by Roger Filiberto. For Guitar (Lap Steel). method. Complete. All Styles. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 96 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

(E13th Non Pedal). Composed by Don Helms. Edited by Dewitt Scott. For guitar. Saddle-stitched. Beginning-Intermediate. Book and online audio. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Arranged by Sandra Dackow. Conductor's score and set of performance parts for string orchestra (8 - 1st violin, 8 - 2nd violin, 5 - 3rd violin/viola (treble clef), 5 - viola, 5 - cello, 5 - string bass, 1 - piano accompaniment). Series: Orchestra Expressions Series. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Bb Edition. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x12 inches. 816 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

(A Definitive Guide to Creating and Recording Great Guitar Sounds). By Bobby Owsinski and Rich Tozzoli. For Guitar. Book; DVD; Guitar Reference; Reference Textbooks. 228 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Composed by James Lord Pierpont. Arranged by Bob Cerulli. Orchestra. For strings w/ vln 3, pno acc, drumset. Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Orchestra Expressions Book 2. Christmas; Secular; Winter. Grade 1.5. 72 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Guitar - intermediate

SKU: MB.30666M

Hawaiian, Saddle-stitched. Slack Key. Book and online audio. 96 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30666M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30666M).

ISBN 9781513462851. 8.75x11.75 inches.

The Hawaiian word for slack key guitar, kÄ« hōâ??alu, means to â??loosen the keyâ? or retune some of the strings to create a harmonious sound with an open or alternate tuning. Slack key is a fingerpicking style characterized by strong alternating bass lines played with the thumb. While slack key can be played on any guitar, most players prefer a nylon- or steel-stringed acoustic instrument.

This book presents 25 intermediate to advanced traditional and original tunes in the Hawaiian slack key style. Melodies are often harmonized in sixths or thirds played with or without double stops. Techniques like syncopated bass lines, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and harmonics are tastefully employed to evoke the images of ocean breezes, swaying palms, hula dancers and white sandy beaches.

The author writes, â??Unless you grew up playing slack key, itâ??s hard to get from the material presented in most books and DVDs to a fluid, play-it-your-own-way style.â? This book seeks to reveal the insights the author has gleaned from studying and jamming with some of the giants of the slack key style, and help you develop a style all your own.

Includes access to online audio tracks of all 25 relaxing but challenging Hawaiian slack key tunes.

(Everything You Need to Know About Guitars, Amps, and Effects). By Tobias Hurwitz, Ethan Fiks, and Vivian Clement. For Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar Reference; Reference Textbooks. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

SKU: HL.1341905

Natural Finish. Michael Kelly Guitars. Guitars. Michael Kelly Guitar Co. #MKFPNNAOFU. Published by Michael Kelly Guitar Co. (HL.1341905).

UPC: 809164027799. 18.0x41.0x5.25 inches.

The Forte Port Nylon acoustic-electric guitar delivers the rich, full-bodied tone expected from a nylon-stringed guitar, coupled with modern enhancements for exceptional comfort and playability. Featuring our Forte Port acoustic design, its enhanced top bracing and offset soundhole placement result in both improved sonic performance and playability. The deep cutaway design facilitates fretboard access, enhancing the overall balance and playability of the instrument. Additionally, the modern mahogany neck, along with the ovangkol fretboard, features a comfort “C” profile, narrow 48mm nut and a 12″ radius, making it effortless to transition from a steel-stringed acoustic or electric guitar. The Forte Port Nylon features the Fishman® Presys I preamp, which delivers a superb amplified tone that beautifully complements the warm, natural sound of nylon strings. Its under-saddle Fishman® Sonicore pickup excels at capturing the guitar's full, organic tonal character. Whether you're in the studio or on stage, the Forte Port Nylon delivers exceptional sound quality both unplugged and amplified.

Piano and orchestra

SKU: FG.55011-372-5

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Study score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-372-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-372-5).

ISBN 9790550113725.

Images of the sea figure prominently throughout my life and memories: from holidays on the Atlantic coast during my Canadian childhood to my current Baltic home, and the imagined, only later experienced Mediterranean of my ancestral heritage. As an immigrant (son of an immigrant) bound to two northern countries, the sea is emblematic of my twin homelands, from the expanses of water surrounding them to those separating them. A Mari usque ad Mare. The sea is also an enduring image of the unknown, of expanses unexplored, of the raw power of nature and, for too many currently, of terror holding a hope of refuge - or the pain of loss.
Such disparate ideas were captured for me in the seascapes of the New York painter MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom I met in 2008 during a residency on the Gulf of Mexico. Her vast, abstract, nearly monochromatic depictions of imaginary seas in wildly varying moods were the catalyst for a concerto where the piano is frequently far from a hero battling a collective, but rather acts as a channel for elemental forces surging up from the orchestra, floating - sometimes barely so - on its constantly shifting surface. There are few themes to speak of, beyond a handful of iconic ideas that periodically cycle upward. Rather, the piano's material is largely an ornamentation of the more primal rhythmic and harmonic impulses from the orchestra below - a poetic interpretation, if you will, of the more immediate experience of facing the vastness of some unknown body of water.
The title Nameless Seas is borrowed from one of Thielhelm's exhibitions, as are those of the four movements, which are bridged together into two halves of roughly equal weight - one rhapsodic and free, the other more single-minded and direct, separated only by a short breath. The opening movement, Nocturne, is predominantly calm, if brooding, darkness and light alternating throughout. Lyrical arabesques sparkle over gently lapping cross-currents in the strings and mirrored timpani, the piano's full power only rarely deployed. The waves gradually build, drawing in the full orchestra for a meeting of forces in Land and Sea, a brighter, more warmly lyrical scene that unfolds in series of dreamlike, sometimes even nostalgic visions, which for me carry strong memories of sitting on rocks above surging Atlantic waves. The third movement, Wake, is a fast, perpetual-motion texture of glinting, darting rhythms and sudden shafts of light, with a prominent part for the steel drums, limning the piano's quicksilver figurations. An ecstatic climax crashes into a solo cadenza that grows progressively calmer and more introspective rather than virtuosic. Much of the tension finally releases into Unclaimed Waters, a drifting, meditative seascape in which the piano is progressively engulfed by a series of ever-taller waves, ultimately dissolving into a tolling, rippling continuum of sound.
It has been a great privilege to realize such a long-held dream as this piece, and to write it for not one, but two great pianists. Risto-Matti Marin and Angela Hewitt, both of whose friendship and support have been unfailing and humbling, share the dedication. Nameless Seas was commissioned by the PianoEspoo festival and Canada's National Arts Centre, with the premieres in Ottawa and Helsinki led by Hannu Lintu and Olari Elts. Thanks are due also to the Jenny and Antti Wihuri fund, whose generous grant provided me with much-needed time, and Escape to Create in Seaside, Florida, the source to which I returned to do a large part of the work.

Arranged by Sandra Dackow. Orchestra. Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Orchestra Expressions Book 2. Folk; Traditional; World. Grade 2. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Guitar

SKU: HL.49046106

Ten Crossover Appetizers for Solo Guitar. Composed by Thomas Fellow. Guitar. Classical. Softcover. 48 pages. Duration 3600 seconds. Schott Music #ED22598. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046106).

UPC: 841886030329.

Thomas Fellow, author of the successful standard work Fellow Guitar Book and world-leading guitarist (European Guitar Quartet, Friend 'n Fellow, Hands on Strings), adds another original twist to his Guitar Music Collection. This book of 10 CROSSOVER APPETIZERS now addresses interested students as well as ambitious advanced players. The pieces are at an intermediate level and benefit from the additional tablature notation which opens up this repertoire to those who cannot read standard music notation. FINGERFOOD LIGHT includes percussive catchy tunes as well as sonorous ballads, and also contains pieces inspired by Piazzolla and movie soundtracks. Many of the 10 pieces in this book are suitable for classical guitar as well as steel string guitar.

By Johann Pachelbel. Arranged by David Marlatt. For Brass Quintet. Brass Ensemble - Quintet. Baroque. Level: Medium-Difficult. Duration 00:05:30. Published by Eighth Note Publications.