Alain Lopez: spartiti medio

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...

The purpose of this composition is to familiarize yourself with the unusual 5/4 metric, often associated to the famous jazz standard by Paul Desmond, Take Five. Rhythms and articulation are varied but...

The purpose of this composition is to familiarize yourself with the unusual 5/4 metric, often associated to the famous jazz standard by Paul Desmond, Take Five. Rhythms and articulation are varied but...

Euphonium, 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, co...

Euphonium, Piano 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...

Euphonium, 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 t...

Euphonium, Piano 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...

Euphonium, 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, Horn, Trombone, Tuba 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...

Bb Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba 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 ba...

Bb Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba 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! The blues theme is travelin...

Bb Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba

1 Bb Trumpet, 1 F Horn, 1 Trombone, 1 Tuba

1 Bb Trumpet, 1 F Horn, 1 Trombone, 1 Tuba 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 syn...

4 Flutes 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 Sout...

4 Flutes 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.

4 Flutes 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! The blues theme is traveling in between the 4 fluti...

Flute, 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, couple...

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...

Flute, 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 ex...

4 Flutes

4 Flutes 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 exacer...

Flute, 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 most...

3 Bb Clarinets, 1 Bass Clarinet 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...

3 Bb Clarinets, 1 Bass Clarinet 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 bas...