Format : Sheet music
SKU: YM.GTP01100466
ISBN 9784636103175. 8.5 x 12 inches.
Yoshiko Kurokawa's new proposal of piano technique. The author, Yoshiko Kurokawa, explains that you can easily and effectively learn the basic techniques that are important for piano performance, as described in Chopin's Draft of Technique, Brahms' Practice Book, and Hummel's Theory of Piano Technique. In addition to warm-up and exercise pieces by the auther Kurokawa herself, the book includes works by composers such as Hummel, Clementi, and Mozart, as well as exercise-specific exercises by Japanese composer Yasuhisa Tohma. The book is full of essential elements for piano playing and techniques, such as control of tone and volume balance in accompaniment form, awareness of palm strength essential for playing heavy notes, various ways of playing ornamented notes, tone and joint training depending on how the arms are placed when crossing, and important future techniques using the wrists and arms.
SKU: BT.EMBZ20085
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.
SKU: M7.VOGG-808
ISBN 9783802408083. English.
From the basics of music notation, the correct playing position and simple pieces covering a fifth, to mastery of the complete octave and a refined playing technique: This book covers everything the beginning pianist should know. To prevent piano playing from ever becoming boring, it covers a wide range of musical styles from Classical music to Jazz.Other topics include music theory and the acoustic basics of piano tone, thus laying a solid foundation for future studies in piano playing.The included CD makes practicing easy and fun!
SKU: BT.EMBZ20083
SKU: HL.48180818
UPC: 888680853068. 9x12 inches.
The Techniques of the Oboe, Sonority and Mechanism by Louis Bleuzet is a method for oboe, using the rational study of the scale. This first volume for beginners includes the following topics: 1. Scales 2. Mechanism 3. Sonority 4. Articulations 5. Trills. The two other volumes focus on: Scales in third, Mechanism, Scales in fourths, Mechanism, Whole tone scales, Chromatic scale, Arpeggios and Staccato. Louis Bleuzet (1874-1941) was a French oboist and a professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
SKU: HL.50511784
ISBN 9790080145111. 8.5x11.75x0.099 inches. Hungarian, English. Laszlo Dubrovay.
The composer wrote this work in 2004 for the Corpus trombone quartet, to whom it is dedicated. The piece consists of a slow and a fast section, both in rondo form. Its musical language makes use of a great many new elements of playing technique, which provide an excellent opportunity for displaying the fantastically virtuosic capabilities of both the new modes of sound production and the performers: they include Wah-muted notes with modulated tone colour, harmonic-glissandi, sequences of buzzing notes sung into the instrument, valve-modulated harmonic glissandi, rapid double- and tripletongued staccatos, and flutter-tongued, lip-trilled and buzzing lip-vibrating notes. The purpose: playful, good-humoured music-making, to exorcise evil from our lives.
SKU: HL.48180301
UPC: 888680795627. 9x12 inches.
The second of the Two Pieces for flute and harp or piano accompaniment,'“2. The squirrels” is a lovely short piece composed by Henri Busser. Really different from the “1. The swans,” this piece is much more cheerful and slightly faster. It is perfect to work on the flexibility of the tone and good training to be able execute more challenging pieces. Starting in D major, the piece has a ternary form (ABA), with a beginning in staccato, a slower B part and the repeat of the initial theme for the end. The most difficult part of this piece will be found in the last two measures, with really fast notes to play. It will be necessary to start to play them at a slower tempo to get the perfect technique and then increase the speed. This work is preceded by “The Swans,” with a difficulty rated at 5. Henri Busser (1872-1913) is a French classical composer and organist. He was a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and a member of the Académie française. He wrote a ballet, numerous operas and chamber music.
SKU: HL.48181719
UPC: 888680846091. 9x12 inches.
“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.&rdquo.
SKU: FH.VLR00
ISBN 9781554409013.
Carefully selected and curated to support teachers and students in their artistic and technical development, the Violin Series, 2021 Edition includes pieces from a diverse range of eras and styles that represent stepping stones to major violin repertoire. Each level is constructed to link repertoire selections to necessary techniques and corresponding etudes, while illustrating step-by-step connections for developing core skills. Each Repertoire book includes access to quality video and audio recordings by some of North America's finest violinists and accompanists; both performance and accompaniment-only tracks for each Repertoire selection offer students a model for performance practice and the convenience of accompanied rehearsal at home.
Violin Preparatory Repertoire features student and teacher duets to promote listening skills and to provide an entry point into ensemble playing. This repertoire book for elementary-level students, distinguished by slow and fast tempos, is based on the foundational finger patterns of D major and A major, postural development, and bow division with legato and staccato strokes. Special effects, such as tapping on the side of the violin and open-string pizzicato, promote freedom of movement and encourage navigation of the fingerboard. Elementary rhythms are explored alongside supportive piano accompaniments within familiar time signatures. Featured composers include Violet Archer, Ludwig van Beethoven, Harold Birston, Frank Blachford, Jean Couthard, David Gordon Duke, Jean Ethridge, Joanne Martin, and Mary Alice Rich.
