An easy introduction to musical terms and music theory. Packed with musical definitions and terms from A capella to Zither it gives clear explanations of major and minor keys rhythm intervals modes chords and much more! An easy introduction to musical terms and music theory. Packed with musical definitions and terms from A capella to Zither it gives clear explanations of major and minor keys rhythm intervals modes chords and much more!

An invaluable source book for enhancing both sightreading skills and aural awareness including musical excerpts and purpose-composed studies to aid the student in the art of reading atonal lines.

General Musicianship texts-A really handy pocket sized book with everything you want to know about music! It also features an appendix with hundreds of musical terms and directions for performance and their meanings.

Stewart Macpherson's The Rudiments of Music revised and with a new chapter by Anthony Payne. A comprehensive reference for students learning to read music and its definitions as well as experienced musicians and composers who want to brush up on the finer details. The 'rudiments' of music-reading have not changed but the book has been thoroughly revised to reflect new attitudes to teaching them.

Roy Wilkinson: ABC Of Harmony - Book A (Second Edition) is the first in this tremendous set of three Theory books for all instruments. The ABC Of Harmony series is an all new series of harmony textbooks with a simple and concise approach for all teachers and students. Roy Wilkinson: ABC Of Harmony - Book A (Second Edition) is perfect for a systematic study of harmony for the general musician as well as for requirements of the ABRSM AMEB and other examining bodies.

Bernard Braley The first volume in a series telling in depth the life stories of some great hymnwriters. The stories can easily be turned into occasional performances of hymns with interspersed readings. There are numerous quotations helpful to this end. The volume covers Thomas Ken Reginald Heber John Ellerton and William Walsham How. The book is full of the unexpected and makes a delightful gift. Quotations from hymns letters and diaries together with photographs illustrate the text fully. This is a fascinating book and those with a talent for dramatisation would find this an ideal starting-point for creating a play. We have come to associate aspecial combination of lively style and meticulous research with the writings of Bernard Braley. In this first volume on hymnwriters we are not disappointed. (The Local Preachers' Magazine) Mr Braley's biographical method is highly original - so far as I know unique - but carefully contrived to suite the nature of his subjects. His unorthodox method helps to make these men new to us and powerfully to promote in us a sense of fellowship with them. (The Hymn Society Bulletin) ISBN 0 85249 667 2

Help Yourself to practical teaching hints with this fantastic series self-help pedagogy books by Marienne Uszler. Focus on a specific teaching technique in each book Offer practical teaching hints on how to use the technique Show you how to make these ideas work in your own studio Sketch a background against which to examine the technique Provide references for you to search further on your own. Time Flies… focuses on how to make the most productive and best use of your teaching time.Help Yourself to practical teaching hints with this fantastic series self-help pedagogy books by Marienne Uszler. Focus on a specific teaching technique in each book Offer practical teaching hints on how to use the technique Show you how to make these ideas work in your own studio Sketch a background against which to examine the technique Provide references for you to search further on your own. Time Flies… focuses on how to make the most productive and best use of your teaching time.

This volume traces the development of equal-temperament and the scientific search for the perfect scale from Pythagoras to Bach and beyond. Each chapter is devoted to a specific principal theory critically evaluating the contributions of well and lesser-known students of the issue. Written by internationally respected authority J. Murray Barbour the book requires minimal background of music or scientific theory. A vital text for every student of tonality instrumental innovation and the interaction between scientific and musical development.

Chords are the foundation of almost all of Western music and the most common function of the Guitar is as an accompaniment instrument. But sooner or later curiosity or necessity leads us to try to understand chords a little better. How are chords put together? How did they get these weird names? Why do some chords sound ?good? and some sound ?bad?? Comprehensive Chord Theory For Guitar will help you figure it all out. You'll explore: the first steps in chord theory and practice moveable chord shapes barre chords and triads the '5' chord; color notes extended chords: 9th 11th 13th and altered chords and more The CD includes demos of the chords discussed in the book. Chords are the foundation of almost all of Western music and the most common function of the Guitar is as an accompaniment instrument. But sooner or later curiosity or necessity leads us to try to understand chords a little better. How are chords put together? How did they get these weird names? Why do some chords sound “good” and some sound “bad”? Comprehensive Chord Theory For Guitar will help you figure it all out. You'll explore: the first steps in chord theory and practice moveable chord shapes barre chords and triads the '5' chord; color notes extended chords: 9th 11th 13th andaltered chords and more The CD includes demos of the chords discussed in the book.

A comprehensive guide history and owner's manual for all players and fans of National Resonator Dobro and electro-acoustic stringed instruments. Bob Brozman eats sleeps breathes and plays Nationals and in this detailed volume he covers the facts and figures necessary for serious collectors as well enthusiasts. It includes the instrument's history background innovators and its place in the culture of the 1920s and 1930s. Includes a generous selection of colour and black and white historical photos. A comprehensive guide history and owner's manual for all players and fans of National Resonator Dobro and electro-acoustic stringed instruments. Bob Brozman eats sleeps breathes and plays Nationals and in this detailed volume he covers the facts and figures necessary for serious collectors as well enthusiasts. It includes the instrument's history background innovators and its place in the culture of the 1920s and 1930s. Includes a generous selection of colour and black and white historical photos.

Vintage Guitar Books-The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide is the worlds leading reference on the values of vintage and collectible instruments. Compiled using critical research and analysis it appraises electric and acoustic guitars amps basses effects mandolins steels and lap steels ukuleles and even banjos! With information on more than 2 000 brands along with 1 300 photos and more than 192 000 copies sold The Guide remains the industrys hands-down leading source of pricing information. Since its introduction over two decade s ago The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide has been the essential handbook for Guitar collectors everywhere. This complete guide is the world's leading reference on the values of vintage and collectible instruments. Compiled using critical research and analysis it appraises electric and acoustic Guitars amps basses effects Mandolins steels and lap steels Ukuleles and even Banjos. The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide contains information on more than 2 000 brands along with 1 300 photos. With more than 192 000 copies sold this guide remains theindustry's hands-down leading source of pricing information.

This is a comprehensive band method in 3 parts which combines a strong performance-centred approach with music theory music history ear training listening composition improvisation and interdisciplinary and multiculturalstudies. With full colour drawings and colour-coding of important text the series helps to motivate and inform across the full range of band instruments.

Experiencing Music Expressing Culture- These captivating case studies include eyewitness accounts of performances interviews with performers and vivid illustrations. Each volume is packaged with a 70-minute CD that contains representative examples of the music discussed in the book. Ngoma is the hallmark of music in East Africa and a performance that incorporates drumming singing and dancing. Using several towns and villages as examples this case study discusses how Ngoma performances function as important means of mediating conflicts solidifying community and ethnicity and communicating traditional values and social histories.

Recordings Concerts Tours Studios and More-Get organized and take charge of your music projects! This book will help you harness your creativity into clear visions and effective work plans. Whether you are producing a recording going on tour developing a studio launching a business running a marketing campaign creating a music curriculum or any other project in the music industry these road-tested strategies will help you to succeed. Music projects come in all sizes budgets andlevels of complexity but for any project setting up a process for planning executing and monitoring your work is crucial in achieving your goals. This book will help you clarify your vision and understand the work required tocomplete it on time within budget and to your highest possible quality standard. It is a comprehensive approach with hundreds of music industry-specific tools for keeping your work on track mitigating risk and reducingstress so that you can complete your project successfully. You will learn to: develop work strategies; delegate tasks; build and manage teams; organize your project office; develop production schedules; understand and organizecontracts; analyze risk; and much more.Get organized and take charge of your music projects! This book will help you harness your creativity into clear visions and effective work plans. Whether you are producing a recording going on tour developing a studio launching a business running a marketing campaign creating a music curriculum or any other project in the music industry these road-tested strategies will help you to succeed. Music projects come in all sizes budgets and levels of complexity but for any project setting up a process for planning executing and monitoring your work is crucial in achieving your goals. This book will help you clarify your vision and understand the workrequired to complete it on time within budget and to your highest possible quality standard. It is a comprehensive approach with hundreds of music industry-specific tools for keeping your work on track mitigating risk andreducing stress so that you can complete your project successfully. You will learn to: develop work strategies; delegate tasks; build and manage teams; organize your project office; develop production schedules;understand and organize contracts; analyze risk; and much more.

with Complex Needs Paperback- There are around 40 000 children and young people in the UK alone with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties in special schools and in mainstream education. Research has indicated that provision is at best patchy despite the widely held belief that music is beneficial both in its own right and to promote wider development. This book seeks to foster progress in what is still a young discipline by reflecting on contemporary thinking and practice identifying key issues introducing recent and ongoing research and providing practical advice for practitioners including teachers therapists and community musicians.

Winner: Best print resource 2013 (Music Teacher Awards for Excellence). Click here to read more. Here for the first time is the definitive practical guide to setting up a choral or instrumental ensemble and running it effectively. Aimed at experienced solo musicians it illustrates how to harness individual skills to build an exciting and creative group dynamic. Every aspect of performing together is covered from choosing repertoire and arranging the music to devising innovative rehearsal techniques allleading to that successful final performance. Both a step-by-step how to' book and a comprehensive reference resource How To Create a Successful Music Ensemble features the insights of several experienced musical directors and also covers topics like practicalities publicity and conducting techniques. With illuminating real-life case studies throughout How To Create a Successful Music Ensemble is the ultimate guide to every practical and artistic aspect of creating and maintaining one of music's most rewarding collaborative forms. About the author. Patrick Gazard has over 20 years experience in music and music education during which he has run numerous youth and adult ensembles with several of his groups reaching the final stages of national competitions. Now a freelance teacher and conductor/ composer Patrick is also an arranger for Music Sales and Banks Music Publications. Winner: Best Print Resource 2013 (Music Teacher Awards for Excellence). Here for the first time is the definitive practical guide to setting up a choral or instrumental ensemble and running it effectively. Aimed at experienced solo musicians it illustrates how to harness individual skills to build an exciting and creative group dynamic. Every aspect of performing together is covered from choosing repertoire and arranging the music to devising innovative rehearsal techniques all leading to that successful final performance. Both a step-by-step how to' book and a comprehensive reference resource How To Create a Successful Music Ensemble features the insights of several experienced musical directors and also covers topics like practicalities publicity and conducting techniques. With illuminating real-life case studies throughout How To Create a Successful Music Ensemble is the ultimate guide to every practical and artistic aspect of creating and maintaining one of music's most rewarding collaborative forms. About the author. Patrick Gazard has over 20 years experience in music and music education during which he has run numerous youth and adult ensembles with several of his groups reaching the final stages of national competitions. Now a freel

Howard Shore’s Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings has been hailed some of the greatest film music ever written. Sweeping in scope it is an interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth as music—an operatic tapestry of cultures histories languages and peoples. The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films takes the reader on an unprecedented journey into the heart of this history-making opus with extensive music examples original manuscript scores a rarities CD and fascinating glimpses into the creative process from the composer himself. Also included are a foreword by Howard Shore an introduction by Fran Walsh and sketches by John Howe and Alan Lee.

Danmarks Radios Big Band er internationalt berømt og voksede fra en spæd start i 1924 som cafémusikerensemble til et big band som siden 1992 har været et af Europas bedste og største. Erik Moseholm præsenterer her en velvoksen buket af danske og internationale jazzmusikere komponister og dirigenter som i Big Bandet afløste hinanden i en lind strøm. Nogle af de udenlandske musikere f.eks. Ben Webster fandt sig så godt til rette at de i længere perioder slog sig ned i København. Alt sammen ledsaget af succeser dramaer ansættelser sparerunder - og fyringer.Rigt illustreret med fotos af Jan Persson og supplerende kapitler samt diskografiaf Ole Mathiessen.

The book and CD for Meet The Great Composers - Book Two as written by June Montgomery and Maurice Hinson.

Carl Nielsen 's Living Music (Levende Musik). Translated from Danish by Reginald Spink.