Modal Improvisation and Melodic Construction in the Flamenco Environment. Composed by Enrique Vargas. 387 pages. Published by Sher Music Company

Essential Concepts Series. Musicians Institute Press. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 120 pages. Published by Musicians Institute Press

(Scales, Modes & Chords: The Primordial Building Blocks of Music). Jazz Instruction. Softcover. 234 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

50 Exercises for the Intermediate to Advanced Pianist. Musicians Institute Press. Technique, Jazz, European. Softcover. 152 pages. Published by Musicians Institute Press

Meet the Great Jazz Legends. (Short Sessions on the Lives, Times and Music of the Great Jazz Legends). By Ronald C. McCurdy. Classroom/Pre-School; General Music and Classroom Publications; Reproducible. Jazz. Book. 72 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians. Jazz Instruction. Softcover. Size 9x12 inches. 266 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Patrick M. Liebergen. Choral (Sacred); Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; Worship Resources. Jubilate Music: The Music of Holy Week. Palm Sunday; Sacred; Spring. Choral Octavo. Jubilate Music Group #00-46845. Published by Jubilate Music Group (AP.46845).

By Joanne Haroutounian. Piano. Explorations in Music. Student Book with Cassette. Level: Book F,6. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

Composed by Michael Larkin. Offertories, Preludes, Postludes, Hymn Intros/Reharmonizations, Communion. 21st Century. MorningStar Music Publishers #15-744. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Modal Improvisation and Melodic Construction in the Flamenco Environment. Composed by Enrique Vargas. 513 pages. Published by Sher Music Company

By Jordi Cervello. For 2 violins. Bowed Instruments. Duration 10:00. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau

Melody instruments

SKU: M7.AHW-1606

Composed by David Baker. Sheet music. Performance book, treble clef. 128 pages. Charles Colin Corp. #AHW 1606. Published by Charles Colin Corp. (M7.AHW-1606).

English.

Present s phrases extrapolated from the output of the contemporary, post-bop players. Fourths, pentatonics, modal scales, vertical scales used modally, tone rows and set systems are all presented, while IIV7 progressions realised in a contemporary fashion are exemplified in a variety of patterns and in modal situations. Sections on Coltrane changes include examples based on Countdown and Giant Steps.

Melody instruments

SKU: M7.AHW-2007

Composed by David Baker. Sheet music. Performance book, bass clef. Charles Colin Corp. #AHW 2007. Published by Charles Colin Corp. (M7.AHW-2007).

English.

Present s phrases extrapolated from the output of the contemporary, post-bop players. Fourths, pentatonics, modal scales, vertical scales used modally, tone rows and set systems are all presented, while IIV7 progressions realised in a contemporary fashion are exemplified in a variety of patterns and in modal situations. Sections on Coltrane changes include examples based on Countdown and Giant Steps.

Piano

SKU: AP.1-ADV9210

Composed by Fritz Pauer. Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental; Solo; Solo Small Ensembles. Advance Music. Form: Suite. Jazz. Book. Advance Music #01-ADV9210. Published by Advance Music (AP.1-ADV9210).

UPC: 805095092103. English.

An introduction in modal piano playing. Seven easy, yet musically demanding compositions---for two or four hands---which will encourage players to improvise and create their own modal compositions. The individual movements are suitable for both music lessons and students' performances.

Piano

SKU: HL.14046100

Composed by Felix Sierra. CARISCH - MUSIC SALES. Tuition. General Merchandise. Real Musical #MK19122. Published by Real Musical (HL.14046100).

ISBN 9788438712535. Spanish.

Nueva edicion de la coleccion Lenguaje Musical de Felix Sierra que abarca los 4 cursos de Grado Elemental y 2 de Grado Medio. Cada curso consta de dos volumenes: A y B. En esta nueva edicion se han ampliado el numero de ejercicios dedicados, tanto ala formacion ritmica y de lectura de notas-escasa en la edicion original-, como a la entonacion de melodias. Los ejercicios de entonacion incluyen un sencillo acompanamiento pianistico, con el que se pretende un triple objetivo: facilitar su estudioestabilizando la afinacion, ayudar a la interiorizacion de las funciones armonicas y aproximarlos a esa musica que, como se ha dicho con fina ironia, tambien existe fuera de los conservatorios. No se trata, con ellos, de descifrar una partitura. Apesar de lo limitado de los medios empleados, se puede -y se debe- realizar con estas piezas en miniatura una labor artistica. El CD que se incluye con el libro, aunque nunca puede suplir al profesor, si que, al menos en parte, cumple esta funcion.Otra novedad la constituye la inclusion del arreglo para instrumentos escolares de una de las canciones con que se inicia cada unidad didactica, canciones que siguen siendo la materia principal que se desarrolla en el resto de la unidad. Canciones ymelodias a una y dos voces con acompanamiento de piano, ejercicios de ritmo y lectura de notas, percusion corporal, pequenas obras escritas para instrumentos de laminas, nociones de teoria, juegos musicales, practica de la improvisacion y la creacionmusical... y todo ello con un riguroso planteamiento didactico en el que la armonia es el eje vertebrador de todas las actividades que se proponen. Ayudar a descubrir el apasionante mundo musical debe de ser, a juicio del autor, la tarea principal delmaestro de musica. Esperamos con estos libros, favorecer esta dificil labor. Lenguaje Musical, Lecciones De Entonacion y Educacion Audivita son las colecciones de Felix Sierra que contemplan la ensenanza del lenguaje musical. En un ambito de decima(LA a DO) y tratando de que se interiorice la modalidad, se trabajan en este cuaderno las tonalidades de DO, mayor y menor y LA, menor y mayor. Ademas de las figuras presentadas en el cuaderno anterior, en este se incluyen la semicorchea y lasincopa, el compas de seis por ocho, la clave de FA y se sigue trabajando con las funciones armonicas basicas: tonica, dominante y subdominante.

Don Mock's Modal Mojo. (The "No Mystery" Approach to Modal Improvising). By Don Mock. For Guitar. Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. Audio Workshop Series. Book and CD. 84 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

By Richard E. Brown. Young Band. FJH Young Band. Modal Menagerie is a suite of four very short, fun pieces that are intended to introduce young students to modal tonalities. Each movement musically depicts an animal whose name alliterates with the mode being demonstrated: Lydian Lions, Phrygian Pheasants, Dorian Donkeys, and Mixolydian Monkeys. Score for this title: B1305S. Concert Band. Level: 2. Score and Set of Parts. Composed 2006. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

SKU: AP.1-ADV11308

Volume 2. Composed by Ron Miller. Method/Instruction; Reference Textbooks; Textbook - Jazz; Theory. Advance Music. Jazz. Book. Advance Music #01-ADV11308. Published by Advance Music (AP.1-ADV11308).

UPC: 805095113082. English.

The goal of Modal Jazz Composition & Harmony, Volume 2 is to continue the dissemination of information that presents a path of study for the aspiring jazz composer. Where Volume 1 of the book emphasized the preparation of a modal harmonic foundation, this volume will introduce concepts of melody writing and a study of the styles of jazz compositions that are an intrinsic addition to the contemporary jazz composer's repertoire. Also included are chapters on harmonization and reharmonization techniques---as many of the concepts presented reflect an influence of Gil Evans, Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus as well as those of Herbie Hancock---and on pentatonic tunes that are harmonized with a modal harmonic foundation. As with Volume 1, an appendix with additional peripheral information is included for the student desiring theoretical explanation and additional examples.

Titles: Chapter I: Melody * Chapter II: Reharmonization * Chapter III: Pentatonics * Appendices.

By Roger Ames. Edited by James Jordan. For Piano. Music Education. Instructional. Text language: English. 72 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

Jazz Band - Grade 2

SKU: XC.HJE2303FS

Composed by Peter Sciaino. Jazz Horizon Series Grade 2. Latin-rock. Score. Excelcia Music Publishing #HJE2303FS. Published by Excelcia Music Publishing (XC.HJE2303FS).

Recalling the modal tunes of Herbie Hancock like Maiden Voyage, Modal Citizen starts with a trio of Alto Sax, Trumpet and Guitar presenting the first statement of the melody. As the rest of the band is layered in the harmony expands in the B section. There is a written solo for Alto Sax and Trumpet over the easy modal changes.

Jazz Band - Grade 2

SKU: XC.HJE2303

Composed by Peter Sciaino. Jazz Horizon Series Grade 2. Latin-rock. Set of parts. Excelcia Music Publishing #HJE2303. Published by Excelcia Music Publishing (XC.HJE2303).

Recalling the modal tunes of Herbie Hancock like Maiden Voyage, Modal Citizen starts with a trio of Alto Sax, Trumpet and Guitar presenting the first statement of the melody. As the rest of the band is layered in the harmony expands in the B section. There is a written solo for Alto Sax and Trumpet over the easy modal changes.

Modal Improvisation and Melodic Construction in the Flamenco Environment. Composed by Enrique Vargas. 321 pages. Published by Sher Music Company

Essential Scales, Theory, Bass Lines and Fingerings. By Paul Farnen. Musicians Institute Press (Instruction taken from the curriculum of MI). With notes and tablature. Size 9x12 inches. 88 pages. Published by Musicians Institute

Orchestra and Cobla

SKU: BO.B.3260

Composed by Josep Ma Ruera. Instrumental Sets. Duration 40:52. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3260).

ISBN 9788480207584.

Engl ish comments:
Empuries is the result of the interest Ruera showed throughout his life for the culture and music of ancient Greece. As he himself writes in the introduction to the composition: The motives behind this work were inspired by contemplating and analysing the melos of ancient Greece. The few melodies that have been discovered from those far-off times inspired the composer of Empuries to create this work, conceived with the Greek modal system in mind, and adapted to modern instruments and tastes. The tetrachord and pentachords of these forms are the very bases of this work. The descending drift of the cadence, the harmonic priority of the upper and lower notes of the tetrachords and the displacement of these chords to different acoustic levels, make it impossible to specify the classic concept of a set tonality which, within the improvised musical working of the piece, leads to a naturally intertonal or atonal piece of music. Empuries came to light in 1971, when it won group A of the Ciutat de Barcelona prize. But one must, in fact, go back to the 1930s to find its true origins. Ruera made his first foray into the theme of ancient Greece with the sardana, Empuries, la grega, with which he won first prize in the Jocs Florals in Girona, in 1931. Shortly afterwards, he wrote a piece of organ music entitled Bucolics, in the Greek modal style, which was destroyed during the Spanish civil war. Ruera continued to work on the theme and in 1936 he presented his work Tres moviments simfonics, for a big band, inspired by the ancient Greek modes, at the XIV International Festival of the ISCM held in Barcelona. The work was chosen to debut in the festival's opening concert on 19 April 1936 at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Barcelona. In 1959, Ruera won the Pau Casals Prize at the Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana, held at the Sorbonne in Paris, for his work, Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, which would later become the fourth movement of Empuries. Nine years later, in 1968, Barcelona City Orchestra, conducted by Antoni Ros Marba, gave the first ever performance of the symphonic poem Pastoral, written to be the first movement of Empuries, in Granollers. The final step was when he finally completed the work, won the Ciutat de Barcelona prize, opened in Granollers on 2 May 1976 and recorded it for the Columbia de Barcelona label in 1977. Anna Maria Piera

Comentario s del Espanol:
La obra Empuries es fruto del interes que el maestro Ruera demostro a lo largo de su vida por la cultura y la musica de la antigua Grecia. Como el mismo escribe en la cabecera de la composicion: Los motivos generadores de esta obra estan inspirados en la contemplacion y en el analisis del melos de la antigua Grecia. Las pocas melodias que hasta el momento se han podido descubrir de aquellos tiempos remotos sugieren al autor de Empuries la realizacion de esta obra, concebida pensando en el sistema modal griego, adaptado a los instrumentos y gustos modernos. Los tetracordes y pentacordes de dichas modalidades son las celulas en las que se basa la obra. El sentido descendiente de la cadencia, la prioridad armonica de la notas extremas de los tetracordes y el desplazamiento de estos acordes a varias alturas acusticas, hacen que no sea posible precisar el clasico concepto de una tonalidad determinada y que lleven, dentro del funcionamiento contrapuntistico, a una musica naturalmente intertonal o atonal. Empuries vio la luz en el ano 1971, ganando el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, grupo A, pero en realidad tenemos que retroceder hasta los anos 30 para encontrar sus verdaderos origenes. La primera incursion en el tema de la antigua Gracia la hizo con la sardana Empuries, la grega, con la que gano el primer premio en los Jocs Florals de Gerona del ano 1931. Poco despues escribio una pieza para organo titulada Bucolics, en el estilo modal griego, que fue destruida durante la Guerra Civil espanola. Ruera continuo trabajando en el tema y en el ano 1936 presento su obra Tres moviments simfonics, en version para gran banda, inspirada en las antiguas modalidades griegas, en el XIV Festival Internacional de la SIMC que se celebro en Barcelona. La obra fue escogida para ser estrenada en el concierto inaugural de dicho festival, el 19 de abril de 1936, en el Palacio de Bellas Artes de Barcelona. En el 1959, Ruera gano el Premio Pau Casals en los Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana celebrados en la Sorbona de Paris con la obra Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, que sera con el paso del tiempo el cuarto movimiento de Empuries. Nueve anos mas tarde, en 1968, la Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona, bajo la direccion de Antoni Ros Marba, interpreto en Granollers la primera audicion del poema sinfonico Pastoral, pensado como primer movimiento de Empuries. El ultimo eslabon fue terminar definitivamente la obra, ganar el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, estrenarla en Granollers el 2 de mayo de 1976 y grabarla para la casa discografica Columbia de Barcelona, en 1977.

SKU: AP.1-ADV11303

Volume 1. Composed by Ron Miller. Method/Instruction; Reference Textbooks; Textbook - Jazz; Theory. Advance Music. Jazz. Book. Advance Music #01-ADV11303. Published by Advance Music (AP.1-ADV11303).

UPC: 805095113037. English.

The goal of Modal Jazz Composition & Harmony, Volume 1 by Ron Miller is to show the student the means to develop latent creative abilities by offering the unfettered environment of the chromatic-modal system and free asymmetric form. The freedom of the approach will allow the composer to express him/herself in any style: post 50s jazz, ECM, fusion, pop, classical, etc., that is not tied to any harmonic particulars.