Music - Reference

Take note: You can enjoy music analysis. This concise and clear guide to simplified music theory teaches readers who play music by ear how to read musical notation by guiding them through the basics of reading and composing music to share with others. In...

The Stranglers, or Meninblack, were once considered the bad boys of punk despite never really being a punk band. Formed in Guildford in 1974, they celebrate their golden anniversary as a band that have continued to tour and record throughout their history, giving us...

Few artists have had as great an impact with their debut single as Procol Harum. Mesmerising and perplexing in equal measure, 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' remains the perfect distillation of the possibilities of psychedelia in that brief period when British pop seemed to...

This book vibrantly demonstrates how the study of music allows for identification and interpretation of the forces that form Taiwanese society, from politics and policy to reactions to and assertions of such policies.　Author: Nancy GuyISBN-10: 0367529424ISBN-13: 9780367529420Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2023Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.21h...

This kind of veteran information can be considered a kind of survival guide to becoming a working, professional bass player, and should be required reading at music schools.This is designed to inform musicians and bassists interested in coming to New York City to pursue...

This is a short guidebook to Spiritual Jazz, a subgenre of mainstream Jazz. This book will venture into the history, soundstyle, fashion, psychology and sociology of Spiritual Jaz. With an A-Z of the subgenre's best albums, giving an introduction to its best and most...

Getting Started with Improvisation is a practical and imaginative introduction to improvising for instrumentalists and pianists of any age, from pre-reading to early intermediate stage. A journey around the world, you'll explore music from other cultures as well as developing your improvising skills and...

A concise history of jazz The noteworthy composers and musicians, from Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk to Miles Davis and Charles Mingus Major performers from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington Classic songs and compositions The most...

Part one of Wayne Hussey's memoirs, covering Wayne's early life through to The Sisters of Mercy.Best known as the divisive but iconic frontman of The Mission and a poster boy for the-then fledgling gothic scene of the 80s, Wayne Hussey has been making music...

Ready to head back to the Tens? Get nostalgic with this bingeworthy 2010s Music Trivia set from Ridley's Games! Relive the decade that brought us the ice bucket challenge, ghosting, and that white and gold (or was it blue and black?) dress. With 40...

HOW THEY MADE IT - TRUE STORIES OF HOW MUSIC'S BIGGEST STARS WENT FROM START TO STARDOMAuthor: Dan KimpelISBN-10: 0634076426ISBN-13: 9780634076428Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2006Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.72w x 0.52d

"Scales & Modes" is a fantastic guide for musicians of all genres and players of all instruments. Along with chords, scales and modes are the building blocks of music and are very important to know, particularly for composition and improvisation. Featuring 31 of the...

This book "" Great Pianists on Piano Playing; Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression "", has been considered important...

Famous Musical Composers: Being Biographies Of Eminent Musicians (1891) is a book written by Lydia T. Morris that provides a comprehensive collection of biographies of some of the most well-known composers of classical music. The book contains detailed accounts of the lives and works...

Whether you play rock, blues, metal, grunge, punk, country or jazz. Show your love for guitar with the hilarious design. Guitarists can display their passion at band practice and performing at a gig Great gift for any occasion. Get this cool witty funny sarcastic...

Picking up where the critically acclaimed Salad Daze left off, Heady Daze sees Wayne Hussey revisit the years from 1985 to 1990 leading The Mission through their formation to global success.From headlining some of Europe's major festivals, playing with U2, Robert Plant and The...

(Fretted). Learn to play chords on the ukulele with this comprehensive, yet easy-to-use book. The Ukulele Chord Finder contains more than a thousand chord diagrams for the most important 28 chord types, including three voicings for each chord. Also includes a lesson on chord...

This is the most up-to-date version of the now world-renowned Rare Record Price Guide.It is the undisputed key text detailing pricings for a huge array and range of vinyl, from familiar classics to lost, underground albums of yesteryear. Launched in 1987 and published bi-annually...

This new compact guide to the history and performance of music is both authoritative and a pleasure to use. With entries drawn and condensed from the widely acclaimed The New Harvard Dictionary of Music and its companion The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, it...

Much has been written about the jazz language or the jazz vocabulary. Linguistic references are sensible and proper because, just as we speak in words and phrases derived from the alphabet, so do we improvise jazz in musical phrases derived from notes. In speech,...

This paperback edition has been fully updated to include Shane's final months and the response to his passing.Punk protagonist, legendary drinker, Irish musical icon. This is the complete and extraordinary journey of the Pogues' notorious frontman from outcast to national treasure.A Furious Devotion vividly...

A powerful biography of Steve Marriott, lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, whose voice was coveted by Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey and David Bowie, amongst many others.All or Nothing, Simon Spence's oral history biography, is drawn from over 125...

All the Mr Entertainer Hits karaoke listings disc numbers MRH001 - MRH138 The perfect tool for karaoke DJ'sAuthor: Legend MR Entertainer Leg001 -. Leg138ISBN-10: 1544920504ISBN-13: 9781544920504Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2017Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.11d

Songs of Kiwanis is a comprehensive collection of songs for all occasions, compiled by the International Committee on Music. This book includes the words and music to a wide variety of songs, from traditional folk tunes to contemporary pop hits. The songs are organized...

From 1970 to 1973 Underground Press rock critic Rick McGrath interviewed, reviewed and photographed many of the musicians who visited or lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the alternate newspapers The Georgia Straight, The Grape and The Terminal City Express. In Straight Man Rick...

This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life combines orchestral repertory history with critical thought. It includes topics such as the art of orchestration, scorereading, conducting, international orchestras, recording, and becoming an orchestral musician, educator or informed listener.Author: Colin LawsonISBN-10: 0521806585ISBN-13: 9780521806589Publisher: Cambridge University...

The Pianist's Dictionary is a handy and practical reference dictionary aimed specifically at pianists, teachers, students, and concertgoers. Prepared by Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts, this revised and expanded edition is a compendium of information gleaned from a combined century of piano teaching. Users...

This survey of the string quartet by ten chamber music specialists focuses on four main areas: social and musical background to the genre's development; celebrated ensembles and their significance; and string quartet playing. It reviews aspects of contemporary and historical practice, including "mixed ensembles."...

Drawing on a decade's worth of pioneering photography and journalism, Punk Perfect Awful is an irreverent love letter to music and the passion that makes it happen. Known for shedding new light on legends of popular culture and championing revolutionary voices, BEAT magazine reflects...

Musicians and artists have always shared mutual interests and exchanged theories of art and creativity. This exchange climaxed just after World War II, when a group of New York-based musicians, including John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and David Tudor, formed friendships with a...

Afro-American Folksongs: A Study In Racial And National Music is a book written by Henry Edward Krehbiel and published in 1913. This book explores the history and significance of folk music in the African American community, with a particular focus on the social and...

Listen, and you will hear it: the beat of New York City. It's everywhere you go! From the subways to the streets, from parks to bars, from churches to concert halls. Music in all its glorious forms, sometimes sublime and sometimes spectacular, is a...

The Picture Book Of Musical Instruments by Marion Lacey is a comprehensive guide to various musical instruments from around the world. This book is designed for children and adults who are interested in learning about different musical instruments and their unique characteristics. The book...

This guide explains the most useful aspects of theory in clear, nontechnical language. Areas covered include scales (major, minor, modal, synthetic), chord formation, chord progression, melody, song forms, useful devices, (ostinato, mirrors, hocket, etc.), and instrumentation. It contains over 100 musical examples.Author: Chaz BufeISBN-10:...

Examining breath in its role as the "delivery system" for ideas in musical performance, this provocative book makes a compelling case for the power of submitting oneself to its miracles. The study is divided into two sections--the first discussing the "why" of breathing and...

The seventh volume in Knopf's critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer's centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer's early songs became staples of the...

This classic work of hymnody from 1863 draws together a rich selection of German chorales with their tunes, translated by Catherine Winkworth, and edited by William Sterndale Bennett and Otto Goldschmidt. They were arranged for use in the Church of England, and grouped into...

""A Psychology of Music: The Influence of Music on Behavior"" by Charles M. Diserens is a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between music and human behavior. The book delves into the psychological and physiological effects of music on individuals, as well as how music...

This sequel to How to Rap breaks down and examines techniques that have not previously been explained--such as triplets, flams, lazy tails, and breaking rhyme patterns. Based on interviews with hip-hop's most innovative artists and groups, including Tech N9ne, Crooked I, Pharcyde, Das EFX,...

In this lively and fully-illustrated work, two music historians break down every album and every song ever released by the Beatles, from "Please Please Me" (U.S. 1963) to "The Long and Winding Road" (U.S. 1970). All the Songs delves deep into the history and...

This is an encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations. While not geared toward making conventional instruments, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments....

Strum a tune on your ukulele--no Hawaiian shirt required! Picture it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe" to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every...

Here's the quick way to get pickin' with the best of 'em The banjo is both a staple of old-time music and an instrument that makes frequent cameos in today's chart toppers. Whatever your musical leanings, Banjo For Dummies will show you how to...

Learn how fretting and picking can entertain friends! The mandolin is making a big comeback among music enthusiasts. A longtime staple of bluegrass, folk, jazz, and country music, this fast-pickin' favorite featured heavily in traditional music from around the world is now seeing a...

A reference book of scales and melodic patterns, presented in the form of piano scales and melodic studies; arranged according to the principal interval of each particular section.Author: Nicolas SlonimskyISBN-10: 1258454165ISBN-13: 9781258454166Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2012Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x...

An entertaining, definitive and in-depth study of prog rock.Progressive rock, a genre formed out of a creative surge in the late Sixties and throughout the Seventies. Made by young musicians for a young audience, prog music looked towards new horizons by synthesising rock, jazz,...

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...

Avid Media Composer First: Fundamentals of Video Editing introduces users to the power of Media Composer software and marks the first steps toward developing core skills in video editing. The book covers the basic principles you'll need to complete a Media Composer First project,...

The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. Acting as a kind of father figure,...

This book is a collector's guide for all King Crimson fans around the world. Included you will find track listings on more than 800 vinyl albums, vinyl 7" and 12" singles, CD albums, CD singles, some promos, 8-Track tapes, Cassette Tapes and even a...