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Vendor:Levi Clay
Guided Practice Routines For Guitar - Advanced Level
The Complete Advanced Guitar Practice Method Frustrated with long-term plateaus? Feel like you're wasting time in the practice room? Don't know what to study to improve your guitar playing? If you already practice guitar but struggle with the what, when, and how, then this...- $19.99
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Vendor:René Rusch
Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation
Music scholarship's views of Franz Schubert's instrumental works continue to evolve. How might aesthetic values, historiographies, revisions to the composer's biography, and disciplinary commitments affect how we interpret his music?Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation explores the aesthetic positions and operations that underlie...- $75.00
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Vendor:Elvo S. D'Amante
Ear Training Vol. I: Scale Forms through Six Basic Tetrachords [With 2 CD's]
EAR TRAINING: A Comprehensive Approach to the Systematic Study of Melodic and Harmonic Structures in Music. Volume I Scale Forms through Six Basic Tetrachords.Author: Elvo S. D'AmanteISBN-10: 0962094129ISBN-13: 9780962094125Publisher: Encore Music Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/13/2017Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.54w x 0.24d- $27.95
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Vendor:Bettina Friedl
Concord in Massachusetts, Discord in the World: The Writings of Henry Thoreau and John Cage
Reading Thoreau's Journal, I discover any idea I've ever had worth its salt, notes the American composer John Cage in 1968. Upon reading the words of nineteenth-century nature philosopher Henry Thoreau, Cage is immediately fascinated with the Transcendentalist's ideas, in particular his views on...- $98.75
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Vendor:Bruce Arnold
Music Theory Workbook for All Instruments, Volume One
This book uses extremely simple language to explain the basics of music theory. Exercises require the student to write out examples using staff notation. Exercises include simple interval to highly complex chords.Author: Bruce ArnoldISBN-10: 1890944467ISBN-13: 9781890944469Publisher: Muse Eek Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2001Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight:...- $24.99
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Vendor:Elaine Stratton Hild
Music in Medieval Rituals for the End of Life
For centuries of European history, singing for a person at the moment of death was considered to be the ideal accompaniment to a life's ending. In Music in Medieval Rituals for the End of Life, author Elaine Stratton Hild examines and recovers the chants...- $90.00
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Vendor:E. Eugene Helm
Melody, Harmony, Tonality: An Introduction
Where did the major scale come from? Why does most traditional non-Western music not share Western principles of harmony? What does the inner structure of a canon have to do with religious belief? Why, in historical terms, is J.S. Bach's music regarded as a...- $56.00
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Vendor:Frans Wiering
The Language of the Modes: Studies in the History of Polyphonic Modality
The Language of the Modes provides a study of modes in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. The volume codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. For...- $59.95
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Vendor:William Wignall Parkinson
The Natural And Universal Principles Of Harmony And Modulation
The Natural and Universal Principles of Harmony and Modulation is a comprehensive guide to music theory, with detailed descriptions of the principles of harmony and modulation that underlie all musical compositions. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the art and science...- $22.95
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Vendor:Jairo Moreno
Musical Representations, Subjects, and Objects: The Construction of Musical Thought in Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber
Jairo Moreno adapts the methodologies and nomenclature of Foucault's "archaeology of knowledge" and applies it through individual case studies to the theoretical writings of Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber. His conclusion summarizes the conditions--musical, philosophical, and historical--that "make a certain form of thought about...- $44.95
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Vendor:Kent D. Cleland
Developing Musicianship Through Aural Skills: A Holistic Approach to Sight Singing and Ear Training
Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, Third Edition, is a comprehensive method for learning to hear, sing, understand, and use the foundations of music as part of an integrated curriculum, incorporating both sight singing and ear training in one volume. Under the umbrella of musicianship,...- $140.00
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Vendor:Paula Maust
Expanding the Music Theory Canon: Inclusive Examples for Analysis from the Common Practice Period
Paula Maust is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.Author: Paula MaustISBN-10: 1438495811ISBN-13: 9781438495811Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2023Pages: 360Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 11.10h x 10.00w x 1.50d- $49.95
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Vendor:James Cook
Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen
Recomposing the Past is a book concerned with the complex but important ways in which we engage with the past in modern times. Contributors examine how media on stage and screen uses music, and in particular early music, to evoke and recompose a distant...- $54.95
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Vendor:Casper Corder
The Musicians Practice Plan
Our book entitled, "The Musicians Practice Plan", is finally here. This book details a plan for worship musicians that will help them start playing songs asap. We detail a plan that will help the worship culture at churches thrive by teaching musicians the chords...- $25.00
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Vendor:Mark Slobin
Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music
The first volume focusing on film music as a worldwide phenomenonThis stimulating collection of essays analyzes the music of films ranging from mainstream and subcultural American films through case studies of those from China, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Latin American, and the Caribbean, and...- $34.95
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Vendor:Thomas Pankhurst
Schenkerguide: A Brief Handbook and Website for Schenkerian Analysis
SchenkerGUIDE is an accessible overview of Heinrich Schenker's complex but fascinating approach to the analysis of tonal music. The book has emerged out of the widely used website, www.SchenkerGUIDE.com, which has been offering straightforward explanations of Schenkerian analysis to undergraduate students since 2001. Divided...- $56.95
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Vendor:Dolores Pesce
The Malmari馥 in the Thirteenth-Century Motet
This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmari馥 or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational Latin chant. Part I examines the malmari馥 motets from...- $59.95
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Vendor:Geoffrey Kidde
Learning Music Theory with Logic, Max, and Finale
Learning Music Theory with Logic, Max, and Finale is a groundbreaking resource that bridges the gap between music theory teaching and the world of music software programs. Focusing on three key programs-the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Logic, the Audio Programming Language (APL) Max, and...- $46.95
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Vendor:John Riley
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Life in Film
Author: John RileyISBN-10: 1850434840ISBN-13: 9781850434849Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2004Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.12h x 5.98w x 0.48d- $30.95
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Vendor:Sonata Fox
Piano Scales FOR KIDS: A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide for Kids to Learn about the Realms of Piano Scales and Music from A-Z
Children have a unique ability to assimilate new information at an impressive rate. In other words, they can learn new things quickly, creating a need for constant knowledge. It is the goal of this book to provide such knowledge as it relates to piano...- $19.99
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Vendor:Timothy A. Johnson
Foundations of Diatonic Theory: A Mathematically Based Approach to Music Fundamentals
Foundations of Diatonic Theory: A Mathematically Based Approach to Music Fundamentals is an introductory, undergraduate-level textbook that provides an easy entry point into the challenging field of diatonic set theory, a division of music theory that applies the techniques of discrete mathematics to the...- $73.00
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Vendor:Tom Manoff
The Music Kit
By encouraging students to be active learners and providing for varied learning styles, The Music Kit has continued to foster the development and mastery of the basic skills needed for further study in music. Students perform frequent exercises, listen to music while examining music...- $137.25
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Vendor:Karin S. Hendricks
The Oxford Handbook of Care in Music Education
The notion of care is at times misunderstood in the context of music education--equated simply with kindness or associated with lowered expectations--and is often dismissed without consideration of its full value to music learning. When viewed through a student "deficit" perspective, concepts of care...- $165.00
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Vendor:Maureen Cox
Music Theory is Fun: Book 3
Music Theory is Fun Book 3, is the third in the five-book series by Maureen Cox, newly revised to include North American terms. Using an attractive layout with clear examples and illustrations together with activities to reinforce learning and understanding, this book covers in...- $5.95
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Vendor:Thomas Tapper
First Year Harmony
This classic music textbook provides an introduction to the principles of harmony, with a focus on classical music theory and composition. Suitable for beginners and experienced musicians alike, this book covers everything from the basics of chord structure and harmonic progression to more advanced...- $31.95
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Vendor:Joanna K. Love
Soda Goes Pop: Pepsi-Cola Advertising and Popular Music
From its 1939 "Nickel, Nickel" jingle to pathbreaking collaborations with Michael Jackson and Madonna to its pair of X Factor commercials in 2011 and 2012, Pepsi-Cola has played a leading role in drawing the American pop music industry into a synergetic relationship with advertising....- $94.95
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Vendor:Walter Piston
Orchestration
Again he draws upon his own wide knowledge and experience as composer and teacher to present all phases of the subject. No practical aspect of instrumentation for the orchestra is neglected, and comprehensive treatment is given to each significant component. The author approaches orchestration...- $91.00
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Vendor:Adrian Daub
James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism
Starting with 1964's Goldfinger, every James Bond film has followed the same ritual, and so has its audience: after an exciting action sequence the screen goes black and the viewer spends three long minutes absorbing abstract opening credits and a song that sounds like...- $38.99
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Vendor:Tatiana Bandurina
Little Music Lessons for Kids: Lessons 1-5: Five Sweet Stories about the Musical Notes, Piano Keyboard, Treble Clef and Musical Staff
Here is the package of five unforgettable stories from the series "Little Music Lessons for Kids". Interesting content, vivid images and practical exercises help parents and musical teachers make a child's start in the magic world of music easy and fun. To learn the...- $39.95
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Vendor:John Thompson
Theory Drill Games - Book 2: Elementary Level
(Willis). Theory Drill Games is designed to teach musical rudiments in an interesting and attractive manner. Pages are perforated so all the work may be completed at home and the teacher can quickly evaluate student efforts as work sheets are turned in at the...- $7.99
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Vendor:Jered Cutler
Tonality, Measured: The Specific Sounds of Scales & Chords
Musicians have the encouragement to "just feel it" in their creative process. While that should always remain a factor, now you can have an encyclopedic knowledge of various scales and chords to inform your music-making decisions. This book expands upon pre-existing concepts of tonality...- $43.49
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Vendor:Victoria Rogers
Postgraduate Research in Music: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Thesis
Postgraduate Research in Music: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Thesis is an essential text for music students who are undertaking postgraduate research. Unique in its approach and scope, this is a "how to" book, a practical guide that sets out, step-by-step, how to...- $29.95
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Vendor:Frances Clark
The Music Tree Activities Book: Part 1
The Activities books are closely correlated, unit-by-unit with the Music Tree series. They provide extensive reinforcement in all the new Music Tree discoveries, plus they offer an exciting new program of sight-playing, guaranteed to develop successful sight-readers from the start.Author: Frances Clark, Louise Goss,...- $8.99
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Vendor:Guerino Mazzola
Cool Math for Hot Music: A First Introduction to Mathematics for Music Theorists
Part I: Introduction and Short History.- The 'Counterpoint' of Mathematics and Music.- Short History of the Relationship Between Mathematics and Music.- Part II: Sets and Functions.- The Architecture of Sets.- Functions and Relations.- Universal Properties.- Part III: Numbers.- Natural Numbers.- Recursion.- Natural Arithmetic.- Euclid...- $69.99
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Vendor:Tobe a. Richards
The Baritone Guitar Chord Bible: Low A Tuning 1,728 Chords
The Baritone Guitar (Low A Tuning) 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...- $21.95
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Vendor:Xavier Ray Jefferson
Easy Composing for Piano: Create Your Own Songs In A Snap
Inside these pages, you'll embark on a musical adventure, uncovering the power of diatonic chords and their ability to bring your melodies to life. With step-by-step instructions and clear explanations, you'll learn how to harness the expressive potential of these chords on the piano....- $19.98
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Vendor:Joseph Alexander
Guitar Scales Collection - Pentatonic & Guitar Mode Soloing Connections: Go From Pentatonics to Modes & Solo All Over the Guitar Neck in this Three-Bo
Master Pentatonic & Modal Scales and Achieve Complete Fretboard Freedom!Three best-selling modern guitar method books in one definitive collection: Minor Pentatonic Soloing ConnectionsFrom Pentatonic Scales to ModesGuitar Mode Soloing ConnectionsJoseph Alexander is the most popular and highly rated guitar author on Amazon.In this collection...- $49.99
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Vendor:Cristle Collins Judd
Reading Renaissance Music Theory: Hearing with the Eyes
This groundbreaking book offers a new perspective on a central group of music theory treatises that have long formed a background to the study of Renaissance music. Taking theorists' music examples as a point of departure, it explores fundamental questions about how music was...- $34.99
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Vendor:Adam Tetlow
The Diagram: Harmonic Geometry
How do you divide a line into three? Or five? Or seven? Is there a simple way to marry harmony and geometry? What is the secret diagram alluded to by writers of antiquity? In this groundbreaking book, philosopher Adam Tetlow reveals the long lost...- $8.95
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Vendor:Ruth Crawford Seeger
The Music of American Folk Song: And Selected Other Writings on American Folk Music
This is the first complete publication of the late composer and scholar Ruth Crawford Seeger's major work on American folksongs. It preserves them as well as demonstrates how they should be played so that they remain a living partof the American musical tradition. This...- $34.95
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Vendor:David Harrison
Hal Leonard Rhythm and Counting: The Practical Handbook for Mastering Rhythm Book/Online Audio
(Music Instruction). This essential, practical handbook for mastering rhythm has been designed for students of any instrument or voice providing them a comprehensive and systematic approach to understanding rhythms, rhythmic devices, and how to count them. Packed full of practical exercises, this book also...- $14.99
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Vendor:Kim Burwell
Studio-Based Instrumental Learning
In Studio-Based Instrumental Learning, Kim Burwell investigates the nature of lesson interactions in instrumental teaching and learning. Studio lesson activity is represented as a private interaction, dealing with skill acquisition and reflecting a tradition based in apprenticeship, as well as the personal attributes and...- $170.00
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Vendor:T疉irih Motazedian
Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film Volume 4
Key is one of the simplest building blocks of music and is among the foundational properties of a work's musical identity--so why isn't it a standard parameter in discussing film music? Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film is the first book to investigate film...- $34.95
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Vendor:Klara Moricz
Jewish Identities: Nationalism, Racism, and Utopianism in Twentieth-Century Music Volume 8
Jewish Identities mounts a formidable challenge to prevailing essentialist assumptions about "Jewish music," which maintain that ethnic groups, nations, or religious communities possess an essence that must manifest itself in art created by members of that group. Kl疵a Micz scrutinizes concepts of Jewish identity...- $85.00
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Vendor:Nicholas Cook
Rethinking Music
Rethinking Music offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of current thinking about music. In this book, 24 distinguished musicologists, music theorists, and ethnomusicologists review different dimensions of musical study, revealing a range of concerns that are shared across the discipline: the nature of musicological practice, its...- $79.00
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Vendor:Joshua S. Walden
Musical Portraits: The Composition of Identity in Contemporary and Experimental Music
Joshua S. Walden's Musical Portraits: The Composition of Identity in Contemporary and Experimental Music explores the wide-ranging but under-examined genre of musical portraiture. It focuses in particular on contemporary and experimental music created between 1945 and the present day, an era in which conceptions...- $115.00
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Music and Embodied Cognition: Listening, Moving, Feeling, and Thinking
Taking a cognitive approach to musical meaning, Arnie Cox explores embodied experiences of hearing music as those that move us both consciously and unconsciously. In this pioneering study that draws on neuroscience and music theory, phenomenology and cognitive science, Cox advances his theory of...- $50.00
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Vendor:Randall Everett Allsup
Remixing the Classroom: Toward an Open Philosophy of Music Education
In a delightfully self-conscious philosophical "mash-up," Randall Everett Allsup provides alternatives for the traditional master-apprentice teaching model that has characterized music education. By providing examples across the arts and humanities, Allsup promotes a vision of education that is open, changing, and adventurous at heart....- $27.00
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Vendor:Isabella Van Elferen
Timbre: Paradox, Materialism, Vibrational Aesthetics
Timbre is among the most important and the most elusive aspects of music. Visceral and immediate in its sonic properties, yet also considered sublime and ineffable, timbre finds itself caught up in metaphors: tone "color", "wet" acoustics, or in Schoenberg's words, "the illusory stuff...- $40.95
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Musical Bows of Southern Africa
Musical Bows of Southern Africa brings together current scholarly research that documents a rich regional diversity as well as cultural relationships in bow music knowledge and contemporary practices. The book is framed as a critical appraisal of traditional ethnomusicological studies of the region -...- $40.95
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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.