Pictures and Beyond, Book 1 [Alf:98-J1031]

This collection gives students a taste of the avante-garde musical language of our time. Of the 25 pieces, most are two pages while some are 8-10 measures long. Spotlighting a variety of musical elements encourages students to explore their imagination. Modern techniques such as "silently press L.H. notes and keep them down the entire piece" from Whispering Harmonics, or "tap the rim of the fallboard" in Pecking and Tapping, "choose your own tempo" are some of the adventurous suggestions featured in this 32 page book.