Audio Contents
Open Ensembles
Harmonious Suite
Intrada
Promenade
Reverie
Tourdion
As Seasons Shift
Spring Hums
Summer Simmers
Autumn Lingers
Winter Stills
Interlude
Off We Go!
Progressive Etudes
Adrift
Down the Road
Simple Gifts
A Game of Tag
Off Kilter
Precisely
Clouds
Soaring
Shenandoah
Solitude
Additional Ensembles
3 Cowboy Waltzes
Old Paint
On the Range
Laredo Farewell
Additional Ensembles
Four Dispositions
Sunny
Gentle
Jumpy
Playful
Fanfare for a Sleepy Morning
Study in Fierce
In the Groove
Smooth as a Breeze
Revving Up
A Quirky Bounce
On the Run
Night Song
Beauty Deconstructed
Mirrors
Fleeting (as dreams)
Fragile (as ice)
Transparent (as glass)
Askew (as memories)
From Enigmatica CDs
Goldberg Variation 4
Adagio – dall’Abaco concerto
Boating with Edouard
Sky-Colored Lake
Title page – list of recordings
Acknowledgements & bio
What this book is about
Table of Contents
The Big Idea
Intrada – An Entrance to Small Ensembles
Harmonious Suite – Open Ensembles 1– 4
Intrada score
Intrada transposed score
Promenade score
Promenade transposed score
Reverie score
Reverie transposed score
Tourdion score
Tourdion transposed score
Gather your team — Hone your skills
Canons
Adrift – A canon for 2 players –
Progressive Etude 1
Down the Road – A canon for 3 –
Progressive Etude 2
Dona Nobis Pacem – A canon for 3
Duets with similar rhythms
Simple Gifts – Progressive Etude 3
A Game of Tag – Progressive Etude 4
Off Kilter – Progressive Etude 5
As Seasons Shift – Open Ensembles 5 – 8
About the Quartet
Spring Hums score
Spring Hums transposed score
Summer Simmers score
Summer Simmers transposed score
Autumn Lingers score
Autumn Lingers transposed score
Winter Stills score
Winter Stills transposed score
Adding Complexity
Syncopation
Precisely – Progressive Etude 6
Tango perpetual – Eric Satie
Goldberg Variation 4 – J. S. Bach
Tremolo
Clouds – Progressive Etude 7
Adagio – Evaristo dall’Abaco
Soaring – Progressive Etude 8
3 Cowboy Waltzes – Mandolin Duets
About Cowboy Waltzes
Old Paint
On the Range
Laredo Farewell
Four Dispositions & Three Trios
Four Dispositions – Mandolin Duets
Sunny
Gentle
Jumpy
Playful
Three Trios
Fanfare for a Sleepy Morning
Little Fugue for D.B. – Jim Dalton
Woven
Three Solos for Beginners
A Solo is an Ensemble for One
Angeline the Baker
Shenandoah – Progressive Etude 9
Solitude – Progressive Etude 10
Four Études Déconstruites
Étude crepuscule – déconstruite
Étude ambre – déconstruite
Étude verte – déconstruite
Étude grise – déconstruite
A Solo/Duet for the Fearless
Study in Fierce
Study in Fierce Deconstructed
What is Musicianship?
Open Ensembles 9 & 10
About the Last Open Ensembles
Interlude score
Interlude transposed score
Off We Go! score
Off We Go! transposed score
A Traditional Ensemble
Beauty Deconstructed
In the Groove
About In the Groove
Smooth as a Breeze
Revving It Up
A Quirky Bounce
On the Run
Where We Find Ourselves
Music with Friends
Music & Friendship
Boating with Edouard – Catherine Hawkes
Evening Sky – Robert N. Martel
Sky–Colored Lake – Robert N. Martel
Fantasia – Will Ayton
Night Song – Paul Dressel & Marilynn Mair
3 Inventions – Jim Dalton
Playing from Leadsheets
Wistful Waltz
Celia’s Wedding Waltz – Michael Bresler
Abeetz – Michael Bresler
Mirrors
About Mirrors
I. Fleeting (as dreams)
II. Fragile (as ice)
III. Transparent (as glass)
IV. Askew (as memories)
This Concludes Your Journey
Appendix of Parts-for mandolin, mandola in treble & alto clefs, guitar,
octave mandolin, mandocello in treble & bass clef
Harmonious Suite
As Seasons Shift
3 Cowboy Waltzes
Woven
Interlude & Off We Go!
Beauty Deconstructed
Demystifying Chord Symbols
Smooth as a Breeze
Boating With Edouard
Evening Sky
Sky-Colored Lake
Fantasia
An End Note