Music-Instruction & Study-Composition

How do we define improvised music? What is the relationship of highly improvised performances to the work they are performances of? How do we decide what are the important parts of an improvised musical work? In Intents and Purposes, Eric Lewis uses a series...

Like no other book this book contains all the modes in every Major key with notation, tabs and fingerings. There are also exercises uniting each mode from the key across the fret-board and the arpeggios for each chord of the modes, the arpeggios are...

This fully updated and complete guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film, television, and--unique to this third edition--video games. Industry expert Jeff Rona addresses a wide range of topics including musical aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and techniques, and current business aspects....

This fully updated and complete guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film, television, and--unique to this third edition--video games. Industry expert Jeff Rona addresses a wide range of topics including musical aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and techniques, and current business aspects....

How to Write Melodies is the only guide you'll ever need for demystifying and perfecting the art of melody writing. Author: Rikky RooksbyISBN-10: 1493073397ISBN-13: 9781493073399Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2023Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.41d

Experiencing Music Composition in Grades K-2 is designed to help teachers and students create original music through materials and activities that are enticing and accessible. The text offers an innovative approach to composition teaching and learning to promote the development of the compositional capacities...

Experiencing Music Composition in Grades K-2 is designed to help teachers and students create original music through materials and activities that are enticing and accessible. The text offers an innovative approach to composition teaching and learning to promote the development of the compositional capacities...

For Denise Von Glahn, listening is that special quality afforded women who have been fettered for generations by the maxim "be seen and not heard." In Music and the Skillful Listener, Von Glahn explores the relationship between listening and musical composition focusing on nine...

Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination and, specifically, imagination in music. It opens with a discussion of the invalidity of the idea of the creative genius and the connected view that ideas originate just in the individual...

After more than twenty-five hundred years of building upon a musical foundation first unearthed by the experiments of Pythagoras, might contemporary experimentation yield a fresh perspective? By applying an array of six points and five lines to the circle of fifths, Eleven Forms unites...

Effective music production can be a challenge.This is where The Music Producer's Guide comes in. Each book is designed to demystify a music production concept, bringing professional results to your tracks.In The Music Producer's Guide to Polymeter and Polyrhythm, you will learn: ⦁ The...

A legend that captures the imagination of audiences and shapes representations of the Holocaust is that in Nazi concentration camps Jewish musicians were forced to play a Tango of Death as men, women and children made their way to the gas chambers. This book...

From prehistoric bone flutes to Confucian bell-sets, from ancient divination to his beloved qin, this book presents translations of thirteen seminal essays on musical subjects by Jao Tsung-i. In language as elegant and refined as the ancient texts he so admired, his journey takes...

What do Wynton Marsalis, Quincy Jones, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Phil Collins, and Kathleen Battle have in common? David Berger has arranged music for all of them, and they all appreciated a clean set of parts. Life as a composer and arranger can be...

Are you in the mood for composing music? Then you need our Piano Music Composition Notebook It is the perfect music notebook for beginners, young musicians, composers, or songwriters. You can use it in the studio, at home, or anywhere for songwriting, practice lessons,...

An exploration of the meaning and reception of "modernist" music. The debate over modernist music has continued for almost a century: from Strauss's Elektra and Webern's Symphony Op.21 to John Cage's renegotiation of musical control, the unusual musical practices of the Velvet Underground, and...

Reveals the great twentieth-century Italian composer's innovative handling of harmony, form, and text setting. Luigi Dallapiccola was one of twentieth century's most accomplished and admired composers. His music incorporated many of the twelve-tone techniques developed by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton von Webern,...

This is a book about classical music - for people who say they love music "but don't understand how it works", as well as for performers and music students of all ages. Proposing that deeper enjoyment begins with an understanding of music's basic structures,...

This is a book about classical music - for people who say they love music "but don't understand how it works", as well as for performers and music students of all ages. Proposing that deeper enjoyment begins with an understanding of music's basic structures,...

First published in 1911, "Musical Composition - A Short Treatise for Students" is fantasist guide to music teaching for teachers written by master composer and instructor Charles Villiers Stanford. It constitutes a general rather than comprehensive guide, touching upon many subjects and offering priceless...

This workbook features pages with four grand staff systems with treble and bass clef with labels for all the lines and spaces on each staff. Use this staff paper to write your next piece of musicAuthor: Thor WisteriaISBN-10: 1539797910ISBN-13: 9781539797913Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

This workbook has a chord chart and shows five frets and can be used with five-string instrumentsAuthor: Thor WisteriaISBN-10: 153979539XISBN-13: 9781539795391Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2016Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d

Originally published in 1920, this early works is an informative look at the importance of music in education with one of the most important factors being the training and development of the sense of Rhythm. It will appeal greatly to any one interested in...

Harry Somers is one of Canada's leading composers, and one of the most original. In the 1950s he experimented with contrapuntal writing, serialism, and style juxtaposition; in more recent years he has been concerned with the development of new vocal resources and improvisation.Harry Somers,...

With Contemporary Piano: A Performer and Composer's Guide to Techniques and Resources, Alan Shockley provides a comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano, and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar...

With Contemporary Piano: A Performer and Composer's Guide to Techniques and Resources, Alan Shockley provides a comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano, and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar...

Writing good songs is not easy-many talented musicians don't know how to do it. No matter what the obstacle might be, constructing a solid song can be an arduous process that frequently causes many musicians to give up. If you are interested in writing...

Have you ever tried to sketch out a new tune, but couldn't find the appropriate paper? With our "Giant Book", you'll always have plenty of staff paper on hand for your next tune. Whether your music is an original masterpiece, or just a few...

Twenty Piano Compositions: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1906) is a collection of twenty piano pieces composed by the legendary classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The book was first published in 1906 and contains some of Mozart's most famous piano compositions, including Sonata No. 11 in...

This resource offers the most in-depth examination to date of the work of composer Gabriel Yared, through a uniquely interdisciplinary analysis that integrates film theory and musicology.Author: Heather LaingISBN-10: 0810849658ISBN-13: 9780810849655Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2003Pages: 216Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.82h x 5.44w x 0.74d

This is the first book-length survey of 20th -century British music for solo organ. Beginning with a discussion of British organ music in the last decades of the Victorian era, the book focuses on the pieces that the composers wrote, their musical style, possible...

The Musicarta Easy Piano Style (MEPS) provides a methodical approach to 'composing at the keyboard', showing players which notes on the keyboard go together and teaching attractive, rhythmic textures for playing them. Each module in the workbook adds a new aspect to your ability...

Musicarta's Pyramids Variations teaches an easy hand position for playing chords at the keyboard, and progresses through an eight-stage build-up to an impressive Concert Performance. Along the way you learn the basics of music theory, while a free download of audio-visual learning support material...

6-String Bass FX Tablature. Notate effects settings, on/off cues, preset changes, and wah/volume/expression pedal sweep mapping.Author: Fx TablatureISBN-10: 0615754953ISBN-13: 9780615754956Publisher: Fx TablatureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2013Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.21d

(Willis). This wide-staff manuscript paper pad features the crazy, colorful creatures from the best-selling John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course series. Characters show up in full color on 32 pages, size 11 x 8-1/2, with six large staves on each page. Includes a music notation...

This cute 120 page music sheet notebook is perfect for music theory lessons and music composition. And how absolutely ADORABLE is the cover?The notebook includes: 120 pages of 12 staff paper 8.5 x 11 inch pages cute glossy cover design Author: Books by NataliaISBN-10:...

Everything You Need To Know About Making Music In One Place!Included in this 2 Book Collection are: Music Production For Beginners 2022+ Edition. Music Production, Songwriting & Audio Engineering, 2022+ Edition: The Professional Guide. If you're serious about taking your Music Skills to a...

Deepen Your Knowledge and Learn to Create Musical ConnectionsThe biggest mistake young composers make is that they don't know what subjects to study. If you are just starting out on the path of composing music, you must read this book. The Elements of Music...

Music Students, Music Teachers & Choir Directors: This Manuscript paper notebook is 8.5 x 11 inches and features 50 pages of blank sheet music to store your compositions, lesson material, and more. Each double-sided page features 12 blank staves. The securely bound pages will...

This book explores the emerging area of microtonality through an examination of the tuning theories of Erv Wilson. It is the first publication to offer a broad discussion of this influential theorist whose innovations have far-reaching ramifications for microtonal tuning systems. This study addresses...

How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely different ways? And how could composers of the time write operas in a matter of days? The secret lies in the solfeggio tradition, a music education...

Sonata form is the most commonly encountered organizational plan in the works of the classical-music masters, from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Schubert, Brahms, and beyond. Sonata Theory, an analytic approach developed by James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy in their award-winning Elements of Sonata...

Learn how to create, produce, and perform your music at the next level by unlocking the power of Ableton Live 9. This book and web combination shows, if you get it right, exactly what Live can deliver.Engineered to follow Live's non-linear music environment, the...

Improvisation is usually either lionized as an ecstatic experience of being in the moment or disparaged as the thoughtless recycling of clich駸. Eschewing both of these orthodoxies, The Philosophy of Improvisation ranges across the arts--from music to theater, dance to comedy--and considers the improvised...

Contemporary Orchestration: A Practical Guide to Instruments, Ensembles, and Musicians teaches students how to orchestrate for a wide variety of instruments, ensembles, and genres, while preparing them for various real-world professional settings ranging from the concert hall to the recording studio. Unlike most orchestration...

This book is not meant to be a comprehensive account of Monteverdi's life and works. What it sets out to do is to study certain aspects of his music and environment which have been insufficiently stressed in most of the existing books about him...

(Carta Manuscript Paper). 20 stave big band score pad, 18x12, 40 sheets, includes Jazz Articulation/Range chart.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0793557909ISBN-13: 9780793557905Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1997Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.47lbsSize: 18.00h x 12.00w x 0.25d

This text, designed as a tool for the college classroom, gives the reader insight into the creative process used by master film composer Henry Mancini. Edited by Roy Phillippe, the book provides 16 musical examples and includes a CD with recordings from the original...

4-String Bass FX Tablature. Notate effects settings, on/off cues, preset changes, and wah/volume/expression pedal sweep mapping.Author: Fx TablatureISBN-10: 0615754937ISBN-13: 9780615754932Publisher: Fx TablatureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2013Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.21d

This biography covers the full range of B駘a Bart's (1881-1945) work from his early explorations of the folklore of Hungary to his Third Piano Concerto composed on his deathbed in the United States. Illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs of people and events, the book...