Music-Instruction & Study-Techniques

What do the world's most prominent oboists have to say about their musical ideas, performance techniques, and teaching strategies? Michele L. Fiala and Martin Schuring, themselves skilled oboists, undertook the project of asking twenty-six of them about their musicianship and pedagogy. The results are...

Master the Art of Rock Guitar SoloingLearn to solo with a method that's jam-packed with examples, exercises, techniques and improvisation strategies.Melodic Rock Soloing for Guitar is a unique guitar method because it contains all the tools you need to become the ultimate guitar soloist....

Tapping on Guitar has Evolved...Do you want to get creative with tapping on guitar?Are you ready to bring guitar tapping bang up to date for a new generation?Tapping has evolved beyond the Rock and Metal shred of the '80s and '90s. As more technically...

In-text URLs can be accessed via the "Features" tab of the publisher's website.Conductors face a multitude of hurdles as they strive to obtain a foothold in the professional world. Once they have attained a position, there are obstacles both on and off the podium...

(Explained). The world of modes is one that every guitarist must explore in their playing journey. With this unique book/video combo, celebrated author and instructor Carl Culpepper guides you through these fascinating sounds, expanding your tonal palette through licks and phrases that are guaranteed...

Recent decades have seen a major increase of interest in historical performance practice, but until now there has been no comprehensive reference tool available on the subject. This fully up-to-date, illuminating and accessible volume will assist readers in rediscovering and recreating as closely as...

You do not need to have any musical experience or special skills. All you need is this book, a clarinet, and few minutes every day to practice.In this book, you will find details on how to choose the right clarinet, how to care for...

The Vibrato Mastery for Cello book is going to lead you towards the highest levels of vibrato control and artistry. After studying the greatest artists of the past and present, I discovered that every great vibrato is based on logical rhythmic patterns and nothing...

This research into the tempo implications of Bach's notation answers the age-old question of Bach's tempos, providing insight into Bach's intended musical effects. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a very busy man. At times he composed a new church piece every week, often barely...

Tish Oney merges the worlds of jazz and classical singing in a comprehensive guide for those teaching and singing jazz. Legendary jazz singers' performance strategies are discussed providing unique insights. Jazz Singing combines jazz stylization and improvisational techniques with classic voice pedagogy to outline...

How to Play Keyboards offers an exciting new way to learn to play. Its easy-to-follow instructions and systematic approach enable you to start playing popular tunes on your keyboard within minutes-even if you've never played a musical instrument before. You'll learn keyboard basics like:...

This book is based on detailed notes taken by the author during a decade of study under one of the renowned teachers of piano, whose pupils included such pianists as Gary Graffman, Lilian Kallir, Jacob Lateiner, and Sylvia Saremba and such composer/conductors as Samuel...

"Tuning is the secret lens through which the history of music falls into focus," says Kyle Gann. Yet in Western circles, no other musical issue is so ignored, so taken for granted, so shoved into the corners of musical discourse. A classroom essential and...

Sociological Thinking in Music Education presents new ideas about music teaching and learning as important social, political, economic, ecological, and cultural ways of being. At the book's heart is the intersection between theory and practice where readers gain glimpses of intriguing social phenomena as...

Just about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't start piano at the age...

The fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today's music scene The star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Ren e Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear on...

(Guitar Educational). Whether you're a beginner to the world of fingerstyle guitar or looking to improve your current abilities, you've come to the right place! In this book, you'll work through many progressive exercises designed to develop the specific skills and coordination necessary in...

(Piano). Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, a veritable encyclopedia of music and lore, immerses you in all aspects of New Orleans boogie and blues piano. This intimate session will help you build a solid repertoire and acquire essential licks, runs, turnarounds, rhythms and techniques. Includes...

(Berklee Guide). Expand the creative breadth of your soloing The step-by-step exercises and explanations in this tried-&-true resource will help you develop your ear and improve your technique. You'll learn the intimate relationships between modes and chords, practicing licks and solos that grow out...

(Guitar Method). Learn to use the entire fretboard with the Incredible Scale Finder This book contains more than 1,300 scale diagrams for the most important 17 scale types, including major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and...

(Educational Piano Library). Piano Theory Workbook 5 includes practical, intermediate-level exercises in identifying chords and their inversions, counting 16ths, subdividing beats into various dotted-sixteenth rhythms, identifying chords of the key, writing Major and minor scales, and exercises in transposition and improvisation. Each exercise is...

An Englishman and Londoner, Hermann Klein (1856-1934) was a prolific writer, voice teacher, and student of the legendary voice teacher Manuel Garc a (1805-1906). After arriving in New York City in 1901 to teach Garc a's method, Klein became the Chairman of the newly-formed...

Author: Richard J. ScottISBN-10: 0595010393ISBN-13: 9780595010394Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2000Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.27lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.20w x 0.96d

FINALLY, FRETBOARD MEMORIZATION MADE EASY. Do you get lost on the guitar neck? Not knowing the notes on the fretboard is a common problem that slows down and confuses the learning process. It's very difficult to find your way around if you can't read...

Movable Chord Workbook was written to give you the quickest path to the most complete understanding of movable chords on the guitar. You could spend a small fortune in tuition and rent, move to Boston and go to a fancy private college and study...

An easy-to-understand chart which features chromatic, major, and minor scale studies in a handy format. Includes staff notation and fingering diagrams for the entire range of the clarinet.Author: William BayISBN-10: 0871665018ISBN-13: 9780871665010Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1983Pages: 4Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.07lbsSize: 12.75h x 9.76w...

Should neighborhoods change? Is wearing a suit a good way to quit smoking? Why do people think that if you do one thing, you're against something else? Is monogamy a trick? Why isn't making the city more fun for you and your friends a...

"The fusion of text with music is one of the most powerful methods by which a composer can express emotion to an audience, yet, all too often, the diction of choral groups is lacking to such a degree as to make the text unintelligible."...

This book will make playing the bowed psaltery easy Lessons include reading the tablature, tuning, bowing techniques, holding the psaltery and some of my favorite Gospel, Christmas and Traditional folk songs.Personally I want to play the Psaltery in accompany with the mountain dulcimer. Therefore,...

(Instructional). This book is a continuation of Musical Calisthenics for Brass, authored by Carmine Caruso. This new edition compiled by Caruso's student Dominic Derasse should be approached only after the completion of the original method. Derasse writes "the most important thing I learned from...

The Mysterious Force VOL III: Elvin Jones This is the world's first published technical study of the drumming artist: Elvin Jones. His advanced concept once revolutionized modern jazz drumming, and now through the study of the technical structure of his magic, it will have...

This book contains 888 diagrams that teach thousands of lead guitar runs. The runs are presented on a guitar fret board so there is no need to be able to read music. These lead runs may be played from the top strings or from...

Campanella style is considered one of the harder ukulele techniques. Thus a lot of beginners has shyness before and fear needlessly. Therefore, in this book I edited thirty simple and well-known songs. This book contains only six tones melodic etudes (a, b, c#, d,...

For all four-string fretless instruments tuned to fifths: violin, viola, cello, etc. All the essential western scales/modes are mapped out on the fingerboard in easy-to-remember patterns that are perfectly logical, and - most importantly - 100% practical for ease of execution in performance. This...

The result of many years teaching pianists to become organists, this tutor includes tried and tested material used on the UK Courses for Volunteer Organists.Author: Robert FieldingISBN-10: 1469965836ISBN-13: 9781469965833Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2012Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d

Author: Louis HanonISBN-10: 1458491293ISBN-13: 9781458491299Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.30d

From the author of The Clave Matrix, comes the most thorough explanation and analysis of quinto ever committed to print. The rhythmic vocabulary of quinto, the lead drum of rumba, is the pinnacle of Afro-Cuban improvisation and the insider language of salsa and Latin...

In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making music. Drawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, Westney shows how to trust yourself and set your...

Complete Technique for Modern Guitar destroys the notion that aspiring players must spend all their practice time accelerating through progressively more difficult and obscure exercises. This book focuses on only the exercises that most quickly develop the fundamental four areas of guitar technique: Picking,...

Musical Interpretation: Its Laws and Principles, and their Application in Teaching and Performing By Tobias Matthay Contents I-Some General Principles of Teaching and Learning II-The Nature of Musical Attention and of Musical Shape III-The Element of Rubato IV-Concerning Certain Details in the Application of...

A distinguished instructor shares his "ingenious and logical" approach to playing and teaching the violin in this accessible, indispensable book. Ivan Galamian's distinctive and immensely successful pedagogy is built on general principles that can be applied broadly, making his methods applicable to students of...

(Second Edition updated for MAX 6) Structured for use in university courses, the book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max/MSP, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. Comprehensive online support, running parallel...

This is the second in a series of three volumes dedicated to digital synthesis and sound design. It is part of a teaching method incorporating a substantial amount of online supporting materials: hundreds of sound examples and interactive examples, programs written in Max, as...

"The Art of Scale Weaving" has but one purpose; connection. It is through connection that we broaden our spectrum of understanding of the language of music through our instrument... the guitar. This book looks to achieve such connection by utilizing a new method known...

Raise Your Voice, by glass shattering vocal coach Jaime Vendera, is considered by many to be the "Singer's Bible." This groundbreaking vocal training manual features Jaime's truly unique approach to vocal technique and voice training which is keeping famous singers on the road, performing...

Instantly understand how to use oscillators and fully master your synthesizer, even if you're a complete beginnerNEW: The ultimate 4-part series for sensational sound designLearning how to do synthesis (the fundamental part of sound design), can be quite overwhelming, especially when you're a beginner....

Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces for the instrument, making it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student violists alike. With engaging prose supported by fact-filled analytical charts, the book...

GUITAR FUNDAMENTALS MADE EASYFeeling stuck on the guitar? Guitar players are usually unaware of the poor habits that cripple their progress. There's no shortage of books and courses on playing chords, scales, riffs, and songs. The problem is that these often overlook one simple...

Discover Perfect Legato Technique for Rock Guitar Do you want to master fluid, clean legato guitar passages? Do you need to build speed, control and perfect feel? Do you want to play jaw-dropping legato licks that avoid clich s? Cutting-edge guitarist Chris Brooks has...

This book fills a gap in the market by providing energising warm-up activities for community, church and youth choirs. Whereas many publications exist that offer singing and vocal exercises, there are virtually none available offering physical warm-ups, breathing exercises and exercises for articulation. These...