SKU: HL.221028
ISBN 9780793520916. UPC: 073999210286. 9x12 inches.
This book presents a practical approach to improvising through a system of patterns in a traditional blues style. Because so much of today's popular music has its roots in blues, the material included here is a vital component of jazz, rock, RandB, gospel, soul, and even pop. The author has compiled actual licks, riffs, turnaround phrases, embellishments, and basic patterns that define good piano blues and can be used as a basis for players to explore and create their own style.
SKU: BT.DHP-1145558-404
ISBN 9789043162050. Dutch.
PIANO LIFE: de uitgekiende methode voor pianoles én zelfstudie!
PIANO LIFE is een kant en klaar lesconcept voor de moderne pianoles. Maar ook wanneer je zonder docent aan de slag wilt, is dit boek uitermate geschikt. De methodebevat vele luister-, ritme-, improvisatie- en theorieoefeningen. Daarnaast kom je diverse traditionals tegen. Ook schreef componist Michiel Merkies nieuwe composities in diverse hedendaagse muziekstijlen. Op de online beschikbareaudiotracks worden veel van de nummers voorgespeeld. Dat is handig voor het instuderen. Maar nog leuker wordt het natuurlijk wanneer je meespeelt met de meespeeltrack. Op deze manier wordt pianospelen helemaal een swingendeaangelegenheid!
Aanvullend speelmateriaalBen je liefhebber van populaire pianomuziek maar zijn de boeken in deze stijl vaak te moeilijk? De aansluitende boeken PIANO SOLOS Volume 1 en 2 zijn de perfecte opstap. Met dezeboeken ontwikkel je je techniek en muzikale voordracht in deze pianostijl op een mooie manier verder.
SKU: HH.HH421-SOL
ISBN 9790708146223.
The three pieces that make up Quasis appear, at first glance, to have little in common, but nothing could be further from the truth. Although the dances and songaEURdances come from disparate parts of the world -- Poland, Austria, America -- and from different periods, Avi Schonfeld unifies them stylistically and brings them up to date through his own musical language. He also juxtaposes contrasting forms and compositional procedures -- songaEURdance versus danceaEURsong; intimate, introvert small-scale mazurka v. epic, extrovert waltz; improvisation v. more structured writing -- and in so doing portrays different human temperaments. His aim in 'Quasi Blues' was not so much to write a traditional blues number as to create a link between his own compositional idiom and the characteristic elements of the blues.
SKU: HL.48025031
UPC: 196288019954. 9.0x12.0x0.129 inches.
Simon (Polish: Szymon) Laks, born in Warsaw in 1901, had worked in Paris since 1926, where he stood out as one of the most importantrepresentatives of Polish modernism in the context of the Groupe de Six and the Ecole de Paris. Promoted by Szymanowski and inspiredby Ravel, he amalgamated neoclassicism of French provenance with elements of Polish folk music tradition and influences from jazz. Laks work was dramatically interrupted by internment and deportation. He survived Auschwitz as a member and leader of a camp chapel, to which he gave poignant testimony in his book Music in Auschwitz (978-3-7931-4082-5). The piano pieces, which were createdindependently of one another and are summarized as a cycle in this volume, reflect the stylistic range of Laks oeuvre, his typical juggling with the levels E and U and his own profound sense of humor. Simon Lak's 'oeuvre, which is attracting increasing international attention, is published exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes.
SKU: HL.360544
9.0x12.0 inches.
The new RSL Classical Piano syllabus aims to reflect the widening tastes of young people, positioning itself at the forefront of thevast array of music available to pianists, encompassing the rich heritage of music from the Baroque right through to the modern day and emerging composers. The repertoire strikes a balance between a radical redesign and maintaining a recognisable structure, and sticks to four key principles: championing ethnically diverse composers, representing genders, acknowledging the history and tradition of piano learning, and enabling students to feel comfortable studying music in a popular and classical environment. The syllabus books are all beautifully presented, and to the high standard for which RSL books have become renowned from their market-leading Rockschool examinations for contemporary music. Each contains 10 pieces from a diverse range of composers and include everything students need to take their exams, including technical exercises and supporting texts for sight-reading, ear tests and general musicianship questions.
SKU: BT.PWMVIII
English.
In his polonaises Chopin takes on the tradition of a genre recently endowed with the function of national dance. Three childhood polonaises constitute a replica of the model of the functional dance, while each of the later works of this genre has its own character: lyric, dramatic or heroic. Tied into the interpretations were subjects such as the struggle for freedom, the knightly and insurgent traditions and sometimes they came to have a symbolic function in Polish history. These works were edited by by I. J. Paderewski, L. Bronarski and J. Turczy ski.
