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Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Beginning pianists of all ages will cherish this excellent compilation of piano classics. Many of the greatest composers -- J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt -- are represented by several pieces each, some newly adapted for the piano. Popular works include the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Claire de Lune, and Pictures at an Exhibition.
Author
Publisher
See Sharp Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
This guide explains the most useful aspects of theory in clear, nontechnical language. Areas covered include scales (major, minor, modal, synthetic), chord formation, chord progression, melody, song forms, useful devices, (ostinato, mirrors, hocket, etc.), and instrumentation. It contains over 100 musical examples.
Author
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For readers who are unsure of the difference between an alto and a contralto, wonder exactly when to applaud at a concert, or aren't even sure what music they should be listening to in the first place, this is the perfect guide! All too often, potential classical music listeners are put off due to its perceived elitism. This book gleefully dispels this notion and many others as it works brilliantly to make classical music not only accessible, but...
Author
Series
Publisher
See Sharp Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The incredible diversity of the bass guitar is revealed in this newly revised, all-inclusive style guide. Each chapter covers particular styles or families of styles, gradually introducing players to techniques that will allow them to get the most out of their instrument and easily increase their bass repertoire. More than 400 bass grooves are presented, spanning an excess of 100 styles that musicians can follow along with on each of the two accompanying...
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
T he Merciless Book of Metal Lists is an irreverent and illustrated compendium of the most random, funny, and challenging information about Heavy Metal from the last 40 years. You want to know which Metal albums "jumped the shark"? Curious to know what non-Metal bands Metalheads love, which album covers feature goats, embarrassing Metal fashion faux pas, and the unfortunate original names Metal bands started with? This is the book. In addition to...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Most listeners can readily distinguish between the works of such keyboard giants as Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt and between various national schools, but when it comes to defining what the differences are, relating the various interconnections, discovering information on the hundreds of other keyboard composers, and actually finding playing editions, the task becomes much greater. To aid the performer, the listener, and the student in all these important...
Author
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Kenneth Sillito is internationally recognised as one of Britain's most distinguished musicians. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he studied with David Martin at the Royal Academy of Music, and in Rome with Remy Principe. His first major appointment was as associate leader of the newly created English Chamber Orchestra in 1960. He was subsequently appointed leader and remained with the orchestra until 1973, during which time he established a worldwide...
Author
Publisher
GIA Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Although many of the greatest composers from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods did not write for marimba, their works are still available and are perfectly suited for this instrument. Many of these works were written for violin and contain bowings and fingerings that assist in the stylistic interpretation for violin but do not apply to marimba. To that end, Tammy Chen has arranged a collection of outstanding pieces that work perfectly...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You already know John Hiatt is one of our best songwriters, but what you might not know is his life is as great a story as his songs. . . . I thought I knew my John Hiatt, but I learned a lot." -David Menconi, author of Step It Up and Go
A journey through an artist's quest for success, deep dive into substance abuse, family tragedy, and ultimate triumph
By the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter John Hiatt had been dropped from three record labels,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lexham Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Lord's song sings faith into people's hearts.
Music is central to the life of the church. In Church Music: For the Care of Souls, Phillip Magness helps the church to recover the primary instrument in worship: congregational voices. With voices raised, we sing praises to our God and King for his Son Jesus Christ. Singing calls for a special kind of leadership-not only on the part of musicians, but also among pastors and lay leaders. Together,...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Examining the dynamics of hip-hop from every region and in every form mainstream and underground, current, and classic this compelling how-to discusses everything from content and flow to rhythm and delivery in relation to the art and craft of rap. Compiled from the most extensive research on rapping to date, this first-of-its-kind guide delivers countless candid and exclusive insights from more than 100 of the most critically acclaimed artists in...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A fresh new perspective that will be a true revolution to readers and will open new lines of discussion on... the importance of the city of New Orleans for generations to come." -- Dr. Michael White, jazz clarinetist, composer, and Keller Endowed Chair at Xavier University of LA An untold authentic counter-narrative blues history and the first written by an African American blues artist All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated...
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today's most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hear If you could choose the last song you'd hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your wedding? The song from that time you got super stoned and just let the chords speak to you? It's a hard question that Mike Ayers has thought about for years....
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two of opera's greatest names offer encouragement and useful advice to aspiring singers in this classic guide. Tenor Enrico Caruso and coloratura soprano Luisa Tetrazzini employ nontechnical terms to provide an informal vocalist's anatomy, with instructions for the proper training, care, and disposition of the tongue, lungs, diaphragm, mouth, and the voice itself. Tetrazzini deals with the foundations of singing in breath control; tone emission and...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s to the arrival of "new wave" in the early 1980s. With a cast that includes Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Television, Blondie, the Ramones, the MC5, the Stooges, Talking Heads, and the Dead Boys, this account is the definitive story of early American punk rock. Extraordinarily balanced, it tells the story of the music's development largely...
Author
Series
Columbia University studies in musicology volume no. 1
Publisher
Barakaldo Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This series inaugurated by the Columbia University Press is intended to meet the needs of the English-speaking student for the crystallization of various phases of musical knowledge around which the rapidly expanding material may be oriented. The choice of the 1st volume of the series was dictated by the desire to provide an introductory manual which would be of interest to the beginner in musical history, since a scholarly view of the development...
Author
Publisher
Barakaldo Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The year was 1905, the name of the show was The Earl and the Girl, the hit tune was "How'd You Like to Spoon With Me?" and it started an unknown young songwriter named Jerome Kern on the road to success. Forty years and 1,000 songs later, at the time of his death, Jerome Kern was already a legend in Tin Pan Alley. Now the fantastic life story of this gentle little "music man" is told for the first time in a full-scale biography. David Ewen has painted...
Author
Series
Publisher
Intuition Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
10 original smooth jazz guitar licks from the Dorian mode in tablature and notation for the progressing guitarist at intermediate level and above.
>> 53 bars of music over 10 licks (average lick length 5.3 bars)
>> Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable)
>> Backing tracks at full and slower practise speeds (Downloadable)
>> Scale diagrams with theory and technique tips for each lick
>> Guitar tablature has picking directions...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"One of Pitchfork 's 15 Favorite Music Books of 2020: "An entertaining, in-depth examination of fan subcultures." -- The A.V. Club "To be a fan is to scream alone together" -- this is the discovery Hannah Ewens makes in Fangirls : how music fandom is at once a journey of self-definition and a conduit for connection and camaraderie; how it is both complicated and empowering; and how now, more than ever, fandoms composed of girls and young queer people...
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