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Short, clear chapters each focus on a single topic, presenting
necessary information thoroughly and clearly, in a manner that's
easy for students to grasp Large number of musical examples allows
students to better understand techniques by seeing them in multiple
contexts Companion website provides video demonstrations that help
students understand techniques in action
Me and My Piano is the best-selling series by the distinguished
authors Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood, that has sold over 2
million copies worldwide. Designed especially for the needs of the
younger beginner and delightfully illustrated throughout, the
series makes learning the piano an enjoyable experience for both
pupil and teacher. This Complete Edition combines Parts 1 and 2 in
one book. Part 1 takes the young pianist step by step through the
earliest stages of piano technique, leading to very easy pieces for
hands together using a constant five-finger hand position in C
major. Part 2 builds on these foundations by extending the compass
of notes, introducing new rhythms, note values, chords and changes
of hand position. Games and puzzles throughout give elementary
theory a new lease of life, and children will love the rhymes,
songs and Monkey Puzzles pages.
This 1-1/4 inch.-thick edition is the ultimate book of staff paper
- perfect for students, teachers, or any musician! It includes 512
perforated pages with 12 staves per page, plus a helpful music
notation guide. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch..
Notes Become Music: A Guidebook from the Viennese Piano Tradition
addresses the many unwritten nuances of dynamics, articulation and
agogics as an expression of fundamental principles of a common
European musical language. It treats the score as an incomplete
musical shorthand that outlines the compositional and interpretive
imperatives implicit within it, drawing on historical records from
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and detailed comparisons of
works to underline the author's presentation of Viennese tradition.
This book is not primarily concerned with questions of style or
interpretation. Rather, it explains the many facets of musical
notation that were taken for granted by composers who assumed a
knowledge of the piano tradition of their day. Notes Become Music
informs not only those students in countries where the central
European music tradition is still unfamiliar, but also a younger
generation of Europeans who have grown up without a living
connection to their musical past.
Addressing a wide range of improvised art and music forms-from jazz
and cinema to dance and literature-this volume's contributors
locate improvisation as a key site of mediation between the social
and the aesthetic. As a catalyst for social experiment and
political practice, improvisation aids in the creation,
contestation, and codification of social realities and identities.
Among other topics, the contributors discuss the social aesthetics
of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, the
Feminist Improvising Group, and contemporary Malian music, as well
as the virtual sociality of interactive computer music, the
significance of "uncreative" improvisation, responses to French New
Wave cinema, and the work of figures ranging from bell hooks and
Billy Strayhorn to Kenneth Goldsmith. Across its diverse chapters,
Improvisation and Social Aesthetics argues that ensemble
improvisation is not inherently egalitarian or emancipatory, but
offers a potential site for the cultivation of new forms of social
relations. It sets out a new conceptualization of the aesthetic as
immanently social and political, proposing a new paradigm of
improvisation studies that will have reverberations throughout the
humanities. Contributors. Lisa Barg, Georgina Born, David Brackett,
Nicholas Cook, Marion Froger, Susan Kozel, Eric Lewis, George E.
Lewis, Ingrid Monson, Tracey Nicholls, Winfried Siemerling, Will
Straw, Zoe Svendsen, Darren Wershler
This book was written with the novice percussionist in mind. No
previous musical experience is required to constructively make your
way through this self-instruction course. Basic rhythm reading
principles and fills are illustrated and discussed. Drumming
concepts are introduced progressively, so that; provided you stay
with it; you will gain a solid foundation for drumming technique
and overall musicianship.
Traditional sacred favorites are arranged in progressive order to
gradually develop the adult student's technique while providing
hours of enjoyment. Selections include "Just a Closer Walk With
Thee," "For the Beauty of the Earth" and many others.
(Stylistic Method). Legendary guitarist Pat Martino shares his
personal formula for chord conversions with you. This uniquely
simple system allows you to think melody, not theory. Amply
illustrated with some of Pat's favorite lines.
Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and
creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its
symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic
theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music
they are learning as well as the music they create themselves.
Correlates to Piano Lessons Book 1.
This is the ideal guide for those who wish to get to grips with
music to a greater depth, to learn to play faster, more complicated
scores, to compose and arrange music - the possibilities are
endless. This guide provides everything you need to know,
explaining pitch, the treble clef, the bass clef, rhythm,
accidentals, key signatures, scales and chords, along with a
compendium of additional information. Then practise what you have
learnt with the 'Play Along' sections containing simple, well-known
examples of music, from 'Scarborough Fair' to 'Jerusalem'. With
helpful diagrams, clear accessible text and a practical ringbound
format.
Building an Award-Winning Guitar Program is a practical guide to
assist secondary and post-secondary music educators with the tasks
involved in establishing a successful music program. With the
rising interest in guitar, Mariachi, rock band, handbells,
bluegrass, music technology, and so on, more and more music
educators are being asked to teach innovative music classes. Author
Bill Swick has crafted this book to help these educators build such
innovative music programs from the ground floor, based on his years
of experience as a music educator specialized in guitar. The book
will assist music educators with classroom management, scheduling,
structure, organization, fund raising, festivals, travel, and other
subjects related to teaching guitar in the classroom, but its
principles are broadly relevant to any and all music educators
hoping to create a unique program that stands out within their
school district and state, attracting students, parents, educators
and administrators alike.
(Woodwind Solo). For unaccompanied clarinet.
The Second Edition of Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 1,
includes updates inspired by numerous recommendations from group
piano teachers and students. This book includes a CD-ROM containing
both Audio and General MIDI Files of the 500] accompaniments
included in the text, each with an interesting and engaging
arrangement coupled with the piano part. Designed for collegiate
non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience,
the easy-to-use text contains 26 units, each intended to be covered
in one week, thus fulfilling two semesters or three quarters of
study. Theory, technique, sight-reading, repertoire, harmonization,
improvisation and ensemble activities are taught thoroughly and
consistently throughout the text. Book 1 is 360 pages.
"For one semester/quarter courses in woodwind methods." "Teaching
Woodwinds" has draws on the authors thirty-five years of experience
teaching woodwinds to students. Organized by specific teach topics
from the fundamentals of hand and finger position to articulation
and intonation. Drawing on a classic set of 19th century
teacher/student duets, the included twenty-five class lessons
enable students to learn by doing and by listening as they play
duets with the instructor.
The 60 exercises by C. L. Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, are a classic textbook of technical training widely used by piano students, teachers and professionals.
However, in the hundred years or so that have elapsed since these exercises first appeared, the technical demands made on students and pianists have enormously changed and developed.
Therefore, the famous two-piano team of Gold and Fizdale has attempted to bring Hanon's exercises up-to-date. It is hoped that Hanon Revisited will serve students and pianists as a preparation for the increasingly complicated technical requirements of present-day piano performance and study.
The interest in piano and the desire to play, has increased
tremendously in the past few years. Especially is this noticeable
among adults who have either had some elementary piano instruction
in their youth or have been denied this study for various reasons.
This increased interest is partly due to the widespread influence
of radio. Hearing music almost daily has become an integral part of
our lives and it is this constant influence which has awakened a
keen and natural desire to become an active participant. it is to
the furtherance and stimulation of this natural desire that this
course was planned. The adult approach has been kept constantly in
mind, however not to the exclusion of certain basic principles
which are necessary in order to make rapid and satisfactory
progress. The logical and stepwise manner of progression in this
course should prove of inestimable aid to both the student and
teacher.
A complete drum method containing the elementary principles of
music and an introduction to bass drum and cymbals.
Nicholas Kenyon explores the enduring appeal of the classical canon
at a moment when we can access all music-across time and cultures
"Nicholas Kenyon is an amiable and enthusiastic guide to a thousand
years of classical music."-Neil Fisher, The Times "A wonderfully
engaging survey. . . . It is what every music lover needs close by.
. . . We are left in no doubt about music's extraordinary
power."-Ian Thomson, Financial Times Immersed in music for much of
his life as writer, broadcaster, and concert presenter, former
director of the BBC Proms Nicholas Kenyon has long championed an
astonishingly wide range of composers and performers. Now, as we
think about culture in fresh ways, Kenyon revisits the stories that
make up the classical tradition and foregrounds those that are too
often overlooked. This inclusive, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic
guide highlights the achievements of the women and men, amateurs
and professionals, who bring music to life. Taking us from pianist
Myra Hess's performance in London during the Blitz, to John Adams's
composition of a piece for mourners after New York's 9/11 attacks,
to Italian opera singers singing from their balconies amidst the
2020 pandemic, Kenyon shows that no matter how great the crisis,
music has the power to bring us together. His personal, celebratory
account transforms our understanding of how classical music is
made-and shows us why it is more relevant than ever.
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