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.

Steen Nielsen's Om Jazz - Baggrund Og Udvikling .

The purpose of this book is help musicians to improve at and enjoy sight reading and improvisation on the Piano.

Financial triumphs and disasters of the great composers-John Suchet and Tim Lihoreau present a fantastic book that follows the financial successes and disasters of the great composers. Based on the Classic FM’s highly successful Composers’ Notes radio series Tim Lihoreau’s informative book lists the ins and outs of composers’ cash-flow the classical composers’ rich list and just who ended up in paupers’ graves and who were the classical music cash kings!

Preparing Scores and Parts-Whether you notate music by hand or use computer software this practical reference will show you today's best practices rendering the details of your scores and parts. Improve your music's legibility and express your ideasclearly to get the best possible representation of your music. You will learn to: create scores that are easy to conduct and parts that are easy to perform; understand the unique practices and standards for handwritten vs.computer-generated scores such as those by Finale® and Sibelius®; lay out scores with proper instrument order measures per page and common alignment practices; understand the publication standards for orchestral big-band vocal and rhythm-section-based scores; use appropriate practices for different styles such as pop commercial classical and jazz; and more. Music Notation - Preparing Scores and Parts is used as anotation textbook by Berklee College of Music's Contemporary Writing and Production Department. It presents the definitive word in score and part preparation based on contemporary publishing-industry practice.Whether you notate music by hand or use computer software this practical reference will show you today's best practices rendering the details of your scores and parts. Improve your music's legibility and express your ideasclearly to get the best possible representation of your music. You will learn to: Create scores that are easy to conduct and parts that are easy to perform; Understand the unique practices and standardsfor handwritten vs. computer-generated scores such as those by Finale® and Sibelius® Lay out scores with proper instrument order measures per page and common alignment practices; understand the publicationstandards for orchestral big-band vocal and rhythm-section-based scores Use appropriate practices for different styles such as pop commercial classical and jazz; and more. Music Notation -Preparing Scores and Parts is used as a notation textbook by Berklee College of Music's Contemporary Writing and Production Department and it presents the definitive word in score and part preparation based on contemporarypublishing-industry practice.

Heal your body mind and spirit using the profound power found in music. This research-based approach to wellness will help you to feel better. Learn to use music to manage your stress and reduce your physical suffering whetherdue to the everyday stresses of life or emotional and physical pain. Dr. Hanser and Dr. Mandel share uniquely effective music therapy strategies learned from many years of research clinical practice and personal experience. Theaccompanying CD provides musical selections with guided relaxation and imagery to enhance your well-being. Includes a foreword introduction and index.Heal your body mind and spirit using the profound power found in music. This research-based approach to wellness will help you to feel better. Learn to use music to manage your stress and reduce your physical suffering whetherdue to the everyday stresses of life or emotional and physical pain. Dr. Hanser and Dr. Mandel share uniquely effective music therapy strategies learned from many years of research clinical practice and personalexperience. The accompanying CD provides musical selections with guided relaxation and imagery to enhance your well-being. Includes a foreword introduction and index.

Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs-Melody is a subject too often neglected in the teaching of music. This unique resource gives melody that attention it deserves and proves that melody writing is a skill that can be learned. Through proven tool and techniques youwill learn to write interesting melodies how melodic rhythm influences rhyme what makes harmony progress and the many dynamic relationships between melody and harmony. This clear and comprehensive approach to songwritingunlocks the secrets of popular songs revealing what really makes them work. Examples of great songs by such notable songwriters as Lennon and McCartney Diane Warren Robert Palmer and more provide a close-up illustration ofthe songwriting techniques employed by these masters of the industry. This is the book used in Songwriting classes at Berklee College of Music. The exercises provided make it a wonderful self-teaching manual and a great additionto any general theory course of any level. Use the tools presented in this book to help fine-tune your craft and start writing hits!Melody writing is a skill that can be learned and this unique resource will show you how. Through proven tools and techniques you will learn how to write memorable melodies and discover the dynamic relationships between melody harmony rhythm and rhyme. This clear comprehensive guide unlocks the secrets of hit songs examining them and revealing why they succeed. Songs discussed include Killing Me Softly Addicted To Love and TheLong And Winding Road .

10 Setups That Will Make Your Instrument Louder Better and Easier to Play-String musicians know only this: everything is vibrating. The movement of the spheres? A gurus cryptic musing? Hypersensitivity to plate tectonics? Not quite. This is the briefest possible distillation of Tragers Principle which states “When astring instrument is being played everything is vibrating from the top of the scroll to the tip of the endpin.” This simple formula the purest distillation of master luthier Chuck Traegers lifetime of learning holds the key to configuring yourinstrument to your specifications. It also forms the crux of his third and final book: String Instrument Setups: 10 Setups That Will Make Your Instrument Louder Better and Easier to Play. At the height of the Big Band era Traeger a doublebassist performed alongside a veritable whos who of New York jazz musicians including the likes of Louie Armstrong and Sidney Bechet. In was in this capacity – as Charlie Traeger one hip cat and a regularly frustrated client of NYCs instrumentrepair shops –Ÿthat he began his pursuit of sonic perfection. In 1969 satisfied with his abilities but devoted to constant self-improvement he opened his first repair shop. Before he knew it his reputation was preceding him and he found himselfhandling the instruments of school band novices and the New York Philharmonic alike. On his seventieth birthday Traeger retired from musicianship and devoted himself to comprehensively documenting all he had learned about his craft. Two decadeslater shortly after he put the finishing touches on String Instrument Setups Chuck Traeger passed away on November 9 2016. Scarcely a month had elapsed since the death of his beloved wife June to whom he was married for over sixty blissfulyears. Albeit with a heavy heart we at Hal Leonard Books are proud to present this remarkable mans parting gift to generations of current and future musicians. String Instrument Setups is the culmination of forty-five years of acoustic researchinvolving Tragers old standby the double bass and in turn any string instrument with a moveable bridge and a moveable tailpiece or one that can be made moveable. Armed with this book were confident that the average musician can enter almostany string instrument maker or repair shop in the world (the exception being a shop that has already read String Instrument Setups) ask for their best repair or restoration then make that instrument sound louder better and easier to play everytime. This is neither braggadocio nor hyperbole rather its the confidence instilled by one mans extensive research wholehearted devotion and firm belief in the sacred bond between instrument and musician. After reading String Instrument Setups were sure youll feel the same. Of all the knowledge that a good luthier - one who makes stringed musical instruments - can possess knowledge of a proper setup is far and away the most important. Proper set

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