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The Latin American Art Song: Sounds of the Imagined Nations - Paperback

$88.11

by Patricia Caicedo (Author), Walter Aaron Clark (Foreword by)This study of the Latin American art song and its development in the context of musical nationalism shows how the song is a mirror in which the processes of conformation to Latin American national identity are reflected.Author BiographyPatricia Caicedo is a Colombian-Spanish soprano. She holds a PhD in musicology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a MD from the Escuela Colombiana de Medicina. Patricia is the founder and...

How To Play Bass Guitar: Your Step By Step Guide To Playing Bass Guitar - Hardcover

$43.18

by Howexpert (Author)If you are a beginner who wants to learn the basics of playing bass guitar, then get "How To Play Bass Guitar". - Discover how to play the bass player. - Learn your bass playing so you can impress your friends with your newfound skill. - Amaze people with your new bass playing ability. - Find out how to play popular songs very well with the bass guitar. - Learn how to play bass guitar standing up. - Find out how to play bass guitar sitting down. - Know exactly what to do...

Frontier Favorites Violin Duets, Volume 2, in First Position and Easy-to-Play Keys: with sing-along lyrics and Guitar/Piano chords - Paperback

$16.18

by Susan Call Hutchison (Author)Twenty-four songs from the American Frontier - a collection of violin and fiddle tunes, beautifully harmonized to help advancing beginners sound great. Use them for recitals, community and family gatherings, and even home schooling, to bring the music of the pioneers, soldiers, sailors, miners and settlers of the American West to life. One of the best collections yet Polkas, Waltzes, Marches, Hoedowns and sentimental Airs and Ballads, all including guitar chor...

The Little Book of Ukulele Songs - Paperback

$9.43

by Frederick Johnson (Author) Strum along to a collection of classic tunes with this essential little ukulele songbook. With this pocket-sized gem, it's never been easier to learn ukulele songs on the go, no matter where you choose to play This songbook includes: All time pop and rock hits. Easy ukulele melodies. Strum-and-sing style layout. 'The little book of ukulele songs' is the ideal songbook for beginners and fits perfectly in any ukulele case or even in your back pocket Numb...

The Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy - Paperback

$104.31

by Frank Abrahams (Editor), Paul D. Head (Editor)As the landscape of choral education changes - disrupted by Glee, YouTube, and increasingly cheap audio production software - teachers of choral conducting need current research in the field that charts scholarly paths through contemporary debates and sets an agenda for new critical thought and practice. Where, in the digitizing world, is the field of choral pedagogy moving? Editor Frank Abrahams and Paul D. Head, both experienced choral conduc...

Behind the Fretboard: a comprehensive course in guitar theory - Paperback

$21.53

by Carl W. Redfern (Author)This book is not intended to teach "Camp Fire" guitar, however, to give you the tools to play improvisational guitar. You will learn the tools necessary to expand your musical pallet and become an asset to any musical group or ensemble. By understanding chords and scales and their relativity to each other, your path to becoming an accomplished musician can be fulfilled. Number of Pages: 142 Dimensions: 0.3 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: February 08, 2013

Collector's Edition: Irish Folk Tunes for 12-hole Ocarina - Paperback

$55.22

by Thomas Scharler (Author)This collector's edition contains 50 traditional Irish songs, all arranged for the unique wind instrument ocarina. Pieces from easy to advanced playable from the different areas of Irish folk music make the heart of every ocarina-playing Ireland-fan pound. For each song the corresponding lyrics are given. As a bonus a fingering chart for the 12-hole ocarina is also included. The following songs are included in this must-have music book: A Nation Once Again Biddy Mul...

Tratado de la forma musical: Un manual fundamental para el entendimiento de la música - Paperback

$20.23

by Nicolás Lamuralgia (Translator), Julio Bas (Author)Traducción de Nicolás Lamuralgia. Bas define, ejemplifica y desarrolla todas las grandes formas musicales de uso y aplicación desde la tipificación musical para su estudio académico. Un compendio completo de uno de los ejes del entendimiento y apreciación musical. La morfología musical. Con aplicación en las estructuras de composición de los siglos XVII a Siglo XX y su revisión en cada una de las formas expuestas. Desde el canto llano y la...

Piano Music: Piano Lessons, Advance Music Theory, Expert Tecniques - Paperback

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by J. S. Piano (Author)Are you ready to learn how to play the piano but need a bit more help with it? Have you been following along with the previous books in this series but are ready to begin learning new lessons? If so, then this book is for you. In this book, you are going to be provided with a crash course into some of the more advanced piano techniques for newbies beginning their journey into playing the piano. If you are reading this book, you probably already know more or less how to ...

Beginners Guitar Jumpstart: Learn Basic Chords, Rhythms and Strum Your First Songs - Paperback

$22.93

by Andy Schneider (Author)Everything You Need to Learn Guitar the Right Way. Chords, Rhythms, Guitar Basics and Music Principles to Get You Strumming Your First Songs in Just a Matter of Days.Beginners Guitar Jumpstart teaches you music fundamentals and guitar skills to get you started the right way.Learn to play guitar, FAST! Even if you've never made music before, you'll gain confidence as you hear your first notes, strum your first chords and complete your first songs. And, you'll be learn...

Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy - Hardcover

$198.00

by Franco Sciannameo (Author)By analyzing Ennio Morricone's formative years as a music practitioner and his transition into composing for the screen, Franco Sciannameo studies the best of Morricone's popular compositions and concert works as he explores Morricone's legacy, its nature, and its eventual impact on posterity.Author BiographyFranco Sciannameo is College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music in the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. Number of Pages: 200...

So You Want to Sing Cabaret: A Guide for Performers - Paperback

$88.11

by David Sabella (Author), Sue Matsuki (Author), Lorna Luft (Foreword by)So You Want to Sing Cabaret is the first book to examine, in detail, the unique vocal and non-vocal requirements for this genre of music. Sabella and Matsuki provide teachers and singers with never before documented industry knowledge and the experience of venerated professionals and stars of cabaret.Author BiographyDavid Sabella is internationally recognized as a master teacher in music theater and contemporary commerci...

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by Gregorio Allegri (Author)The King's College David Willcocks1963 English-language performance of this work has been said to have been sung from the 1951 Ivor Watkins edition. However, comparing the score with the CD of this performance proves that not to be true and no score has been made available since then. This score presents that performance in a large and easy to read score. In addition, the score is laid out in full score throughout, eliminating paper-saving, though confusing, score ...

I Am a Professional Metalhead: How Heavy Metal Guided My Career Journey - Paperback

$13.82

by Megan Prikhodko (Editor), Angelo G. Spenillo (Author)Silver Medalist, 2020 Axiom Business Book Awards, Business Fable Category "It's a ride that entertains as much as it inspires...it will make a worthy addition to any headbanger's bookshelf." -PureGrainAudio "Part life guide, part self-help, part business advice all wrapped in a Metal wrapper makes this book...one of the more interesting and unique Metal fan autobiographies on the market" -Metal-Rules.com Angelo Spenillo is a successful l...

Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective - Paperback

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by Claire Murphy (Author)A practical guide on how to break into the world of touring, from the perspective of a female guitar tech, tour manager and ex-musician. Do you wonder "How do I get my first tour?" or "Do you need to be strong to be able to lift equipment?" or maybe it's "How much do you get paid?". Well all of these questions are covered in this e-book. I will lay out a strategy for becoming freelance and leaving your regular job, with real world recommendations of who to contact and...

Practicing the Piano: The Russian Tradition Revisited - Paperback

$11.12

by Mary Pat Gannon (Editor), Marguerite Abatelli (Author)This text is a representation of the piano practice techniques utilized by the late 19th and early 20th Century pianists. Two examples of this tradition are the late Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) and Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997). Today, many excellent books for piano deal with what to practice; however, they do not address how to practice. This text fills in some of those gaps. Although there are other great pianistic traditions, th...

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by Joe R. Eagleman (Author)This book has all the instructions to guide you step by step for building your own mandolin. It describes the woods to use and patterns needed. With these instructions you will be able to design and build your own mandolin using minimal equipment. It will also tell you how to adjust your mandolin like a pro. Number of Pages: 60 Dimensions: 0.14 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 04, 2020

The Pop Festival: History, Music, Media, Culture - Paperback

$73.71

by George McKay (Author)'I'm going to camp out on the land ... try and get my soul free'. So sang Joni Mitchell in 1970 on 'Woodstock'. But Woodstock is only the tip of the iceberg. Popular music festivals are one of the strikingly successful and enduring features of seasonal popular cultural consumption for young people and older generations of enthusiasts. From pop and rock to folk, jazz and techno, under stars and canvas, dancing in the streets and in the mud, the pleasures and politics of...

Artistic Research in Music: Discipline and Resistance--Artists and Researchers at the Orpheus Institute - Paperback

$107.10

by Jonathan Impett (Editor)Artistic research in music is now at a generational stage of development. How should it deal with its own maturing? From a kaleidoscope of individual pursuits, ethos and methodologies have emerged to encompass more distributed approaches. This transformation has taken place in parallel with changes in the dynamics and structures of culture, its institutions and constituencies. Artistic research maintains a productive dialectic between its potential status as discipl...

A Complete Theoretical and Practical School for the Violoncello - Paperback

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by Bernhard Romberg (Author)Title: A Complete Theoretical and Practical School for the Violoncello Composer: Bernhard Romberg Original Publisher: Ditson A Complete Theoretical and Practical School for the Violoncello by Romberg in the English version originally published by Ditson in 1880. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally repri...

Liszt - Transcendental Etudes - Paperback

$24.28

by Samwise Publishing (Author), Franz Liszt (Author)Sheet music for Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, composed in 1851. This edition contains the following etudes: 1.) Preludio in C major2.) Molto vivace in A minor3.) Paysage in F major4.) Mazeppa in D minor5.) Feux follets in B-sharp major6.) Vision in G minor7.) Eroica in E-flat major8.) Wilde Jagd in C minor9.) Ricordanza in A-flat major10.) Allegro agitato molto in F minor11.) Harmonies du soir in D-flat major12.) Chasse-neige in B-fla...

Back To The Light - A Casual Guide To The Music Of Queen's Brian May - Paperback

$20.07

by Neil Daniels (Author)Brian May is undoubtedly one of rock music's greatest and best-known guitarists. Regularly appearing in 'The World's Greatest Guitarists' polls and such, Brian May is a living legend and an icon to musicians of all ages. As a member of Queen, he is a household name and his innovative signature guitar riffs are world famous. Some of his most recognised songs for Queen include 'We Will Rock You', 'Tie Your Mother Down' and 'Fat Bottomed Girls'. But there is more to this ...

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by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Author)Title: 24 Negro Melodies Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Original Publisher: Ditson The complete 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, as originally published by Ditson. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional b...

$18.88

by Marc (Author)Este libro incluye una selecci n de piezas cl sicas de los m s renombrados compositores: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard Wagner y Johannes Brahms. 18 temas f ciles y divertidos de tocar, presentadas en una versi n simplificada para principiantes, con acompa amiento de piano. En no...

Sacred Choral Anthems: Original Music for SATB Choir - Paperback

$14.99

by Kevin G. Pace (Author)Sacred Choral Anthems Volume 1 is a collection of music for SATB choir with piano accompaniment. Composed by Kevin G. Pace. Several of these beautiful pieces are award-winning compositions.Author BiographyKEVIN G. PACE is an award-winning composer and musician. He has written numerous works in many different genres. His works include music for choir, beginning to advanced piano solo, and piano duet and chamber music. His music ranges from sacred to blues to boogie to ...

Debussy: Two Arabesques - Piano Solo L. 66 - Paperback

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by Samwise Publishing (Author), Claude Debussy (Author)Sheet music for Debussy's Two Arabesques for the piano. L. 66, CD 74. Debussy Deux Arabesques sheet music. Reprinted from the excellent Durand & Fils. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: February 26, 2015

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by Theotis Jones (Illustrator), Byron Crawford (Author)A dark, twisted journey inside the mind of one of America's most outspoken celebrities Kanye West is the self-proclaimed Steve Jobs of the Internet, downtown, fashion and culture. He doesn't just produce critically acclaimed rap albums, he has ideas for water bottle design and architecture. He tried to design a leather jogging pant, but European fashion designers won't allow him to be great, because he doesn't have the necessary connectio...

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by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Author)Title: The Tempest, Op. 18 Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Original Publisher: Jurgenson The complete orchestral score to Tchaikovsky's The Tempest, Op. 18, as originally published in the first edition by Jurgenson in 1875. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of origin...

Lightning Piano Book 1: A fun approach for young beginners - Paperback

$18.88

by Sally Hopkins (Author)A first piano book for young children which aims to grow a love of music making while developing all the skills needed to be a pianist. The approach is structured but the material is designed to be creative and fun, encouraging experimentation, improvisation and playing by ear alongside learning to read music. Inspired by Paul Harris' books on Simultaneous Learning, new concepts are introduced slowly and logically a step at a time so that theory, aural and practical s...

The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach Made Easy for Solo Classical Guitar - Paperback

$16.18

by Mark Phillips (Author), Johann Sebastian Bach (Author)12 pieces by J. S. Bach made easy for solo classical guitar. Includes: Air on the G String - Arioso - Be Thou with Me - Break Forth O Beauteous, Heavenly Light - Come, Sweet Death - Forget Me Not - Gavotte (from Cantata 202) - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Lord, I Believe, Help Me in My Weakness - Minuet in G - O Jesus So Sweet - O Mighty Love Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 16, 2015

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by Ludwig Minkus (Author)Title: Don Quixote Composer: Ludwig Minkus Original Publisher: Muzyka The complete three-act version of Minkus' Don Quixote, arranged for solo piano, as originally published by Muzyka. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional blemishes, dama...

The Rare Soul Bible - Volume 2 - Paperback

$44.55

by Dave Rimmer (Author)The second volume of the Rare Soul Bible contains the most comprehensive listings of artists discographies, and label listings, for Soul artists that have a connection to the UK's Northern Soul scene, ever put together in one book. Combine that with some of the author's in depth biographies, and some of his hilarious accounts of trips out of the UK to DJ in Europe and the States, it makes a fascinating read that no fan or collector of Rare soul should be without. Number...