Since 1901, Otakar Sevcik's works have formed the basis of many schools of string playing around the world. Thousands of players continue to find Sevcik an invaluable aid to technical development. In practising Sevcik, as in playing scales, etudes, or pieces there are always four main headings to consider: purity of intonation, evenness of tone, exactness of rhythm and physical freedom and ease. Opus 1 Part 1 focuses on exercises in the first position.

Ever since the release of The Koln Concert recording on ECM in 1975, there has been a huge demand for a transcription of the piece to be published. Until now Jarrett has refused, as the recording is of a totally improvised concert, but finally, much to the delight of pianists, students, musicologists and many others, he has created and published this authorised edition of the work.

Adobe has launched the second version of its design, publishing and image editing program with Creative Suite 2, including Photoshop CS2. New tools include 'vanishing point', which allows you to clone, paint and transform in the perspective or your images, advanced noise reduction, optical lens correction, which corrects barrel and pincushion distortion as well as enhanced 16-bit editing. Another new feature, multi-image camera raw, allows you to process several raw images while you continue to work in Photoshop CS2.

'A wonderful introduction to a rather complicated and unique art form.' Ray Harryhausen director of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and Jason and the Argonauts 'Don't attempt stop motion before you read this book! Susannah has covered everything in this no-nonsense approach to the industry.' Richard Goleszowski director of Creature Comforts and Rex the Runt 'Stop Motion contains a huge amount of valuable information for the budding stop-frame film maker. A great addition to the film craft library.' David Sproxton, co-founder and Managing Director of Aardman Animations 'Practical, informative and full of quotes from key characters in the story of the stop-frame industry. I wish I'd had this book when I was a student.' Joan Ashworth, Head of Animation, Royal College of Art 'When it comes to animating, this excellent book covers timing of movement, story development from idea to script, compositing you shots, editing and so on. Susannah's book will certainly make you want to get out there and get started on model animation.' Pat Raine Webb, Animatoon magazine, February 2004 "...a mine of information. This book gives an unrivalled detailed technical overview of the subject." The Times Higher Education Supplement "...an attractive, easy to handle paperback with clear and concise text...This is the perfect book for anyone contemplating getting into model animation." Dope Sheet "This is a truly fantastic book. If you want to learn how to do stop motion animation film-making or to do animation well, read this book closely, do the exercises and follow the instructions. This book is beautifully laid out and illustrated with copious useful diagrams and photographs." Focus Magazine

One hundred of the world's favourite jazz and blues classics. Arranged for piano/vocal with full lyrics and chord symbols.

This professional manual lets you share the secrets of David Baker's success. Baker explains his practical working techniques for piano trio, jazz quartet, four- and five-part writing, chord substitutions, voicings, bass patterns and much more.

A bumper collection of 45 fantastic hit songs from the movies, all arranged as sumptuous Piano solos. Whether you're looking for the groovy 60s Jazz of Alfie, the blistering rock of Live And Let Die or the heart-warming harmonies of You've Lost That Loving Feeling (Top Gun), you'll find that special movie moment just waiting to be rekindled in this special anthology. All of the solos are suitable for the intermediate Pianist, and offer excellent alternatives to the standard repertoire, adding spice and variety to your recitals. Also included are themes from The Truman Show, Il Postino, Forrest Gump and many more, all of which will evoke the fondest memories of your very favourite films.

Classical guitar is one of the most beautiful genres of music. Matteo Carcassi created this wonderful method to help guitarist from all genres learn the wonderful classical style. You will find exercises, definitions, and songs to help you learn this style of music. This new edition, Classical Guitar Method offers an elementary approach to playing the guitar. It provides a table of relative value of notes, definitions and explanations about the rudimentary elements of guitar playing such as scales and tempo. This is one of the most famous guitar method books for students and teachers! All pieces are in standard notation only.