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Vendor: Kenneth Lafave
Experiencing Film Music: A Listener's Companion
Of all the elements that combine to make movies, music sometimes seems the forgotten stepchild. Yet it is an integral part of the cinematic experience. Minimized as mere "background music," film scores enrich visuals with emotional mood and intensity, underscoring directors' intentions, enhancing audiences'...- $50.00
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How to Study the Violin
Originally published in 1911. This book will prove indispensable to the student of the violin.Contents Include: The Left Hand, Strings and Tuning The Right Hand, The Bow and Bowing Faults and their Correction Scales and their Importance A Course of Study Harmonics, Octaves etc...- $26.99
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The CAGED Rhythm Guitar Method: Learn to Play Any Chord Anywhere on the Neck Using The CAGED System
Master The Guitar Fretboard with CAGED Chords Want to play any chord, anywhere on the neck at will? Ready to use cool voicings to create next-level rhythm guitar parts? The CAGED Rhythm Guitar Method quickly levels up your chord chops and solves two problems...- $19.99
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Vendor: Richard Sorce
Music Theory for the Music Professional
Written as a music theory text that not only addresses the important fundamental syntax of music in the classical sense but also relates this syntax to current practices and styles, this book should be particularly well-suited to musicians focusing on aspects of the music...- $109.00
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Vendor: Michael Goddard
Reverberations
Noise permeates our highly mediated and globalised cultures. Noise as art, music, cultural or digital practice is a way of intervening so that it can be harnessed for an aesthetic expression not caught within mainstream styles or distribution.This wide-ranging book examines the concept and...- $39.95
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Technique and Interpretation in Violin-Playing
Originally published in 1920, this neat little book is the result of the authors desire to tabulate in a concise form, his own ideas on violin playing, with regard to both the technical and the interpretive aspects of the subject. The authors views are...- $30.99
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The Musical Language of Italian Opera, 1813-1859
Though studying opera often requires attention to aesthetics, libretti, staging, singers, compositional history, and performance history, the music itself is central. This book examines operatic music by five Italian composers--Rossini, Bellini, Mercadante, Donizetti, and Verdi--and one non-Italian, Meyerbeer, during the period from Rossini's first...- $120.00
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Vendor: Karen M. Cook
Music Theory in Late Medieval Avignon: Magister Johannes Pipardi
The manuscript Seville, Biblioteca Colombina y Capitular 5-2-25, a composite of dozens of theoretical treatises, is one of the primary witnesses to late medieval music theory. Its numerous copies of significant texts have been the focus of substantial scholarly attention to date, but the...- $22.95
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Vendor: Vasco Hexel
The Film and Media Creators' Guide to Music
Music plays an integral role in the experience of film, television, video games, and other media-yet for many directors, producers, and media creators, working with music can be a baffling and intimidating process. The Film and Media Creators' Guide to Music bridges the gap...- $56.95
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Vendor: Matteo Dalle Fratte
The Melofonetica Method: A complete guide to clear and expressive Italian diction for singers
The Melofonetica Method is a transformative approach to Italian diction in opera and classical music. Based on the phonetics of sung Italian, the method pinpoints how singers can achieve clear, resonant and idiomatic singing in a performance space. The product of over a decade...- $39.99
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Vendor: Andrew Barker
Porphyry's Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics
Porphyry's Commentary, the only surviving ancient commentary on a technical text, is not merely a study of Ptolemy's Harmonics. It includes virtually free-standing philosophical essays on epistemology, metaphysics, scientific methodology, aspects of the Aristotelian categories and the relations between Aristotle's views and Plato's, and...- $186.00
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Vendor: Simon P. Keefe
Mozart's Piano Concertos: Dramatic Dialogue in the Age of Enlightenment
The theoretical and musical background to the relationship between the piano and orchestra in Mozart's concertos. The interactive relationship between the piano and the orchestra in Mozart's concertos is an issue central to the appreciation of these great works, but one that has not...- $105.00
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Vendor: K. J. Donnelly
Music In Video Games: Studying Play
From its earliest days as little more than a series of monophonic outbursts to its current-day scores that can rival major symphonic film scores, video game music has gone through its own particular set of stylistic and functional metamorphoses while both borrowing and recontextualizing...- $52.95
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Vendor: Harald Krebs
Fantasy Pieces: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann
Fantasy Pieces examines from several vantage points a vital life-force of Robert Schumann's music, namely metrical conflict. Harald Krebs's imaginative yet rigorous study makes use of Schumann's fascinating projections of his own personality--the characters Florestan and Eusebius--as one means of addressing the biographical and...- $33.99
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Vendor: Wayne D. Bowman
Philosophical Perspectives on Music
Designed to introduce music students and musicians to the vitality of music philosophical discourse, Philosophical Perspectives on Music explores diverse accounts of the nature and value of music. It offers an accessible, even-handed consideration of philosophical orientations without advocating any single one, demonstrating that...- $214.99
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Vendor: Allan Spencer
The Ultimate Practice Routine: for Intermediate and Advanced Piano
This book is a practice routine that incorporates most of the techniques and skills that appear in piano literature (scales, arpeggios, chords, inversions, etc). Spanning the entire keyboard and every key signature (Major, Minor, and Enharmonics), this routine lasts approximately 5 minutes in each...- $19.99
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Vendor: Jeffrey Carl
Strings and Ivory: Music Reference Guide For Beginners
8.5 x 11 portrait B/W PrintIntroducing an innovative new music reference book about scales, chords and chord progressions that encourages creativity and innovation... and allows each musician to create their own unique progressions!Whether you are an intermediate or advanced musician or songwriter, Strings &...- $22.99
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Vendor: Horacio Primack
Piano Tutor: A Quick Guide On Starting And Growing Your Piano Skills: Piano Practice Routine
If you can already play songs hands together it'll take you about 4 months to get good at playing piano by ear. If you're a complete beginner and you've never played a song hands together before, it'll take you about 6 months because you'll...- $8.99
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Piano Chords In Keyboard View - No Music Reading Ability Necessary!
Every Piano Chord that you'll ever need in keyboard view!Included in this book is the following: Chord charts in keyboard view showing just about every chord that you will ever need including 7ths, 9ths, augmented, diminished etc. and how to play an effective 13th...- $10.93
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The Secrets of Music Revealed: All You Need to Know to Begin Playing and Writing Music
This is the 1st book in a 3 book series exploring the secrets of music. In this book, you will learn the fundamentals of music. This book covers the basic need-to-know basic principles for success in music. Concepts in this book include but are...- $9.99
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Vendor: Rob Bridgett
Leading with Sound: Proactive Sound Practices in Video Game Development
Leading with Sound is the must-have companion guide to working on video game projects. Focused on the creative, collaborative, philosophical and organizational skills behind game sound and eschewing the technical, this book celebrates the subjects most essential to leading with sound in video game...- $170.00
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Vendor: Joseph Hoskin
Melodic Minor Guitar Cookbook
Ready to add the secret ingredients of the Melodic Minor modes to your Rock Guitar solos?The Melodic Minor Guitar Cookbook takes a look at the 7 modes of the Melodic Minor scale through a rock guitarist's eyes and teaches you how to add its...- $19.99
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Vendor: Fabrice Fitch
Renaissance Polyphony
This engaging study introduces Renaissance polyphony to a modern audience. It helps readers of all ages and levels of experience make sense of what they are hearing. How does Renaissance music work? How is a piece typical of its style and type; or, if...- $99.99
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Vendor: L. Poundie Burstein
Journeys Through Galant Expositions
Ever since the nineteenth century, descriptions of musical form have tended to rely heavily on architectonic analogies. In contrast, earlier discussions more often invoked the metaphor of a journey to describe the structure of a composition. In Journeys Through Galant Expositions, author L. Poundie...- $54.00
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Vendor: Paul Christopher Musgrave
Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Answers for Level 2 and 3
This book contains the answers for the exercises found in Levels 2A, 2B, 2C, and 3. Unlike the actual workbooks, which are printed in color, this answer book is printed in black and white, to make it more affordable. The answers provided are for...- $9.98
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Vendor: Russell Hartenberger
The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
One of the defining aspects of music is that it exists in time. From clapping to dancing, toe-tapping to head-nodding, the responses of musicians and listeners alike capture the immediacy and significance of the musical beat. This Companion explores the richness of musical time...- $111.00
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Vendor: Anahid Kassabian
Hearing Film: Tracking Identifications in Contemporary Hollywood Film Music
Music is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is just as vital as the visual and narrative components. In recent years, racial and gender diversity in film has exploded, and the making of musical scores has changed drastically. Hearing...- $170.00
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Vendor: Gregory Camp
Howard Hawks: Music as Communication in Film
Known for creating classic films including His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Bringing Up Baby, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks is one of the best-known Hollywood 'auteurs', but the important role that music plays in his films has been generally neglected by film...- $64.95
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Desire in Chromatic Harmony: A Psychodynamic Exploration of Fin de Si鐵le Tonality
How does musical harmony engage listeners in relations of desire? Where does this desire come from? Author Kenneth Smith seeks to answer these questions by analyzing works from the turn of the twentieth- century that are both harmonically enriched and psychologically complex. Desire in...- $64.00
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Vendor: Glory St Germain
LEVEL 4 Supplemental Answer Book - Ultimate Music Theory: LEVEL 4 Supplemental Answer Book - Ultimate Music Theory (identical to the LEVEL 4 Supplemen
The LEVEL 4 Supplemental Answer Book (Ultimate Music Theory) is easy to use and is identical to the LEVEL 4 Supplemental Workbook. Bonus - Free Resources - Videos for all music history listening activities in the workbook.The LEVEL 4 Supplemental Workbook is designed to...- $19.97
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LEVEL 3 Supplemental Answer Book - Ultimate Music Theory: LEVEL 3 Supplemental Answer Book - Ultimate Music Theory (identical to the LEVEL 3 Supplemen
The LEVEL 3 Supplemental Answer Book (Ultimate Music Theory) is easy to use and is identical to the LEVEL 3 Supplemental Workbook. Bonus - Free Resources - Videos for all music history listening activities in the workbook.The LEVEL 3 Supplemental Workbook is designed to...- $19.97
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Vendor: Glory St Germain
Music Theory Beginner A Ultimate Music Theory: Music Theory Beginner A Workbook includes 12 Fun and Engaging Lessons, Reviews, Sight Reading & Ear Tra
Music Theory Beginner A is the first workbook of the Ultimate Music Theory ABC Series.These workbooks provide young students (ages 6 - 10) with a solid foundation in music theory with practical applications.Fun and Engaging with 12 Lessons, Reviews and Sight Reading & Ear...- $19.97
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Vendor: Maciej Goląb
Time in Music and Culture
For centuries, the dispute over time has concerned mainly its objective and relative character. For the author, besides philosophy and science, the principal point of reference is man, the way he exists in time and space, and the way he observes, senses and organises...- $76.10
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Vendor: Clive McClelland
Tempesta: Stormy Music in the Eighteenth Century
Tempesta is a term coined in this book applying to music that exhibits agitated or violent characteristics in order to evoke terror and chaos, involving ideas like rapid scale passages, driving rhythmic figurations, strong accents, full textures, and robust instrumentation including prominent brass and...- $47.99
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Vendor: Mariana Montiel
Theoretical and Practical Pedagogy of Mathematical Music Theory: Music for Mathematics and Mathematics for Music, from School to Postgraduate Levels
During the past 40 years, mathematical music theory has grown and developed in both the fields of music and mathematics. In music pedagogy, the need to analyze patterns of modern composition has produced Musical Set Theory, and the use of Group Theory and other...- $118.00
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Vendor: Paulo de Assis
Logic of Experimentation: Reshaping Music Performance in and Through Artistic Research
Logic of Experimentation offers several innovative and ground-breaking perspectives on music performance, music ontology, research methodologies and ethics of performance. It proposes new modes of thinking and exposing past musical works to contemporary audiences, arguing for a new kind of performer, emancipated from authoritative...- $55.00
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Vendor: Joyce Shintani
H駘鈩e Cixous, 馗riture f駑inine and Musical Analysis
Out of roiling French feminist theory in the 1970s, philosopher and writer H l ne Cixous developed the practice of lecture feminine - based on the notion of criture f minine - as an analytic approach in her own seminars. In musicology, it wasn't...- $12.90
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Vendor: Elliot Antokoletz
Post-Tonal Affinities in Piano Works of Bart, Chen, and Crumb
The book explores cellular pivots as a new means of progression, functional tonality having disappeared in much of contemporary music. B駘a Bart serves as a kind of father figure to Chen Yi and George Crumb - stylistically, technically, and even philosophically. These affinities provide...- $69.35
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Vendor: Emmanuel Amiot
Music Through Fourier Space: Discrete Fourier Transform in Music Theory
Discrete Fourier Transform of Distributions.- Homometry and the Phase Retrieval Problem.- Nil Fourier Coefficients and Tilings.- Saliency.- Continuous Spaces, Continuous Fourier Transform.- Phases of Fourier Coefficients.Author: Emmanuel AmiotISBN-10: 3319833235ISBN-13: 9783319833231Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2018Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d- $54.99
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Vendor: Trevor Beck
How to Read Music: The 6 Easy Steps to Meet your Reading Goals on Any Instrument
Does sheet music scare you? Have you tried learning how to read music before but failed? Are you having a hard time understanding how it works? If your answer to at least one of the previous questions is "yes", then this book is definitely...- $9.98
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Vendor: Vince Inchierca
The Theory of Guitar Made Easy
The Theory of Guitar Made Easy serves as both a supplement to your other guitar lessons as well as providing unique insight into the theory behind what is required for you to truly understand your guitar playing as a whole. Through the simplified, easy-to-understand,...- $29.99
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Vendor: Glory St Germain
LEVEL 6 Supplemental Workbook - Ultimate Music Theory: The LEVEL 6 Supplemental Workbook is designed to be completed with the Intermediate Rudiments W
The LEVEL 6 Supplemental Workbook - Ultimate Music Theory is designed to be completed with the Step-by-Step Intermediate Rudiments Workbook.Bonus - Free Resources - Videos for all music history listening activities in the workbook.UMT Intermediate Rudiments Workbook plus the LEVEL 6 Supplemental = RCM...- $19.97
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Vendor: Tobe a. Richards
The Charangon Chord Bible: CFADA Standard Tuning 1,728 Chords
The Charangon Chord Bible, with its 1,728 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by many jazz...- $24.95
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Vendor: Emma Fennessy
Play: Games to make piano and music theory fun
Do you struggle to make learning music theory fun?If you are a piano teacher of children aged between 4 and 10, looking to reinforce the fundamentals of keyboard orientation and music structure, this book is for you.Containing 14 ready-to-use games, all beautifully hand illustrated,...- $37.99
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The Cavaquinho Chord Bible: DGBD Standard Tuning 1,728 Chords
The Cavaquinho Chord Bible, with its 1,728 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by many jazz...- $21.95
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The Tenor Banjo Chord Bible: CGDA Standard 'Jazz' Tuning 1,728 Chords
The Tenor Banjo Chord Bible, with its 1,728 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by many...- $21.95
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The Irish Bouzouki Chord Bible: GDAE Mandolin Style Tuning 1,728 Chords
The Irish Bouzouki GDAE Chord Bible, with its 1,728 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by...- $21.95
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Vendor: Elvo D'Amante
Music Fundamentals: Pitch Structures and Rhythmic Design
A basic theory text designed for music majors as well as nonmajors who wish to acquire a working knowledge of musicianship and music theory. Music fundamentals are approached through the parallel study of pitch considerations and rhythmic design.Author: Elvo D'AmanteISBN-10: 1880157128ISBN-13: 9781880157121Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage:...- $97.00
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The Structure of Chords & Keys
Handbook, Referencebook. Helps readers acquire thorough knowledge of all modern and old keys and chords, also supplementary to music lessons. For keyboard players, singers and players of other music instruments.Author: John Jr. AmbroseISBN-10: 1847534163ISBN-13: 9781847534163Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2011Pages: 146Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 11.69h x 8.27w...- $26.50
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Vendor: Screech House
Edm Production Secrets (2 in 1 Value Pack): The Ultimate Melody Guide & EDM Mixing Guide (How to Make Awesome Melodies without Knowing Music Theory &
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Music Instruction Study Theory Books
Music instruction study theory books are a diverse collection of resources designed to assist musicians of all levels in expanding their knowledge and skills in music theory and performance. These books cover a wide range of musical subjects, ranging from basic music theory to advanced instrumental techniques.
One of the primary purposes of music instruction study theory books is to teach musicians the fundamental principles of music theory. This includes topics such as notation, rhythm, harmony, and melody. In addition to theory, music instruction study theory books also focus on developing practical skills in various instruments and musical styles. There are books dedicated to specific instruments, such as piano, guitar, violin, and many more. These instrument-specific books provide detailed instruction on technique, fingerings, and exercises to improve proficiency and mastery of the instrument. They delve into the specific techniques, styles, and improvisation methods associated with each genre, enabling musicians to broaden their musical horizons and explore new avenues of expression. Furthermore, music instruction study theory books often include comprehensive exercises and practice materials. These exercises are designed to reinforce the concepts and techniques taught in the book, allowing musicians to develop a solid foundation and improve their musical abilities through regular practice.
Whether you are a beginner just starting your musical journey or an advanced musician looking to deepen your understanding and skills, music instruction study theory books offer a wealth of knowledge and guidance. They are ideal for self-study or can be used as supplementary materials in music lessons or classes.
Intermediate and advanced musicians can also benefit from our extensive collection. We have books that delve deeper into music theory, offering in-depth explanations of topics such as harmony, counterpoint, composition techniques, and more. These resources are designed to challenge and inspire you, helping you expand your repertoire and unlock new artistic possibilities.
At White Rain Book House, we believe that music instruction study theory books should be comprehensive and informative, but also engaging and enjoyable to read. That's why we carefully curate our collection, ensuring that each book we offer is written by knowledgeable and experienced authors who have a passion for their subject matter. We want to provide you with books that not only teach but also inspire and ignite your creativity.