Easy-to-follow instructions on maintaining your guitar and essential information about gear! Alfred's Mini Music Guides provide essential information in a convenient size. Take these books anywhere you want to go. Packed with clear, step-by-step instructions and close-up photographs, Guitar Care and Gear Essentials is the best compact guide for guitar maintenance and gear available. Features: * For guitarists of all levels and styles * How to set action and intonation, adjust the truss rod, and ...
Over 250 pages packed with essential music information! Alfred's Mini Music Guides provide essential information in a convenient size. With over 2,500 entries of clear, practical definitions, explanations, and information, Dictionary of Music is the mostuseful compact music dictionary available. It includes pronunciation of foreign terms, music examples to accompany definitions, biographical information on composers, and a comprehensive list of instruments and their written and sounding ranges. S...
Over 36,000 words in a simple, easy-to-find format! Alfred's Mini Music Guides provide essential information in a convenient size. Take these books anywhere you want to go. With over 36,000 words organized in a practical, easy-to-find format, Rhyming Dictionary is the most useful compact rhyming dictionary available. Features: * Easy reference guide for songwriters, lyricists, and poets * Simple format allows for quick reference * Concise collection of the most-often used words in popular music *...
Minimusic is a pre-reading music course which teaches the basic theory concepts for children ages 5-7. Each of the 32 lessons are outlines in an easy to follow lesson plan. Each lesson is designed to be completed within an hour. Minimusic is designed to teach in small group. It can also be adapted for a larger class setting. Theory concepts are taught through stories, songs, games, worksheets, and class activities. Minimusic prepares students for studying piano, voice, and small instruments. M...
We live in an age where technological advances in the music industry are so commonplace that they seem to happen every day. Many of these advances have made it possible for almost anyone to develop a system capable of producing hit-quality audio. The only bad news is that by opening the doors for everyone, new audio technology has also made a lot more competition. If you're going to have an edge in an increasingly competitive industry, such as music and audio, mixing and mastering skills are esse...
Completely updated for Pro Toolsr , Mixing in Pro Tools: Skill Pack will help you boost your understanding of the art and craft of creating great-sounding mixes using Digidesign's industry-standard DAW Pro Tools. Starting with the basics of essential processors and working up to advanced signal routing and sophisticated sonic manipulation, this book will help you to produce polished professional-sounding mixes. As you work with the sample sessions on the included CD-ROM and the hands-on tutorials...
Primarily a music theory reference, Modalogy presents a unique perspective on the origins, interlocking aspects, and usage of the most common scales and modes in occidental music. Anyone wishing to seriously explore the realms of scales, modes, and theirreal-world functions will find the most important issues dealt with in meticulous detail within these pages. Logical illustrations accompany in-depth examinations of chordal harmonies, cadential motions, and progressions. This book is perfect for ...
A resource designed to help professional, college student and high school musicians. Includes chapters on Musicality & Interpretation, How to Take Lessons, Strategic Practicing, Breathing, Tone, Intonation & Ear Training, Range Expansion, Performance Anxiety, Auditions, College Selection, Choosing an Instrument, Care & Cleaning, plus a fully annotated bibliography. 95 pages. Spiralbound. Now in its 3rd edition A Modern Guide for Trombonists has been expanded and updated. 95 pages. (detailed t...
Learn to use and understand advanced jazz harmony! This book reveals the post-bop jazz innovations established by such iconic jazz artists as John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Clare Fischer, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea, as taught at Berklee College of Music. You will learn techniques such as multitonic systems, the principles of non-functional pattern development, unusual use of deceptive motion and resolution of dominants, frequent modulation, use of specialized voicing techniques, and tension-d...
The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music, this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color, character and sophistication to chord voicings. Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions, understanding jazz harmony, overcoming harmonic ambiguity, experimenting with unusual combinations and non-traditional alignments, and many more. The accompanying C...
This compendium of experimental playing techniques for brass instruments has been written for composers as well as for interpreters. Exploring new areas of technique always means crossing boundaries, since conventional solutions and recipes of standard instrumental methods are seldom satisfactory and can even be counterproductive. The usual judgement of `right' and `wrong' ways to produce a tone interferes with the productivity and creativity necessary to go off the beaten path to make new musica...
Subtitled "A Definition of Its Idioms," this book was written by one of the leading exponents of avante-garde technique. It contains chapters on voice-added sound, multiphonics, glissandi, microtones, vibratos and trills, other body sounds, playing the horn disassembled, percussive devices & sounds, mutes, means of extension, theatric implications, and other shorter articles. Includes many musical examples, though no complete exercises or etudes. 110 pages, with CD. Spiral bound. -cdp
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English translation by Edward H Tarr regarding Girolamo Fantini's trumpet method from the 1600's (see item 80627 for the facsimile edition). The method itself (not included) is fully titled, Method for Learning to Play the Trumpet in a Warlike Way asWell as Musically, with the Organ, with a Mute, with the Harpsichord, and Every Other Instrument. Fantini was the Chief Court Trumpeter of His Most Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II. This translation provides an introduction by...
Modulation - the change from one key to another - is a subject of critical importance to performers and composers in their study of harmony. This concise guide by a progressive early modernist offers valuable insights and instruction. Suitable for musicians at all levels. Newly typeset and engraved. Originally published as On the Theory of Modulation by CF Kahnt, Leipzig (1904). 62 pages.
Category: Textbooks - Music Theory, Notation & Writing Item: 066705 Grade: Price: $6.95 Availability: Ships in 6 to 9 Days
Includes eight units dealing with metric modulation, mixed meter, artificial rhythmic groups, dotted rhythms, poly rhythms and more. Each unit concludes with a rhythm duet.
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With true stories as titillating, lurid hilarious and bizarre as these, who needs fiction? Following his highly acclaimed first volume of composer's love lives, Basil Howitt comes up with another volume of amazing revelations.
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As the title suggests, More Than Singing concerns not only music and proper vocal techniques but also life and the transcendent power of art. Lotte Lehmann was among the most eminent lyric-dramatic sopranos of the early twentieth century, especially noted for her passionate and sensitive renderings of lieder. In this guide she distills a lifetime of work, research, and experience into concise, revealing lessons in the interpretation of songs by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Haydn, Beethoven, Straus...
As the title suggests, More Than Singing concerns not only music and proper vocal techniques but also life and the transcendent power of art. Lotte Lehmann was among the most eminent lyric-dramatic sopranos of the early twentieth century, especially noted for her passionate and sensitive renderings of lieder. In this guide she distills a lifetime of work, research, and experience into concise, revealing lessons in the interpretation of songs by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Haydn, Beethoven, Straus...
This classic of music criticism provides detailed studies of 23 of Mozart's piano concertos. In addition to establishing the lines along which the genre developed, the concertos also shed light upon the technical and inspirational growth of their creator. The first full-length survey devoted to these works, this scholarly book presents a full, concrete musical analysis that makes liberal use of musical examples - 417 in all - and presents authoritative information on the concertos' form, tone, s...
Mozart expert Julian Rushton strips away the myth, conjecture and popular iconography that cloud our current views of "Amadeus", presenting instead a more human and believable portrait of the artist, his life and works.
Category: Textbooks - Music History Item: 076850 Grade: Price: $18.50 Availability: Ships in 10 to 15 Days
Mr. Zig's Literacy, Music & Technology Connection is an outstanding resource for K-12 teachers seeking to integrate technology and the arts. Learn the process of creating, composing, recording, and producing a song. Includes a CD "Loop Library" and reproducible pages.
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A stimulating collection of unique concepts on teaching and conducting by 57 of today's most outstanding music educators. Contains to-the-point, thought-provoking ideas proven successful by master teacher-conductors. Problem solving tips, philosophical concepts and ensemble-building skills all in one easy-to-read collection. An ideal source of exciting strategies for all levels of performance ensembles. 124 pages. Softbound.
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A stimulating collection of unique concepts on teaching and conducting by 57 of today's most outstanding music educators. Contains to-the-point, thought-provoking ideas proven successful by master teacher-conductors. Problem solving tips, philosophical concepts and ensemble-building skills all in one easy-to-read collection. An ideal source of exciting strategies for all levels of performance ensembles. 124 pages. Softbound.
Category: Textbooks - Conducting & Directing Item: 045478 Grade: Price: $24.95 Availability: Ships in 6 to 9 Days
Writing for composers, arrangers, music teachers and students, award winning engraver Steven Powell provides the means to produce clear, readable, playable, graphically beautiful scores and parts. He begins with the rules of engraving and demonstrates how to realize them using today's industry-standard software Finale and Sibelius. There are hundreds of examples and tips as well as tough quizzes. He covers styles and genres from historic to contemporary scores, beginning keyboard music to orch...
This book is designed to teach music to people with special needs. Many of the activities and suggestions in this book could as easily come under the heading of recreational music, that is, the use of music for sheer enjoyment. For people with special needs, recreational music is tremendously important and can provide a safe place for the development of social skills, the release of emotions, and the satisfaction that comes from making music with others. Chapters cover dealing with specific disab...
Subtitled, "A Reference Book of Works for Solo Bass Trombone with Orchestra, Band & Chamber Ensemble." Clinton F. Nieweg, Principal Librarian (retired) of The Philadelphia Orchestra has created a new publication of great interest for both the bass trombone world, and also for music libraries. Part 1 is labeled "Compositions with Orchestra, 2nd edition (revised and expanded)." This is a replacement for the previous standalone work published by Kagarice Brass Editions (as KX003, our number 080534)....
Subtitled, "A Reference Book of Works for Solo Bass Trombone with Orchestra, Band & Chamber Ensemble." Clinton F. Nieweg, Principal Librarian (retired) of The Philadelphia Orchestra has created a new publication of great interest for both the bass trombone world, and also for music libraries. Part 1 is labeled "Compositions with Orchestra, 2nd edition (revised and expanded)." This is a replacement for the previous standalone work published by Kagarice Brass Editions (as KX003, our number 080534)....
A Selective Annotated Guide to Band Literature. The second edition of Music for Concert Band is a new and comprehensive anthology of meticulously selected and graded literature for wind band. It contains hundreds of outstanding works appropriate for elementary through professional-level ensembles and will acquaint directors with a wide spectrum of quality literature both standard and new. Each recommended work contains pedagogical, stylistic and form indicators. In addition, the text contains a s...
"It impresses through its formal construction as well as its expressive density. Inspiring aural spaces open up for audiences." (Universal Edition) Helping your audience understand what they are about to hear is a great introduction to modern music. To further augment UE's award-winning Listening Lab series, they make supplemental materials (audio samples, videos, pictures, etc.) available as free downloads. -the publisher
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Organize and manage your music projects! Whether you are a performer, writer, engineer, educator, manager, or music maker, these time-tested charts, plots, diagrams, checklists, and agreements will help make your work easier and better. These forms will help you clarify your work, track critical details, and maintain quality control. Each one includes explanation about how it is used, a key to related symbols and terms, and any common variations. You will find forms for: Performance, to help y...
From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes The Music Lesson, the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual journey, and teach him that the gifts we get from music mirror those from life, and every movement, phrase, and chord has i...