SKU: M7.VHR-13519

ISBN 9783864342011.

31 Christmas songs in easy to medium difficulty. The arrangements of the piano accompaniment are especially characterized by their stylistic diversity: from classic traditional to modern and groovy. In addition to traditional Christmas songs, the German hits In der Weihnachtsbäckerei and Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich are included, as well as international titles, such as: White Christmas, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Feliz Navidad, Sleigh Ride, Les anges dans nos campagnes, Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Little Drummer Boy, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow ... All editions of the series Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt (Christmas songs from around the world) are compatible (exception: guitar solo) and ideally suited for playing together.

SKU: MB.99870M

ISBN 9780786687176. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltranes career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltranes bebop style of improvising, the authors discuss the use of guide tones, bebop scales, three to flat nine, targeting, and other techniques. Then the text presents numerous one-, two-, and three-measure jazz lines in Coltranes style in notation and tablature grouped by the harmony over which they can be used. The accompanying play-along online audio provides the rhythm parts for each section, including a track for each section that modulates through the cycle of fourths, helping you master the phrases in all keys. By combining various lines, musicians will be able to mix and match numerous combinations of these lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds, and other harmonic situations. Incorporate these essential jazz lines into your vocabulary and you will be able to create your own lines in the style of John Coltrane. Includes access to online audio.

SKU: CA.221400

ISBN 9790007188573.

The Folk Songs choral collection explores the musical world of Great Britain and Ireland. It contains 21 arrangements of English-language verse songs, canons, and ballads for mixed unaccompanied chorus. The folk songs are as diverse as the stories they tell: from the moving Greensleeves and Two hearts beat as one, through charming settings such as A rosebud by my early walk and There were three ravens, to saucy and tongue-in-cheek songs such as Dashing away with the smoothing iron and The mother-in-law. The stylistic treatment is very varied: the collection contains both original settings from the 13th century as well as arrangements specially commissioned from contemporary composers for the collection. The settings are in three to five parts, and the vocal parts sometimes divide. They are by well-known British and Irish composers such as Benjamin Britten, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Charles Villiers Stanford, as well as contemporary composers such as John Rutter and Carsten Gerlitz - who give a new twist to these traditional songs. Calmus Ensemble has recorded six arrangements from this collection for their CD Folk Songs (Carus 83.034).