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Symmetrical and Other Scales for Guitar - Paperback

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by Rob Silver (Author)This guide maps out various Symmetrical Scales, that is scales based on repeated subdivisions of an octave, and a few other oddities that didn't fit neatly into any other volume of the series for you on 6 string guitar in standard tuning. Scales mapped out include Whole-Half DIMINISHED, Half-Whole DIMINISHED, THE WHOLE TONE SCALE, THE AUGMENTED SCALE, THE TRITONE SCALE, THE TWO SEMITONE TRITONE SCALE, THE CHROMATIC SCALE, THE PROMETHEUS SCALE, THE COMPOSITE II SCALE, THE...

Ukulele for Kids: Christmas Carols, Classical Music, Nursery Rhymes, Traditional & Folk Songs! - Paperback

$16.18

by Marc (Author)This collection features a selection of the greatest songs for kids. Includes nursery rhymes, christmas carols, classical music, folk songs and traditional songs from all around the world This beginner Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.11 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: October 10, 2014

Roy Wood: The Move, Wizzard and beyond - Paperback

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by John Van Der Kiste (Author)From his early days as guitarist with Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders, Roy Wood was always a major figure on the Birmingham music scene. In 1965 he helped to form The Move, who weathered several line-up changes over the next few years while enjoying a spectacular run of hit singles, notably Flowers In The Rain, the first record ever played on Radio 1, and the No. 1 Blackberry Way. Keen to progress beyond the limitations of a conventional group, he became the co...

Bach - French Suites: Instructive Edition - Paperback

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by Egon Petri (Editor), Samwise Publishing (Author), Johann Sebastian Bach (Author)Bach's six French suites, edited by Egon Petri. Sheet music for the piano. This helpful instructive edition is filled with dozens upon dozens of instructive tips and footnotes, dynamics and articulation markings, to help you to learn and play well. 6 French Suites, BWV 812-817: Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 815Suite No.5...

Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music - Paperback

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by Olivier Julien (Editor), Christophe Levaux (Editor)From the Tin Pan Alley 32-bar form, through the cyclical forms of modal jazz, to the more recent accumulation of digital layers, beats, and breaks in Electronic Dance Music, repetition as both an aesthetic disposition and a formal property has stimulated a diverse range of genres and techniques. From the angles of musicology, psychology, sociology, and science and technology, Over and Over reassesses the complexity connected to notions of ...

J.S. Bach Partita in A minor for Solo Flute: transcribed for the mandolin in staff notation and tablature - Paperback

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by Daniel Sellman (Author)J. S. Bach Partita in A minor for solo flute, transcribed for the mandolin in standard notation and tablature.This book includes some suggested fingerings to facilitate challenging position changes.Partita in A minor for solo flute: Allemande;Corrente;Sarabande;Bourrée Angloise Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: November 27, 2014

30 Christmas Carols for Easy Piano - Paperback

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by Mark Phillips (Author)30 classic Christmas carols arranged for Easy Piano, with chord symbols for guitar. Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High, Deck the Halls, The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Joy to the World, O Christmas Tree, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas and 18 more. Number of Pages: 58 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 2...

Ian Mosley - Marillion's Heartbeat - Paperback

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by Andy Wright (Photographer), Mark Pardy (Author)A style and analysis of the drumming of Marillion's Ian Mosley. Featuring transcriptions from the Marillion catalogue and photographs by Andy Wright. Recordings of the transcriptions available through a link to the author's website. Interviews with Ian and producer, Michael Hunter.Author BiographyMark Pardy is a British musician residing in the US. He has held the drum chair for musicals such as Lion King, Spamalot, Legally Blonde, Tommy, Hair...

The Music of Henry Purcell Made Easy for Solo Classical Guitar - Paperback

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by Mark Phillips (Author), Henry Purcell (Author)The music of English Baroque composer Henry Purcell made easy for solo classical guitar. Notated in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Adagio (from Trio Sonata, Z 801) - Air in D Minor - Christ Is Made Sure the Foundation - If Love's a Sweet Passion - Minuet (from Abdelazer Suite) - Minuet (from Harpsichord Suite, Z 660) - Minuet (from Harpsichord Suite, Z 669) - Minuet (Z 649) - Minuet (Z 650) - Minuet (Z 651) - Minuet (ZD 225) - A New...

Guitaronomicon: All the scales: The collected Basic Scale Guides For Guitar Volumes 1-18 - Paperback

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by Amanda Wood (Illustrator), Rob Silver (Author)This collected edition brings together all previous 18 volumes of "Basic Scale Guides For Guitar" in a single MONSTROUS volume This edition is printed in black and white to keep the cost as low as possible.GUITARONOMICON contains: THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE. THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE. THREE NOTE PER STRING PENTATONIC SHAPES. THREE NOTE PER STRING THREE OCTAVE PENTATONIC SCALES. THE MINOR BLUES SCALE. THE MAJOR BLUES SCALE. THREE NOTE PER STRI...

Christmas Joy: Popular Piano Arrangements for Intermediate and Advanced Pianists - Paperback

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by Jacqueline Hankins (Author)("Silent Night", "The Christmas Song", White Christmas", "Ave Maria", "O Holy Night", etc.) The recorded version is also available: "Christmas Joy Piano Arrangements For Your Dining Pleasure". Listen to music samples and/or download .mp3 selections for just $.99 on: http: //www.cdbaby.com/artist/jacquelinehankins Buy the critically acclaimed CD at: https: //www.createspace.com/2074561 EnjoyAuthor Biography. . . Musical love affair with the piano! VIF Gourmet Jou...

Eurovision: A Funny Kind of Euphoria - Paperback

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by Garry Holland (Author)Is there a hole in your life? Is it shaped like the Eurovision Song Contest? Or is Eurovision already the highlight of your year - like Christmas but without the unwelcome visitors? Whether you're a Eurovision veteran or virgin, this book explains how to maximise the sheer magnificence of this unique event, explores the trials of being a fan and relives some key contests from the past: when ABBA won, when the UK plunged into the 'nul points' abyss, when a German lady ...

30 American Folk Songs with Sheet Music and Fingering for Tin Whistle - Paperback

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by Stephen Ducke (Author)30 classic folk, patriotic and traditional songs such as Camptown races, Clementine, Yankee Doodle or the Star-Spangled Banner, arranged with fingering charts for pennywhistle. Easy songs for beginners Illustrated Number of Pages: 46 Dimensions: 0.11 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: November 14, 2015

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by Reena Kaur (Author)Reena Kaur is an internationally recognised and established star of Ladies Sangeet. With decades of performances on stages across the world as a solo performer and singing alongside other well known artists, she is in great demand on the Indian Music Circuit. Her recordings are always popular as she brings the past to life. Now for the first time, she has put pen to paper to produce a concise history of Ladies Sangeet. The book also has short chapters on her life, Indian...

Sheet Music Solos For French Horn Book 2: 20 Elementary/Intermediate French Horn Sheet Music Pieces - Paperback

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by Michael Shaw (Author)Sheet Music Solos For French Horn Book 2Skill level varies from easy (Elementary) to medium (Intermediate) There is a mixed selection of pieces in this book including classical, traditional and folk tunes.Contents: Daisy Bell Greensleeves Home on the Range For He's a Jolly Good Fellow Liebestraum Merrily We Roll Along Michael Row The Boat Ashore Oh Susanna Sonata in C Major Radetzky March Roses From the South Sonata Pathetique Swan Lake The Entertainer The New World S...

Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975 - Paperback

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by Bob Porter (Author)Soul Jazz is a history of jazz and its reception in the black community in the period from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War. Previous histories reflect the perspective of an integrated America, yet the United States was a segregated country in 1945. The black audience had a very different take on the music and that is the perception explored in Soul Jazz. Number of Pages: 298 Dimensions: 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 10, 2016

Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned From Pop Songs - Paperback

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by Susan Tepper (Contribution by), DC Thome (Contribution by), Dani J. Caile (Contribution by)Ever listened to a love song and felt like it was written just for you? Have you ever helped yourself get through a tough breakup by listening to your favorite song? Maybe you and your current flame have one song that feels like it simply belongs to you as a couple? If you've ever been in love, experienced an unrequited crush, or simply longed for a relationship spun from a pop song, this is the book...

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by Stanislav Ilarionov Borisov (Author)The exercises in this book are designed to extend your technical abilities, encourage your creativity and guide you through the complex process of creating music on the spot.For that purpose this book offers you more than 170 exercises of different patterns, 130 II-V-I exercises for scales and arpeggios, more de 670 different II-V-I- licks and exercises for Coltrane changes.The exercises are presented only in the key of C, but they have to be transposed ...

Classical Favourites For Piano Book 2: Classical Sheet Music Arranged For Piano - Paperback

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by Michael Shaw (Author)Classical Favourites For Piano Book 2This is the second of two classical sheet music books I have arranged for piano. The skill level required for this book is grade 1 to grade 3 level, some of the pieces in this book are relatively easy to play, however, beginners should be assisted by a piano teacher especially with the more advanced pieces in this book. All the pieces in this book are nowhere near concert pianist level so in that respect can be considered easy to pl...

Juke'n The Uke: Blues, Ragtime & Hokum for 'Ukulele: Complete Tablature for the CD & More - Paperback

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by Mark Kailana Nelson (Author)Inspired by the music played in early 20th Century juke joints, rent parties and road house dives, "Juke'n The Uke" is an outstanding collection of classic blues, rags, jug-band songs and hokum artfully arranged for fingerstyle 'ukulele. Highlights include a rare Hawaiian blues, the ballad "John Henry" played bottleneck style, and gems transcribed from the immortal Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy, Etta Baker, Blind Blake and many others. "Juke'n the Uke"...

Crowd Control: Classroom Management and Effective Teaching for Chorus, Band, and Orchestra - Paperback

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by Susan L. Haugland (Author)Crowd Control 2nd edition is a nuts-and-bolts manual for teachers of middle and high school performance-based classes such as band, orchestra, and chorus. This practical 'how-to' guide shows teachers, pre-service or experienced, efficient ways to manage large performance-based classrooms.Author BiographySusan L. Haugland has been a music educator since 1982, with experience teaching band, chorus, orchestra, general music, and music theory at all grade levels from ...

The Tyranny of Tradition in Piano Teaching: A Critical History from Clementi to the Present - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Ponce (Author)The strict traditions of piano teaching have remained entrenched for generations. The dominant influence of Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), the first composer-pedagogue of the instrument, brought about an explosion of autocratic instruction and bizarre teaching systems, exemplified in the mind-numbing drills of Hanon's "The Virtuoso Pianist." These practices--considered absurd or abusive by many--persist today at all levels of piano education....

When Stars Were In Reach: The Who at Union Catholic High School - November 29, 1967 (Black and White Version) - Paperback

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by Michael Rosenbloom (Author)"When Stars Were in Reach" (WSWIR) is the true story of a group of plucky and determined high school students who dreamt big and put their high school on the map. Tired of the usual boring bake sales and dances, this group of high school seniors tried a novel approach to fundraising. They coaxed an initially reluctant administration to enter the rock concert business in the fall of 1967 by booking an on-the-rise, little-known British rock band named curiously eno...

A Practical Method for Taus, Dilruba, and Esraj: Level 1: Beginner - Paperback

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by Michael C. Wheeler (Author)A method book for beginning players of Taus, Dilruba, and Esraj. This book comes with a history of the instruments, care and maintenance, technical exercises, and literature based lessons with original and traditional compositions. Number of Pages: 138 Dimensions: 0.5 x 10.9 x 8.4 IN Publication Date: September 07, 2012

Flamenco Legacy: Authentic 20th Century Masterpieces from the Cafes of Seville and Madrid to the Gypsy Caves of Granada - Paperback

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by Jeffrey Goodman (Author)This collection of authentic flamenco features music created and played by anonymous gypsies in Spain and dates back to the 1950s. The book is divided into two main sections, each with the same 15 pieces. The repertoire includes: Malague aSolearesJota TientosGypsy RumbaFlamenco RumbaFandangoZapateadoFaruccaGranadinasMedia GranadinasTangoSolearesTarantasAlbacinatasThe first section is entirely in music notation format and is fully notated as to fingering, strumming a...

Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop: 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers - Paperback

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by James Arena (Author)Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds. The resulting explosion of high-energy, increasingly electronic dance-pop caused a sensation worldwide. In this book of original interviews, 32 of the era's most celebrated artists, producers and industry professionals discuss their lives and careers: Thomas Anders (Modern Talking's "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"), Pete Burns (De...

J.S.Bach, Solo Guitar Transcriptions of Keyboard Works: BWV 827 Scherzo - Paperback

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by Chris D. Saunders (Author)This book contains detailed notes on how to play BWV 827 Scherzo and BWV 934 Little Prelude on Classical Guitar. Every single note has both right and left hand fingerings to ensure the reader knows how to play them. Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 10, 2013

Trumpet for Kids: Christmas Carols, Classical Music, Nursery Rhymes, Traditional & Folk Songs! - Paperback

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The Music Therapy Profession: Inspiring Health, Wellness, and Joy - Paperback

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by Christine Korb (Author)Many musicians, music students, and general music lovers are curious about the field of music therapy -- the who, what, where, and how. This book provides a general overview of the profession, and it includes 26 audition essays, written by former students, confirming their motivation to "do good in the world through music." A career in music therapy combines their love of music with the desire to be of service to others.This book offers both the pragmatic reasons and...

Manageable Left-Handed Guitar Chords: Illustrated with black and white strings to show which strings to play for each chord - Paperback

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by P. M. P. Green (Author)This book is a unique guitar chord reference. 468 chords are shown for left-handed guitarists. It not only shows the chord shape but the notes and scale degrees in each chord. This is very useful for all guitar players. Beginners should not only try to learn the chord shapes in this book but at the same time they should try to learn the root notes which are shown in each chord box (the 1st scale degree). Try to learn them together. This will greatly assist you when y...

Strumology For Guitar: Learn How To Strum the Guitar. Over 50 strumming patterns that every guitarist should know - Paperback

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by Anthony Vincent Locascio (Author)The definitive guide to strumming the guitar. 27 essential strum patterns with examples in pop rock country alt indie and more. Learn how to strum the guitar with the strum patterns the pros use. Simple and Easy with no sheet music or complex theory. Piano Comping, Fingerstyle Guitar and Arpeggios, The Claw Hammer Technique, Arpeggio roll patterns and specialized guitar strumming. Funk Soul Reggae Country Flamenco and Blues strumming section.Author Biograph...

Fundamentals of guitar fretboard theory - Paperback

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by Stan Hirsch (Author)This book draws a simple to follow map. To follow this map and truly understand your guitar fretboard (neck), all you need is a guide who possesses a clean, clear, well presented explanation of the basic E, A, D, G, C, and F chords A map that guides you along an easy to follow path. This book does that With just 22 pages of instruction you should be able to write your own basic chord book. (One with 100's of chords along with some very useful scales.) After 40 plus ye...