SKU: AP.46207

ISBN 9781470637125. UPC: 038081522746. English.

Billboard Greatest Chart All-Stars Instrumental Solos contains hit songs from the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 200 lists of the past 50 years. Each instrument book is carefully edited---complete with articulations, dynamic markings, and keys well suited for the level 2--3 player. The accompanying MP3 CD includes a live instrumental performance of each song followed by a play-along track, PDFs of piano accompaniments, and Alfred's TNT 2 practice software. Titles: 21 Guns (Green Day) * Style (Taylor Swift) * All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor) * Cake by the Ocean (DNCE) * Can't Feel My Face (The Weeknd) * Desperado (Eagles) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Firework (Katy Perry) * Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac) * Sorry (Justin Bieber) * Mr. Know It All (Kelly Clarkson) * Like I'm Gonna Lose You (Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend) * and more.

SKU: AP.20145UK

ISBN 9780739096840. English.

We all agree that scales are a basis for learning cello technique, which is why we include scales in our teaching. The trick of course, is how to integrate scales into the learning process so that at the moment the repertoire demands the technique, the fingers are able to respond. All too often scales are divorced from their musical environment or teachers are compelled to cut and paste from traditional scale books to try to match technique and learning.
Here, in this new series, Scale Builder Orfilia Saiz Vega meticulously matches scale development to the appropriate level of technique. Through this, the patterns and rhythms expected of the student at their level of musical competence are precisely those practised. Moreover, the skilful integration of bowing and other techniques specific to the instrument mean that acquiring the scales across a whole range of technical devices means that when they appear in the music they are expected to play, teachers can concentrate on the musical elements safe in the knowledge that the technique is secure.
Great musicians are formed from early age. We finally have this gradual, attractive and adapted system of scales to start building student's technique, which will be at the service of their artistry in the future. I strongly recommend it!
ASIER POLO Cello player, soloist and Artistic director at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts of the University'Alfonso X el Sabio' (Madrid).

SKU: AP.20144UK

ISBN 9780739087787. English.

We all agree that scales are a basis for learning cello technique, which is why we include scales in our teaching. The trick of course, is how to integrate scales into the learning process so that at the moment the repertoire demands the technique, the fingers are able to respond. All too often scales are divorced from their musical environment or teachers are compelled to cut and paste from traditional scale books to try to match technique and learning.
Here, in this new series, Scale Builder Orfilia Saiz Vega meticulously matches scale development to the appropriate level of technique. Through this, the patterns and rhythms expected of the student at their level of musical competence are precisely those practised. Moreover, the skilful integration of bowing and other techniques specific to the instrument mean that acquiring the scales across a whole range of technical devices means that when they appear in the music they are expected to play, teachers can concentrate on the musical elements safe in the knowledge that the technique is secure.
Great musicians are formed from early age. We finally have this gradual, attractive and adapted system of scales to start building student's technique, which will be at the service of their artistry in the future. I strongly recommend it!
ASIER POLO Cello player, soloist and Artistic director at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts of the University'Alfonso X el Sabio' (Madrid).