Arranging for Small and Medium Ensembles-The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color character and sophistication to chord voicings. Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions understanding jazz harmony overcoming harmonic ambiguity experimenting with unusual combinations andnon-traditional alignments and many more. The accompanying online audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques. The audio tracks feature PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player thatallows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

Seven pieces from Israel originally Songs and Dances with authentic Hebrew titles. The word 'Klezmer' is derived from Hebrew and loosely translated means musical instrument. An eastern European tradition Klezmirim (Jewish folk musicians) traveled from town to town to entertain at weddings Bar Mitzvahs and other occasions.The music is in four basic parts with the 'melody line' not always restricted to the top part. The score includes chord symbols on the three melody lines so that accordion and keyboard players can play along.InstrumentationPart-1: fl/vln cl/ss/tr Part-2: fl/ob/vln cl/tr as Part-3:cl/ts/tr/tb(tc) as/he vln vla hf bn/tb(bc)Part-4: bn/vcl/tb(bc)/tba ts/bc/tb(tc)/bb bs/eh/eb