Music-Instruction & Study

This practical text provides a comprehensive introduction to understanding research in music education and music therapy. Designed primarily for the introductory research course taken by upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, it is also useful for all interested undergraduates in both fields. In contrast with...

Drawing from his highly praised French work, Une simple flute, distinguished flutist and teacher Michel Debost has compiled a useful and imaginative introduction to playing the flute. This alphabetically arranged compendium of advice and insight covers essential topics such as breathing, articulation, and tone,...

**Winner of the Music Library Association's Vincent Duckles Award for the best bibliography or research tool in music** Music Library and Research Skills, Second Edition, introduces the prime concepts of music research, helping students develop a firm understanding of the tools that provide information...

Written by a professional musician who is also a certified occupational therapist, Teaching Healthy Musicianship first and foremost help music educators avoid common injuries that they themselves encounter, and in the process it also equips them with the tools they need to instill healthy...

In the music classroom, instructors who hope to receive aid are required to provide data on their classroom programs. Due to the lack of reliable, valid large-scale assessments of student achievement in music, however, music educators in schools that accept funds face a considerable...

Exceptional Music Pedagogy for Children with Exceptionalities offers readers in music education, music therapy, and music in special education communities a new, important, and globally-informed resource for effective music pedagogies. Volume editors Deborah VanderLinde Blair and Kimberly McCord have assembled here a diverse and...

This important book investigates the role played by German musicology in buttressing Nazi institutions and ideology. Pamela Potter examines the social, economic, and intellectual factors that caused some German musical scholars to support with such fervor the ideological aims of the Nazis. She argues...

Combining a proven technique with an effective and easy-to-use supplements package, Ear Training: A Technique for Listening is the ideal text for college aural skills courses. Its logical progression in the coverage of skills enables students to build gradually to full proficiency, while ensuring...

This book covers the four note chord voicings common to the contemporary guitar palette. Whether it is jazz, funk or R + B, these chords are the basic forms that any professional guitarist must use. Extensive chord progressions are provided.Author: Bruce ArnoldISBN-10: 1890944513ISBN-13: 9781890944513Publisher:...

Discover The Ultimate Insider Guide To Hitting It Big Today So you want to be a legend? Always remember to learn to crawl before you walk. Your gut may be telling you, you are going to hit it big. Know that there's things in...

The Structured Studio is a structured curriculum and guide to teaching private french horn lessons. This book is designed for beginning to collegiate level horn players and teachers. It is particularly useful for instructors with small studios or students with no access to a...

For over forty years, Marianne Ploger has been teaching music lovers of all ages, interests, and aptitudes to discover their own musical gifts. She has found that it is not the ear that requires training-it is the mind. When the conscious mind knows what...

Back to Schoolin' is the culmination of years of conscious and subconscious study in the school of music known as Led Zeppelin. Having studied the band and its music for nearly thirty years, author Kevin Courtright has acquired a tremendous body of knowledge and...

(Homespun Tapes). These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrss songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous...

(Homespun Tapes). These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrss songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous...

Foundations of Mariachi Education: Materials, Methods, and Resources, the first book of its kind, is a comprehensive handbook on teaching mariachi in secondary school to music students of all levels. Beginning with how to start a mariachi program, each chapter addresses a specific topic...

The purpose of the Strategies for Teaching series is to help music teachers implement the K-12 National Music Education Standards and MENC's Prekindergarten Standards. Hundreds of music teachers across the country participated in this project, the largest such participation in an MENC publishing endeavor....

Articulation Exercises and Rudiment Fundamentals is vast glossary and application book created by musician and percussionist Jonathan Baer. This book covers virtually every sticking, rudiment, roll and subdivision the working percussionist needs to know. Now available as an interactive medium on the SuperScore Music...

Cover: Tough gloss paperback. Binding: Secure professional trade paperback binding, i.e. it's built to last; pages won't fall out after a few months of use. Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8" x 10"). (Almost the same width as A4 but a few cm shorter...

Which of the three elements of music: melody, harmony and rhythm do you think is the most important? That's a good question. My answer is rhythm. That's why I called it "Fascinating Rhythm". After studying this Book, you might agree with me. In this...

This book covers the fundamentals of music. If you want to "make music", there are definite things that need to be learned. There are many books on the subject of music. What makes this book different? The data is presented in a simple, straightforward...

(Woodwind Method). The classic scale and arpeggio studies of Gabriel Pares were adapted in the 1940s for like-instrument study by Rubank's Harvey Whistler, and are now the standard for elementary scale instruction. Presenting all the major keys up to four flats/sharps (and the relative...

This book is a complete guide from selecting your instrument to playing and performing the music you have been longing to play. The fact that this book covers all major and minor keys will give you the ability to choose any particular piece of...

There's a little more than meets the eye when making the transition from 6 to 7-string guitar. Reference books for the 7-string guitar have their uses but what's lacking is an actual method for applying and transferring what you already know to this new...

"Classics at Your Fingertips" is a series for introducing harp to adult beginners. Book 4 accompanies Technique at Your Fingertips Book 4 which focuses on crossovers, ornamentation, pedals and levers, etc. The repertoire selected includes music from the harp repertoire, classical repertoire, including works...

"Classics at Your Fingertips" is a series for introducing harp to adult beginners. Book 1 accompanies Technique at Your Fingertips Book 1 which begin with an introduction to note reading. The repertoire selected includes music from the harp repertoire, classical repertoire, including works by...

This songbook includes all the lyrics and chords to XVII, the seventeenth album of the Nields.Author: Katryna Nields, Nerissa NieldsISBN-10: 1507667027ISBN-13: 9781507667026Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2015Pages: 66Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.14d

Both Book One and Book Two are contained within this book: Book One is a progressive set of exercises that thoroughly covers Simple and Compound Meters. Starting with basic rhythms in 4/4 time, the book immediately trains the student to play and count rhythms...

Are you an advanced beginner guitarist? Then "Single String Halloween Songs" is a great way for you to get into the Halloween spirit while having fun with your instrument and learning new musical concepts a the same time With 12 spine-tingling simple original songs...

A great motivational book for students who want to enter for grade 1 but need to take a few more steps up before they are ready. This book contains a selection of all of the types of test found in a real grade 1...

A great book for students who want to enter for grade 1 but need to take a few more steps up before they are ready. This book contains a selection of all of the types of test found in a real grade 1 exam:...

Making Music Fun Again Long ago you mastered your native language intuitively. Now, you can master music in a similar way, and have fun doing it What's more, nothing is more simple or soul-satisfying than playing music with others, so come learn to play...

Easy As Do-Re-Mi, complete in two books, is a modern method for teaching strings in a classroom setting, based on time-honored principles of the noted pedagogues of the past. It is a method for teachers with differing backgrounds, training, and expertise, who are looking...

No frills, no jargon, no filler: Ira White's Audio Made Easy is a breath of fresh air two decades in the making. Since 1997, this concise and comprehensive guide to audio and recording equipment and techniques has furnished readers with practical information on how...

WHO IS THE JAZZ METHOD FOR? The Jazz Method is for anyone and everyone who wants to learn jazz. This method starts from scratch with jazz improvisation and carries through to playing intermediate/advanced concepts over jazz standards. HOW DOES IT WORK? The Jazz Method...

ACCIDENTALS HAPPEN is a diverse scale book which includes scales from classical, jazz, blues and a variety of world music traditions. In this book are 26 scales notated in all 15 key signatures. The scales in this book are: Major, Harmonic & Melodic Minor,...

ACCIDENTALS HAPPEN is a diverse scale book which includes scales from classical, jazz, blues and a variety of world music traditions. In this book are 26 scales notated in all 15 key signatures. The scales in this book are: Major, Harmonic & Melodic Minor,...

ACCIDENTALS HAPPEN is a diverse scale book which includes scales from classical, jazz, blues and a variety of world music traditions. In this book are 26 scales notated in all 15 key signatures. The scales in this book are: Major, Harmonic & Melodic Minor,...

Part 1 (second edition) of the Guitar Improv And Comping course. What do the great improvisers have in common? How can you learn from them to take your improvisational playing to a higher level? Improvisation is a universal language. The ornamentations you hear in...

ACCIDENTALS HAPPEN is a diverse scale book which includes scales from classical, jazz, blues and a variety of world music traditions. In this book are 26 scales notated in all 15 key signatures. The scales in this book are: Major, Harmonic & Melodic Minor,...

ACCIDENTALS HAPPEN is a diverse scale book which includes scales from classical, jazz, blues and a variety of world music traditions. In this book are 26 scales notated in all 15 key signatures. The scales in this book are: Major, Harmonic & Melodic Minor,...

Read Music Method, the Graph to Staff Approach, provides an unforgettably fun and easy way to teach and learn how to read music. The beginning stages of reading music are broken into easy progressive steps. Students gain a deep comprehension of the musical staff,...

Making Music Fun Again Long ago you mastered your native language intuitively. Now, you can master music in a similar way, and have fun doing it What's more, nothing is more simple or soul-satisfying than playing music with others, so come learn to play...

Author: Gerard, Andrew HackwillISBN-10: 1479703036ISBN-13: 9781479703036Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/21/2012Pages: 124Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Susie Dantzig presents a new and clever approach to learning to play the violin that is unlike any other instructional manual. Using wit, wisdom, and charm, Susie Dantzig introduces us to Val the Violin, an engaging leader for young, budding musicians who are beginning...

150 Drum lessons from complete beginner to advanced. A course in drumming to improve skills, techniques, independence, styles, fills and all round vocabulary of the drum kit. From page one this is a progressional course beneficial to both students and to teachers of the...

This is one of the main voicing reference volumes for the "Adventures in Harmony Music Course". The main instruction volume for this series is: The Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B - SoulCOLOR - ISBN - 1453700951. B&W - ISBN -...

New off the press The Paradiddle Workbook is full of exercises, solos & duets that put the single, double, and triple paradiddles to work for you. The workbook also includes a few pages of drum set workouts and ideas that will strengthen your independence...

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative...

(Musicians Institute Press). Now available with a play-along CD From the Private Lessons series, this bestselling book is intended as a sequel to Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist . It is perfect for the beginning to professional pianist, and can even benefit players of other...