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Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments > Guitar
This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the
world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio
Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard
Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss, Pyotr Tchaikovsky,
Giuseppe Verdi, Edgar Grieg and Edward Elgar. For the beginnner or
intermediate classical Ukulele player, in both standard notation
and tablature. Includes: 1812 Overture A Little Night Music The
Blue Danube Bridal Chorus La Donna e Mobile Dance of the Flowers
Fur Elise Greensleeves In the Hall of the Mountain King Jesu, Joy
of Man Desiring Land of Hope and Glory Lullaby Minuet in G Ode to
Joy Spring - Four Seasons
In the 21st Century, the guitar, as both a material object and tool
for artistic expression, continues to be reimagined and reinvented.
From simple adaptations or modifications made by performers
themselves, to custom-made instruments commissioned to fulfil
specific functions, to the mass production of new lines of
commercially available instruments, the extant and emergent forms
of this much-loved musical instrument vary perhaps more than ever
before. As guitars sporting multiple necks, a greater number of
strings, and additional frets become increasingly common, so too do
those with reduced registers, fewer strings, and fretless
fingerboards. Furthermore, as we approach the mark of the first
quarter-century, the role of technology in relation to the guitar's
protean nature is proving key, from the use of external effects
units to synergies with computers and AR headsets. Such
wide-ranging evolutions and augmentations of the guitar reflect the
advancing creative and expressive needs of the modern guitarist and
offer myriad new affordances. 21st Century Guitar examines the
diverse physical manifestations of the guitar across the modern
performative landscape through a series of essays and interviews.
Academics, performers and dual-practitioners provide significant
insights into the rich array of guitar-based performance practices
emerging and thriving in this century, inviting a reassessment of
the guitar's identity, physicality and sound-creating
possibilities.
The definitive account of Jeff Beck's journey from his childhood in
1940s South London to the world-wide success of 2010's album
Emotion and Commotion and beyond.Author Martin Power has talked to
former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty as well as
manager Simon Napier-Bell and fellow musicians including Max
Middleton, Stanley Clarke, Simon Phillips, Jimmy Hall, Mo Foster,
Doug Wimbish and many others. Supported by full album reviews, rare
photographs and an up-to-date discography, Hot Wired Guitar is the
most complete and comprehensive account of the life and times of
Jeff Beck, the man who took the electric guitar and showed the
world just what could be done with just six strings and 'one hell
of an attitude'.
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