SKU: HL.197579
UPC: 888680646189. 7.0x8.0x1.5 inches.
The wood block may be the oldest musical instrument known to man, given that it would have been possible for any civilization to have constructed and plsyed this idiophonic instrument even before the Bronze Age. Even certain primate species from the animal world have been witnessed to beat on hollowed wooden logs similar to it. East Asian music uses a variety of wood blocks ranging from small hand-held instruments to enormous temple blocks which may be sounded by swinging a large log against them. The IQ Plus Wood Block can create different harmonics by striking the block at different places along its shell. Children can experiment with the different sounds created by hitting the different spots on the block. Playing with IQ Plus Wooden Block can help children achieve in developing a sense of rhythm, reinforce hand-eye coordination, improve motor skills, and develop muscle tone in the hands and arms, not to mention have a great deal of fun while doing so! Features: •Made of hand-selected environmentally friendly rubber wood with no sharp edges •Comes with a wooden mallet included •Available in various shapes and sizes.
SKU: MB.3802408465
ISBN 9783802408465. 5.25X7.5 inches.
You feel the rhythm in your blood, but can't decide which instrument to play? Your fingers are itching to play hot beats? Then this is your DVD!Here, internationally renowned Percussionist Pitti Hecht introduces you to more than 160 percussion instruments, their playing technique and the special sound effects you can create with them. In English and German.
Du hast den Rhythmus im Blut, weißt aber noch nicht, welches Percussion-Instrument es sein soll?Dich juckt es in allen Fingern, heiße Beats zu trommeln oder zu schlagen? Dann ist diese DVD genau das Richtige!Hier stellt dir der international bekannte Percussionist PiTTi Hecht über 160 Percussion-Instrumente aus aller Welt mit ihren wichtigsten Spieltechniken und Effekten vor.Zu jeder Instrumentenfamilie gibt PiTTi eine Einführung in die Schlagtechnik und zeigt dann in einem ausführlichem Solo, was man damit alles machen kann. Hier ist eine Auswahl der gezeigten Instrumente:Afuche/Cabasa, Agogo Bells, Berimbao, Bongos, Boomwhackers, Cajon, Caxixi, Chimes, Claves, Conga, Cowbells, Wood Blocks, Cuica, Darabouka, Djembe, Vibra Slap, Ching Chok, Monk bell, Cricket, Flexatone, Kokiriko, Rattles, Ocean Drum, Rahmentrommel, Frösche, Guiro, Kalimba, Kastagnetten, Kinder-Percussion-Instrumente, Maracas, Nüsse und Samenkörner/Nuts and Seeds, Pandeiro, Rainmaker, Shaker, Shekere, Talking Drum, Tamburin, Timbales, Trash Percussion, Triangel, Udu, VogelstimmenÂ
SKU: HL.14027993
ISBN 9788759811832. English.
Premiered at the festival 'Magma Berlin 2002' by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson, 29th November 2002.3 Flutes, 1st and 2nd also Alto Flutes in G, 3rd also Piccolo3 Oboes, 3rd also Cor Anglais in F3 Clarinets in Bb, 3rd also Bass Clarinet in Bb3 Bassoons, 3rd also Contra Bassoon4 Horn in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones1 TubaTimpani4 Percussion, four playersPlayer 1 - Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Water Chime, Bell Tree, Japanese Wood Blocks, Cymbal (Suspended), TamTam (Medium)Player 2 - Triangle, Tubular Bells, Crotales, Marimba, Chinese CymbalPlayer 3 - TamTam (Large), Java Gong(Large, very low), Bell Lyra (Handheld), Sizzle CymbalPlayer 4 - Bass Drum, Glockenspiel, Xylophone1 Harp1 Piano, also CelestaStrings - 16/14/12/10/8All transposing instruments are notated in their relevant transpositions.Any accidental apply only to the note that it immediately precedes, except tied notes.Naturals appear occasionally 'for safety'.'LISTENING EARTH' is a symphonic drama, a one- movement composition in four parts based on the work by two writers, Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and W.H.Auden (1907-1973). Joseph Addison is not particularly well known; he was English, a classical scholar, essayist, poet and politician, but one of his hymns was used by Benjamin Britten. in his setting of a Thomas Tallis canon.The hymn is singularly beautiful and being a composer always inspired by extramusical stimuli such as poems, nature, paintings, I was immediately convinced when I carne across the Addison hymn, that here was exactly what I wanted to use as my major source of inspiration for this piece, commissioned by and written for The Berlin Philharmonic. I don't refer to the hymn in its entirety, but have chosen the following 3 excerpts, all acting as mottos for the first three sections of the piece, thus turning the piece into a straightforward tonepoem in the classical.
