- Etudes II: ballet class music for ballet instructors, dance professionals and ballet students
- 38 original piano selections
- Apple, amazon, and Spotify, domestic and international, as well as CD, MP3 and sheet music options here on this site
- Music for barre and centre practice, including pirouettes, adage, petit allegro, batterie and grand allegro (barre selections played twice for classroom convenience)
- Over 75 minutes of music!
- Bonus feature: “E minor prelude” (track 50) unique full length piano piece for choreographic study
- Available in MP3 format for $9.99; CDs as low as $17.95 (CDs in stock); Sheet Music (PDF format) for $2.95 per selection or $19.95 for complete album
- Selection structural analsis as well as listening samples from Robert Long‘s second ballet class music album, Etudes II (directly below)
SIDE PRACTICE, at the BARRE (each barre selection is played twice to provide music for both sides)
- 01&02 Plies: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | 4 sets of 16
- 03&04 Battements tendus: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts |
- 05&06 Battements glisses: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Ragtime
- 07&08 Ronds de jambe: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | 64 counts
- 09&10 Battements frappes: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 11&12 Battements fondus: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | tango
- 13&14 Ronds de jambe en l’air: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 15&16 Petits battements: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 17&18 Ports de bras: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 19&20 Developpes: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 2 counts | Length 32 counts
- 21&22 Grands battements: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 23&24 Grands battements en cloche: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 25 Ports de Bras: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 26 Battements tendus: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 27 Temps lie: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 28 Grands battements: 3/4 | 1 bar = 3 counts | Intro 6 counts | Length 96 counts | 4 sets of 24; Polonaise
- 29 Pirouettes: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 30 Pirouette enchainement: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 31 1st Adage: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 32 2nd Adage: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 2 counts | Length 64 counts
- 33 Developpes: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 2 counts | Length 32 counts
- 34 Warm Up Jumps: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 128 counts
- 35 Glissades: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 36 Pas de bourrées: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 37 Pas de bourrées piques: 3/4 | 1 bar = 3 counts | Intro 6 counts | Length 144 counts | 3 sets of 48; Mazurka
- 38 Pas de Basques: 9/8 | 1 bar = 3 counts | Intro 6 counts | Length 96 counts | 4 sets of 24; Triple gigue
- 39 Coupes fouettes raccourcis sautes: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 40 Emboites sautes releves: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 41 Sautés: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 128 counts | 4 sets of 32; Polka
- 42 Quick jumps: 2/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 128 counts | 4 sets of 32; Hornpipe
- 43 Brises: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 8 counts | Length 64 counts
- 44 Balancés: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 45 1st Grand allegro Waltz: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 46 2nd Grand Allegro Waltz: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 47 Piques turns/ Poses pirouettes: 2/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | 96 counts
- 48 Chaines: 2/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 128 counts
- 49 Reverence: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 2 counts | Length 16 counts
- 50 “E minor Prelude”: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | 104 counts
CENTRE PRACTICE
PIROUETTES
ADAGE
PETIT ALLEGRO
BATTERIE
GRAND ALLEGRO
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Sheet Music for Ballet Class: