SKU: BT.BMI15010643
ISBN 9789043147880. English-German-French-Dut ch.
This album contains fifteen easy compositions for piano solo, inspired by the city: from honking cars, and dark alleys to imposing skyscrapers…one of the pieces is even based on mobile phone ringtones. The album is aimed at students who have beenplaying the piano for three to four years; the level of difficulty varies for each piece some are slightly easier, or trickier, than the others. Each work has its own specific mood and style, and where possible I have also tried to incorporatevarious techniques or characters within one composition. This music would make a suitable competition selection, as well as appropriate concert or exam pieces.Deze pianobundel bestaat uit vijftien eenvoudige composities voor pianosolo, ge nspireerd op de geluiden van een stad: van toeterende auto’s, duistere stegen tot imposante wolkenkrabbers… Er zit zelfs een werkje bij dat is gebaseerd op gsm-ringtones.Het album is bedoeld voor leerlingen die drie vier jaar piano spelen; de moeilijkheidsgraad varieert per stuk het ene is wat makkelijker of moeilijker dan het andere. Elk werk heeft een specifieke sfeer en stijl, en waar mogelijk heb ik ookgeprobeerd om diverse technieken of karakters in één compositie te verwerken. De muziek is daarom erg geschikt als verplicht werk, en eveneens om te spelen tijdens een concert of examen.Dieses Album enthält 15 leichte Kompositionen für Klavier solo, die von Klängen der Stadt inspiriert wurden: von hupenden Autos und dunklen Gassen bis hin zu imposanten Wolkenkratzern. Ein Stück basiert sogar auf Handyklingeltönen. Das Album richtetsich an Schüler, die seit drei oder vier Jahren Klavier spielen. Der Schwierigkeitsgrad der Stücke ist unterschiedlich manche sind etwas einfacher, manche schwieriger als die anderen Stücke. Jedes Werk hat eine eigene Stimmung und einen speziellenStil. Wo es möglich war, habe ich auch versucht, verschiedene Techniken oder Charaktere innerhalb einer Komposition zu verwenden. Diese Musik eignet sich gut für Wettbewerbe, aber auch als Konzert- oder Prüfungsstücke. Cet album contient quinze compositions faciles pour piano solo, inspirées par les sons d’une ville : des voitures klaxonnantes et ruelles sombres aux gratte-ciels imposants…l’ un des morceaux est même basé sur des sonneries de portable. L’album viseles étudiants jouant du piano depuis trois ou quatre ans ; le niveau de difficulté varie entre chaque pièce - certaines sont plus faciles que d’autres. Chaque morceau a son propre ton et style, et, si possible, j’ai aussi essayé d’inclure destechniques et caractères différents par composition. Cette musique est convenable pour des concours, concerts ou examens.
SKU: M7.VOGG-808
ISBN 9783802408083. English.
From the basics of music notation, the correct playing position and simple pieces covering a fifth, to mastery of the complete octave and a refined playing technique: This book covers everything the beginning pianist should know. To prevent piano playing from ever becoming boring, it covers a wide range of musical styles from Classical music to Jazz.Other topics include music theory and the acoustic basics of piano tone, thus laying a solid foundation for future studies in piano playing.The included CD makes practicing easy and fun!
SKU: BT.MUSAM1010658
ISBN 9781783059829. English.
With the Really Easy Piano Playalong songbook, you can learn 19 Classic Hit Songs with these simplified arrangements for Easy Piano, then use the included download card to hear demonstrations and backing tracks that you can play along to. Featuring a wealth of some of the most famous tunes of all time by the greatest singers and songwriters ever, these Classic Hit Songs  are essential playing for all pianists, and the Really Easy Piano Playalong book lets beginners immediately pick up these wonderful melodies. From classic pop songs like All Shook Up, Downtown and Waterloo to those beautiful ballads like Rocket Man, Hallelujah  and Fields Of Gold, this collection offersamazing variety of tunes that can be placed right at beginner pianist's fingertips. With the accompanying download card, you will get instant online access to fantastic-sounding demonstration and backing tracks for each tune. This means you'll be able to hear how each Classic Hit Song  should sound, then learn them using the easy-to-read sheet music, before playing your own versions along to the backing tracks. With songs by such bestselling artists as Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, David Bowie and Louis Armstrong, this is a fantastic book for learning all of those timeless tunes that everyone loves, and with the help of some fingering hints, performance tips, lyrics and fascinating background information, the Really Easy Piano Playalong really is the perfect songbook for pianists who love pop hits. The fantastic selection of brilliant songs from these wonderful musicians places some of the greatest tunes of all time at any beginner pianist's fingertips. Your friends and family will no doubt be wholly impressed with how great each of these songs sound on the Piano, especially when played along with the backing tracks. For a collection of 19 Classic Hit Songs,  look no further than the Really Easy Piano Playalong  songbook.
SKU: BR.EB-8872
ISBN 9790004184622. 9 x 12 inches. German / English.
Una voce poco profonda: Curtain up for Trouser Roles and HeroinesWhether the voice is lyric light or heavy, whether it can master coloratura, perhaps even has dramatic potential - in the OperAria mezzo-soprano and alto volumes, singers with a deeper voice and a special talent for the trouser role through to the heroine find everything they need for their performance. Throbbing of the heart? Yes, that's simply part of the game! Feeling nervous? No, because actually nothing can go wrong with OperAria. The best vocal coach for auditions and current theatre practice. Only the voice needs to do its bit. Toi, toi, toi!Our goal is to give the user a modern-day, systematically structured vocal coach who satisfies the demands of present-day theater practice. At long last a consistent repertoire and a well-ordered conflation of respective audition arias for all vocal genres. (Peter Anton Ling and Marina Sandel, editors)OperAria - repertoire anthology of opera arias according to vocal criteria (range, tessitura, specifics, type of aria) with due regard to practical aspects of musical and theatrical nature (style, era, role type, national provenance)with comments on the ariasinformation on the composer, the librettist, the work, the range and of versions or casting a short synopsis of the contents illuminating the basic dramatic constellation in the context of the opera's plot an evaluation from the singer's point of viewwith phonetic assistant and text assistantaria texts in the original language spoken by native speakers as an audio file (mp3)aria texts in German and English translations as a text file (pdf)available for downloadOne of the most difficult decisions for singers (and their teachers!) is finding the right repertoire for the present state of vocal development. These three volumes for mezzo-soprano and alto provide a magnificent orientation, and are a great gift! (Marilyn Schmiege, Patron mezzosoprano, alto).
SKU: BO.BC0006
Despite a strong vocation for the cello, which he studied and began to play with a distinctive character, Pau Casals, like most ambitious, creative musicians, wrote at the piano and for the piano, as it is the ultimate teaching instrument, summarising the full vision of the creative process. Any creative musician habitually worked at the piano, whether for this instrument alone or for piano accompanied by other solo instruments. To date, it has not been possible to document whether Casals had systematic training on this instrument, although at that time it was more common than it is today because, considering its qualities of timbre and combination, it was particularly attractive for creating test pieces and different kinds of compositions.Th e piano works contained in this second volume include part of the salon repertoire, a continuation of the first volume, and four sardanas for piano of diverse origin: some are reductions of more complex forms and others sketches for instrumental groups. In the first group, some works intended for children are published, a demonstration of the tenderness the ‘cellist felt for the children of his closest friends. In the second case, the sardanas are works from his first exile in Prada and show the nostalgia of the composer, away from his country against his will.In general, the works are not especially complex; their purpose and nature are diverse. They come in the context of salon music, with the appearance of creative entertainments characterised by a basically tonal, transparent language with a widespread tendency to modulate to nearby keys more as a momentary expressive resource than as a structural evolutionary procedure. They show a lack of systematic work on the instrument as well as the commonplaces of piano composition of their time. In some of these works, the piano thread breaks, the works do not have the thrust of finished products; the occasional appearance of chords that are difficult or impossible to finger leads us to think of intentions closer to test pieces than to products intended for normal performance. But not all these piano works are circumstantial. There is also a prelude and a minuet of a certain piano writing complexity.
