Thirty Progressive Exercises, Op. 38

Thirty-eight pages of rhythms and solo exercises in 4/4, progressively arranged to give speed, control, endurance and flexibility.

Jorge Cardoso is a recognized performer who has travelled the world over giving hundreds or concerts as a soloist, in duos, and with orchestras. There are innumerable recordings of his performances, and he is a prolific composer whose works have been recorded by other guitarists in more than thirty albums. Cardoso is also a master teacher with followers around the world. This DVD traces the historical path of the guitar, showing the instrument's ancestors and tracing its development to its current form. It includes a visit to the workshops of Manuel Contreras II and Ars Antiqva, Jose Angel Espejo's workshop, followed by a detailed analysis of the factors that contribute to the proper development of classical guitar technique. The DVD covers everything from the seat, the position of the body, and the devices used to improve it 'Aguado's machine?, Sor's support system, the foot-rest, attachments, and an ingenious, simple and practical system created by the author, to the mechanical workings of the hand, its main ways of gripping, and the problems posed by the ring finger. All of these topics are approached through the scientific reasoning of the author, backed up by his knowledge as a doctor. As Jorge Cardoso says in the introduction, this course 'can be useful both to beginners and to more advanced players. . . it can be useful to anyone who plays a plucked stringed instrument.? It includes basic demonstrations and explanations about how the hands work from the moment they are placed on the guitar, as well as exercises and concert pieces of the highest level. There is a discussion of strumming technique, of 'toque mixto? and four complete pieces interpreted by the author. The course will also be useful for electric guitarists and others who have focused on the use of the pick and have neglected other essential guitar techniques. UK product number 8353412233. / Guitare Classique / 125 pages / niveau : Multiple Levels / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

A Comprehensive Study of Gypsy Jazz Guitar-This book offers a comprehensive study of the Gypsy jazz or Manouche Guitar style as perceived by French guitarists Derek Sebastian and Romane two of the finest modern day practitioners of the DjangoReinhardt style. Each of the book's thirty-six progressive chapters consists of four parts: A.) Technique developed through exercises chord progressions/diagrams and illustrations of fingerboard positions; B.) A harmonylesson with leads in the Manouche style; C.) Soloing techniques based on the harmonic structure of a given theme; and D.) Self-testing materials with answers provided at the close of the book. The companion audio forL'Espirit Manouche is unique in that it provides 98 play-along MIDI files that exactly parallel the order of the exercises examples and pieces in the book as well as audio tracks of excerpts from eighteenRomane favourites from the Gypsy jazz repertoire. The MIDI tracks which can be accessed via most audio players on PC or Macintosh computers allow the student to play along with both short phrases and extensive rhythmtracks- at any desired tempo. The audio tracks are available to download online. L'Espirit Manouche not only makes Gypsy jazz accessible; it offers an opportunity to master the Manouche style. While manyexercises and tunes appear in both standard notation and tab not to mention chord or fretboard diagrams standard notation is predominant.

Douze Cahiers D'Etudes Revues, Annotées et Doigtées Par Mathieu Crickboom. Par CRICKBOOM MATHIEU. The masters of the violin have left us an inheritance of numerous books of remarkable studies and caprices. But the very abundance of this precious inheritance makes that an important part of it remains without profit, because it is impossible for the pupils to acquire or study these few thousands studies scattered in fifty big volumes. Very frequently, however, these studies are not classified in a progressive manner. Result of an inspiration which the pedagogical spirit could not always dominate or guide as it liked to, the first studies address themselves sometimes to the pupils who conjugate yet their first shifts with the most easy bow strokes, while the last are always of transcendent difficulty. Whatever be the chosen studies, once the first step is sourmounted, the pupils must do great efforts to realize imperfectly and in divided movements, difficulties which are beyond them. The result of this is: a considerable loss of time and sometimes even much discouragement. It follows at all events, that instead of practising fifty or sixty caprice studies in one year's time, the pupils can hardly study thirty. It is the desire to remedy these multiple inconveniences, that has incited us to realize the present work and in order to accomplish it to search in the greatest works of the masters, the elements the most apt to insure rapidly to the young violinists, the most complete mecanism of the left hand and bow. These exceedingly numerous and diverse elements chosen in the old editions, have been re-examined, fingered and sometimes the nuances (shades) set by us, with the most care and then classified by degrees from the second to the eight year of study in a progressive manner. These books of studies will not bear their fruits however, unless the work is regulated from the second to the fifth year of teaching, by a good method and appropriated exercises. The studies cannot in reality during this period, replace neither a method nor the exercises, they have to be considered rather as an amplified rehearsal of elements learned elsewhere but still badly assimilated./ Méthode / Violon

Ce troisième volume de La Méthode de piano classique est destiné aux étudiants qui ont terminé Method Book 2, ou pour ceux qui ont déjà une base solide dans le piano et sont de retour à l'instrument. Clairement énoncée et progresser par petites étapes gérables le livre comporte répertoire intéressant, varié et bien connu de l'époque baroque, classique et romantique époques Comprend un enregistrement sur CD de toutes les pièces offrant des performances de modèle pour vous aider à apprendre. Peut être complété par un répertoire supplémentaire, Duo et livres de fitness doigts. / Piano

The thirty studies compiled in The Little Czerny are a huge complement to Piano education. Creating stimulating exercises Chaumont''s studies cannot be missed by aspiring pianists. The Little Czerny introduces the key principles of technique including mechanism of the fingers repetition transposition as well as musical features such as articulation phrasing intervals chords variety of note values and variations in time signatures and tempos among other aspects. For all intermediate pianists Chaumont''s The Little Czerny is an essential aid to progression.

La méthode Hautbois, un texte standard pour les hautboïstes, assurera un confort de jeu pour faire avancer hautboïstes. Tout cela nouvellement gravé et édition révisée, éditée par Martin Schuring, corrige les erreurs et les incohérences trouvées dans la publication originale de Barret, et a été élargi pour inclure des sections de la publication originale de Barret étudié par hautboïstes aujourd'hui. / Hautbois