Exact note-for-note transcriptions of Steve's playing on 13 tracks from this 2016 release. Based on song sketches and works-in-progress penned and recorded by Vai following the release of Flex-Able in January 1984, the music on Modern Primitive has been completed by Steve for release as a full album bonus disc in the Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition. 13 tracks, including: And We Are One · Dark Matter · Lights Are On · Mighty Messengers · Never Forever · No Pockets · Pink and Blows Over: Part I · Upanishads · and more. / Guitare
SKU: PR.47600137L
UPC: 680160637157. 11x17 inches.
This piece, dedicated to the memory of a heroic feat, does not desire to be classed as a Symphonic Poem in the generally accepted sense of this term. It does not attempt to picture, or to strictly follow, the various mechanical and realistic phases of this heroic adventure although, on the other hand, it does not entirely avoid allusion to such realistic phenomena as are characteristic of and inseperable from the nature of this adventure and the technical means of its realization. The composer's main object, however, was to try to express in sound the emotional phases of an adventure that might be called a prototype of modern romance; to touch upon its human aspect and its ethical meaning, not only in the relation to the individual, but to humanity in general. To the individual, the venturing Hero, refer the opening phrases; the sinister aspect of a bold inspiration at its first manifestation. To his human environments, his character and conquering spirit, refer certain lyrical as well as martial and ehical themes. According to the nature of the venture, the clash of motoric forces and that of an indomitable spirit with the threatening elements presented themselves for musical consideration as well as the plausible uncertainty of the outcome, the increasing conficence and the final victory, and triumphant victory itself. And as emotion in its purest and most intense form reverts to the primitive, the composer thought it not amiss to make fragmentary use of the anthems of two nations, thus symbolizing the appeal from soil to soil; an appeal that found its joyous echo in all humanity. And in the midst of the turbulent rejoicing stands the lone figure of the Hero whose daring had materialized the dream of aeons.
SKU: AP.49051S
ISBN 9781470645656. UPC: 038081561240. English.
This title features Alfred Music's String Orchestra FLEX options. That means that every part in this set is now transposed into every other part, so you can play this title with any combination of like- or mixed-string ensemble. After purchasing this set, decide what additional parts you need to meet the unique needs of your ensemble, then download and print them for free at alfred.com/supplemental-- -free of charge. This energetic, modern-sounding selection was written to improve your students' reading of notes on the G string and is focused on this often-neglected lower range of the instruments. The minor and modal harmonies, hard-driving rhythms, and stunning dynamic contrasts all combine to give the piece a primal and primitive sound that students will love. A slow, introspective middle section provides a dramatic contrast to the piece's initial surge and will help develop bow control and steady pizzicato pulse. G Force by Richard Meyer is perfect for festival or contest! (2:50).
SKU: ST.Y214
ISBN 9790220221293.
1st perf: Douglas Mitchell, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 26 October 2002 Morgan Hayes's Totem, for B flat clarinet, is a short, single melodic line that in its brief duration challenges players of Grades 7 or 8 standard or above to encompass widely contrasted dramatic and lyrical moods within the primitive vision of its title. The composer had no specific ethnological source in mind when composing this piece. Rather, his aim was to suggest the complex rhythms and rituals of tribal life, remote in time from the sophistications of the modern world, but in spirit closer perhaps to our own than we might care to imagine.
SKU: PR.476001370
UPC: 680160637140. 9x12 inches.
This piece, dedicated to the memory of a heroic feat, does not desire to be classed as a Symphonic Poem in the generally accepted sense of this term. It does not attempt to picture, or to strictly follow, the various mechanical and realistic phases of this heroic adventure although, on the other hand, it does not entirely avoid allusion to such realistic phenomena as are characteristic of and inseparable from the nature of this adventure and the technical means of its realization. The composer's main object, however, was to try to express in sound the emotional phases of an adventure that might be called a prototype of modern romance; to touch upon its human aspect and its ethical meaning, not only in the relation to the individual, but to humanity in general. To the individual, the venturing Hero, refer the opening phrases; the sinister aspect of a bold inspiration at its first manifestation. To his human environments, his character and conquering spirit, refer certain lyrical as well as martial and ethical themes. According to the nature of the venture, the clash of motoric forces and that of an indomitable spirit with the threatening elements presented themselves for musical consideration as well as the plausible uncertainty of the outcome, the increasing confidence and the final victory, and triumphant victory itself. And as emotion in its purest and most intense form reverts to the primitive, the composer thought it not amiss to make fragmentary use of the anthems of two nations, thus symbolizing the appeal from soil to soil; an appeal that found its joyous echo in all humanity. And in the midst of the turbulent rejoicing stands the lone figure of the Hero whose daring had materialized the dream of aeons.
SKU: AP.49051
ISBN 9781470645649. UPC: 038081561233. English.
This title features Alfred Music's String Orchestra FLEX options. That means that every part in this set is now transposed into every other part, so you can play this title with any combination of like- or mixed-string ensemble. After purchasing this set, decide what additional parts you need to meet the unique needs of your ensemble, then download and print them for free at alfred.com/supplemental-- -free of charge. This energetic, modern-sounding selection was written to improve your students' reading of notes on the G string and is focused on this often-neglected lower range of the instruments. The minor and modal harmonies, hard-driving rhythms, and stunning dynamic contrasts all combine to give the piece a primal and primitive sound that students will love. A slow, introspective middle section provides a dramatic contrast to the piece's initial surge and will help develop bow control and steady pizzicato pulse. G Force by Richard Meyer is perfect for festival or contest! (2:50) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: HL.49008191
ISBN 9783795723620. German.
In anschaulicher, verstandlicher Sprache spurt Raymond Meylan der Entwicklung der Flote von den primitiven Anfangen mit Instrumenten aus Tierknochen, Horn, Stein und Muscheln bis in die heutige Zeit nach, erlautert ihren Gebrauch als Solo-Instrument und ihre Integration ins moderne Orchester. Der Autor beschreibt die verschiedenen Formen und den sich durch die Jahrhunderte verandernden Klang der Flote ebenso wie unterschiedliche Spieltechnik, Klangqualitat und Notation, die mit der Entwicklung des Instrumentes einhergingen.Illustriert wird die Darstellung durch Abbildungen von Instrumenten und Flotenspielern aus dem antiken Griechenland und Rom sowie aus Mittelalter und Renaissance. Der Autor, selbst Flotist, gibt dem Musizierenden zahlreiche Hinweise und Ratschlage zu den verschiedenen Spieltechniken. Die beigefugte CD enthalt charakteristische Klangbeispiele von der historischen Knochenpfeife bis zur modernen Flote.Unsere Musikinstrumente' ist eine sorgfaltig edierte Reihe uber die einzelnen Musikinstrumente, ihren Bau und ihre Geschichte sowie die Entwicklung ihrer Spieltechnik. Alle Bande stammen aus der Feder fuhrender Musikologen und Interpreten. Alle Bande der Reihe haben das Format 19,0 x 21,0 cm.