate/Late Intermediate (4/5/6). Published by Alfred Publishing.

27 Pieces for Solo Piano on the Quiet Side. By Various. Boosey and Hawkes Piano. 56 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

(Book with Online Audio Access Intermediate Level). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. For Piano. Schirmer Performance Editions. Intermediate. Softcover Audio Online. 76 pages. Published by G. Schirmer

By Jamey Aebersold. For singers, vocalists, drums, bass, guitar, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano, keyboard, organ, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, harmonica. Play-Along series with accompaniment CD. 24 beautiful, well-known standards in keys comfortable for most female singer…

(20 Scott Joplin Favorites) By Scott Joplin (1868-1917), arranged by Jerry Silverman. Duet songbook for instrument solo or duet (flute, recorder, oboe, violin, mandolin, harmonica). 62 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

By Western Traditional. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Text: Western Traditional. For Piano, Harmonica or Other C-Instrument accompaniment. (SATB). Mark Hayes. Folk, Secular. Level: Medium Easy Jr. High/High School or Easy Adult. 12 pages. Duration 2 min, 28 sec. Published by Hinshaw M…

By Jamey Aebersold. For singers, vocalists, drums, bass, guitar, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano, keyboard, organ, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, harmonica. Play-Along series with accompaniment CD. Singer-sensitive solo accompaniment for 12 ballads; recorded twice - LOW and …

Tara Publications (Tara: The Best in Jewish Music). Size 9x12 inches. 176 pages. Published by Tara Publications.

By Alexander Gretchaninoff. Edited by Willard A. Palmer. For Piano. Piano Collection. Masterwork. Level: Early Intermediate / Late Intermediate (grade 3/4/5/6). Book. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(27 Works by 8 Composers). Composed by Various. For Piano. Piano Collection. Upper Intermediate. Softcover. 96 pages. Hal Leonard #ED4606. Published by Hal Leonard

Piano Solo. By Various. Piano Collection. 272 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Arranged by Deborah Greenblatt. Recorder Quartet. For SATB recorders. Irish Folk. Score. Standard Notation. 35 pages

28 Pieces by 22 Composers in Progressive Order. Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Schirmer Performance Editions. Softcover. 80 pages. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.297107).