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Simplify Your Approach To Improvisation - A practical 10-step guide for all instrumentalists by Bill McBirnie
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Simplify Your Approach to Improvisation! (A practical 10-step guide for all instrumentalists) is now available, in paperback format, at all Amazon websites. Building on his previous publication (The Technique and Theory of Improvisation), Bill McBirnie's new book is a concise, comprehensive, and organized 10-step guide to understanding any chart or lead sheet. This fundamental skill is essential in learning to improvise on any tune with confidence and fluency. This book presents the necessary theory, the 10 basic steps, and then ...
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Flutist Bill McBirnie Releases 'Reflections (for Paul Horn)'
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
In his most recent digital release, Reflections, flutist Bill McBirnie performs a series of entirely improvised solo vignettes on both flute and alto flute in what is a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to the strongest of his influences on the instrument, Paul Horn. Bill is arguably the ideal candidate for such a tribute, not only because of his longstanding allegiance to Paul Horn, but also because of Bill's unique musical sensibility and impeccable technique, both of which have enabled him ...
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Extreme Flute Releases 'Forever' by Bill McBirnie & Bruce Jones
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Bill McBirnie and Bruce Jones have teamed up once again with a brand new Extreme Flute project, featuring Bill in his singular capacity as “flautist extraordinaire”, and Bruce in his multiple capacities as composer, performer and engineer. The result of their collaboration is a genuinely hypnotic, dreamy and incantatory album with a distinctly Brazilian favour that will resonate with listeners whose tastes range from samba to ambient, from urban to jazz. Forever is finally here... and now!... Bill McBirnie has ...
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The Technique And Theory Of Improvisation By Bill McBirnie
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Renowned jazz and Latin flutist, Bill McBirnie, provides a roadmap to success in improvisation The Technique and Theory of Improvisation is a concise but comprehensive guide to (1) the technique (articulation, vibrato, and breathing), and (2) the theory (rhythm, melody and harmony) that are essential in learning to improvise. This book also addresses how to integrate the technique with the theory using a simple melodic approach. In addition, the book examines practical issues such as analyzing tunes, using an idiomatic ...
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New Brazilian Flute Release Bill Mc Birnie & Bruce Jones Release "Grain Of Sand"
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Extreme Flute release Grain of Sand features Bill McBirnie on flute, alto flute and piccolo along with the multi-talented singer-songwriter, Bruce Jones. Grain of Sand consists of original material in a variety of Brazilian formats incliding improvised flute work and is now available at CDBaby and iTunes. Early praise for Grain of Sand “...McBirnie’s brilliant flute technique and sensitive style happily unite with Jones’ diverse skills and genuine gift for songwriting as they demonstrate their shared love for Brazilian music. You will ...
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Flutist, Bill McBirnie, Releases A New Album - Find Your Place
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
The Bill McBirnie Trio featuring Bernie Senensky and Anthony Michelli Find Your Place Bill McBirnie's new album, Find Your Place, departs in a significant way from his previously acclaimed acoustic jazz projects ("Mercy" with Robi Botos; “Paco Paco" with Bernie Senensky; and “Nature Boy" with Mark Eisenman). In FIND YOUR PLACE, Bill places the flute in a very unlikely role...as part of an organ trio! For this singular format, Bill has recruited two outstanding fellow Canadian musicians, Bernie Senensky on ...
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Results Of The NFA Jazz Flute Soloist Competition
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Canadian jazz flutist, Bill McBirnie, was selected as a winner in the inaugural Jazz Flute Soloist Competition at the 40th annual National Flute Association (NFA) convention, held August 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The NFA was founded in 1972 in the USA and is international in scope. It has grown to become one of the largest instrumental organizations in the world (and certainly the largest with respect to the flute) with more than 6,000 members from more than 50 countries. ...
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Canadian Jazz Flutist's CD Release, Mercy, Nominated for the Independent Music Awards
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Canadian jazz flutist Bill McBirnie's recent release, Mercy, has been nominated in the USA for The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMAs) in the best Jazz Album category. Although based in the USA, the IMAs are international in scope with submissions from 70 countries across five continents. Both the IMA nominees and winners are determined on the basis of artistic merit and this year's judges in the Jazz category will include McCoy Tyner, Arturo Sandoval and Lee Ritenour. The IMA ...
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