From '44 Duos For Two Violins'. Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók (1881-1945) composed his 44 Duos for Two Violins in 1931. These unique musical miniatures combine folk melodies from Eastern Europe with the musical language of the twentieth century in an exciting blend of tradition and modernity. For the present edition Marcin Langer arranged twenty of these duos for Bb clarinets. The pieces allow players to share the pleasure of chamber music while exploring this fascinating sound world. All the duos sound at the original pitch and can thus be performed by a clarinet and violin. Most of the duets can also be played by a clarinet and alto saxophone combination (nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17). In such cases, the relevant duos from the edition for two violins (UE 10452A and UE 10452B) or for two alto saxophones (UE36991) should be used./ Répertoire / 2 Clarinettes

Selected and edited by Emma Coulthard.A great collection of flute duets in every style from folk, spiritual, baroque, classical, pop, shows and contemporary for players between grades 1-3. / Flûte Traversière

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók composed his first pedagogical collection For Children between 1908 and 1911. The first edition was issued between 1909 and 1911 in four volumes, comprising two of Hungarian and two of Slovak folk song arrangements. After moving to America, Bartók considered it important to produce new editions of his earlier works. Thus in autumn 1943, together with his new publisher Boosey & Hawkes, he planned a new edition of For Children, and to this end completely revised the collection. Although Bartók had already completed his revision by the end of 1943, the revised edition was only issued in 1946. The pieces were published without titles in the first edition, but the folksong lyrics were included. These lyrics, deemed unnecessary for the non-Hungarian audiences, were not taken over to the American revised edition however, a significant number of pieces were provided with a title conveying their mood and their background in folk music and folk life. The American edition omitted the folk songs lyrics that seemed unnecessary to the audience there, but the titles of the first edition were replaced with English titles (some with the same meaning and some with modified interpretations) conveying each song's mood and background in folk music and folk life.The present edition - which contains the same scores as those in Volume 37 of the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition (Z. 15037) - is based on the revised version that the composer made in 1943 for the new edition, to which he also referred to as ''corrected''. We have added Hungarian translations to the English titles but we have also restored the original collection of folk song texts with parallel English translations. The pieces discarded from the revised version, as well as early versions that are significantly different from the revised version, are included in the Appendix. This publication contains a preface and editorial comments in both Hungarian and English./ Recueil / Piano

Béla Bartók's series of piano pieces For Children, based on folk melodies, was written around the end of the first decade of the 20th century. The pieces were published shortly afterwards by the Hungarian publisher Károly Rozsnyai. That first publication was in four volumes, the first two containing a total of 42 pieces based on Hungarian folk tunes, the third and fourth containing 43 pieces based on Slovakian folk tunes.In 1943, whilst in the United States, Bartók prepared a revised version of the collection for the publishers Boosey and Hawkes. The revisions were minimal: two Hungarian and four Slovakian songs were eliminated, there were a few minor alterations incorporating new ideas, some of the pieces previously written with accidentals had key signatures added, a few pieces were rewritten with changed meters - some fingerings were added or changed.The composer prepared the revised 1943 edition by using copies of the first edition on which he marked minor changes - where the changes were more extensive, fresh manuscript was written and a new version engraved. However, much of the engraving of the first edition was preserved in the 1943 edition. Publication took place in 1946, after the composer's death - it is not known if he saw final proofs prior to printing.The revised edition was published in two volumes, which now have been published together as one volume for the first time. / Piano

Book 2 of this comprehensive series of piano etudes includes late-elementary pieces which can be introduced during the second level of any piano method. They provide an excellent resource for students who need additional reinforcement in technique. Suitable for all pianists these etudes can serve equally well as performance repertoire. Contents include: Minuet (Bartok); Village Dance (Beethoven); Etude Op. 101 No. 60 (Beyer); Etude Op. 599 No. 19 (Czerny); Etude Op. 777 No. 8 and No. 22 (Czerny); Bagatelle (Diabelli); Study Op. 176 No. 3 (Duvernoy); The Chase Op. 117 No. 15 (Gurlitt); Etude Op. 82 No. 39 and No. 65 (Gurlitt); Etude Op. 218 No. 34 (Kohler); Etude Op. 17No. 18 (Le Couppey); Impatience Op. 13 No. 6 (Rowley); Little Piece Op. 68 No. 5 (Schumann); Etude Op. 108 No. 12 and No. 5 (Schytte); A Pleasant Morning Op. 63 No. 1 (Streabbog).

This third volume in the Classical Piano Solos series features 20 original pieces from the masters, suitable for pianists at a Grade 3 standard.This series was compiled to correlate loosely with the Modern Course method and can be used to supplement any teaching method or situation. This volume features a mix of well-known pieces such as Burgmüller's 'Ballade? and Rebikov's 'Playing Soldiers? as well as lesser-known gems like CPE Bach's 'Presto? - a fast, motivating recital piece, and the lovely, lyrical 'Piece Romantique? by Cecile Chaminade. / Piano

The Quintessential Rut-Buster 2-DVD Set-Guitar players love to jam. Call out a key lay down a one or two chord vamp the rhythm section kicks in and everybody starts to get their groove on - simple enough for seasoned players with monster improv chops and big ears.Not so easy for most intermediate and early advanced players who tend to run out of ideas and struggle communicating musically with the other members of the band.This 2-DVD set illustrates dozens of approaches for developing solid melodic and rhythmic ideas for soloing or comping over one and two-chord vamps.You'll first learn how to think melodically and then how to best express those ideas in a vamp or jam setting with the otherband members.The DVDs cover creative devices like melodic patterns call and response stutter picking guide tones horizontal lines tone targeting muffled arpeggios chromatics expressions passing tones and other techniques for generating ideas on the fly.You'll also learn how to develop ideas around unusual scales like the Super Locrian Bartok minor and harmonic minor scales.Rhythm and comping are also covered with equal emphasis; clave rhythms inversions rhythmic alteration quartal harmony bubble parts chord punches and how to clearly communicate and then lock up with the band is demonstrated in detail.