General Instruments category: 2949 books
Guitar Zero
The Science of Becoming Musical at Any Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Gary Marcus, a renowned scientist with no discernible musical talent, learns to play the guitar and investigates how anyone—of any age —can become musical. Do you have to be born musical to become musical? Do you have to start at the age of six?
Using the...
by Herman Brock Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Learn how to play the E pentatonic minor scale.Learn all the scale patterns on different positions on the neck, and how to switch positions fast.Master the scales on your guitar and find the chords that go with a particular neck position.Learn to use the whole neck of the guitar fast and easy!
by Herman Brock Jr
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Learn how to read and write guitar tablature
Including:
Notes
Licks
Multiple notes
Chords
Scales
Rhythm
Over 50 tricks
Con Brio
Four Russians Called the Budapest String Quartet
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2000
A 1959 New Yorker profile captured the inspired risk-taking and raw creative spark of a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal: "Sasha leaped from his chair and with violin held aloft, played the passage with exaggerated schmalz, like a street fiddler in Naples. Kroyt...stopped playing and started...
by Elyse Mach
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
"Mach has produced a book of uncommon interest." — Washington Post
"Mach's interviews will enhance the pleasure of any concertgoer." — People
In this rich collection of fascinating interviews with 25 of the world's greatest pianists of the contemporary era, Elyse Mach has chosen...
Shura Cherkassky
The Piano's Last Czar
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2006
Shura Cherkassky's life story, like his piano playing, is provocative and captivating. At his death in 1995, Cherkassky was considered one of history's greatest pianists, as well as the last direct link to the Romantic piano tradition of Chopin, Liszt, and Anton Rubinstein.
Cherkassky's story...
The Drummer
100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
(Book). To mark the 30th-anniversary of the world's best-loved drum magazine, Modern Drummer , here is the first book to tell the complete tale of the modern drumset masters. A century of drumming is covered: from the founding fathers of jazz, to today's athletic, mind-altering rhythm wizards and...
by Cool Water
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
This is a how to guide on how to play the guitar like a rock star. In this book you will learn:
1. Legends of Rock Stars 2. History of Rock and Roll bands from the 50's and 60's 3. The Golden Era 4. Types of Rock 5. How to Form a Rock Band 6. Playing Like a Rock Star
You will also...
Women Drummers
A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
In 1942, drummer Viola Smith sent shock waves through the jazz world by claiming in Down Beat magazine that “hep girls” could sit in on any jam session and hold their own. In Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country, Angela Smith takes Viola at her word, offering a comprehensive...
Best Seat in the House
Drumming in the '70s with Marriott, Frampton and Humble Pie
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Here is a hard rock memoir – essentially an authorized bio on the endearing British rock band Humble Pie – as told from the drum throne and backstage hallways during the emerging days of the Seventies classic rock era. In 1969, Jerry Shirley was chosen to drum in a new band led by Steve Marriott...
by Marc D. Moskovitz, R. Larry Todd
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2019
Winner of the 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award In 1796 the young Beethoven presented his first two cello sonatas, Op. 5, at the court of Frederick William II, an avid cellist and the reigning Prussian monarch. Released in print the next year, these revolutionary sonatas forever altered...
Rhythm Makers
The Drumming Legends of Nashville in Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
In Rhythm Makers: The Legendary Drummers of Nashville in Their Own Words, Tony Artimisi documents through extensive interviews the work of some of the most influential drum kit players in popular music today, opening a window onto one of the most vibrant music scenes in modern American history. Telling...
Mad, Bad and Dangerous
The Book of Drummers' Tales
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
From the story of the drummer who had to fly separately from the rest of Oasis because they thought he was bad luck, to the drummer who drummed his way out of prison
Never have so many famous drummers been gathered together in one place-this is the ultimate collection of stories...
by Chester Music
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
The Chester Clarinet Anthology presents 14 popular works for Clarinet with Piano accompaniment. The selected works are taken from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. As well as the joint piano and clarinet score, a dedicated clarinet score is included along with performance...