General Instruments category: 2949 books
Flute, Accordion or Clarinet?
Using the Characteristics of Our Instruments in Music Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice.
This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments...
Junkyard Jam Band
DIY Musical Instruments and Noisemakers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Making music doesn’t have to be about dropping big bucks in the guitar shop or endlessly fiddling with expensive software. You can make good noise out of bits of wood and wire, plastic and steel. When you build your own instruments, creating your own sound comes naturally.
Junkyard Jam Band...
The Band Teacher's Percussion Guide
Insights into Playing and Teaching Percussion
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
The Band Teacher's Percussion Guide: Insights into Playing and Teaching Percussion is an essential practical resource for instrumental music teachers and band directors. Author Stewart Hoffman, a Juilliard-trained percussionist, performer, private instructor, and former classroom teacher, offers a...
by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
What is special about the double bass compared to all other string instruments? What is the difference between a xylophone and a glockenspiel? How long is the tubing that makes up a trumpet? And what is the name of the world’s oldest surviving violin? All of these questions and more are answered in...
by Richard Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1987
(Reference). This book gives a complete and illustrated history of the development of Rickenbacker instruments from 1931 to the present. Rickenbacker is the only book of its kind to chronicle the history of the company who in 1931 introduced electric instruments to the world. The book provides information...
by Graham McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
A workshop guide to building Irish bouzoukis and citterns. In the past forty years bouzoukis, citterns and octave mandolins have become an essential part of acoustic music. The Bouzouki Book is the first, and only, book to guides the reader through the steps to build one of these fascinating stringed...
Revival: Old English Instruments of Music (1910)
Their History and Character
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
The study of musical instruments now no longer with us is necessary, not only for the musician and composer, but for the man of letters, the artist, and the chronicler of our national life; for many allusions to customs of bygone times cannot otherwise be understood, and we should be spared such a...
Obsessed With Cigar Box Guitars, 2nd Edition
Over 120 Hand-Built Guitars from the Masters
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
A Passion for Handmade Musical Greatness In a modern revival of a great American tradition, sliders, pickers, strummers and makers are coming together in what they call the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution. Musicians and hobbyists are finding new creative freedom by making their own musical instruments...
The Drum
A History
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
In The Drum: A History, drummer, instructor, and blogger Matt Dean details the earliest evidence of the drum from all regions of the planet, looking at cave paintings, statues, temple reliefs, and burial remains before finding existing relics of actual drums, which have survived thousands of years....
Piano Duet Repertoire, Second Edition
Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Since the 1981 publication of the first edition, Cameron McGraw’s Piano Duet Repertoire has been a trusted guide for duet performers. This second edition, edited and substantially expanded by Christopher and Katherine Fisher, brings the volume into the 21st century, adding over 500 new or updated...
by Graham Wade
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
A Concise History of the Classic Guitar by Graham Wade, one of the foremost international writers on the guitar, explores the history of the instrument from the 16th century to the present day. This compact assessment of five centuries of fretted instruments cover the vihuela in Spain, the history...
by Frank Koonce
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
A substantial amount of early music for the guitar remains unknown to modern performers and audiences. In recent years, however, musicologists, scholars and performers on period instruments have provided a wealth of accessible new source materials which players can now begin to interpret in convincing...
by Jane Ellsworth
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Titles in Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Unlike other...
Percussion Lessons for Kids
How to Play Percussion for Kids (Free Audio Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Teach how to play percussion for kids with our easy percussion lessons for kids.
***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***
"A really good start for teaching aspiring young drummers the basics of...