SKU: HL.339744
ISBN 9780876392089. UPC: 840126916744. 9.0x12.0x0.336 inches.
Develop mastery and control over the viola fingerboard, in all keys. Whether you are playing classical, jazz, fiddle tunes, or other styles, these twenty-first century strategies can significantly improve your technique and musicality, and provide the foundation for improvisation. Play-along audio tracks are included for accompaniment, as you begin to explore this previously uncharted but essential territory. This approach is core to Berklee's viola curriculum. The book covers: Fingering strategies for comfortably playing in all keys; Scale diagrams for easily visualizing your fingerboard; Major, minor, and pentatonic scales, modes, and arpeggios; Etudes applying these scales and arpeggios in an improvisational context; Essential chord and scale relationships that are useful for improvising; Exercises to help memorize and internalize the scales; and more! Rob Thomas is a professor in the Berklee College of Music String Department, where he has taught since 2002. He has performed and recorded with the String Trio of New York, the Jazz Passengers, Chuck Owen's Jazz Surge big band, the Mahavishnu Project, the Chris Parker Quintet, Gypsy Jazz Caravan, and many others.
SKU: AP.48276
ISBN 9781470643287. UPC: 038081556116. English.
Adaptable and flexible to your unique needs, Solos, Duets & Trios for Strings is a versatile series that encourages playing in a variety of combinations. Featuring three written parts for every song, the arrangements are designed so that the top line is the melody (Part 1), the second line (Part 2) creates a duet, and the third line (Part 3) forms a trio. You can play solo parts alone or form small string ensembles by mixing and matching instrumentation, as well as mixing the parts played. Students will gain the opportunity to learn how to play in a small chamber group setting. Solos, Duets & Trios for Strings: Movie Favorites features 19 of the most familiar and popular movie themes ever. Titles: As Time Goes By * Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme from Superman) * Cantina Band * Family Portrait * From Russia with Love * Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) * Hedwig's Theme * The Great Escape March * The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) * In Dreams * May the Force Be with You * James Bond Theme * The Magnificent Seven (Main Title) * Newt Says Goodbye to Tina/Jacob's Bakery * Over the Rainbow * Shallow * Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) * Star Wars (Main Title) * Theme from Superman.
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