Composed by
Frederic Vitiello.
Classical. Score. 39
pages. Editions Henry
Lemoine #25360. Published
by Editions Henry Lemoine
(LM.25360).
ISBN
9790230953603.
ARRO
S (d') : Le Voilier - Le
Phare - BAUDOUIN :
Divertissement - Compere
qu'as-tu vu (adaptation)
- Valse lente - BAUMANN :
Rouge vif - BERNAUD :
Hexacorda - BILLET
Jean-Pierre : Lima-Hong -
Trois petits lapins dans
la lune - BOISGARD :
L'Ami harmonique - BRUN :
Dans les couleurs de
l'Arc-en-ciel - Dans le
bleu du ciel - Dans la
nuit etoilee - CASTAIN :
Paresse valse - CASTEREDE
: Simple valse - En
ecoutant tomber la pluie
- COUASNON : Chanson
retro - Pour faire sonner
la guitare - COURTIN :
Histoire ancienne -
CROUSIER : Le Pinson et
le loup - La Marche des
pingouins - DAMASE :
Chanson - DEMILLAC Y :
Promenade - Jeux -
DEMILLAC F.P. : La
Plaintive - DUMOND : 13
syllabes, 3 mots, 4
phrases et 1 impro -
FABIANI : Le Cheval de
bois - Histoire a ecouter
- FOURCHOTTE : Cancion
primera para ninos -
FRANCE : Au-dela de l'ile
- Glissades - Dabo-Abac -
FRANCERIES : Tristesse -
GRIVEL : Deux histoires
courtes - HUBERT : Deux
petites pieces pour une
guitare presque neuve -
KLEYNJANS : Le Petit
Soldat de plomb -
LAJARRIGE : Impression -
LANCEN : Aux debutants
(piece n. 1) - Aux
debutants (piece n. 2) -
LARC'HANTEC : La Valse du
kangourou - Barcarolle -
LARGE : Blues mineur -
MALDONADO : Laetitia -
Indiana - MARCHAL :
Ballade d'octobre -
MORANCON : Deux petites
arabesques - NARVAEZ :
Petit poisson - Berceuse
de la mere qui a perdu
son enfant - PIRIS : La
Chanson paresseuse -
RENAULT : M'en allant
promener - Le Vieux
Manoir - Petite valse -
VITIELLO : Danse
primitive.
Guitar - Level 1 SKU: LM.28305 Composed by Roland Ulrich. Classical. Scor...(+)
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SKU:
LM.28305
Composed by
Roland Ulrich. Classical.
Score. Editions Henry
Lemoine #28305. Published
by Editions Henry Lemoine
(LM.28305).
ISBN
9790230983051.
Peti
t Papa Noel - Mon beau
sapin - Entre le boeuf et
l'ane gris - Les Anges
dans nos campagnes -
Voici Noel - Jingle Bells
(en La) - Jingle Bells
(en Re) - Il est ne le
divin enfant - Une fleur
m'a dit - We Wish you a
Merry Christmas - Mon
beau sapin - Les Anges
dans nos campagnes -
Voici Noel - Une fleur
m'a dit - Jingle Bells -
We Wish you a Merry
Christmas - Entre le
boeuf et l'ane gris
(accompagnements) - Il
est ne le divin enfant
(accompagnements) - Les
Anges dans nos campagnes
(accompagnements) - Voici
Noel (arrangements pour
guitare avec
paroles).
Guitar - easy SKU: BT.BWH4493 Revised edition. Arranged by Peter B...(+)
Guitar - easy
SKU:
BT.BWH4493
Revised
edition. Arranged by
Peter Bursch. Pop & Rock.
Book with CD. Composed
2021. 112 pages. Bosworth
& Co. #BWH4493. Published
by Bosworth & Co.
(BT.BWH4493).
ISBN
9783920127163.
German.
Jetzt
wieder erhältlich:
Beatles für
Gitarre“ von
Erfolgsautor Peter
Bursch!
Das
Beatles-Gitarrenbuch, mit
dem wirklich jeder etwas
anfangen kann:
Beatles-Songs locker und
leicht spielen und zwar
von Anfang an. Alle
Griff- und Spieltechniken
erklärt Peter Bursch
so einfach wie möglich
und mit vielen
zusätzlichen
Hinweisen. Auf der
beiliegenden CD sind alle
in dem Buch behandelten
Beatles-Songs mit allen
Spieltechniken zu
hören und laden direkt
zum Mitspielen ein.
Die speziellen
Gitarren-Riffs,
Melodieläufe,
Anschlag- und
Zupftechniken der Beatles
werden ausführlich
erklärt, damit jeder
die charakteristischen
Spieltechniken lernen
kann. Dazu gibt es jede
Menge Infos und Stories
über die Beatles, ihre
Musik sowie die
Entstehungsgeschichten
der Songs.
Peter
Bursch gilt als
Deutschlands
Gitarrenlehrer der Nation
und hat im Laufe seine
Karriere insgesamt
neunzehn Lehrbücher
für verschiedene
Spielniveaus und Stile
veröffentlicht. Sein
erstes Gitarrenbuch wird
seit seiner
Erstveröffentlichung
1975 weiterhin als
wichtigstes Lehrwerk
für den Einstieg ins
Gitarrenspiel betrachtet.
Die Gitarrenbaufirma
Martin stellte für
Peter Bursch ein
Sigma-Signaturemodell
her. Er ist der erste
Deutsche, dem diese Ehre
zuteilwurde. https://www.pete
r-bursch.de/
Guitar/Vocal Guitar SKU: HL.211634 By Various. Strum & Sing Guitar. Count...(+)
Guitar/Vocal Guitar
SKU: HL.211634
By
Various. Strum & Sing
Guitar. Country, Folk,
Pop, Rock, Traditional.
Softcover. 96 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.211634).
ISBN
9781495085673. UPC:
888680661762.
9.0x12.0x0.289 inches.
Strum & Sing
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Includes: Already Gone
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Sing
The
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arrangements are designed
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Supplement to Any
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Christmas, Pop.
Softcover. 32 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
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ISBN
9781540029546. UPC:
888680752583. 9x12
inches. Hal Leonard
Guitar
Method.
Strum along
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are presented in order of
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featuring 15 songs in
all. Includes: Away in a
Manger •
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S •
Deck the Hall •
Feliz Navidad • I
Saw Three Ships •
Jingle Bells • Jolly
Old St. Nicholas •
Joy to the World •
The Little Drummer Boy
• Nuttin' for
Christmas • O Come,
All Ye Faithful •
Silent Night •
Silver Bells • The
Star Carol (Canzone D'i
Zampognari) • Up on
the Housetop.
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The
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Deluxe Guitar
Play-Along Volume 12.
By Various. Deluxe Guitar
Play-Along. Pop, Rock.
Softcover Audio Online.
With guitar tablature. 96
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.278488).
ISBN 9781540029997.
UPC: 888680753689.
9.0x12.0x0.264
inches.
The Deluxe
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Ain't No Sunshine * All
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Hills * Can't You See *
Evil Ways * I Still
Haven't Found What I'm
Looking For * The Joker *
Just the Way You Are *
Ring of Fire * Stir It Up
* Twist and Shout * What
I Got * What's Up *
Wicked Game.
About Hal
Leonard Guitar Play-Along
Series
The
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Guitar - easy SKU: BT.BWH7016 Revised edition. Arranged by Peter B...(+)
Guitar - easy
SKU:
BT.BWH7016
Revised
edition. Arranged by
Peter Bursch. Pop & Rock.
Book with CD. Composed
2021. 112 pages. Bosworth
& Co. #BWH7016. Published
by Bosworth & Co.
(BT.BWH7016).
ISBN
9783920127187.
German.
Jetzt
wieder erhältlich:
Beatles für
Gitarre“ von
Erfolgsautor Peter
Bursch!
Die
Fortsetzung des
Beatles-Gitarrenbuches
(Band 1 - BOE4493). Alle
Griff- und Spieltechniken
erklärt Peter Bursch
so einfach wie möglich
und mit vielen
zusätzlichen
Hinweisen. Auf der
beiliegenden CD sind alle
in dem Buch behandelten
Beatles-Songs mit allen
Spieltechniken zu
hören und laden direkt
zum Mitspielen ein.
Die speziellen
Gitarren-Riffs,
Melodieläufe,
Anschlag- und
Zupftechniken der Beatles
werden ausführlich
erklärt, damit jeder
die charakteristischen
Spieltechniken lernen
kann. Dazu gibt es jede
Menge Infos und Stories
über die Beatles, ihre
Musik sowie die
Entstehungsgeschichten
der Songs.
Peter
Bursch gilt als
Deutschlands
Gitarrenlehrer der Nation
und hat im Laufe seine
Karriere insgesamt
neunzehn Lehrbücher
für verschiedene
Spielniveaus und Stile
veröffentlicht. Sein
erstes Gitarrenbuch wird
seit seiner
Erstveröffentlichung
1975 weiterhin als
wichtigstes Lehrwerk
für den Einstieg ins
Gitarrenspiel betrachtet.
Die Gitarrenbaufirma
Martin stellte für
Peter Bursch ein
Sigma-Signaturemodell
her. Er ist der erste
Deutsche, dem diese Ehre
zuteilwurde. https://www.pete
r-bursch.de/
Guitar SKU: HL.278175 Supplement to Any Guitar Method. By Various....(+)
Guitar
SKU:
HL.278175
Supplement to Any
Guitar Method. By
Various. Guitar Method.
Christmas, Pop. Softcover
Audio Online. 32 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.278175).
ISBN
9781540029522. UPC:
888680752569. 9x12
inches. Hal Leonard
Guitar
Method.
Strum along
with your favorite
holiday hits, correlated
to work with any guitar
method book 1. The songs
are presented in order of
difficulty –
featuring 15 songs in
all. Includes: Away in a
Manger •
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S •
Deck the Hall •
Feliz Navidad • I
Saw Three Ships •
Jingle Bells • Jolly
Old St. Nicholas •
Joy to the World •
The Little Drummer Boy
• Nuttin' for
Christmas • O Come,
All Ye Faithful •
Silent Night •
Silver Bells • The
Star Carol (Canzone D'i
Zampognari) • Up on
the Housetop. The
accompanying audio
features every song
recorded by a full band,
so you can hear how each
song sounds and then play
along when you're ready.
The audio is accessed
online using the unique
code inside each book and
can be streamed or
downloaded. The audio
files include PLAYBACK+,
a multi-functional audio
player that allows you to
slow down audio without
changing pitch, set loop
points, change keys, and
pan left or right.
About Hal
Leonard Guitar
Method
The
world-famous Hal Leonard
Guitar Method is
preferred by teachers
because it makes them
more effective while
making their job easier.
Students enjoy its
easy-to-follow format
that gives them a solid
music education while
letting them play songs
right away. The Hal
Leonard Guitar Method
provides a complete
system to playing success
which includes three
levels of instruction and
a myriad of play-along
supplemental songbooks
that let students play
great songs while they're
still learning to
play.
Guitar SKU: BT.VOLMB60 Composed by Matt Smith. Method. Book with CD. Volo...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
BT.VOLMB60
Composed
by Matt Smith. Method.
Book with CD. Volonte e
Co #VOLMB60. Published by
Volonte e Co
(BT.VOLMB60).
ISBN
9788863880588.
Spanish.
This
book is excellent for
guitarists with a base in
Guitar blues ready to
step up a rung. It
includes techniques in
blues and phrasing,
R&B and funk,
discords, extensions,
substitute chords and
more. You will begin with
aquick revision of the
basic materials and
finish with the 'Lick of
the Masters'.
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Guitar
SKU:
BT.VOLMB59
Composed
by David Hamburger.
Method. Book with CD.
Volonte e Co #VOLMB59.
Published by Volonte e Co
(BT.VOLMB59).
ISBN
9788863880571.
Spanish.
Perfect
for beginner blues and
rock/blues guitarists.
Includes specs on blues
theory and left hand
techniques. You will also
discover style rhythms,
Texas swing, slow, minor
blues and important blues
styles such as those
ofMuddy Waters, Buddy Guy
and many more.
Covering phrases,
introductions and
improvisation, this is
the best step by step
method for blues for the
guitar, teaching
substance and style.
Guitar Recorded Versions Guitar SKU: HL.156024 By Steve Vai. Guitar Recor...(+)
Guitar Recorded Versions
Guitar
SKU:
HL.156024
By Steve
Vai. Guitar Recorded
Version. Rock. Softcover.
With guitar tablature.
328 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.156024).
ISBN 9781495057670.
UPC: 888680603267.
9.0x12.0x0.856
inches.
24
note-for-note
transcriptions spanning
Vai's career, including:
The Attitude Song •
The Audience Is Listening
• Bad Horsie
• Big Trouble
• Building the
Church • The Crying
Machine • Die to
Live • Eugene's
Trick Bag • For the
Love of God •
Gravity Storm •
Hand on Heart •
Head Cuttin' Duel •
I Would Love To •
Jibboom • Juice
• K'm-Pee-Du-Wee
• Lotus Feet
• Now We Run
• The Story of
Light • Tender
Surrender •
Touching Tongues •
Viv Woman •
Whispering a Prayer
• Yankee Rose.
About Hal
Leonard Guitar Recorded
Versions
G
uitar Recorded Versions
are note-for-note
transcriptions of guitar
music taken directly off
recordings. This series,
one of the most popular
in print today, features
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from blues, rock, and
heavy metal. Guitar
Recorded Versions are
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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.
Sona
ta No. 6 Kharkiv for
guitar solo was composed
in 2021, in the end of
the COVID-19 lockdown. At
that time my family and I
were staying in our home
city of Kharkiv (also
known as Kharkov),
Ukraine for almost two
years. We considered that
pandemic period as a
disaster, but later have
realized that it actually
was a rather happy time,
because a war came to our
homeland just a few
months later. Since 2022
a considerable fraction
of the 1.5 millions of
Kharkiv citizens have
left their homes, those
who stayed have been
living under ceaseless
missile attacks, and many
have been killed. I would
like to dedicate this
Sonata to the frontier
city of Kharkiv and, most
of all, to its citizens
suffering from the
war. Yet, the music of
the Sonata does not have
any specific program.
Here I will give a brief
overview of its main
composition elements to
facilitate future
interpretations. The
first and fourth
movements of this Sonata
are based on the
interplay between the
twelve-tone principle and
the G-major tonal center,
natural for the guitar.
Namely, the first
movement is based on the
interaction of the
G-major triad Gâ??Bâ??D
of the open guitar
strings 2â??3â??4,
ascending motif 1
involving the notes
Eâ??F#â??Aâ??C#
(originally on the first
string), and descending
motif 2 using the notes
E-â??Câ??Bbâ??A-
(originally, on the bass
string 6). These elements
supplement each other to
almost make up twelve
tones (apart from the
missing F), and the
motifs alternate with
ostinato fragments where
each note in the G major
triad is step-by-step
moved by a semitone up or
down. The second
movement is a Scherzo
involving numerous
semitones in accented
chords and fast passages,
as well as chromatic
melodic motion in the
bass voice. It is almost
atonal in some fragments,
but has an overall tonal
center of A-minor. The
third movement is a
meditative Adagio based
on a theme composed
within hexatonic scale
Dâ??Eâ??Fâ??G#â??Aâ?
?B and ostinato chords
involving open bass
strings Eâ??Aâ??D and
semitone
Bâ??C. Finally, the
fourth movement is based
on the complete
twelve-tone theme
consisting of two phrases
including motifs 1 and 2
from the first movement:
Gâ??Fâ??Bbâ??Abâ??Câ
??Ebâ??D and
Eâ??Bâ??C#â??Aâ??F#.
This theme is presented
in its prime and
retrograde forms. There
are dialogues between the
first string, basses and
open middle strings,
similar to the first
movement. In the
culmination, the
twelve-tone theme is
performed using the
parallel motion of the
standard guitar G-major
chord with open middle
strings across twelve
positions. The Sonata
was premiered and
recorded (CD Naxos No.
8.574630) by the
prominent Ukrainian
guitarist Marko Topchii
who has also lived and
studied in Kharkiv. I am
extremely grateful to him
for the brilliant
performance of this
piece. I am greatly
indebted to Productions
dâ??Oz for keeping my
original notations in
places where these do not
conform to the
publisherâ??s style.
Suite No. 1 Guitare Guitare classique [Conducteur] - Avancé Productions OZ
Guitar solo - Advanced SKU: DZ.DZ-4308 Composed by Giorgio Mirto. Score. ...(+)
Guitar solo - Advanced
SKU: DZ.DZ-4308
Composed by Giorgio
Mirto. Score. Les
Productions d'OZ #DZ
4308. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4308).
ISBN
9782898522253.
Foll
owing a recent experience
on the jury of a guitar
competition, I noted with
great pleasure that
Giorgio Mirto, with whom
I had shared the role of
juror, wanted to
celebrate the experience
of the competition -
during from which we
discovered that we had
had a great affinity of
thought - with something
which could endure over
time and not evaporate as
often happens in short
and occasional meetings
between musicians. He did
it as a true composer,
which he is, and
dedicated to me a very
beautifully crafted Suite
to which I allowed myself
to collaborate at least
formally, by suggesting
titles for the four
movements. This is how
Suite n.1 was born, a
piece that does not
strictly respect the
formal rules of the
Baroque era, but
reinterprets and reuses
them in a new key. The
work's obvious late
Baroque inspiration led
me to find titles that
invited the performer to
delve deeper into the
work's aesthetic
inspiration. So I
suggested to Giorgio that
he title the four
movements with something
that linked their content
to four greats of the
18th century. German
masters. The prelude has
thus become from Eisenach
because of its sometimes
improvised Bach-like
atmosphere, the second
movement, vaguely
toccata, speaks an organ
language in the manner of
Buxtehude (who lived in
Lübeck), the slow
movement has a Handelian
quality - and Handel was
born in Halle - and the
last movement, far from
being a true Chaconne,
undoubtedly has the
latter's taste for
variation and ostinato,
typical traits of
Telemann who lived in
Magdeburg. The cities
that appear in the titles
are therefore indelible
to the authors cited.
Furthermore, one should
not think that the style
of the work is in any way
German, given that
Giorgio Mirto expresses
himself in a very joyful
language that synthesizes
modality with minimalism,
all seasoned with a a nod
to Pink's progressive
rock Floyd. or a Mike
Oldfield... The result of
this mixture of ideas,
inspirations and styles
is a work that personally
I never tire of reading
and rereading, for the
freshness that emanates
from it and for the
climate expressive which
rises, nourishing itself
with full efficiency. We
ultimately cannot ignore
that the note B, the one
which marks in a minor
way some of the most
expressive works of the
guitar repertoire, from
the study of Sor which
made generations of
students fall in love
with the guitar, until to
that of Frank Martin's
Four Pieces via La
Catedral di Barrios, is
the modal fulcrum of the
entire Suite: it is true
that the Prelude begins
with a clear chord in E
minor and lingers on an
open ending in A minor ,
but it almost seems that
the initial E serves as a
launching pad for a
continuation of the work
in which the dominant,
that is to say the B, is
the true musical North,
the pole star which
guides us in the other
three movements until the
end of the Chaconne de
Magdebourg. I wish
Giorgio and our Suite
great longevity and a
favorable destiny in the
complex and complex world
of contemporary guitar
composition. And I thank
him again, flattered by
his very kind
dedication.
It’
s a beautiful journey
through the tones that I
offer you with these two
pieces.
The first
The Stations of the Cross
express the 14 scenes of
the Passion of Christ
through a simple arpeggio
and 14 different tones.
The 12 minor keys which
begin the work in a
perfectly natural way (D,
A, E, B, F#, C#, G#, D#,
Bb, F, C, G) are followed
by two major keys (D and
the) who come conclude
the work as a triumphant
deliverance.
The
second piece Labyrinthe
uses the same principle,
but in a different way.
With another arpeggio and
major and minor tones
which follow one another
alternating in a natural
way through a slight
mutation, leading us
astray in the meanders of
the tones, to finally
find ourselves in the
original tone, we thus
delivering from this
great labyrinth (do, lam,
re, sim, mi, do#m, fa#,
re#m, ab, fam and
do).
I hope that
the discoverers of these
pieces will have the same
pleasure that I had in
composing them for
them.