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Escenas Diversas: Drama, Humor y Música - Hardcover

$156.96

by Pablo Alejandro Suárez Marrero (Editor)A través de un recorrido sobre prácticas musicales gestadas en diversas localidades iberoamericanas, desde finales del siglo XIX hasta la actualidad, 'Escenas Diversas: Drama, Humor y Música' hace de la diversidad de las escenas musicales, una de sus mayores fortalezas. En esta obra, el concepto de "escena" se convierte en un ámbito discursivo oportuno para construir aproximaciones dinámicas y flexibles sobre el quehacer musical, ya sea del pasado his...

Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers - Hardcover

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by Andrew Grant Jackson (Author)As recommended by USA Today and excerpted on Rolling Stone.com! More than forty years after breaking up, The Beatles remain the biggest-selling and most influential group in the history of popular music. Fans endlessly replay their songs, craving more, while thousands of cover versions of their songs have been recorded and performed. Band biographies, pop music histories, song books, and academic titles on the Fab Four clutter shelves. But never has there been ...

Long Title: Looking for the Good Times Examining the Monkees' Songs, One by One (Second Edition) - Paperback

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by Michael A. Ventrella (Author), Mark Arnold (Author)Second Edition "Here we come. Walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we're The Monkees!" The idea of creating a tv series about a wacky rock group similar to The Beatles had been unsuccessfully kicked around Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures since 1962, but by 1965, The Beatles were on their second tour, and their Help! album, single, and tour created a popularity wave called Beatlemania...

CAGEDrules!: Volume1 - Major Shapes - Paperback

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by Robert Landy Landinger (Author)How can you learn your guitar's fretboard without thinking so that you can play melodies, chords, and solos to always fit the style musically? Robert "Landy" Landinger, author of this book, was looking for a corresponding method since he first started playing the guitar. He focused on guitar greats like Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt and discovered the CAGED system which relies exclusively on the basic chords. With this volume, there is finally a book for ...

The to X of Alternative Music - Paperback

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by Steve Taylor (Author)What do AC/DC and Aphex Twin have in common? David Bowie and Butthole Surfers? The Clash and the Chemical Brothers? On the surface, very little. Yet they are all representative of the most important movement in modern music - Alternative. What makes these acts alternative? And why do we care? The A to X of Alternative Music answers these questions. Based on a show on pioneering London-based radio station Xfm, this is both the story of the greatest music ever made and a...

Song of the North Country: A Midwest Framework to the Songs of Bob Dylan - Paperback

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by David Pichaske (Author)A remarkably fresh piece of Dylan scholarship, focusing on the profound impact that his Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.Author BiographyDavid Pichaske is Professor of English at Southwest Minnesota State University. He is the author of many books, several related to rural literature and themes, including "Rooted: Six Midwest Writers of Place." He has published on a range of subjects from rock music and American culture to T.S...

Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas: A Handbook for Performers - Paperback

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by Stewart Gordon (Author)The thirty-two Piano Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven form one of the most important segments of piano literature. In this accessible, compact, and comprehensive guidebook, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon presents the pianist with historical insights and practical instructional tools for interpreting the pieces. In the opening chapters of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, Gordon illuminates the essential historical context behind common performance problem...

Beginning Technique for the Cello - Paperback

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by Cassia Harvey (Author)Beginning Technique for the Cello gives you exercises that will improve your playing right from the beginning. Starting with just open string and first finger, the finger exercises help you get stronger and help your fingers move faster. The bowing exercises in this book work on rhythms and developing bow control. Ending with all-important scale studies, the exercises in this book will give you a strong technique that you will use for the rest of your cello playing. A...

Singer's Guide to German Diction - Paperback

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by Valentin Lanzrein (Author), Richard Cross (Author)The Singer's Guide to German Diction is the essential foundation for a complete course in German diction for singers, vocal coaches, choral conductors, and anyone wishing to learn the proper pronunciation of High German. Written by Valentin Lanzrein and Richard Cross, who each have years of experience on stage, in the voice studio, and in the diction classroom, it provides an all-encompassing and versatile reference for the rules of German ...

Master Singers: Advice from the Stage - Paperback

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by Donald George (Author), Lucy Mauro (Author)There is often a dichotomy between the academic approach to singing that voice students learn in the studio and what professional singers do on the operatic and concert stage. Great singers at the top of the performing profession achieve their place with much analysis and awareness of their technique, art, interpretation and stagecraft that goes far beyond academic study and develops over years of experience, exposure, and the occasional embarrass...

How to Read Music: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Sheet Music Theory and Reading Musical Notation Today - Paperback

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by Preston Hoffman (Author)Seven Easy Steps Towards Achieving Your Dream to Learn How to Read MusicDo you want to learn how to read music in 1 day?Clefs, chords, tempo, staves, pitch, notes... Are these confusing words the reason you find learning music to be so difficult?If so, "How to Read Music: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Sheet Music Theory and Reading Musical Notation Today" by Preston Hoffman is THE book for you!It will give you an introduction to the basics of rea...

Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology - Paperback

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by Gregory F. Barz (Editor), Timothy J. Cooley (Editor)Ethnomusicological fieldwork has significantly changed since the end of the the 20th century. Ethnomusicology is in a critical moment that requires new perspecitves on fieldwork - perspectives that are not addressed in the standard guides to ethnomusicological or anthropological method. The focus in ethnomusicological writing and teaching has traditionally centered around analyses and ethnographic representations of musical cultures, rath...

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by Timothy Rice (Author)Ethnomusicology is an academic discipline with a very broad mandate: to understand why and how human beings are musical through the study of music in all its geographical and historical diversity. Ethnomusicological scholarship, however, has been remiss in articulating such goals, methods, and theories. A renowned figure in the field, Timothy Rice is one of the few scholars to regularly address this problem. In this volume, he offers a compilation of essays drawn from ...

The People and the Music: Country and Bluegrass That Is! - Paperback

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by Barbara Martin Stephens (Author), Michelle S. Martin (Editor), Lindsey Martin (Cover Design by)The People and the Music: Country and Bluegrass, that is! is a first-hand look at how the music business has been conducted, and the people involved each day, on 16th & 17th Avenues South (now known as Music Row or Music Block) in Nashville, Tennessee. The People and the Music guides you on a journey through the evolution of how the music business has evolved, beginning in the 1960s through t...

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by Kevin Whitehead (Author)What was the first jazz record? Are jazz solos really improvised? How did jazz lay the groundwork for rock and country music? In Why Jazz?, author and NPR jazz critic Kevin Whitehead provides lively, insightful answers to these and many other fascinating questions, offering an entertaining guide for both novice listeners and long-time fans. Organized chronologically in a convenient question and answer format, this terrific resource makes jazz accessible to a broad ...

21 Nights in Accra: Culture, Excursions and discussions in Africa's favorite city. - Paperback

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by Gabriel Myers Hansen (Author) Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 07, 2025

Piano Songs for Advanced Beginners: The Best Classical Pieces Color-Coded + Audio - Paperback

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by Damian Hermann (Author)Features: Color-Coded Songs & Audio FilesThis book simplifies learning with color-coded versions of each song and offers three different difficulty levels.Every piece has accompanying audio files to enhance your understanding and learning experience!Piano Songs for Advanced Beginners offers a carefully curated selection of classical masterpieces designed to accelerate your learning and make reading music more intuitive-no need to read sheet music beforehand!This ...

Worship Songwriting Tips: 30 Days to Better Writing - Paperback

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by David J. Pedde (Author)Want to spark your songwriting creativity? Take up the challenge and read Worship Songwriting Tips one chapter each day for 30 days. You will find yourself well on your way to your best writing. Written in a conversational style, this easy to read volume is a concise compilation of "things I've heard myself say over and over again to countless numbers of developing songwriters." The 30 tips captured here are intended to inspire the new writer as well as to re-awaken ...

Ukulele for Beginners: Bundle - The Only 2 Books You Need to Learn to Play Ukulele and Reading Ukulele Sheet Music Today - Paperback

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by Preston Hoffman (Author)2 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Play Ukulele and How to Read Music!Book 1)How to Play Ukulele: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Ukulele Chords, Ukulele Tabs and Fingerstyle Ukulele TodayYou will learn the following: -How to buy a ukulele-The different parts of a ukulele-How to hold your ukulele-The chords of the ukulele-Chord transitioning-Chord progression-How to strum the ukulele-How to read tabs-Learnng fingerstyle-Songs you can play-A...

Gabriel Fauré - Cello Sonata No.2 - Op.117 - A Score for Cello and Piano - Paperback

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by Gabriel Fauré (Author)In this book the Classical Music Collection presents the sheet music for Cello Sonata No.2 - Op.117 By Gabriel Fauré composed in 1921. Made up of 3 movements: 1. Allegro, 2. Andante, 3. Allegro vivo. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.1 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 25, 2012

Intro to Piano: Class Piano for Adult Beginners - Paperback

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by Donna Gielow McFarland (Author)"Intro to Piano: Class Piano for Adult Beginners" is an approach to beginning piano that primarily uses the guidenote method for learning to read music - a method which has proven to be very effective at helping students become good sight readers. Easier sight reading makes for a more enjoyable experience for the beginning piano student. Suitable for both individual and classroom use, this book includes pieces for sight reading practice, rhythm practice, perf...

Disciplining the Arts: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Context - Paperback

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by Gary D. Beckman (Author), Angela Myles Beeching (Contribution by), Bonnie E. Brookby (Contribution by)Increasingly, the availability of entrepreneurship education is becoming a factor in college choice as fine arts students demand training that helps them create an arts-based career after graduation. Disciplining the Arts explores the policy, programming, and curricular issues in the emerging field of arts entrepreneurship. Author BiographyA proud New Englander, Gary D. Beckman received de...

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by Ludwig Van Beethoven for Solo Piano (180 (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: November 23, 2010

Before the Baton: Musical Direction and Conducting in Stuart and Georgian Britain - Hardcover

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by Peter Holman (Author)How was large-scale music directed or conducted in Britain before baton conducting took hold in the 1830s? This book investigates the ways large-scale music was directed or conducted in Britain before baton conducting took hold in the 1830s. After surveying practice in Italy, Germany and France from Antiquity to the eighteenth century, the focus is on direction in two strands of music making in Stuart and Georgian Britain: choral music from Restoration cathedrals to th...

The Poodle Diaries: A Guide To The Live Music Of Frank Zappa - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby W. Surface (Author)Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Frank Zappa's live music with "The Poodle Diaries." This comprehensive guide serves as your ultimate companion, meticulously chronicling the extraordinary concert legacy of one of music's most enigmatic and influential figures. Explore the depths of Zappa's mesmerizing performances, unraveling the secrets behind his creative genius and immersing yourself in the magic that unfolded on stage.Discover...

Conozca las escalas y comience a improvisar - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Miguel Antonio Martinez Cuellar (Author)Conozca las escalas y comience a improvisar "Curso completo de guitarra acústica nivel 2"No importa si está comenzando desde cero o si ya tiene conocimientos, nuestro curso completo de guitarra acústica le ayudara a lograr todas las metas que tenga con la guitarra.Al terminar este segundo nivel usted: Podrá interpretar solos de dificultad media Usted podrá transportar canciones a diferentes tonalidades. Usted podrá crear...

Bass Guitar Tablature Bass Guitar Picks EADG Bass Tab - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby L. Fields (Author)This bass guitar tablature notebook makes a great bass player gift idea. Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.43 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: May 25, 2018

Playing Accordion Beginners: Complete Procedural Melody Guide To Understand, Learn And Master How To Play Acordion Like A Pro Even With No Former E - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Jara (Author)Unlock the enchanting world of accordion music with "Playing Accordion Beginners," your ultimate companion on the journey to mastering this versatile instrument. This meticulously crafted guide is designed to empower beginners with no prior experience, providing a step-by-step roadmap to transform you into an accordion virtuoso. Inside, you'll find a carefully curated curriculum that demystifies the complexities of accordion playing, ensuring ...

Easiest 40: classical piano for beginners - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Veronicapiano88 (Author)Easiest 40 classical piano for beginners - edited for beginner piano with easy bass notescontents: 1. Bach - Arioso2. Beethoven - Ecossaise3. Boccherini - Minuet4. Borodin - Polovetzian Dance5. Brahms - Lullaby6. Brahms - Hungarian Dance7. Brahms - Intermezzo8. Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu9. Chopin - Grand Waltz10. Chopin - Mazurka11. Dvorak - Graceful Waltz12. Faure - Berceuse13. Gounod - Juliet's Waltz14. Grieg - In the Hall of the Mou...

Step by Step Guide on How to Play Jazz Piano: Expert Manual To Master The Art Of Jazz Piano Playing, From Basic Chords To Advanced Improvisation Techn - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Mishra Sylas (Author)The "Step by Step Guide on How to Play Jazz Piano" book is an extensive and invaluable tool for budding pianists who want to explore the complex genre of jazz. The author skillfully walks readers through the basics of jazz piano in the first few chapters, offering 'Getting Started' and 'Essential Techniques, ' which serve as a strong foundation and introduce key ideas. These sections also create a framework for the rest of the book.A signif...

Thirteen Week Guitar Technique Bootcamp - Advanced Level: Your 13 Week Practice Plan to Master Picking, Legato, Sweeping & Tapping - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Brooks (Author), Joseph Alexander (Author), Tim Pettingale (Editor)Welcome To The Advanced Guitar Technique BootcampReady to take the final step in developing perfect guitar technique?Wondering how to go from merely "good" to superhero guitarist?Rock guitar technique virtuoso Chris Brooks is here to guide your practice and take you beyond ordinary......and knowing that time is at a premium, he shows you how he structures his practice, to help you get the ...

A Year of Folk Tunes for Viola - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Miriam Troxler (Author)In a year be able to play in all the keys. Improve your technique with major and minor scales and arpeggios. Each month has a featured key and matching folk tune. A practice journal is included. Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: October 26, 2022