Music-Instruction & Study -Appreciation

Non-fans regard C line Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about C line...

As a devoted fan of the lads from Liverpool, Mark considers himself an expert on their songs, both with the Beatles and during their solo careers. He has selected his favorite forty songs and tells their story in each chapter.Author: Mark R. BrewerISBN-10: 1664170405ISBN-13:...

An outstanding compilation of piano etudes and exercises from the ever-popular B rgmuller's 25 Progressive Pieces, Opus 100, Czerny's Practical Method for Beginners on the Piano, Opus 599, and Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist. Etudes are organized into four units according to difficulty and emphasize...

Great quality manuscript paper notebook for music composition, learning and creative songwriting. You can use it on school, college or university, in the studio, at home or anywhere for songwriting, suitable for all musical instruments, practice lessons, study, or transcribing music.The notebook contains lined...

A great flute book for the young, beginning flute student which contains more than seventy famous songs using just six different notes (G-A-B-C-D and E). This is two books in one. The first half features letters inside the note heads for non-music reading students....

The team behind Mixed In Key software explores the art of professional DJing to answer one simple question: What can you do to become a better DJ? Beyond Beatmatching will show you how to: - Use harmonic mixing in your DJ sets - Mix...

Are you a classical player that wants to apply your hard earned instrumental skills to jazz improvisation?Or are you a jazz player looking to open up your scale/interval practice to new worlds of melodic invention?Bach Shapes II is the sequel to Bach Shapes, the...

Veteran music critic David Hurwitz provides an accessible, comprehensive, and fresh survey of Beethoven's symphonies, overtures, concertos, theatrical music, his single ballet and other music for the dance, and several short pieces worth getting to know.Beethoven's orchestral works include some of the most iconic...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) has to be the most rewarding, expressive, and entertaining of all the composers whose work fell into obscurity in the years following his death. He was overshadowed both by the rediscovery of his father, Johann Sebastian, and by the...

Miles Davis and Juliette Greco, Jackson Pollock and Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando and Bob Dylan and William Burroughs. What do all these people have in common? Fame, of course, and undeniable talent. But most of all, they were cool. Birth of the Cool is...

As a devoted fan of the lads from Liverpool, Mark considers himself an expert on their songs, both with the Beatles and during their solo careers. He has selected his favorite forty songs and tells their story in each chapter.Author: Mark R. BrewerISBN-10: 1664170413ISBN-13:...

Ludwig van Beethoven's chamber works are some of his most revered compositions. Victor Lederer guides the serious nonprofessional listener through this oeuvre in his new book Beethoven's Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide. Lederer shows how Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano overflow with high...

A unique approach to scale/interval practice, Bach Shapes is the music of J.S. Bach distilled to its basic elements: beautiful melodic shapes. These can be studied as technical exercises, or used as building blocks for jazz improvisation. Suitable for any instrument and currently being...

Bach's Operas of the Soul is the first introduction to Bach's sacred cantatas for the general music lover.In clear and accessible language, Mark Ringer examines this vast output of masterpieces as the great musical dramatic creations that they. Bach's sacred cantatas represent an almost...

A native of Queens, N.Y., Maestro Weibel was never in doubt about the avenue his future career would take. His talent and love for musical expression began at an early age. He attended both the Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music in Manhattan...

Get your mojo working as you take a musical trip from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago's gritty South Side and points beyond with Blues For Dummies, an insightful, toe-tappin', music lovers' guide to the blues. Popular blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks serves as your tour...

Finally, just what general music teachers and students have been waiting for: ten great movie and TV songs to play on fun, colorful Boomwhacker(R) Musical Tubes Includes a cool play-along CD with full performance and accompaniment tracks, melody and accompaniment parts, and teaching suggestions...

105 short exercises, leading to thorough and complete mastery of basic timing problems.Author: Allan SmallISBN-10: 0739008919ISBN-13: 9780739008911Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2007Pages: 24Format: OtherWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.80w x 0.20d

Bart's music is greatly prized by concertgoers, yet we know little about the intellectual milieu that gave rise to his artistry. Bart is often seen as a lonely genius emerging from a gray background of an "underdeveloped country." Now Judit Frigyesi offers a broader...

A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brain Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad...

Why does the brain create music? In Beethoven's Anvil, cognitive scientist and jazz musician William Benzon finds the key to music's function in the very complexity of musical experience. Music demands that our symbol-processing capacities, motor skills, emotional and communicative skills all work in...

The Sound Books series is a picture book collection designed to visually represent musical concepts for young learners. Its original artwork is created and arranged to clearly depict sound ideas with few or no words required. The unique approach encourages students to bring together...

Songwriting guru Rikky Rooksby surveys Springsteen's rich catalogue and uses common techniques as a starting point for a masterclass in the art of writing powerful songs.Author: Rikky RooksbyISBN-10: 1493065262ISBN-13: 9781493065264Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2022Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.50h x 7.50w x 0.36d

The Black Dog Opera Library is the best, easiest and most informative and budget-friendly way to enjoy four of the greatest operas of all time. Finally available again, and packaged with gorgeous new covers, each book in the library includes the complete opera on...

Leonard Bernstein's fame as a conductor and general cultural phenomenon has overshadowed his genius as a composer, despite the fact that at least some of his orchestral music has entered the standard repertoire and achieved a well-deserved measure of popularity. In fact, his achievement...

The second title in the Amadeus Press Parallel Lives series, this volume examines the lives and work of two giants of 20th century music. Both composers influenced countless others, and their works are performed often in today's concert and opera houses. Felsenfeld gives us...

This book is a tool for helping teachers and parents of musical kids work together to provide young people with music learning experiences that are meaningful and lasting.Author: Robert H. WoodyISBN-10: 1475849966ISBN-13: 9781475849967Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2019Pages: 144Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Cello Online String Sampler Cello Sheet Music is a fun and easy way to actively learn, study and play beautiful cello music from a wide variety of styles and eras. 54 pieces are featured, representing music history periods, styles and cultures, including Medieval, Renaissance,...

Through a musical language involving symbols, numbers, and tonality, J.S. Bach created emotional dimension in the preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier. This book explores the use of that musical language, revealing how Bach used harmonic design and melodic and rhythmic motivic formulas...

Book 3 includes attractive musical etudes by Carl Czerny, Johann F. Burgmuller and Stephen Heller and select exercises by Charles-Louis Hanon. The studies are organized into four units, each focusing on mastering a particular skill. Performance suggestions for each study are included, along with...

Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 For Teachers Piano accompaniments for all songs and aural work in the Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 for Recorder, Fife or Flute. Includes 14 songs using notes B, A and G. www.beststartmusic.com.Author: Sarah Broughton StalbowISBN-10: 064842703XISBN-13: 9780648427032Publisher:...

How are our ability and motivation to be creative shaped by the world around us? Why does creativity seem to flourish in some environments, while others seem to stifle it? Many societies value creativity as an abstract concept and many, perhaps even most, individuals...

This book contains a collection of classic essays on the subject of the Italian violin, looking at its history and development with reference to notable makers and players. Italy is famous for producing many great violinists and designers, each dealt with in detail within...

Whether it's a song by Brahms or by the Boss, a serenade by Mozart or a ballet by John Harbison, music radiates a diverse spectrum of meaningful signs, hidden in plain hearing.ﾂ To enjoy the interplay of musical signs, it helps to recognize them...

Chosen from the four stylistic periods of piano repertoire and presented in their original form, the 100 pieces in this collection have been favorites of pianists throughout the years. To help in performance, the editors have realized ornaments and added editorial markings such as...

Model Cornerstone Assessments (MCAs), that were developed for the National Core Arts Standards in Music, are curriculum-embedded measures designed for music students to apply relevant knowledge and skills while demonstrating learning in the standards that define the artistic processes. They are meant to engage...

This anthology to accompany Gateways to Understanding Music is comprised of musical "texts." These broadly defined texts-primarily musical scores-facilitate the integration of score study and music theory into the ethno/musicology curriculum, a necessary focus in the training of the professional musician. As posed by...

What is music, and why does it move us? From Pythagoras to the present, writers have struggled to isolate the essence of "pure" or "absolute" music in ways that also account for its profound effect. In Absolute Music: The History of an Idea, Mark...

"A History of the Violin Bow" is a collection of classic articles on the subject of the violin, with a particular focus on the bow. The articles explore a range of topics from the history and origins of the violin, to notable makers, rare...

"Since [Tarasti's] is unquestionably the most fully developed narrative theory in the literature, this book is an important landmark . . . " --Music & LettersEero Tarasti advances a semiotic theory of music based on information provided by the history of Western music and...

In his third volume on musical expressive meaning, Robert S. Hatten examines virtual agency in music from the perspectives of movement, gesture, embodiment, topics, tropes, emotion, narrativity, and performance. Distinguished from the actual agency of composers and performers, whose intentional actions either create music...

50 Movie Music Moments comprises a wide-ranging collection of analyses of some of the most fascinating uses of music in modern Hollywood cinema. Considering narrative strategies, filmmaking techniques, functions of film music, audience engagement and conditioning, cultural implications, and intertextuality, the case studies gathered...

90 pages of questions and answers on all topics to do with the Bach cello suitesPart 1: The Suite before Bach - the models, background and inspirationPart II: The Suite in Bach's Time - their place in Bach's life and householdPart III: Performing the...

This first-of-its-kind compendium unites perspectives from artists, scholars, arts educators, policymakers, and activists to investigate the complex system of values surrounding artistic-educational endeavors. Addressing a range of artistic domains-including music, dance, theater, visual arts, film, and poetry-contributors explore and critique the conventions that govern...

Amplified offers a fresh, innovative way to relate to and experience music. The book shows the reader how to use the power of music in their everyday life-to awaken creativity, improve their wellbeing, deepen relationships, and amplify their true potential. Through a combination of...

""A Study of Indian Music"" by John Comfort Fillmore is a comprehensive exploration of the rich and diverse musical traditions of India. The book delves into the historical, cultural, and spiritual contexts of Indian music, tracing its evolution from ancient times to the present...

""A Manual of Instructions on Plain Chant: Or Gregorian Music"" is a book written by James Jones and published in 1845. The book is a guide to the traditional music of the Catholic Church, known as plainchant or Gregorian chant. The author provides detailed...

An irreverent and engaging chronicle of popular music dating from the 1880s, when Tin Pan Alley was founded, to the present by a British-born songwriter and onetime pop star. "Brash, learned, funny, and perspicacious." - The New YorkerAuthor: Ian WhitcombISBN-10: 087910063XISBN-13: 9780879100636Publisher: LimelightLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

The writings of Sulzer and Koch represent a significant confluence of philosophical and musical thought from the German Enlightenment. Koch creatively adapted many of Sulzer's abstract philosophical ideas to concrete questions of musical pedagogy, showing how they could be usefully applied to the teaching...