Advances in recording technology have changed the rules of the road putting musicians in the driver's seat. Wired peers into the personalities of artists/producers with profiles photo essays and comprehensive descriptionsof their home studios. Stark conceptual photography will reflect the personas of artists such as No Doubt Sonic Youth Snoop Dogg Korn and more as they are connected to their home studios and surroundings. By bringing profiles images and technical data together in one package both fans and mainstream producers will find themselves interested in a visually stunning and educational book.

Beethoven's Piano Sonatas are among some of the greatest writings for Solo Piano and remain firm favourites in the repertoire today. Throughout the sonatas one can sense a maturing composer whose music bridged from the elegant and precise world of Classical music to the intensely expressive and virtuosic world of Romantic music. These pieces provide a wonderful enrichment to the repertoire of any advancing and accomplished pianists.This Urtext edition of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Volume 1 provides you with the most accurate realisation of the composer's original intentions with thoroughly comprehensive and detailed editorial markings and suggestions. Thisedition has been edited by Claudio Arrau and Lothar Hoffmann-Erbrecht.This is the first of two volumes which contains sonatas from No.1-15.

Carnival of Vienna op. 26-Faschingsschwank Aus Wien (Carnival Of Venice) Op.26 is an exciting yet rather unusual Piano work in five movements composed by Robert Schumann in 1839. Although the structure of this piece is more integrated than a Suite it is not quite a Sonata for Piano. These are five beautifully complimenting movements which will provide an enjoyable challenge for the advancing pianist.This Urtext edition of Robert Schumann's Faschingsschwank AusWien Op.26 provides you with an accurate realisation of the composer's original intentions with thorough and detailed editorial markings and suggestions.

Filled with contrasts and variety of character Fuzzy Bird Sonata is an exciting work that is guaranteed to impress. Composed by Takashi Yoshimatsu this is a very adventurous work and the writing for the Alto Saxophone is quite demanding to perform. This piece is suitable for advancing and accomplished alto saxophonists and will provide you with the most enjoyable challenge!The solo alto saxophone part is also included on a separate insert.

Music Minus One Alto Saxophone-Virtuoso saxophonist Paul Brodie brings intermediate-level saxophonists a broad pallette of solos filled with advancing technique to prepare you for professional orchestral standards. Includes a fully annotated score with performance suggestions. Includes a high-quality printed music score containing the solo part annotated with performance suggestions and a compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by piano accompaniments to each piece minus the soloist. Performed by Paul Brodie alto saxophone Accompaniment: Antonin Kubalek piano

Let's face it---we all practice in front of the TV sometimes, so why not make the best of it? The Couch Potato Guitar Workout is a fun, straightforward, no-frills approach to building guitar technique while watching your favorite TV show or just vegging out on the couch. It's perfect for guitarists of all levels and styles looking to develop speed, strength, and accuracy. Learn the proper posture for sitting on a couch while playing guitar, how to practice without driving your couchmate crazy, basic finger mechanics, and even ways to work your flexors and extensors. With tons of exercises and licks to develop your technique in astonishing ways, The Couch Potato Guitar Workout is your ticket to advancing as a guitarist---all while sitting on your couch! / Guitare

Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Primer Level is an adventurous collection for the elementary pianist featuring changing moods keys and hand positions. The series offers performance pieces ???with a challenge.??? This collection may also be used as a graduation book to improve artistic technical and rhythmic skills before advancing to the next level.As the title Gold Star suggests these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. A broad range of styles are presented to enhance the young musician???s awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Pieces need not necessarily be taught in theorder presented.The Gold Star Performance CD is a discovery in sound for both listening and play-along. Repeated listening with and without the score will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities a lively marching band the bass sounds of roaming pterodactyls or ringing French cathedral bells.The educational recordings provide more than student demonstration they provide settings in harmony style and rhythm which explore the expressive and dramatic qualities of the piano. Solo piano performances superlatively performed by Randall and Nancy Faber are included at the end of the CD.Gold Star characteristics of each piece are listed in the table of contents and a Gold Star music dictionary and certificate conclude the book.G-O-L-D Star Performance: a Guide Offering Lyricism and Drama at the Keyboard!

Dances Songs and Studies-This library is designed to accompany each young piano student for a lifetime. Beginning with Beethoven's lesser-known yet extraordinary beginning piano works the library advances progressively through his repetoire with CD performance recordings included in each volume. Equally important are the writings entitiled 'Beethoven as Our Teacher' artwork and photographic reproductions that bring his life before our eyes and performance notes for practice interpretation and teaching.

Later Elementary Level-An excellent first sonatina for the advancing young pianist.

Violin Duets. Par HAY JULIANNE. A collection of 16 fiddle duets ranging in difficulty from moderate to challenging for the experienced fiddler. The music has been arranged with melody and harmony for old time favorites and a few new original pieces for two or more players. The CD included is a good learning tool as it demonstrates how the duets should sound. The book is especially suited to young and older players who will find the difficulty of the music advances with each page turn. The CD is an excellent tool for learning and listening for those who love the instrument played well. This book appeals to older generations of fiddlers because of the familiarity of the tunes and the unusual harmonies. New original music is also presented here for the first time. . Collection of 16 fiddle duets ranging in difficulty from Moderate to challenging . Old time favorites and new originals with harmonies for two or more players . CD included to demonstrate how the duets should sound and for casual listening pleasure / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Fiddle Tunes - Duets / Recueil / Violon

Oh! Fie Shepherd Fie is a traditional comic song which tells the bawdy story of a young girl who meets a shepherd in a meadow one day and tries in vain to resist his advances. The most popular melody wasrecorded by William Defesch (Willem de Fesch; 1687-1761) a Dutch composer and conductor who spent most of his career in London. It has been arranged here for Voice and Piano by Elisabeth Poston (1905-1987) aBritish composer and musician who studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later worked for both the BBC and the Arts Council. She is best remembered for her setting of the Christmas carol Jesus Christ the AppleTree.

Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Level 2B is an adventurous collection for the late-elementary pianist featuring changing moods keys and hand positions. The series offers performance pieces ???with a challenge.??? This collection may also be used as a graduation book to improve artistic technical and rhythmic skills before advancing to the next level.As the title Gold Star suggests these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. A broad range of styles are presented to enhance the young musician???s awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Pieces need not necessarily be taught in theorder presented.The Gold Star Performance CD is a discovery in sound for both listening and play-along. Repeated listening with and without the score will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities an ancient Chinese folk song a gypsy dance by firelight a humorous ???blues??? or a sonatina accompanied with orchestra.The educational recordings provide more than student demonstration they provide settings in harmony style and rhythm which explore the expressive and dramatic qualities of the piano. Solo piano performances superlatively performed by Randall and Nancy Faber are included at the end of the CD.Gold Star characteristics of each piece are listed in the table of contents and a Gold Star music dictionary and certificate conclude the book.G-O-L-D Star Performance: a Guide Offering Lyricism and Drama at the Keyboard!

Your students will love playing these early elementary level supplements with fantastic optional teacher accompaniments arranged by Carolyn Miller. They complement and enhance the original Teaching Little Fingers to Play method offering important guides and reminders to reinforce musical concepts. Our Teaching Little Fingers series successfully encourages advancement and also provides delightful recital material! 10 songs: The Candy Man · Do-Re-Mi · I'm Popeye the Sailor Man · It's a Small World · Linus and Lucy · The Muppet Show Theme · My Favorite Things · Sesame Street Theme · Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious · Tomorrow.