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Author:Bill Keis
Intermediate Harmony
The data in this book applies to any musician at any level of expertise regardless of what instrument or style of music he/she plays. This is invaluable as a reference book for private lessons or as a textbook for classroom study. This Book answers...- $9.99
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Author:Miguel Roig-Francoli
Loose Leaf for Harmony in Context
Music Theory Made Relevant Designed for undergraduate music majors, Harmony in Context provides the richest possible musical context for the study of harmony, constantly encouraging students to translate what they are learning into better performances and better listening. The musical examples and anthology encompass...- $249.75
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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...- $25.95
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Author:Martin Lohse
Bach Counterpoint: Two-part invention II
'Bach Counterpoint - Two-part invention' is a textbook in two volumes. The aim of this book is to explain Bach's compositional methods in an accessible manner, using methods and tools specially developed for this purpose. The two-part Bach inventions are a natural starting point,...- $14.95
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Author: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...- $170.00
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Author:John Ellis
The Pedagogical Writings of Marguerite Long: A Reassessment of Her Impact on the French School of Piano
Marguerite Long, the most important French female pianist of the 20th century, left her stamp on a whole epoch of musical life in Paris. The Pedagogical Writings of Marguerite Long presents English translations of the two major contributions of Marguerite Long to the literature...- $80.00
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Author:Colleen Renihan
Sound Pedagogy: Radical Care in Music
Music education today requires an approach rooted in care and kindness that coexists alongside the dismantling of systems that fail to serve our communities in higher education. But, as the essayists in Sound Pedagogy show, the structural aspects of music study in higher education...- $28.00
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Author:Mathew J. Bartkowiak
Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film
Covering titles ranging from Rocketship X-M (1950) to Wall-E (2008), these insightful essays measure the relationship between music and science fiction film from a variety of academic perspectives. Thematic sections survey specific compositions utilized in science fiction movies; Broadway's relationship with the genre; science...- $29.95
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Author:Ernst Levy
A Theory of Harmony: With a New Introduction by Paul Wilkinson
Ernst Levy (1895-1981) was a Swiss music theorist, composer, and conductor.Author: Ernst LevyISBN-10: 1438496338ISBN-13: 9781438496337Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2024Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d- $32.95
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Author:Joanna M. Huffaker
Spoke and Node Scale Catalog: A Resource for Composers and Music Theory Nerds
A catalog of all scale possibilities in the 12 tone music system, using circles with 12 dots to account for all singular possibilities and unwrapping all modes using keyboard diagrams.Author: Joanna M. HuffakerISBN-10: 1976271541ISBN-13: 9781976271540Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2018Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.54lbsSize:...- $18.70
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Author:Tobe a. Richards
The Colombian Tiple Chord Bible: Traditional & Modern Tunings 2,880 Chords
The Colombian Tiple Chord Bible, with its 2,880 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by many...- $24.95
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Author:T. David Gordon
Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal
Music has changed the way we think--and worship. Our pop-music culture has made worship a conflict area rather than a source of unity. Gordon uncovers the issues and points to solutions.Author: T. David GordonISBN-10: 1596381957ISBN-13: 9781596381957Publisher: P & R PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2010Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight:...- $14.99
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Author:Abigail Gardner
Listening, Belonging, and Memory
Listening, Belonging, and Memoryputs connected listening at the center of current debates around whose voices might be listened to, who by, and why. Arguing that listening has to be understood in relation to the self, nation, age, witnessing, and memory, it uses examples from...- $120.00
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Author:Darrell Conklin
Pattern in Music
This book presents analyses of pattern in music from different computational and mathematical perspectives. A central purpose of music analysis is to represent, discover, and evaluate repeated structures within single pieces or within larger corpora of related pieces. In the chapters of this book,...- $170.00
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Author:Percy 1853-1943 Goetschius
Models of the Principal Musical Forms: Extract From Lectures Upon the "evolution of Musical Forms" Delivered
In this seminal work, Goetschius offers detailed insights into the evolution of musical forms in Western classical music. He examines various types of musical forms, including binary and ternary forms, minuets, and fugues, and provides detailed musical examples to illustrate his points. The book...- $26.95
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Author:Alexander Poznansky
Tchaikovsky Through Others Eyes
" . . . intriguing collection . . . a recommended study for anyone interested in the habits and personalities of great minds." --ForeWordThis compilation of reminiscences about Tchaikovsky the man is unprecedented in English. The memoirs, diary entries, and interviews written and conducted...- $50.00
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Author:Steven Huebner
Verdi and the Art of Italian Opera: Conventions and Creativity
A long-needed and up-to-date overview of the syntax and principles that make Verdi's operas so effective and so beloved today. Verdi's art emerged from a rich array of dramatic and musical practices operative in the Italy of his day. Drawing the reader into his...- $120.00
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Author:Judy Violinjudy Naillon
A Violin Workbook: Learn Your First Notes on the Violin!
Learn the treble self notes on the Violin with these fun note naming and fingering worksheets from veteran violin teacher #ViolinJudy! Learn the real letter names of each note, then decode the fingerings. Start with easy options of A or B then progress to...- $7.99
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Author:Howard 1896-1981 Hanson
Harmonic Materials of Modern Music; Resources of the Tempered Scale
An in-depth study of the use of harmony and the tempered scale in modern music, with analysis and examples from a variety of genres.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as...- $25.95
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Author:Hal Leonard Corp
The Little Book of Music Theory: An Essential Introduction to the Language of Music
(Music Sales America). Whether you're a singer, an instrumentalist or just someone who loves to listen to music, this little book is for you The Little Book of Music Theory provides an essential introduction to the language of music, covering staves, clefs, accidentals, rhythm,...- $5.95
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Author:Steve Rawlins
Jazz Ballads for Singers - Women's Edition: 15 Classic Standards in Custom Vocal Arrangements Women's Edition
(Vocal Collection). 15 essential standards have been given new arrangements tailor-made for singers, with alternative jazz chord changes, complete verses, introductions and singer-flattering endings. This book is in a traditional jazz format designed for improvising accompaniments, with melody line, lyrics and chords in a...- $19.99
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Author:Barbara Schneiderman
Confident Music Performance
Pragmatic and poetic... a rational, eminently workable program of personal exploration and discovery to be embraced along with the nuts and bolts of musical study... advice that a healthy attitude toward performance is a skill which can be learned and will be handsomely rewarded....- $14.95
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Author:Babak Eghbali
The Rational Approach to Music Theory
Are you trying to improve your music theory and harmonic ability? As you may have experienced, things can get really complicated as we try to get an in-depth understanding of this subject. Not being very confident about what we learn and how to put...- $11.99
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Author:Frances Clark
The Music Tree Activities Book: Part 2a
The Activities books are closely correlated, unit-by-unit with the Music Tree series. They provide extensive reinforcement in all the new Music Tree discoveries, plus they offer an exciting new program of sight-playing, guaranteed to develop successful sight-readers from the start.Author: Frances Clark, Louise Goss,...- $8.99
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Author:Joseph Davis
A Modern Approach to Naming Guitar Chords Ed. 3
Finally--an intuitive, single-source standardization for naming guitar chords in the 21st century! A honing of guitar theory as a subcategory of music theory. Commonsense approach to all things guitar chord, including how to label alternate chord voicings. New concepts, including natural harmonics chords, unison...- $69.99
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Author:Kenneth M. Smith
Desire in Chromatic Harmony: A Psychodynamic Exploration of Fin de Siècle Tonality
How does musical harmony engage listeners in relations of desire? Where does this desire come from? Author Kenneth Smith seeks to answer these questions by analyzing works from the turn of the twentieth- century that are both harmonically enriched and psychologically complex. Desire in...- $39.95
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Author:Steven G. Laitz
Workbook 1: Writing and Analysis: Workbook to Accompany the Complete Musician
The two workbooks that accompany The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Theory, Analysis, and Listening, Fifth Edition, feature an organization designed specifically for flexibility: Workbook 1: Writing and Analysis, is dedicated exclusively to written and analytical activities; Workbook 2: Skills and Musicianship, focuses...- $75.95
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Author:Screech House
FL Studio Beginner's Bundle: FL Studio Beginner's Guide & The Ultimate Melody Guide
SAVE TIME, SAVE EFFORT, SAVE MONEY, AWESOME RESULTS GET TWICE THE VALUE FOR ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE PRICE Do you want to start making music in FL Studio immediately without having to figure out all the intimidating options on your own? Do...- $69.95
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Author:Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Level 1 - Cello
Ensemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group...- $16.99
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Author:Andrew Barker
The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece
The ancient science of harmonics investigates the arrangements of pitched sounds which form the basis of musical melody, and the principles which govern them. It was the most important branch of Greek musical theory, studied by philosophers, mathematicians and astronomers as well as by...- $125.00
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Author:Brian Boone
Music Theory 101: From Keys and Scales to Rhythm and Melody, an Essential Primer on the Basics of Music Theory
Learn the basics of music theory in this comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide. From classical to hard rock, and jazz to hip hop, music is constantly evolving, but many of the basics have stayed the same. Understanding these basics is key to becoming a successful...- $16.99
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Author:René Rusch
Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation
Music scholarship's views of Franz Schubert's instrumental works continue to evolve. How might aesthetic values, historiographies, revisions to the composer's biography, and disciplinary commitments affect how we interpret his music?Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation explores the aesthetic positions and operations that underlie...- $30.00
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Author:Levi Clay
Guided Practice Routines For Guitar - Advanced Level
The Complete Advanced Guitar Practice Method Frustrated with long-term plateaus? Feel like you're wasting time in the practice room? Don't know what to study to improve your guitar playing? If you already practice guitar but struggle with the what, when, and how, then this...- $19.99
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Author:Leonel Keystroke
How to Read Music for Beginners: Complete Theory Guide On How To Read Music For Beginners From Scratch
A Complete Guide On How To Read Music For Beginners.Many upcoming instrumentalists and music lovers agree with the belief that it is hard to learn how to study track.It isn't In truth, reading music is a little like studying every other language, but lots...- $6.24
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Author:René Rusch
Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation
Music scholarship's views of Franz Schubert's instrumental works continue to evolve. How might aesthetic values, historiographies, revisions to the composer's biography, and disciplinary commitments affect how we interpret his music?Schubert's Instrumental Music and Poetics of Interpretation explores the aesthetic positions and operations that underlie...- $75.00
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Author:Elvo S. D'Amante
Ear Training Vol. I: Scale Forms through Six Basic Tetrachords [With 2 CD's]
EAR TRAINING: A Comprehensive Approach to the Systematic Study of Melodic and Harmonic Structures in Music. Volume I Scale Forms through Six Basic Tetrachords.Author: Elvo S. D'AmanteISBN-10: 0962094129ISBN-13: 9780962094125Publisher: Encore Music Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/13/2017Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.54w x 0.24d- $27.95
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Author:Bettina Friedl
Concord in Massachusetts, Discord in the World: The Writings of Henry Thoreau and John Cage
Reading Thoreau's Journal, I discover any idea I've ever had worth its salt, notes the American composer John Cage in 1968. Upon reading the words of nineteenth-century nature philosopher Henry Thoreau, Cage is immediately fascinated with the Transcendentalist's ideas, in particular his views on...- $98.75
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Author:Bruce Arnold
Music Theory Workbook for All Instruments, Volume One
This book uses extremely simple language to explain the basics of music theory. Exercises require the student to write out examples using staff notation. Exercises include simple interval to highly complex chords.Author: Bruce ArnoldISBN-10: 1890944467ISBN-13: 9781890944469Publisher: Muse Eek Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2001Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight:...- $24.99
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Author:Elaine Stratton Hild
Music in Medieval Rituals for the End of Life
Author: Elaine Stratton HildISBN-10: 0197685919ISBN-13: 9780197685914Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/27/2023Pages: 232Format: Hardcover- $90.00
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Author:E. Eugene Helm
Melody, Harmony, Tonality: An Introduction
The full range of Western music is explored through 21 concise chapters on such topics as melody, harmony, counterpoint, texture, melody types, improvisation, music notation, free imitation, canon and fugue, vibration and its relation to harmony, tonality, and the place of music in architecture...- $56.00
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Author:Frans Wiering
The Language of the Modes: Studies in the History of Polyphonic Modality
The Language of the Modes provides a study of modes in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. The volume codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. For...- $59.95
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Author:William Wignall Parkinson
The Natural And Universal Principles Of Harmony And Modulation
The Natural and Universal Principles of Harmony and Modulation is a comprehensive guide to music theory, with detailed descriptions of the principles of harmony and modulation that underlie all musical compositions. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the art and science...- $22.95
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Author:Jairo Moreno
Musical Representations, Subjects, and Objects: The Construction of Musical Thought in Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber
Jairo Moreno adapts the methodologies and nomenclature of Foucault's "archaeology of knowledge" and applies it through individual case studies to the theoretical writings of Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber. His conclusion summarizes the conditions--musical, philosophical, and historical--that "make a certain form of thought about...- $44.95
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Author:Kent D. Cleland
Developing Musicianship Through Aural Skills: A Holistic Approach to Sight Singing and Ear Training
Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, Third Edition, is a comprehensive method for learning to hear, sing, understand, and use the foundations of music as part of an integrated curriculum, incorporating both sight singing and ear training in one volume. Under the umbrella of musicianship,...- $130.00
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Author:Paula Maust
Expanding the Music Theory Canon: Inclusive Examples for Analysis from the Common Practice Period
Featuring music by 67 historical women and/or people of color, Expanding the Music Theory Canon is designed to supplement any introductory Western classical music theory curriculum. At a time when many academics are focused on increasing diversity and inclusion, this book provides the means...- $49.95
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Author:James Cook
Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen
Recomposing the Past is a book concerned with the complex but important ways in which we engage with the past in modern times. Contributors examine how media on stage and screen uses music, and in particular early music, to evoke and recompose a distant...- $54.95
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Author:Casper Corder
The Musicians Practice Plan
Our book entitled, "The Musicians Practice Plan", is finally here. This book details a plan for worship musicians that will help them start playing songs asap. We detail a plan that will help the worship culture at churches thrive by teaching musicians the chords...- $25.00
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Author:Mark Slobin
Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music
The first volume focusing on film music as a worldwide phenomenonThis stimulating collection of essays analyzes the music of films ranging from mainstream and subcultural American films through case studies of those from China, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Latin American, and the Caribbean, and...- $34.95
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Author:Thomas Pankhurst
Schenkerguide: A Brief Handbook and Website for Schenkerian Analysis
SchenkerGUIDE is an accessible overview of Heinrich Schenker's complex but fascinating approach to the analysis of tonal music. The book has emerged out of the widely used website, www.SchenkerGUIDE.com, which has been offering straightforward explanations of Schenkerian analysis to undergraduate students since 2001.Divided into...- $56.95
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Author:Dolores Pesce
The Malmariée in the Thirteenth-Century Motet
This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmariée or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational Latin chant. Part I examines the malmariée motets from...- $59.95
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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.