SKU: HL.50487761
ISBN 9790080141113. Bach (23 x 30,2 cm) inches. Hungarian. Janos Gonda.
This comprehensive, pedagogical work by Janos Gonda, the renowned jazz pianist, composer and teacher, introduces musicians to the secrets of improvisation. While the second and third volumes of the three-volume set deal mostly with the genre of jazz, this first volume presents the most basic methods of musical improvisation. It was written specifically for music school teachers and those familiar with classical music. It is intended primarily - but not exclusively - for pianists, therefore it can also be used by other instrumentalists and singers.
SKU: MB.31076M
ISBN 9781513477695. 8.75x11.75 inches.
Following the model established by Bach and Chopin, George Gershwin (1898 â?? 1937) originally planned to write 24 modern preludes for piano, one in each major and relative minor key. The collection was to be called The Melting Pot as it combined cross-cultural elements of classical, popular, jazz, and blues styles. Already established as a composer of popular songs, Broadway musicals, and masterpieces like Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F, Gershwinâ??s frenetic musical activities and an early death intervened, and for various reasonsâ??only three of the completed 5-7 preludes were published in 1927. By omission and circumstance, these three compositions have endured the test of time as Gershwinâ??s Three Preludes.àThis book presents idiomatic flute/guitar arrangements of Gershwinâ??s iconic Three Preludes. The original keys of the preludes were altered to accommodate drop-D guitar tuning and highlight the strengths and tessituras of the two instruments. The music is written in standard notation only and presented in guitar and flute scores, guitar accompaniment with extensive suggested fingering, and a pull-out flute solo part with guitar cues. Includes access to an outstanding online audio recording by The Cypress Duo, featuring flutist Amanda Hoke and author/guitarist Justin Hoke.àAudiences are going to love hearing these preludes rendered by the flute and guitar, particularly â??Prelude IIâ?Â, in Gershwinâ??s words, â??a sort of blues lullabyâ? that is familiar to many musicians and listeners alike.
SKU: FL.FX070917
SKU: HL.50605345
ISBN 9781705180235. UPC: 196288106135.
Similarly to Bach's cycle The Well-Tempered Clavier or to Chopin's 24 Preludes, and similarly to his own collection published in 2019, the Wolf-temperiertes Klavier, Péter Wolf penned 24 piano pieces again. His Jazz Preludes set examples for improvisation and make use of the entire stylistic spectrum of jazz, ranging from the gospel (“Anthem, No. 7â€) to blues (“Windlass, No. 1â€), bebop (“Crime, No. 11â€), Latin jazz (“Tropical Night, No. 6â€), and, of course, the world of ballads (“Nostalgia, No. 4†and “Question Without Answer, No. 16â€). The individual movements are no mere style exercises or piano technique exercises but, like Debussy's preludes, they are expressive character pieces: musical images of a phenomenon, an emotion, a behavior pattern, a personal experience reflected by their titles.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14216
ISBN 9783892210306. UPC: 805095142167. English.
This book should be seen as a method to help the artist to develop his or her own way when trying to improvise chromatically. Through the concepts and examples offered, the improvisor should be able to use this material alongside already familiar tonal ideas. Specifically, the book serves as a guide for organizing chromaticism into a coherent musical statement meant to satisfy both the intellectual and emotional needs of artistic creation. The reader will be introduced to more than one way of conceiving chromatic lines and harmonies. There is nothing theoretically complex or new in the text, it is the organization of the material as well as many musical examples and transcriptions (Bach, Scriabin, Coltrane, Shorter, Hancock, Beirach, Liebman a.o.) which should serve to inspire musicians to expand their usual diatonic vocabulary. This book also provides insight into the style of playing that David Liebman is known for. In addition the book contains 100 assorted solo lines and 100 chord voicings. More from David Liebman at his homepage.
SKU: HL.50487763
ISBN 9790080141137. Bach (23 x 30,2 cm) inches. Hungarian.
Composed by Janos Gonda. Volume 3. Jazz, blues, latin. Sheet music and CD.
