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This is an encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations. While not geared toward making conventional instruments, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion,...

Basic Live Sound has the answers for setting up equipment for live performance and DJ techniques. Discover how to work in different spaces with a variety of performance events, and the equipment required to get the sound just right.

Contains simple tips for maintaining guitars, amps, PA equipment and drums which will help prevent your kit from breaking down at inopportune moments, saving you money by avoiding expensive repair bills.

While the mandolin is not as synonymous with the blues as the guitar, the fiddle's fretted cousin was an important lead voice in many string blues bands of the 1920s through the 1940s including the Mississippi Sheiks, the Memphis Jug Band and the Dallas String Band. In the hands of great players including...

The Little Black Songbook returns with the ultimate collection of Country hits from the all-time masters. Presented in chord songbook format, this collection features Guitar chords, diagrams and complete lyrics. Ideal for strumming and singing, this collection places some of the most popular...

First of all, we must forget everything we’ve ever thought about how complicated playing music is. I compare it to ‘math anxiety’ Many people fear music and think that it takes a genius to be a good musician. To be a master it might take a genius, but to play songs on the guitar, sound...

Learn How To Play The Guitar with these incredibly easy Guitar Lessons For Beginners! This is a complete step by step guide to learning How To Play The Guitar.This Ebook is basically the knowledge from 15 years of guitar lessons for a fraction of the price of one lesson!About the author - I'm...

Every guitarist has played the acoustic at one time or another, but how many of us really sound any good unplugged? Why do we all play the same three chords when we pick up an acoustic guitar? Isn't life too short to learn all those fancy finger patterns and open tunings? Never mind... It's Easy To...

Originally published as a booklet in 1994, the ebook version has been updated expanded to include information on the use of the didjeridu in sleep apnea treatment.

With Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education, you can explore musics from around the world with your students in a meaningful way. Broadly based and practically oriented, the book will help you develop curriculum for an increasingly multicultural society. Ready-to-use lesson plans make it easy...

Fully updated to explain digital editing, computer maintenance, system enhancement, CD burning and mastering, Home Recording Made Easy covers the whole range of home recording techniques, from acoustically treating your studio to arriving at a completed master. Illustrated throughout with easy-to-follow...

Really Easy Piano: Musicals contains easy arrangements for twenty extravagent shostoppers. 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...

(Guitar Method). Standard notation and tab for ten complete songs by artists including the Beatles, Bob Dyland and James Taylor: Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You * Blackbird * Classical Gas * Don't Think Twice, It's All Right * Hallelujah * Julia * Little Martha * Mister Sandman * Time in a Bottle * You've...

The Complete Keyboard Player series returns with Chart Hits of the 90s, a superb compilation of 29 retro hit songs arranged for all electronic keyboards. Perfect for beginners looking to stretch their abilities, or more advanced players looking to add a slice of Britpop, girl power, and everything...