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NI Play Series: HYBRID KEYS v2.0.2 KONTAKT This is not your typical keyboard instrument: HYBRID KEYS blends sampled pianos, synthesizers, mallets, and more, adding creative effects to produce completely new sounds. Spark inspiration with extensive presets, then have fun building your own hybrid instrument by blending sounds and adjusting unique controls – dial in some dirt, add reverb, or go lo-fi with tape warble and noise. By generating unconventional textures, you’ll find new, creative ways to integrate keyboard parts into your mix. The Sound Editor page lets you modify the individual sound sources (A/B) – giving you access to tuning, filters, panning, and envelopes. Customize the effects chain of any preset with the Effects Editor. Quickly swap out effects using the dropdown menu, or change the order via drag-and-drop. Quickly generate ideas with a flexible 16-step sequencer. You can also modulate up to six assignable macros such as filter or distortion. Edit the assigned macro con...

NI Piano Colors v1.0 Kontakt Library A truly avant-garde instrument, PIANO COLORS delivers a stunning universe of tones that will ignite your creativity. It combines a rich variety of inventive playing techniques with a groundbreaking processing engine that intertwines dynamics, tonal shifts, and motion to push the sound of a piano into unimaginable spaces. Whether it’s dramatic noir soundtracks, forward-thinking electronica, or straight-up pop productions, PIANO COLORS gives life to new and unexpected musical ideas. VISIONARY SOUNDS, ORGANICALLY MODULATED The essence of PIANO COLORS lies in the synergy it creates between its deep pool of unique grand piano articulations, and the innovative modulation engines that include Motion, the Arpeggiator, and the newly extended Particles. Complex sounds transform in real-time to create expressive timbres, naturally pulsing grooves, and continuously evolving pads. PIANO COLORS lets harmonically rich samples become inspirational hues that ca...

John Cage’s Concert for Piano & Orchestra (Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure & Interpretation) PDF John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra is one of the seminal works of the second half of the twentieth century, and the centerpiece of the middle period of Cage’s output. It is a culmination of Cage’s work up to that point, incorporating notation techniques he had spent the past decade developing – techniques which remain radical to this day. But despite Cage’s vitality to the musical development of the twentieth century, and the Concert’s centrality to his career, the work is still rarely performed and even more rarely examined in detail. In this volume, Martin Iddon and Philip Thomas provide a rich and critical examination of this enormously significant piece, tracing its many contexts and influences – particularly Schoenberg, jazz, and Cage’s own compositional practice – through a wide and previously untapped r...

How To Play Latin Jazz Piano: The Ultimate Guide – Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series PDF All jazz musicians play a number of Latin tunes, but for most cases Latin means a generalized feel and approach, and nothing necessarily specific beyond a straight eighth-note feel. This book offers the jazz pianist a more specific approach to playing Latin jazz piano based on traditional Latin music from Cuba-known as Afro­Cuban-and Brazil. Each differs in its rhythmic approach and feel, and each cornes from a different tradition. Whereas the piano is a crucial harmonie and rhythmic instrument in a traditional Afro-Cuban ensemble, the guitar more typical1y plays that role for a Brazilian ensemble. The jazz pianist, however, often is called on to supply chords and accompaniment rhythms for Brazilian-based jazz when a guitar is not present. This book does not attempt to instruct the reader in the area of traditional Latin piano playing, but rather in the area of Latin-based jazz piano. The trad...

Beginner Classical Piano Music: Teach Yourself How to Play Famous Piano Pieces by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven & the Great Composers Piano Professor, Damon Ferrante guides you through each piece with step-by-step piano lessons for beginners and 20 streaming video lessons. This easy-to-follow method, used by thousands of piano students and teachers, is designed to be interactive, engaging and fun. No music reading is required! Learn the great piano classics! The lessons will greatly expand your repertoire of beloved piano classics and improve your piano technique, creativity, and understanding of music. Whether you are teaching yourself piano or learning with a music instructor, this book and streaming video course will take your piano playing to a whole new level! Ask yourself this: 1. Have you always wanted to learn how to play famous classical piano pieces, but did not know where to start? 2. Did you start piano lessons once and give up because the lessons were too difficult? 3. Are y...

Notes on the Piano: A Series of Essays on the Playing & Teaching of the Piano “I wish I had known of a book like this when I was learning the piano” is the sort of reaction to his book that Christopher Russell encounters because we all want to understand what we are learning as much as possible. Christopher regards this book as his life’s work in providing people with something that is enjoyable and useful to read to supplement their piano lessons, or to simply add to their knowledge if they play or teach the piano but no longer have lessons, or are about to start the adventure of learning so fascinating an instrument with a teacher. Christopher Russell is a qualified piano teacher who has taught the piano for the last twenty-seven years. He was a concert pianist but discovered in his late twenties that he enjoyed teaching the piano the most. Christopher writes, “This book is an encouraging companion to someone’s piano lessons in the exciting journey of discovery that learning the ...

Piano Walking Bass: From blues to jazz Walking bass is an essential element in blues and jazz music. The walking bass hitting a new note on every beat of each bar is a moving force in this kind of music. However, as a solo pianist it can be tricky to get the left hand going while playing melody, harmony or even a solo in the right hand. This book will walk you through some of the common walking bass lines starting with easy blues patterns and progressing to more advanced jazz lines. It will guide you with some simple rules to make your own bass lines and it will bend the rules to make more interesting lines as well. Links

Music Theory : From Beginner to Intermediate: How to Easily Compose Music for Piano, Guitar or Any other Musical Instrument Music Theory : From Beginner to Intermediate: How to Easily Compose Music for Piano, Guitar or Any other Musical Instrument. (Music Theory for Beginners Book 2) Have you been longing to learn how to sight-read and write music like a pro? Maybe graduate from just reading and writing guitar tablatures to understanding traditional music notation and what those somewhat funny symbols stand for? Do you want to understand time signature, meter, tempo, and dynamics, learn how to group musical beats to create some pleasing and interesting melodies? Do you want to understand how musical scales like the pentatonic and diatonic are constructed, and not just how to construct them, but also how to create beautiful melodies with them? Do you want to become better at songwriting and composition? Do you want to understand how to employ compositional tools like “tension and releas...

Fracture Sounds Woodchester Piano KONTAKT Woodchester Piano A beautiful upright felt piano, developed in close collaboration with film and TV composer James Everingham. Runs in Kontakt 5.3 or above. Woodchester Piano is the first in our new series of collaborations with talented composers and artists, bringing you a range of finely crafted virtual instruments full of personality. This library was produced in close collaboration with film and TV composer James Everingham, and features his Wilh. Steinberg German Series upright piano, intimately recorded with the felt pedal engaged. We visited James’s studio and spent several days carefully sampling every nuance of the instrument. We then spent many months mixing, polishing and fine-tuning the instrument, resulting in a stunning virtual piano with a beautifully versatile sound, which is a joy to play. Woodchester Piano also includes key release and pedal samples, a unique pianist noise feature to add subtle rustling and wood creaks for he...

Berlin Orchestra Inspire 2 v1.1 KONTAKT Size 8.07 Gb Berlin Orchestra Inspire was created to allow users to capture ideas as quickly as they come. Following the highly successful first instalment of this series, we are proud to present Berlin Orchestra Inspire 2. Berlin Orchestra Inspire 2 opens the door to a whole new world of orchestral colours from our Berlin Series and Metropolis Ark range. Specifically designed for atmospheric and emotive writing, the collection consists of two main types of instruments: First of all, there is a sections folder containing individual orchestral sections and solo instruments. Here you can find different Flautando String Sections, Solo Strings, Solo Woodwinds, a Horn Ensemble, Percussion, Keys and a Harp Ensemble. One particular highlight is an exquisite High Choir featuring women and children. And then there is the Orchestrations folder, where you have access to carefully mixed orchestral sections, allowing you to add melodic and harmonic colours ri...

NI Definitive Piano Collection Kontakt Library Size 13 Gb DEFINITIVE PIANO COLLECTION Three exquisitely sampled pianos deliver the perfect sound for any production task. Together, these pianos offer unprecedented detail, and a varied and nuanced sonic range – from pristine realism to evocative washed-out ambiences. Get the flagship piano collection for a special bundle price. THE GRANDEUR The rich, hyper-detailed sound of one of the world’s most treasured concert grand pianos. A dynamic, singing piano for everything from pop to classical. THE MAVERICK An expressive vintage grand piano. Sampled in meticulous detail for authentic tone and distinctive character, and suited to pop, rock, urban, and jazz. THE GENTLEMAN A classic upright piano that delivers balanced tone, a wide dynamic range, and a beautiful, lush sound. Your new standard vintage upright. ULTIMATE REALISM The perfect piano sound. Up to 18 velocity zones. Extra resonance and overtone samples for rich, ultra-dynamic character...