SKU: AP.18457

ISBN 9788863880502. UPC: 038081171852. Spanish.

About Basix! Series

Basix is all you need to take off with your instrument. Alfred has worked hard to help you start learning today with this easy-to-use, comprehensive series. You won't get frustrated by moving too fast or bored by moving too slow! Included are photographs of many great performers to fire your imagination and help you stay focused on becoming a star yourself! To top it off, you can put what you learn to work when you play along with the companion CD. Set your sights high by beginning with Basix -- the series that will get you there!

SKU: RM.DAGO03268

ISBN 9790231032680.

SKU: PR.114423450

ISBN 9781491135365. UPC: 680160687534.

Imagination mixed with local authenticity are among the hallmarks of the legendary Argentinian composer and guitarist Pujol. TRES PIEZAS VIAJERAS is clothed as a travelogue, yet it is also a dance suite bringing together the main musical genres of the Rio de la Plata district of Buenos Aires. The “Bremen” movement (composed in Germany) is a modern tango, “Pesadumbre” is a slow milonga (an older folk dance that gave rise to tango), and the “Ezeiza” movement is an urbanized treatment of the candombe dance, known for its dizzying speed. Each movement may be played separately as well as in the complete setting making this work a versatile and stimulating addition to the repertoire.
TRES PIEZAS VIAJERAS (Three Traveling Pieces) emerged during a trip to Germany in 2021. Its three movements bring together the three musical genres of the Rio de la Plata area: Tango, Milonga, and Candombe. “Bremen” is a characteristic modern tango written on a bass line that “walks” the heaviness of an urban and warm rhythm. “Pesadumbre” (Sorrow) is an air in Milonga Campera style (Milonga from the countryside), in a slow tempo, portraying the lethargy of a melancholy siesta. “Ezeiza” (a town near the international airport in Buenos Aires) is an air in Candombe style: an urban Candombe of great rhythmic vivacity. It presents a rhythm that at times bumps into itself and, at other times, reaches an extremely fast, dizzying, and violent rhythm.Las TRES PIEZAS VIAJERAS surgieron durante un viaje a Alemania en el año 2021. Son tres piezas que reúnen los tres géneros musicales del área del Rio de la Plata: el Tango, la Milonga y el Candombe. “Bremen” es un característico tango de vanguardia escrito sobre una línea del bajo que “camina” la pesadez de un ritmo urbano y caluroso. “Pesadumbre” es un aire de Milonga Campera, de tiempo lento, andante, que nos cuenta el letargo de una melancólica siesta. “Ezeiza” es un aire de Candombe. Un Candombe urbano de gran vivacidad rítmica. Nos propone un ritmo que por momentos se tropieza consigo mismo y, en otros momentos, alcanza un ritmo extremadamente rápido, vertiginoso y violento.

SKU: GI.G-018066

English, Spanish, Bilingual.

Conforms to the official English and Spanish liturgical texts for the United States. Inspirada en las armonías y el contrapunto de la música clásica estilo barroco, pero utilizando un lenguaje musical moderno apropiado para una liturgia multicultural, Misa Luna está construida de una forma imaginative y versátil. Sus melodías son fáciles de aprender para una comunidad angloparlante, hispanohablante o bilingüe, y su círculo de acordes es simple para los guitarristas. Al ser acompañada por órgano y trompeta tanto por guitarra y percusión esta música bella elevará la dignidad de las celebraciones.   Inspired by the harmonies and counterpoint of classical Baroque music, but using modern musical language appropriate for a multicultural liturgy, Misa Luna is imaginatively and versatilely built. Its melodies are easy to learn for an English-speaking, Spanish-speaking or bilingual community, and its chord circle is simple for guitarists. Whether accompanied by organ and trumpet or by guitar and percussion, this beautiful music will elevate the dignity of your celebrations.   Coro a dos voces, cantor, y asamblea | Two-part choir, Cantor, and Assembly.

SKU: UT.CH-157

ISBN 9790215320369. 9 x 12 inches.

Vals d'la Masca; Il racconto della Montagna; Sequenze sotterranee

The Alpinia Suite was commissioned and composed for the festival <> and is dedicated to my friend and colleague Elio Galvagno. It was performed for the first time on August 30, 2011, in the Church of San Giovanni in Saluzzo, by an ensemble of professional and student guitarists from all over Europe. This piece was written to commemorate the first ascent of mount Monviso, by William Mathews, Frederick Jacomb, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, exactly 150 years before, on August 30, 1861.
The first movement is a small Waltz. I imagined a Masca (a sort of alpine pixie, a teasing sprite), dancing all around the house and playing tricks, mostly harmless and funny. The Masca is a legendary and very important character in the folklore of my valleys, and all rationally inexplicable events of everyday life are ascribed to her - such as objects that cannot be found anymore, holes in flour sacks, salt in sugar bowls...
The next two movements are a homage to the Mountains. The Tale is a sort of journal, a bright and peaceful chronicle of a hike uphill, in which the beauty of the place is highlighted by an easy harmony and a sweet melody. After this, Underground sequences evokes that same world in a darker and nocturnal way; the faster pace and the choice of repeated and varying patterns are meant to show the transformation of the former environment into something more complex and tormented. Here mountains are a metaphor of human life, warts and all: their sundrenched slopes and their green pasture grasslands, but also their icy and dangerous northern sides, which demand calm, training and caution.
(G. Signorile).

SKU: HL.14044742

French.

Les gammes pentatoniques sont a la guitare ce que l'alphabet est a notre langue : une base indispensable, un passage oblige ! Et c'est donc a ce titre que la presente methode constitue en quelque sorte votre passeport pour la six cordes ! Au programme de cet ouvrage : la gamme pentatonique mineure (indispensable), la gamme pentatonique majeure (essentielle), ainsi que d'autres gammes de 5 notes (plus anecdotiques) que nous qualifierons de pentatoniques hybrides. N'allez surtout pas vous imaginer que, sous pretexte que ce livre est dedie aux gammes, il pourrait etre ennuyeux... il y sera evidemment question d'un minimum de theorie et de technique, pour votre plus grand bien, mais aussi et avant tout de pratique, avec de tres nombreux exemples musicaux a la clef, repartis entre riffs et solos. Le CD MP3 joint a la methode vous permettra d'entendre tous les exemples techniques et musicaux (riffs et autres solos), afin de lever le voile sur d'eventuelles difficultes d'interpretation. Il vous donnera egalement la possibilite de jouer sur les tres nombreux playbacks proposes, dans differentes tonalites et a differentes vitesses, sur les grilles de quelques grands tubes de la guitare, librement ou selon les informations fournies. Soit 7 heures de musique en tout !