Music-Instruction & Study -Appreciation

This musical coloring book is the first volume in a series that visualizes music from B la Bart k's Mikrokosmos. Each piece is displayed in a graphical notation, using different shapes for each hand. This volume contains pieces 1-36 of Mikorokosmos. In addition to...

Camp Granada is a curriculum and administrative guide to organize a music camp in your school, church, community center, or wherever there are people who love music and who desire to share that love of music with young children. Its theme-based lessons blend the...

Music is, in one sense, merely a series of fleeting vibrations that arise and subside. How could it be that something so insubstantial fills us, and calms us, and makes us weep? Because, says W. A. Mathieu, music bridges mind and heart, self and...

The contents of this book have been personally selected by Catherine Rollin as some of her all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles of each piece makes this...

Julie Nagel explores how work, personal identity, and various actions and feelings, including mental health, are importantly linked to music career choices and how the pandemic has dramatically impacted that. The book looks to the future and suggests ways in which musicians can find...

Julie Nagel explores how work, personal identity, and various actions and feelings, including mental health, are importantly linked to music career choices and how the pandemic has dramatically impacted that. The book looks to the future and suggests ways in which musicians can find...

Listening according to mood is likely to be what most people do when they listen to music. We want to take part in, or even be part of, the emerging world of the musical work. Using the sources of musical history and philosophy, Erik...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.Author: Frank G. SpeckISBN-10: 1497946360ISBN-13: 9781497946361Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d

Although the music of Spain is diverse, profound, colorful and deserving of recognition, a collection of nineteenth century Spanish songs has never been available to singers in the United States. Until now, Spain has been neglected in the study of music history. Collections of...

Along with Beethoven's sonatas and the purely idiomatic works for piano of Chopin and Debussy, the solo keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach represents the heart of the pianist's repertory; in the more specialized field of music for the organ, Bach's primacy seems beyond...

Melodic dictation plays an important role in music theory classes, but instruction is often based on tradition rather than research. Dictation teachers and students do not just need more exercises and drills; they need to see deeper into the materials, consider how we connect...

The Catechism of Music, written by Johann Christian Lobe and published in 1896, is a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of music theory and practice. The book is structured as a series of questions and answers, covering topics such as notation, scales, chords, harmony,...

Widely considered a classic, Beyond Talent is the "go to" guide for musicians. This newly revised and updated third edition cracks the code of how to build a creatively fulfilling career in music. With key insights into the mindset issues that often plague musicians,...

Non-fans regard C line Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about C line...

As a devoted fan of the lads from Liverpool, Mark considers himself an expert on their songs, both with the Beatles and during their solo careers. He has selected his favorite forty songs and tells their story in each chapter.Author: Mark R. BrewerISBN-10: 1664170405ISBN-13:...

An outstanding compilation of piano etudes and exercises from the ever-popular B rgmuller's 25 Progressive Pieces, Opus 100, Czerny's Practical Method for Beginners on the Piano, Opus 599, and Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist. Etudes are organized into four units according to difficulty and emphasize...

Great quality manuscript paper notebook for music composition, learning and creative songwriting. You can use it on school, college or university, in the studio, at home or anywhere for songwriting, suitable for all musical instruments, practice lessons, study, or transcribing music.The notebook contains lined...

A great flute book for the young, beginning flute student which contains more than seventy famous songs using just six different notes (G-A-B-C-D and E). This is two books in one. The first half features letters inside the note heads for non-music reading students....

The team behind Mixed In Key software explores the art of professional DJing to answer one simple question: What can you do to become a better DJ? Beyond Beatmatching will show you how to: - Use harmonic mixing in your DJ sets - Mix...

Are you a classical player that wants to apply your hard earned instrumental skills to jazz improvisation?Or are you a jazz player looking to open up your scale/interval practice to new worlds of melodic invention?Bach Shapes II is the sequel to Bach Shapes, the...

Veteran music critic David Hurwitz provides an accessible, comprehensive, and fresh survey of Beethoven's symphonies, overtures, concertos, theatrical music, his single ballet and other music for the dance, and several short pieces worth getting to know.Beethoven's orchestral works include some of the most iconic...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) has to be the most rewarding, expressive, and entertaining of all the composers whose work fell into obscurity in the years following his death. He was overshadowed both by the rediscovery of his father, Johann Sebastian, and by the...

Miles Davis and Juliette Greco, Jackson Pollock and Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando and Bob Dylan and William Burroughs. What do all these people have in common? Fame, of course, and undeniable talent. But most of all, they were cool. Birth of the Cool is...

As a devoted fan of the lads from Liverpool, Mark considers himself an expert on their songs, both with the Beatles and during their solo careers. He has selected his favorite forty songs and tells their story in each chapter.Author: Mark R. BrewerISBN-10: 1664170413ISBN-13:...

Ludwig van Beethoven's chamber works are some of his most revered compositions. Victor Lederer guides the serious nonprofessional listener through this oeuvre in his new book Beethoven's Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide. Lederer shows how Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano overflow with high...

A unique approach to scale/interval practice, Bach Shapes is the music of J.S. Bach distilled to its basic elements: beautiful melodic shapes. These can be studied as technical exercises, or used as building blocks for jazz improvisation. Suitable for any instrument and currently being...

Bach's Operas of the Soul is the first introduction to Bach's sacred cantatas for the general music lover.In clear and accessible language, Mark Ringer examines this vast output of masterpieces as the great musical dramatic creations that they. Bach's sacred cantatas represent an almost...

A native of Queens, N.Y., Maestro Weibel was never in doubt about the avenue his future career would take. His talent and love for musical expression began at an early age. He attended both the Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music in Manhattan...

Get your mojo working as you take a musical trip from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago's gritty South Side and points beyond with Blues For Dummies, an insightful, toe-tappin', music lovers' guide to the blues. Popular blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks serves as your tour...

Finally, just what general music teachers and students have been waiting for: ten great movie and TV songs to play on fun, colorful Boomwhacker(R) Musical Tubes Includes a cool play-along CD with full performance and accompaniment tracks, melody and accompaniment parts, and teaching suggestions...

105 short exercises, leading to thorough and complete mastery of basic timing problems.Author: Allan SmallISBN-10: 0739008919ISBN-13: 9780739008911Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2007Pages: 24Format: OtherWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.80w x 0.20d

Bart's music is greatly prized by concertgoers, yet we know little about the intellectual milieu that gave rise to his artistry. Bart is often seen as a lonely genius emerging from a gray background of an "underdeveloped country." Now Judit Frigyesi offers a broader...

A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brain Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad...

Why does the brain create music? In Beethoven's Anvil, cognitive scientist and jazz musician William Benzon finds the key to music's function in the very complexity of musical experience. Music demands that our symbol-processing capacities, motor skills, emotional and communicative skills all work in...

The Sound Books series is a picture book collection designed to visually represent musical concepts for young learners. Its original artwork is created and arranged to clearly depict sound ideas with few or no words required. The unique approach encourages students to bring together...

Songwriting guru Rikky Rooksby surveys Springsteen's rich catalogue and uses common techniques as a starting point for a masterclass in the art of writing powerful songs.Author: Rikky RooksbyISBN-10: 1493065262ISBN-13: 9781493065264Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2022Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.50h x 7.50w x 0.36d

The Black Dog Opera Library is the best, easiest and most informative and budget-friendly way to enjoy four of the greatest operas of all time. Finally available again, and packaged with gorgeous new covers, each book in the library includes the complete opera on...

Leonard Bernstein's fame as a conductor and general cultural phenomenon has overshadowed his genius as a composer, despite the fact that at least some of his orchestral music has entered the standard repertoire and achieved a well-deserved measure of popularity. In fact, his achievement...

The second title in the Amadeus Press Parallel Lives series, this volume examines the lives and work of two giants of 20th century music. Both composers influenced countless others, and their works are performed often in today's concert and opera houses. Felsenfeld gives us...

This book is a tool for helping teachers and parents of musical kids work together to provide young people with music learning experiences that are meaningful and lasting.Author: Robert H. WoodyISBN-10: 1475849966ISBN-13: 9781475849967Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2019Pages: 144Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Cello Online String Sampler Cello Sheet Music is a fun and easy way to actively learn, study and play beautiful cello music from a wide variety of styles and eras. 54 pieces are featured, representing music history periods, styles and cultures, including Medieval, Renaissance,...

Through a musical language involving symbols, numbers, and tonality, J.S. Bach created emotional dimension in the preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier. This book explores the use of that musical language, revealing how Bach used harmonic design and melodic and rhythmic motivic formulas...

Book 3 includes attractive musical etudes by Carl Czerny, Johann F. Burgmuller and Stephen Heller and select exercises by Charles-Louis Hanon. The studies are organized into four units, each focusing on mastering a particular skill. Performance suggestions for each study are included, along with...

Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 For Teachers Piano accompaniments for all songs and aural work in the Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 for Recorder, Fife or Flute. Includes 14 songs using notes B, A and G. www.beststartmusic.com.Author: Sarah Broughton StalbowISBN-10: 064842703XISBN-13: 9780648427032Publisher:...

How are our ability and motivation to be creative shaped by the world around us? Why does creativity seem to flourish in some environments, while others seem to stifle it? Many societies value creativity as an abstract concept and many, perhaps even most, individuals...

This book contains a collection of classic essays on the subject of the Italian violin, looking at its history and development with reference to notable makers and players. Italy is famous for producing many great violinists and designers, each dealt with in detail within...

Whether it's a song by Brahms or by the Boss, a serenade by Mozart or a ballet by John Harbison, music radiates a diverse spectrum of meaningful signs, hidden in plain hearing.ﾂ To enjoy the interplay of musical signs, it helps to recognize them...

Chosen from the four stylistic periods of piano repertoire and presented in their original form, the 100 pieces in this collection have been favorites of pianists throughout the years. To help in performance, the editors have realized ornaments and added editorial markings such as...

Model Cornerstone Assessments (MCAs), that were developed for the National Core Arts Standards in Music, are curriculum-embedded measures designed for music students to apply relevant knowledge and skills while demonstrating learning in the standards that define the artistic processes. They are meant to engage...

This anthology to accompany Gateways to Understanding Music is comprised of musical "texts." These broadly defined texts-primarily musical scores-facilitate the integration of score study and music theory into the ethno/musicology curriculum, a necessary focus in the training of the professional musician. As posed by...