Guitar - Intermediate SKU: DY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: DY.DO-1522
Composed by Francis
Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid
Riollot. Score. Les
Editions Doberman-Yppan
#DO 1522. Published by
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1522).
Francis
Bebey was born in Douala
in July 1929, into a
large family where his
father, a pastor,
struggled to feed his
children. But Francis had
the opportunity to go to
school. Admiring his
elder brother, Marcel
Eyidi Bebey, he educated
himself, distinguished
himself, and eventually
received a scholarship to
go and take his
baccalaureate in
France. We approached
the end of the 1950s when
he arrived in La
Rochelle. More than ever,
in this France where
Africans were looked at
with curiosity,
condescension, or
disdain, Francis relied
on his intellectual
resources. A diligent
worker, he obtained his
Baccalaureate, then moved
to Paris where he started
English studies at the
Sorbonne. One day, he
knew what truly attracted
him: he wanted to do
radio. Francis learned
his craft in France and
in the USA. After
working for a few years
as a reporter, he was
hired in 1961 as an
international civil
servant in the UNESCO
Information
Department. In
parallel, Francis had
always been drawn to
musical creation. His
very serious daytime
activity didnâ??t
prevent him from
frequenting jazz clubs in
the evenings. In Paris,
the Jazz, the trendy
music of that time, but
also rumba and salsa
attracted him. He
collected records and
attended numerous
concerts. With his
accomplice Manu Dibango,
Francis took the stage
and played
music. Francis liked
classical music since his
childhood. He grew up
listening to the cantatas
and oratorios of Bach or
Handel that his father
had sung in the temple.
He became passionate
about the guitar,
impressed by the Spanish
and South American
masters, and decided to
learn to strum the
instrument himself. He
started composing guitar
pieces, blending the
various influences that
flow through him with the
traditional African music
he had carried within
since childhood. His
approach captivated the
director of the American
Cultural Center (then
located in the
Saint-Germain
neighborhood of Paris),
who offered him the
opportunity to perform in
front of an audience.
Francis gave his first
guitar recital there
(1963) in front of a
mesmerized audience. His
first solo album was
released shortly
thereafter. Gradually,
Francis became recognized
as a musician and
composer. Several albums
of the African guitar
ambassador, as described
by the press, were
released. He also wrote
books, to the point that
his artistic career
became challenging to
reconcile with his career
as a civil servant. In
1974, even though he had
become the General
Manager in charge of
music at UNESCO, he took
the bold leap and
resigned from this
prestigious institution
to dedicated himself to
the three activities that
interested him: music,
literature, and
journalism. He
explored the traditional
musical heritage of the
African continent,
notably through the thumb
piano sanza, and the
polyphonic music of the
Central African pygmies,
or singing in his native
language and composing
humoristic songs in
French! Success
followed. Francis Bebey
traveled the world: from
France to Brazil,
Cameroon to Sweden,
Germany to the Carribean,
or Morocco to Japan...
the list of countries
where he was invited to
perform, gives lectures,
or meets readers is very
long. In addition to
public recognition, he
enjoyed the recognition
of his fellow musicians,
such as guitarist John
Williams or Venezuelan
Antonio Lauro, who
invited him to be a part
of the jury for a
classical guitar
competition in
Caracas. His life was
the journey of an African
pioneer, a man rooted in
his cultural heritage and
carrying a message of
sharing and hope for the
world. His originality
continues to vibrate
around the world since
his passing at the end of
May 2001.
By Mel Bay. For Guitar (All). Method. Modern Guitar Method. All Styles. Level: B...(+)
By Mel Bay. For Guitar
(All). Method. Modern
Guitar Method. All
Styles. Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book/CD Set. Size
8.75x11.75. 88 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc.
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.30898 Improvising, Lines and Phrases, Saddl...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.30898
Improvising, Lines and
Phrases, Saddle-stitched.
Jazz. Book. 120 pages.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#30898. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30898).
ISBN
9781513465739. 8.75x11.75
inches.
The Hip Guitar
Lines book is a
window and a gateway into
learning and applying
advanced jazz vocabulary
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intended to be a resource
that a jazz guitarist of
any level can use to take
another step. Each line
is laid out clearly with
its application and TAB
fingering.
If you
have wanted to know the
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Master musicians
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By Mel Bay and William Bay. For Guitar (All). Methods. Modern Guitar Method. All...(+)
By Mel Bay and William
Bay. For Guitar (All).
Methods. Modern Guitar
Method. All Styles.
Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book/CD Set. Size
8.75x11.75. 48 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc.
by Mel Bay. For all guitars. Modern Guitar Method. All styles, solos & duets. Le...(+)
by Mel Bay. For all
guitars. Modern Guitar
Method. All styles, solos
& duets. Level: Multiple
Levels. Book. Method.
Size 8.75x11.75. 320
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Pub., Inc.
By William & Mel Bay. For Guitar (All). Methods. Modern Guitar Method. All Style...(+)
By William & Mel Bay. For
Guitar (All). Methods.
Modern Guitar Method. All
Styles. Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Compact Disc. Size 5.5x5.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc.
Written by Mel Bay. Instructional book for guitar. With instructional text, stan...(+)
Written by Mel Bay.
Instructional book for
guitar. With
instructional text,
standard guitar notation
and chord names. 48
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc.
By Ron Manus, Link Harnsberger, and Nathaniel Gunod. For Guitar. Book; CD; Guita...(+)
By Ron Manus, Link
Harnsberger, and
Nathaniel Gunod. For
Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar
Method or Supplement;
Method/Instruction.
Children. 96 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Guitar SKU: HL.50564707 Guitar. Composed by Miguel de Fuenllana. E...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
HL.50564707
Guitar. Composed
by Miguel de Fuenllana.
Editions Durand.
Softcover. Composed 2001.
Hal Leonard #ME00726000.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.50564707).
ISBN
9781423406860. UPC:
884088012144.
Inch.
...this work is likely to
become a standart work
very quickly and is to be
recommended to all
schools where recorder
studies are undertaken
inch. (Oliver
James,Contact Magazine) A
novel and comprehensive
approach to transferring
from the C to F
instrument. 430 music
examples include folk and
national songs (some in
two parts), country dance
tunes and excerpts from
the standard treble
repertoire ofBach,
Barsanti, Corelli,
Handel, Telemann, etc. An
outstanding feature of
the book has proved to be
Brian Bonsor's
brilliantly simple but
highly effective practice
circles and recognition
squares designed to give,
in only a few minutes,
concentrated practice on
the more usual leaps to
and from each new note
and instant recognition
of random notes. Quickly
emulating the outstanding
success of the descant
tutors, these books are
very popular even with
those who normally use
tutors other than the
Enjoy the Recorder
series.
Guitar SKU: HL.50564705 Guitar. Composed by Emilio Pujol Vilarrub&...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
HL.50564705
Guitar. Composed
by Emilio Pujol
Vilarrubí. Editions
Durand. Score Only.
Composed 2001. Hal
Leonard #ME0788400.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.50564705).
ISBN
9781423406846. UPC:
884088012113.
9.5x12.5x0.024
inches.
Inch....thi
s work is likely to
become a standart work
very quickly and is to be
recommended to all
schools where recorder
studies are undertaken
inch. (Oliver
James,Contact Magazine) A
novel and comprehensive
approach to transferring
from the C to F
instrument. 430 music
examples include folk and
national songs (some in
two parts), country dance
tunes and excerpts from
the standard treble
repertoire ofBach,
Barsanti, Corelli,
Handel, Telemann, etc. An
outstanding feature of
the book has proved to be
Brian Bonsor's
brilliantly simple but
highly effective practice
circles and recognition
squares designed to give,
in only a few minutes,
concentrated practice on
the more usual leaps to
and from each new note
and instant recognition
of random notes. Quickly
emulating the outstanding
success of the descant
tutors, these books are
very popular even with
those who normally use
tutors other than the
Enjoy the Recorder
series.