Music-Musical Instruments-Strings

'Tanbur Long-Necked Lutes Along the Silk Road and Beyond' explores the origin, history, construction, and playing techniques of tanburs, a musical instrument widely used over vast territories and over many centuries. The diffusion of the tanbur into the musical cultures along the Silk Road...

(Music Sales America). These pocket-sized swatch-packs are great for quick reference at home or on the go. Each Notecracker contains 70 handy reference cards, printed on both sides for quick access to chord diagrams, general music theory, jokes, quotes and snippets of musical trivia....

Perhaps no instrument better represents the music of Appalachia than the fretted dulcimer. The instrument was no longer confined to back porches and local music halls when Jean Ritchie so melodically thrust herself and her dulcimer into the national limelight during the folk revival...

(Instrumental Play-Along). The second edition of these play-along packs feature new songs and access to demonstration and backing tracks audio online Songs: Back to December * Blank Space * Fifteen * I Knew You Were Trouble * Love Story * Mean * Our Song...

Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on four continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and literature. With a colorful history that spans 450 years, the violin has proven to be one of...

Learn how to make two different ukuleles, from a beginner's basic box-shaped uke, to a professional grade soprano ukulele.Author: Bill PlantISBN-10: 1565235657ISBN-13: 9781565235656Publisher: Fox Chapel PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2012Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 10.99h x 8.50w x 0.25d

(Instrumental Play-Along). 12 Disney favorites with access to online audio that lets you play along with a full symphony orchestra Titles include: Be Our Guest * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Colors of the Wind * Friend like Me * Let's Get...

Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School. The Suzuki Method(R) of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and...

A complete guide to the ukulele: learn how to play, history of the uke, songs to strum, beginner and advanced techniques, famous pluckers, pull-out chord dictionary and much, much more... Interested in the ukulele and want to learn how to play it? This is...

Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), violinist, composer, teacher, and founding director of Berlin's Royal Academy of Music, was one of the most eminent and influential musicians of the long nineteenth century. Born in a tiny Jewish community on the Austro-Hungarian border, he rose to a position...

'Lachrim or Seaven Teares. Figured in Seaven Passionate Pavans, with divers other Pavans, Galiards, and Almands, set forth for the Lute, Viols or Violons, in five parts'. A new edition for the 400th anniversary of the 1604 publication. Introduction, Critical Commentary and scores. Performing...

Discover a whole new way to learn cello repertoire! This comprehensive practice edition of Squire's magical Tarantella for cello and piano gives you preparatory exercises that teach each difficult spot and then gives you the Tarantella with marked study notes, teaching positions, rhythms, and...

(Instrumental Play-Along). The second edition of these play-along packs features new songs and access to demonstration and backing tracks audio online Songs: Back to December * Blank Space * Fifteen * I Knew You Were Trouble * Love Story * Mean * Our Song...

The Viola, How it Works presents information on the technical and historical aspects of the viola in relation to its position in the non-fretted string instrument family. This book is designed to expand a student's music study experience by learning about the parts of...

This book will teach you additional information about your instrument that will help you better understand how it works, how to work it, care for it, and how to be a more knowledgeable cellist.Author: Michael J. PagliaroISBN-10: 1475869126ISBN-13: 9781475869125Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Killer Technique: Upright Bass is designed to help open up your technique. It encourages an approach that will make you think and work hard in the practice room, but relax while performing. The content is geared toward an improvisatory approach. The lessons included are...

Jean Sibelius (1865--1957) clearly enjoyed writing the six humoresques for violin and orchestra in 1916--1917. They were not performed until November 24, 1919 together with the first performance of the final version of the fifth symphony. The soloist for the Humoresques was Paul Cherkassky....

The banjo has been emblematic of the Southern Appalachian Mountains since the late twentieth century. Making Music: The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County takes a close look at the instrument and banjo players in Haywood County, North Carolina. Author William C. Allsbrook Jr.,...

The banjo has been emblematic of the Southern Appalachian Mountains since the late twentieth century. Making Music: The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County takes a close look at the instrument and banjo players in Haywood County, North Carolina. Author William C. Allsbrook Jr.,...

The long awaited companion for cellists meeting the tenor clef for the first time. Introduced gently and presented progressively through numerous studies and pieces with cello or piano accompaniments. Suitable for cellists of early intermediate level (Grade 4), this uncomplicated and interesting guide teaches...

Written for musicians by a musician, Meantone Temperaments on Lutes and Viols demystifies tuning systems by providing the basic information, historical context, and practical advice necessary to easily achieve more satisfying tuning results on fretted instruments. Despite the overwhelming organological evidence that many of...

Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads "asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's sound and...

Many questions remain open about the transmission and international reception of pedagogical tools and methods peculiar to Neapolitan conservatories in the eighteenth century. This volume collects contributions from an international conference that was held in Milan and Bern in 2017 on these issues.Author: Fondazione...

Beginning with a section of easy arrangements of popular Cajun tunes, this book progresses to more difficult solos based on the playing of various fiddlers includingDewey Balfa, Michael Doucet, Doug Kershaw, and Rufus Thibodeaux. Cajun stylings, rhythms, double stops, slides, turns and trills, bowings,...

A collection of simple traditional Cajun tunes presented in the keys of A, D and G. Songs use mostly quarter and half notes. The audio download available online includes spoken instructions by the author. Each piece is played exactly as written, then played again...

inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James, Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music...

(Music Sales America). This book guides returning players through 12 specially selected tracks to bring them successfully back up to speed with the violin at their own enjoyable pace. With additional exercises, tips and theory reminders, latent violinists will find the learning curve engaging...

Thomas Lupo (1571-1627): The Four-Part Consort Music. Fantasia 1-4, Fantasia [Air] 5-7, Fantasia 8-10, Fantasia [Air] 11-13. Introduction, Critical Commentary and scores. Performing parts available direct from the publishers.Author: Thomas LupoISBN-10: 189813149XISBN-13: 9781898131496Publisher: Fretwork PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2022Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 11.69h x 8.27w x...

(Ukulele Play-Along). Now you can play your favorite songs on your uke with great-sounding backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro This pack features 8 songs from the Man in Black, including: Cry, Cry, Cry * Daddy Sang Bass *...

(Chart). A great collection of 92 Beatles tunes arranged as instrumental solos. Includes: Across the Universe * All My Loving * All You Need Is Love * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Eleanor Rigby * Golden Slumbers * A Hard Day's Night...

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,...

The term "viola bastarda" refers to both an instrument and a style of playing that is one of the crowning achievements of musical mannerism. The Italian repertory for the solo viola da gamba in the 16th and early 17th centuries was largely music played...

" . . . a valuable book. It is an important link between the unknown of the Renaissance and the present." --The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon"Straightforward practicality is the most outstanding characteristic of this book." --Continuo" . . . a fine and very...

In his book on left-hand violin technique, Maestro Ruggiero Ricci addresses common problems in shifting by advocating the study of the glissando technique. He asserts that re-incorporating this technique will not only aid violinists in developing a better-trained ear, but also provide them with...

Fiddling has had a lengthy history in Africa which has long been ignored. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje corrects this oversight with an expansive study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. DjeDje not only explains the history of the instrument...

". . . valuable . . . impressive . . ." --The Times Literary Supplement"For anyone interested in Mil疣's music, this is an excellent source of information." --Renaissance QuarterlyLuis Mil疣 (1536-1561) was a lutenist, singer, composer, and poet. His collection of lute tablatures, El...

An analysis of the physics and physiology involved in playing the cello. For performers, teachers, and mature students.Author: Gerhard MantelISBN-10: 0253210054ISBN-13: 9780253210050Publisher: Indiana University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/1995Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.17h x 5.46w x 0.75d

Blending creative insights with wisdom of the masters, professional violinist Maureen Taranto-Pyatt shares practical guidance in her new methodology, Progressive Form.With The Living Art of Violin Playing, violinists will learn to appreciate the physics and geometry of movement to facilitate a nuanced flow of...

Blending creative insights with wisdom of the masters, professional violinist Maureen Taranto-Pyatt shares practical guidance in her new methodology, Progressive Form.With The Living Art of Violin Playing, violinists will learn to appreciate the physics and geometry of movement to facilitate a nuanced flow of...

"Few cello players currently before the public have enjoyed the kind of international success in all conceivable musical career roles as Janos Starker. In his lifetime, Starker has gained renown as teacher, soloist and orchestra player." --Chicago Tribune"Starker . . .remains one of the...

Harps and harp music have enjoyed a renaissance over the past century and today can be heard in a broad array of musical contexts. Guide to the Contemporary Harp is a comprehensive resource that examines the vibrant present-day landscape of the harp. The authors...

Harps and harp music have enjoyed a renaissance over the past century and today can be heard in a broad array of musical contexts. Guide to the Contemporary Harp is a comprehensive resource that examines the vibrant present-day landscape of the harp. The authors...

Revising her classic 1989 book Harps and Harpists, Roslyn Rensch expands her authoritative history of this timeless instrument. This lavishly illustrated edition, with 137 black-and-white images and 24 color plates, surveys the progress of the harp from antiquity to the present day. The new...

Scale Studies for the Third Octave, Book Two presents shifting exercises for the notes in the third octave of the G, A-flat, A, B-flat, and B major scales, as well as for the fourth octave of the C major scale, on the cello. Written...

Correlating directly with Thumb Position for the Cello, Book One, these duets give the student music examples which use the specific skills learned in that book. Each page of duets uses only the thumb position notes that were taught on the same page number...

The Cittern Chord Bible (Shortscale), with its 3,024 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...

The Waldzither Chord Bible, with its 1,728 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 jazz...

The Portuguese Lisboa Guitar Chord Bible, with its 1,728 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...

The Cittern Longscale Chord Bible, with its 3,024 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...

The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible, with its 1,728 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...