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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Leopold Auer's book, Violin Playing As I Teach It, should be required reading for every burgeoning teacher and thoughtful student of the violin, whether amateur or professional, whose interest is in gaining more insights...

Chamber music is the most intimate, and arguably the most joyful and sociable, form of music-making in the world. It may also be the oldest, and its scope is all-embracing, ranging from infectious light entertainment to profound explorations of the human spirit, from boisterous humour to the outer reaches...

Great Piano Solos: The White Book is a diverse collection of pop hits, well-known show-tunes, jazz and blues classics, film themes, great standards and classical pieces arranged for intermediate solo Piano! Containing a total of 44 pieces, this bumper collection offers a fantastic selection...

Unlike the violin, which has flourished largely unchanged for close to four centuries, the trumpet has endured numerous changes in design and social status from the battlefield to the bandstand and ultimately to the concert hall. This colorful past is reflected in the arsenal of instruments a classical...

After decades of experimentation, musicians have begun to utilize a strikingly colorful palette of sounds on woodwind instruments. Flute, clarinet, and saxophone players, in many different musical settings, regularly use sounds that were unheard of in the middle of the twentieth century. Oboists,...

Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade. The guide is comprised of focused chapters...

THE EASYWAY TO READ MUSIC  Bass Clef by Joe Procopio The Easiest-Best-Fastest Way To Read Music - In One Day For All Musical Instruments In Bass Clef Imagine yourself unable to read English. Think of how tiny your world would be. Reading has opened up the entire...

(Berklee Press). Find better rhymes, and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyric writing, and this guide will provide you with all the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. Make rhyme work for you, and your lyric writing will greatly...

(Berklee Guide). Write songs starting from any direction: melody, lyric, harmony, rhythm, or idea. This book will help you expand your range and flexibility as a songwriter. Discussions, hands-on exercises, and notated examples will help you hone your craft. This creatively liberating approach supports...

This episode of the The Essential Collection series presents some of the finest works by composers such as J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, Purcell, William Byrd, and Domenico Scarlatti. The works included are: - Arioso [Scarlatti, Alessandro] - Aylesford Piece [Handel, George Frideric] - Canzon...

The Essential Classical Collection is a sumptuous selection of the very best music of the Classical era by composers ranging from Mozart to Beethoven and beyond, all presented in one superb volume for advanced solo Piano. The music of the Classical era is characterised by melodic elegance and...

This book contains a collection of various mandolin solos in a range of styles and levels of difficulty, aimed at advanced beginners to intermediates. Extensive notes are included about the breaks and the techniques used to play them. The material can be practiced alongside accompanying online recordings...

A complete banjo tuition programme which takes you From The Beginning to advanced level. Easy to follow text and realistic demonstration photographs. Devised by one of America's foremost teachers of authentic 5 string bluegrass banjo.