El año viejo

This book approaches bongo playing in a very user-friendly way. It is a must for all students who wish to learn the basic styles, patterns, and techniques from world-renowned artist/teacher Richie Gajate-Garcia. This package contains two CDs with Richie performing all the exercises and includes play-along tracks to practice with. Styles include Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, pop/rock, funk, and R&B, along with a section on school jazz band use. This is a complete study of the bongo drum and should be fun for all who use it. Also includes an in-depth study of all basic hand percussion...

This introductory piano method is a long overdue musical text for those interested in encouraging bilingualism in children and adults. Many of the selected tunes are gems that most Latin American children grow up hearing as part of their idiomatic folklore. Also presented are some award winning originals by the author herself. Songs include Senora Santana, Ojos Azules, Mama yo quiero, Mi gallo and many others. Songs are chosen from many hispanic countries and they can be played as piano solos as well as played and sung simultaneously. Includes guitar/piano for those wishing to add in harmony...

Una colección de textos inéditos escritos a vuelapluma entre concierto y concierto: apuntes al natural que nos hablan de la trayectoria de Macaco, de su filosofía de vida, y que nos muestran la faceta más literaria de un músico excepcional. «Estos pequeños escritos (no sé si son aforismos, rimas, pensamientos, cuentos, poemas y, la verdad, me da igual), como mis canciones, son mi patio de recreo, donde mi alma y mi cuerpo van a una buscando el mismo juego. Por eso escribo y canto, porque al padre del hombre que soy, es decir, el niño que fui, como decía el maestro José Saramago, le ...

La musica del siglo XX suele suscitar, salvo en circulos especializados, un sentimiento de rechazo. Otto Karolyi propone en este libro un acercamiento a las principales caracteristicas de esta musica para poder comprenderla y disfrutarla mejor, analizando de manera sistematica los cambios de estetica que han ido produciendose a lo largo del siglo.