Books & librettos

Aapelin uudet soitteet on kirja klarinetista: sen soittotekniikasta, historiasta, rakenteesta ja ominaisuuksista. Erityishuomion kohteena ovat ns. uudet soittotavat kuten kiertohengitys, glissando, mikrointervallit, perkussiiviset efektit ja moniääniset mahdollisuudet...

Herman Rechberger's (1947-2022) book Scales and Modes around the World (2008) presents over 1,000 scales found in different cultures. It is a result of extensive research, listening and discussions with musicians, and is intended for everyone who is creative in the field of music...

“Working Zone” is the area where you make personal progress. In “Working Zone” the things you practice are not too difficult or too easy, but they are challenging enough. Regular, dedicated and focused practicing in the “Working Zone” will improve your playing skills...

Extensive and authoritative take on traditional Balkan rhythms. Herman Rechberger (1947-2022) describes in detail with notation examples, pictures, and rhythmic patterns how the different dance and song rhythms in the Balkan area are constructed...

This book introduces the rhythmic system of oriental music step by step. It begins with very simple 2/4 and 4/4 beats and proceeds to very complex rhythms such as 11/4, 13/4, 21/4 and so on. The book includes also the largest list of Arabian and Turkish rhythms so far published...

Colourstrings Violin ABC: Handbook for teachers and parents (revised edition 2018) guides with detailed, page to page structure through the Colourstrings Violin ABC books A, B, C, D, E & F and Yellow Pages I, II & III...

Panu Pärssisen Kontrabassokirja sisältää monipuolisen kokoelman harjoituksia ja työkaluja kontrabassonsoiton tekniikkaan. / Panu Pärssinens Kontrabasboken erbjudar basisten en månsidig och ändamålsenlig samling övningar...

Klarinetti on nuorin sinfoniaorkesterin puupuhaltimista, mutta aikamme musiikissa se on ehkä eniten käytetty monipuolisuutensa ja joustavuutensa ansiosta. Myös suomalaiset nykysäveltäjät ovat osoittaneet aivan erityistä kiinnostusta klarinetin ilmaisumahdollisuuksiin...

Clarinetttist Mikko Raasakka has collaborated extensively with composers and has premiered some 30 new clarinet works to date, including five concertos. He is a founding member of defunensemble, which specialises in electro-acoustic music, and regularly appears at contemporary music festivals...

This 500-page book (in English) presents a list over 400 different rhythmic patterns from all over Africa. Included is also a list of used timelines, images of the instruments and a large glossary. A CD (in mp3 format) is included as some of the rhythms...

Aleksis Kivi, an opera premiered at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in summer 1997, tells of the dramatic life of Finland's national writer. The libretto by Rautavaara is in Finnish, accompanied here by an English translation by Andrew Bentley.