Music-Instruction & Study-Composition

In Mixing with Impact: Learning to Make Musical Choices, Wessel Oltheten discusses the creative and technical concepts behind making a mix. Whether you're a dance producer in your home studio, a live mixer in a club, or an engineer in a big studio, the...

This book explores the fundamentals of computer music and functional programming through the Haskell programming language. Functional programming is typically considered difficult to learn. This introduction in the context of creating music will allow students and professionals with a musical inclination to leverage their...

In WHOLE PERSON DRUMMING, Zorina Wolf shares her passion for drumming and the heartful community it can create. With plenty of stories from her own journey as student and teacher, Zorina offers exercises for all learning styles. Accompanying videos are available on Zorina's website....

Music consists of three elements - melody, harmony, and rhythm. This book deals with the creation of melodies derived from various materials. If put into practice, it will give you an endless wealth of concepts. You should never run out of new and interesting...

(Manuscript Paper). 32-page stitched book with Mickey Mouse character on each page; large 6-staves per page; 8-1/2 x8-1/2; includes music notation guide.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0881885045ISBN-13: 9780881885040Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1986Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.20h x 8.20w x 0.40d

In Writing Music for Commercials: Television, Radio, and New Media, professor, composer, arranger, and producer Michael Zager describes the process of composing and arranging music specifically for commercials across the growing variety of media formats. Writing music for commercials requires composers not only learn...

During the late 1890s and early 1900s, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was an important and popular British composer. Respected by such contemporaries as Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, he attracted the attention of the British music critics, who...

Like his compositions, Milton Babbitt's writings about music have exerted an extraordinary influence on postwar music and thinking about music. In essays and public addresses spanning fifty years, Babbitt has grappled profoundly with central questions in the composition and apprehension of music. These writings...

Composers have used formalized procedures to create music throughout history. With the advent of the computer, algorithmic composition allows composers not only to create and experiment with different formalisms, but to hear and evaluate results quickly. Often in algorithmic composition, the composer has only...

Orchestration: An Anthology of Writings is designed to be a primary or ancillary text for college-level music majors. Although there are several 'how to' textbooks aimed at this market, there is little available that traces the history of orchestration through the writings of composers...

Creative Music Composition is designed to be an introductory textbook for music students. "Creative composition"-composing in your own style, rather than in the style of a composer of the past-is embraced by music educators not only for composition students, but for beginning performers and...

Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference for book- and songwriters clearly explains the fundamentals of the three crafts of a musical--book, music, and lyrics. Using copious examples from classic shows, Frankel has created the quintessential musical writers' how-to. Among the topics: definitions...

Virtual Music is about artificial creativity. Focusing on the author's Experiments in Musical Intelligence computer music composing program, the author and a distinguished group of experts discuss many of the issues surrounding the program, including artificial intelligence, music cognition, and aesthetics.The book is divided...

If you want to learn how to choose, maintain, and play the guitar, then check out HowExpert Guide to Playing Guitar.Want to learn guitar? Always wanted to play guitar but never knew where to start? This easy-to-follow guide has everything you need to get...

Produce Your Own Sounds with GarageBand!Whether you want to record lyrics, an instrument, or a podcast, GarageBand can help you achieve ultimate sound perfection.GarageBand Basics is a beginner-friendly guide of all the basic knowledge you need to start using GarageBand.With mini tutorials on each...

In this book, Barbara Ellison and Thomas B. W. Bailey lay out and explore the mystifying and evanescent musical territory of 'sonic phantoms': auditory illusions within the musical material that convey a 'phantasmatic' presence. Structured around a large body of compositional work developed by...

In modern times we are accustomed to one set of characters for writing words (the alphabet 'A' through 'Z') and another for writing numbers (the digits '0' through '9'). The ancient Greeks and Hebrews, however, used the alphabet for both words and numbers. So...

Make better songs faster with FL Studio ShortcutsName me one bodybuilder who doesn't know how to lift weights. Show me one soldier who doesn't know how to fire a rifle. Now tell me what music producer doesn't know how to use a DAW. And...

Women in Jazz: Musicality, Femininity, Marginalization examines the invisible discrimination against female musicians in the French jazz world and the ways in which women thrive as professionals despite such conditions. The author shines a light on the paradox for women in jazz: to express...

The Digital Musician, Third Edition is an introductory textbook for creative music technology and electronic music courses. Written to be accessible to students from any musical background, this book examines cultural awareness, artistic identity and musical skills, offering a system-agnostic survey of digital music...

What does a one hour contemporary orchestral piece by Georg Friedrich Haas have in common with a series of glitch-noise electronic tracks by Pan Sonic? This book proposes that, despite their differences, they share a particular understanding of sound that is found across several...

Effective music production can be a challenge. This is where The Music Producer's Guide comes in. Each book is designed to demystify a music production concept, bringing professional results to your tracks.In The Music Producer's Guide to Compression, you will learn: ⦁ The history...

Hello and welcome to my Book "The Music Production Guide". My Name is Raphael von Hoch, known as Trenox, a young music producer from Germany and the information provided to you in this Guide is all techniques that are needed to produce a professional...

This dissertation essay examines two contemporary operas, L'Amour de loin by Kaija Saariaho and Hamlet by Christian Jost. It describes the influences on each composer that led to their respective operas. In Chapter 1 of the essay, Kern presents both composers' biographies with particular...

From the classical violinist to the hip hop producer, creating music pays homage to principles of harmony. It is not just the sum of the musical parts that makes a song come alive, but how every part interacts with others to create more harmonies,...

Ferguson - Michael Brown - Greek Tragedy - Transformative Music - Dynamic Conversations Antigone in Ferguson shares the truth about justice as experienced on stage with spirit-felt, soulful, & captivating music composed and directed by Dr. Philip A. Woodmore in a unique adaptation written...

This handbook provides an evidence-based account of psychological perspectives on issues in music education and music in the community through the life course, exploring our understanding of music learning and participation across contexts. The contributors draw on multidisciplinary research from different cultures and contexts...

Introducing How You Can Supercharge Your Guitar Abilities In As Little As 10 Minutes Per Day Do you want to improve your Guitar playing ability? Do you want to do it WITHOUT mind-numbing, boring methods? Do you want to do it in as little...

Blank Staff/Stave Paper for Children and Instruction & StudyWrite notes in staff/stave line with this music composition notebook, ideal for songwriting, notating music, piano, guitar, violin, and other musical instruments. Perfect for students, study, practice lessons, or transcribing music. Great for beginners and boys...

Blank Staff/Stave Paper for Children and Instruction & StudyWrite notes in staff/stave line with this music composition notebook, ideal for songwriting, notating music, piano, guitar, violin, and other musical instruments. Perfect for students, study, practice lessons, or transcribing music. Great for beginners and boys...

The Comprehensive Book of Modes and Scales for Piano and Keyboard Players, 2nd edition was written specifically for classically trained pianists with little knowledge of scales. This book contains over 70 scales and modes including major, minor, jazz modes, pentatonic, bebop, octatonic, etc. Each...

The perfect blank chord chart book for any guitar player, guitar teacher, or guitar student Every guitar player, regardless of experience, needs to be able to write down things they're learning, from songs they're working on, to their own music. With the Guitar Sheets...

Featuring 56 lessons by 49 music technology experts from around the world, The Music Technology Cookbook is an all-in-one guide to the world of music technology, covering topics like: composition (with digital audio workstations such as Ableton, Soundtrap, GarageBand); production skills such as recording,...

WARNING This piano book is NOT laid out as traditional sheet music. The Piano Book Every Beginner Student Needs to Start Playing Pieces in their Very First Lesson.The Beginner Piano Book holds 27 classic children's songs that your piano students will recognize and be...

Marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, this volume presents twenty-one completely new essays on aspects of Beethoven's personal life, his composing process, his manuscripts, and his greatest works. Beethoven's music stands as a universal symbol of personal and artistic achievement. As we...

★ Carefully Selected Songs, Understand The Uniqueness Well-chosen 7 classic domestic and international pop music songs with unique chord progressions ★ Viewing From Pop Music Aspects, Easy To Learn And Use Complete sum-ups of harmony techniques in pop music applications and convenient to look-up...

In Musical Form, Forms & Formenlehre: Three Methodological Reflections, three eminent music theorists consider the fundamentals of musical form. They discuss how to analyze form in music and question the relevance of analytical theories and methods in general. They illustrate their basic concepts and...

This book is intended to introduce concepts about music composition to band and orchestra students of all ages.Author: Alexander Koops, John L. WhitenerISBN-10: 1475848919ISBN-13: 9781475848915Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/12/2020Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

(Schott). The book aims to be a guide through the little universe which is the working place of the man who writes music. As such it talks predominantly to the layman, although the expert composer may also find some stimulation in it... From the...

Principles of OrchestrationBy Nikolay Rimsky-KorsakovEdited by Maximilian SteinbergEnglish translation by Edward AgateRimsky-Korsakov had long been engrossed in his treatise on orchestration. We have in our possession a thick note book of some 200 pages in fine hand writing, dating from the years 1873-1874, containing...

This edition comes fully illustrated. It is a detailed text book of music notation and terminology, written in a way that all might understand, and it has several appendices covering such topics as musical instruments, the history of music notation, pronunciations and acoustics. It...

This workbook features low vision pages with extra large lines. Use this staff paper to write your next piece of musicAuthor: Thor WisteriaISBN-10: 1539847950ISBN-13: 9781539847953Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2016Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.11d

This workbook features pages with four systems consisting of a five-line musical staff with treble clef paired with a five-line tablature staff. Use this staff paper to write your next piece of musicAuthor: Thor WisteriaISBN-10: 1539797554ISBN-13: 9781539797555Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2016Pages: 52Format:...

This book discusses the myriad ways in which Beethoven begins his works and the structural, rhetorical, and emotional implications of these beginnings for listeners. Examining the opening moments of nearly 200 compositions, it offers a new method of analysis of Beethoven's music. At the...

This bass player tablature book makes an awesome bass player gift idea or bassist gift idea. Great for bass guitar tablature paper, bass guitar tablature for beginners, tablature notebook bass.Author: Tom JonesISBN-10: 1720366802ISBN-13: 9781720366805Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/25/2018Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 11.00h...

WANT TO WRITE MUSIC?Composer Boot Camp is a series of 50 exercises for educators and beginning, intermediate, and advanced musicians who want to develop their skills in composition. Composer Boot Camp 101 workbook is designed to help educators, students, and seasoned professionals to hone...

Mastering your music is like mastering your life. It's amazing what happens when you clean up the noise, maximize your good work, and have your music sparkle and shine as you really want it to. Desktop Mastering is a conceptual guide, intertwining a broad...

Digital Performer for Engineers and Producers is designed to help people who already have some familiarity with Digital Performer - or any other DAW software - jump directly into some of the extremely important and powerful capabilities of this incredible software. Author and noted...

From inspiring recipes for sculpting audio magic and mayhem to in-depth discussions of mixing and mastering that you would expect to learn in an audio production school, this book is designed to help you "out of your box" into a larger world. Sound Design,...

Over several years, Bertrand Denzler and Jean-Luc Guionnet have interviewed approximately 50 musicians from various backgrounds about their practice of musical improvisation. Musicians include both the very experienced such as Sophie Agnel, Burkhard Beins, John Butcher, Rhodri Davies, Bill Dixon, Phil Durrant, Axel D...