(Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!). Composed by Miriam Davidson. For Accordion. Accordion; Book; DVD; Digital Download; Method/Instruction. Teach Yourself Series. Beginner. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Bassoon, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello

SKU: PR.16400261S

Composed by Dan Welcher. With Standard notation. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #164-00261S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.16400261S).

UPC: 680160038411.

Since the bassoon is my own instrument, many people have asked me why I've written so little for the instrument. Beyond my early Concerto Da Camera for bassoon and small orchestra, written for Leonard Sharrow in 1975, I've not written a single piece that features the bassoon as a solo vehicle (though I have written three woodwind quintets). When I first began composing seriously, critics were quick to point out that my orchestral writing revealed nothing of my roots as a woodwind player--and bassoonists asked why my pieces didn't have more bassoon solos. Perhaps I was so aware that people were looking at me as a bassoonist/composer that I was determined to remove that stigma. Now that my transformation from performer to composer is complete, however, it's time to re-address my instrument. I wanted this new piece to be serious rather than whimsical. The Wind Won't Listen represents my return to the bassoon as the highly expressive, poetic soul that it is.   As such, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the piece is based on a poem, and that the title of the piece as well as both its movement titles come from lines in that poem. I first read Beth Gylys' poem Split at the MacDowell Colony in the summer of 2001, and it made a big impression on me. My personal life had been ruptured by divorce in the preceding year. This poem, with its dry insistence on observation rather than feeling, expressed the wrung-out state of my emotions at the time better than any I had seen. I set it to music, as a song, immediately. In this format, for voice and piano, I was able to put a musical note to every word of the poem. The first lines of the poem, Everyone I know is crying, or should be crying, became a melody that haunted me even without the words.   The work for bassoon and string quartet is an outgrowth of the song. The first movement is labeled Romanza, and has a loose formal arch structure of A-B-C-B-A, with B and C being fast sections framed by the lamenting A music. In addition to hearing the bassoon's first notes attached to the lines Everyone I know is crying, there's a sense of agitation, of loss, of longing, and at times of desperation in the music. At one point, the opening theme from Tristan even appears in the strings.   The second movement follows, without a real pause--the pizzicato final chords of the first movement becoming the increasingly aggressive opening chords of the second. The recitative is actually a foreshadowing of the basic theme that will be varied, again to the words of the song: Life makes itself without us. Don't let me tell you how it is. Go out. Look. The recitative begins in an anguished state, but subsides into more gentle singing by the end, when it simply falls into an ostinato 5/8-3/4 pattern to begin the variations. Marked Very steady tempo; Dancing, this set of variations consists of three dances, each faster than the previous. The first, in the aforementioned 5/8-3/4 meter, gives way to a 3/8 scherzo, which in turn takes on a furious 2/4 scurrying motion. The music becomes breathless, almost pulse-less, and an ethereal theme appears in the violins while the rushing music continues, sotto voce in the bassoon. This new theme is also from the song: Why do I do this? The wind won't listen. The bassoon re-states its Everyone I know is crying melody from the first movement, and at length the 5/8-3/4 music returns, more subdued this time. The piece ends on a major-minor chord, suspended.   The Wind Won't Listen is dedicated to the man who commissioned it, bassoonist Steven Dibner--who shares my passion for poetry and language. --Dan Welcher.

Copyright Essentials for Today's Music Business. Berklee Press. Music Business. Softcover. 208 pages. Published by Berklee Press

Guitar (flatpicking) - Beginning; Intermediate; Advanced

SKU: MB.95077M

With online audio and video. Composed by Steve Kaufman. Solos, Style, Tunebook, Gospel/Sacred, Perfect binding. Sacred, Gospel, and Contemporary Christian Music. Book and online audio/video. 144 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #95077M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.95077M).

ISBN 9780786686773. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

In this book three time National Flatpicking Guitar Champion Steve Kaufman presents rousing guitar solos on 24 gospel favorites. Each song is shown with a melody part in notation and tablature, lyrics, an accompaniment part in tablature and a stirring flatpicking solo in notation and tablature. The audio recording is designed for listening first and second as an instructional tool. All 24 songs are played through three times at least. The first time is as it appears in the book and the two versions that follow are improvised versions. Making this a listening tool and an ear training tool. Recorded Digital to Analog in true stereo sound. This recording can be used with either Flatpickin' the Gospels or Autoharping the Gospels. Includes access to online audio and video.        .

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children. Composed by Hans-Guenter Heumann. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Piano. Classical. Softcover with CD. 40 pages. Schott Music #ED13834. Published by Schott Music

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children. Composed by Hans-Guenter Heumann. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Piano Duet. Method. Edition with Online audio file. 40 pages. Schott Music #ED13823. Published by Schott Music

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children. Composed by Hans-Guenter Heumann. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Piano. Classical. Edition with Online audio file. 40 pages. Schott Music #ED13824. Published by Schott Music

Guitar

SKU: M7.VOGG-347

Composed by Sash J. Sheet music with CD. 120 pages. Voggenreiter #VOGG 347. Published by Voggenreiter (M7.VOGG-347).

ISBN 9783802403477. German.

Für alle Gitarristen, die ausgetretene Solo-Pfade verlassen und neue kreative Möglichkeiten entdecken wollen: neue Methoden zur Entwicklung eines eigenständigen Solostils für Anfänger und Profis. Dieses Buch ermöglicht jedem Gitarristen die konsequente Entwicklung einer eigenen 'Stimme'. Dabei spielen theoretische Grundlagen wie die Kenntnis der wichtigsten Skalen und Modi eine ebenso große Rolle wie kreative Ideen für die musikalische Praxis. Mit Tipps zu Motivbildung, Stimmführung, Phrasierung, Spezial-Effekten, Akkordstrukturen und Arpeggien, traditionellen und exotischen Skalen kann sich jeder Gitarrist individuell weiterentwickeln. Mit einem eigenen Abschnitt über das oft vernachlässigte Thema 'Musikbusiness' und zahlreichen Praxis-Tipps.

In Noten und Tabulatur. Composed by Various. Edited by Stephan Schmidt. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music with CD. Edition Schott. Eine Auswahl aus funf Jahrhunderten von einfacher Folklore bis zu Juwelen der Gitarrenmusik von Komponisten wie Carulli, Paganini, Sor und Tarrega. Mit beruhmten Melodien grosser Meister wie Bach, Handel, Vivaldi und Mozart. Classical. Edition with CD, notes and tablature. 7337. 116 pages. Schott Music #ED7337. Published by Schott Music (HL.49007156).