Commonly referred to as The Saxophone Bible this volume is the trusted training method for aspiring and serious musicians. From how to play your first note to mastering advanced concert pieces it offers exercises and advice for every stage of learning making it both an excellent guide for dedicated students and an indispensable tool for instructors. Paul DeVille's guide covers everything students need to learn to develop mastery of the saxophone. He explains the components of the instrument itself how to make your own reeds tuning tone production fingering breath control and playing low and high ranges. Numerous exercises provide reinforcement in playing scales intervals slurred and detached notes arpeggios cadenzas and other musical passages. In addition to several operatic melodies and duets for two saxophones a dozen solos include works by Schubert Brahms Donizetti and other composers. No saxophonist's musical library is complete without this comprehensive guide now available in a sturdy and inexpensive edition. Commonly referred to as 'The Saxophone Bible ' this volume is the trusted training method for aspiring and serious musicians. From how to play your first note to mastering advanced concert pieces it offers exercises and advice for every stage of learning making it both an excellent guide for dedicated students and an indispensable tool for instructors. Paul DeVille' s guide covers everything students need to learn to develop mastery of the Saxophone. He explains the components of the instrument itself how to make your own reeds tuning tone production fingering breath control and playing low and high ranges. Numerous exercises providereinforcement in playing scales intervals slurred and detached notes arpeggios cadenzas and other musical passages. In addition to several operatic melodies and duets for two Saxophones a dozen solos include works by Schubert Brahms Donizetti and other composers. No saxophonist's musical library is complete without this comprehensive guide now available in a sturdy and inexpensive edition. Reprint of the Carl Fisher New York edition.

A renowned violinist and teacher discusses the interpretation of violin repertoire standards drawing upon 360 musical illustrations and excerpts as well as a lifetime of artistic experience. Suitable for players at all levels Leopold Auer's dissertation offers suggestions for performance of works by the great composers as well as observations on the techniques of Paganini Wieniawski Joachim and other virtuosos. Helpful hints illuminate the technical minutia of performance including special bowings mood and tempo variants and artistic effects. Auer begins by introducing the outstanding works of the older Italian violin composers such as Tartini Corelli and Vivaldi.He examines Bach's contributions to the repertoire in addition to works by Mozart Handel and Beethoven; innovations by latter-day artists such as Spohr Vieuxtemps and Ernst; and the Bruch concertos. Other featured composers include Tchaikovsky Elgar Franck and Sarasate. This classic guide concludes with valuable insights into transcriptions and musical memory. Reprint of the Carl Fischer Inc. New York 1925 edition.

Expert advice from a distinguished performer teacher and composer makes this lively study of clarinet playing essential reading for students and instructors as well as other music lovers. One of the most comprehensive books on the instrument this richly varied study offers both practical tips and a fascinating overview of the clarinet's role in musical history. In his encyclopedic coverage of the instrument and the performer the author provides suggestions about choosing and maintaining a mouthpiece; selection and care of the instrument; technique; tonguing and articulation; musicianship (phrasing form tone colour vibrato); and musical interpretation. In addition heestablishes guidelines for the teaching of other clarinettists making one's own reeds and preparing for public performance concluding with an intriguing look at the instrument's history and literature from ancient and mediaeval beginnings to modern times.

Chord scale progression is an essential aspect of beginning piano instruction and students can develop the foundation for solid technique by rehearsing scales and arpeggios. With study and practice musicians will achieve stronger fingers better familiarity with the keyboard and an improved sense of pitch and tonality. Daily exercises will help cultivate skills that will enhance every aspect of piano playing. This volume focuses on scales and arpeggios in all major and minor keys arranged in one- and two-octave studies. Warm-ups provide a chance to get acquainted with the notes of each key. Special scales appear at the end of the major and minor cycles: chromatic pentatonic whole tone blues and modes. These introductions to other styles complement the learning of the main scales. Fingerings are provided. In addition the book is accompanied by MP3 recordings that will help reinforce the exercises.

A renowned violinist and teacher discusses the interpretation of violin repertoire standards drawing upon 360 musical illustrations and excerpts as well as a lifetime of artistic experience. Suitable for players at all levels Leopold Auer's dissertation offers suggestions for performance of works by the great composers as well as observations on the techniques of Paganini Wieniawski Joachim and other virtuosos. Helpful hints illuminate the technical minutia of performance including special bowings mood and tempo variants and artistic effects. Auer begins by introducing the outstanding works of the older Italian violin composers such as Tartini Corelli and Vivaldi.He examines Bach's contributions to the repertoire in addition to works by Mozart Handel and Beethoven; innovations by latter-day artists such as Spohr Vieuxtemps and Ernst; and the Bruch concertos. Other featured composers include Tchaikovsky Elgar Franck and Sarasate. This classic guide concludes with valuable insights into transcriptions and musical memory. Reprint of the Carl Fischer Inc. New York 1925 edition.

Expert advice from a distinguished performer teacher and composer makes this lively study of clarinet playing essential reading for students and instructors as well as other music lovers. One of the most comprehensive books on the instrument this richly varied study offers both practical tips and a fascinating overview of the clarinet's role in musical history. In his encyclopedic coverage of the instrument and the performer the author provides suggestions about choosing and maintaining a mouthpiece; selection and care of the instrument; technique; tonguing and articulation; musicianship (phrasing form tone colour vibrato); and musical interpretation. In addition heestablishes guidelines for the teaching of other clarinettists making one's own reeds and preparing for public performance concluding with an intriguing look at the instrument's history and literature from ancient and mediaeval beginnings to modern times.

Chord scale progression is an essential aspect of beginning piano instruction and students can develop the foundation for solid technique by rehearsing scales and arpeggios. With study and practice musicians will achieve stronger fingers better familiarity with the keyboard and an improved sense of pitch and tonality. Daily exercises will help cultivate skills that will enhance every aspect of piano playing. This volume focuses on scales and arpeggios in all major and minor keys arranged in one- and two-octave studies. Warm-ups provide a chance to get acquainted with the notes of each key. Special scales appear at the end of the major and minor cycles: chromatic pentatonic whole tone blues and modes. These introductions to other styles complement the learning of the main scales. Fingerings are provided. In addition the book is accompanied by MP3 recordings that will help reinforce the exercises.

A renowned violinist and teacher discusses the interpretation of violin repertoire standards drawing upon 360 musical illustrations and excerpts as well as a lifetime of artistic experience. Suitable for players at all levels Leopold Auer's dissertation offers suggestions for performance of works by the great composers as well as observations on the techniques of Paganini Wieniawski Joachim and other virtuosos. Helpful hints illuminate the technical minutia of performance including special bowings mood and tempo variants and artistic effects. Auer begins by introducing the outstanding works of the older Italian violin composers such as Tartini Corelli and Vivaldi.He examines Bach's contributions to the repertoire in addition to works by Mozart Handel and Beethoven; innovations by latter-day artists such as Spohr Vieuxtemps and Ernst; and the Bruch concertos. Other featured composers include Tchaikovsky Elgar Franck and Sarasate. This classic guide concludes with valuable insights into transcriptions and musical memory. Reprint of the Carl Fischer Inc. New York 1925 edition.

Expert advice from a distinguished performer teacher and composer makes this lively study of clarinet playing essential reading for students and instructors as well as other music lovers. One of the most comprehensive books on the instrument this richly varied study offers both practical tips and a fascinating overview of the clarinet's role in musical history. In his encyclopedic coverage of the instrument and the performer the author provides suggestions about choosing and maintaining a mouthpiece; selection and care of the instrument; technique; tonguing and articulation; musicianship (phrasing form tone colour vibrato); and musical interpretation. In addition heestablishes guidelines for the teaching of other clarinettists making one's own reeds and preparing for public performance concluding with an intriguing look at the instrument's history and literature from ancient and mediaeval beginnings to modern times.

Chord scale progression is an essential aspect of beginning piano instruction and students can develop the foundation for solid technique by rehearsing scales and arpeggios. With study and practice musicians will achieve stronger fingers better familiarity with the keyboard and an improved sense of pitch and tonality. Daily exercises will help cultivate skills that will enhance every aspect of piano playing. This volume focuses on scales and arpeggios in all major and minor keys arranged in one- and two-octave studies. Warm-ups provide a chance to get acquainted with the notes of each key. Special scales appear at the end of the major and minor cycles: chromatic pentatonic whole tone blues and modes. These introductions to other styles complement the learning of the main scales. Fingerings are provided. In addition the book is accompanied by MP3 recordings that will help reinforce the exercises.

This brief yet comprehensive guide shows pianists how to produce every possible variety of tone including note values pulsation phrases and their combination dynamic contrasts and shadings tempo colour and style. The two-part treatment addresses kinds of touch and the application of touch to expression offering methods for achieving more sensitive execution in practice and performance. An essential volume for all piano students and teachers this book emphasizes the relationship between techniques of touch and the expression of the composer's intention. The author excerpts and analyses portions of famous piano works and explains the uses of distinctivemusical styles — repeats and irregular measures rhythms and accents — to assist students in their interpretation. He also includes hand and finger techniques for varied effects. Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company Boston 1927 edition.

Lay-flat sewn binding-The trumpeter's bible for over 150 years this complete pedagogical method contains hundreds of exercises beginning with basics and progressing to advanced compositions including the author's famous arrangement of Carnival in Venice. J. B. Arban discusses every aspect of playing — including articulation tonguing slurs tone and range — sharing the knowledge he acquired from many years of experience as a teacher and performer. He offers an appreciation of all the instrument's inherent difficulties as well as instructive points that touch upon all possible musical questions. The Paris Conservatory's Committee on Music Study noted This work is rich in instructive advice is based upon the best of fundamental principles and omits not a single instructive point which might be needed for the development and gradual technical perfection of a player. This edition features an Introduction and expert commentary by an instructor well versed in the Arban Method. Reprint of the Fischer 1912 edition.'The trumpeter's bible' for over 150 years this complete pedagogical method contains hundreds of exercises beginning with basics and progressing to advanced compositions including the author's famous arrangement of Carnival in Venice . J. B. Arban discusses every aspect of playing—including articulation tonguing slurs tone and range—sharing the knowledge he acquired from many years of experience as a teacher and performer. He offers an appreciation of all the instrument's inherent difficulties as well as instructive points that touch upon all possible musical questions. The Paris Conservatory's Committee on Music Study noted 'This work is rich ininstructive advice is based upon the best of fundamental principles and omits not a single instructive point which might be needed for the development and gradual technical perfection of a player.' This edition features an Introduction and expert commentary by an instructor well versed in the Arban Method. Reprint of the Fischer 1912 edition.

Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929) was one of the first great international superstars of opera and her detailed yet practical How to Sing is one of the most influential books on the art of singing ever written. First published in 1902 with over 50 diagrams exercises examples and illustrations - this inspirational and comprehensive method is still relevant and effective today.

Two of the greatest pianists of the last century - Anton Rubenstein and Teresa Carreno - left behind them works detailing the role of good pedaling in Piano performance respectively - 'Guide to the use of the Pianoforte Pedals' and 'Possibilities of Tone-Colour by Artistic Use of the Pedals'. These two approaches are here published in one volume. Essential reading for all pianists.

A Manual For The Use Of The Piano Pedals-Fine piano playing requires many essentials including tone technique rhythm in all of its varieties phrasing dynamics — and the use of the pedals especially the damper pedal. The artistic and tasteful use of the pedal adds to the interest and beauty of performances and forms an intrinsic part of interpretation. This classic guide explains pedaling's most important uses and assists students in developing their instincts for musical and artistic pedaling. Anton Rubinstein called the damper pedal 'the soul of the piano ' yet instruction and technique on its use can be difficult to come by. This volume remedies that neglect with numerous examples from pianoliterature that illustrate the effects of pedaling. Its author Henrich Gebhard was an acclaimed twentieth-century composer teacher and virtuoso pianist. His students included Leonard Bernstein who provides an Introduction with warm reminiscences of his instructor and mentor. Reprint of the Franco Colombo Inc. New York 1963 edition.

Finger Exercises-Volume I of this multi-part treatise features precise but creative exercises for serious pianists looking to build flexibility and skill. All of these original exercises were written specifically for this book by world-famous masters — including Leopold Godowsky Joseph Lhevinne Ignaz Friedman Ernst von Dohnányi and Emil von Sauer — who also share their ideas about technique pedaling fingering and other methods. These creative finger exercises include some with a fixed position of the hand exercises for flexibility and dexterity of the thumbs diatonic and chromatic exercises special exercises with held notes exercises for the strengthening of individual fingers and exercises for lateral motion of the fingers. Additional exercises involve diminished sevenths combined legato and staccato touch for one hand the crossing of the hands and development of speed and lightness of fingers. Introductory material is presented in English German Italian and French. This new edition from a long out-of-print series includes a new Introduction and Foreword plus rare photos by the author's last living student. Reprint of Master School of Modern Piano Playing and Virtuosity Carl Fischer Publishing New York 1922.Volume I of this multi-part treatise features precise but creative exercises for serious pianists looking to build flexibility and skill. All of these original exercises were written specifically for this book by world-famous masters — including Leopold Godowsky Joseph Lhevinne Ignaz Friedman Ernst von Dohnányi and Emil von Sauer — who also share their ideas about technique pedaling fingering and other methods. These creative finger exercises include some with a fixed position of the hand exercises for flexibility and dexterity of the thumbs diatonic and chromatic exercises special exercises with held notes exercises for the strengthening of individualfingers and exercises for lateral motion of the fingers. Additional exercises involve diminished sevenths combined legato and staccato touch for one hand the crossing of the hands and development of speed and lightness of fingers. Introductory material is presented in English German Italian and French. This new edition from a long out-of-print series includes a new Introduction and Foreword plus rare photos by the author's last living student. Reprint of Master School of Modern Piano Playing and Virtuosity Carl Fischer Publishing New York 1922.

A classic text on Organ technique. Sir John's book first published in 1877 quickly became the classic for beginners- so popular that publishers Schirmer Ditson and Presser each issued its own 'Americanized' edition in the early twentieth century. In addition to the seven Organ pieces of the original edition including five of Stainer's own works and two pieces by Guilmant three additional works round of this Dover edition. This edition is a slightly expanded republication of the edition first published by G. Schirmer New York in 1909 edited by F. Flaxington Harker. Introduction to this Dover edition by Rollin Smith.

Chord scale progression is an essential aspect of beginning piano instruction and students can develop the foundation for solid technique by rehearsing scales and arpeggios. With study and practice musicians will achieve stronger fingers better familiarity with the keyboard and an improved sense of pitch and tonality. Daily exercises will help cultivate skills that will enhance every aspect of piano playing. This volume focuses on scales and arpeggios in all major and minor keys arranged in one- and two-octave studies. Warm-ups provide a chance to get acquainted with the notes of each key. Special scales appear at the end of the major and minor cycles: chromatic pentatonic whole tone blues and modes. These introductions to other styles complement the learning of the main scales. Fingerings are provided. In addition the book is accompanied by MP3 recordings that will help reinforce the exercises.

Expert advice from a distinguished performer teacher and composer makes this lively study of clarinet playing essential reading for students and instructors as well as other music lovers. One of the most comprehensive books on the instrument this richly varied study offers both practical tips and a fascinating overview of the clarinet's role in musical history. In his encyclopedic coverage of the instrument and the performer the author provides suggestions about choosing and maintaining a mouthpiece; selection and care of the instrument; technique; tonguing and articulation; musicianship (phrasing form tone colour vibrato); and musical interpretation. In addition heestablishes guidelines for the teaching of other clarinettists making one's own reeds and preparing for public performance concluding with an intriguing look at the instrument's history and literature from ancient and mediaeval beginnings to modern times.

A renowned violinist and teacher discusses the interpretation of violin repertoire standards drawing upon 360 musical illustrations and excerpts as well as a lifetime of artistic experience. Suitable for players at all levels Leopold Auer's dissertation offers suggestions for performance of works by the great composers as well as observations on the techniques of Paganini Wieniawski Joachim and other virtuosos. Helpful hints illuminate the technical minutia of performance including special bowings mood and tempo variants and artistic effects. Auer begins by introducing the outstanding works of the older Italian violin composers such as Tartini Corelli and Vivaldi.He examines Bach's contributions to the repertoire in addition to works by Mozart Handel and Beethoven; innovations by latter-day artists such as Spohr Vieuxtemps and Ernst; and the Bruch concertos. Other featured composers include Tchaikovsky Elgar Franck and Sarasate. This classic guide concludes with valuable insights into transcriptions and musical memory. Reprint of the Carl Fischer Inc. New York 1925 edition.