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Vendor: Stephen Graham
Becoming Noise Music: Style, Aesthetics, and History
Becoming Noise Music tells the story of noise music in its first 50 years, using a focus on the music's sound and aesthetics to do so. Part One focuses on the emergence and stabilization of noise music across the 1980s and 1990s, whilst Part...- $120.00
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Vendor: Gaye Tolan Hatfield
Berklee Ear Training Duets and Trios
(Berklee Guide). Improve your ear, sight-reading and sense of ensemble. These duets, trios and canons will help improve your sense of pitch and timing through major scales, modes and chromatic melodies. They bring to any study of ear training the added dimension of ensemble...- $19.99
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Basic Principles of Pianoforte Playing
Regarded as one of the premier virtuosos of his day, Russian pianist Josef Lh騅inne was acclaimed for his effortless technique, supreme tone, and sensitive musicianship. While Lh騅inne left only a handful of recordings, those that remain have achieved near mythical status among pianists, even...- $6.95
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Vendor: Esther Reinders
Bass Clef for Beginners: a practical guide
This book introduces the bass clef to beginners learning the piano. It is assumed that the beginner has learnt the treble (or G) clef and is now ready to progress to the bass clef. The work is a practical guide for children, young pianist...- $20.00
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Vendor: Carl W. Redfern
Behind the Fretboard: a comprehensive course in guitar theory
This book is not intended to teach "Camp Fire" guitar, however, to give you the tools to play improvisational guitar. You will learn the tools necessary to expand your musical pallet and become an asset to any musical group or ensemble. By understanding chords...- $15.95
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Vendor: Glory St Germain
Basic Rudiments Answer Book - Ultimate Music Theory: Basic Music Theory Answer Book (identical to the Basic Theory Workbook), Saves Time for Quick, Ea
The Basic Rudiments Music Theory Answer Book (Ultimate Music Theory) is easy to use and is identical to the Basic Rudiments Music Theory Workbook.Basic Music Theory Answer Book features these concepts and more!Ultimate Music Theory's time-saving accelerated learning techniques will empower you to: Build...- $34.97
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Vendor: Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein - Orchestral Anthology, Volume 2: The Masterworks Library
(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Contains: Overture to Candide * Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront * Prelude, Fugue and Riffs * Divertimento for Orchestra.Author: Leonard BernsteinISBN-10: 0851622186ISBN-13: 9780851622187Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1999Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.70d- $65.00
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Vendor: Evan Jones
Aural Skills in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to Sight Singing, Ear Training, Keyboard Harmony, and Improvisation
Aural Skills in Context takes a comprehensive approach to sight singing, ear training, and rhythm practice. By featuring real examples from classical music to folk and jazz, and offering melodies with their related harmonies, the text parallels the full Music Theory curriculum and reinforces...- $182.99
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Vendor: Gary S. Karpinski
Aural Skills Acquisition: The Development of Listening, Reading, and Performing Skills in College-Level Musicians
This book is a hands-on investigation of the stages musicians go through as they learn to hear, read, and perform music. It draws on the latest research in music perception and cognition, music theory, and pedagogy, along with centuries of insight from music theorists,...- $200.00
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Vendor: Paul Schmeling
Berklee Music Theory Book 1 - 2nd Edition Book/Online Audio
(Berklee Methods). This essential method features rigorous, hands-on, "ears-on" practice exercises that help you explore the inner working of music, presenting notes, scales, and rhythms as they are heard in pop, jazz, and blues. You will learn and build upon the basic concepts of...- $29.99
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Vendor: Paul Schmeling
Berklee Music Theory Book 2 - 2nd Edition Book/Online Audio
(Berklee Methods). The second in a two-volume series based on over 40 years of music theory instruction at Berklee College of Music. This volume focuses on harmony, including triads, seventh chords, inversions, and voice leading for jazz, blues and popular music styles. You'll develop...- $26.99
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Vendor: Corey Klaus
Beginner's Guitar for Kids with Winden and Squiggy: Teach Yourself to Play the Guitar
This book will help you, even if you don't know anything about music, learn to play the guitar. The book is a hands-on workbook, following the story of Winden, who dreams of being a rock star, buy her first guitar. The lessons include coloring...- $19.95
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Vendor: Jonathan Feist
Berklee Contemporary Music Notation
(Berklee Guide). Learn the nuances of music notation, and create professional looking scores. This reference presents a comprehensive look at contemporary music notation. You will learn the meaning and stylistic practices for many types of notation that are currently in common use, from traditional...- $27.99
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Vendor: John C. Goodman
Bass Theory: The Electric Bass Guitar Player's Guide to Music Theory
As bass players we play accompaniment to songs and so it is essential that we understand songs, song structure, chord function, chord progressions and how chord progressions relate to melody and to basslines.Bass Theory provides an introduction to song structure as well as the...- $12.99
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Vendor: Jake Jackson
Beginner's Guide to Reading Music: Easy to Use, Easy to Learn; A Simple Introduction for All Ages
The perfect companion to "Chords for Kids" and "My First Recorder Music", this is the ideal guide for those who may enjoy playing instruments, but have not yet mastered how to read music from the page. It is ideal for any age, but especially...- $15.99
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Vendor: Bryan R. Simms
Berg
Alban Berg (1885-1935), a student of Arnold Schoenberg and one of the most prominent composers of the Second Viennese School, is counted among the pioneers of twelve-tone serialism. His circle included not only the musicians of the Wiener modern but also prominent literary and...- $60.00
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Vendor: Andy Schneider
Bass Guitar Scales Encyclopedia: Fast Reference for the Scales You Need in Every Key
Keep the scales you need in easy reach. Scales, modes, pentatonics and more. Never be lost to find a scale again.Bass Guitar Scales Encyclopedia will grow your knowledge of scales and keep those hard to remember scales in easy reach. Now you don't have...- $18.98
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Vendor: David Cooper
Bernard Herrmann's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: A Film Score Guide
Author David Cooper examines the career of Bernard Herrmann, as well as the specific elements that went into the creation of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir's score. Cooper traces the development of Herrmann's craft as a film composer, especially through his radio work, where...- $50.00
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Vendor: Theodor W. Adorno
Beethoven: The Philosophy of Music
Beethoven is a classic study of the composer's music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote extensive notes, essay fragments and aides-memoires on the subject of Beethoven's music. This book brings together all of Beethoven's...- $31.25
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Vendor: Nicholas Kenyon
Authenticity and Early Music
Nothing has more profoundly influenced the development of music making over the last two decades than the growth of the historical performance movement. Perceived by some as a threat, an indication of our loss of faith in our powers of musical creation, and by...- $77.00
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Vendor: Roger Mathew Grant
Beating Time & Measuring Music in the Early Modern Era
Beating Time & Measuring Music in the Early Modern Era chronicles the shifting relationships between ideas about time in music and science from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries. Centered on theories of musical meter, the book investigates the interdependence between theories of...- $41.99
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Vendor: Paul Hegarty
Beyond and Before, Updated and Expanded Edition: Progressive Rock Across Time and Genre
The original edition of Beyond and Before extends an understanding of "progressive rock" by providing a fuller definition of what progressive rock is, was and can be. Called by Record Collector "the most accomplished critical overview yet" of progressive rock and one of their...- $34.95
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Vendor: Richie Zellon
Bebop Guitar Improv Series VOL 2- Workbook: A Comprehensive Guide To Jazz Improvisation
ABOUT THE BEBOP GUITAR IMPROV SERIESDeveloped over a 10 year period by its author and used as an instructional method in various music schools, The Bebop Guitar Improv Series consists of two volumes with multi-media materials. It is intended as a guide to lead...- $20.00
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Vendor: Richard Glover
Being Time: Case Studies in Musical Temporality
Being Time invites a deep consideration of the personal experience of temporality in music, focusing on the perceptual role of the listener. Through individual case studies, this book centers on musical works that deal with time in radical ways. These include pieces by Morton...- $150.00
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Vendor: A. McCaleb
Beginner's Guide to Music Reading and Basic Theory
Originally published in 1920 in "The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Picture and Story," this course of simple lessons forms an excellent foundation for instruction on any instrument. It intends to make clear the terminology and notation of music, and some of the simpler...- $5.99
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Vendor: Glory St Germain
Basic Music Theory Exams Set #2 Answer Book - Ultimate Music Theory Exam Series: Preparatory, Basic, Intermediate & Advanced Exams Set #1 & Set #2 - F
The Basic Music Theory Exams Set 2 Answer Book is a "must have" teacher resource for instantly marking all Four Exams in the Basic Music Theory Exams Set 2 Workbook.The UMT Exam Series is the ONLY exam series with matching Answer books!UMT Exams are...- $14.97
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Bass Fretboard Theory - At a Glance [With CD (Audio)]
(At a Glance). The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist 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: Pete Martin
Bebop Scales For Mandolin and Violin
An in depth study of the scales used by great jazz improvisors of the bebop era. Formatted for the mandolin and violin.Author: Pete MartinISBN-10: 1468085042ISBN-13: 9781468085044Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/25/2011Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.55d- $35.00
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Vendor: Pete Martin
Bebop Mandolin and Violin: Target Notes and Chromatic Approaches
An in depth study of Jazz improvisation strategies used by great players of the Bebop era. Specifically formatted for mandolin and violin.Author: Pete MartinISBN-10: 1468131842ISBN-13: 9781468131840Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2011Pages: 154Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.33d- $35.00
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Vendor: Joseph A. Labuta
Basic Conducting Techniques
Basic Conducting Techniques, Seventh Edition, provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble. Over the course of fourteen chapters, the authors explicate the elements of conducting, supplementing their teachings with an extensive selection of musical examples from the classical...- $220.00
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Vendor: Timothy Cutler
Bending the Rules of Music Theory: Lessons from Great Composers
For students learning the principles of music theory, it can often seem as though the tradition of tonal harmony is governed by immutable rules that define which chords, tones, and intervals can be used where. Yet even within the classical canon, there are innumerable...- $69.95
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Vendor: Berlioz
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise: A Translation and Commentary
Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise (1843) is a classic textbook by a master of the orchestra, which has not been available in English translation for over a century. This is a book by and about Berlioz, since it provides not only a new translation but also...- $34.99
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Vendor: Juniper Hill
Becoming Creative: Insights from Musicians in a Diverse World
How are our ability and motivation to be creative shaped by the world around us? Why does creativity seem to flourish in some environments, while others seem to stifle it? Many societies value creativity as an abstract concept and many, perhaps even most, individuals...- $38.99
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Vendor: David Cooper
Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo: A Film Score Handbook
This in-depth musicological and critical study examines how Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo plays a crucial role in the articulation and development of the film's narrative and how it affects readings of the film. Herrmann's collaboration with Hitchcock spanned eleven years and...- $91.00
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Vendor: Robert Stewart
An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Counterpoint and Palestrina's Musical Style
Presents a systematic approach to polyphonic composition in the ecclesiastical style of Palestrina. It is designed for use in beginning and intermediate level courses in modal counterpoint and helps students develop a systematic and reliable method to compare individual composers and stylistic trends of...- $97.00
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Vendor: Lee Lee Rothfarb
August Halm: A Critical and Creative Life in Music
The first detailed study of a prolific and influential early twentieth-century composer, critic, educator-a true sage of music. In the early 1900s, August Halm was widely acknowledged to be one of the most insightful and influential authors of his day on a wide range...- $120.00
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Vendor: David Price
All the Chords: Types - Notes - Functions - Names
Discover the scope and power of chords with this comprehensive and in-depth book! It includes every possible harmonic combination of notes from the even-tempered chromatic scale. All the Chords clearly explains chord theory with many examples and a chart for each chord type. These...- $14.53
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Vendor: Nancy Fuller Scoggin
AP Music Theory Premium, Fifth Edition: 2 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Audio
Be prepared for exam day with Barron's. Trusted content from AP experts! Barron's AP Music Theory Premium, Fifth Edition includes in-depth content review and practice as well as online audio. It's the only book you'll need to be prepared for exam day. Written by...- $44.99
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Vendor: Darla Crispin
Artistic Experimentation in Music: An Anthology
This book is the first anthology of writings about the emerging subject of artistic experimentation in music. This subject, as part of the cross-disciplinary field of artistic research, cuts across boundaries of the conventional categories of performance practice, music analysis, aesthetics, and music pedagogy....- $79.50
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Vendor: Dietrich Bartel
Andreas Werckmeister's Musicalische Paradoxal-Discourse: A Well-Tempered Universe
Andreas Werckmeister (1645 - 1706), a late seventeenth-century German Lutheran organist, composer, and music theorist, is the last great advocate and defender of the Great Tradition in music, with its assumptions that music is a divine gift to humanity, spiritually charged yet rationally accessible,...- $105.00
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Vendor: Costas I. Karageorghis
Applying Music in Exercise and Sport
Music has been intertwined with exercise and sport for many decades, and recent advancements in digital technology and personal listening devices have significantly strengthened that bond. Applying Music in Exercise and Sport combines contemporary research, evidence-based practice, and specific recommendations to help exercise and...- $47.00
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Vendor: Inessa Bazayev
Analytical Approaches to 20th-Century Russian Music: Tonality, Modernism, Serialism
This volume brings together analyses of works by thirteen Russian composers from across the twentieth century, showing how their approaches to tonality, modernism, and serialism forge forward-looking paths independent from their Western counterparts. Russian music of this era is widely performed, and much research...- $170.00
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Vendor: Silvina Milstein
Arnold Schoenberg: Notes, Sets, Forms
In this thought provoking study, Silvina Milstein proposes a reconstruction of Schoenberg's conception of compositional process in his twelve-tone works, which challenges the prevalent view that this music is to be appropriately understood exclusively in terms of the new method. Her claim that in...- $41.99
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Vendor: Michiel Schuijer
Analyzing Atonal Music: Pitch-Class Set Theory and Its Contexts
An engaging study -- the first ever -- of the principles used by noted scholars to unravel the masterpieces of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and other modernists. For the past forty years, pitch-class set theory has served as a frame of reference for the study of...- $125.00
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Vendor: Paul Duncan
Alfred Hitchcock. the Complete Films
The name Alfred Hitchcock is synonymous with suspense--that is to say, masterful, spine-tingling, thrilling, shocking, excruciating, eye-boggling suspense. With triumphs such as Rebecca, Vertigo, Rear Window, and Psycho, Hitchcock (1899-1980) fashioned a new level of cinematic intrigue and fear through careful pacing, subtlety, and...- $40.00
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Vendor: Morty Manus
Alfred's Basic Guitar Theory, Bk 1 & 2: The Most Popular Method for Learning How to Play
Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. This updated and expanded edition features a new layout, making it easier to read...- $7.99
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Vendor: Mark Harrison
All about Music Theory: A Fun and Simple Guide to Understanding Music Online Audio Access
(Music Instruction). If you wish there was a fun and engaging way to help you understand the fundamentals of music, then this is it. Whether it's learning to read music, understanding chords and scales, musical forms, or improvising and composing, this enjoyable guide will...- $24.99
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Vendor: Cameron Powers
Arabic Musical Scales: Basic Maqam Notation
Musicians desiring to play the Dance music, the Sacred music or the Folk music of the Arab and Turkish worlds must study these scales. Discover the musical basis for the incredibly rich emotions associated with Middle Eastern music. Forty-Five Arabic Musical Scales are taught...- $19.95
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Vendor: Allen Cadwallader
Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach
In this highly anticipated new edition of Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach, authors Allen Cadwallader, David Gagné, and Frank Samarotto use specific, memorable compositions to explain structural principles. This approach teaches students how to think about, critically examine, understand, and perform great...- $172.99
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Vendor: William E. Caplin
Analyzing Classical Form: An Approach for the Classroom
Analyzing Classical Form builds upon the foundations of the author's critically acclaimed Classical Form by offering an approach to the analysis of musical form that is especially suited for classroom use. Providing ample material for study in both undergraduate and graduate courses, Analyzing Classical...- $140.00
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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.

