Melbay MB96213M Complete Balalaika Book mit Online Audio Zugang by Bibs EkkelThe balalaika is most often associated with Russian folklore. In this comprehensive method book, concert and recording artist Bibs Ekkel shares his extensive knowledge of the balalaika as taught in Russia today. This 160-page book is divided into four sections: an extensive Foreword, the Tutor, A Brief History of the Balalaika, and a Repertoire Section. The Complete Balalaika Book does not begin with the rudiments of music notation. Rather, the 20-page Foreword offer insights on the tunings of all the instruments in the balalaika family, hand positions, string sources and height adjustment, and chord shapes. The author even describes how to make a bass balalaika pick from shoe leather. The Tutor or instruction segment is written for the 'prima balalaika' which is correctly played with the fingers only rather than with a pick. The Tutor jumps right in with exercises and tunes in quarter, eighth, and sixteenth-note values with occasional dotted notes and syncopation. Perhaps half of the music in this section is shown in both standard notation and tablature. A glossary of musical signs and Russian musical terns is included. A Brief History of the Balalaika is well written and nicely illustrated. The Repertoire Section offers a valuable resource of Eastern European folk tunes. All but two selections in this section are written in both notation and tab with suggested guitar chords, the exceptions being an arrangement for balalaika and piano, and a balalaika orchestra score. More than simple melody chord lead sheets, these are the author's own arrangements of tunes for solo balalaika and balalaika orchestra. Online audio with selections performed by the author completes this highly effective instructional package. 160 Seiten mit Online Audio ZugangSprache Englisch Inhalt: A Cossack Crossed the Danube Akh, Nastasya Baa-Baa Black Sheep Dance, Dance Dark Browed, Dark Eyed Lad Daydreams Do Not Scold Me For Czar, Motherland and Faith Go Home You Gossips God Save The Czar Goin' Home I Loved You I Shall Go Down To The River I Was In The Garden In the Field a Birch Tree Stood It's Not The Wind That Bends The Branch Katiusha Leaf from an Album Moonshine Polosynka The Post Troika Hastens The Slender Rowan Tree The Ural Rowan Tree Two Guitars Under The Apple Tree Varyag