The Violin Collection - Intermediate to Advanced Level

Solos appropriés pour les élèves du secondaire avancé ou des majors de la musique de collège, cette collection présente staples de la littérature de violon standard. / Violon / Partition + Cd

For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Mark O'Connor, Benny Thomasson, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Darol Anger. Helpful jazz theory sections with exercises alternate with tunes that show how the theory works in practice. This book has two objectives: first, to present a broad, roughly chronological sampling of major jazz violinists and the styles associated with them, and secondly, to introduce the basics of jazz theory as applied to the violin. Whether consciously or intuitively, through critical listening or by practicing jazz patterns and exercises, the more knowledge of jazz you acquire, the better you will be able to think about the content of your playing without being bound by technical and theoretical aspects. This anthology was written to help provide that foundation. Interspersed with pragmatic jazz theory lessons, you'll find 28 original tunes in the style of various jazz violin luminaries. The book ends with an extensive discography of recommended jazz recordings with a violin focus. Mandolinists as well as other instrumentalists will find a wealth of useful information in this outstanding collection. Delightful broadcast-quality recordings of the repertoire are available online. Includes access to online audio. Written for intermediate to advanced violinists.

Following the birth of her first child, violinist Rachel Barton Pine went looking for a collection of lullabies written for violin and piano. After finding nothing in existence, she set about gathering sheet music and recording her own versions with pianist Matthew Hagle. This new collection celebrates the beauty of new life and parenthood with familiar tunes and new discoveries by composers such as Brahms, Ravel, Fauré, and Gershwin. Meticulously edited, these are short and elegant while remaining compositionally sophisticated, perfect for intermediate or advanced violinists. As an additional resource, the collection contains downloadable piano accompaniments and tracks performed by Matthew Hagle. / Violon Et Piano

Performance Edition for Violin and Piano-At the age of 19 Mozart wrote a series of violin concertos that marked his coming of age as a composer of orchestral music. Now a part of the standard repertoire these works convey the composer's uniquely sensual brand of melody. This volume comprises all five works:Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat majorViolin Concerto No. 2 in D majorViolin Concerto No. 3 in G majorViolin Concerto No. 4 in D majorViolin Concerto No. 5 in A majorThis practice and performance edition is the first to combine all of these pieces in a single low-cost Piano reduction version with a separate and removable 64-page solo violin score. Reproduced from earlyauthoritative editions this volume is an essential addition to the collections of intermediate and advanced musicians.Reprint of early authoritative editions.

Internationally renowned authors musicians and recording artists Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon of The Super Groovers have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the Smooth Jazz Genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians.After releasing their first CD Supergroovin which received world wide airplay they recognized a need in the music publishing business for a series of books on contemporary improvising within the 'Smooth Jazz' genre. Andrew composed and recorded all the rhythm tracks used in thisbook. In their opinion the melodies were so catchy they couldn't resist developing them into completed songs.Mainline Connection Villefranche?sur-Mer and You're The Only One In My Life are a few featured on their second CD Mainline Connection.The smooth jazz grooves in this 50 page book feature a variety of contemporary rhythm section styles including RandB Jazz Funk Top 40 Rock Gospel Hip Hop and Latin. These stylistic influences are frequently associated with smooth jazz. Popular artists in this genre include The Super Groovers David Sanborn Eric Marienthal Kenny G David Benoit Dave Koz Tom Scott Gerald Albright Candy Dulfer Wilton Felder Boney James Chris Botti Chuck Mangione Sade George Benson Peter White Lee Ritenour Earl Klugh Larry Carlton Jeff Lorber Brian Culbertson George Duke Paul Hardcastle Joe Sample Spyro Gyra Pat Metheny Four Play The Yellow Jackets and The Rippingtons. We suggest that you become acquainted with as many of these artists as possible.On each of the 20 tracks the groove is separated into 3 melodic ideas. Each melodic idea (example or riff) is played first by the Violin with the groove followed by just the rhythm section groove without the Violin. The 1st example is usually the easiest the 2nd slightly harder and the 3rd the most difficult.The Super Groovers were very fortunate to have violinist extraordinaire Christian Howes perform and record the Violin examples in the book.Versions for each

Famous Pieces By G. F. Handel For Eb Alto Saxophone And Piano – Vol. 2 is an anthology of four pieces arranged for Alto Saxophone and Piano by Marcel Mule. This second book features four sonatas all composed initially by G. F. Handel and part of the collection “Saxophone Classics” by Mule. - First sonata: Flute and Piano - Second sonata: Violin and Piano - Fourth sonata: Flute and Piano - Sixth sonata: Violin and Piano  Each sonata should be played separately and their level of difficulty is quite challenging which would match the abilities ofupper intermediate / advanced players who have mastered their breathing. Marcel Mule (1901-2001) is one of the greatest French saxophonists renowned worldwide for his work on the classical Saxophone repertoire. He was teaching his students how to obtain a good quality of sound and believed it was dependent on the embouchure the emission the mastery of vibrato and thus of breathing. He wrote different methods that focus on technique articulation and tone productions such as 'Dix-huit Exercices ou Études' 'Exercices Journaliers d’après Terschack' or '30 Grands Exercices ou Études d’après Soussmann' (in two books) among others.

Following the success of 'Irish Fiddle Solos' and 'English Fiddle Tunes' Pete Cooper's new book contains a rich selection of tunes from many Eastern European countries including Poland Ukraine Hungary Romania Serbia Bulgaria and Macedonia and pieces from the Klezmer tradition. There are 80 tunes in a variety of styles: mazurkas polkas kolomyikas freylekhs horas csárdás legenyes sîrbas rucenitsas kopanitsas etc. The material is wide-ranging in complexity including very simple pieces as well as many more challenging tunes requiring intermediate to advanced technique. The introduction provides explanations of rhythms scales modes and notes on theindividual tunes.As with the other books in the series a CD with all the pieces performed by Pete Cooper accompanies the collection which is suitable for grade 3 and above.

39 Solos-America's Legend Fiddler-Transcribed and edited by one of Herman Johnson's former students this book offers 39 solos in the inimitable smooth precise and innovative Johnson style. Inspired in his youth by Bob Willis of the TexasPlayboys Johnson learned tunes by listening to records and the radio. At 16 he successfully auditioned to play in Willis' band but was then too young to join the musicians union. Johnson went on to adistinguished career as a performer and contest fiddler winning the National Fiddling Championship in Weiser Idaho five times the only player to reign undefeated each year he entered the contest. He also won the Grand MastersChampionship in Nashville. Many of the intermediate to advanced-level selections in this collection were drawn from Johnson's 1993 recording Simply Perfect.

A superb 160 page volume packed with solo Piano arrangements of great German music from the 17th to the 20th Centuries. <br> <br>A specially written foreword places the music in historical and national context and includes biographical details of many of the featured composers. The arrangements are intended for the intermediate to advanced player but the book will give any pianist a unique practical and historical insight into Germany's immense contribution to the international world of music. / Classique / Partition /

A collection of movie hits wonderfully arranged for intermediate and advanced level string quartets. Perfect for high school, university, and professional quartets! The optional bass parts also allow for use in the high school, university or community orchestra. Just the thing to read through at wedding receptions, parties, and other events. / Quatuor A Cordes

J. S. Bach’s two-part keyboard pieces form a significant body of musical literature but only occasionally have they been arranged for strings. This carefully transcribed collection of cello duets and its two companion volumes Duets for Two Violins (MB # 21437) and Duets for Two Violas (MB # 21438) bring many additions taken from Bach’s suites preludes and inventions to the string player’s repertoire. Intermediate and advanced instrumentalistswill delight in the musical complexity contrapuntal dialogue and variety of moods in these pieces. Since bowing and fingering preferences vary greatly among string players editorial marks have been kept to a minimum. These arrangements are an attractive valuable addition to string ensemble work.

First Part-Also suitable for three violins (or other suitable like-instruments)This unique 18th-century collection of pieces for flute by James Hook has been completely revised and edited for intermediate to advanced levelinstrumentalists. Each is a three-movement work in typical fast-slow-fast Baroque format. Suitable for contest concert or church performance these pieces appear on several state contest lists.