Succeeding With The Masters-Succeeding With The Masters & The Festival Collection - ETUDES With Technique was compiled by Helen Marlais and Suzanne Torkelson.Learning etudes at the same time as technique develops a healthy natural and effective mastery of Piano from the very beginning.Each book is divided into units and each focuses on one technical concept.Technical concepts are introduced usin…

This series is designed to develop healthy natural and effective technique. Each book is divided into units and each unit focuses on one technical concept utilizing imagery to help students understand the gesture needed to produce the correct technique.Students get the opportunity to play the technique using two short technical exercises followed by several etudes to reinforce each concept.This…

Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has long been devoted to the education of Piano students. In this book he offers dozens of pieces designed to empower the student whether novice or classically trained with the technique needed to become an accomplished jazz pianist. With all the interesting detailed biography performance and practice notes for each exercise this is a valuable and practica…

The Playing Techniques series marks the culmination of legendary drummers Ralph Humphrey and Joe Porcaro's deep contribution to drum set education. Covering the study of everything pertaining to the proper technical performance of music on the drum set, the materials are presented in a systematic manner similar to a college course, which the authors refined over decades of teaching at Musicians In…

This collection of 36 solos, etudes and technique studies was written especially for the developing intermediate guitarist. A variety of musical styles and genres are presented, along with a colorful assortment of flatpicking techniques and melodies. In addition to their appealing sound and being fun to play, many of these pieces are suitable for performance in recitals or concerts. Every effort h…

Twelve Etudes Op.39 composed by Edward MacDowell is intended for the moderately advanced student. Since most of the etude literature written by the major composers are virtuosic in nature and intended to cultivate a brilliant and virtuosic technique of the advanced pianists many of the etudes in Op.39 are unique in that the development of touch takes priority. In this edition Gary Busch provid…

Although each study emphasizes an aspect of virtuoso piano technique, the etudes are some of the most effectively moving of all the concert works in piano literature. This 144-page volume includes the 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 as well as the three etudes without opus numbers composed in 1839 for Moscheles and Fetis's Method of Methods. Pedaling is taken from the original manuscripts and first edit…

Par MULE. Thirty great exercises or studies after Soussmann- Book 1 is the first volume of series of two, written by Marcel Mule. Inspired by Soussmann’s exercise book and adapted to Saxophone, these studies for intermediate players are divided with 15 studies in the first book and 15 in the second. Written in G key with up to 7 sharps, these studies will develop the technical skills and the sonor…

The Basic of Cello technique in selected etudes-Studies play an important role in musical instrument training. Gerhard Mantel's new edition 'Etüden üben' [Practising studies] (3 volumes) complements his previous successful book 'Cello üben' (ED 8714). The basics of cello technique are worked on in selected studies with the focus being not only on the ability to learn a technically and musically o…

Gabriel Masson provides advanced trombonists with excellent studies to improve technique. With instruction in French English and German  12 Études Variées for Trombone cannot be missed. This Masson study book covers a range of techniques including intervals breath control articulation accidentals compelx rhythms slides chromaticism scalic and arpeggiac passages performance directions an…

Significant Double Bassist teacher and composer Edouard Nanny (1872-1942) is best remembered as a long-standing professor of Double Bass at the Paris Conservatoire. Being such a prolific figure in the Double Bass field his Complete Study of the Double Bass is well-informed. Still played by Double Bass students Nanny's significant contribution to field of pedagogy remains prominent. The third …

Twenty Studies for Timpani by Jacques Delécluse (born 1933) is a set of twenty studies written for 2-5 Timpani and inspired by symphonic repertoire. Written for intermediate-level they require some technical knowledge. Twenty Studies for Timpani features some meter and multiple pitch changes and the studies are written with increasing difficulty. This set will definitely help to master a good t…

Suitable for both advanced saxophonists and advanced oboists Ferdinand Capelle who was a professor at the Lille Conservatoire compiles twenty large-scale studies based on the styles of composers Sivori Charpentier Rode and Fiorillo. The first volume of Twenty Big Studies contains the first ten studies. Each one is composed with variations in ornamentations articulation rhythm phrasing i…

Percussionist Marcel Jorand (b. 1937) studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won many prizes including first prize for his instrument. His professional work as a performer and teacher combined produced many well-informed study books for Percussion including Fifteen Studies for Xylophone. Following his graduation from the Paris Conservatoire Jorand worked with the Orchestre Philharmonique …