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| " Astérique refers to Celtic music, a folklore which is not present in saxophone quartet repertoire. Its melody is played in equity by all protagonist and is built of 3 eighth note repeated on a binary measure : you'd better take some potion! " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " Blues des bacs à sable allows young players to play as the "big ones": a constant harmonic formula, a slow tempo and of course... choruses! " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " This collection will bring an educational and stylistic dimension, since most of the five pieces use dance music spirit. This collection will find its place in the context of auditions or exams. To place in your schoolbag... " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " The wind carries away the yellow leaves fallen on the pavement, the cafes put tables and chairs in... I evoke here a fall tour that is difficult to do quietly in Paris. How to take your time in this city with so many streets to cross (musical phrases of 3 measures), cars or buses to avoid (musical phrases starts on the second time). While the chestnut vendors are on subway entrances, how not to hurry like others (theme B) to 'catch' the subway... " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " The title of this Piece is a pun on Cubans rhythms. The opposition between the tone and used homonymous tone, as well as the rhythmic formula chosen on theme "B" are a typical feature of South America music. Concerning the melody, it is a stylistics composition on quarter note triplets! " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " As the light whose reflection in the water is sometimes broken by the waves, I used ascending and descending movement in the melody. The pervasive use of syncopation also enabled me to exacerbate the impact felt by the ebb and flow. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " Latin American popular music created for beginners, with many small patterns interspersed with silences to learn to count! This piece proposes three variations and a coda. From the technical point of view, only arpeggios or conjunct intervals are used. The musical text can be worked alone thanks to piano playback. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " This collection will bring an educational and stylistic dimension, and will find its place in the context of auditions or exams. To place in your schoolbag... " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " Melodic composition targeted to "young" students where rhythms of half note, quarter note, eighth note, on beat, are exclusively used. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " Composition directly inspired by Glenn Miller composition. Its theme is exposed 3 times differently, in an "exotic mood". " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " Mon film is a soulful composition that uses minor mode. It is built of 64 bars dedicated to my Cousin, born in 1964, and prematurely deceased. I shoot here the film based on her life's scenario... " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " Orange was the popular color of tango dancers at tango's height during the twenties. The melody is as bright as the color, pleasant and is not bereft of ardour. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " This collection will bring an educational and stylistic dimension, and will find its place in the context of auditions or exams. To place in your schoolbag... " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " The simple melody of this Piece is given principaly to soprano-alto-tenor saxophones. Duna stands for Danube in hungarian language. This waltz flows as water of Danube's river. By the way, is this Danube really blue ? " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " A romantic composition dedicated to my Director Jacques Andrieu and to his husband Danièle (pianist). The seventh intervals (range rarely used), major, minor or diminished allowed me to create a tender and touching melody. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " Tangolla uses melodic and rhythmic styles specific to Tango. It embeds references to the Master Astor Piazzolla. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " A sophisticated person was persuaded that I would be inspired by seeing those flowers that I did not know... It inspired to me a waltz, with rich harmonies. Some musical colors might remind Erik Satie. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " When one starts learning music, rhythmn can become rapidely a showstopper. I wanted to demonstrate in this quartet that once the arcane secrets of rhythm are understood, music becomes a real pleasure. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " The wind carries away the yellow leaves fallen on the pavement, the cafes put tables and chairs in... I evoke here a fall tour that is difficult to do quietly in Paris. How to take your time in this city with so many streets to cross (musical phrases of 3 measures), cars or buses to avoid (musical phrases starts on the second time). While the chestnut vendors are on subway entrances, how not to hurry like others (theme B) to 'catch' the subway... " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " This collection will bring an educational and stylistic dimension, and will find its place in the context of auditions or exams. To place in your schoolbag... " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " AABA form of Latin music which gives meaning to the work of opposed nuances. On the pedagogical side, some unusual rhythms at this level are proposed. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " As the light whose reflection in the water is sometimes broken by the waves, I used ascending and descending movement in the melody. The pervasive use of syncopation also enabled me to exacerbate the impact felt by the ebb and flow. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
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| " The artistic skills and sensitivity of the musician are highlighted here, in order to recreate, thanks to varied metronomic movements, rhythms and nuances, ten atmospheres described throughout the Piece. " - Alain LOPEZ | |||||||||
