John Beck: John Beck: Sonata For Timpani: Timpani: Instrumental Work

Sonata for Timpani is composed in three movements Mysteriously Jazz-Like and Fast and includes unusual techniques like striking the bowl of the timpani rolling between two drums striking the timpani with fingers and playingin the centre of the head. The work is now a standard in the solo timpani repertoire.American composer Percussionist conductor and educator John Beck is now Professor Emeritus of Percussion at the Eastman School of Music inRochester New York after nearly fifty years on the faculty. In addition to his long performing recording and teaching career he has also published the Encyclopedia of Percussion.

From the Classic Hot Licks Video Series-The legendary Hot Licks guitar instruction video series is being made available in book format with online access to all of the classic video footage.This re-transcribed and edited book with online video includes guitar tab and new accurate transcriptions. Techniques and approaches are presented in this Eric Johnson master class including the styles of Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton Wes Montgomery Chet Atkins Jerry Reed Jeff Beck and more.Topics covered include: picking techniques pentatonic phrasing left- and right-hand muting pedal steel-style bends unique chord voicings harmonics and more.

1838 is a part-song for unaccompanied SATB chorus by John Beckwith with words by Dennis Lee. The song tells the story of William Lyon Mackenzie first mayor of the city of Toronto.

This incredible DVD takes an in-depth look at the Fender Stratocaster and the styles of the most famous guitarist to ever play one. In detail it breaks down the blues riffs of Stevie Ray Vaughan the shimmering tone of Daivd Gilmour and th tremolo picking of Dick Dale. We will take you step-by-step through the soulful bends of Eric Clapton the whammy bar melodies of Jeff Beck the landmark stylings of Jimmy Hendrix the unique chord voicings of Eric Johnson and mucho more. Also covered is the classic Stratocaster sound pick-up configurations and body style. The accompanying booklet comes complete with easy-to-follow notationand diagrams which correspond exactly to this DVD. Tom Kolb has been an instructor at the world famous Musicians Institute since 1989. He has also appeared as the host/music director for over 40 Instructional Videos working with such world-class musicians as Larry Carlton Joe Walsh Dave Navarro Trevor Rabin Davey Johnstone and John Jorgenson .

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Not every singer can write a song - not every songwriter can sing... This stunning collection celebrates 26 of the greatest male artists who have combined the skills of song craft and performance to dazzling effect. The last fifty years of pop music has seen folk singers, rock icons, sultry soloists and punk revolutionaries all prove that nothing is more important than the right song, sung by the right personality - and this hand picked selection features those that are the best of both worlds. Whether you love the glam showmanship of Elton John, the social satire of John Lennon, the classic pop tones of David Gray or the unmistakable Johnny Cash, this songbook has them all arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) / 128 pages / Partition

Used and endorsed by numerous college percussion programs, Reading Mallet Percussion Music by Rebecca Kite provides a solid foundation in the scales, arpeggios, and melodic patterns necessary for percussionists to get up to speed quickly in reading music in bass and treble clef. Kite has recorded each page of music which includes 30 technique exercises (more than three hours of music), that is included on the play-along CD. Students will hear what the music sounds like on the marimba and play along with Kite as they practice! There is also a special emphasis on developing speed reading techniques that gives each learner a fast track to reading fluency. The first two sections of the book contain original etudes by Rebecca Kite, written specifically for developing music reading music skills. Especially notable are the illustrations of the marimba keyboard with either a note or scale darkened so the student can identify them on the marimba on which they are playing. The music, all of which is composed for a four-octave marimba, is clearly written with large noteheads that will help the beginner in learning to read. The third section of the book contains thirty classic melodies that are presented in increasing difficulty and are arranged to use the entire four octave keyboard (including reading bass clef). The final section contains 30 technical exercises for two mallets for developing the skill to play the material in the book. For 2 mallets, 4.0 octave marimba. Here is what percussion teachers are saying about this book: 'Reading Mallet Percussion Music is an excellent book, well-written and organized for easy comprehension,' ---John Beck, Eastman School of Music (retired). 'Your two-mallet reading book is absolutely brilliant, and is now a required resource in my curriculum.' ---Kurt Gartner, Kansas State University. / Percussions

Cantate : Texte : James Baldwin, John Dos Passos, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe et Walt Whitman. / Grand Ensemble Contemporain Et Orchestre