How Great Thou Art: Piano Vocal Guitar: Mixed Songbook

Uses: General Praise Team Scripture: Psalm 8 - Psalm 98:4 - Psalm 47:1 The name says it all in this creative coupling of two of our most celebrated sacred songs. The character of the Almighty is declared in both of these favorites and in an achievable format that even the most numbers challenged choirs can feel good about. The piano part is of moderate difficulty and the anthem could even include a spontaneous inclusion of the congregation singing with the choir.

Black Earth was inspired by Kara Toprak, a popular song in Turkey. The composer of the song, Asik Veysel (1891-1973), was one of the last great Turkish balladeers and the final link in a thousand-year tradition. Veysel went blind during childhood following an attack of smallpox. He subsequently began to learn to play the Saz, a Turkish lute, and to study poetry, initially for his own amusement. He made acquaintance with a variety of folk poets, and, after 1928, also travelled from village to village with his songs. Through the years, he became a cultural symbol of the Turkish Republic. In the song Kara Toprak, Veysel describes loneliness and loss. All that remains is the Black Earth, the colour of the landscape in his native town of Sivas. Fazil Say imitates the sound of the Saz through his selection of a muted effect in the Introduction and Epilogue of Black Earth - a meditation on the themes of a ballad. In contrast, folklore, Romantic piano style and jazz are entwined in the central sections to form a large-scale outburst. Fazil Say performs this works in both concerts of classical music and a jazz festivals: particularly in the folkloristic sections, he employs the improvisatory freedom which is inherent to both folk music and jazz.

Classical Play-Along Volume 17-The Hal Leonard Classical Play-Along(TM) series will help you play great classical pieces. Listen to the full performance tracks to hear how the piece sounds with an orchestra and then play along using the accompaniment tracks. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch.

In Full Score.-Outstanding in their variety and degree of innovation Mozart's piano concertos reflect his genius as a composer and demonstrate just why he has remained so popular. The first of the works was precociously written in 1767 when he was merely 11 years old and yet the pieces all possess his characteristic keyboard mastery experimentation with texture and a natural sensitivity to form and balance. The Concerto form most notably for piano continued to be a lifelong preoccupation for Mozart though it could be said that these formative pieces foreshadow the larger and greater works to come. This volume contains the full score for each of the Concertos and has been reproducedcomplete and unabridged from authoritative editions it offers a revealing look at the development of a budding master.

A remarkable book which allows us to share the thoughts musical insights and experience of the world's greatest pianists. In 28 separate interviews these legendary artists talk about piano technique musical development what is required to achieve virtuoso piano artistry and many topics related to keyboard performance. Included are Busoni's ' Important Details in Piano Study ' Rachmaninov's ' Essentials of Artistic Playing ' Grainger's ' Modernism in Pianoforte Study '.Containing a wealth of information and practical advice at a reasonable cost this is a one-of-a-kind collection that students teachers and any music lover will treasure.

A great collection of 50 worship classics arranged in our large easy-to-read E-Z Play® Today notation. Includes: Above All � Awesome God � Come Let Us Worship and Bow Down � Here I Am to Worship � His Name Is Wonderful � How Great Thou Art � I Need You More � I Will Call upon the Lord � I Will Celebrate � In Christ Alone � O Magnify the Lord � Open the Eyes of My Heart � Step by Step � There Is a Redeemer � Worthy Is the Lamb � You Are My All in All � You're Worthy of My Praise � and more.

Cello Play-Along Volume 1-The Cello Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the printed music and play along using the original backing tracks available online for download or streaming. This inaugural volume lets you play along with original audio tracks recorded by the Piano Guys! Songs include: Ants Marching/Ode to Joy · Batman Evolution · Because of You · Don't You Worry Child · Father's Eyes · Home · Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends · Let It Go · The Mission/How Great Thou Art · Pictures at an Exhibition · Story of My Life · Summer Jam. Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary