As I sit myself down to write this brief foreword I ask myself can there be music more stirring than these old Cornish folk melodies? Though not Cornish myself (I confess to being born a little further up the road in Bristol) I feel I have spent sufficient time in these 'ere parts to resonate with the sturdy brass band tradition that continues to permeate this incomparably beautiful rugged county. One can almost detect a French 'accent' when listening to the piano music of Debussy and likewise speaking as a lapsed brass player there is undoubtedly something of the Cornish twang about Trelawny when played on a cornet or euphonium. Then again one gets a different yetentirely convincing effect upon hearing these melodies rendered on woodwind instruments; hence with a little gamesmanship on my part I am pleased to see my collection of these fifteen delectable ditties come to fruition in the form of arrangements for treble clef brass instruments (in B flat and E flat) trombone and tuba (bass clef) horn in F flute clarinet and bassoon.While many will find themselves humming the likes of Going up Camborne Hill Lamorna or The Helston Furry Dance even before they have turned to the first page - for these are indelibly intertwined with Cornish culture I wonder if I might draw your attention to The Cornish Squire The Pool of Pilate and Cold Blows the Wind Today Sweetheart which are quite simply sublime melodies perhaps needing that extra bit of help in bringing them to mind nowadays. In the best tradition of musical hand-me-downs Cornish folk music works equally ideally sung and played and only by doing so on a regular basis can such traditions hope to continue forward with vigour and authority. A legitimate way of achieving this is to revitalise the harmonic scheme of these ancient tunes and bring them up to date for a modern audience; after all it was such an approach that fuelled the imagination of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams in decades past while skilfully paying homage to the

Now you can play as featured soloist on eight specially recorded Jazz arrangements! 'Take the Lead' is an integrated series for piano, flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet and violin. In edition all the songs are at the same concert pitch, so all the instruments can play together. Each song is carefully slelected and edited, chord symbols are at concert pitch for use by piano or guitar. The CD contains full backing tracks, professionally arranged and recorded and full demonstration recordings help in learning the songs. / Date parution : 2005-05-27/ Recueil / Clarinette et Piano

The complete resource for the Grade 4 clarinettist. Par . La série Grade By Grade (De degré par degré) explore le catalogue riche et diversifié des répertoires classique, contemporain et pédagogique dont dispose Boosey and Hawkes et met l?accent sur des compositeurs tels que Serge Prokofiev, Dimitri Chostakovitch, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt et Christopher Norton, à côté d?arrangements de musiques traditionnelles du monde entier réalisé, entre autres, par Peter Wastall et Vera Gray. Compilée minutieusement par Janet Way, cette anthologie pratique fournit un répertoire complet à l?apprenti clarinettiste de niveau 4 et constitue un ensemble idéal regroupant démarche pédagogique, préparation aux examens et pièces de concert. Chaque volume contient : un choix de morceaux, et d?études brèves, complété de conseils pour la pratique et l?interprétation les gammes et arpèges correspondent au répertoire de chaque niveau détaillés dans des exercices spécifiques de tous nouveaux exercices de déchiffrage e d?improvisation des pratiques inédites de formation auditive un cahier d?accompagnements de piano Des démonstrations interprétatives complètes, des pistes d?accompagnement de piano et des ressources de sensibilisation auditive pour différents niveaux sont disponibles en streaming ou téléchargement. Interprète réputée et pédagogue émérite, Janet Way est professeur à la section LRAM (Licenciate of the Royal Academy of Music) du département des bois de la Royal Academy of Music. Elle a exercé les fonctions de conseillère et d?examinatrice de l?Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Elle dirige l?Oxford Flute Summer School (Académie d?été de flûte d?Oxford) de renommée mondiale, dont elle est la fondatrice. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Recueil / Clarinette et Piano