Saturday, December 10, 2011

Reconstructing Beethoven's Für Elise
25 Studies on Beethoven's Bagatelle in A minor.
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Fur Elise in 25 easy studies.









Für Elise, one of the most famous solo piano compositions in music history, written by composer Ludwig van Beethoven which still inspires millions of people to take up the piano, is now available as part of our Focus Series, a practical approach to learning and teaching Beethoven's Fur Elise.
Reconstructing Beethoven’s Für Elise consists of 25 studies that’ll help you attain the theoretical and technical skills to perform the famous Fur Elise, a bagatelle in A minor by L.van Beethoven.
Each study was designed to practice, understand and conquer a specific passage of the piece.
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Included in this book:
Form analysis- An explanation and analysis of the piece's form and structure.
25 Studies - Meter studies over 3/8 (key signature of the piece). A minor Studies (scales, harmonic progressions). Preparation studies (preparing elements from the bagatelle such as theme, accompaniment, anacrusis, arpeggios technique, pedal technique and more)

Original Score and Bagatelle Variation - At the end of the book, you will find Beethoven's original version and a new alternative version, entirely based on the original composition, form and structure, a "What-if-Beethoven-whould-have...?" version.

Listen to the Bagatelle Variation:
"Not For Elise" from not L.V.B.


About the Focus series
The books in this series consist of a set of studies created to develop the fundamental, technical and theoretical skills to conquer a specific piece, or group of pieces, targeting all challenges involved in said piece, using a practical approach.
In each of these books, the student will learn about the composer's approach to composition, harmonic language, and the process used by said composer to write the piece under study.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

mDecks Music. UST Jazz Piano Voicings <style type="text/css" media="screen"> body{margin:0;padding:0} img.left { float: left; margin: 8px 20px 0px 0px; border: 2px solid #434343; } #saamsg{text-align:center;background:#333;color:#fff;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;padding:1em} #saacontent{background:#fff;color:#000;padding:20px} #saamsg img{border:0;} #saamsg a{color:#5F8AFF;font-weight:bold} #saamsg a:hover, #saamsg a:active, #saamsg a:focus{color:#cc003e} #saamsg p, #saamsg ul, #saamsg ol, #saamsg table{line-height:1.5em;margin:0 0 1.125em 0} #saamsg ul ul, #saamsg ul ol, #saamsg ol ul, #saamsg ol ol{margin-bottom:0} #saamsg ul ul, #saamsg ul ol, #saamsg ol ul, #saamsg ol ol{margin-bottom:0} #saamsg table{border:1px solid #888;border-collapse:collapse;width:100%} #saamsg td{border:1px solid #888;padding:5px} #saamsg h1{margin:0 0 0.75em 0;line-height:1em;font-size:2em;font-weight:bold} #saamsg h2{margin:1em 0 0.75em 0;line-height:1em;font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold} #saamsg h3{margin:1.25em 0 0.9375em 0;line-height:1.25em;font-size:1.2em;font-weight:bold} #saamsg h4{margin:0;line-height:1.5em;font-size:1em;font-weight:bold} #saamsg h1 a, #saamsg h2 a, #saamsg h3 a, #saamsg h4 a{text-decoration: none} #saamsg h1 a:hover, #saamsg h1 a:active, #saamsg h1 a:focus, #saamsg h2 a:hover, #saamsg h2 a:active, #saamsg h2 a:focus, #saamsg h3 a:hover, #saamsg h3 a:active, #saamsg h3 a:focus, #saamsg h4 a:hover, #saamsg h4 a:active, #saamsg h4 a:focus {text-decoration: underline} #saamsg ul, #saamsg ol{padding:0 0 0 3em} #saamsg hr{height:1px;border:0;border-bottom:1px dotted #888;margin:1.5em 0;clear:both} #saaheader img{vertical-align:bottom} </style><title>mDecks Music
Upper Structure Triads Jazz Piano Chord Voicings.
For the jazz piano player, chord voicings is an essential skill, not only for comping (accompanying or laying the chord progression for other players to improvise in) but also to use those voicings as an improvisational aid. All piano players get many melodic ideas or lines from their voicings. There are many ways of practicing and developing a Jazz voicing language.
UST Jazz Piano Chord Voicings Collection
Complete Practice Method for the Jazz Piano Player. mDecks Series


VOL. 1
INDIVIDUAL UPPER STRUCTURE
TRIADS over IIm7 and V7.
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VOL. 2 TO 9 COMPACT
All possible UPPER STRUCTURE
TRIADS in a IIm7 - V7 progression
(One exercise in twelve keys for each combination) 138 pages.
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VOL. 2 TO 9 EXTENDED
All possible UPPER STRUCTURE
TRIADS in a IIm7 - V7 progression
(Exercises for each and every key in all inversions) 630 pages.
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What's in the collection
This UST Jazz Piano Chord Voicing Collection is a complete method to study and learn ALL POSSIBLE Upper Structure Triads Voicings over the IIm7 and V7 individually and in the progression IIm7-V7.

Practicing with the books in this collection
Each exercise targets a specific upper structure triad or a progression using USTs and is introduced by a graph of the UST (or pair of USTs in the case of a IIm-V7 progression) with all its properties (Tensions, Chord Tones, suggested mental picture and other info).
A log is included which permit the students to organize their practice routine in blocks of 2 weeks. Student should write the starting day for that block and keep track of their practice on that topic every day. At the end of the block the student should write comments, end date and rate the UST voicing for later use and review.
EXAMPLE OF "BLUE IN GREEN" REHARM USING UST JAZZ VOICINGS
blueingreenreharm

Decoding the Circle of Vths
All possible triads were found and studied using the Decoding the Circle of Fifths Chart/System. You can find out more about this system following this link: Decoding the Circle of Fifths.
decoding the circle of fifths

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