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ES 146 |
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Pets 1. Presto Puppies 2. Cantabile Kitties 3. Con Brio Birdies
New by
Stephen
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View the video of the music: We all love our pets, and every day seems to bring a new set of adventures!
Presto Puppies features rising scale patterns and some surprising
dissonances. Cantabile Kitties expresses the more subdued nature of our
feline friends. Intervals of the major
seventh recall a kitten lazily sprawling out and yawning. Con Brio Birdies
depicts the chattering of birds with repeated quavers and soft
dissonances. Fun harmonics, regular
pizzicato, left-hand pizzicato and Bartok pizzicato also appear throughout
the suite. |
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ES 147 |
3 |
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View the video of music and
score here: I
am always astounded with the power of earth moving equipment. I am also so impressed with humans who in
exploring new territory whether in the Sciences or Arts, break new ground.
The arresting key of G minor, the strong themes and the incessant use of
downbows suggests the driving force of these kinds of ground breakers. |
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ES 148 |
3.5 |
Sinfonia in D (I) New
Johann
Stamitz arranged by Stephen Chin |
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View the video of music and
score here: Johann Stamitz,
born in what is now the Czech Republic, was one of eleven children from a
musical family. He was well known as a violin virtuoso and directed the
Mannheim Orchestra which was one of the most distinguished ensembles in
European at that time. They were
renowned for their precision and dazzling control of dynamics. This work is very typical of this early
Classical style and regularly features slow rising textures known as
“Mannheim Rockets” This arrangement for strings is faithful to the
original work with the added features of sharing the melodic lines, a slight
editing of a few bars of the bass part, a violin 3 part and a keyboard
realization. It is also an excellent way to develop Classical style spiccato
in more advanced players |
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ES 149 |
3 |
Barrier Reef (coming soon) |
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ES 150 |
N/A |
Scales for Progressing Musicians
- VIOLIN Scales for Progressing Musicians
– VIOLA I have always loved scales and really enjoy finding them in all forms
in all types of music. These books, separately published for violin and
viola, aim to take the beginner player through to very advanced
musicians. Each step is carefully
sequenced to make that journey as smooth and effective as possible. There are
many diagrams that younger players may appreciate when learning new scales
and keys. |