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This School of Velocity - Working on fingering and tonguing technique contains a collection of exercises and studies that provide clarinettists with the opportunity to focus on improving fluency in fingering and staccato playing: Basic exercises, finger technique for the left and the right hand, exercises in various keys, exercises for working on tonguing technique, staccato studies and exercises in double-tonguing. Pieces in this edition are of intermediate difficulty, making them suitable either for working towards specific improvements or for reinforcing the technical skills of advanced players. Contenu - The composers of these studies - Working on finger technique: Basic exercises - Special exercises for the left hand - Special exercises for the right hand - Exercises in various keys - Working on tonguing technique: Preliminary exercises - Staccato studies - Exercises in double-tonguing - Mor advanced studies to increase fluency in fingering and tonguing

Twelve Flute Studies by Marcel Bitsch is a set of studies for upper intermediate / advanced players. Edited by Jean-Pierre Rampal this set is dedicated to Gaston Crunelle. Each study in this book covers between one and 3 pages and focuses on a special aspect of practice:  1. For evenness of the fingers 2. For flexibility of the lips 3. For Staccato 4. For rhythm 5. For freedom of phrasing 6. For ornaments 7. For double tonguing 8. For speed 9. For triple tonguing 10. For tone quality 11. For intervals 12. Theme with variations These Twelve Flute Studies will really help serious players to master all the necessary techniques to get into more advanced levels. Marcel Bitsch is a French composer who wrote several orchestral works some chamber works and numerous pieces for wind instruments.

en 4 cahiers / in 4 books-Born in Tunisia in 1952 Christian Lauba has been a prominent contemporary composer winning many prizes since his graduation from the Conservatory of Bordeaux during the mid-1980s. Lauba is particularly noted for his compositions and teaching guides for the Saxophone such as Nine Studies for Saxophones. Composed betweem 1992 and 1994 Nine Studies for Saxophones won Lauba the SACEM prize in composition. The first volume contains the first four studies; 1) Balafon 2) Savane 3) Sanza and 4) Jungle. Nine Studies for Saxophones is very modern in style exploiting extended techniques ofthe Saxophone to the maximum. These include multiphonic sounds subtones slap-tongue harmonics flutter tonguing double tonguing slaps and key noises. With modern classical music becoming more and more prominent within the genre Lauba's Nine Studies for Saxophones is essential to all saxophonists.

This Trumpet Concerto was commissioned by the Ford Foundation for Gerard Schwarz. It is a unique work; a delightful palette of succulent and colourful scoring for both soloist and orchestra. The piece has attractive melodies andharmonies uses several types of mutes for colour and is written in Schuller’s personal pan-stylistic musical language. The first movement opens with a mysterious exotic-sounding Introduction marked calmo leadingto a masculine yet jaunty Allegro comodo the trumpet being assigned characteristic semiquaver passage work. The movement also includes some beautiful lyrical and rhythmically simple passages. The second movement is aScherzo-Trio-Scherzo at a vivace tempo. A short drawn out slow third movement concludes with a challenging full-page cadenza. Here the trumpet is required to play very rapid double-tonguing patterns on semiquaverpassages over a repeated quaver ostinato reminiscent of the first movement. The final movement is virtually a pyrotechnical fireworks display of musically interesting idiomatic thrilling passage work. This movement demonstratesonce again Schuller's extraordinary understanding and exploitation of the capabilities of the instruments. This edition contains a Piano reduction (by Robert Waddell) of the Concerto for rehearsal purposes only.

Cathedrals have always appealed to the imagination. Hundreds of years of manpower have been invested in their building and it is not for nothing that today they represent imposing symbols of architecture and history. The cathedral is also a great source of inspiration for compositions drawing on a full palette of acoustic echo effects Gregorian melodies and organ based choral themes.The work ?Catedrals? opens with a five tone motif using double tonguing which resonates through space. Then comes a Gregorian antiphonal theme ?Salve Regina? which is heard in the euphonium and later combines with the opening motif. The quicker passage that follows is basedentirely on the intervals in the motif which by now has added rhythmic variations and develops in different forms including a fugue. The work then builds towards its first climax from which unusual muted sounds emerge creating an atmosphere shrouded in mystery.Gradually more melodious fragments are added to the Gregorian antiphonal theme which develops into an expansive choral emulating the organ and which rises above the sound mass. The work grows more powerful and brilliant in sound until it culminates in a short and explosive finale wherein elements from the whole work come together.

For trumpet and Piano Accompaniment-From the dynamic driving introduction to the expressively lyric Andante cantabile Concertpiece for Trumpet was created to showcase both the technical and lyrical qualities of the trumpet. Whether cascading down difficult runs negotiating its way through exciting double-tonguing passages or soaring above the ensemble during the most expressive moments the trumpet soloist is challenged to perform at an extremely high standard of excellence.After the expressive middle section the recapitulation of the opening Allegro once again re-establishes the brilliant energetic qualities of the trumpet while the following Coda focuses on the interplay between the soloist and piano. Adramatic flourish of ascending runs brings this work to a fitting conclusion.

Cathedrals have always appealed to the imagination. Hundreds of years of manpower have been invested in their building and it is not for nothing that today they represent imposing symbols of architecture and history. The cathedral is also a great source of inspiration for compositions drawing on a full palette of acoustic echo effects Gregorian melodies and organ based choral themes.The work ?Catedrals? opens with a five tone motif using double tonguing which resonates through space. Then comes a Gregorian antiphonal theme ?Salve Regina? which is heard in the euphonium and later combines with the opening motif. The quicker passage that follows is basedentirely on the intervals in the motif which by now has added rhythmic variations and develops in different forms including a fugue. The work then builds towards its first climax from which unusual muted sounds emerge creating an atmosphere shrouded in mystery.Gradually more melodious fragments are added to the Gregorian antiphonal theme which develops into an expansive choral emulating the organ and which rises above the sound mass. The work grows more powerful and brilliant in sound until it culminates in a short and explosive finale wherein elements from the whole work come together.

20 Small Etudes-Italian flautist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833-1905) moved to Paris after his studies where he worked as a virtuoso Flute player and prolific composer. Being exceedingly talented Gariboldi's compositions range from operettas to studies including his ever-popular teaching aid Vingt Petites Études for Flute. Covering a huge spectrum of Flute techniques studies in Vingt Petites Études address articulation dynamics note values single and double tonguing breath control range vibrato and ornamentation among other things. Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt PetitesÉtudes is essential to accompany all flautist's progress.