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Frank Caruso's solo on Without a Song, featuring extensive use of left hand basslines. Transcribed by Clay Corso. More…
Here is my transcription of Django Reinhardt solo in Blue Light Blues (1938).… More…
Today marks the 77th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa. Not many remember the date, or even recognize the name. People who grew up in the Soviet Union very much do. … More…
A true classic and an exceptionally easy piece for complete beginners. One of the very first things that I played on the violin ― long before I even began bothering with sheet music and trying to figure… More…
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An excerpt from my improvised solo over Corey's "Trade It All" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySrMcXw6_X0 (full video).… More…
Well this one's sure got a bunch of weird time signatures in the chorus. Don't let those scare you, just listen to the song a few times and go with the flow. It's a good one. Believe it or not, Chris de… More…
Here’s an excellent chord etude Angelo showed at Django In June 2018, which took place last week in Northampton, MA. If you don’t know Django In June, mark your calendar for next year — I highly recommend… More…
Another piece from the Children's Album by Tchaikovsky. This one is excellent practice for string crossings, both down and up from the same home string. A good opportunity to start practicing martelé,… More…
A superimposed ii V line influeced by Jake Estner. Let's keep this challenge going! More…
A couple weeks ago I featured Sviridov's Romance on this channel, arranged for two violins and a piano, and kinda teased doing the waltz as well, so here it is. … More…
A popular Latvian and Russian lullaby, originally from the 1980 seven-part feature film "A long road in the dunes" ("Ilgais ceļš kāpās"/"Долгая дорога в дюнах"), a drama that takes place in Latvia and… More…
This was from an instragram post and I believe Tosin said he was messing around with concepts from Daniele Gottardo, but the riff is Tosin's creation.… More…
I previously featured the title song from the first Elusive Avengers movie, and this one's from the sequel. For decades the movies as well as the songs were hugely popular with generations of Soviet children.… More…
The piano solo from Tom Misch's tune "Movie" from his new record entitled "Geography". More…
Allegedly Rolf Løvland wrote this as an instrumental piece for the funeral of his mother. In 2002 he then recorded it with his Irish-Norwegian band Secret Garden, as a song set to lyrics by the Irish novelist… More…
Today's my birthday, so I figured I'd share something of my own that I wrote 20 years ago but only ever played for like two people and never even bothered writing down. … More…
As a little kid I played piano every day. I was never ambitious, but I took it for granted that every day I would sit down and make music. For years.… More…
The Russian anthem is usually dated 1943, when a competition was held to replace the previously used The Internationale. However, Alexandrov originally wrote this piece in 1938 as the Anthem of the Bolshevik… More…
Mario Camarena's into solo on Ghostnote, a new song Chon is playing on tour right now. More…
The most well-known track from Elton John's debut album "Empty Sky", and by his own account the very first song that he and Bernie Taupin actually got excited about writing. … More…
Coming back from Armenia, I feel like featuring another student of Aram Khachaturian's. And a true master of counterpoint, no less. … More…
This channel has covered quite a bit of Russian music so far. From 18th century romance to 1991 pop charts; from children's songs to war songs; from state-commissioned propaganda to the outlawed genre… More…
Originally an American Civil War song published in 1861, "Aura Lea" is now known to most people under a different name entirely. Set to all-new lyrics by Ken Darby (but credited to his wife Vera Matson)… More…
Here's a remix medley by Australian drummer Andy Gander of two Korvai pieces by the great Manjunath BC.… More…
Yet another solid warm-up and intonation exercise from Okudzhava. … More…
When I was a kid learning the piano in Russia, my mom bought me some English sheet music. "Recorder" it said on the cover. I didn't even know that was the English word for a flute. I thought it meant a… More…
Slowed down version of My Blue Heaven. Solo written by Denis Chang.… More…
Another famous song by Tariverdiev. This one is from a 1975 movie that all of Russia watches on New Year's Eve, every year, always. A lighthearted, even silly comedy, surprisingly critical of the Soviet… More…
I'm on vacation in Armenia right now, so it's only fitting that I feature a song with this title, written by a composer of Armenian descent.… More…
