With over 30 years of arranging and composing experience as a church music director arranger composer music editor and performer Fred Bock excels in the ability to add freshness and strength to his settings of traditional hymntunes. Congregations as well as the musicians are sure to value and identify with Mr. Bock's preludes. Includes: Be Thou My Vision • Now Thank We All Our God • Morning Has Broken • and others.

Description The Art of Solo Bass is a jumping off point, a place to glimpse the possibilities of the electric bass. This book examines the use of chords and chord/melody in performance, arranging, composing and the development and exploration of new techniques. From using chords to enhance and embellish your groovin? bass lines, to developing a comping style to perform with an ensemble and finally to create solo arrangements and compositions for practice and performance. The Art of Solo Bass will open new horizons for you, the bass player. This is a step-by-step tutorial into the techniques, theory and practical application of solo bass. The Art of Solo Bass includes actual arrangements, recordings, notation and tablature to guide you along the way.

This unique piano sheet music book presents selections from the soundtrack to the critically-acclaimed film Darkest Hour written by Oscar-winning composer Dario Marianelli. Included within thiscollection are intermediate-level piano arrangements by the composer a specially-written introduction and unforgettable full-colour imagery from the film plus an exclusive arrangement as played by pianist VíkingurÓlafsson.

Albert W Ketèlbey's most popular works appear to have been a series of Orchestral tone poems like In a Persian Market that incorporate exoticism and demonstrate the high quality of his Orchestration. The Orchestral version of this piece included a Vocal line of male Voices calling for baksheesh which is absent from the Organ arrangement.Composer and arranger Albert W Ketèlbey is now almost unknown except for his work Bells Across the Meadows but until the time of the Second World War he strode the country’s musical stage like a giant of light musical entertainment. In 1929 he was declared ‘Britain’s greatest composer’ according to the number of performances of his works. Over the course of his career he was a church Organist musical director at London’s Vaudeville Theatre editor to several music publishing firms and Music Director of the Columbia Gramophone Company.

French pianist, arranger, composer and conductor, Jean Michel Defaye (b. 1932) entered the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of ten years old. His successful compositions and arrangements were mainly for brass, In the Style ofDebussy, composed in 2002 for Trombone and Piano, being no exception. With a typical performance lasting about five minutes, Defaye's In the Style of Debussy reflects the compositional techniques of Claude Debussy by use ofchromaticism, evocative melodic passages, spread chords in the accompaniment and a calm nature. Defaye's passion to explore a variety of preceding composers is clear with In the Style of Debussy being a part of a series whichexplores the music of many great composers. For all aspiring trombonists wishing to vary and expand their repertoire, In the Style of Debussy by Jean Michel Defaye is essential. / Partitions classique / Cuivres et percussions / Trombone / LEDUC

French pianist arranger composer and conductor Jean Michel Defaye (b. 1932) entered the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of ten years old. His successful compositions and arrangements were mainly for brass  Mouvement composed in 1972 for Trombone and Piano being no exception. With a typical performance lasting about six minutes Defaye's Mouvement makes use of chromaticism luscious melodic phrases a wide range large intervals and complex rhythms amongst other aspects. Defaye's passion for the Trombone is clear through his exploitation of the instrument. For allaspiring trombonists wishing to vary and expand their repertoire  Mouvement by Jean Michel Defaye is essential.

French pianist arranger composer and conductor Jean-Michel Defaye (b. 1932) entered the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of ten years old. His successful compositions and arrangements were mainly for brass Deux Danses composed in 1954 and adapted for Bass Trombone and Piano by Donald Knaub being no exception. With a typical performance lasting about eight minutes Defaye's Deux Danses are named Sacred Dance and Secular Dance. Defaye's understanding of the Trombone is clear throughout the work with use of exciting techniques and contrasts. For all aspiring bass trombonists wishing tovary and expand their repertoire Deux Danses by Jean-Michel Defaye is essential.

Jennifer and Michael Watts are a husband-and-wife team active in the music industry in Southern California. Jennifer holds a BA in Music Theory degree from California State University ? Chico and maintains a full pianostudio. A classically trained jazz pianist her teachers have included Terry Trotter and Julien Musafia. Mike is a multi-talented studio musician working mainly in the motion picture and television industries. He has been thefeatured pianist on several major motion pictures plays synthesizers and accordion and also works as an arranger/composer and orchestrator. Some of the more recent films he has been involved with include Tangled Toy Story3 and The Princess and the Frog. Blues Jazz Rock and Rags is comprised of original compositions Jennifer uses in her studio to keep piano students motivated. After being unsuccessful in finding just the rightmusic for individual students Jennifer asked Mike to partner with her in composing their own material. A keen understanding of contemporary styles combined with valuable teaching experience results in a collaborative effortthat is fun motivating and educational!This follow up to Book 1 (HL00296849) features a dozen more original solos at the Intermediate level: Charley B's Disco ? Chasin' Monsters ? The Doctor Is In ? FancyBlues ? Jammin' Away ? Klumzy Kangaroo ? Nobody Doesn't Like Jerry Lee ? Pretty Slick ? Remember When ? Surf's Up! ? Swingin' Rag ? Where'd They Go.

This volume contains a selection of the most appealing classical melodies for two violins. The parts make the most of the lower range of the violin and the player is not expected to read too many ledger lines for high notes.From the contentsMelody from ?La Traviata? (G. Verdi) Tales from the Vienna woods (J. Strauss) Polonaise (F. Chopin) Overture and Aria from ?The Magic Flute? (W. A. Mozart) Melody from the Ballet ?Swan Lake? (P. I. Tschaikowsky) In the Hall of the Mountain King (E. Grieg) Serenade (J. Haydn) Menuet (L. Boccherini) Halleluja Chorus from the ?Messiah? (G. F. Handel) Autumn (A. Vivaldi)The authorBorn in Belarus VladimirBodunov (1981) is an arranger composer and artist. He plays the violin piano and singing saw.

Write for a horn section!
In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a complete score.
You will learn to:
Write for alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, as well as trumpet and trombone
Construct common voicings, such as unisons, octave unisons, two- to five-part soli, and open voicings
Expand your harmony by using jazz chords
Use brass mutes
Compose many textures, including melodies, solis, fills, pads, comping parts, background lines, and others
Score advanced harmonic techniques characteristic of brass sections, such as chromatic approach chords, four- and five-part voicings, tension substitutions, and more
?An amazing book that opens your mind for new horn arranging techniques. Horns on steroids!?
?Hassan El Shafei, Artist/Record Producer
?Arranging for Horns is the one-stop-shop the young arranger can make to explore the techniques, applications, and context for contemporary horn arranging. Jerry Gates masterfully compiled three decades of experience?both in classroom and in professional writing?into an organized and concise 80-page text. Highly recommended!?
?Adi Yeshaya, Composer, Arranger (Prince, Aretha Franklin, The Voice)
?An insightful and valuable resource for all arrangers. Jerry?s explanations are very clear and concise. Highly recommended!?
?Mark Harrison, Keyboardist/Composer, Music Educator, and Author
?Jerry is a devoted musician and educator who has written yet another clear and concise book! This time Jerry guides the reader through a direct and useful approach to writing horn arrangements. Included are rhythm section considerations, notations, and a valuable mention about contour shaping as the blueprint for a successful arrangement. This book demystifies arranging for horns and inspires us to dive right in. There are great tools included and distilled from Jerry?s many years of experience and education. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get quick and positive results without excess theory to weigh the creative process down.?
?David Goldblatt, Composer, Pianist, and Music Director (for national television programs, world tours, and varied media)
?Jerry Gates? Arranging for Horns is a concise yet thorough guide to horn arranging in jazz and popular styles. The book progresses through each vital instrument, offering writing techniques for them as individuals and as a group. Arranging for Horns goes one step further than many treatments of this topic, looking at how an arrangement can vary throughout a song?changing the intensity of the music. This added consideration gives arrangers a powerful tool for adding shape and contour to their songs. Recommended for all arrangers and songwriters.?
?Ben Newhouse, Composer and Educator
/ Partitions jazzandblues / Tous instruments par tonalité / Tous instruments / BERKLEE

The Salley Gardens is a traditional Irish song which has been arranged here for SATB chorus a cappella by Ben Parry. The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.