Alain Lopez

Bb Clarinet, Piano I had fun to mix three musical styles remotely related. My idea was to take a classical musical phrase then to reharmonize it to give it jazz or pop colors. Here is for the 'short s...

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.

As the title suggests, this piece focuses primarily on the octave leaps and chromatism. The arpeggio sequences serve as a leitmotif throughout the piece. - Alain LOPEZ - A Piece for students from 7 ye...

Trombone, Piano In a Cotton Club mood. The chassé-croisé of quarter notes and eight notes triplets together with Piano incite to dance and remind us of cabarets' ambiance of the 1920s. This piece, cou...

Trombone, Piano 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...

Trombone, Piano 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 th...

This composition was created for young musicians (mostly teenagers), and will be played as a pop song. Indeed, its texture (silky and polished) is related to the use of triplets and harmonic series bu...

Bb Trumpet, Piano A Jazz waltz (dedicated to my uncle who was so benevolent during my early stages!) that may remind Erik Satie's Gymnopédies or the famous 'Bluesette' from Toots Thielemans

Bb Trumpet, Piano During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The 'Twinning' is exploited to make the...

Violin, Piano In a Cotton Club mood. The chasse-croise of quarter notes and eight notes triplets together with Piano incite to dance and remind us of cabarets' ambiance of the 1920s. This piece, coupl...

Violin, Piano What else can be better than a Samba to tackle the Syncopation with fun! In the second part, the player will have to articulate the syncopation to become a credible Samba player! one cou...

Original composition using the famous habanera rhythmic cell (dotted quarter/dotted quarter/quarter), without which there would not be any tango...

How to make a good music recipe with few ingredients? Take some quavers, long values and swing the harmonies...

Instruments: 1 Soprano Saxophone 2 Alto Saxophones 1 Tenor Saxophone 1 Baritone SaxophoneAddtionnal Parts: 1 Alto Saxophone cue Soprano Saxophone - Difficuly Level: Grade 3 - Duration: 3 mn 05 s - Mus...

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 - Instruments: 4 Bb Clari...

A romantic composition dedicated to my Director Jacques Andrieu and to his wife Danièle (pianist). The seventh intervals (range rarely used), major, minor or diminished allowed me to create a tender a...

Instruments: Brass Quartet: 1 Bb Trumpet 1 F Horn 1 Trombone 1 Tuba - Difficuly Level: Grade 3 - Duration: 1 mn 45 s - Musical Style: Classical, Traditional - Category: Arrangement - Composer: TRADITI...

This bluesy ballad proposes an easy approach of doted quaver followed by semiquaver and helps going one step further since this solemn rhythm is always followed by 2 quavers!

Melodic composition targeted to 'young' students where rhythms of half note, quarter note, eighth note, on beat, are exclusively used.

A rhythmically simple composition that I wanted to be very melodic to encourage students to become familiar with repeated notes. - Alain LOPEZ

Melodic composition targeted to 'young' students where rhythms of half note, quarter note, eighth note, on beat, are exclusively used.

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 c...

This bluesy ballad proposes an easy approach of doted quaver followed by semiquaver and helps going one step further since this solemn rhythm is always followed by 2 quavers!

As a fan of bossa-novas from Antonio Carlos Jobim (with complex and moving harmonies), I have created my samba jazz in order to motivate students to work on typical rhythms of this musical style - Ala...

How to make a good music recipe with few ingredients? Take some quavers, long values and swing the harmonies...