SKU: FG.55011-071-7
ISBN 9790550110717.
Completed in Karstula, Finland during late July 2010, this carefully structured, but also free-ranging work is drawn from ideas for a much earlier work in four movements, Fantasy dating from the 1980s. Kai Nieminen has been for a long time an admirer of the work of artist Paul Klee (1879-1940), and the solo presented in its final form here is influenced by the painting Dances caused by Fear or as it is often refered to Dancing from Fear painted towards the end of Klee's life in Bern, 1938. Having left Germany for Switzerland in December 1933, Klee's later works were often full of signs and lines, very often represented in black, depicting human figures or various objects against a variety of coloured backgrounds, in the case of this painting of a brownish hue. This development in his painting style and technique is felt by some to be an effect perhaps of his long-term illness, systemic sclerosis, but in the case of Dances caused by Fear there is suggested an atmosphere of panic and terror, an attempt to escape from horrors to come (World War II), represented in the violent movement of the arms and legs of the figures, and the dark, indeed brooding nature of the colours. In Kai Nieminen's guitar work Images of Fear, there is only a very brief passage of calm at the very beginning, after which come three main connected sections in which a wide range of musically unsettling ideas emerge one by one, making use of the tritone, minor seconds, glissandos, tamboura, campanella, etc. The third and final section incorporates the grouping of 5 sixteenth-notes, to give an uneasy feeling to the music, with a short haunting and pleading five-note phrase (Cantando) heard immediately following this passage, before the work ends with further glissandos, and distant and diminishing harmonics. As with Kai Nieminen's other guitar works, the use of 'orchestral colour' is vital to the performance, and passages suggestive of for example brass, strings, woodwind, etc., should be taken into account and played with suitably considered contrast of tone. John Mills.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14415
ISBN 9783954810437. UPC: 805095144154. English.
How do you learn to improvise? Greg Yasinitsky's new method for beginners, Improvisation 101: Major, Minor, and Blues, has been thoroughly tried and tested in numerous workshops and classes. His method is based on easy-to-play pieces that each introduce, one at a time, the building blocks of jazz, rock, and pop music. Each tune comes with sample solos, improvised and written out by experienced musicians. Step-by-step your skills will develop, from understanding the theory, to copying and elaborating, to playing and improvising freely. The included play-along CD provides you with both melody and play-along tracks, as well as sample solos for each piece. Improvisation 101: Major, Minor, and Blues is available in compatible editions for B-flat, E-flat, C, and bass clef instruments. Further editions for double bass / electric bass, guitar, and piano also feature very easy bass lines, with chords and accompaniments (guitar edition includes TAB).
SKU: HL.14021531
9.0x12.0x0.154 inches. French.
Les caracteristiques de la guitare sont telles qu'il existe un nombre quasi-illimite de possibilites (positions, doigtes, techniques de liaison) pour jouer une meme phrase melodique. Cet ouvrage a donc pour but de donner quelques exemples de phrases et d'arrangements des Standards du Jazz issus de repertoire Swing et Be-Bop a l'aide d'un CD d'accompagnement. Vous trouverez dans cette methode deux types de themes et d'arrangements: * Les themes Be-Bop: Ils sont arranges pour deux guitares, une basse et une batterie. * Les themes Swing: Ils sont arranges pour guitare, basse et batterie. La guitare joue les accords et la melodie simultanement. The guitar idioms give an endless comnbination of fingerings, neck positions and legato techniques to play one single musical line. The purpose of this book is to provide examples of phrasing and arranging of swing and be-bop standards. You will find two types of tunes * Be-Bop tunes: These tunes are arranged for two guitars, a bass and drums. * Swing tunes: These are arranged for guitar, bass and drums. The theme and chords are played by one guitar only.
SKU: HL.49045379
ISBN 9783795711740. 9.25x12.0x0.795 inches.
By popular request, the popular book of party songs for guitar is now also available in XXL music format with spiral binding. The edition contains 100 songs from pop, rock, folk and German schlager music which are perfect for singing along together. They can be easily accompanied with just a few chords on the guitar.The XXL version provides: spiral binding music in large print lyrics in large printContent: Atemlos durch die Nacht - Country Roads - Griechischer Wein - Hey Jude - Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht - Sierra Madre - Viva Colonia - We Are The Champions - Wonderful Tonight and many more!Also available:Songbooks for young and old in a handy book format.
SKU: MB.GW867
5.25x7.5 inches.
If youâ??re wanting to add a bit of jazzy sophistication to your acoustic blues playing, look no further than the playing of the three legendary artists featured in this lesson â?? Lonnie Johnson, Teddy Bunn, and Scrapper Blackwell.While the structures of these numbers by-and-large follow the trusty old 12-bar blues, diminished seventh chords, ninth chords, and chromatic passing tones abound! Additionally, each number provides ample opportunities to refine your use of dynamics, articulation, phrasing, and other nuances that are guaranteed to enhance your acoustic blues musicality.Ben Gateno leads the way by performing each tune at speed and slowed down, all with crystal clear focus on each hand. Ben explains in detail how to learn and practice each selection so youâ??re not only putting your fingers in the correct places but lifting the music off the page and bringing it to life!A detailed tab/music PDF file is included on the DVD with note for note transcriptions of the tunes taught. The original recordings are included in the Bonus Audio section. DVD is region 0 playable worldwide. 104-minute DVD.Titles include: Scrapper Blackwellâ??s Cherry and Soft Blues, Lonnie Johnsonâ??s Stompinâ?? â??em Along Slow and Teddy Bunnâ??s Guitar in High.
SKU: HL.44007159
ISBN 9789043127486. UPC: 884088194017. 8.75x11.75 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Strings of Colour contains pieces for the somewhat advanced acoustic guitar player, in which, among other things, the frequent use of loose strings in position (campanella effect) provides a rich, colourful sound, as you can hear on the demo CD! Strings of Colour bevat goed speelbare stukken voor de enigszins gevorderde gitarist waarin - onder meer - het veelvuldige gebruik van open snaren in positie (het campanella-effect) zorgt voor een volle, kleurrijke sound, zoalsop de bijgevoegde demo-cd te horenis!Strings of Colour umfasst zwolf Stucke fur den massig fortgeschrittenen Gitarristen, die unter anderem Techniken und Effekte wie z.B. Hammer-on, Pull-off und Flageoletttone enthalten. Das haufige Mitklingen lassen von offenen Saiten im Lagenspiel (der so genannte Campanella-Effekt) verleiht dem Gitarrenspiel Tiefe und einen besonderen Reiz, der auf der beiliegenden Demo-CD gut zur Geltung kommt. Strings of Colour e una raccolta di brani per la chitarra acustica. I pezzi permettono di esercitare varie tecniche della chitarra e l'esecuzione in posizioni aperte (effetto campanella), ideale per dare piu profondita alle vostre dinamiche.
