Second Edition-This book defines Baroque music simply and explains how it began developed and influenced later musicians with chapters on major genres and a survey of the lives and music of the two leading composers of the late Baroque Bach and Handel.This book suggests listening viewing and further reading material to complement the main topics within the book and is an ideal resource for those wanting to explore the many aspects of Baroque music.This second edition has been fully revised and updated with expanded sections on the major genres and works of the Baroque era.Written to provide a solid foundation for pupils of all levels who are studyingBaroque music Baroque Music in Focus would also be useful for any readers with an interest in the topic.Hugh Benham read Music and English at Southampton University where he was awarded a Ph.D. for his study of the music of John Taverner. He is a chair of examiners for GCE Music an in-service trainer church organist and writer and formerly taught music in a sixth-form college.Hugh has contributed to Music Teacher and Classroom Music magazines and is the author of Baroque Music in Focus (Rhinegold 2007). His other writing includes two books on English church music including John Taverner: his Life and Music (Ashgate 2003) articles on early music contributions to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001) and Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart and a complete edition of Taverner for Early English Church Music.

As part of the Great Piano Literature series Focus on Rhythm Volume 1 is a collection of 32 carefully selected and edited pieces from the four major style periods. This selected repertoire explores the many different rhythmic patterns and combinations inherent to the music with special exercises for rhythmic preparation and descriptive summaries highlighting the rhythmic content in each piece. This approach provides the right amount of attention needed to attain a thorough understanding of rhythm and precise performance interpretation.

Exam boards: Edexcel AQA OCR WJECRomanticism in Focus places works of music literature and art alongside one another setting them within the social and political context of their time. There are also helpful examinations of some of the main styles from the period.Suitable for both students and teachers this guide tackles questions such as whether Mendelssohn was a true Romantic why Schumann and Baudelaire both worked as journalists and Wagner???s thoughts towards Brahms.The Eroica and Symphonie Fantastique Brahms and Bruckner Emma and Hard Times Constable???s Haywain and Turner???s Fighting Temaire Byron and Baudelaire all feature and thereare also contextual definitions of the main styles of the time: nationalism impressionism naturalism and symbolism.

Exam boards: Edexcel AQA OCR WJECModernism in Focus brings together challenging but rewarding works by Picasso Matisse Joyce Eliot Stravinsky Debussy and Schoenberg examines what they have in common and how they define Modernism. Suitable for both students and teachers this guide provides some much needed insight into Modernists??? apparent obsession with strange chords characters and colours discord sex madness and violence. It also takes a look at tonality atonality expressionism and serialism from a new perspective.

Par RAYNER JONATHAN. The Music Factory is a comprehensive, innovative and practical music course, covering Key stage 3 of the National Curriculum and GCSE. The core of The Music Factory is a flexible Teacher Resource Book , containing 120 practical activities for classroom music-making. This book aims to provide teachers with a comprehensive source of ideas, approaches and starting points. Each of the five chapters focus on a conceptual area: Rhythm and Metre - Pitch and Melody - Harmony - Structure and Form - and Timbre and Texture. Each chapter has four sections, progressing from elementary to more advanced material - and each section contains six main activities, each presenting a framework for music-making focused around a particular idea, and involving whole-class, group or individual work. The activities explore a variety of musical styles, and seek to reveal the similarities and individual characteristics of each. Some activities share a stylistic focus, such as aspects of North Indian classical music, or the 12-bar blues. This is a fantastic resource for teachers and, whenever possible, suggested listening is drawn from a range of musical cultures. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / Tout Instrument

Featuring 17 of the biggest hits from the current charts, Ultimate Chart Hits is a contemporary-focused addition to the Really Easy Piano series, helping beginners to play their favourite pop chart tunes.The standard of pop songs has been steadily increasing, and right now it's possibly the best it's ever been. With songwriters like Meghan Trainor, John Legend and George Ezra gracing the charts with their catchy hooks and heartfelt lyrics, there couldn't be a better time to learn the best pop hits on the Piano. This collection of perfect pop sheet music will allow you to learn hits like All About That Bass, Rather Be and Stay With Me, as well as the amazing instant classics Shake It Off by Taylor Swift and Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars.If you are a beginner pianist who loves the current pop output, Really Easy Piano: Ultimate Chart Hits is the sheet music book for you. The simplified arrangements give you just the most important parts of the songs, with full lyrics and chord symbols, too. Not only this, but interesting background information for each song will let you know which ones got to number one, while some really helpful performance hints and tips will let you focus on the difficult bits and nail each and every performance. Whether you love a bit of Ed Sheeran, Tom Odell or Take That, there is something for every pop lover here.If you are a beginning pianist who has a proclivity for pop, then Ultimate Chart Hits is most definitely for you. It's a brilliant collection of that pure pop perfection that we all enjoy on the radio and television every day, all arranged for Easy Piano, enabling anyone to play these great tunes especially if you're a beginner. / Piano

Estudio de Estilo-The life and work of Sabicas contradicts the widespread idea that you have to be Andalusian to play flamenco. Sabicas an exceptional guitarist and composer in the history of flamenco lived most of his life in America. This long 'exile' explains without doubt why Sabicas was the first flamenco guitarist essentially playing solo concerts. His large concert discography exceeds that of Paco de Lucía and Manolo Sanlúcar. This is one of two volumes that focus on Sabicas varied works. This volume (Temas De Concierto) is focused on Sabicas works inspired by the Iberian folklore or some marginal forms of flamenco repertoire. Thesecond volume (Temas Flamencos) covers the fundamentals of Bulerías fandangos the Siguiriyas the Soleares etc.

For Solo Piano. Par LASH HANNAH. Pianist Lisa Moore has an extraordinary charisma and energy at her instrument, with a kind of musical laser focus that I find tremendously inspiring. I wanted to write her a set of pieces that would play to her wonderful range and character as a performer. So I decided to write pieces in the spirit of etudes: each focuses on a different type of playing or technique or pianistic color. There is one odd piece out: the 'dream,' which is in no way an etude. This 'dream' came about when I was looking after Lisa's petunias while she was away from home. Unfortunately, her petunias languished and died. Feeling very bad, I wrote a piece to commemorate the poor flowers that had perished in my care. The set of pieces as a whole is playful, energetic, and sometimes dark and contemplative. It is a work which reflects my deep admiration for Lisa's musicianship and playing. Hannah Lash/ Etude / Piano

Albert Collins Style-The American Blues Guitar in 6 Weeks course is designed to focus your practice towards realistic goals achievable in six weeks. Each week provides you with techniques concepts and licks to help you play and understand blues soloing at a manageable easy to follow pace.Week three focuses on the style of Albert Collins and includes: Learn a blues scale pattern learn a pattern for the major pentatonic scale using double stops shifting positions for longer licks learn to combine scales to create great blues licks.The DVD is presented by Steve Trovato who is best known as a world class country guitarist but is equallyproficient in a wide range of popular Guitar styles. He has written a number of bestselling Guitar tuition books and maintains a full time position in the Guitar Department at the University of Southern California.

Albert King Style-The American Blues Guitar in 6 Weeks course is designed to focus your practice towards realistic goals achievable in six weeks. Each week provides you with techniques concepts and licks to help you play and understand blues soloing at a manageable easy to follow pace.Week six focuses on the style of Albert King and includes: Learn to shift position to create longer blues lines learn to play multiple note bends on a single string learn to bend in intervals combine techniques from all other lessons in the series.The DVD is presented by Steve Trovato who is best known as a world class country guitarist but is equallyproficient in a wide range of popular Guitar styles. He has written a number of bestselling Guitar tuition books and maintains a full time position in the Guitar Department at the University of Southern California.

Help Yourself to practical teaching hints with this fantastic series self-help pedagogy books by Marienne Uszler.Focus on a specific teaching technique in each bookOffer practical teaching hints on how to use the techniqueShow you how to make these ideas work in your own studioSketch a background against which to examine the techniqueProvide references for you to search further on your own.Time Flies… focuses on how to make the most productive and best use of your teaching time.