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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Scales & Modes for Bass - At a Glance [With CD (Audio)]
(At a Glance). The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional bassist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music....- $9.99
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Vendor: Diana Deutsch
Musical Illusions and Phantom Words: How Music and Speech Unlock Mysteries of the Brain
In this ground-breaking synthesis of art and science, Diana Deutsch, one of the world's leading experts on the psychology of music, shows how illusions of music and speech--many of which she herself discovered--have fundamentally altered thinking about the brain. These astonishing illusions show that...- $21.99
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Vendor: Bryan Hayslett
Theory of Prominence: Temporal Structure of Music Based on Linguistic Stress
Many twentieth and twenty-first century composers have written music with rhythmic structures that must be understood through a framework distinct from even, periodic meter, which has been a salient musical feature of Western classical music for centuries. This Element's analytical system outlines structure and...- $22.00
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Vendor: Ken McLeod
Driving Identities: At the Intersection of Popular Music and Automotive Culture
Driving Identities examines long-standing connections between popular music and the automotive industry and how this relationship has helped to construct and reflect various socio-cultural identities. It also challenges common assumptions regarding the divergences between industry and art, and reveals how music and sound are...- $52.95
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Vendor: Mark Delaere
Noise as a Constructive Element in Music: Theoretical and Music-Analytical Perspectives
Music and noise seem to be mutually exclusive. Music is generally considered as an ordered arrangement of sounds pleasing to the ear and noise as its opposite: chaotic, ugly, aggressive, sometimes even deafening. When presented in a musical context, noise can thus act as...- $170.00
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Vendor: Michael Buchler
Here for the Hearing: Analyzing the Music in Musical Theater
This book offers a series of essays that show the integrated role that musical structure (including harmony, melody, rhythm, meter, form, and musical association) plays in making sense of what transpires onstage in musicals. Written by a group of music analysts who care deeply...- $90.00
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Vendor: Joanna K. Love
Soda Goes Pop: Pepsi-Cola Advertising and Popular Music
From its 1939 "Nickel, Nickel" jingle to pathbreaking collaborations with Michael Jackson and Madonna to its pair of X Factor commercials in 2011 and 2012, Pepsi-Cola has played a leading role in drawing the American pop music industry into a synergetic relationship with advertising....- $39.95
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Vendor: Michael Buchler
Here for the Hearing: Analyzing the Music in Musical Theater
This book offers a series of essays that show the integrated role that musical structure (including harmony, melody, rhythm, meter, form, and musical association) plays in making sense of what transpires onstage in musicals. Written by a group of music analysts who care deeply...- $34.95
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Vendor: Abigail Shupe
War and Death in the Music of George Crumb: A Crisis of Collective Memory
This book studies George Crumb's The Winds of Destiny (2004) and Black Angels (1970) as artifacts 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...- $170.00
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Vendor: Alexander Refsum Jensenius
Sound Actions: Conceptualizing Musical Instruments
A techno-cognitive look at how new technologies are shaping the future of musicking. "Musicking" encapsulates both the making of and perception of music, so it includes both active and passive forms of musical engagement. But at its core, it is a relationship between actions...- $45.00
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Vendor: Andy Schneider
Left-Handed Guitar Theory Nuts & Bolts: Music Theory Explained in Practical, Everyday Context for All Genres
Just for Lefties A Complete Guide to Music Theory on the Guitar in Practical, Everyday Context. For All Genres - Understand the Working of How Chords, Scales and Melodies Are All Related.Left-Handed Guitar Theory Nuts & Bolts has the theory answers you've been seeking,...- $16.99
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Vendor: Philip Lambert
Principles of Music
Principles of Music, Third Edition, introduces students to music fundamentals by moving step-by-step through carefully sequenced exercises. Throughout the text students learn to use the keyboard as a tool to visualize theoretical concepts. In addition to pitch, the text explores the basics of rhythm...- $96.99
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Vendor: Seyartus Boule
Learn Music Theory Basics in Just 15 Days: A Fun & Memorable Primer for Beginners
Would You Like to Learn Music Theory Basics in a Quick, Conversational Way?Imagine enjoying a coffee with a friend who explains music theory so that by the end of the conversation, you understand how music comes together and can compose a little melody! You...- $12.99
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Vendor: WR Book House
The Ultimate Guitar Theory Chart
(Guitar Educational). The Ultimate Guitar Theory Chart has been created to assist you in learning basic music theory. It is a fast and fun way to gain instant access to essential interval, chord, scale, and key information. It features: easy-reference diagrams and charts *...- $4.99
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Vendor: Noah Frederick
The Basic Guide to How to Read Music
(Music Sales America). Even if you have never read a note of music before, this fifty-one minute DVD will teach you how. It's also an excellent refresher for those who had learned to read music but have now forgotten how. The book guides the...- $21.99
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Vendor: Ashley Hewitt
The Music Producer's Guide To Polymeter and Polyrhythm
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 Polymeter and Polyrhythm, you will learn: ⦁ The...- $12.99
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Vendor: Richard Barber
King Arthur in Music
A survey of the influence of the Arthurian legends on musical works. King Arthur in Music is the first book to be devoted to the subject. The range of musical material is too wide for a single author to tackle satisfactorily, and the nine...- $105.00
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Vendor: Robert P. Morgan
Music Theory, Analysis, and Society: Selected Essays
Robert P. Morgan is one of a small number of music theorists writing in English who treat music theory, and in particular Schenkerian theory, as part of general intellectual life. Morgan's writings are renowned within the field of music scholarship: he is the author...- $52.95
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Vendor: Willem De Haan
Tango of Death: The Creation of a Holocaust Legend
A legend that captures the imagination of audiences and shapes representations of the Holocaust is that in Nazi concentration camps Jewish musicians were forced to play a Tango of Death as men, women and children made their way to the gas chambers. This book...- $115.00
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Vendor: Tsung-I Jao
Harmoniousness: Essays in Chinese Musicology
From prehistoric bone flutes to Confucian bell-sets, from ancient divination to his beloved qin, this book presents translations of thirteen seminal essays on musical subjects by Jao Tsung-i. In language as elegant and refined as the ancient texts he so admired, his journey takes...- $198.00
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Vendor: James Strange
How to Rapidly Read Music Like a Pro: What Every Musician Needs to Know About Music Theory
Are you struggling to read music and wish there was an easier way?The key to mastering music lies in understanding its theory, which serves as the foundation for reading music with ease.This book provides all the essential information you need to join the exclusive...- $17.99
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Vendor: Terry Janow
Simplified Guide to Jazz Improvisation: Linear and Non-Linear
TERRY JANOW IS AN AUTHOR and former Director of General Musicianship at the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, CA where he studied with and taught for Dick Grove for over ten years.As a woodwind artist Terry has written many original music compositions...- $12.99
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Vendor: Screech House
The Ultimate Melody Guide: How to Make Awesome Melodies without Knowing Music Theory (Notes, Scales, Chords, Melodies)
Awesome melodies, easy to make, no skills requiredAny of this sound familiar? "I want to make my own music, but I have no idea where to start." "I love the idea of making my own songs, but my melodies always suck." "How do I...- $39.00
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Vendor: Bennett Reimer
Seeking the Significance of Music Education: Essays and Reflections
Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past 50 years. During that time, he's tackled issues such as generating core values for the field of music education; the core in...- $71.00
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Vendor: Robert W. Wason
Heinrich Schenker's Conception of Harmony
The first detailed study of Schenker's pathbreaking 1906 treatise, showing how it reflected 2500 years of thinking about harmony and presented a vigorous reaction to Austro-Germanic music theory ca. 1900. What makes the compositions of Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and...- $150.00
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Vendor: Graham Tippett
Hacking the CAGED System: Book 2
Hacking the CAGED System - Book 2 picks up where Book 1 left off as we go deeper into scales, chords, arpeggios and harmony to expand our range of harmonic expression on the guitar, as well as providing you with the tools you need...- $14.99
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Vendor: Rob Silver
The Harmonic Minor Scale and its Modes for Left Handed Guitar
This book maps out the Harmonic Minor Scale and its Modes, including: THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE, LOCRIAN NATRAL 6, IONIAN #5, DORIAN #4, DOMINANT or SPANISH PHRYGIAN, LYDIAN #2 and ALTERED bb7 for you on left handed 6 string guitar in standard tuning.Each scale...- $10.99
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Vendor: Rob Silver
The Melodic Minor Scale and its Modes for Eight String Guitar
This book maps the MELODIC MINOR SCALE and its modes: MELODIC MINOR, DORIAN b2, LYDIAN AUGMENTED, LYDIAN b7, HINDU, LOCRIAN NATURAL 2 and SUPER LOCRIAN/ALTERED SCALE for you on 8 string guitar in standard tuning. (F#, B, E, A, D, G, B, E.)Each mode...- $11.99
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Vendor: Adrian Allen
Polychords
Polychords describes a method of analysis that allows you to obtain extensions by using two chords of the key. The analysis of chord function, the intervals of it's corresponding mode, and the relationship between each chord to the other chords in a key as...- $18.99
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Vendor: Mark Reed
Sharp # Flat b or Both?: The Guitarists Guide to the Circle of Fifths
The Guitarists guide to the Circle of Fifths. A short review on how to create the circle and how to use it in finding scale notes. Transposing to chords to different keys. Modulating between keysAuthor: Mark ReedISBN-10: 154289252XISBN-13: 9781542892520Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished:...- $5.45
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Vendor: Bill Keis
Glossary Of Musical Terms & Symbols: Musical Reference for the 21st Century
Definitions for 490 entries and 118 symbols and many pictures and diagrams. There are countless music dictionaries and glossaries available that fulfill various needs. What makes this one different? This Book has workable definitions for the most essential music terms and symbols written in...- $9.99
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Vendor: Leighton W. Brumble
What Your Music Teacher Should Have Taught You, Volume 2
The 2nd book of a music theory course written by L.W. Brumble (aka) Corky Bennett. Continues where Volume 1 left off. Purchaser is advised to complete study of Volume 1, first.Author: Leighton W. BrumbleISBN-10: 1533106207ISBN-13: 9781533106209Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/04/2016Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight:...- $12.95
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What Your Music Teacher Should Have Taught You, Volume 1
Basic Music Theory for the novice or professional musician/vocalist. Every musician needs to know these principles. Written by L.W Brumble (aka) Corky Bennett, musical arranger to the stars.Author: Leighton W. BrumbleISBN-10: 1533089264ISBN-13: 9781533089267Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/03/2016Pages: 90Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 11.00h x...- $19.95
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Vendor: Georgina Born
Music, Sound and Space: Transformations of Public and Private Experience
Music, Sound, and Space is the first collection to integrate research from musicology and sound studies on music and sound as they mediate everyday life. Music and sound exert an inescapable influence on the contemporary world, from the ubiquity of MP3 players to the...- $46.99
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Vendor: Peter Townsend
Music Flash Card Book: Tempo & Dynamics
More than 70 double sided music theory flash cards.Useful for both music/instrument teachers and students.Contents pages showing topics and numbers/codes for each card.In a handy book - no more jumbled or lost flash cards Includes: - tempo (including dotted)- dynamics (including terms, abbreviations &...- $13.24
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Vendor: Ukulele Tabs
Hawaiian Chihuahua
Aloha A tropical Chihuahua in a playful grass skirt and flower lei strums away on a blue Hawaiian ukulele. This 100 page softcover book features ukulele chord diagrams and tabs.Author: Ukulele TabsISBN-10: 1074402928ISBN-13: 9781074402921Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2019Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w...- $8.95
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Vendor: Patrice Paul Larroque
English Rhythm and Blues: Where Language and Music Come Together
Patrice Larroque hypothesizes that early blues singers may have been influenced by the trochaic rhythm of English. English is stressed and timed, which means that there is a regular beat to the language, just like there is a beat in a blues song. This...- $170.00
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Vendor: William Lovelock
First Year Harmony: Complete
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...- $17.95
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Vendor: J. T. Carrodus
How to Study the Violin
Originally published in 1911. This book will prove indispensable to the student of the violin.Contents Include: The Left Hand, Strings and Tuning The Right Hand, The Bow and Bowing Faults and their Correction Scales and their Importance A Course of Study Harmonics, Octaves etc...- $32.99
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Vendor: Robin Maconie
Other Planets: The Complete Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen 1950-2007
German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen was arguably the most influential figure of the European postwar avant-garde and unquestionably the most elusive and enigmatic musical thinker of a generation that includes Pierre Boulez, John Cage, and Luciano Berio. His radically new electronic and instrumental music converted...- $72.00
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Vendor: Peter Wegele
Max Steiner: Composing, Casablanca, and the Golden Age of Film Music
Max Steiner is one of the greatest--not to mention most prolific--composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. The winner of three Academy Awards, Steiner's credits include King Kong, The Informer, Gone with the Wind, Now, Voyager, Since You Went Away, Johnny Belinda, and The...- $117.00
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Vendor: Tatiana Bandurina
Little Music Lessons for Kids: Lessons 1-2-3: Three Cheerful Music Stories about a Staff, a Treble Clef and the Line Notes
You can teach your child music theory with help of the series "Little Music Lessons for Kids" even if you are a total newbie. Magic stories with bright pictures and a cute musical puppy tell your little one about what the music staff is...- $27.45
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Vendor: Tatiana Bandurina
Little Music Lessons for Kids: Lesson 1: A Fascinating Story about the Staff and Treble Clef
A Funny story about a Staff and the Treble Clef author begins a series of Little Music Lessons for Kids. The main "teacher" in this and all the other 10 lessons is a musical puppy, who lives in a musical family and knows a...- $11.95
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Vendor: Russell Hayes
Things That You Can Learn From Rappers
"Things That You Can Learn From Rappers" is about how rappers influence hip-hop culture through their lyrics and lives. The book is also about hip-hop culture itself. While a lot of rappers get characterized by their hedonism, through lyrical analysis and a little bit...- $6.98
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Vendor: Pete Martin
Easy Music Theory for Fiddle and Mandolin
An introduction to basic music theory for fiddle and mandolin players.Author: Pete MartinISBN-10: 1468057952ISBN-13: 9781468057959Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/25/2011Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.44d- $35.00
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Vendor: Glen Haydon
Introduction To Musicology: A Survey Of The Fields, Systematic And Historical, Of Musical Knowledge And Research
Author: Glen HaydonISBN-10: 1258214458ISBN-13: 9781258214456Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.72d- $36.95
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Vendor: Rob Silver
Symmetrical and Other Scales for Guitar
This guide maps out various Symmetrical Scales, that is scales based on repeated subdivisions of an octave, and a few other oddities that didn't fit neatly into any other volume of the series for you on 6 string guitar in standard tuning. Scales mapped...- $10.99
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Vendor: Rob Silver
The Neapolitan Minor Scale and its Modes for Guitar
This guide maps out the NEAPOLITAN MINOR and its Modes, including: THE NEAPOLITAN MINOR SCALE, LYDIAN #6, MIXOLYDIAN #5, AEOLIAN #4, LOCRIAN NATURAL 3, IONIAN #2, ALTERED bb3 bb7 for you on 6 string guitar in standard tuning. Each scale or mode is mapped...- $9.99
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Vendor: Tatiana Bandurina
Little Music Lessons for Kids: Lesson 6: : Learning the Duration of Musical Notes: A dangerous story about the apple that loved to sing and the knife
You must read the sixth story from the series Little Music Lessons for Kids to your child It will help him quickly and easily remember the duration of the musical notes. Lesson six, as well as all the stories (lessons) from this series, was...- $11.95
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Vendor: Adrian Allen
Polytonality
The definitive text on polytonality. Describes the difference between polymodality and polytonality. Refutes theoretical errors of the past. Describes and illustrates both integrative and strict forms. Integrative: Illustrates how to build a keyset to obtain chords and clusters. Describes how to achieve Rich Fifths...- $55.00
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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.

