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Vendor:John Wallace
Exotic Guitar Scales: Arpeggios and Modes from Around the World
Set your guitar playing apart by learning the best Exotic Scales and Arpeggios from around the world In this book you'll find easy to use diagrams which will help you take your guitar playing to a new level. Written in an easy to understand...- $9.99
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Vendor:Hal Leonard Corp
Guardians of the Galaxy: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A baker's dozen songs from the soundtrack to this 2014 film based on the Marvel Comics comic book series. It features a stellar retro collection of pop hits arranged for piano, voice and guitar as well as full-color scenes from the movie....- $24.99
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Vendor:Teresa Davidian
Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century Musician: An Introduction
Students today have grown up in the age of digital technology. As a result, they process information in radically different ways than preceding generations. They like their information fast and consider visual images as important as textual content. In Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century...- $66.00
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Vendor:George Heussenstamm
Hal Leonard Harmony & Theory - Part 2: Chromatic
(Music Instruction). This two-book series includes a wealth of material used to teach harmony and theory in college-level courses by George Heussenstamm, author of the Norton Manual of Musical Notation . Part 2 Chromatic introduces readers to modulation and more advanced harmonies, covering: secondary...- $27.50
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Vendor:John Bell
Music Theory for Musical Theatre
Music Theory for Musical Theatre is a textbook designed to demystify music theory and analysis to make it more accessible to the musical theatre student. It aims to equip the student with a basic skill set that he or she can directly apply to...- $63.00
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Vendor:Marie Moran
Harmony Notes Book 1
Harmony Notes Book 1 offers a fresh engaging approach to the study of four-part vocal harmony. The presentation of material is clear, uncomplicated, and follows a carefully graded sequence.Each topic is supported by worked examples incorporating detailed explanations of good practice. Each stage is...- $30.95
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Vendor:Will Kuhn
Electronic Music School: A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Musical Creativity
Electronic Music School: A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Musical Creativity is a practical blueprint for teachers wanting to begin teaching music technology to secondary age students. Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein inspire classroom music teachers to expand beyond traditional ensemble-based music education offerings to...- $37.99
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Vendor:Mark Hijleh
Towards a Global Music Theory: Practical Concepts and Methods for the Analysis of Music Across Human Cultures
Conferences, workshops and curricula are for the first time beginning to develop around the theme of 'world music theory', as students, teachers and researchers recognize the need for analytical concepts and methods applicable to a wider range of human musics. This book proposes a...- $170.00
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Vendor:Luke Zecchin
Learn Your Guitar Chords: Chord Charts, Symbols & Shapes Explained (Book + Online Bonus)
THE ONLY CHORD BOOK YOU'LL EVER NEED. Why does the world need another guitar chord dictionary? In short, it doesn't. Chord books are often surprisingly unhelpful in making sense of things. They're valuable for reference and contain a lot of information, but they don't...- $10.99
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Vendor:Valery Lloyd-Watts
Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual
This guide to understanding ornamentation in each era of music includes information on how to understand and remain faithful to the composer's intention, how many and which notes to use in each ornament, how to integrate ornaments smoothly into a performance, and simple strategies...- $11.99
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Vendor:Nina Sun Eidsheim
The Race of Sound: Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music
In The Race of Sound Nina Sun Eidsheim traces the ways in which sonic attributes that might seem natural, such as the voice and its qualities, are socially produced. Eidsheim illustrates how listeners measure race through sound and locate racial subjectivities in vocal timbre-the...- $26.95
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Vendor:Victor Zuckerkandl
Sound and Symbol: Music and the External World
An approach to music as an instrument of philosophical inquiry, seeking not so much a philosophy of music as a philosophy through music.Author: Victor ZuckerkandlISBN-10: 069101759XISBN-13: 9780691017594Publisher: Princeton University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/1969Pages: 407Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.07h x 5.05w x 1.03d- $53.00
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Vendor:Sir James H. Jeans
Science and Music
Sir James Jeans, noted British scientist, has given a physical analysis of musical sounds, in what is considered to be the best exposition on the subject, a book of great intellectual stature. His aim has been to convey precise information, in a simple non-technical...- $14.95
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Vendor:Douglas Wadle
Einstein's Violin: The Love Affair Between Science, Music, and History's Most Creative Thinkers
Music brings great joy to many of us. But its other benefits often go underappreciated. Numerous studies and historical anecdotes highlight how powerfully music alters the human mind. Two characteristics drive most of music's cognitive benefits: It builds a faster highway between the right...- $33.95
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Vendor:Mark Doffman
The Oxford Handbook of Time in Music
Music represents one of humanity's most vivid contemplations on the nature of time itself. The ways that music can modify, intensify, and even dismantle our understanding of time's passing is at the foundation of musical experience, and is common to listeners, composers, and performers...- $165.00
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Vendor:R. Ryan Endris
Music Theory for Beginners
Learning to read and write music is very similar to learning a new language. Music theory is the study of the fundamental elements of music and how it is written.Music Theory For Beginners was developed for anyone interested in learning to read and write...- $15.95
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Vendor:Joseph Alexander
The Circle of Fifths for Piano
Most pianists know their scales, but few actually understand the essential principles of how they relate to each other. The Circle of Fifths is the ancient "Rosetta Stone" of music theory, that not only tells you which notes are in any key, but also...- $14.99
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Vendor:Hal Leonard Corp
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This updated 7th edition coffee table collection is a Disney lover's dream come true It is a guided tour through the many legendary years of Disney music. The book begins with an extensive musical history of Disney, followed by beautiful piano/vocal arrangements...- $34.99
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Vendor:Mark Harrison
Contemporary Music Theory - Level Two: A Complete Harmony and Theory Method for the Pop and Jazz Musician
(Piano). The Music Theory series is designed from the ground-up to explain the terminology and musical structures needed for modern applications. Level One is an introductory course which covers music notation, key signatures, basic scales, intervals, modes, diatonic relationships and 3-and 4-part chords. Level...- $36.99
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Vendor:Vincent Persichetti
Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice
Here for the first time is an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern...- $58.00
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Vendor:Brad Osborn
Everything in Its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead
More than any rock artist since The Beatles, Radiohead's music inhabits the sweet spot between two extremes: on the one hand, music that is wholly conventional and conforms to all expectations of established rock styles, and, on the other hand, music so radically experimental...- $39.99
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Vendor:Gerald Klickstein
The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness
In The Musician's Way, veteran performer and educator Gerald Klickstein combines the latest research with his 30 years of professional experience to provide aspiring musicians with a roadmap to artistic excellence. Part I, Artful Practice, describes strategies to interpret and memorize compositions, fuel motivation,...- $31.99
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Vendor:Michael Zager
Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students
In an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century, the guidance of a skilled music producer is quickly becoming indispensable for producing a great recording.Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third...- $68.00
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Vendor:Jane Piper Clendinning
The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis Workbook
This Workbook accompanies The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis, Fourth Edition, and features hundreds of exercises students can complete on tear-out-and-turn-in pages.Author: Jane Piper Clendinning, Elizabeth West MarvinISBN-10: 0393442306ISBN-13: 9780393442304Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2021Pages: 560Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.73lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.50w...- $75.00
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Vendor:Tobe a. Richards
The Irish Tenor Banjo Chord Bible: GDAE Irish Tuning 1,728 Chords
The Irish 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...- $24.95
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Vendor:Stephen C. Stone
Music Theory and Composition: A Practical Approach
Music Theory and Composition: A Practical Approachpresents a pragmatic, accessible approach to music theory through an emphasis on melody and counterpoint. This focus explains the "why" of musical construction more clearly than the traditional approach of beginning with chords. By starting with a single...- $94.00
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Vendor:Hal Leonard Corp
Descendants 2: Music from the Disney Channel Original TV Movie Soundtrack
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This souvenir songbook features 11 songs from the soundtrack and full-color photos from the sequel to the Disney Channel hit original movie Descendants: Wicked World . Songs include: Better Together * Chillin' like a Villain * Evil * It's Goin' Down *...- $19.99
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Vendor:Chad Johnson
Guitarist's Guide to Scales Over Chords: The Foundation of Melodic Soloing [With CD (Audio)]
(Guitar Educational). Lots of guitar players know several scales, but how many really know what to do with them? With Guitarist's Guide to Scales Over Chords, you'll learn how to apply the most commonly used scales in a musical manner. This book examines how...- $22.99
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Vendor:Nicolas Slonimsky
Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns
The Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns is a comprehensive reference book written by Nicolas Slonimsky. The book contains a vast collection of scales and melodic patterns that are organized in a systematic manner. It is an essential resource for musicians, composers, and music...- $43.95
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Vendor:Matthew Bribitzer-Stull
Understanding the Leitmotif: From Wagner to Hollywood Film Music
The musical leitmotif, having reached a point of particular forcefulness in the music of Richard Wagner, has remained a popular compositional device up to the present day. In this book, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull explores the background and development of the leitmotif, from Wagner to the...- $46.99
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Vendor:Nicomachus of Gerasa
The Manual of Harmonics of Nicomachus the Pythagorean
In ancient Greek thought, the musical scale discovered by the philosopher Pythagoras was seen as a utopian model of the harmonic order behind the structure of the cosmos and human existence. Through proportion and harmony, the musical scale bridges the gap between two extremes....- $18.00
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Vendor:David P. Nelson
Konnakkol Manual: An Advanced Course in Solkattu
David Nelson wrote and compiled Konnakkol Manual to assist teaching an advanced course in the rhythmic compositions of Karnatak (South Indian) music. This new instructional book picks up where his previous book, Solkattu Manual, left off. It includes advanced exercises for developing control of...- $34.95
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Vendor:Felix Salzer
Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music
Written by a pupil of the late Heinrich Schenker, this outstanding work is the most thorough exposition in English of Schenker's work. Developing and extending the Schenker approach to include modern music, it explores the phenomenon of tonal organization in Western music by means...- $29.95
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Vendor:Tommy Swindali
Piano Music Theory: Swiftly Learn The Piano & Music Theory Essentials and Save Big on Months of Private Lessons! Chords, Intervals, Scales
If you want to learn the exact theory and techniques you need to play the piano without boring or complicated lessons then keep on reading.Traditionally, piano lessons can be very boring and require a fixed time. Then many books are either too complex or...- $19.99
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Vendor:Michael Zager
Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students
In an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century, the guidance of a skilled music producer is quickly becoming indispensable for producing a great recording.Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third...- $142.00
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Vendor:Phillip Johnston
Silent Films/Loud Music: New Ways of Listening to and Thinking about Silent Film Music
Silent Films/Loud Musicdiscusses contemporary scores for silent film as a rich vehicle for experimentation in the relationship between music, image, and narrative. Johnston offers an overview of the early history of music for silent film paired with his own first-hand view of the craft...- $130.00
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Vendor:Rich Stitzel
DrumMantra: The Foundational Series
Rich Stitzel, Creator of the DrumMantra Practice System, shares his method for sharpening your concept of time, fine-tuning your accuracy, improving your pulse awareness, enhancing your knowledge of time signatures, deepening your coordination, and informing your understanding of polymeters. The DrumMantra Practice System utilizes...- $19.95
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Vendor:Miguel A. Roig-Francolí
Understanding Post-Tonal Music
Understanding Post-Tonal Music is a student-centered textbook that explores the compositional and musical processes of twentieth-century post-tonal music. Intended for undergraduate or general graduate courses on the theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, this book will increase the accessibility of post-tonal music by providing...- $120.00
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Vendor:Thomas A. Regelski
Curriculum Philosophy and Theory for Music Education PRAXIS
Curriculum decisions are the foundation of education. They determine the knowledge, understandings, skills, attitudes, and values deemed necessary for today's students. Beyond musical competencies, a curriculum is, therefore, the most important responsibility facing music educators--one that goes well beyond the skills of simply delivering...- $32.99
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Vendor:Paul Oliver
Screening the Blues
The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions--musical and religious--and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes "the...- $21.99
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Vendor:James Buhler
Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History
Hearing the Movies, Second Edition, combines a historical and chronological approach to the study of film music and sound with an emphasis on building listening skills. Through engaging, accessible analyses and exercises, the book covers all aspects of the subject, including how a soundtrack...- $137.99
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Vendor:Jon Burlingame
The Music of James Bond
The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary...- $35.99
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Vendor:Peter Cheyne
The Philosophy of Rhythm: Aesthetics, Music, Poetics
Rhythm is the fundamental pulse that animates poetry, music, and dance across all cultures. And yet the recent explosion of scholarly interest across disciplines in the aural dimensions of aesthetic experience--particularly in sociology, cultural and media theory, and literary studies--has yet to explore this...- $58.00
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Vendor:Kurt Stone
Music Notation in the Twentieth Century: A Practical Guidebook
In this comprehensive and definitive survey of current notation procedures, Kurt Stone brought order to a field traditionally fraught with confusion and idiosyncrasy. The text not only describes and recommends new methods for notating modern music, thereby establishing standard procedures for the present and...- $71.95
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Vendor:Andrew Eales
How to Practice Music by Andrew Eales with a Foreword by Paul Harris
(Instructional). The essential, pocket-sized companion for every musician! Accessible and authoritative, How to Practice Music is an ideal guide for anyone learning to play music. Suitable for instrumentalists and vocalists of any genre, this comprehensive handbook will give you a better idea of how...- $10.99
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Vendor:James Shipway
No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists: Master the Essential Knowledge all Guitarists Need to Know
Volume 1 in the 'Music Theory for Guitarists' series: Unlock essential guitar theory to boost your ability and confidence as a guitarist.Easy language. Music reading not required. Includes free downloadable audio!Inside the 12 chapters of this guitar theory book you'll learn about intervals, triads,...- $26.29
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Vendor:Paul Christopher Musgrave
Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 1C: In-Depth Piano Theory Fun for Children's Music Lessons and HomeSchooling - For Beginners Learning a Musi
What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any...- $9.98
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Vendor:Paul Hindemith
The Craft of Musical Composition, Book 2: Exercises in Two-Part Writing
(Schott). Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument of the orchestra, could compose...- $22.95
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Vendor:W. A. Mathieu
The Musical Life
Being musical does not necessarily mean being a musician; it doesn't mean playing the piano at parties or composing songs for lovers. It is a way of being awake, an angle of perception, a tilt of the ear. The musical ear knows it is...- $24.95
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Vendor:Katherine Teck
Ear Training for the Body: A Dancer's Guide to Music
An approach to music from the dancer's viewpoint, this book offers a two-part exploration of music as it relates to dance, beginning with an introduction to aspects of musicality that dancers--and other music lovers--can explore and put into practice immediately.Author: Katherine TeckISBN-10: 0871271923ISBN-13: 9780871271921Publisher:...- $29.95
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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.