Featuring works from 19 of the world's leading composers Easy Contemporary Pieces reflects the tremendous variety of styles prevalent in contemporary music. These enjoyable pieces have been selected to beaccessible to both the performer and the listener. The 29 contemporary works in this collection have been carefully selected for beginner and intermediate pianists. Many of the featured composers are known for theirchallenging works. However the difficulty level of the pieces in this book has been carefully considered to provide the best playing experience for pianists at an intermediate level or under. Several of the works have beencommissioned with this in mind appearing here for the very first time in print. Easy Contemporary Pieces contains Shard Two Years and Tiger Moth by Neil Cowley Familiar by NilsFrahm Fragments and Brooklyn by Hauschka Simone's Lullaby by Terry Riley Chatterbox Waltz and The Exchange by Michael Nyman Slumber Song by Morton Gould and more.

for Pedal and Lever Harpists. Par . This unique collection from well-known harpist Felice Pomeranz features 24 contemporary performance-ready etudes for lever and pedal players with intermediate to advanced capability. The etudes span a variety of difficulty levels and help you master and apply a variety of contemporary practices. Topics covered include: Contemporary scales, harmonies, and progressions · Rhythm practices, such as multi-meters and swing vs. straight feels · Hand independence and stamina · Improvisation skills, comping patterns, and bass lines · Muffling, slides, and articulations · Timbral effects, such as the splat, xylophonic effects, gong, and slap bass sounds. / Date parution : 2022-07-28/ Etude / Harpe

Intermediate Fingerstyle Guitar is the perfect continuation of Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar. This book is great for fingerstyle guitarists who already know the basics and are ready to proceed to the next level. Along with alternate tunings topics include fingerpicking patterns bass lines modes barre chords diatonic harmony special techniques and an exploration of different music styles. These range from Country Blues Celtic to contemporary new age styles. There is also a essential section on arranging with a clever step-by-step approach. Intermediate Fingerstyle Guitar comes complete with an accompanying CD to help with the learning process.

Par ISBIN GILBERT. Belgian guitarist and composer Gilbert Isbin presents 50 original, short, contemplative pieces in this book and online recording. Designed for sight reading and performance by classical and fingerstyle players of all ages, these world music, blues and jazz-influenced tone poems are written entirely in first and second position in guitar-friendly keys.Adventurous rhythmic concepts with frequent use of pickup notes, syncopated basslines and meter changes make these contemporary guitar solos creative and extremely interesting. The solos feature singable melodies and are easily within the skill level of the intermediate level guitarist. Ideal for concert, recital or just playing for fun. Includes access to an online recording of the author performing each piece. / Date parution : 2022-07-20/ Recueil / Guitare

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Latin American Series : Interact & Learn Number of pages : 152 This course examines the infusion of traditional Afro-Latin and especially Afro-Cuban concepts into contemporary Western music. Upon completion of this book you will have mastered many new skills that will help you become a more accomplished percussionist and, more importantly, a more complete musician. By exploring the role of percussion in traditional Afro-Cuban music, you will understand the important contribution drums make towards a complete musical piece, and that a drum is not merely a rhythmic placeholder but truly a musical instrument worthy of recognition. While this book focuses primarily on hand percussion, its basic principals are also applied to the drum kit. There is no standard notation in this book; rather, the rhythms are illustrated with easily understood charts based on counting out subdivided beats. Two companion CDs offer audio examples of all major points.

This is the first compilation of guitar music specifically composed for right-hand technique that includes the little finger. The 57 compositions include original pieces in the Easy-Intermediate to Intermediate -Advanced levels byrenowned guitarist/composers from Europe North America South America and the Caribbean. Music by Ernesto Cordero Carlos Dorado Jim Ferguson David Flynn Gerald Garcia John Hall Ricardo Iznaola James Lentini John Oliver Charles Postlewate Mirko Schrader Burkhard ?Buck? Wolters and Luis Zea show the advantages of a five-finger technique in the playing of scales chords arpeggios tremolos and harmonics. They also show the advantages of usingthe little finger for speed accuracy strength and balance. All of these compositions are edited and fingered by Postlewate pioneer in the use of a five-finger technique. This book is a companion to Anthology of NineteenthCentury Guitar Studies for Five Fingers of the Right Hand (MB21153) compiled and fingered by Leonhard Beck and edited by Charles Postlewate. Standard notation only. In English and Spanish.

Irl Allison Library-A collection of piano works from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary eras suitable for the national auditions of the National Federation of Piano Teachers.

Irl Allison Library-A collection of piano works from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary eras suitable for the national auditions of the National Federation of Piano Teachers.

Irl Allison Library-A collection of piano works from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary eras suitable for the national auditions of the National Federation of Piano Teachers.

Irl Allison Library-A collection of piano works from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary eras suitable for the national auditions of the National Federation of Piano Teachers.

Continuing where Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar leaves off, this book is great for fingerstyle guitarists who know the basics and are ready to take the next step. Topics include alternate tunings, modes, fingerpicking patterns, barre chords, diatonic harmony, special techniques, bass lines, and an exploration of styles ranging from Celtic and country blues to contemporary new age. Also contains an essential chapter on arranging. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates all the examples in the book. 96 pages.

Irl Allison Library-A collection of piano works from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary eras suitable for the national auditions of the National Federation of Piano Teachers.