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An instant New York Times bestseller! The first definitive
biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by
Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble's
Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon. Just a few years after he almost
died from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and
sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was riding high. His last album was his
most critically lauded and commercially successful. He had
fulfilled a lifelong dream by collaborating with his first and
greatest musical hero, his brother Jimmie. His tumultuous marriage
was over and he was in a new and healthy romantic relationship.
Vaughan seemed poised for a new, limitless chapter of his life and
career. Instead, it all came to a shocking and sudden end on August
27, 1990, when he was killed in a helicopter crash following a
dynamic performance with Eric Clapton. Just 35 years old, he left
behind a powerful musical legacy and an endless stream of What Ifs.
In the ensuing 29 years, Vaughan's legend and acclaim have only
grown and he is now an undisputed international musical icon.
Despite the cinematic scope of Vaughan's life and death, there has
never been a truly proper accounting of his story. Until now. Texas
Flood provides the unadulterated truth about Stevie Ray Vaughan
from those who knew him best: his brother Jimmie, his Double
Trouble bandmates Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Reese Wynans, and
many other close friends, family members, girlfriends, fellow
musicians, managers and crew members.
Laurence Juber shares his life with Wings and his solo career 'on
six strings' in new book. Guitar With Wings: LJ's Musical Journey
on Six Strings, a photo memoir by Grammy Award-winning artist
Laurence Juber. It is the story of Juber's five-decade career told
through his own words, candid never-seen-before colour and black
& white photos, vintage advertising materials, guitars,
equipment, memorabilia and the six-string legend's encyclopaedic
musical memory. "In the thirty-something years since Wings folded I
would look at the boxes of photographs and accumulated memorabilia,
promising myself that one day I'd take the time to organize it
all," "Contrary to my expectations that the Wings era would be
absorbed into the general arc of Paul McCartney's career, interest
in the band itself has continued to flourish and I recognized that
I had a unique perspective to offer." Juber said the 50-year
anniversary of his love affair with the guitar and the public's
on-going fascination for Wings proved a catalyst for this
retrospective. "The photos triggered long-forgotten memories of my
time in the band, underscoring how my studies at 'McCartney
University' were a bridge from my early musical experiences to my
later 'solo flight' and how much the couple-consciousness of Paul
and Linda McCartney proved to be a template for my own romantic and
creative relationship with my wife Hope,"
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM’s Grade 4 Cello syllabus for 2020–2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer.
The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.
Inspiring recordings of the nine pieces featured in this book, plus piano accompaniment tracks, are available. These can be purchased as part of the Cello Exam Pieces with CD package or as audio downloads (see www.abrsmdownloads.org for more details).
The guitar is a fascinating instrument that has been around in
various forms for thousands of years, and continues to be the
instrument of choice for many musicians today. This book will guide
you through all you need to know to play both acoustic and electric
versions, from buying the right guitar and learning the basic
chords to mastering advanced techniques. History sections cover the
evolution and development of the guitar, and the book also includes
fully illustrated directories exploring the many different types of
guitar in depth. With over 1500 photographs and musical exercises,
this manual is an essential guide for all guitarists.
The massive and complex process of change in East Asia over recent
decades has brought about a transformation in the nature of law and
legal institutions in the region. Whilst the process of change has
to some degree mimicked western models of law and legal change,
there have been significant differences in approach due to the
different social foundations of East Asian societies. The more
obvious of these has been the variety of ways in which rule of law
ideas have been adopted in many East Asian countries where the role
of the state is more dominant when compared with Western models.
This volume brings together a selection of the most important
writings on East Asia of researchers in recent years, and shows the
broad range of questions which researchers have been addressing
about the effect of law reform and legal change in societies
dominated by traditional values and political forces, and at a time
of massive economic change.
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.
A continuation of Phase I, this volume is ideal for beginning to
intermediate guitar students or classes ready to progress beyond
the basics. It includes solo, two-part, and three-part ensemble
arrangements of traditional and contemporary music to help players
create a unique and personal sound.
In this book, the legendary Joe Diorio takes you through John
Coltrane's classic (and very challenging) improvisation vehicle
"Giant Steps." This in-depth study includes 17 single-note solos,
II-V patterns, substitution principles for both comping and
soloing, and eight complete chord-melody solos utilizing a variety
of harmonization techniques.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). The integration of technique and
artistry in this course gives students the tools of expressive
performance. Students will build a technical foundation with the
purpose of artistic playing through the use of "Technique Secrets,"
"Artistry Magic" pages, and an appendix of scales and triads.
(Music Sales America). What do Robert Johnson, Beck, the Beatles,
Pearl Jam, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth, Ry Cooder, and
Ben Harper have in common? They have all at one time or another
used open-tuned guitars to make their music. This book provides an
introduction to the two most popular open tunings with over 300
chord shapes for open D and open G tuned guitar, useful tips on
tuning and string set-up, music scores for four songs using open
tuning chord shapes, a glossary of favorite chords and recommended
listening. "What a super book, this is such fun. I could use this
for the next album." David Bowie.
The Classical Guitar Companion is an anthology of guitar exercises,
etudes, and pieces organized according to technique or musical
texture. Expert author Christopher Berg, a veteran guitar
instructor, bring together perspectives as an active performing
artist and as a teacher who has trained hundreds of guitarists to
encourages students to work based on their own strengths and
weaknesses. The book opens with "Learning the Fingerboard," a large
section devoted to establishing a thorough knowledge of the guitar
fingerboard through a systematic and rigorous study of scales and
fingerboard harmony, which will lead to ease and fluency in
sight-reading and will reduce the time needed to learn a repertoire
piece. The following sections "Scales and Scale Studies", "Repeated
Notes", "Slurs", "Harmony", "Arpeggios", "Melody with
Accompaniment", "Counterpoint" and "Florid or Virtuoso Studies"
each contain text and examples that connect material to fingering
practices of composers and practice strategies to open a path to
interpretive freedom in performance. The Classical Guitar Companion
will serve as a helpful companion for many years of guitar study.
The Concert Performer Series brings you 18 well-known piano pieces,
beautifully presented on strong, high-sheen card, complete with a
special CD-Rom which contains both audio and MIDI to help you
practise for a truly great performance. About the CD: Track 1
contains an audio concert performance. This track is playable on
any CD player or computer equipped with a CD-Rom drive and audio CD
player software. Track 2 is a special audio 'study track', on which
you'll hear the same performance as Track 1 at a slower speed.
Listening to and playing along with this track can help you resolve
questions of rhythm and interpretation as you are learning the
piece. MIDI data is provided for both Macintosh and PC. In order to
use these files, you must have software and hardware designed to
play and/or edit MIDI files. The file is a type 1 standard MIDI
file (SMF) and is completely compatible with most current hardware
and software sequencers and players. The instrument assignments
conform to the General MIDI Standard. Mute one of the channels to
practise one hand alone. Change the tempo or even transpose the
whole piece to a new key. Add an orchestral or rock background -
the possibilities are endless!
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