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Barbra Streisand the Albums, the Singles, the Music: The Music the Albums the Singles
On February 25, 1963, Columbia Records released The Barbra Streisand Album. The first song was “Cry Me a River,” and with that a star was born. Barbra Joan Streisand had a zany personality backed by a talent that Stephen Sondheim once described as “one of the two or three best voices in the world of singing songs,” adding “It’s not just her voice but her intensity, her passion and control.” Harold Arlen, another of her favorite composers, commented, “This young lady . . . has a stunning future.” With all-male rock groups like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Four Seasons ruling the charts, no one expected a twenty-year-old female singer from Brooklyn to not just hit No. 1, but repeat that accomplishment every decade that followed all the way to the next millennium and become the best-selling female recording artist of all time. Now, for the first time ever, comes the definitive book on the extensive recording career of this towering cultural icon, the Funny Girl considered by many to be the most talented singer of her generation. Barbra Streisand: The Albums The Singles The Music takes readers on a journey through every album, soundtrack, and single Streisand has releasedRead more
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Bass Guitar For Dummies, 3rd Edition (For Dummies (Music))
Way more than just the bass-ics
Whatever you’re playing―funk, soul, rock, blues, country―the bass is the heart of the band. Bassists provide a crucial part of driving force and funky framework that other members of any and work off. From John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, to “The Pixies’’ Kim Deal, to James Brown’s favored bassist, Jimmy Nolan, bass players have made big names for themselves and commanded respect throughout music history.
In Bass Guitar For Dummies, Patrick Pfeiffer―who coached U2’s Adam Clayton, among others―is your friendly guide to laying down the low end. Starting from the beginning with what bass and accessories to buy, the book shows you everything from how to hold and position your instrument to how to read music and understand chords. You’ll develop your skills step-by-step until you’re confident playing your own solos and fills.
- Sharpen skills with instructional audio and video
- Discipline your play with exercises
- Understand chords, scales, and octaves
- Care for your instrument
Whether you’re new to the bass or already well into the groove, Bass Guitar For Dummies gives you the thorough balance of theory and practice that distinguishes the titanic Hall of Famer from the just so-so.
P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you’re probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Bass Guitar For Dummies (9781118748800). The book you see here shouldn’t be considered a new or updated product. But if you’re in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We’re always writing about new topics!
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Bass Heroes: Styles, Stories and Secrets of 30 Great Bass Players: From the Pages of Guitar Player Magazine
From the publisher of ÊElectric Bass GuitarÊ comes ÊBass HeroesÊ ä interviews with 30 of the world’s greatest bass players. It’s a collection of interviews spanning the past 25 years adapted from ÊGuitar PlayerÊ magazine. The interviews here feature some of the best players who ever lived regardless of stylistic leanings. Divided into rock jazz studio and pop and blues and funk all the greats are included…from Monk and Montgomery to Paul McCartney to James Jamerson and John Patitucci. This book also features private lessons with luminaries such as Billy Sheehan. These select musicians come alive in their own words as they discuss topics ranging from early musical influences to unique playing and recording techniques and their favorite basses and amps. 8-1/2Í X 11Í. 208 pages. 30 photos.Read more
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Bass Technique Finger Gym: Build stamina, coordination, dexterity and speed with essential bass exercises (Learn how to play bass)
Build and Master Essential Bass Technique
The Bass Technique Finger Gym is an instant ‘shot-in-the-arm’ for bass players of any level. It focuses on building a solid foundation of clean, usable, musical skills.
Important, Effective Exercises
Each exercise is individually targeted to a common bass technique problem. You will work on timing, strength, fluency and speed, as well as getting an overview of slapping and popping.
Solve Every Common Bass Problem
Whether you play rock, jazz, blues or funk, all bassists come up against the same pain points.
The Bass Technique Finger Gym will build your skills and develop your finesse in an organic and musical way.
Which Exercises?
Over 130 essential bass technique exercises are included to help you build speed and fluency along with exciting musical studies to consolidate your skills.
These exercises focus on:
- Speed & Dexterity
- Coordination & Control
- Strength & Stamina
- Scale Sequences & Fretboard Fluency
Bonus: Exclusive video content that guides you through the perfect slap technique.
The Bass Technique Finger Gym Also Includes:
- Audio examples of each exercise to download for free
- Standard Notation and Tab
- Bespoke, Timed Workouts and Practice Schedules
- Musical Pieces to Consolidate your Skills
Hear it!
Learning from paper is one thing, but once you hear how to apply them, they become music. The First 100 Chords for Guitarists contains many supporting audio examples to help you get inside the music, and quickly apply every new chord in a musical situation.
Get the audio for free from our dedicated website.
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Bass Technique Finger Gym is available for free on Kindle Unlimited, or just $14.99 in Paperback with Amazon’s quality Guarantee.
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Bastien Piano Basics: Piano Level 1
Piano is the main lesson book in the Bastien Piano Basics course. The carefully graded, logical learning sequence assures steady, continual progress. Original music by the Bastiens includes a stimulating mixture of pop, folk, classical, and contemporary styles. Full-colour illustrations throughout entertain and reinforce musical concepts along the way. The gradual multi-key approach takes students through all 12 keys — 3 in each of Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4. Each page is carefully correlated page-by-page with Theory, Performance, and Technic. All in all, a dynamic way to introduce students to the marvellous world of music!
Contents:
Classic Dance
Ecossaide in C
Flag Day
Four-leaf Clover Boogie
Gummy Bear Boogie
Gymnastic Class
Indian Town
Jack-o -lanterns Dance
Little Song in Romantic Style
Little Suite in Baroque Style (1. Prelude, 2. Minuet, 3. Gigue)
Making Valentines
Our School Fair
Party Time
Penguin Parade
Spring Break
Thanksgiving Dinner
Trampoline Jump
Walking My Dog
Winter Holidays
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Beauty of the ‘Burst: Gibson Sunburst Les Pauls from 1958 to 1960: Gibson Sunburst Les Pauls from ’58 to ’60
(Book). Finally, the long-awaited English edition of this historic Japanese book is here! The Beauty of the ‘Burst pays tribute to Gibson’s magnificent Sunburst Les Pauls made between 1958 and 1960, the most highly prized solidbody electric guitars ever. The magnitude of their value is directly related to their look (outrageous wood patterns, or “figured” timber), since non-players are paying top dollar for them. The book features lavish full-color photos of these beautiful instruments throughout; the guitars of famous players; a foreword by Ted McCarty; a bio of the author, world renowned collector Yasuhiko Iwanade; and the “Science of the Burst” section with over 30 pages of detailed reference facts on every facet of the guitar, including colors, wood figure, pick-ups, hardware and qualities of “voice.” This may be the closest guitarists will ever be able to get to these incredibly collectible beauties! 216 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 SoftcoverRead more
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Beginner Electric Guitar Lessons: Book with Online Video & Audio
Beginner Electric Guitar Lessons Book with Online Video and Audio Access is a step by step course designed for beginners who want to play electric guitar. Peter Vogl will take you through all of the fundamental steps of learning to play guitar. We’ll start with the basics like parts of the guitar, how to use an amp, proper playing position, and reading music. Next, we’ll advance to playing chords, strum patterns, scales, and more. In addition to the written content in this book, you have online access to video instruction and audio tracks that will help you learn to play correctly. These video lessons will teach you to play in rhythm and learn each concept much faster.Read more
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Beginner Guitar Lessons Book 1: with Online Video Access
Beginner Guitar Lessons Book 1 with Online Video Access by Peter Vogl is a step by step instructional course for the absolute beginning guitarist. You will learn about holding the guitar and pick, playing notes and melodies, beginner chords, strumming, scales, and more. These lessons are designed for someone who has never played guitar before and will teach them all of the necessary fundamentals for becoming a guitarist. This package contains over three hours worth of online HD video instruction that will help you learn how to play in rhythm and with correct technique. This course has been developed and tested over many years and has taught thousands of guitarists. The content and pace of this book is acceptable for an acoustic or electric guitar and for use by adults, teenagers, and older kids. All music is written in standard notation and in tablature.Read more
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Behind Bars: the Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Faber Edition)
Behind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of composition, editors, and music processors. In the most thorough and painstakingly researched book to be published since the 1980s, specialist music editor Elaine Gould provides a comprehensive grounding in notational principles.
Behind Bars covers everything from basic rules, conventions and themes to complex instrumental techniques, empowering the reader to prepare music with total clarity and precision. With the advent of computer technology, it has never been more important for musicians to have ready access to principles of best practice in this dynamic field, and this book will support the endeavours of software users and devotees of hand-copying alike. The author’s understanding of, and passion for, her subject has resulted in a book that is not only practical but also compellingly readable.
This seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy and, at a weighty 704 pages, it is supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis. This is a hardback book, with dust jacket.
Contents:
Section I – General Conventions: Ground Rules
Chords Dotted notes Ties
Accidentals and Key Signatures
Dynamics and Articulation
Grace Notes, Arpeggiated Chords, Trills, Glissandos and Vibrato
Metre
Tuplets
Repeat Signs
Section II – Idiomatic Notation: Woodwind and Brass
Percussion
Keyboard
Harp
Classical Guitar
Strings
Vocal Music
Section III – Layout and Presentation: Preparing Materials
Score Layout
Part Preparation
Electroacoustic Music
Freedom and Choice
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Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
‘I hope that as you gaze upon my life in clothing, it will inspire you to develop, and celebrate, your own sense of style. I value my freedom to look like and be my own true self more than anything else, and I hope this book will also give you the confidence to look like and be the person you want to be. Whoever you are, be that! And enjoy your journey behind the seams’ – Dolly
A beautifully illustrated celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive.
In Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the first time, the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion, including how she developed her own, distinctly Dolly style, which has defied convention and endeared her to fans around the world.
Featuring behind-the-scenes stories from Dolly Parton’s life and career, and the largest reveal of her private costume archive, this gorgeously photographed book spotlights her most unforgettable looks from the 1960s to now. The sky-high heels, famous wigs, bold makeup, eye-catching stage clothes – she shares them all. Along the way, Parton discusses memorable outfits from her past, from the clothes her mother would sew out of feed sacks (including her “Coat of Many Colors”) and the bold dresses and hairdos that shook up Nashville, to the bunny suit on the cover of Playboy, evening wear at Studio 54, costumes from her most famous film and TV roles, and the daring styles that continue to entertain and inspire today.
Filled with candor, humor, and lots and lots of rhinestones, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones is a shining tribute to one of the most beloved musicians in history, a treasured keepsake for anyone who loves Dolly Parton, and an indispensable guide to forging your own path to beauty and confidence.
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Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
A Sunday Times Bestseller
THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK―
Published in celebration of BTS’s 10th Anniversary, stories that go beyond what you already know about BTS, including unreleased photos, QR codes of videos, and all album information.After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the peak as an iconic global artist and during this meaningful time, they look back on their footsteps in the first official book. In doing so, BTS nurtures the power to build brighter days and they choose to take another step on a road that no one has gone before.
BTS shares personal, behind-the-scenes stories of their journey so far through interviews and more than three years of in-depth coverage by Myeongseok Kang, who has written about K-pop and other Korean pop culture in various media. Presented chronologically in seven chapters from before the debut of BTS to the present, their vivid voices and opinions harmonize to tell a sincere, lively, and deep story. In individual interviews that have been conducted without a camera or makeup, they illuminate their musical journey from multiple angles and discuss its significance.
In addition, portrait photos that show BTS as individuals and artists open the book, and throughout there are concept photos, tracklists of all previous albums, and over 330 QR codes. As digital artists, BTS has been communicating with the world through the internet and this book allows readers to immediately access trailers, music videos, and more online to have a rich understanding of all the key moments in BTS history. Complete with a timeline of all major milestones.
BEYOND THE STORY is a remarkable archive―truly everything about BTS in one volume.
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Boak Dick Martin Guitar Masterpieces Hb Book
BookMartin guitars are internationally revered, collected and played by performers, singers, songwriters and by legions of avid collectors and enthusiasts. This book features more than a hundred of Martin’s most desirable guitars, including instruments belonging to Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Joan Baez, Sting and Eric Clapton. Dick Boak enthusiastically outlines his experiences as liaison in these collaborations. We also get a sneak preview of Martin’s millionth instrument, due in 2004.Dick Boak is the head of artist relations and publicity at C.F. Martin & Co., collaborating with artists in the design of their Limited Edition and Signature Models. A prolific artist, luthier and musician in his own right, he is a founder of the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans, and has organized numerous national instrument-making symposiums.Read more
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Bob Dylan 1962 to 1970 On Track (Decades)
Bob Dylan is the magician who sprinkled poetic fairy dust on to the popular music of the early sixties and his songwriting sparked a revolution and changed rock music forever. The diminutive poet/singer claimed he was merely a ‘song and dance man’ but Dylan altered popular music from intellectually bereft teenage rebellion into a serious adult art form worthy of academic study. Dylan headed for the sixties as a Little Richard rock ‘n’ roller but soon turned acoustic folkie and after absorbing the music and words of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson and Brecht, he became a vagabond social troubadour. Basking in Rimbaud he transformed into a poetic symbolist before later immersing himself in lysergic beat surrealism. The chameleon of Dylan in the sixties was bewildering to his followers. His first album was a raw debut folk/blues. Then followed three acoustic poetic gems, three ground-breaking surreal ,electric wonders and four that were more mundane and country-tinged. But by the mid-sixties he was a strung-out polka-dotted rock star. He crashed (physically and mentally) before leaving the sixties as a clean-cut country crooner. Dylan had mutated more times than a trilobite. Dylan’s ground-breaking music changed the world and his amazing story is revealed by exploring the eleven albums that he released between 1962 and 1970.Read more
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Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track Expanded Edition
Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan’s creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than 500 songs he has released over the span of his career. Organized chronologically by album, and updated to include all of his most recent work including the 2020 release of his 39th album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Margotin and Guesdon detail the origins of his melodies and lyrics, his process in the recording studio, the instruments he used, and the contribution of a myriad of musicians and producers to his canon.Read more
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Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine
BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative life of one of America’s most groundbreaking, influential and enduring artists.‘If there is anything new to be discovered about Bob Dylan, you can probably find it in The Bob Dylan Centre… Now the Bob Dylan Centre is publishing its first book, essentially the archive in miniature: Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine. It is a 608-page tome examining over 1000 images and objects culled from the collection by archivists and curators Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel.’ – The Telegraph
Several years ago, a treasure trove containing some 6,000 original Bob Dylan manuscripts was revealed to exist. Their destination? Tulsa, Oklahoma. The documents, as essential as they are intriguing―draft lyrics, notebooks, and diverse ephemera― comprise one of the most important cultural archives in the modern world. Along with countless still and moving images and thousands of hours of riveting studio and live recordings, this priceless collection now resides at The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just steps away from the archival home of Dylan’s early hero, Woody Guthrie.
Nearly all the materials preserved at The Bob Dylan Center are unique, previously unavailable, and, in many cases, even previously unknown. As the official publication of The Bob Dylan Center, BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is the first wide-angle look at the Dylan archive, a book that promises to be of vast interest to both the Nobel Laureate’s many musical fans as well as a broader cultural audience.
Edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel, BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE focuses a close look at the full scope of Dylan’s working life, particularly from the dynamic perspective of his ongoing and shifting creative processes―his earliest home recordings in the mid-1950s right up through Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020), his most recent studio recording, and into the present day.
The centerpiece of BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is a carefully curated selection of over 600 images including never-before-circulated draft lyrics, writings, photographs, drawings and other ephemera from the Dylan archive.
With an introductory essay by Sean Wilentz and epilogue by Douglas Brinkley, the book features a surprising range of distinguished writers, artists and musicians, including Joy Harjo, Greil Marcus, Michael Ondaatje, Gregory Pardlo, Amanda Petrusich, Tom Piazza, Lee Ranaldo, Alex Ross, Ed Ruscha, Lucy Sante, Greg Tate and many others. After experiencing the collection firsthand in Tulsa, each of the authors was asked to select a single item that beguiled or inspired them. The resulting essays, written specifically for this volume, shed new light on not only Dylan’s creative process, but also their own.
BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is the magnum opus every Bob Dylan fan has been waiting for since the 60s and will be a landmark publication for the ages.
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Boogie Woogie Piano – Fast Forward Series: Riffs, Licks and Tricks You Can Learn Today! (Fast Forward (Music Sales))
(Music Sales America). This exciting series of instrumental instruction books includes complete music plus easy-to-follow instructions, tips and advice. The accompanying CDs allow you to listen and play along to the matching audio tracks. These user-friendly book/CD packs provide riffs, licks, chords & tricks you can learn now, and easily incorporate into your own playing style! Create the boogie sounds of such great pianists as Jools Holland and Jelly Roll Morton. Develop authentic left-hand rhythmic patterns and sparkling riffs. Discover the secrets of syncopation, arpeggios, grace notes, and other essential boogie techniques.Read more
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Booze & Vinyl Vol. 2: 70 More Albums + 140 New Recipes
Get set to party with 70 great records-organized by theme, from Rockin’ to Beats, Mellow to Jazzy & Bluesy-spanning the 1950s to today. Each entry features liner notes on the album and two accompanying boozy beverage recipes that complement the music.
Among the featured albums are: Are You Experienced? (The Jimi Hendrix Experience), Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith), Synchronicity (The Police), Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morisette), The B52s (The B52s ), Gipsy Kings (The Gipsy Kings), Violator (Depeche Mode), Ready to Die (The Notorious B.I.G.), Play (Moby), Lemonade (Beyoncé), Coat of Many Colors (Dolly Parton), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John), So (Peter Gabriel), Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston), Oops!…I Did it Again (Britney Spears), Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto), A Love Supreme (John Coltrane).
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Border Dance: A Study in Contrasts and Conflict and How to Resolve Them
Every culture on earth has at one time or another danced. From tribal times forward people have danced to socialize, express themselves creatively, and promote societal unity. The borders that separate us came much later in human development. It is time to return to our roots and dance, dance, dance. That is because dance has the unique ability to unite a person’s mind, body, and soul. In his capacity as a touring bassist, Jimi Calhoun witnessed thousands upon thousands of people lose themselves in dance. Suddenly, ethnic, racial, and religious differences disappear. Borders, on the other hand, divide religious communities, races, and nations. Human conflict is perpetuated by these boundaries. What is written within these pages will show you ways to dance across divisions by means of a choreography of altruism. This is a book that invites you to dance to the rhythms of grace that result in true harmony and unity.Read more
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Breathers of an Ampler Day: Victorian Views of Heaven
As death comes out of the closet in contemporary society, this book presents the views on heaven and the afterlife of a number of well-known Victorians, and others not so well known, in the belief that they may help us today.
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Broadway Musical Trivia Book: Fun-Filled Facts & Trivia Questions To Find Out How Much You Really Know!
Hours of Fun-Filled Facts & Trivia Questions! – Special Launch Price
This trivia book begins with the precursors to musical theatre throughout the world and narrows to the island we will come back to time and time again: Manhattan. We explore each thrilling decade and then cover grander topics that span the years. Each chapter begins with a series of multiple-choice and true or false questions with the answers following on the next page. After testing your knowledge, peruse the “Did You Know” section for quirky anecdotes, fun facts, and important records to add to your knowledge.
Grab a copy and test yourself on your knowledge of Broadway theatre! Whether you’re a Fosse fan, more of a Golden-Age gal, or you cry yourself to sleep listening to Next to Normal, you’ll strengthen your knowledge of the history of American musical theatre and the remarkable people who have made it happen.
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Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
Please note: this edition is text only and does not contain images.
The most in-depth exploration of Springsteen’s songs ever written.
Spanning nearly 50 years of albums, EPs, B-sides, and more, this is the full story behind every single song that The Boss has ever released. Moving chronologically through Springsteen’s long career, expert authors Margotin and Guesdon explore everything there is to know about every single song.
No stone is left unturned across 670 pages, from the inspiration behind the lyrics and melody to the recording process and even the musicians and producers who worked on each track.
Uncover the stories behind the music in this truly definitive book – a must-have for every Springsteen fan.
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By John Thompson John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course – Part 2 – Book Only: Part 2 – Book Only
Title: John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course – Part 2 – Book Only( Part 2 – Book Only) Binding: Paperback Author: JohnThompson Publisher: WillisMusicCompanyRead more
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Carols for Choirs 2: Fifty Carols for Christmas and Advent (Vocal score)
A second collection of 50 carols, mostly for SATB, some unaccompanied, and some having accompaniments for piano, organ, orchestra, or brass ensemble. Many of the carols are from traditional sources, rearranged, as well as carols written especially for this volume by composers including William Walton, Benjamin Britten, Richard Rodney Bennett, and William Mathias.
Instrumental material for most of the accompanied items is available on hire. Eight Carols for Brass for 5 and 8 part brass (to accompany carols from Carols for Choirs 1 and Carols for Choirs 2) are also on sale.Read more
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Cello Scales & Arpeggios, ABRSM Grades 1-5: from 2012
This new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM’s Grades 1-5 Cello exams. Contains all scales and arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns and suggested fingering, and a helpful introduction including advice on preparing for the exam.Read more
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Cello Time Christmas + CD: A stockingful of 32 easy pieces for cello
Dip into this stockingful of easy Christmas music for cello! Unwrap a traditional carol, dance to the ‘Skaters’ Waltz’ and a ‘Christmas Calypso’, and pull a cracker full of solos and duets. With words to sing along, chords for guitar or keyboard, and a fantastic play-along CD, Cello Time Christmas is the perfect gift for any young cellist.Read more
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Cello Time Joggers (Second edition): A first book of very easy pieces for cello
for cello
Cello Time Joggers is a landmark book in the popular Cello Time series, which is enjoyed by students and teachers all over the world. It contains Kathy and David Blackwell’s trademark attractive and engaging compositions that appeal to learners of all ages. Lively original pieces, traditional tunes, and easy duets take the learner from open strings to all fingers down in finger pattern 0-1-34.Appealing and exciting play-along tracks, with live band, are available on major streaming platforms or to download from a companion website. Stylish piano and cello accompaniments are also available in separate books.
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Chapter and Verse – New Order, Joy Division and Me
Founding member and guitarist of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, Bernard Sumner has been famous over the years for his reticence. Until now… An integral part of the Manchester music scene since the late 1970s, his is the definitive version of the events that created two of the most influential bands of all time.
Chapter and Verse includes a vivid and illuminating account of Bernard’s Salford childhood, the early days of Joy Division, the band’s enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis. Bernard describes the formation of New Order, takes us behind the scenes at the birth of classics such as ‘Blue Monday’ and gives his first-hand account of the ecstasy and the agony of the Haçienda days.
Sometimes moving, often hilarious and occasionally completely out of control, this is a tale populated by some of the most colourful and creative characters in music history, such as Ian Curtis, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton and Martin Hannett. Others have told parts of the story, in film and book form. Now, for the first time, Bernard Sumner gives you chapter and verse.
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Cheer Up!: British Musical Films, 1929-1945
The first book to deal exclusively with the British musical film from the very beginning of talking pictures in the late 1920s through the Depression of the 1930s up to the end of World War II. Cheer Up! is the first book to deal exclusively with the British musical film from the very beginning of talking pictures in the late 1920s through the Depression of the 1930s up to the end of World War II. The upsurge in production at British studios from 1929 onwards marked the real birth of a genre whose principal purpose was to entertain the British public. This endeavour was deeply affected by the very many emigres escaping Nazi Germany, who flooded into the British film industry during this decade, as the genre tried to establish itself. The British musical film in the 1930s reflects a richness of interest. Studios initially flirted with filming what were essentially stage productions plucked from the West End theatre but soon learned that importing a foreign star was a box-office boost. Major musical stars including Jessie Matthews, Richard Tauber and George Formby established themselves during this period. From its beginning, the British musical film captured some of the most notable music-hall performers on screen, and its obsession with music-hall persisted throughout the war years. Other films married popular and classical music with social issues of poverty and unemployment, a message of social integration that long preceded the efforts of the Ealing studios to encourage a sense of social cohesion in post-war Britain. The treatmentof the films discussed is linear, each film dealt with in order of its release date, and allowing for an engaging narrative packed with encyclopaedic information.Read more
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Chord Progressions — Theory and Practice: Everything You Need to Create and Use Chords in Every Key: Theory & Practice
No matter what instrument you play, chords are an important part of your music. Chord Progressions: Theory and Practice breaks down how theyre important and gives you all the information you need to create chords and use them in your own music. Start off by learning how to build simple major chords and eventually move on to more complex chords such as ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, and altered chords. Also learn to compose your own progressions using techniques such as passing chords, neighbor chords, pedal tones, and voice leading. Finally, learn how chord progressions are used in various styles of music—from early jazz to the music of today.After completing this book, you will have gained a clear understanding of chords and progressions in a variety of musical styles.
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Chord Progressions For Songwriters
Each chapter of Chord Progressions For Songwriters provides a comprehensive self-contained lesson on one of twenty-one popular chord progressions that every songwriter should know inside and out.Lessons cover ascending, basic (I-IV), blues, circle (VI-II-V-I), classic rock (I-bVII-IV), combination, descending, doo-wop (I-VIm-IV-V), ending, flamenco (Im-bVII-bVI-V), folk (I-V), introduction, jazz (IIm-V-I), minor blues, one-chord, pedal point, rock and roll (I-IV-V), standard (I-VIm-IIm-V), and turnaround progressions as well as rhythm and Coltrane changes.You will learn how key, duration, substitution, variation (adding or subtracting chords), and displacement (rearranged chord orders) are used to vary the sound of each progression. You will also take a look at the authors songwriters notebook and work through exercises to reinforce key chapter concepts and get you started building your own progressions.Read more
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Chords Scales and Arpeggios Book for Accordion Training: 160 Essential Exercises, Practical Finger Workout, Sheet Music for Beginners
Professional EXERCISES for Accordionists. 160 PRACTICAL EXERCISES!
This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to improve their playing technique and practice chords, arpeggios, and scales on both hands, along with a variety of practical exercises for accordion. The exercises are written in all sharp and flat keys.
About this book:- 110 full pages,
- 160 practical exercises,
- Printed on High-Quality white paper,
- Practice Music Theory,
- Fingerings signed for LEFT and RIGHT hands,
- Exercises are written in All Keys (#) and (b),
Your playing technique will go to the next level with this book!
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Christmas Carols for Piano. Beginner Christmas Sheet Music Book for Kids and Adults (+Free Audio)
???? Edition 2 of this book is now available!
We have enhanced this book’s contents by expanding the songs. All songs now encompass all verses, complete with additional lyrics. ????In this book, you will get:
???? 45 EASY CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR BEGINNERS — All songs have been arranged especially for beginning students. This means that all complex chords and rhythms have been simplified. Also, all the carols are kept relatively short, only one or two pages long. This will allow you to enter the magic world of piano without frustration.
???? INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS SONGS – In this book you will find many well-known Christmas carols and holiday songs, as well as some international songs famous in non-English speaking countries. This varied selection of easy sheet music will fuel your enjoyment when practicing the piano.
❄️ FROM EASIEST TO HARDEST – Are you tired of searching for piano pieces with the appropriate difficulty? At the beginning of this book, you will find very simple songs, and then they gradually get more challenging as the book progresses. This will keep you motivated and enable you to progress through the levels.
???? WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS – All songs in this book are presented with letters above the music notes to help you know what keys to press. All songs also include finger placements (numbers) in problem areas.
???????? LARGE PRINT – Most music notes for beginners are pretty small, so learners struggle to read them without squinting. To avoid this, all songs in this book have a clear layout and large print for students to follow the pieces easily.
☃️ NOTES FOR BOTH HANDS – Most easy piano pieces for beginners have notes for practicing one hand only. The proper technique, however, is playing with all fingers and both hands. That’s why all pieces in this book are in both treble and bass clef (i.e., both right and left hand).
???? BONUS: FREE AUDIO FILES TO DOWNLOAD – Do you want to get an idea of what a piece should sound like? If you are unsure how to play a piece, our audio files will help you get a feel for the melody.Buy this book NOW and enter the splendid world of piano and music!
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Christmas Crackers (Get Set! Piano)
The popular beginner instruction books for kids with fun exercises, theory and easy songs to play.
This book contains over 30 carols for the beginner pianist, featuring a range of techniques and quizzes to support musical development from the very first lessons to Grade 2.
Full of festive favourites such as Jingle bells, Silent night and Deck the halls, with a few lesser known carols included for good measure, many of the pieces have simple but effective teacher duet parts to encourage ensemble playing from the start. The book is illustrated throughout in the charming Get Set! style, and students are encouraged to decorate and colour in the drawings to reflect their progress.
Packed with fantastic, tried-and-tested arrangements and a variety of fun activities to reinforce learning, this is the ultimate beginner piano Christmas book!
Expertly put together by award-winning authors, pieces include:
• Good King Wenceslas
• Jolly old Saint Nicholas
• O come, all ye faithful
• Up on the housetop
• Jingle, bells
• Away in a manger
• Infant holy, Infant lowly
• Under Bethl’hem’s star so bright
• The holly and the ivy
• The first Nowell
• O little town of Bethlehem
• We wish you a Merry Christmas
• Once in royal David’s city
• Hark! the herald angels sing
• Silent night
• Deck the hall
• The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
• Ding dong! merrily on high
• God rest you merry, gentlemen
• Huron carol
• Patapan
• Gabriel’s message
• Cantemos a María
• While shepherds watched their flocks
• Mary rocked her baby!
• I saw three ships
• Y Gelynnen (The holly)
• We three kings of Orient are
• Go, tell it on the mountainRead more
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Clarinet Basics: Pupil’s Book & CD(Basics Tutor Series)
Paul Harris’s Basics Series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner players and their teachers.
This edition of Clarinet Basics Pupil’s book offers a fresh design, clear technical drawings, fun illustrations, new activities, pull-out fingering chart and of course all of the great tunes featured in the original Clarinet Basics. Starting at absolute beginner level and progressing to about Grade 2, it contains:
- warm ups and fun original exercises
- invaluable fact files, quizzes and technical advice covering notation, general musicianship and care of the instrument
- helpful fingering diagrams and rhythm boxes
- pull-out fingering chart to pin on your wall
- Online audio featuring piano and clarinet accompaniments to play along with.
Contents
Stage 1: Going Down! Further Down!: Going Up! Top Floor!: Saucer
Rainbow
Stage 2: March Of The Clarinet Teachers
Dinner Time Dance
Circus Polka
Mango Tango
Merrily We Roll Over On The Lotter
Stage 3: Fast-Food Rag
The Bells
Smooth Mover
Sword Dance (Arbeau)
The Sun Shines Hot
Stage 4: Cartoon Tune! Sweet And Sour Chicken
Ode To Joy (Beethoven)
Good King Wenceslas
Stage 5: Spooks
Minty March
Bubblegum
Oteng ‘Teng’
When The Saints Go Marching In
Stage 6: Swaying In The Breeze
Skip To M’lou
The Birch Tree
Renaissance Dance (Susato)
Stage 7: Dance Of The Broken Clarinet Reeds
Licorice Waltz
Mozart: Twinkle, Twinkle, Satellite Dish
Jasmine Flowers
Pop Goes The Weasel
Stage 8: Babbling Brook
Haunted House
Gibbons: The Woods So Wilde
Judge’s Dance
Chiapenecas
Stage 9: Steam Train
March Of The Guinea Pigs
Daisy, Daisy
Swanee River
Stage 10: Funky Footsteps
Sonata In F
Camptown Races (Foster)
Happy Birthday
Stage 11: Rock Solid
The Floral Dance
Fight The God Fight
Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreeable
Stage 12: Dinosaur Park
Things That Go Bump In The Night
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Minuet (Bach) Stage 13: Monday Morning
Friday Night!
Aura Lee
Frankie And Johnny
Stage 14: Suspense Movie
Sarabande
Down Memory Lane
Winter
Stage 15: Kangaroo Waltz
Tiger Tango
A Nordic Tale
Mountain Stream
March
Stage 16: Take A Break
Break Up
Break Down
Break Even
Yankee Doodle
Sweet Betsy From Pike
Stage 17: Coffee Beans
Round Dance
Theme From Eastenders
Waltz (Britten)
Stage 18: Tongue Tango
Rush Hour
Scarborough Fair
Stage 19: Happy Music
King Richard’s Pavane
TV Movie
The English National Anthem
Twilight
Stage 20: The Can-Can (Offenbach)
Canon Can-Can
Theme From The Archers (Wood)
Stage 21: Hit The Roof!
Amsterdam
Affair In Manhattan
Greensleeves
Be Flat Cha-Cha-Cha
Dark Bluesy
Bilk: Stranger On The Shore
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Clarinet Exam Pack from 2022, ABRSM Grade 1: Selected from the syllabus from 2022. Score & Part, Audio Downloads, Scales & Sight-Reading (ABRSM Exam Pieces)
This book brings together selected exam pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and audio downloads, to support ABRSM’s Grade 1 Clarinet syllabus from 2022. Key features: – Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C- Includes Clarinet part and piano accompaniment-Classic repertoire and newly commissioned pieces and arrangements- Scales and arpeggios, and sample sight-reading tests, for requirements from the current syllabus- Audio performances of the nine pieces by expert musicians, plus accompaniment-only tracks for use when practising (download code included in the book) The Exam Pack is an ideal resource for preparation for ABRSM’s Practical Grade 1 Clarinet exam, as well as providing an excellent toolkit for the general development of technical skills at this level.Read more
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Classical Piano Masterpieces. Piano Sheet Music Book with 65 Pieces of Classical Music for Intermediate Players (+Free Audio)
Are you tired of searching for piano sheet music that is both challenging and enjoyable to play? Are you looking for high-quality classical pieces that are adapted to your skill level? Look no further than our new piano book, designed specifically for intermediate learners like yourself.In this book you will get:
- 65 SIMPLIFIED CLASSICAL PIANO PIECES — All songs have been specifically arranged for learners. They are simple yet challenging, providing enjoyable playing experience while still offering opportunities for growth and development.
- HELPFUL FINGERINGS – In addition, helpful but not obtrusive fingering is provided. This will allow you to play otherwise complicated but beautiful melodies without any trouble.
- DIVERSE COLLECTION – From Mozart to Beethoven, from the timeless classics to lesser-known gems, this book includes a diverse range of classical pieces that will expose you to a variety of musical styles and techniques. This will allow you to expand your musical horizons and develop your skills as a pianist.
- CLEAR LAYOUT AND LARGE PRINT – We know that sheet music with clear and easy-to-read layout is essential for playing the piano. That is why, this book has been designed with large print and clear notations, making it easy for you to read and follow along each piece.
- FREE DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO FILES – Do you want to get an idea of what a piece should sound like? If you are unsure how to play a piece, our audio files will help you get a feel for the melody and help you develop your sense of timing, expression, and dynamics.
With its carefully selected and adapted classical pieces, free audio files, and clear layout, this book is the perfect choice for any pianist looking to improve their skills and expand their musical horizons.
Buy this book now and enter the sophisticated world of classical piano music!
Ideal also as a wonderful birthday present or Christmas gift for piano lovers, aspiring pianists and piano teachers!
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Complete Guitar Wiring: Everything you need to understand, modify, and troubleshoot your guitar’s wiring
Complete Guitar Wiring. With a foreword by Dan Erlewine.
Whether you’re swapping your first pickup or you work on guitars for a living, you’ll find Complete Guitar Wiring crammed full of expert technical and practical advice to help you out.
From the basics of how things work, to electric and acoustic pickup systems, through a succession of soldering and wiring projects, this book will walk you through step by step. There’s a huge library of reference diagrams, modifications, and lots of troubleshooting tips in case things go wrong.
Written in a friendly, easy to understand style and richly illustrated in full colour throughout, Complete Guitar Wiring is the best (and most complete) way to learn guitar wiring.
Complete Guitar Wiring has over 400 pages of information for beginners and professionals alike. Here’s what you’ll learn:
Chapter 1: Theory Learn about the parts and components in most guitars, how they work, and how they combine to build a circuit.
Chapter 2: Electric Guitar All about electric guitar and bass. A deep dive on pickups and considerations on choosing and installing them—body modifications, component choice, and pickup setup.
Chapter 3: Acoustic guitar Acoustic instruments can have pickups too. A look at the choices and practicalities on acoustic pickups and preamp installation.
Chapter 4: Wiring An introduction to soldering and the tools you’ll need is followed by step-by-step guides to a number of wiring projects. We start easy and work up to swapping pickups and rewiring guitars.
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Learn what to do when things don’t work as planned. From basic troubleshooting and how to use a multimeter, to dealing with out of phase pickups, to hum problems. There’s even a section on acoustic pickup troubleshooting.
Chapter 6: Wiring Diagrams A huge library of common (and some hard to find) wiring diagrams. Over seventy guitar and bass reference circuits with accompanying notes.
Chapter 7: Modifications Dozens of wiring mods to change the tone, switching, or operation of an instrument to better fit the ideas in your head. From the everyday to the esoteric, there’s plenty of inspiration here.
Appendix: Reference A collection of specifications and reference materials for common components. Pickups, pots, switches, jacks, resistors, capacitors, and more… Even the screws used to hold things together.
“Man, I wish I’d had this book when I first became obsessed with electric guitar wiring and mods! Gerry Hayes’s Complete Guitar Wiring is both a how-to book for beginners and a reference manual for the experienced. The explanations are clear yet substantial. The diagrams are gorgeous. It’s equally useful for troubleshooting and finding new inspiration. Complete Guitar Wiring already has a permanent home on my workbench tablet.”
Joe Gore, Joe Gore Guitar Pedals, editor, Premier Guitar“Out of all the guitar books on the market—tech, coffee-table, and otherwise—I haven’t seen any that provides such thorough yet accessible instruction in the art of electronics and wiring. Not only has Gerry Hayes identified a real gap in the available resources, but he has done a phenomenal job of filling it with a book that’s comprehensive and detailed while also very approachable, offering plenty to beginner, novice, and experienced DIY’ers alike. Well done!”
Dave Hunter, author Fender 75 Years, The Electric Guitar Sourcebook, The Guitar Pickup Handbook“When you’re in the guitar business for any length of time, you have the opportunity to meet the best—people like Gerry Hayes. His book about guitar wiring is a must-have for any luthier, guitar technician, roadie, guitar shop, and of course any player who is into guitar electronics.”
Dirk Wacker, CEO, SINGLECOIL-Guitars Germany, writer, Premier Guitar MagazineRead more
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Complete Piano for Adult Beginners: Theory and Practice
Simple piano guide should be available to absolutely everyone!
Music notation, detailed but simple explanations, practical exercises along with lots of songs is what you can expect when you take this easy and fun piano course. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what your level is, or whether you are familiar with the piano. The book is designed for absolutely any adult who wants to learn to play the piano, as well as for all those who already play but want to improve their level of playing.
You will be great at playing the piano!
- Convenient large US letter size print;
- Complete basic theory with simple explanations and examples;
- Letters above each note;
- Bonus: songs without letters above the notes;
- Step by step: starting with the simplest tunes, then gradually moving to more complex songs;
- Music theory, practice, recommendations and many interesting songs;
- The most popular and memorable songs.
PLUS!
- 65 Songs and melodies for practice along with online videos!
Get the correct first book > you will see a positive result.
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Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation
Meet the people who design the algorithms that capture our musical tastes.The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscure musicians find audiences, taking advantage of the enormous catalogs offered by companies like Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora. But for their critics, recommender systems seem to embody all the potential harms of algorithms: they flatten culture into numbers, they normalize ever-broadening data collection, and they profile their users for commercial ends. Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, anthropologist Nick Seaver describes how the makers of music recommendation navigate these tensions: how product managers understand their relationship with the users they want to help and to capture; how scientists conceive of listening itself as a kind of data processing; and how engineers imagine the geography of the world of music as a space they care for and control.
Computing Taste rehumanizes the algorithmic systems that shape our world, drawing attention to the people who build and maintain them. In this vividly theorized book, Seaver brings the thinking of programmers into conversation with the discipline of anthropology, opening up the cultural world of computation in a wide-ranging exploration that travels from cosmology to calculation, myth to machine learning, and captivation to care.
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Conform To Deform: The Weird And Wonderful World Of Some Bizzare
Along with Factory, Mute, and Creation, Some Bizzare was the vanguard of outsider music in the 1980s. The label s debut release reads like a who s who of electronic music, featuring early tracks from Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Blancmange, and The The, while over the next decade its roster would include artists such as Marc Almond, Cabaret Voltaire, Einsturzende Neubauten, Foetus, Swans, Coil, and Psychic TV. For a time, Some Bizzare was the most exciting independent record label in the world, but the music is only half of the story. Self-styled label boss Stevo Pearce s unconventional dealings with the industry are legendary. Sometimes they were playful (sending teddy bears to meetings in his place), other times less so (he and Marc Almond destroyed offices at Phonogram and terrorised staff). Despite this, he was a force to be reckoned with. His preternatural ability to spot talent meant his label was responsible for releasing some of the decade s most forward-thinking, transgressive, and influential music. The Some Bizzare story spans the globe: from ecstasy parties in early 80s New York to video shoots in the Peruvian jungle, from events in disused tube stations to seedy sex shows in Soho. There were million-selling singles, run-ins with the Vice Squad, destruction at the ICA, death threats, meltdowns, and, of course, sex dwarves. For a time, Stevo had the music industry in the palm of his hands, only for it all to slip through his fingers. But he and Some Bizzare left a legacy of incredible music that still has an influence and impact today.Read more
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