The Complete Guide to Playing Blues Guitar Book One - Rhythm Guitar
Every aspect of playing great blues guitar is covered, building from first principles such as blues rhythm, riffs, structure and fills, to more advanced techniques such as approach chords, shell chords and 'drop two' chord voicings.
How to Play Rock Guitar
HOW TO PLAY ROCK GUITAR - THE BASICS AND BEYOND REVISED 2ND EDITION
How to Play Rhythm Guitar
This how-to guide offers lessons, licks, and tips drawn from the groove gurus in a wide range of classic and modern styles. Players will learn how to create their own memorable rhythm parts and emulate the styles of groove masters such as Keith Richards, Bob Marley, and Malcolm Young. Drawn from the pages of Guitar Player - with many of the lessons presented in the players' own words - the book presents must-have information on gear and recording, and covers hot topics such as effects and special tunings.
The Drum Handbook
THE DRUM HANDBOOK - BUYING MAINTAINING AND GETTING THE BEST FROM YOUR DRUM KIT SFT
Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends
GEAR SECRETS OF THE GUITAR LEGENDS BK/CD HOW TO SOUND LIKE YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS
Martin Taylor Beyond Chord Melody
Master Jazz Guitar Chord Melody with Virtuoso Martin Taylor MBEBeyond Chord Melody with Martin Taylor MBE condenses over 40 years of playing expertise and insight into this beautiful jazz guitar book. Learn from the internationally acclaimed master of jazz chord melody guitar as he guides you through his 7-step method to creating your own guitar arrangements. As a special bonus, 2 specially commissioned online videos are included, with Martin illustrating key techniques.What you'll learn: 7 steps to jazz chord melody guitar that will unlock your creativity How to make a chord melody arrangement of any jazz standard. How to play chords and solo at the same time. Overcome the common blocks that stifle your progress Build stunning jazz chord melody guitar arrangements The essential components of any jazz standard Break away from chord boxes and discover the freedom of polyphonic guitar playing Bonus 1: Learn a complete chord melody arrangement of an original tune to consolidate all the jazz guitar techniques and kick start your jazz chord melody guitar mastery. Bonus 2: Two exclusive videos with Martin Taylor that clearly demonstrate the most fundamental aspects of his jazz guitar style. Beyond Chord Melody Jazz Guitar Do you struggle to create your own beautiful jazz guitar chord melody arrangements? Do you want to find your own unique jazz guitar voice? Do you want to improvise spontaneous chord melody guitar solos Putting Creative Jazz Guitar Tools in Your Hands If you love jazz chord melody guitar, you've probably struggled to learn other people's arrangements, while struggling to create your own. Beyond Chord Melody teaches you Martin Taylor's own secret formula for creating instant jazz guitar arrangements and gives you the tools to master your guitar and create your own stunning chord melody arrangements. Here's What You Get: The definitive guide to jazz chord melody guitar, taught by virtuoso Martin Taylor A step by step method that starts simple and adds layers of complexity 2 specially commissioned videos from Martin Taylor Expert guidance on chord voicings, jazz guitar arrangements, jazz chords and soloing An original chord melody composition to put each lesson into context. Perfectly notated examples with tab and studio-quality audio to download for FREE. 7 Steps to Unlocking the Secrets of Solo Jazz Chord Melody Guitar Playing Beyond Chord Melody with Martin Taylor MBE is the antidote to formulaic guitar methods. His 7-step chord melody guitar system helps you "break out of the box" and is taught in a clear, concise manner. Martin Taylor's Beyond Chord Melody starts from basic jazz guitar theory and adds layer upon layer of detail to create your own, beautiful jazz guitar chord melody guitar arrangements. Hear it! Beyond Chord Melody guitar contains over 100 supporting audio examples, so you can hear exactly how each step in the process should sound. See it! In addition to the teaching in the book and the free audio, watch Martin demonstrating the techniques in two videos that are not available anywhere else online! Buy it now to begin creating your own beautiful chord melody guitar arrangements.
Rock Guitar Mode Mastery
An explosive guide to the modes for rock and metal guitar. It's time to shred!In Rock Guitar Mode Mastery YouTube legend Chris Zoupa presents his guide to the modes and shows how to creatively apply them to rock and shred metal guitar. A modal approach has resulted in some of the most iconic rock / metal tracks and guitar solos of all time. Yet, for many players, the modes are still shrouded in mystery.This book enables you to get right inside the music, understand how those rock and metal guitar parts are constructed, and begin to create your own. Chris Zoupa's no-nonsense, common sense guide shows us how to use each mode in its correct context. But, throughout this book, the focus is on making great music, not simply acquiring knowledge.Each chapter is presented in 4 parts: 1. Find the sound of the mode (what makes it different; sample songs to listen to)2. Play the scale in multiple positions and learn the chords of the mode3. Scale, pentatonic and arpeggio ideas to use with the mode4. Learn a collection of creative, non-clich矇d licks as a springboard to creating your own ideasWhat you'll learn: How to use the modes effectively for rock and shred metal guitar A clear guide that cuts through the confusion many have about modal guitar playing Scales, pentatonic patterns and arpeggios for each mode How the great rock and metal players use the modes to compose and improvise solos Licks in the style of Kirk Hammett, Michael Paget, Mark Tremonti, Alex Skolnick, Slash, Alexi Laiho, Paul Gilbert and many more! Creative ways of using modes so they don't sound like boring scales, along with numerous shred technique such as alternate picking, legato, sweep picking and tapping Rock Guitar Mode Mastery Would you like to play like the rock and metal greats, but find the modes baffling? Would you like a common sense guide that shows how to use the modes in REAL music? Would you like to extend your knowledge with some cool rock and shred techniques and licks? Your modal adventure starts here... Chris Zoupa writes, "The moment you begin to understand the modes and how to apply them is exciting and liberating. It will have a great effect on your composition of chord progressions, riffs and licks." In this book he passes on years of experience of modal playing in live situations, and teaching the modes to thousands of students. Here's What You Get: A step-by-step guide that explains each mode and how to use it in practical ways Dozens of exercises that focus on musical application and technique building Creative ways of using the modes to avoid clich矇s and make real music Great shred licks and tricks to expand your rock and shred vocabulary Perfectly notated examples with tab and studio-quality audio to download for FREE Hear it! Rock Guitar Mode Mastery comes complete with studio quality audio of the dozens of examples for each mode - all available to download for FREE, so you can hear how each one should sound. Buy it now and master the modes for rock and shred guitar!
Performance Technical Guide of Makrokosmos
George Crumb often writes his music in a radical way for the piano, constantly asking the performer to play on the inside of the piano, a technique in which he is pretty much a pioneer. This book talks about the exploitation of a new and hitherto unexplored range of color that can be accessed with the hands and fingers inside the piano or by inserting sound-altering devices into the strings. However, he writes in textures and styles that clearly relate to Debussy and Chopin, particularly in his use of the sustaining pedal, and in the way, he sets up a layer of sustained sound through the pedal into which he then places his melodic and rhythmic ideas. He often mentions his indebtedness to these great masters of the past in his music program notes. He even sometimes quotes directly the music of Chopin or Beethoven within his own compositions. In that regard, Crumb sees his music in an evolutionary way. In George Crumbs piano music Makrokosmos Volume II, the pianist has the added issues of often having to play while standing, including playing on the keys and inside the piano while standing. These, and many other physical difficulties abound in this music, are dealt with throughout this technical guidebook.
Ultimate Shred Machine
The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Shred Guitar Technique with Chris Zoupa.In this no-nonse guide to shred guitar, seasoned teacher and YouTube sensation Chris Zoupa cuts through the mystery and misinformation that surrounds rock and metal guitar technique, and expertly guides you through the essential skills that will super-charge your playing.Drawing from the rich tapestry of shred guitar techniques - and the styles of the players who made them famous - this book provides a solid foundation for virtuoso guitar technique and picks up where other methods stop.You will learn: How to play flawless shred guitar, taught in an easy-to-follow manner The secrets of fast, alternate picking guitar technique How to sweep-pick arpeggios the right way, avoiding common mistakes Legato guitar technique in the styles of Satriani, Govan and Gilbert Exotic scale runs in the styles of Malmsteen, Skolnick and Laiho Neo-classical metal guitar exercises and licks Simple to advanced guitar tapping techniques Over 100 exercises and guitar licks with FREE supporting audio to download Great tips on guitar tone and use of distortion Shred like a Boss! Have you hit a brick wall when it comes to increasing your speed on guitar? Do you struggle with advanced shredding techniques such as sweep-picking and tapping? Would you like to learn the shred secrets that will help you break out of your rut? Discover... The right way to practise with a metronome to increase picking speed on guitar How to break down and master scary rhythms and time signatures How to avoid the sweep-picking mistakes all guitarists make How and when to use economy picking Over 100 exercises to help you nail perfect guitar technique whilst learning melodic lines How to spice up boring pentatonic licks with the addition of blue notes and create hybrid scales How to apply exotic scales, modes and arpeggios Hear it! All of the 100+ exercises in The Ultimate Shred Machine have studio-quality supporting audio which is FREE to download, so you can hear exactly ow each example should sound. Buy it now and start your journey to shred guitar mastery
Flute Secrets
(Music Sales America). Flute Secrets tells you everything you need to know about being a flautist. This innovative volume presents indispensable guidance for all flute players, from choosing the right instrument and tips on how to practice, to establishing a professional career and becoming a flute teacher. In Flute Secrets renowned educator and master musician Trevor Wye shares a lifetime's worth of knowledge and experience, enriched with music examples, illustrations and diagrams. With over 200 pages of advice, this book makes the perfect gift for students, teachers or professionals. Flute Secrets covers: * The Instrument * Educational Assistance * Professional Strategies *Teaching Strategies * Aural Skills, Flute Tuning and repairs * and more!
Let's Play Piano
Let's Play Piano: A Complete Course for Young Beginners (Part 1)Easy Piano Songs with Step-by-Step InstructionsThe ideal piano book for kids aged 6 to 10, Let's Play Piano is a fun and easy beginner piano method that helps children learn to play the piano and read music with confidence-right from the start.This beautifully illustrated piano tutor book features: Cartoon owls that guide children through each lesson with simple music reading tipsPopular children's songs, folk tunes and famous classical melodiesMusic theory worksheets, fun quizzes, and written activities to reinforce learningBig, clear notation that's easy to read and carefully designed for young beginnersA step-by-step approach that builds good technique and real music reading skills - without relying on note letter namesPerfect for home learning, piano teachers, or parents teaching piano at home, this book is designed to make learning the piano enjoyable and effective. It can be used independently or alongside lessons with a teacher.Let's Play Piano is a three-part complete piano course. This is Book 1, designed for absolute beginners.Whether you're looking for a first piano book for children, a fun music theory workbook, or an easy piano songbook for beginners, Let's Play Piano will get young learners off to a brilliant start.Heather Milnes is a U.K. based pianist and composer. She teaches piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone and classical guitar and has written over 50 educational books for piano and other instruments. Her arrangements of piano songs are all tested on her students to ensure that they are easy to play and sound beautiful.
The Blues Guitar Looper Pedal Book
The looper pedal is ideally suited for the blues genre! Most styles of blues have repeating chord progressions like the twelve-bar blues making it perfect for looping. Guitarist Brent Robitaille has created two, four, eight, twelve, and sixteen bar multi-layered loops divided into four to five separate layers or parts. Each loop contains riffs or a melody, a bass line, chords, and a rhythm pattern. Get your loops sounding better with the "ten tips for making great loops" and also improve your solos with the "ten tips for making great solos." Also included: full blues scales and standard blues chord progressions in all keys, blues strumming patterns, chord spelling charts, fingerboard charts, and a section on how to play slide guitar with exercises. This book serves two functions: how to use your looper pedal musically and efficiently to create blues loops for soloing and performing, and how to overall improve your blues guitar playing. The first book of its kind and a welcome addition for any guitarist looking to expand their blues playing using a looper pedal.
Jost Nickel`s Fill Book
This book is for anybody who wants to discover the big, wide world of drum fills. You'll find plenty of fill concepts to inspire you and enable you to understand the essential theory behind them so you can create your own drum fills. Step by step, Jost introduces rhythmic concepts that can be used universally on different levels and in every musical situation. He presents orchestration ideas, phrasings, and exercises focusing on dynamics and accents. He shows the different subdivisions that are essential for drum-fill playing and fills for binary and ternary grooves such as shuffles. Ideas on switch & path orchestration, diddle kicks, and clockwise & counterclockwise playing will enrich your drumming, as will step-hit-hi-hat, hand & foot rolls, cymbal chokes, stick shots, and many more. The JOST NICKEL'S FILL BOOK comes with an MP3 CD so you can hear many of the recorded fills in different tempos. Additionally, for those fills where you need to see how to move, there are twenty videos online. A 12-page insert containing reading texts completes the concept of this book. Jost and Alfred Music wish you a lot of fun and success with the JOST NICKEL'S FILL BOOK. ANIKA NILLES, famous female drummer, says about Jost's fill book: A great book for all of us ... I find Jost's fill book very inspiring for my own playing and I highly recommend it!" MATT HALPERN, voted as "The Best Metal Drummer" by Modern Drummer magazine: "One of the things I love most about Jost's playing is his approach to drum fills. His use of flams, cymbal accents, and melodic placements are just a few components that make his musical style so exciting to see and hear." MIKE JOHNSTON, Clinician/Educator of the Year 2016: "Jost is teaching you the deeper concepts that allow the fills to exist in the first place. Amazing book by a world class player!" CHRIS COLEMAN, drummer with Prince, Chaka Khan, and many more: "Not only is Jost one of my favorite humans, he's a methodical and practical BEAST of a Musician & Drummer. This book will show you ALL of that."
Sonatas, Opp. 1, 14, 28, 29
Sergei Prokofiev's nine piano sonatas span the years 1907 to 1953. This collection, edited by Thomas Schumacher, addresses the first four of these masterworks: Op. 1 (in F minor), Op. 14 (in D minor), Op. 28 (in A minor), and Op. 29 (in C minor). In prefatory matter, Schumacher discusses Prokofiev's compositional style and the form of each sonata, in addition to analyzing the various themes and compositional nuances of each work. Helpful fingering and pedaling suggestions are also offered in this comprehensive, clearly engraved edition. Thomas Schumacher, professor emeritus of piano at the Eastman School of Music, has toured and lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, China, Taiwan, and Japan. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School.
Organs for America
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Abracadabra Recorder Book 1 (Pupil’s Book)
Abracadabra Recorder Books 1-4 is the ideal repertoire series for descant recorders. Each book includes graded solo and multi-part songs and tunes starting with five-note tunes such as Shepherds' Hey and working up to more challenging classics such as You are my Sunshine and The Wombling Song. Clear fingering diagrams and notation explanations are given at each stage.Abracadabra Recorder Books 1-4 is the ideal repertoire series for descant recorders. Each book includes graded solo and multi-part songs and tunes starting with five-note tunes such as Shepherds' Hey and working up to more challenging classics such as You are my Sunshine and The Wombling Song. Clear fingering diagrams and notation explanations are given at each stage.Abracadabra Recorder Book 1 is a graded collection for the beginner on descant recorder. 23 songs and tunes using from three to eight notes.
Guitar for Dummies
The bestselling guide now updated with video demonstrations and audio tracks online The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you everything a beginning or intermediate acoustic or electric guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it. Fully revised and updated, with online video and audio clips that help you learn and play along, you'll explore everything from simple chords and melodies to more challenging exercises that are designed to satisfy players of all levels. Additionally, new players can dive into the basics of guitar and accessory selection. Whether you prefer the cool sounds of the acoustic or the edgier tones of the electric, your guitar will get a lot of use as you play your way through the lessons presented in this integral book. But your journey doesn't stop at the last page! With an updated multimedia component, you have access to more than 80 online videos and 35 audio tracks that help build your talent. Play along with online videos and audio tracks to develop and reinforce your new skills Tune your guitar, change strings, and make simple repairs to keep your instrument in working order Choose the right guitar and equipment for your needs Explore numerous musical styles, including rock, blues, jazz, and country Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition guides you in the development of your strumming talent--and who knows where that can take you!
Piano Duet Repertoire, Second Edition
Since the 1981 publication of the first edition, Cameron McGraw's Piano Duet Repertoire has been a trusted guide for duet performers. This second edition, edited and substantially expanded by Christopher and Katherine Fisher, brings the volume into the 21st century, adding over 500 new or updated composer entries and nearly 1,000 new work entries to the volume, a testament to the renewed interest in piano duet playing. Entries are arranged alphabetically by composer and include both pedagogical and concert repertoire. The annotations and the grade-level indications provide piano teachers a wealth of instructional guidance. The book also contains updated appendices listing collections and duet works with voice and other instruments. This new edition features a title index and a list of composers by nationality, making it a convenient and indispensable resource.
The Lang Lang Piano Method, Level 2
Join the super hero world of Lang Lang and come on a piano adventure with The Lang Lang Piano Method, Level 2. Level 2 builds on the first book by introducing eighth notes (quavers), simple hands together, and thumb-under technique. The five progressive books in The Lang Lang Piano Method provide a unique and imaginative way for complete beginners to learn the piano with the world's most successful concert pianist, Lang Lang. There's plenty to play all around the keyboard right from the start. Fun, imaginative pieces develop the left and right hands equally, and supporting audio features exclusive performances by Lang Lang of the concert pieces. Musicianship is developed through theory pages and listening to exclusive performances by Lang Lang of piano classics for children. I've written The Lang Lang Piano Method to inspire today's kids with my passion for the piano." ---Lang Lang"
Learn How to Play the Electric Guitar
This volume explains all the techniques of electric guitar playing, from basic set-ups to advanced scales and modes. The book features information about influential electric guitar heroes, such as Chuck Berry, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Steve Howe, Bob Marley, Mark Knopfler, Angus Young, and many more.
The Sg Guitar Book
To many vintage guitar fans, it seems inconceivable that Gibson dumped the Sunburst Les Paul in 1960 and, during the following year, introduced a completely new design, the one that we know now as the SG ("solid guitar"). At the time, however, it made good business sense. Sales of the Les Paul were faltering, and Gibson decided to blow a breath of fresh air through its solidbody electric guitar line. The company described the result as an "ultra-thin, hand-contoured, double-cutaway body." The modernistic amalgam of bevels and points and angles was a radical departure, and this new book tells the story of all the SG models that followed: the Junior, Special, Standard, Custom, and more. There are interviews with and stories about Gibson personnel through the years, and all the major SG players, including Pete Townshend, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, Angus Young, George Harrison, Gary Rossington, Tony Iommi, and Derek Trucks. In the tradition of Tony Bacon's bestselling series of guitar books, The SG Guitar Book is three great volumes in one package: a collection of drool-worthy pictures of the coolest guitars; a gripping story from the earliest prototypes to the latest exploits; and a detailed collector's database of every production SG model ever made.
The Guitar Amp Handbook
The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. It builds on the popular original edition of the book, first published in 2005. Central to the book's success is the way it walks musicians through the significance of each crucial circuit stage and component of a great number of classic and modern tube amp designs, helping guitarists get the most from the amps they already own or choose new amps that are best suited to their needs. The Guitar Amp Handbook reveals many of the tips and tricks used by today's top designers and builders, and it debunks the hype used by the marketing departments at large manufacturers keen on selling specific amps that might not be right for particular players. The book is designed to help guitarists understand what really goes on inside tube amps and where the tone comes from. This new updated and expanded edition adds further knowledge to the foundation, ensuring it continues as the most thorough and authoritative publication on the subject to be found anywhere.
Fiddle for Dummies + Online Video and Audio Instruction
Learn to play the fiddle? Easy. Tackling a new instrument can be intimidating, but with this easy-to-use guide, you'll have no trouble at all! From selecting, tuning, and caring for your fiddle to mastering various music styles, Fiddle For Dummies walks you step-by-step through everything you need to start playing the fiddle like a pro. You'll discover how to hold a fiddle, master fundamental techniques, and take your skills to the next level. This title also features companion audio tracks and instructional video clips hosted online at Dummies.com to help further enhance your skills. The fiddle is a popular instrument across many continents, and is a favorite for many because it is small and portable. Playing the fiddle can expose you to a range of musical styles from all over the world, such as Irish, Scottish, Celtic/Cape Breton, country, folk, bluegrass, and more. Plus, if you're already a violin player, you'll impress yourself and fellow musicians as you unlock your instrument to open up a whole new world of sounds. Learn fiddle techniques and fundamentals Select, tune, and care for your fiddle Join the folk instrument movement and master the fiddle Play fiddle music from all over the world Whether you're a complete beginner or a violin player looking to branch out and try something new, Fiddle For Dummies will have you fit as a fiddle in no time.
Piano Pieces for Young Children
An excellent collection of over 100 pieces in a variety of styles specially selected for the young student. Includes works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and many more.
Piano Pieces for Children - Volume 2
Piano Pieces for Children - Volume 2100 compositions, progressively graded for grades 1 through 4, ranging from the works of the great masters to the folk tunes and dances from many countries.
The Only Guitar Book You’ll Ever Need
Master the guitar in no time with this one-stop guide to learning guitar! Whether you've been strumming the guitar since you were a kid or are just starting out, The Only Guitar Book You'll Ever Need will help you take your music to the next level. Filled with clear, step-by-step instructions and tons of professional tips, this guide teaches you everything you need to know about playing a guitar, from buying the right model to performing all your favorite songs. This book also includes helpful information on: -Reading music -Tuning any guitar -Mastering scales and chords -Alternating tuning, harmonics, and slide playing -Equipment, such as straps, amplifiers, strings, and pedals A complete introduction to one of the world's most popular instruments, The Only Guitar Book You'll Ever Need shows you how to master the guitar in no time!
Stick Control
George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named the book one of the top 25 books of all-time. In the words of the author, it is the ideal book for improving: control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution and muscular coordination, with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced-level rhythms, moving through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.
Mozart 19 Sonatas - Complete
Revised and edited by Richard Epstein with a biographical sketch of the composer by Philip Hale. All text is written both in English and Spanish.
Six Decades of Telecaster
This new version of Tony Bacon's Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster shows how the world's first commercially successful solidbody electric guitar still attracts musicians more than 60 years since its birth in California. Today, it is more popular than ever and for many guitarists has overtaken the Stratocaster as the Fender to own and play. The Tele is the longest-lived solidbody electric, played by everyone from Muddy Waters to Keith Richards, from Radiohead to Snow Patrol. Its sheer simplicity and versatility are vividly illustrated here through interviews with Jeff Beck, James Burton, Bill Kirchen, John 5, and more. The book is three great volumes in one: a compendium of luscious pictures of the most desirable Teles, a gripping story from the earliest days to the latest exploits, and a detailed collector's guide to every Tele ever made. Packed with pictures of great players, collectable catalogs, period press ads, and cool memorabilia, The Telecaster Guitar Book is the one Tele book that all guitar fans will want to add to their collection.
The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar
Featuring thirteen essays covering different traditions, styles, and instruments, this study is written by influential players, teachers and guitar historians. Its coverage allows the guitarist to learn the analogies and differences between traditions and styles. The genres range from baroque, classical, country, blues and rock to flamenco, African and Celtic.
The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments
The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments provides an overview of the history of brass instruments, and their technical and musical development. Much of the volume is devoted to the way brass instruments have been used in classical music, but there are also important contributions on the ancient world, non-Western music, vernacular and popular traditions and the rise of jazz. The editors are two of the most respected names in the world of brass performance and scholarship, and the list of contributors includes the names of many of the world's most prestigious scholars and performers.
The Cambridge Companion to the Piano
The Cambridge Companion to the Piano is an informative and practical guide to one of the world's most popular instruments. This collection of specially commissioned essays offers an accessible introduction to the history of the piano, performance styles, and its vast repertoire. Part 1 reviews the evolution of the piano, from its earliest forms up to the most recent developments. Part 2 explores the varied repertory, up to contemporary music, with a final chapter on jazz, blues and ragtime. The Companion also contains a glossary of important terms and will be a valuable source for the piano performer, student and enthusiast.
The Cambridge Companion to the Cello
This is a compact, composite and authoritative survey of the history and development of the cello from its origins to the present day. Its carefully structured series of thirteen essays deals with the history and construction of the cello and bow, discusses the careers of the most distinguished cellists through history, surveys the repertory of the instrument in unprecedented detail and reviews teaching methods, technical developments and issues of performance practice. It is the most comprehensive book ever to be published about the instrument.
Classic Rock Riffs
This book and CD kit is a one-stop library of over 40 of the greatest classic rock-era riffs ever! Every riff is accompanied by a brief lesson and a demonstration recording. And the exclusive TNT software provided on the CD allows you to slow the riffs down and loop them for easy learning. Titles: Satisfaction * 25 or 6 to 4 * Bad to the Bone * China Grove * Jumping Jack Flash * Kashmir * Layla * Life in the Fast Lane * Paranoid * Whipping Post * and many more!
Music Madness for Middle School
A creative/hands-on program using music concepts proven successful! Popular with students, incorporating an amount of outlining, notetaking, and portfolio building, also. An approach to listening which will be popular with middle school teachers! Teaching suggestions and ideas to fill a trimester or semester of "general music". This program opens an original world of music for the classroom teacher to build on... Written by Mr. Lynn Howard, Taught 50 years with 30 of those years in "rebuilding" music programs in seven different districts and New Zealand.
Playing Piano for Pleasure
Skyhorse Publishing is proud to revive Playing Piano for Pleasure. With the wonderful writing one would expect from a longtime New Yorker reporter, Piano aficionado Charles Cooke, offers concrete routines for improving your piano performance. A pleasant and constant cheerleader, Cooke asks readers to practice every day, suggesting that they work through just that section time and again until it is perfect. In addition to his own thoughts, Cooke includes material from his interviews with master pianists, artists, and writers. The result is a book that should be cherished for years to come.
The Ancient Music of Ireland
Edward Bunting (1773-1843), the first systematic collector of Irish folksongs, was educated as an organ and piano player in Belfast. His life's work fell upon him at nineteen years old, when he was commissioned as a scribe to notate performances at a gathering of traditional harp players in Belfast in July 1792. He was so inspired by the music that, aided by some of the harpers, he embarked immediately upon travels around northwest Ireland to collect some of the old songs already close to disappearing. He published his first collection of Irish music four years later. In that volume and two later ones, he published almost 300 airs--some of them, according to tradition, dating as far back as the tenth century--and practically single-handedly rescued his country's ancient music from oblivion.The present collection, the last of Bunting's three such gatherings, contains 151 Irish airs arranged for piano, with the Irish names of the airs, their authors, and (where known) their dates of composition. Hard to find elsewhere, this is an indispensable book not only for students or lovers of Irish music, but also for students of general music history.
A First Book of Ragtime
This compilation of easy-to-play ragtime favorites features 24 rollicking melodies by "The Big Three" of ragtime -- Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb -- plus pieces by Eubie Blake, Tom Turpin, and other artists. Popular tunes include "Maple Leaf Rag," "The Entertainer," and "Tiger Rag." Novices of all ages will delight in these simplified arrangements of carefully selected pieces. The editor provides suggested fingerings and comments on each piece that include background on the composers and tips for performance.Along with the twenty-four piano arrangements, this collection includes a free MP3 download for every piece, which will help beginning pianists develop an ear for the melodies. The MP3s may be downloaded individually or collectively.
Hiromi
Alfred Music, in cooperation with Yamaha Music Publishing, presents the first-ever piano transcription folio for worldwide jazz piano sensation Hiromi. Titles: BQE * Choux a la Cr癡me * Sicilian Blue * Bern Baby Bern * Somewhere * Capecod Chips * Islands Azores * Pachelbel's Canon * Viva! Vegas: Show City, Show Girl * Daytime in Las Vegas * The Gambler * Place to Be.
Keyboard Presents Synth Gods
GUITAR PLAYER PRESENTS GUITAR HEROES OF THE '70S
Gretsch 6120
The iconic American guitar is the Gretsch model 6120, that Chet Atkins has endorsed and George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Brian Setzer, and other well known musicians used. 334 bold color images reveal its evolution into a highly collectible instrument produced in limited numbers. Fresh insights, compelling images, and significant new information explain what contributed to its development. Get the most accurate account to date of events in the Gretsch production environment of the 1950s and '60s. This book is an indispensable technical resource for dealers, collectors, and vintage guitar enthusiasts.
Pulling Strings
Beginning with an account of Clark's musical family, Kaiser chronicles the founding in 1859 of the Clark Music Company, of which Melville Clark became president in 1919. Originally just a tinker's shed, the business ultimately moved into a six-story building in the center of Syracuse, New York. The music company celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2010. Clark also combined his talents as a gifted musician and an astute entrepreneur to start the first Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Kaiser recounts the development of the Clark Irish Harp, the first portable harp manufactured in the United States that could easily play accidentals. There were other Clark inventions, such as the first nylon strings for instruments, a fruit picker, and balloons that the British used in 1918 to drop more than 1,250,000 pamphlets over Germany. Clark's story unfolds in fascinating detail: a musical encounter with President Wilson, an opportunity to perform for President F. D. Roosevelt at the White House, a visit to Buckingham Palace to present Princess Elizabeth with a music box, and the journey of a Clark Irish Harp to Antarctica with Admiral Byrd. Lavishly illustrated, Pulling Strings not only uncovers the life of a musical genius but also sheds light on a forgotten chapter in Syracuse history.
The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn
Interest in the authentic performance of early music has grown dramatically in recent years, and scholarly investigation has particularly benefited the study of keyboard music of the classical period. In this landmark publication, the most comprehensive study written on Haydn's keyboard sonatas, a leading Haydn scholar presents novel ideas, corrects misconceptions, and offers new hypotheses on long-debated issues of early music research. Laszlo Somfai begins with a thorough study of Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. After recommending instruments appropriate for modern use, he discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of eighteenth-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics. He also investigates Haydn's sonata genres within their historical context and discusses the problems of establishing a chronology of their composition. Finally, Somfai analyzes the organization and style of each musical form. The book includes an index listing the sonatas by date of first publication, and an extensive bibliography.
School of Velocity, Op. 299 (Complete)
Viennese composer, pianist and renowned teacher Carl Czerny (1791-1857) wrote more than a thousand works, including masses, operas, orchestral, chamber and piano works. But his fame rests on his many studies and exercises for the piano. These are new editions, newly engraved, with introductory articles in English, for the moderately advanced pianist, in progressive order of difficulty.
Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song
Texas, the 1930s-the years of the Great Depression. It was the Texas of great men: Dobie, Bedichek, Webb, the young Am矇rico Paredes. And it was the Texas of May McCord and "Cocky" Thompson, the Reverend I. B. Loud, the Cajun Marcelle Comeaux, the black man they called "Grey Ghost," and all the other extraordinary "ordinary" people whom William A. Owens met in his travels. "Up and down and sideways" across Texas, Owens traveled. His goal: to learn for himself what the diverse peoples of the state "believed in, yearned for, laughed at, fought over, as revealed in story and song." Tell me a story, sing me a song brings together both the songs he gathered-many accompanied by music-and Owens' warm reminiscences of his travels in the Texas of the Thirties and early Forties.
