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Vendor:Patrice Paul Larroque
English Rhythm and Blues: Where Language and Music Come Together
Patrice Larroque hypothesizes that early blues singers may have been influenced by the trochaic rhythm of English. English is stressed and timed, which means that there is a regular beat to the language, just like there is a beat in a blues song. This...- $170.00
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First Year Harmony: Complete
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...- $17.95
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Vendor:J. T. Carrodus
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...- $32.99
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Vendor:Robin Maconie
Other Planets: The Complete Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen 1950-2007
German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen was arguably the most influential figure of the European postwar avant-garde and unquestionably the most elusive and enigmatic musical thinker of a generation that includes Pierre Boulez, John Cage, and Luciano Berio. His radically new electronic and instrumental music converted...- $72.00
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Vendor:Peter Wegele
Max Steiner: Composing, Casablanca, and the Golden Age of Film Music
Max Steiner is one of the greatest--not to mention most prolific--composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. The winner of three Academy Awards, Steiner's credits include King Kong, The Informer, Gone with the Wind, Now, Voyager, Since You Went Away, Johnny Belinda, and The...- $117.00
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Vendor:Marc Schonbrun
The Everything Music Theory Book with CD: Take Your Understanding of Music to the Next Level
Perfect for everyone from the intermediate musician to the collegiate music major, this book is a complete guide to mastering musical understanding! It's a total educational package, with a helpful audio CD, hundreds of illustrations, and challenging practice exercises. You'll learn: How chords and...- $19.95
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Vendor:Tatiana Bandurina
Little Music Lessons for Kids: Lessons 1-2-3: Three Cheerful Music Stories about a Staff, a Treble Clef and the Line Notes
You can teach your child music theory with help of the series "Little Music Lessons for Kids" even if you are a total newbie. Magic stories with bright pictures and a cute musical puppy tell your little one about what the music staff is...- $27.45
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Little Music Lessons for Kids: Lesson 1: A Fascinating Story about the Staff and Treble Clef
A Funny story about a Staff and the Treble Clef author begins a series of Little Music Lessons for Kids. The main "teacher" in this and all the other 10 lessons is a musical puppy, who lives in a musical family and knows a...- $11.95
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Vendor:Dan Dresnok
Guitar Lessons for the Curious Musician
Welcome to Guitar Lessons for the Curious Musician! This is the ultimate guitar lessons book for all levels. You'll get a complete understanding of guitar & music theory. You'll learn how to play guitar with tabbed out examples, chord progressions, & in-depth explanations. Included...- $11.29
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Vendor:Russell Hayes
Things That You Can Learn From Rappers
"Things That You Can Learn From Rappers" is about how rappers influence hip-hop culture through their lyrics and lives. The book is also about hip-hop culture itself. While a lot of rappers get characterized by their hedonism, through lyrical analysis and a little bit...- $6.98
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Vendor:Pete Martin
Easy Music Theory for Fiddle and Mandolin
An introduction to basic music theory for fiddle and mandolin players.Author: Pete MartinISBN-10: 1468057952ISBN-13: 9781468057959Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/25/2011Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.44d- $35.00
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Vendor:Glen Haydon
Introduction To Musicology: A Survey Of The Fields, Systematic And Historical, Of Musical Knowledge And Research
Author: Glen HaydonISBN-10: 1258214458ISBN-13: 9781258214456Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.72d- $36.95
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Vendor:Rob Silver
Symmetrical and Other Scales for Guitar
This guide maps out various Symmetrical Scales, that is scales based on repeated subdivisions of an octave, and a few other oddities that didn't fit neatly into any other volume of the series for you on 6 string guitar in standard tuning. Scales mapped...- $10.99
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Vendor:Rob Silver
The Neapolitan Minor Scale and its Modes for Guitar
This guide maps out the NEAPOLITAN MINOR and its Modes, including: THE NEAPOLITAN MINOR SCALE, LYDIAN #6, MIXOLYDIAN #5, AEOLIAN #4, LOCRIAN NATURAL 3, IONIAN #2, ALTERED bb3 bb7 for you on 6 string guitar in standard tuning. Each scale or mode is mapped...- $9.99
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Vendor:Kenneth M. O'Gorman
Scales A La Mode: an introduction to modal improvisation
Author: Kenneth M. O'GormanISBN-10: 1505414199ISBN-13: 9781505414196Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2014Pages: 114Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.24d- $16.15
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Vendor:Kenneth M. O'Gorman
Jazz Triads: Triad arpeggios for aspiring improvisors
Author: Kenneth M. O'GormanISBN-10: 1502913097ISBN-13: 9781502913098Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2014Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d- $16.10
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Vendor:Tatiana Bandurina
Little Music Lessons for Kids: Lesson 6: : Learning the Duration of Musical Notes: A dangerous story about the apple that loved to sing and the knife
You must read the sixth story from the series Little Music Lessons for Kids to your child It will help him quickly and easily remember the duration of the musical notes. Lesson six, as well as all the stories (lessons) from this series, was...- $11.95
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Vendor:Adrian Allen
Polytonality
The definitive text on polytonality. Describes the difference between polymodality and polytonality. Refutes theoretical errors of the past. Describes and illustrates both integrative and strict forms. Integrative: Illustrates how to build a keyset to obtain chords and clusters. Describes how to achieve Rich Fifths...- $55.00
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Vendor:Justin Patch
Re-Making Sound: An Experiential Approach to Sound Studies
Re-Making Sound is concise and flexible primer to sound studies. It takes students through six ways of conceptualizing sound and its links to other social phenomena: soundscapes; noise; sound and semiotics of the voice; sound and/through/in text; background sound/sound design; and sound art. Each...- $90.00
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Vendor:Adrian Allen
Modal Diatonicism
The most comprehensive book on Modes, and modal music theory. Elucidates the new theory and method of Modal Diatonicism. It covers all of the natural "Church Modes" Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian, and diatonic sets including the prodominate major and prodominate minor...- $75.00
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Vendor:Evangelos C. Sembos
Rhythm Exercises for Musicians
Whether an instrumentalist or a vocalist, this book will help you achieve a remarkable control in the performance of the most difficult and rhythmically complex lines of music. Beginning with detailed instruction for the novice and building to more advanced levels, the single and...- $20.95
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Vendor:Alan Merriam
Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians
All people, in no matter what culture, must be able to place their music firmly in the context of the totality of their beliefs, experiences, and activities, for without such ties, music cannot exist. This means that there must be a body of theory...- $62.95
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Vendor:John Hullah
Rudiments of Musical Grammar
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...- $29.95
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Vendor:Arthur Foote
Theory Of Music (1908)
The Theory of Music is a comprehensive guide to the principles and practices of music theory written by Arthur Foote and originally published in 1908. The book covers a wide range of topics, including notation, scales, intervals, chords, harmony, counterpoint, and form. Foote provides...- $50.95
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Vendor:Marcel Cobussen
Music and Ethics
It seems self-evident that music plays more than just an aesthetic role in contemporary society. In addition, music's social, political, emancipatory, and economical functions have been the subject of much recent research. Given this, it is surprising that the subject of ethics has often...- $68.95
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Vendor:Lauren Lewandowski
Ready for Theory: Piano Workbook, Level 2
Students will learn how to notate major and harmonic minor scales ascending and descending in addition to tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords in root position and inversions. Students will also learn to name intervals with major or minor qualities. Other topics in this workbook...- $14.95
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Vendor:Lauren Lewandowski
Ready for Theory: Piano Workbook Level 1
✓Ready for Theory(R) is a comprehensive music theory workbook series. All concepts introduced have instructional pages in addition to ample review for students. ♥Teachers and students love the clean, organized layout of Ready for Theory!Topics in the Level 1 Piano Workbook include: Identify treble...- $14.95
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Vendor:James G. Beckwith
Take Control: For Guitar-Using Music Theory to Connect Chords, Scales, Songs & Riffs Together to Achieve Your Goals.
Too much information? You really can't learn all of the thousands of scales, chords, and song lessons available today. What you need is a way to handle it. "Take Control: For Guitar" gives you a system that lets you make intelligent choices about what...- $15.95
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Vendor:Margaret Susan Brandman
Contemporary Theory Workbook - Book Two
The Contemporary Theory Workbook series is a comprehensive course which provides a practical approach to music theory, from the basics of Major scale construction right through to modes and harmonic understanding, for application to the study of either classical or modern repertoire. Following on...- $22.00
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Vendor:Anthony Bushard
Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide
Released in 1954, On the Waterfront is considered one of the greatest films of all time, winning eight Academy Awards--including Best Picture--and placing in the top 20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Films survey. The film's Oscar-nominated score represented a rare venture into...- $62.00
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Vendor:Heather Laing
Gabriel Yared's The English Patient: A Film Score Guide
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- $74.00
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Vendor:Calvin R. Stapert
My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipleship in the Music of Bach
In the history of Western music, J. S. Bach is unsurpassed in mastery of technique and profundity of thought. He was also a devout Lutheran with a broad knowledge of Scripture and theology. Given Bach's combination of musical prowess, personal devotion, and theological depth,...- $25.50
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Vendor:Jerrold Levinson
The Pleasures of Aesthetics: Culture and Credit in Britain, 1694-1994
Author: Jerrold LevinsonISBN-10: 0801430593ISBN-13: 9780801430596Publisher: Cornell University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/18/1996Pages: 328Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d- $130.00
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Vendor:Karen Collins
From Pac-Man to Pop Music: Interactive Audio in Games and New Media
Digital interactive audio is the future of audio in media - most notably video games, but also web pages, theme parks, museums, art installations and theatrical events. Despite its importance to contemporary multi-media, this is the first book that provides a framework for understanding...- $54.95
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Vendor:Kathi Meyer-Baer
Music of the Spheres and the Dance of Death: Studies in Musical Iconology
The roots and evolution of two concepts usually thought to be Western in origin-musica mundana (the music of the spheres) and musica humana (music's relation to the human soul)-are explored. Beginning with a study of the early creeds of the Near East, Professor Meyer-Baer...- $65.00
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Vendor:Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Level 3 - Viola
Ensemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group...- $16.99
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Vendor:Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Level 2 - Violin USA
Ensemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group...- $16.99
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Vendor:Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Level 1 - Violin USA
Ensemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group...- $17.99
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Vendor:Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Grade 2
Graded series provides students of all ages and young players who are interested in doing music theory exams with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.These interactive books are designed where the main reference point...- $19.97
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Vendor:Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Grade 1
Graded series provides students of all ages and young players who are interested in doing music theory exams with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a string player.These interactive books are designed where the main reference point is through the...- $19.99
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Vendor:R. a. Chappell
Musicarta Modes Workbook
The musical modes present an attractive focus for both musical exploration and music theory development. Modes are scales with a different order of whole-tone and semi-tone steps to those found in the modern Western major scale. The modes are used both as scales for...- $14.95
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Vendor:William T. Newton
Understanding Chords: You Can Learn to Find the Notes to Any Chord from Its Name
The book and worksheets show a simple and unique method of quickly determing the notes to any chord by applying a few simple rules. Notes are in the most practical form (usually 3 or 4 notes), even for the most complex chords. A small...- $12.95
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Vendor:Sean Wilson
The Sound of Cinema: Hollywood Film Music from the Silents to the Present
While some film scores crash through theater speakers to claim their place in memory, others are more unassuming. Either way, a film's score is integral to successful world building. This book lifts the curtain on the elusive yet thrilling art form, examining the birth...- $39.95
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Vendor:Robert Wannamaker
The Music of James Tenney: Volume 1: Contexts and Paradigms Volume 1
Parsing the works of the experimental music pioneer Robert Wannamaker's monumental two-volume study explores the influential music and ideas of American composer, theorist, writer, performer, and educator James Tenney. Delving into the whole of Tenney's far-ranging oeuvre, Wannamaker provides in-depth, aurally grounded analyses of...- $65.00
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Vendor:Gordon Sly
Twentieth- And Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles: Analytical Pathways Toward Performance
Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles: Analytical Pathways Toward Performance presents analyses of fourteen song cycles composed after the turn of the twentieth century, with a focus on offering ways into the musical and poetic structure of each cycle to performers, scholars, and students alike....- $49.95
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Vendor:Rob Silver
The Harmonic Major Scale and its Modes for Guitar
This guide maps out THE HARMONIC MAJOR SCALE and its Modes, including: THE HARMONIC MAJOR SCALE, DORIAN b5, PHRYGIAN b4, LYDIAN b3, MIXOLYDIAN b2/DOMINANT b2, LYDIAN AUGMENTED #2 and LOCRIAN bb7 for you on 6 string guitar in standard tuning.Each scale or mode is...- $9.99
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Vendor:Karen Ann Krieger
Group Piano: Proficiency in Theory and Performance
(Educational Piano Library). Group Piano Proficiency in Theory and Performance is a comprehensive group piano course for adult beginners. Each of the 28 chapters begins with a chart of clearly outlined objectives so students have a snapshot of what skills they will learn and...- $39.99
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Vendor:Gabriele Baldini
The Story of Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto to Un Ballo in Maschera
Abitare la battaglia, Gabriele Baldini's study of the operas of Verdi from Oberto to Un ballo in maschera, has, since its posthumous publication in 1970, received much critical acclaim both in Italy and elsewhere. Its lack of technical language makes it easily accessible to...- $41.99
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Vendor:Norton Dudeque
Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras: Intertextuality and Stylization
Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras demonstrates how the composer achieved his own Brazilian neoclassical style in a group of works, nine suites in total, that is arguably one of the best examples of homage to J.S. Bach's music in the twentieth century. In this book,...- $170.00
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Vendor:Thomas Licata
Electroacoustic Music: Analytical Perspectives
Electroacoustic music, a flourishing medium for over half a century, remains today, in a wide array of technological forms, one of the major areas of creative activity in music. However, it has long been overlooked in theoretical studies--possibly in part because it does away...- $119.00
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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.