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Author:Brian Kane
Sound Unseen: Acousmatic Sound in Theory and Practice
Sound coming from outside the field of vision, from somewhere beyond, holds a privileged place in the Western imagination. When separated from their source, sounds seem to manifest transcendent realms, divine powers, or supernatural forces. According to legend, the philosopher Pythagoras lectured to his...- $42.99
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Author:Amy M. Simpson
Music on Your Mind: What Musicians Need to Know to Play with Success
This book provides musicians, students, and teachers a practical guide for optimal music learning, practice, memorization, and performance by the application of modern neuro-music research. Uncover the best, scientifically researched techniques, supported by researchers and musicians alike, that will empower you to learn thoroughly,...- $44.99
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Author:David B. Doty
The Just Intonation Primer
Author: David B. DotyISBN-10: 0972681000ISBN-13: 9780972681001Publisher: David B, DotyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2024Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.26d- $15.00
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Author:Roman Fire
Guitar Fretboard: The Guide with Theory and Exercises to Easily Memorize the Fretboard
Does Learning and Playing All the Notes of the Fretboard in a Short Seems Impossible?The biggest obstacle for a guitarist is learning the fretboard. It is a common problem that slows down and confuses guitarists on their learning path.Many people don't even know the...- $16.99
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Author:Nan Mogar
Guitar Intervals Decoded - Left-Handed
Is your knowledge of the fretboard based solely on memorizing interval shapes in scales and chords? Do you often find yourself translating known notes into numbers whenever you want to locate an interval? Would you like to have the ability to locate any interval...- $10.99
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Author:Michael Cherlin
Music's Making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry
As a work of musical theory, or meta-theory, Music's Making draws extensively on work done in philosophy and literary criticism in addition to the scholarship of musicologists and music theorists. Music's Making is divided into two large parts. The first half develops global attitudes...- $34.95
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Author:Karol Szymanowski
Szymanowski on Music: Selected Writings of Karol Szymanowski
The first comprehensive selection of Szymanowski's writings to be published in English, containing all the most important of the composer's essays and interviews. Karol Szymanowski [1882-1937] is now widely acknowledged to be the most important Polish composer since Chopin. He was also a considerable...- $49.95
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Author:Sander Van Maas
Thresholds of Listening: Sound, Technics, Space
Thresholds of Listening addresses recent and historical changes in the ways listening has been conceived. Listening, having been emancipated from the passive, subjected position of reception, has come to be asserted as an active force in culture and in collective and individual politics. The...- $39.00
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Author:Julian Gerstin
Rhythm: Pattern in Time
What is the difference between a downbeat, an offbeat, and a backbeat? What is the cross-rhythm in a polyrhythm? Are odd meters really odd? Why is the mysterious 3-3-2 rhythm so popular all over the world? In this one-of-a-kind pocket book, top rhythm dude...- $8.95
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Author:Steve Horowitz
The Theory and Practice of Writing Music for Games
Along with music composition theory, this book includes a multitude of clearly defined hands-on projects and exercises, designed to prepare the reader to go out into the field with a complete understanding of the art and craft of music composition for games and visual...- $79.95
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Author:Ian Bent
Music Analysis in the Nineteenth Century: Volume 2, Hermeneutic Approaches
In this second volume of nineteenth-century music analyses, Ian Bent provides a further selection of newly translated writings of nineteenth-century music critics and theorists, including composers such as Wagner, Schumann and Berlioz, and critics such as A. B. Marx and E. T. A. Hoffmann....- $34.99
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Author:David P. Neumeyer
Meaning and Interpretation of Music in Cinema
By exploring the relationship between music and the moving image in film narrative, David Neumeyer shows that film music is not conceptually separate from sound or dialogue, but that all three are manipulated and continually interact in the larger acoustical world of the sound...- $90.00
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Author:Robert S. Hatten
Interpreting Musical Gestures, Topics, and Tropes: Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert
"Robert Hatten's new book is a worthy successor to his Musical Meaning in Beethoven, which established him as a front-rank scholar . . . in questions of musical meaning. . . . [B]oth how he approaches musical works and what he says about them...- $38.00
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Author:Christopher Sutton
Musicality: How you too can learn music like a gifted prodigy, unlock your musical instinct, and unleash your inner natural.
The 'missing manual' which every musician and music-learner should have been handed on day one.Have you ever wondered how the musical "greats" do what they do?Whether it's the child prodigy who masters instrument technique and new music ultra-fast... the creative genius who can conjure...- $49.95
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Author:Blake Howe
The Oxford Handbook of Music and Disability Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Disability Studies represents a comprehensive state of current research for the field of Disability Studies and Music. The forty-two chapters in the book span a wide chronological and geographical range, from the biblical, the medieval, and the Elizabethan, through the...- $235.00
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Author:Mark Hijleh
Towards a Global Music Theory: Practical Concepts and Methods for the Analysis of Music Across Human Cultures
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communications and travel. We live now in a world of global musical practice that will only continue to...- $69.99
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Author:Emily I. Dolan
Oxford Handbook of Timbre
Despite its importance as a central feature of musical sounds, timbre has rarely stood in the limelight. First defined in the eighteenth century, denigrated during the nineteenth, the concept of timbre came into its own during the twentieth century and its fascination with synthesizers...- $195.00
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Author:Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli - Cinema
(Vocal Piano). International superstar Andrea Bocelli returns with his new eagerly awaited album Cinema which celebrates the greatest movie songs of all time and reunites a team of musical legends including David Foster, Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis. Our matching folio includes all 12...- $17.99
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Author:Remi C. Engels Ph. D.
Guitar Chord Theory Tutorial: A Simple Guide to Chord Theory for the Guitar
To become an accomplished guitar player it is essential to acquire some knowledge of chord theory. This tutorial aims at giving the reader a sound foundation in chord building theory starting from scratch. The book consists of two major parts: the triadic and the...- $24.50
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Author:Tommaso Sabbatini
Music, the Market, and the Marvellous: Parisian F?erie, 1864-1900
Music, the Market, and the Marvellous examines f?erie, the French fairy play, in the last third of the nineteenth century. It is among the first book-length studies on the genre, the first in a language other than French, and the first from a musicological...- $115.00
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Author:Stefan ?stersj?
Teaching Music Performance in Higher Education: Exploring the Potential of Artistic Research
Higher Music Performance Education, as taught and learned in universities and conservatoires in Europe, is undergoing transformation. Since the nineteenth century, the master-apprentice pedagogical model has dominated, creating a learning environment that emphasises the development of technical skills rather than critical and creative faculties....- $53.95
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Author:Sublime Studio
Guitar Music Theory: An Essential Beginner's Guide To Learn The Realms Of Guitar Music Theory From A-Z
This insightful book is about guitar music theory. Therein, we have examined the ways in which beginners at playing the guitar can become proficient in this act. In writing the book, several topics were taken into consideration which include the parts and types of...- $19.99
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Author:Tristian Evans
Shared Meanings in the Film Music of Philip Glass: Music, Multimedia and Postminimalism
The study of music within multimedia contexts has become an increasingly active area of scholarly research. However, the application of such studies to musical genres outside the 'classical' film canon, or in television and other media remains largely unexplored in any detail. Tristian Evans...- $54.99
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Author:Kevin G. Pace
The Comprehensive Book of Chords: For Piano and Keyboard Players
The Comprehensive Book of Chords for Piano and Keyboard Players was written specifically for pianists, but could be used by anyone. This book contains over 100 chords. Each chord is shown with its interesting features, scales that may be used with it, and several...- $29.99
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Author:Ebenezer Prout
Musical Form
CONTENTS Introduction Rhythm--Sentences and Phrases The Subdivisions of a Musical Sentence-- Sections and Motives Modulation-- Key-Relationship The Means of Modulation-- Modulation by Means of Triads The Construction of Simple Sentences with Regular Rhythm Irregular and Complex Rhythms The Simple Binary Form The Simple Ternary...- $19.99
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Author:Juozas Rimas
Etudes on the Philosophy of Music
Drawing on the author's four decades of experience as a concert oboist, this open access book studies a number of foundational issues in the philosophy of music, such as musical meaning and expression, musical ontology and the existence of the musical work, the relation...- $59.99
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Author:August Haupt
Haupt's Theory Of Counterpoint, Fugue, And Double Counterpoint: Prepared Expressly For The Royal Institute For Church Music, At Berlin, Prussia
This classic treatise on counterpoint is an essential resource for music students and scholars, offering clear explanations and practical exercises that illuminate the principles of this challenging art form.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...- $15.95
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Author:Abigail Shupe
War and Death in the Music of George Crumb: A Crisis of Collective Memory
This book studies Crumb's Winds of Destiny and Black Angels as artefacts of collective memory and cultural trauma. It situates these two pieces in Crumb's output and unpacks the complex methodologies needed to understand these pieces as contributions and challenges to traditional narratives of...- $54.99
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Author:Thaddeus Lincoln Bolton
Rhythm
This book provides a fascinating exploration of the nature of rhythm in music and poetry. The author delves into the mechanics of rhythm, its role in various forms of artistic expression, and its emotional impact on listeners and readers. Readers with an interest in...- $15.95
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Author:Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Level 1 - Double Bass USA
The ensemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola, cello, and double bass player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner...- $16.99
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Author:David J. M. D. Shulkin
Questions Patients Need to Ask
Author: David J. M. D. ShulkinISBN-10: 143636759XISBN-13: 9781436367592Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/24/2008Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d- $19.99
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Author:Caroline J. Weage
Music Theory for Little Einsteins & Big Dummies
After a lifetime of music, I am now a music teacher. I traveled with the Sevengettes, an all-girl band, to every state in the union and to 42 countries. After marriage, I played for 44 years with the Plymouth Community Band, and formed a...- $15.49
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Author:Leslie David Blasius
The Music Theory of Godfrey Winham
This book serves as an introduction to the work of Godfrey Winham, an influential figure in American music theory circles in the 1960s. Little published in his lifetime, Winham left behind, at his premature death in 1974, a massive collection of notes: correspondence, unfinished...- $37.00
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Author:David E. Schneider
Bartok, Hungary, and the Renewal of Tradition: Case Studies in the Intersection of Modernity and Nationality Volume 5
It is well known that B la Bart k had an extraordinary ability to synthesize Western art music with the folk music of Eastern Europe. What this rich and beautifully written study makes clear is that, contrary to much prevailing thought about the great...- $85.00
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Author:Stephen C. Meyer
Epic Sound: Music in Postwar Hollywood Biblical Films
Lavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as Samson and Delilah, Ben-Hur, and Quo Vadis. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, sometimes serving...- $35.00
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Author:Sally MacArthur
Cultures of Work, the Neoliberal Environment and Music in Higher Education
This edited book considers the impact of neoliberalism on music teaching, research and scholarship in a higher education context. As a subject that bears little resemblance to other university practical disciplines, and fares poorly in a model driven by economics, the book considers whether...- $159.99
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Author:Thomas Handel Bertenshaw
Elements Of Music, Harmony & Counterpoint, Rhythm, Analysis, & Musical Form
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced musician, Thomas Handel Bertenshaw's Elements of Music provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of music. With detailed explanations of harmony, counterpoint, and musical form, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to...- $38.95
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Author:Jeffrey Swinkin
Performative Analysis: Reimagining Music Theory for Performance
This book proposes a new model for understanding the musical work, which includes interpretation -- both analysis- and performance-based -- as an integral component. This book proposes a model for understanding the musical work in which both analysis-based and performance-based modes of interpretation are...- $115.00
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Author:Mitchell Ohriner
Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music
From its dynamic start at dance parties in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, hip hop and rap music have exploded into a dominant style of popular music in the United States and a force for activism and expression all over the world....- $54.00
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Author:Marc Schonbrun
The Everything Music Theory Book, 3rd Edition: Take Your Understanding of Music to the Next Level
Master the fundamentals of music with the updated edition of The Everything Music Theory Book that features online audio examples, challenging practice exercises, and hundreds of illustrations so you can take your understanding to the next level. The Everything Music Theory Book, 3rd Edition...- $19.99
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Music, First- Year
In this comprehensive guide to music theory and practice, Elizebeth Ward and Justine Bayard Ward provide students with a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of music. Drawing on their extensive experience as educators and performers, the authors offer readers a wealth of practical tips...- $31.95
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Author:Jason Martineau
The Elements of Music: Melody, Rhythm & Harmony
What is the secret code behind so many musical compositions? How do you substitute chords to create greater musical complexity? Why is music so good at playing with people's emotions? In this compact book, composer and pianist Jason Martineau presents the elements of music...- $7.95
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Author:Timothy Cutler
Anthology of Music for Analysis
Drawing on Timothy Cutler's extensive pedagogical experience, this anthology provides ideal examples for any theory class. Consisting of excerpts organized by topic, the anthology is designed to support any theory text and contains the perfect examples to illustrate every theoretical concept. The Anthology of...- $130.75
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Author:Samuel N. Dorf
Performing Antiquity: Ancient Greek Music and Dance from Paris to Delphi, 1890-1930
Performing Antiquity: Ancient Greek Music and Dance from Paris to Delphi, 1890-1930 investigates collaborations between French and American scholars of Greek antiquity (archaeologists, philologists, classicists, and musicologists), and the performing artists (dancers, composers, choreographers and musicians) who brought their research to life at the...- $110.00
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Author:Stoll Knecht
Mahler's Seventh Symphony
Gustav Mahler's Seventh Symphony stands out as one of the most provocative symphonic statements of the early twentieth century. Throughout its performance history, it has often been heard as "existing in the shadow" of the Sixth Symphony or as "too reminiscent" of Richard Wagner's...- $120.00
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Author:Jonathan Kregor
Program Music
Program music was one of the most flexible and contentious novelties of the long nineteenth century, covering a diverse range that included the overtures of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, the literary music of Berlioz and Schumann, Liszt's symphonic poems, the tone poems of Strauss and...- $30.99
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Author:Lorna Fitzsimmons
The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music
Since its emergence in sixteenth-century Germany, the magician Faust's quest has become one of the most profound themes in Western history. Though variants are found across all media, few adaptations have met with greater acclaim than in music. Bringing together more than two dozen...- $175.00
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Author:Peter Van Der Merwe
Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music
This is an analysis of popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical or political point of view. The author surveys Western popular music in all its forms - blues, ragtime, music hall, waltzes, marches, parlour ballads and folk music -...- $100.00
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Author:Philip Lambert
Basic Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis
Basic Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis gives students a thorough, clear, and methodical introduction to post-tonal music theory and its application to music composed since 1900. Designed for students studying post-tonal music at the end of a required theory sequence or taking a stand-alone upper-division...- $137.99
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Author:Ying Ying Ng
Music Theory for Young Children, Bk 1
This series of books uses a fun and novel way to teach children the fundamentals of music theory. Games and stickers are used to introduce all of the essentials such as staves, clefs, note identification, time signatures, key signatures, note values, and rest values....- $10.99
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Music Instruction Study Theory Books
Music instruction study theory books are a diverse collection of resources designed to assist musicians of all levels in expanding their knowledge and skills in music theory and performance. These books cover a wide range of musical subjects, ranging from basic music theory to advanced instrumental techniques.
One of the primary purposes of music instruction study theory books is to teach musicians the fundamental principles of music theory. This includes topics such as notation, rhythm, harmony, and melody. In addition to theory, music instruction study theory books also focus on developing practical skills in various instruments and musical styles. There are books dedicated to specific instruments, such as piano, guitar, violin, and many more. These instrument-specific books provide detailed instruction on technique, fingerings, and exercises to improve proficiency and mastery of the instrument. They delve into the specific techniques, styles, and improvisation methods associated with each genre, enabling musicians to broaden their musical horizons and explore new avenues of expression. Furthermore, music instruction study theory books often include comprehensive exercises and practice materials. These exercises are designed to reinforce the concepts and techniques taught in the book, allowing musicians to develop a solid foundation and improve their musical abilities through regular practice.
Whether you are a beginner just starting your musical journey or an advanced musician looking to deepen your understanding and skills, music instruction study theory books offer a wealth of knowledge and guidance. They are ideal for self-study or can be used as supplementary materials in music lessons or classes.
Intermediate and advanced musicians can also benefit from our extensive collection. We have books that delve deeper into music theory, offering in-depth explanations of topics such as harmony, counterpoint, composition techniques, and more. These resources are designed to challenge and inspire you, helping you expand your repertoire and unlock new artistic possibilities.
At White Rain Book House, we believe that music instruction study theory books should be comprehensive and informative, but also engaging and enjoyable to read. That's why we carefully curate our collection, ensuring that each book we offer is written by knowledgeable and experienced authors who have a passion for their subject matter. We want to provide you with books that not only teach but also inspire and ignite your creativity.