Variations on a Scale

SKU: BT.AMP-390-120

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Variations on a Scale was commissioned by CMV Excelsior Schraard in the Netherlands, to celebrate their 90th anniversary. The piece is in the form of six variations of different lengths but without a unifying theme. Instead, each variation includes either a melody based on the notes of a scale, or figurations based upon scales in the accompaniment.

Variations on a Scale is geschreven in opdracht van CMV Excelsior Schraard (dirigent Thom Zigterman) ter gelegenheid van het 90-jarig jubileum van het orkest in 2012. Het werk werd gepresenteerd tijdens het jubileumconcert en de première vond plaats in maart 2013.De compositie bestaat uit zes variaties van verschillende lengte, zonder een verbindend inhoudelijk thema. In plaats daarvan wordt elke variatie gekarakteriseerd door óf een melodie die is gebaseerd op de noten van een toonladder, óf een opvallende toonladderfiguur in de begeleiding.

Va riations on a Scale wurde 2012 anlässlich des 90-jährigen Bestehens des CMV Excelsior Schraard (Dirigent: Thom Zigterman) in Auftrag gegeben und vom Orchester selbst bei der Jubiläumsfeier im März 2013 uraufgeführt. Das Werk besteht aus sechs verschieden langen Variationen, die nicht thematisch verbunden sind. Den gemeinsamen Nenner bildet das Motto Tonleiter - alle Variationen enthalten entweder eine Melodie, die auf einer Tonleiter beruht oder eine wichtige Tonleiter-Figur in der Begleitung.

Var iations on a Scale fut commandé par l’orchestre CMB Excelsior Schraard pour la célébration de leur 90^ème anniversaire. Le morceau prend la forme de six variations de longueurs différentes. Au lieu d’un thème unifiant, chaque variation contient une mélodie basée sur les notes d’une gamme ou des figurations dans l’accompagnement qui sont basées sur des gammes.

SKU: BT.AMP-390-020

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Variations on a Scale was commissioned by CMV Excelsior Schraard in the Netherlands, to celebrate their 90th anniversary. The piece is in the form of six variations of different lengths but without a unifying theme. Instead, each variation includes either a melody based on the notes of a scale, or figurations based upon scales in the accompaniment.

Variations on a Scale is geschreven in opdracht van CMV Excelsior Schraard (dirigent Thom Zigterman) ter gelegenheid van het 90-jarig jubileum van het orkest in 2012. Het werk werd gepresenteerd tijdens het jubileumconcert en de première vond plaats in maart 2013.De compositie bestaat uit zes variaties van verschillende lengte, zonder een verbindend inhoudelijk thema. In plaats daarvan wordt elke variatie gekarakteriseerd door óf een melodie die is gebaseerd op de noten van een toonladder, óf een opvallende toonladderfiguur in de begeleiding.

Va riations on a Scale wurde 2012 anlässlich des 90-jährigen Bestehens des CMV Excelsior Schraard (Dirigent: Thom Zigterman) in Auftrag gegeben und vom Orchester selbst bei der Jubiläumsfeier im März 2013 uraufgeführt. Das Werk besteht aus sechs verschieden langen Variationen, die nicht thematisch verbunden sind. Den gemeinsamen Nenner bildet das Motto Tonleiter - alle Variationen enthalten entweder eine Melodie, die auf einer Tonleiter beruht oder eine wichtige Tonleiter-Figur in der Begleitung.

Var iations on a Scale fut commandé par l’orchestre CMB Excelsior Schraard pour la célébration de leur 90^ème anniversaire. Le morceau prend la forme de six variations de longueurs différentes. Au lieu d’un thème unifiant, chaque variation contient une mélodie basée sur les notes d’une gamme ou des figurations dans l’accompagnement qui sont basées sur des gammes.

SKU: CF.BF131

ISBN 9781491153765. UPC: 680160911264. 9 x 12 inches.

Inspired by Clarence Cameron White’s book The Violinist’s Daily Dozen, The Violinist’s Daily Sixteen is a collection of daily exercises compiled by Roland Vamos. Intended for student and professional violinists, the collection provides the performer with a variety of exercises for daily warm-ups. Mr. Vamos also focuses on developing dexterity and flexibility in the fingers and joints, the first and fourth fingers in particular. Each of the sixteen exercises is notated for each of the four strings, and Vamos recommends that the exercises be practiced as warm-ups, choosing a different string for each day of practice.Also included with the Daily Sixteen is a comprehensive set of studies for developing fluency with scales and arpeggios. Mr. Vamos’ unique methodology is to begin with major scales and arpeggios, followed by minor scales and arpeggios, all of which are notated in two, three and four octaves. Alternate fingers are provided, as well as a variety of slurred and mixed bowings using the three parts of the bow whenever feasible. It is a remarkably systematic approach to performing scales and arpeggios on the violin and will surely benefit students and professionals alike.
ForewordThis short hand-setting set of exercises was inspired by a book entitled The Violinist’s Daily Dozen, conceived by Clarence Cameron White, a prominent African-American violinist, composer and arranger who enjoyed the bulk of his career in the first half of the twentieth century.I have practiced this set of exercises since I was twelve years old. It has served me as a superb warm-up and hand setting tool. Over the years, I have found that there are some aspects of this warm-up routine that were not given sufficient attention or not addressed at all. Consequently, I have expanded the Daily Dozen to create a new work entitled The Violinist’s Daily Sixteen.I have also paid particular attention in this work as to how these exercises are to be practiced. In exercises one and two, I have indicated some notes to be played before the actual written exercises. This is to ensure that the fourth finger will be over the string in a position ready to strike even though it is not being used. Before playing exercises three, four, nine, ten, eleven and twelve, I have indicated silent fingers to be placed on the notes they would be playing if they were being used.I have replaced Mr. White’s grace notes with notes of specific value and have slowed down the exercises so that the first joint (the joint nearest the string) of each finger can move with flexibility and strength. At no time should the first joint buckle.In Mr. White’s version, the last exercise gave the first finger some very valuable backward extensions. In this exercise (number 14 in this book), I caution the student not to move the hand along with the first finger. The hand should remain in position while the first finger independently moves back and forth.It became obvious to me that if the first finger were given the opportunity to develop the dexterity that Mr. White’s twelfth exercise emphasizes, the fourth finger could benefit from an exercise that gives it a forward extension. Consequently, I added another exercise to create a Baker’s Dozen (thirteen).Several years later, I felt that the second and third fingers should also have an exercise to further develop their dexterity…hence exercise fourteen was added to create a “Vamos Dozen.”Because the first finger did not have sufficient practice in the development of the first joint in the original version, I have added two exercises to precede White’s fifth exercise. After re-working and re-numbering these exercises, I have come up with a total of sixteen exercises. It is my suggestion that these be practiced as a warm-up, choosing a different string each day.—Roland VamosEvanston, Illinois 2017 PrefaceScales are a means of teaching a person the fingerboard on his or her instrument. The fingers move across the strings and are required to make shifts, all in highly organized patterns. Scales and arpeggios are the foundation upon which our repertoire is built. Many scale books have been written; each one being organized in its own specific way. The Flesch Scale System has been a standard for many decades. It is very comprehensive and systematic. From the point of view of establishing similar patterns, it has one drawback: it is organized by starting with a major key, followed by its relative minor, going through the circle of fifths. I believe that it is more profitable to do only major scales with their arpeggios first, going up chromatically, and then follow them in a similar way with the minor scales. In using this approach, the similarities in fingerings between the various scales are more apparent. It is also profitable to have alternate fingerings whenever possible. My approach to scales and arpeggios includes a variety of slurred and mixed bowings using the three parts of the bow whenever feasible. These bowings are not all-inclusive. Whenever a particularly awkward bowing pattern is encountered in the repertoire, it can be practiced as an additional bowing variation in the scales and arpeggios.    I have chosen to introduce the three and four octave scales by teaching two octave scales across the strings in one position going up chromatically through seven positions; starting on the first, second, third, and finally fourth fingers in major and melodic minor.—Roland VamosEvanston, Illinois 2017.

SKU: HL.14003446

ISBN 9780711954489. 9.0x12.0x0.088 inches. English.

Repertoire pieces for the young beginner, easy tunes compiled by Carol Barratt. Contents: Double Basses * Gigue * I Got Shoes * Minuet in C * Moderato * Naomi's Number * Ober the Hills and Far Away * Strolling Sam * Superfrog * The Bagpipers * The C Major Scale * The Fox Jumped Over the Person's Gate * The G Major Scale * The Juniper Tree * Twins * Variations On 'Ah Vous Dirai-Je, Maman?' (Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) * What You Will.

SKU: BT.EMBZ20084

English-Hungarian.

Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a classical piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from Imitation and Inversion, Ostinato, and Free Variations, concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as Notturno, Boating, From the Diary of a Fly, or the famous Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók CompleteEdition published in 2020(Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.