Flausino Vale (Barbacena, 1894; Belo Horizonte, 1954), known as the "Brazilian Paganini" by Villa-Lobos, wrote a set of characteristic and concertante preludes for solo violin. These short pieces show the Brazilian musical landscape and explore important violin techniques rarely shown on a basic level. This book presents a bigger set of scores including missing pieces in previous catalogues and alternate versions for 3 preludes, which the composer intended to publish. There is a suggestion for studying the preludes in a progressive order. This edition aims to print original bowings, fingerings and instructions which retain precious teachings of this remarkable teacher. Editor?s suggestions and explanations are written in Portuguese and English. As a homage to Flausino Vale, there are two Flausinian preludes composed by Dr Zoltan Paulinyi for violin, along with their transcriptions for viola.

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Em Portugu�s. Flausino Vale (Barbacena, 1894; Belo Horizonte, 1954), chamado de "Paganini Brasileiro" por Villa-Lobos, escreveu um conjunto de prel�dios caracter�sticos e concertantes para violino s�, valiosos pela exuber�ncia do estilo musical brasileiro e pela explora��o de importantes t�cnicas violin�sticas raramente encontradas no ensino fundamental.Esta edi��o re�ne um conjunto ampliado de partituras com obras ausentes em cataloga��es anteriores e vers�es alternativas para 3 prel�dios, que o pr�prio compositor desejava publicar. Este livro traz uma sugest�o de ordem progressiva aos estudos desta cole��o. Preservam-se arcadas, dedilhados e instru��es originais visando guardar preciosos ensinamentos deste not�vel professor. Consolida��es e sugest�es do editor est�o anotadas em portugu�s e ingl�s.Como homenagem a Flausino Vale, adicionam-se dois prel�dios flausinianos de Dr. Zoltan Paulinyi para violino, com respectivas transcri��es para viola.

From the composer: "What are Morphs? Morphs are tiny compositions. I wrote them as springboards for improvisation. Most Morphs are under four measures; a few are longer. I wrote these little pieces on piano, but any instrumentalist or vocalist can adapt them. They can also be played in groups. Morphs can be played as written -- with no improvisation -- to practice rhythmic dexterity and keeping a steady pulse. However, you'll have the most fun with these pieces if you have some knowledge of improvisation, scales, modes and chord symbols, or if you have an experienced improviser to work with. As you can see, Morphs are not just in major and minor scales; they are also in some of the various modes and occasionally a pentatonic scale. The time signatures also vary. Try playing the Morphs as written for a few cycles, then branch out and start improvising. There are no rules. In fact, you can change meter or key as desired. These pieces are meant to spark your own improvisations. Musically yours...Mikael Elsila (composer), melsila@hotmail.com". Watch Morphs in action at www.bitly.com/morphsetudesforimprovisation . Morphs are (c) Mikael Elsila and registered with ASCAP. Contact the composer at melsila@hotmail.com.

23 Easy �tudes for Latin Bass. Guaguanc�, Bemb�, Mozambique and more.