Digital Pack includes:

1. Come Sail Away
2. We Are The Champions
3. Piano Man
4. Crocodile Rock
5. Do It Again

This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff. Some of them were originally written for the piano. most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, which can either be played alone or alongside the 'original' version. Perhaps this will show that the 'classics' are not all that far removed from jazz, and that music of earlier periods contains many of the essential characteristics of jazz. Doesn't Lully's 'Gavotte', for instance, contain one of the most famous jazz themes ever? The 'Blue Gavotte' may make this clearer. The theme from Mozart's Sonata in A major (K 331) doesn't require many rhythmic changes to give it a blues flavour ('Mozart Goes Blues'). The driving rhythm of the ostinato bass in Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' would suit modern jazz-rock performers well, with a few small changes ('A Fortune for a Tune'). What do Bizet's 'Habanera', Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' and Paganini's 'Caprice No. 24' have in common? Why have they been turned into salsa music ('Habanera con Cigarro', 'Hungarian Salsa No. 5', 'Capriccio Latino')? Much of this is up to the individual: if you want to discover similarities, they are easy to find.

Digital Pack includes:

1. Breakdown
2. Still The Same
3. Fly Like An Eagle
4. The Boys Are Back In Town
5. Brown Eyed Girl

Item Number: S9.Q25349

25 easy pieces from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras, playable in the first three finger patterns in the first position, for violin pupils from the second year of learning. Apart from lesser known works, this edition also contains many popular pieces, such as themes from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Handel's Fireworks Music and Water Music, Mozart's Magic Flute or Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. This volume's intention is to grant access to classical masterpieces of concert literature with the help of such easy arrangements and spread the joy of classical music. A treasure trove for auditions at schools and music schools.

Rock of Ages -This arrangement has a long intro which is a piece I composed during the time a favorite mentor was on his deathbed. In the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6St2W_0KX6c , you can most likely feel the emotion my heart was experiencing as I penned this song. This timeless hymn is a favorite communion piece for me. It has been professionally recorded and is part of my album All the Day Long. I am currently working to transcribe the other titles on my album.
If you enjoy "Rock of Ages," please email me at christistillsmusic@gmail.com , and I would be happy to let you know when I have completed transcribing other titles.
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