Oliver Rosteck

Matz Meise and Friends

Scope of delivery:

Piano pieces
Melody part in C with additional chord figures (2x)
Melody part in Bb
Melody part in Eb

Playbacks as mp3 for free download

Foreword

Matz Meise and Friends bring a completely new music-making experience. There are twelve character pieces for piano. In the pictures for each piece you can see a special animal that has a special characteristic that is reflected in the music. For example, there is the playful dog Siggi Schnauzer, who always runs through the world in a good mood and spreads good cheer. Tapsi, the duckling, stomps confidently through nature despite his young age. Estrella, the wise sea turtle, lets nothing unsettle her calm while gliding through the ocean. Nine more animals, with their peculiarities, form a colorful zoo that is musically recreated.
As with an étude, a pianistic skill is also practiced with each piece. So far, so good; we've seen this from many other piano methods.

So what's so special about Matz Meise?

Don't always feel like playing alone? Instead, Matz Meise and Friends offers a variety of possibilities for playing together with a playback and/or other instruments in a kind of modular system. This edition includes additional melody parts (for C, Bb, and Eb instruments), and the C edition also includes chords. Everything can be freely combined; even a performance with the individual part and a chord instrument—that is, without a piano—is possible, since the melody parts each have their own value. Try it out; each piece takes on a completely different character. Why not try deviating from the suggested tempo? This can also produce exciting results! Is something too difficult on the piano? Then try playing just one hand along with the backing track; it will still sound "finished." Do you have two pianists? No problem, sit down together at the piano and simply play the instrumental melody an octave higher on the piano, i.e. "three-handed."

The backing tracks were created using the "Band in a Box" program and cover a wide range of popular musical styles. Just give it a try: Play piano, a soprano, or guitar—or all of them together. Your imagination is the limit.

We wish you lots of fun making music alone, as a couple, or in a group, with or without a backing track.

Matz Meise and

Anja-Maren & Oliver Rosteck