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Peter Gregson: Drone

Peter Gregson's Drone for String Quartet and Juno Synthesiser.

Pastoral Drone

Loch Lomond : Discovery Level 1

Enjoy this accessible setting of the well-known Scottish folk song that features contrasts between a more lyrical, lilting section and a sturdy drone accompaniment. With flute.

Nico Muhly: Four Studies

Nico Muhly 's Four Studies for two Violins and Drone. ' Four Studies was written for Angela and Jennifer Chun in 2014. Each movement has a drone which lasts for the duration of the movement. The first bar of movements 1 and 4 can be quite long. The drone should remain loosely indifferent to the other part, avoiding any overly-dramatic commentary. That having been said, the droning player should feel free to subtly and constantly change the nature of the sound. Rests are meant to be played freely, expanding and contracting as the spirit moves the soloists, but the notes should be played in relatively even time. The space between the movements can work either with very short pauses or with no pauses at all; this is left up to the discretion of the performers .' - Nico Muhly Duration: approx. 12 minutes.

Nico Muhly: Drones & Viola (Performance Score)

Drones & Viola was written by Nico Muhly for Thomas Bartlett and Nadia Sirotain in 2011. Every movement begins with either the Piano or Viola establishing a drone for the duration of the movement. Over the top of the drones very expressive, delicate beautiful lead lines are heard.

Nico Muhly: Drones & Violin (Performance Score)

Drones & Violin was composed by Nico Muhly for Pekka Kuusisto in 2010.Each movement begins with either the Piano or Violin establishing a drone for the duration of the movement, with either the Piano or Violin producing a delicate, expressive line over the top. Each movement triggers a different sense of emotion throughout.

OCR (osja) Seven Strophes for a Literary Drone : Per Violino, Violoncello e Pianoforte - (2005 - rev. 2019)

John Tavener: My Gaze Is Ever Upon You

This work for solo violin and tape is a series of sixteen gazes, moments and ecstatic breaths, written in Trinitarian guise - solo violin, with taped violin and string bass drone pre-recorded in a resonant acoustic. It was commissioned by Clio Gould and the BT Scottish Ensemble for the Hellenic Concert Series.This is a special item which is made to order.

Concerto For Oboe And Strings : Reduction for oboe and piano

A capricious, lyrical, and nostalgic work, it is often considered to be Vaughan Williams' most successful work in this form. The first movement is pastoral in feeling. The second movement begins with a minuet, light and staccato in nature with a middle section featuring a musette's characteristic long-held drone played by the oboe with the melody in the strings. The third movement is a scherzo and two trios.

Swingin' Kilts

John Blanken has created a swinging arrangement of the famous Scottish traditional tune Scotland the Brave. The usual version with bagpipes is the best known and there is a similarity in Swingin’ Kilts owing to its long, drone-like tones in the accompaniment. The theme has been rhythmically adapted but it is still easily recognisable. Swingin’ Kilts holds a challenge for every brass band. It makes demands in terms of timing and technique which give this work the bravura feel that will keep the audience as well as the musicians swinging in their seats.

Joseph Weidlich: Depression Era Country Guitar

Explore how the traditional parlor style guitar backups used during the golden age of the Old Time Music string band performance style were further developed by guitarists during the Depression years of the 1930s. The genesis of those developments lies principally in the techniques popularized by the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers on their recordings that featured the use of the flat pick instead of a thumb pick, use of left hand embellishments including adjacent string drone usage, development of “hot licks” based on chromatic passing note sequences and syncopations, and the popularity of licks played on the higher pitched tenor guitar.

Nico Muhly: Moving Parts (Score/Parts)

Composer's note:'Moving Parts is the music for Benjamin Millepied?s ballet of the same name. Scored for Violin, Clarinet and Pipe Organ, the piece is a series of rhythmic etudes. The slow movement is a very slow passacaglia, with, I hope, unexpected lyrical melodies in the violin. After an extended Organ toccata built over a drone, a brief slow movement creates a natural midpoint. The violin, aggressively plucking, builds up to form a canon with a clarinet, and after a loud outburst from the organ, the piece ends quietly. Moving Parts, written in 2012, is dedicated to Benjamin and the Los Angeles Dance Project. 

Malipiero: Omaggi for Piano Solo

Omaggi is a collection of three Homages , written in 1920 for solo Piano. They are all dedicated: To a Parrot , To an Elephant , and To an Idiot . They are among the most successful adaptions of the composer’s “grotesque” style for the Piano, and remain a genuinely enjoyable and amusing set of pieces. Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) was an Italian composer, musicologist, and editor. Born in Venice, he studied in Berlin, Paris, and Bologna. He is perhaps best remembered for his work in editing historical Italian music, most notably Monteverdi’s works, but he also composed prolifically, writing seventeen symphonies and several operatic stage works.

A Celtic Suite : Four pieces for elementary string orchestra

Four pieces for elementary string orchestra. score and parts - with CD containing printable string parts - strings (violins and cellos, violas and double basses ad libitum) and piano - John Ryan's Polka (A lively dancefrom Ireland featuring an accelerando at the end) - The Dark Island (A slower movement with a haunting melody. The 'Dark Island' is the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides) - The Piper o' Dundee (Starting with a drone,this tune from Scotland explores a wide range of dynamics as the piper marches off into the distance) - Three Reels (The Rake of Mallow, The Reel of Tullochgorum and Davy Nick Nack. A medley of three reels from ScotlandandIreland guaranteed to get feet tapping)

Learn To Play Irish Button Accordion DVD

A complete guide to learning traditional Irish Button Accordion that will get you playin striaght away! John Williams is a virtuoso on both concertina and two-row button accordion and he lends his vast wealth of knowledge to create an enjoyable, clear and effective method. This DVD teaches beginners basics like holding the accordion, first scales, bass notes and other fundamentals as well as more complex techniques such as how to add ornamentation and colour, drone-like chords,fingering positions and bellows movement. With five repertoire pieces for you to learn and master as you improve your technique, this is a brilliant place to begin playing or to start adding your own style.

Dulcimer a la Mode

Dulcimer a La Mode takes the mystery of out modal tuning and playing for the mountain dulcimer player by presenting four common tunings (DAA, DAG, DAD, and DAC) with instructions for tuning, finding the scales and chords, and learning traditional tunes in each of the four modes. This book will encourage players to retune their instrument and learn more of its versatility. Each tune is presented as a melody with a drone in the mode indicated with strumming and rhythm guides. For most tunes, an optional arrangement or accompaniment is also provided using more complex chords and reflecting more traditional Western harmony. As a further learning tool, the accompanying CD allows the listener to play along with the song as presented in the book.

Learn To Play The Irish Bouzouki DVD

The bouzouki is a vital part of the instrumental line-up of many Irish session and performing bands, Zan McLeod, one of the Celtic music world's most talented bouzouki players, accompanists and arrangers, has created a lesson that is comprehensive enough to be of great value to beginners and experienced players alike.With the help of button Accordion virtuoso Billy McComisky, Zan explores the bouzouki through the study of traditional reels, jigs and slip jigs. You'll learn to play in several keys using ringing drone strings, moving lines, chord substitutions, harmonized scales and counter melodies, all designed to enhanced your accompaniments. The tunes you'll be working on include 'Lady Anne Montgomery', The Galway Rambler', 'Kesh Jig', 'Barney Bralligan's' and 'The Butterfly'.Music and tab enclosed.

Muse: Drones (Guitar Tab)

Muse are a contemporary English rock band, who are known and loved across the world for their energetic live performances and their “old skool” approach to rock. Their seventh studio album, Drones, went straight to Number 1 in both the UK and US charts when it was released in June 2015. The album aims to explore the journey of a human, starting from their abandonment and loss of hope, through indoctrination as a “Drone”, and ending with their rebellion and defection. This official matching songbook features all the tracks from the album, arranged for Guitar with tablature and lyrics. There is also a selection of artwork from the original album, designed by the American artist Matt Mahurin. A must for any aspiring rock musician!

400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks (Book/CD)

Increase your lick repertoire. 400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks utilizes 24 common bluegrass chord progressions to teach you over 400 licks, which will allow you to create solos to literally hundreds of bluegrass tunes. Licks are developed from major, pentatonic and blues scales. Mandolin-specific techniques, such as tremolo, double stops, drone strings, and cross picking are included in many of the phrases. Licks and solos are presented in numerous different keys, including the keys of F, Bb and B. The demo CD includes every lick performed at learning speed. Each practice progression uses sample licks and is played with rhythm accompaniment on the included CD. “ Nine-Pound Hammer ,” “ Black Mountain Rag ,” “ Little Maggie ,” “ Salt Creek ,” and “ Ragtime Annie ” are just some of the many traditional bluegrass tunes included.

Muse: Drones (PVG)

Muse are a contemporary English rock band, who are known and loved across the world for their energetic live performances and their “old skool” approach to rock. Their seventh studio album, Drones , went straight to Number 1 in both the UK and US charts when it was released in June 2015. The album aims to explore the journey of a human, starting from their abandonment and loss of hope, through indoctrination as a “Drone”, and ending with their rebellion and defection. This official matching songbook features all the tracks from the album, arranged for Piano and Voice with Guitar chords. There is also a selection of artwork from the original album, designed by the American artist Matt Mahurin. A must for any aspiring rock musician! Watch the official video for Mercy from the album:

Nico Muhly: Duet No.1 - Chorale Pointing Downwards

Duet No.1: Chorale Pointing Downwards is a work by contemporary composer Nico Muhly for Viola and Cello. The piece received its premiere at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York in February 2004. Muhly  himself writes of the work that it's the first in a series of short string pieces that serve simultaneous purposes as harmonic and technical studies for both composer and performers. Duet No.1  is constructed around a cycle of fourteen chords repeated almost without cessation. This drone-like cycle is subject to a few rhythmic alterations, as well as two interruptions, keeping things dynamic and exciting. The middle of the piece becomes, in Muhly 's words, "a sort of fervent perpetual-motion perseverance", in an attempt to combine harmonic beauty with what sounds like a musical exercise.

Nico Muhly: Diacritical Marks (Score/Parts)

Diacritical Marks was written for the Chiara Quartet in 2011, and is in eight short movements. I have a huge anxiety about string quartets; they are normally meant to be giant expressions of a composer?s emotional life. Here, I focused on details: a tiny dot above a letter, a tiny swivel of the bow. The first and last movements are energetic and driving, and the middle movements are more lyrical, rhapsodic, and/or floating. The quartet is bound together by a piece of drone music, found in movements 3, 5, and 7, in which the second violin and the viola play an interlocking repeating pattern ad infinitum, while the cello and first violin spin very long, outrageous lines on top. The piece lasts just under 20 minutes. ?Nico Muhly

You Can Teach Yourself Hammered Dulcimer

Another great beginner's book from Madeline MacNeil, explaining every aspect of playing the hammered dulcimer. From detailed discussions on dulcimer layout, hammers, tuning, and stands to extensive performance notes on every tune-this book provides a wealth of information for all students of the hammered dulcimer. From Oh Suzanna to Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Madeline shows the novice dulcimer player how to "map your way through" a new piece of music, finding clear, musical directions through what at first must seem like a maze of strings. All tunes are in standard notation. The book's 87 pages are illustrated with photos as well as quaint woodcuts, engravings, and pen and ink drawings. The companion 85-minute DVD video contains essential basic information on playing the hammered dulcimer--such as tuning, major and minor keys, duplicated notes, repeated notes, modulations, walking bass lines, chromatic notes, drone harmony, back-up chords, interval harmony, and more! Also contains Madeline MacNeil's hammered dulcimer solos on 25 tunes.

You Can Teach Yourself Hammered Dulcimer

Another great beginner's book from Madeline MacNeil, explaining every aspect of playing the hammered dulcimer. From detailed discussions on dulcimer layout, hammers, tuning, and stands to extensive performance notes on every tune-this book provides a wealth of information for all students of the hammered dulcimer. From Oh Suzanna to Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Madeline shows the novice dulcimer player how to "map your way through" a new piece of music, finding clear, musical directions through what at first must seem like a maze of strings. All tunes are in standard notation. The book's 87 pages are illustrated with photos as well as quaint woodcuts, engravings, and pen and ink drawings. The companion 85-minute DVD contains essential basic information on playing the hammered dulcimer--such as tuning, major and minor keys, duplicated notes, repeated notes, modulations, walking bass lines, chromatic notes, drone harmony, back-up chords, interval harmony, and more! Also contains Madeline MacNeil's hammered dulcimer solos on 25 tunes. CD included.

Guitar Player's Guide to Creating Solos:

In this 102 minute (1 hour and 42 minutes) instructional DVD video Tim May and Dan Miller teach you how to find the chord progression and melody to any vocal song or instrumental tune by ear and then they show you how to embellish that melody in order to create your own interesting and tasteful guitar solo. The techniques covered in Tim and Dan's unique and effective approach include: - Finding the chords by ear - Finding the melody by ear - Playing the melody and adding harmonic and rhythmic content by learning the basic "Carter Style" approach - Learning how to "supercharge" the Carter style by examining how to subdivide the beat with strumming variations and neighboring single string articulations, adding crosspicking, and using a "toggle note" or drone string. - Learning how to use straight scale runs to embellish the melody - Learning how to use "folded scales" - Learning how to apply the cross picking technique - Learning how to apply the use of harmonized scales in the form of double-stops and harmonized scale runs - Learning how to integrate all of the above and embellish all of the above with slides, pull-offs, hammer-ons, slides, and bends