Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Le premier cahier des Vexierbilder (1991) (Vexierbild se traduirait par attrape , rébus ) exploitait l'idée d'image trompeuse, de référent décalé, se concentrant autour d'un matériau délibérément appauvri. Dans ces trois nouvelles pièces, la musique cherche à se construire autour d'un geste, d'une figuration systématique, d'une forme coupant court à tout développement.

Dans une veine années de pèlerinage , Rome était la matière des images cryptées des trois premiers Vexierbilder. C'est l'art du poète américain Wallace Stevens qui est au centre de ceux-ci, et plus particulièrement son premier recueil Harmonium (paru en 1923), où il tente de trouver, avec des moyens resserrés, le caractère transcendant inhérent à la musique (Claire Malroux). En somme : remplacer le grand orgue de la poésie, devenu inadapté, par un instrument moins noble en apparence, dont le souffle et la portée naîtraient d'une activité têtue, concentrée mais presque dérisoire.

Pratiquant les rappels sacrés, parfois ironiques, Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), par un jeu de degrés étourdissant de raffinement, a porté au plus haut l'art de faire du neuf avec la mémoire.

Speech of clouds
Deux notes - une simple tierce do-la dans le médium - sont sollicitées par une navette de deux mains qui n'en seraient qu'une, sans chant ni harmonie, et sonnent comme un carillon brouillé. Dans la seconde partie de la pièce, après un court récitatif sorti de silence, ces trajectoires virtuoses, ces fusées d'artificier pour solo de concert , régressent, involuent vers une formule égrenée simplement par les cinq doigts, en ombre, ppppp possibile, comme une trame usée, ou un envers montrant la pauvreté de ses noeuds - et de ses ficelles - sur laquelle, au même endroit du clavier, vient se poser un contre-chant, comme si ces deux mains du médium n'appartenaient plus alors au même corps - invention rebrodée ton sur ton où une voix contrepointe l'autre par soustraction.

...An uncertain green,
Piano-polished, held the tranced machine
Of ocean, as a prelude holds of holds.

... Un vert incertain
D'un poli de piano, tenait la machine enchantée
De l'océan comme un prélude tient sans fin.

Negation
Pièce lente qui revient à cet arte povera cherché dans le premier recueil des Vexierbilder. L'objet harmonique est ici donné dans une grande nudité, comme une anti-figure dont le caractère obvi se retournerait en ambiguïté interrogative, et à partir duquel plusieurs ostinati se construisent, s'épuisent sans développement, écho au poème éponyme de Stevens : Hé ! Le Créateur aussi est aveugle / Qui cherche à bâtir son harmonieux ensemble, / Rejetant les parties intermédiaires, / Les horreurs, les faussetés et les maux, / Maître incapable de toute puissance, / Trop vague idéaliste, submergé / Par un souffle qui persiste.

Rondo
Une courte séquence construit la pièce en refrains, comme le titre l'indique, empruntant au contre-chant de la première pièce. Certaines strophes font entendre un précipité des ostinati de la seconde pièce, mais rejetés dans les extrêmes du clavier. Est-ce alors le grave qui vient orner, fouetter l'aigu à contre-emploi? Ces agrégats doivent sonner comme des sacs de grains lâchés par terre. C'est comme un tribut déposé au pied de la rhétorique, un geste d'embrassement qui voudrait naïvement fermer le ban du pianisme. D'autres strophes, plus fugitives, font entendre des sortes de chants d'oiseaux dont la mécanique se serait bloquée. Après un dernier retour du refrain, ourlé de résonances, la pièce se termine par une clausule dansante, livide, itérative, pendant aux Jeux d'os squelettiques qui achevaient les premiers Vexierbilder :

Mow the grass in tue cemetery, darkies,
Study the symbols and the requiescats,
But leave a bed beneath the myrtles.
The skeleton had a daughter and that, a son.

And that one was never a man of heart.
The making of his son was one more duty.
When the music of the boy fell like a foutain,
He praised Johann Sebastian, as he should.

Tondez l'herbe du cimetière, négros,
Examinez les symboles et les requiescats,
Mais laissez un lit sous les myrthes,
Ce squelette avait une fille, et cet autre, un fils.

Celui-là ne fut jamais un homme de coeur
Engendrer son fils ne fut qu'un devoir de plus.
Quand la musique de ce garçon retomba comme un jet d'eau,
Il loua Jean-Sébastien, comme il se devait. / Partition /

The Library Of Romantic Music is a comprehensive collection of the greatest works of the Romantic period. Featuring composers like Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré, the works represented here truly some of the most beautiful ever composed. Now they're all in one conveniently spiral-bound volume, arranged for solo Piano for your sheer playing pleasure.Like the Baroque and Classical periods before it, Romantic music existed within a broader artistic, intellectual and literary movement. Emerging in the early 19th century it reflected a time of preoccupation with things mystical, spiritual, legendary and supernatural. This collection comprises fantastic original Piano works and beautiful arrangements from all the greatest composers of this era, including: Albéniz, Berlioz, Bizet, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorák, Debussy, Elgar, Fauré, Grieg, Mahler, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Ravel and so many more.Spanning the 19th century, the Romantic movement was a reaction to what had come before. Music proved to be a particularly rich medium of expression for a new Zeitgeist that prized individualism and spirituality. Drawing together composers whose background was as diverse as the music they created, the period proved to be a very broad church indeed. This makes The Library Of Romantic Music particularly exciting, because the extraordinarily rich and expressive music is collected here in a single volume that is durable, convenient and is sure to be a mainstay of your music stand.For a simply stunning compendium of some incredible pieces of music composed by the masters, The Library Of Romantic Music is essential. The greatest compositions from such a fantastically rich period have been collected in this single volume, perfect for pianists looking for beautiful additions to their repertoire. / Piano

Une superbe collection en trois volumes de plus de 115 morceaux faciles à jouer pour le Piano Solo. Contient des morceaux pop, des musiques de spectacles, de jazz de la collection Tunes You've Always Wanted To Play, rassemblés ici pour une edition spéciale. / Variétés / Coffret Partition /

Klavierschule Band 2. Par OLDENKAMP / A.K.\'T HART-ROMEIJN / CLARA RULLMANN. Tastenland ist eine moderne Schule für Klavier in zwei Bänden, die sich auf einen konsequenten Aufbau von Technik und Handpositionen gründet. Als Spielmaterial wurde eine Mischung aus und neu komponiertem Liedmaterial in vielen Stilen gewählt. Allerlei Spiele, Puzzles, Aufgaben, Rhythmusund Intonationsübungen tragen zur Entwicklung des theoretischen und praktischen Wissens bei. Tastenland bietet zahlreiche Extras, lässt dabei aber dem Lehrer Raum für eigene pädagogische Ideen. Das lernen die jungen Pianisten in Band 2: Erweiterung der Taktarten - Erweiterung der Handspannweite auf eine Sexte - Versetzen der Hände - Zeigefinger über den Daumen setzen - Pedalgebrauch - Synkopen Und das sind die Extras in Tastenland : eine DVD in Band 1, mit einem kurzen Film, in dem der Pianist Cor Bakker Anfängern praktische Tipps mit auf den Weg gibt und dem Spiel ?Bauer Benny und der Notendieb?, das spielerisch Noten lesen im Violin- und Bassschlüssel vermittelt. Dazu eine CD in jedem Band mit flotten Begleitungen zum Liedmaterial und Hörübungen aus dem Buch Klavierbegleitungen im Anhang jedes Bandes. / Méthode / Méthode / Piano

A sumptuous selection of the very best Keyboard music of the early Romantic era by composers ranging from Schubert to Chopin and beyond, all presented in one superb volume for the solo Piano.<br>The music of the Romantic era is characterised by progressive innovations in both tonal and formal expression, both in the compositions of the salons and concert halls, and of the church. The works of Chopin, Liszt and Schubert have become absolutely essential repertoire for any serious Piano student, forever pushing the boundaries of diatonic harmony, timing and texture into evermore complex worlds of emotion.<br>Every piece in this anthology is rich in heritage, and familiar to the ears of music lovers the world over. Take this opportunity to transform your repertoire - the music has been expertly adapted to appeal to the intermediate soloist whilst retaining all the beauty and character of the original works. There's simply no better way to discover the music of the masters. / Classique / Partition /

Cette nouvelle édition de l'intégrale de la musique pour piano d'Erik Satie, en trois volumes, est une version totalement révisée et regravée de l'édition centenaire de son oeuvre pianistique. Elle revient aux sources manuscrites et premières éditions des pièces de Satie, et offre aux interprètes des textes musicaux fi ables et pertinents. Ces volumes proposent toutes les pièces pour piano solo, ou en réduction pour piano, publiées par Satie, incluant quelques pièces antérieures inconnues, telles la Petite Sonate que Satie écrivit pour Vincent d'Indy à la Schola Cantorum, et quelques premières versions de pièces très connues, comme San Bernardo, version d'essai d'Españaña (1913), ou encore les premières versions très différentes de Les Pantins dansent (1914). On trouvera également quelques exemples des différents exercices que Satie exécuta à la Schola entre 1907 et 1912, quelques tentatives supplémentaires d'Enfantines, et quelques brouillons antérieurs de ses célèbres Sports et divertissements. Des indications métronomiques ont été ajoutées afi n d'aider les interprètes, de même que certaines suggestions de jeu pour les oeuvres relatives à la période Rose+Croix des années 1890, pièces qui sinon pourraient ne sembler que lentes et tranquilles. La notation a été envisagée sous l'angle le plus pratique possible, sans pour autant négliger le soucis de Satie quant à l' ' extériorisation ' de sa pensée musicale sur papier. / Piano

Par ORFF CARL. Orff-Schulwerk has been translated and adapted for use in many countries and there are editions in numerous languages, with a comprehensive range of supplementary material. Those teachers using the various English editions will find here a rich and exciting source of traditional folk songs, dance melodies and original material from other countries, which will enlarge and enrich the activites and experiences of their pupils./ Recueil / Piano

Terry Riley, most commonly associated with the minimalist and experimental schools of music, draws influence from a vast number of sources, including jazz and Indian classical music. In turn, his influence on contemporary composers and music in general is enormous, and with this collection of his Piano Works, you can learn a selection of his fascinating, hypnotic and simply stunning compositions for solo Piano.As one of the founders of western music's minimalist movement, Riley's works have been acclaimed as forays into ever-expanding loops of rhythm and melody, music that, instead of being listened to, immerses and envelops you. His early works, such as 'In C', spearheaded this innovative idea, beginning a career unmatched by other avant-garde composers. With The Piano Works, this collection of Terry Riley sheet music finally brings together some of his best-loved and most acclaimed works for solo Piano, like The Philosopher's Hand and Two Pieces For Piano.Featuring an extensive foreword by Terry Riley himself, this is not just a collection of sheet music, it's almost a work of art: a brilliant publication featuring some beautifully engraved music along with words by a genius composer. Riley gives a vast amount of fascinating biographical and compositional information about his included Piano Works, such as Keyboard Study #1 and #2, Be Kind To One Another (Rag) and The Heaven Ladder Book 7. At times humourous and always eloquent, his foreword tells the story of this composer's journey from humble Piano lessons to masterpieces and an unfathomable influence, it's just great. Finally, at the end of the book, a selection of facsimiles of Riley's own handwritten scores is included, letting you see what the music looks like from the man's own hand.As well as the foreword, there are introductory performance notes for each piece by pianist Sarah Cahill. These expound the techniques, skills and experience necessary to master each piece, but also simply provide some interesting reading before delving into the harmonic and rhythmic rabbit-hole that is Riley's Piano Works. Aside from the theoretical and academic joy that Terry Riley's music affords, the most immediate pleasure is the universal aesthetic beauty of the sounds that will emanate from your Piano as you play these wonderfully whirling and dynamic compositions.As a collection of sheet music, Terry Riley's Piano Works would make a wonderful addition to your music stand. As a book that will bring endless enjoyment to fans not just of Riley himself, but music in general, the foreword and performance notes combined with the magical music make a fantastic edition of a true master's masterpieces. / Piano

Profitez de cette sélection définitive de quarante hits classiques populaires, dérivé de musique plus célèbre et les plus réputée de tous les temps, y compris vos moments préférés des oeuvres chorales classique, opéras, ballets, concertos et symphonies. Toutes les chansons sont arrangés pour piano facile. Idéal pour le pianiste de Grade 2-3. / Piano / 112 pages / Partition