World Music

Brazilian Folk Music for Violin and Piano.

Like no other, Aleksey Igudesman has mastered the art of fascinating and inspiring budding musicians by showing them the beauty of music from all directions, be it classical music, klezmer or other world music. This book takes the musician on a stimulating, challenging, but above all enjoyable journey through Aleksey's own world of klezmer. His additional pointers, as well as the pieces themselves, will help the player familiarize themselves with klezmer and Eastern European music, not only in terms of technical issues, but also in terms of their nature. These compositions are simply of excellent quality. (Julian Rachlin)

Following his popular violin duet album Klezmer & More, Aleksey Igudesman's worldwide wanderings take us into the diverse realms of Celtic Music. In his own inimitable style, he will energize and inspire middle-grade to more advanced players to explore Celtic music. His own arrangements through to his own pieces are all truly celtic in spirit. Added notes on the pieces and helpful basic guidelines for playing in style are provided.

Celebrated Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba player Arthur Lipner has devised a set of books that will be terrific for introducing players with a desire to improvise in a group to the basic musical requirements of the jazz arts. Covering a wide range of concepts, Lipner's books touch on ear training, chords and basic voicings, the groove and connecting chords with solo lines.

Complete Edition includes optional violin accompaniment, chords for guitar accompaniment, and an easy violin part.

Designed with early-grade students in mind, each volume contains a selection of best-known melodies and original arrangements from diverse settings, the perfect introduction to the many sounds of different cultures. The accompanying audio CD provides listening and play-along versions, and each book now includes a separate piano accompaniment part. For students grade 2 to 4. Solo with Piano accompaniment and PlayAlong CD.

Expert fiddlers Brian Wicklund and April Verch team up to delve into the dynamic world of Canadian fiddling for the FiddlePal Explore Series. April is among the busiest fiddlers in Canada. Her inspired fans have long clamored for her instruction. This highly anticipated intermediate-level book explores Canada s rich fiddle traditions including Old Time Canadian, French Canadian, Cape Breton and Métis. More than just a collection of great tunes, this book demystifies common ornaments and bowing patterns used in Canadian fiddling. The authors teach the simple melody to reels, jigs, hornpipes, waltzes, schottisches, airs and strathspeys and demonstrate how to create variations using the skills in the book. The play-along CD accompanying the book is great listening. An outstanding book.