Contemporary Arranging - Book and Cd

Eb Instruments-The Latin Real Book contains over 550 pages of the most sumptuous and smooth salsa and Latin-jazz from all eras. This version is arranged for E Flat Instruments.   This book is packed with Latin-infused rhythms and salsa styles. With detailed arrangements that match the recording exactly your band will be able to play in a huge number of diverse genres. Many songs feature Bass lines Piano montunos a Drum and Percussion appendix as well as Horn counter-lines.   With the lyrics in Spanish Portuguese and/or English this is possibly the only truly authoritative and authentic book of Latin Salsa and Brazilian music in existence. From the classics to more contemporary arrangements this book will transform your playing into an incredibly exotic mix of styles that is sure to get everybody on their feet.

The Faber Carol Book is an exciting volume of Christmas carols and songs with an original contemporary twist designed to breathe fresh air into Christmas concerts. They contain forty pieces expertly edited and arranged by Gwyn Arch and Ben Parry capturing a variety of moods and styles through time – from contemporary arrangements of medieval and traditional carols to spirituals and music from around the world.There is also an impressive line-up of original pieces by some of today’s most highly respected choral composers including Howard Goodall Lin Marsh Peter Gritton Errollyn Wallen and Mike Brewer. Presented in two separate volumes this isthe second anthology with all carols arranged for SATB choir with Piano Accompaniment. Both publications include undemanding keyboard accompaniment and suggestions for optional instrumental lines.

The renowned pianist Hans-Günter Heumann has arranged these 30 contemporary Piano classics which are some of the greatest hits of modern composers, inspired by minimalism and drawing on many other genres. Including arrangements of Einaudi, Yiruma and Yann Tiersen among many others, Piano Pur features many songs to soothe the soul. The most acclaimed composers of the genre like Dustin O'Halloran, Ludovico Einaudi, Yann Tiersen and Philip Glass are represented here, with beautiful arrangements by Heumann. The repetitive structures build rhythms and melodies that envelop the listener, resulting in wonderful pieces of music that are as enjoyable to play as they are simply to listen to. The juxtaposition of patterns and motifs create relaxing and joyful music that may come under the genre of 'miminalism', but is far from simplistic. Featuring songs like River Flows In You, Nightbook, Metamorphosis One and Three as well as Erik Satie's masterful Gymnopédie #1, Piano Pur is a wonderful selection of the most beautiful contemporary classical pieces, as well as three original compositions by Heumann himself. Featuring a unique MP3 CD with full demonstrations as well, this songbook has everything you might need to learn how to play these fantastic songs on Piano./ Recueil / Piano

Par SEBESKY DON. An authoritative, easy-to-understand text covering all aspects of arranging. This beautifully bound edition contains a compact disc with examples performed by jazz greats such as George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws and Don Sebesky's complete orchestra. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. / Méthode en anglais / Théorie / Théorie Solfège

Media Type : Book+CD+DVD Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Jazz Number of pages : 248 Inside the Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind drum method that uses traditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazz ensemble as the vehicle to study beats, musical form, ensemble phrasing, articulation, and interpretation. For each arrangement, there is talk through� information explaining how the composition is played as well as transcriptions of key beats and melodic information that connects the written drum part� to the music. The 248 page book includes a 2.5 hour MP3 CD and an hour long DVD demonstrating every exercise in the text. Also included are anecdotes and interviews with legendary big band drummers and arrangers such as Louie Bellson, Jake Hanna, Phil Wilson, Mark Taylor and Bob Curnow.

Par LEACH JAY. Cet ouvrage unique combine deux des hymnes de l'Eglise chrétienne, mieux aimés ' Amazing Grace 'et' grand est Thy fidélité, 'avec huit compositions originales. Ces sélections ont été choisies parmi les 3 albums solos différents enregistrés par le célèbre guitariste de Los Angeles Jay Leach. Les compositions et les arrangements contenues dans cet ouvrage ne fournira pas seulement un point de vue unique sur la substitution de la corde harmonique et leader de la voix, mais fourniraient aussi beaucoup de précieux renseignements sur fingerstyle acoustique technique pour les joueurs de tous les niveaux de débutants à des professionnels chevronnés. Les histoires de source d'inspiration de comment cette musique est advenu, combinée avec la richesse harmonique apaisante des sélections en font une ressource précieuse tous les guitaristes acoustiques. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Sacred - Transcribed Solos / Recueil / Guitare

The tunes made popular in the '40s are still alive in contemporary arrangements. All are written in compatible books and are great for combos of 2, 3 or more. Titles include: C Jam Blues * Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me * Georgia on My Mind * In a Mellow Tone * It Don't Mean a Thing * Over the Rainbow * 720 in the Books.

The tunes made popular in the '40s are still alive in contemporary arrangements. All are written in compatible books and are great for combos of 2, 3 or more. Titles include: C Jam Blues * Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me * Georgia on My Mind * In a Mellow Tone * It Don't Mean a Thing * Over the Rainbow * 720 in the Books.

Write for a horn section!
In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a complete score.
You will learn to:
Write for alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, as well as trumpet and trombone
Construct common voicings, such as unisons, octave unisons, two- to five-part soli, and open voicings
Expand your harmony by using jazz chords
Use brass mutes
Compose many textures, including melodies, solis, fills, pads, comping parts, background lines, and others
Score advanced harmonic techniques characteristic of brass sections, such as chromatic approach chords, four- and five-part voicings, tension substitutions, and more
?An amazing book that opens your mind for new horn arranging techniques. Horns on steroids!?
?Hassan El Shafei, Artist/Record Producer
?Arranging for Horns is the one-stop-shop the young arranger can make to explore the techniques, applications, and context for contemporary horn arranging. Jerry Gates masterfully compiled three decades of experience?both in classroom and in professional writing?into an organized and concise 80-page text. Highly recommended!?
?Adi Yeshaya, Composer, Arranger (Prince, Aretha Franklin, The Voice)
?An insightful and valuable resource for all arrangers. Jerry?s explanations are very clear and concise. Highly recommended!?
?Mark Harrison, Keyboardist/Composer, Music Educator, and Author
?Jerry is a devoted musician and educator who has written yet another clear and concise book! This time Jerry guides the reader through a direct and useful approach to writing horn arrangements. Included are rhythm section considerations, notations, and a valuable mention about contour shaping as the blueprint for a successful arrangement. This book demystifies arranging for horns and inspires us to dive right in. There are great tools included and distilled from Jerry?s many years of experience and education. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get quick and positive results without excess theory to weigh the creative process down.?
?David Goldblatt, Composer, Pianist, and Music Director (for national television programs, world tours, and varied media)
?Jerry Gates? Arranging for Horns is a concise yet thorough guide to horn arranging in jazz and popular styles. The book progresses through each vital instrument, offering writing techniques for them as individuals and as a group. Arranging for Horns goes one step further than many treatments of this topic, looking at how an arrangement can vary throughout a song?changing the intensity of the music. This added consideration gives arrangers a powerful tool for adding shape and contour to their songs. Recommended for all arrangers and songwriters.?
?Ben Newhouse, Composer and Educator
/ Partitions jazzandblues / Tous instruments par tonalité / Tous instruments / BERKLEE

Following on from Justin Sandercoe’s hugely successful Justinguitar.com Beginner’s Course and his songbooks for Guitar this is Justin’s first Ukulele Songbook featuring 25 great Ukulele songsfor players of all ages. Inside you will find 25 fantastic songs by artists like The Beatles Daft Punk John Legend Bob Marley and so many more. Justin Sandercoe has expertly compiled some classicUkulele songs some contemporary pop songs and some vintage favourites into an easy-to-use and fun-to-play Ukulele Songbook that will bring out the best in your instrument. ThisUkulele chord book begins at the very start with beginner songs for Ukulele that only use the most basic chords. So if you've just started to get to grips with the instrument you can start here and progress through every tune inthe songbook. Songs like I'm Yours and Stand By Me will introduce the fun that can be had with the Uke before you move onto the other sections and get more serious. Sandercoe goes on to introduce someclassic Ukulele songs some contemporary pop hits and even some songs that sound like they shouldn't work on a Uke but totally do! - such as Get Lucky by Daft Punk and Happy by PharrellWilliams. The Ukulele Songbook is written in the inimitable style of Justin Sandercoe whose enjoyment of the Ukulele is evident in his enthusiasm for how fun and accessible it is. Everysong in the songbook is arranged especially for the Ukulele and comes accompanied by full lyrics chord diagrams and strumming patterns to help you through anything tricky. It's more than a mere songbook though as Justin alsogives you general performance tips within each song helping you to perfect your playing and become a better Ukulele player overall. Whether you're just starting out or you need some fresh songs for your

Over 100 of the best-known tunes taken from 11 of the most acclaimed fake books out there The Best Of Sher Music compiles a diverse range of the most essential songs for C instruments that you need to know. At long last a compilation of tunes taken from the world-famous fake books from Sher Music. Every book in the Real Books series contains a dizzying number of jazz standards and contemporary records all arranged in an accurate and easy-to-read engraving. Now these books have been combed for the best songs which have been placed into this edition. So with The Best Of Sher Music you knowyou're only getting the greatest songs.  Featuring transcriptions of some of the best jazz songs ever recorded this book is truly invaluable for any serious or casual jazz musician. The book is helpfully divided into sections so that you can easily find your favourite song or just choose a style to learn. The jazz standards and bossa nova section contains songs like Perdido and The Midnight Sun. Within the bebop section there are those virtuosic compositions like Ornithology Scrapple From The Apple and Yardbird Suite by the incomparable Charlie Parker. The contemporary jazz section holds the key to a number of more recent compositions and those from more exotic locations. So you need one of the Sher Music's renowned fake books but don't know which one to get? Why not pick up The Best Of Sher Music Real Books and get the best of the best to advance your practising and your performing.

The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 contains another sixteen classic and contemporary songs that have been expertly arranged for Ukulele and Voice. The perfect companion to the unique Complete UkulelePlayer tuition method and the first volume of accompanying songbooks these great songs are specially selected to get you strumming singing and enjoying playing the Uke. This brilliant collection oftunes takes inspiration from how fantastically the Ukulele sounds when reinvigorating classic songs. Eight popular tunes have been married with either more classic traditional songs making one songbook that's packed with tunesthat are simply great fun to play. With popular songs old and new like the classics Dancing Queen and The Beatles' In My Life as well as the contemporary pop hits Budapest by GeorgeEzra and Seasons (Waiting On You) by Future Islands The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 brings so many top hits of the pop and rock world to your Ukulele. Not only this but a further selectionof traditional tunes are included like Auld Lang Syne Greensleeves and The House Of The Rising Sun letting you learn those old favourites that everyone is sure toknow. All songs in the Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 are arranged for Ukulele and Voice letting you strum and sing on your own or with a big group. Full lyrics are included aswell as Ukulele chord boxes and suggested strumming patterns ensuring you nail every word and chord of these songs that are great fun to play as well as helping you progress on the instrument. The songbook is accessible andenjoyable fitting such a fun and popular instrument as the Uke. The surge in popularity of these accessible instruments in recent years means old favourites like the songs in this book have fresh lives breathed into them and

In these lessons for the intermediate fingerstyle guitarist Dave Van Ronk presents his arrangements of blues and a classic rag. The book includes a conversation with Dave, a discography, 6 tunes in notation and tablature, and 3 CDs teaching each tune phrase by phrase. LESSON ONE: A blues in 12/8 with Leroy Carr's Midnight Hour Blues. Blood Red Moon follows played in a dropped D tuning. The lesson ends with Blind Lemon Jefferson's One Kind Favor. LESSON TWO: Sunday Street is an original Dave Van Ronk song and is an excellent example of Dave's arranging skills. Four choruses are taught demonstrating how this tune can develop. Bessie Smith's classic blues You've Been A Good Old Wagon is taught in the key of E. LESSON THREE: Dave's arrangement of St. Louis Tickle was the first great challenge for fingerpickers interested in classic ragtime. This four sectioned rag is played in the keys of C and F. It is an excellent example of contemporary ragtime guitar. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 32 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75