Instruction Study category: 2225 books
Kaleidoscope of Cultures
A Celebration of Multicultural Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
A rich collection of the best offerings from the 2006 and 2008 National Symposiums on Multicultural Music, Kaleidoscope of Cultures is full of resources, references, lesson plans, and ethnic music. In addition to lively speeches, engaging workshops (including making ethnic instruments), and reviews...
by Bertolt Brecht, Hanns Eisler
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1967
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1967
Here are 42 poems by Bertolt Brecht, including several from various plays, with musical settings by Hanns Eisler. Eric Bentley has compiled the collection, created singable English translations (which appear along with the German), and supplied historical notes on the songs. Earl Robinson has supervised...
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
101 No. 1 Hits for Buskers: The Red Book is a bumper instalment of the Hits for Buskers series, presenting some of the greatest No. 1’s of all time, guaranteed to rouse a crowd in every piano bar or street corner.
Each song is carefully arranged with melody line, complete lyrics and guitar...
by Michael Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Written by jazz guitar great Michael Anthony who states, "This book is an attempt to eliminate, or at the minimum decrease the frequency of such "deer in the headlights" sputters and stalls and the threat of getting lost when following a melodic line, a new thought, or a progression...
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Really Easy Piano: Jazz Greats contains easy arrangements for twenty-two well-loved jazz jives. These simplified arrangements are accompanied by background notes on the songs as well as handy playing hints and tips. Suitable for beginners of all ages, including grades 1-3, this book will make learning...
by Nick Walker, James Longworth
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The full eBook version of Guitar Basics in fixed-layout format with downloadable audio and additional resources.
This landmark method for young guitarists starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to Initial/Preparatory Grade. The method is set out in sixteen stages and contains original...
by Jack Tottle
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1975
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1975
Learn from the music of Bill Monroe, Bobby Osbourne, Jesse McReynolds, Frank Wakefield and John Duffy. Covers everything from simple basics to fancy fingerwork.
GARAGE BAND THEORY - TOOLS the PRO'S USE to PLAY BY EAR
music theory-learn to read & play by ear, tab & notation for guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, piano, beginner & advanced lessons, improvisation, chords & scales for jazz and blues
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This is non-academic, practical, useful theory for living-room pickers and working musicians who want to be able to think coherently about music in order to ask questions and understand answers about the music they want to play.
The stuff in GBT is about understanding The Beatles and The Rolling...
Basic Elements of Music
A Primer for Musicians, Music Teachers, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Basic Elements of Music introduces readers to a wide range of knowledge essential for a well-rounded understanding of music. This primer surveys the history of music and the composers who made that history; the history of instrument families and how the instruments function; an introduction to the...
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
The Top Ten series has been specially designed to help pianists of all levels. The Top Ten Contemporary Classical Pieces To Play On Piano contains a wealth of contemporary music from a new wave of distinctive and adventurous writers. Each piece is accompanied by brief, illustrated background notes...
Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre
A Guide for Music Directors in School, College, and Community Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
In Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre, veteran musical director and teacher Herbert Marshall provides an essential how-to guide for teachers or community members who find themselves in charge of music directing a show. Stepping off the podium, Marshall offers practical and often humorous real-world...
by Chester Music
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
This episode of the The Essential Collection series presents Frederic Chopin’s most famous masterpieces arranged for solo piano.
The works included are:
- Ballade No.1 In G Minor Op.23
- Cantabile In B Flat
- Etude In E Op.10 No.3
- Fantaisie-impromptu No.4 In C Sharp Minor Op.66
-...
by Oak Publications
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1982
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1982
This volume is a monument among ballad books containing 158 of the most popular Irish ballads and songs which echo and resound throughout the pubs of Ireland and indeed throughout the world by Ireland’s leading folk groups. Along with notes on many of the ballads, this book features a fine collection...
by John Riley
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
As the twentieth century approached, a new art form was developed, one that would go on to dominate the next hundred years. Though cinema began in silence, it quickly acquired sound and attracted musicians and composers. The new medium demanded a new approach, both aesthetically and technologically,...