Unlock the secrets of improvising in traditional American fiddle styles with this Grammy-nominated stage and studio master. In only ten years as a professional musician, Jim Van Cleve has made quite a name for himself in bluegrass and acoustic music. He's spent time with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, saw his debut solo CD nominated for a Grammy and toured all over the world with Mountain Heart. He's become a sought-after Nashville session player and one of the most admired fiddlers in bluegrass. Jim covers many things on these 2 DVDs, but they really break into three sections. After some discussion about early learning experiences, AcuTab's John Lawless leads Jim through a discussion on improvising and building solos on a number of popular bluegrass standards. Two songs, Banks of The Ohio and Pretty Polly, are each played and demonstrated in 3 different keys. Before demonstrating the tunes, Jim breaks down the scale and common positions for each key in turn. He shows where to find the melody, and where adjacent double stops are located, as well as licks and phrases that suit each song. Attention is given to both playing a melody-based solo and what a fiddle can do to assist the band sound in accompaniment. He also carefully teaches four songs he has recorded - three of his own (Nature of the Beast, Devil's Courthouse and #6 Barn Dance) plus Bill Monroe's classic Wheel Hoss. After being slowly demonstrated lick-by-lick, they are each shown (fast and slow) in a split screen orientation. A printed booklet with standard notation for each of these songs is included. Two screen orientations are available for the split screen sections, based on whether the left or right hand is of greater interest. Simply switch between them using the Angle key. Over 4 hours of instructiona on 2 DVDs. / Violon (Traditionnel) / 240 pages / niveau : Débutant / 2-Dvd Set - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Par DUNCAN CRAIG. Beginning with a section of easy arrangements of popular Cajun tunes, this book progresses to more difficult solos based on the playing of various fiddlers including Dewey Balfa, Michael Doucet, Doug Kershaw, and Rufus Thibodeaux. Cajun stylings, rhythms, double stops, slides, turns and trills, bowings, and tunings are discussed throughout the book. Fiddle and guitar are used in demonstrating the tunes in this book. The recorded versions are played at a slower tempo than typical performance speed to allow the listener to pick out details of the Cajun style. Due to the 1 hour capacity of a CD a few of the tunes in the book had to be omitted from the companion recording included in this package (songs are Eunice Two-Step, J'Ai Vu Le Loup, Je Va T'Aimer Quand-Meme, Johnny Peut Pas Danser, Le Vieux Boeuf Et Le Vieux Charriot, Les Veuves De La Coulee, Ninety-Nine Years Waltz, Quo Faire, Vieux Crowley). / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Cajun-Zydeco - Solos / Recueil / Violon

Redécouvrez 12 chefs-d'oeuvre de la musique baroque avec ces arrangements jazzy de loisirs. Arrangements faciles par Alexander L'Estrange donnent un angle nouveau passionnant sur Handel, Purcell, j. s. Bach et autres compositeurs. Compléter accompagnées d'un CD contenant des demonstrati / Violon

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Composed in 1924 for Violin and Luthéal, (A keyboard instrument which never gained much popularity), Tzigane demonstrated Ravel's ability to go beyond his natural Impressionist style, and write a piece which would be much better categorized as Late Romantic. First performed with the Luthéal substituted for a Piano in 1925, today the piece is accepted as either being performed with the Piano and Violin or Orchestra and Violin, Ravel himself having arranged the piece for Orchestra. / Urtext / Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Ähnlich wie Schumanns 'Konzertstück für vier Hörner' op. 86 (HN 1138) entstand auch Saint-Saëns' 'Morceau de Concert' mit der Idee, die technischen Möglichkeiten einer neuen Ventilhorn-Konstruktion auszureizen. In diesem Falle gab der französische Hornist Henri Chaussier den Anstoß. Er hatte ein neuartiges ?Cor omnitonique' entwickelt und wollte mit Saint-Saëns' Komposition die Vorzüge seines Instruments demonstrieren. Chaussiers Erfindung konnte sich bei den Hornisten nicht durchsetzen - wohl aber das 'Morceau de Concert'! Das beliebte einsätzige Werk ist aus heutiger Sicht technisch nicht übermäßig anspruchsvoll - zudem hat schon Saint-Saëns selbst zwei erleichternde Kürzungsmöglichkeiten vorgesehen, so dass sich auch schon fortgeschrittene Schüler an das Stück wagen können. / Cor Et Piano / Chanson En Séparée