Traduction Doc Rossi Compositeur : Damiani Andrea Instrumentation : Luth Publication Date: 1999 Series: Teoria e Didattica della Musica (Theoretical and Educational Texts) Pages: pp. 208 CONTENTS * Preface * Introduction * CHAPTER 1. TUNING AND TABLATURE Tuning - Tablature (French tablature - Italian tablature - Rhythm symbols - Fingering and other symbols) - Stringing and doubling - Tuning practice (Practical advice on tuning - Tuning problems) - Strings * CHAPTER 2. BASIC TECHNIQUES Posture and position of the lute - Right-hand position - Right-hand functions - Sound production (Positioning p - Forearm movement - Attack - Positioning i) - Alternating p and i - Finger articulation for polyphonic passages (Positioning p - Positioning i) - Preparatory exercises - Differences from guitar technique - Body control * CHAPTER 3. THE RIGHT HAND Forearm and accentuation - Fingering * CHAPTER 4. THE LEFT HAND General principals - Preparatory exercises - Avoiding stiffness - Differences from guitar technique - Hand coordination * CHAPTER 5. SCALES Right-hand scale technique (Forearm movement - Finger articulation - Integrating the two techniques) * CHAPTER 6. EXERCISES FOR TWO LUTES Exercises on a ground bass - Contrapuntal exercises - Articulation - Dances and ground basses * CHAPTER 7. SHIFTING LEFT-HAND POSITIONS Fundamental principals - Position changes using the same finger - Position changes by substitution - Position changes by jump * CHAPTER 8. EXERCISES FOR TWO LUTES WITH POSITION CHANGES * CHAPTER 9. RIGHT-HAND TECHNIQUE IN POLYPHONIC MUSIC p-i articulation - Positioning m - Rest stroke with p - Left-hand positions and movement - m-i articulation - Combining p, i and m - Easy pieces in two voices - Two-voice scales * CHAPTER 10. COUNTERPOINT Voice progression and intervals - The species - Florid counterpoint - Imitation - Syncopation - Suspension * CHAPTER 11. CONTRAPUNTAL PIECES IN TWO VOICES * CHAPTER 12. THREE VOICES The right hand - Combining chords and single notes - Repeated chords and monophonic passages - Arpeggios - Chords and counterpoint * CHAPTER 13. CONTRAPUNTAL PIECES IN THREE VOICES Technical aspects: three-voice scales, the barre - Contrapuntal pieces in three voices * CHAPTER 14. CHORDS OF FOUR OR MORE NOTES The ring finger (a) - Five- and six-note chords - Chords played with p * CHAPTER 15. IDIOMATIC LUTE COMPOSITIONS Chords and divisions - Characteristics of lute composition * CHAPTER 16. TRANSFORMATION OF LUTE TECHNIQUE DURING THE 16th CENTURY Evolution of right-hand position - Exercises for m-i alternation * CHAPTER 17. TECHNIQUE Scales (Full-length scales in all keys - Scales with divisions) - Speed - Left-hand legato and ornamentation - The barre (Preparatory exercises - Barre exercises) - Scales in two and more voices (Two-voice scales - Three-voice scales) - Polyphonic patterns - Right-hand exercises * CHAPTER 18. RENAISSANCE PERFORMANCE PRACTICE Interpretation (Rhetoric - Sound quality - Rhythmic inequality) - Ornamentation (16th-century sources - The first half of the 16th century - The second half of the 16th century - The first half of the 17th century - The Elizabethans) * CHAPTER 19. TEMPERAMENT Meantone temperament - Equal temperament

A new take on favourite folksongs-The folksongs in this collection have been loved for generations and with the fabulous Sarah Watts adding her hallmark touch of spice to the harmonies and bending the rhythms a little they will come alive for countless moregenerations.The free CD includes both practice and performance tracks. Stand by for hours of fun!

For Flute-100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Flute the Beginner Series by musician educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or ???riffs??? that make up Flute playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced series 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight readingexercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale in Andrew???s opinion the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as ???straight??? and ???swing??? rhythms.There are five sections to the riffs in the book section 1 contains basic Blues riffs section 2 contains Rhythm and Blues influenced riffs section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs recorded twice: first sax melody piano guitar bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano guitar bass and drums so you can play-a-long.Review of the Sax version of the book by Skip Spratt of The Sax Shed https://saxshed.comAndrew D. Gordon of ADG Productions has recently updated and added to his popular series of books with 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs The Beginner Series. The original publication by the same title is geared toward intermediate to advanced students. Both books feature a companion CD and optional midi files that will help in the practice of these 100 blues riffs.I had the opportunity to preview the tenor saxophone books from the series; however the same books are published for other instruments as well. Saxophonist Frank Villafranca of the Super Groovers demonstrates each riff with the rhythm section first with and opportunity for play-along following each demo track. Andrew Gordon writes ???For people who want to improve their

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Flute is written by internationally acclaimed author and instructor Andrew D. Gordon. This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases or ?riffs? that make up Blues flute playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the Blues to more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. It is also useful as a tool for improving one?s sight reading abilities with the examples being in many different keys and rhythms. The 12 barBlues progression and the Blues scale are also explained. Included with this book are audio files with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the flute playing along with a rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing so that the flautist can play along. 

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Flute by Andrew D. Gordon consists of as the title suggests 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing Jazz Ballad Jazz Funk Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard Blue Moon; showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this techniqueyou can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the flute playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the flute and the rhythm section as well as the rhythm section without the flute and with the more difficult examples the rhythm section is recorded at a slowed down tempo. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles.  

Ready Steady Flute! is a colourful Flute book for early starters.Introducing the notes slowly and clearly it teaches musical literacy with humour and fun. There are plenty of short pieces with jazzyPiano or CD accompaniments at all stages. Many have funny words to aid learning. Rhythm rhymes and performance ideas make playing the Flute in the early stages even more fun!

'Style' is one thing Michael Jacques' Sounds Good! has lots of with bags of rhythmic vitality thrown in as well! These five recital pieces are for suitable for Descant Recorder and Piano Accompaniment with a separate score for Treble or Flute. They make excellent material for encouraging pupils to cope with changes of rhythm but are much more than mere studies.

This best seller is a collection of nine melodic studies in technique and rhythm for flute set in a jazz/pop idiom and is ideal for the more advanced player. These books have become hugely popular and have gone onto different grades of the new ABRSM woodwind syllabus 2003-2006. There are helpful hints at the beginning of the book.

comprehensive band method-(Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000)Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy andengaging music all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learningenvironment as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship even at the beginning stages.Books 1 and 2 also include access to Essential Elements Interactive (EEi) the ultimate online music education resource - anywhere anytime and on any device. Go to www.essentialelementsinteractive.com to learn more! Book 2 features: ? Book 1 review section? Daily Warm-ups? Rhythm Raps sight-reading and improvisation?Theory history and multicultural music? Creativity and assessment? Instrument-specific etudes? Rubank Studies and solo? 12 full band arrangements including a plannedconcert Book also includes My EE Library* (www.myeelibrary.com) - Instant Stream/Download/CD*...with Play-along mp3 tracks for ALL exercises*Internet access required for My EELibrary. Book includes instructions to order free optional CD.

11 Pieces in Swinging Styles-In All Jazz the composer has created a collection of 11 attractiverhythmic pieces that let musicians of an intermediate standard beginto develop familiarity with the techniques and interpretations ofvarious swinging jazz styles. The play-along CD featuring a live jazzband will ensure that all players are struck by the ‘jazz virus’ and willkeep coming back for more.

Belgian-born Swiss composer Henri Gagnebin (1886-1977) studied Organ with Louis Vierne. Composing pieces and studies for a wide range of instruments  23 Pièces Récréatives Et Progressives for Flute contributes to a substantial catalogue. These 23 Gagnebin studies for Flute demonstrate a variety of features. These include articulation performance directions dynamics phrasing use of a wide tessitura accidentals differing rhythms chromaticism. Each study becomes progressively more technically challenging providing the flautist with the opportunity to improve in all aspects. Forall advanced flautists Gagnebin's 23 Pièces Récréatives Et Progressives is an imperative aid to technical progression.

Grades 1-3-These progressive tunes are based around the sequences required for each of the exam scales. The excellent backing tracks provide interest and variety with styles that include Rock Reggae Salsa Garage and many others. The strong rhythmic character of the music helps to achieve rhythmic accuracy and even control. The tunes provide many tone development opportunities and the play-along tracks help to gain a more critical awareness of intonation. 'This book has several advantages over some of the other available material of thit ilk. There is plenty of time allowed for tuning the instrument and the 'counting in' is just that: verbal countinginstead of a metronome...The rhythms are ideally suited for the beginner flautist...' Music Teacher Magazine'A light useful guide that doesn't take the fun out of learning.' MI Pro