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Acoustic Blues Guitar Styles is an introduction to fingerstyle
acoustic blues guitar, the style made popular by Robert Johnson,
Bill Broonzy, and Mance Lipscomb. Following the success of the
popular Acoustic Guitar Styles, Larry Sandberg's Acoustic Blues
Guitar Styles is an instructional book geared towards the
intermediate guitar player, not only to teach fingerstyle blues
technique, but also to approach the music creatively and with
feeling and rhythm. Part One teaches you the preliminaries, such as
reading a chord chart and working out a 12-bar blues in different
keys. Part Two teaches you touch, timing, and basic fingerpicking
technique. Part Three teaches you how to play stylistically, with
lessons on how to incorporate bends, vibrato, alternating
bassnotes, and rhythmic variations into your playing. All musical
exercises are presented in both standard notation and tablature,
and are supported by audio tracks. Customers purchasing the eBook
version of this title will be able to download the supporting audio
tracks. Instructions on downloading the files can be found on the
contents page.
Brass Mix is an original series of graded pieces that can be played
by any brass instrument. Book 1 covers Grades 1-3 and contains 12
new arrangements of traditional tunes and works by a diverse range
of composers. The pieces have been selected and arranged by brass
specialists to align with ABRSM grade levels. Many are featured on
the ABRSM 2023 Brass syllabus and in addition, all are ideal
choices for Performance Grade exams. There are piano and brass duet
accompaniments for all pieces, providing useful flexibility for
students and teachers. Key features:-one piece at each grade and
list of the ABRSM 2023 Brass syllabus, for all instruments
-distinctive and engaging repertoire from which to build a
programme for a Practical or Performance Grade exam -accompaniments
for a pianist or a second brass player -a single student book that
can be used by treble- and bass-clef brass including Eb Tuba
-separate Bb, Eb and F piano accompaniment books -a downloadable
part for Bb Tuba. Contents: Les Matadors: from Minuets, Cotillons
and Country Dances [Ignatius Sancho] Xiao Baicai [Trad. Chinese]
Takeda Lullaby [Trad. Japanese] The Barnyard Rag [Billy Johnson /
Chris Smith] The March of the Women [Cicely Hamilton / Ethel Smyth]
Jinkli Nona [Trad. Malaysian] On a Southern Balcony: No. 4 from
Southland Sketches [Blanche Ray Alden] Wade in the Water
[African-American Spiritual] On Parade [Amanda Ira Aldridge] Oh,
the Summer [Samuel Coleridge-Taylor] The Deserted Garden [Florence
Price] A Canadian Boat Song [Maurice Arnold]
Brass Mix is an original series of graded pieces that can be played
by any brass instrument. Book 2 covers Grades 4 & 5 and
contains 8 new pieces for solo brass and piano, specially
commissioned from some of today's most dynamic composers for brass.
The pieces showcase a diverse range of styles and align with ABRSM
grade levels. Many are featured on the ABRSM 2023 Brass syllabus
and in addition, all are ideal choices for Performance Grade
exams.Key features:-one piece at each grade and list of the ABRSM
2023 Brass syllabus, for all instruments -distinctive and engaging
repertoire from which to build a programme for a Practical or
Performance Grade exam - a single student book that can be used by
treble- and bass-clef brass including Eb Tuba -separate Bb, Eb and
F piano accompaniment books -a downloadable part for Bb Tuba.
Contents: Rapscallion [Andrea Price] Sunday at the Boulevard
[Christopher Augustine] Horizon [Clare Elton] Cumbianita para Ti
[Shanti Paul Jayasinha] Lethe [Callum Au] By the River [Shanti Paul
Jayasinha] A Postcard from Wasdale [Florence Anna Maunders] Koli
[Shri Sriram]
As the follow-up to his best-selling book Shredding Bach, master
shredder German Schauss covers yet another all-time great musician.
Niccolo Paganini, whose lifestyle and fame were similar to that of
a modern rockstar, was undoubtedly one of the greatest virtuosos
that ever lived. His skills were so advanced that many believed he
had made a pact with the devil. Paganini's practice schedule (15
hours a day), combined with a genetic connective tissue disorder
that gave him "impossible" reach and flexibility with his fingers,
resulted in extremely demanding and exciting compositions for
shredders of any era. Paganini's works, which showcase his
extraordinary skills, are perfect for the heavy metal style and
will stretch your playing to the limits. The accompanying CD
features all of the examples recorded at multiple speeds to help
you practice and get you on your way to mastering Paganini's
challenging compositions.
This monograph carries out an in-depth investigation into
compositional processes, shedding new light on the components and
conditions that constitute artistic agency. Artistic agency relies
on the interlocking of such activities that emerge from various
propositional and non-propositional (experiential, corporeal,
sensory) forms of knowledge - listening, feeling, imagining, trying
out, reflecting, noting and correcting, which represents a small
selection of the multifaceted composing activities. The book
develops an understanding of artistic agency and mastery in its
fundamentally social nature, through the important, though largely
ignored output of creative compositional processes. Using a mixture
of case studies and theoretical frameworks, this book will appeal
to sociologists, musicologists, creative studies scholars, and
artists, particularly those who teach composition or research on
this topic, as well as students of MA- and PhD-level.
Learn the secrets to achieving your ultimate sound Whether amateur
or pro, guitarists live for the ultimate sound. Guitar Amps &
Effects For Dummies provides the information and instruction you
need to discover that sound and make it your own! Written in the
characteristically easy-to-read Dummies style, this book is ideal
for beginners and experienced musicians alike, and can help all
players expand their skill set with effects. Guitarists tend to be
gearheads when it comes to sound, and this book provides guidance
on topics ranging from the guitar itself to amps, pedals, and other
sound technology. Amps and effects are the unsung heroes of guitar
music. While most people recognize the more psychedelic effects,
many don't realize that effects are often responsible for the
unique quality of tone that can become a musician's trademark.
Certain effects work on the volume or signal level, others work on
the environment, and still others work on the bass and treble
content. Guitar Amps & Effects For Dummies covers them all, and
shows how effects can not only add something extra, but also "fix"
problematic areas. Topics include: * Gain-based effects, like
distortion, compression, volume pedals, and gates * Tone-based
effects, including graphic and parametric EQ, and the wah-wah pedal
* Modulation effects, like the flanger, phase shifter, and tremolo
* Ambience effects, including reverb and delay The journey to
incredible guitar music never ends. No matter how experienced you
are with a guitar, there is always room for improvement to your
tone and sound. Whether you're looking for the sound of angels or
thunder, Guitar Amps & Effects For Dummies will help you
achieve the music you hear in your dreams.
This new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for
ABRSM's Grade 4 Violin exam. Includes all Grade 4 scales and
arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns
and suggested fingering, along with a helpful introduction
including advice on preparing for the exam.
This new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for
ABRSM's Grades 6-8 Cello exams. Contains all scales and arpeggios
for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns and
suggested fingering, and a helpful introduction including advice on
preparing for the exam.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 10 tracks from Beck's recently
remastered classic solo debut, transcribed note for note so you can
play exactly as Beck did on the album. Songs include: Beck's Bolero
* Blues Deluxe * Greensleeves * I Ain't Superstitious * Let Me Love
You * (Walk Me Out in The) Morning Dew * Ol' Man River * Rock My
Plimsoul * Shapes of Things * You Shook Me.
Max Reger (1873-1916) is perhaps best-known for his organ music.
This quickly assumed a prominent place in the repertory of German
organists due in large measure to the efforts of Reger's
contemporary Karl Straube (1873-1950). The personal and collegial
relationship between the composer and performer began in 1898 and
developed until Reger's death. By that time, Straube had
established himself as an important artist and teacher in Leipzig
and the central authority for the interpretation of Reger's organ
music. The Reger-Straube relationship functioned on a number of
levels with decisive consequences both for the composition of the
music and its interpretation over a period fraught with upheaval on
sociopolitical, religious and aesthetic fronts. This book evaluates
the significance of the relationship between the composer and
organist using primary source materials such as autograph
performing manuscripts, reviews, programmes, letters and archival
sources from contemporary organ building. The result is a much
enhanced understanding of Reger in terms of performance practice
and reception history, and a re-examination of Straube and, more
broadly, of Leipzig as a musical centre during this period.
Music in Ancient Greece and Rome provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Hadrian, presented in a concise and user-friendly way. Chapters include: * contexts in which music played a role * a detailed discussion of instruments * an analysis of scales, intervals and tuning * the principal types of rhythm used * an exploration of Greek theories of harmony and acoustics Music in Ancient Greece and Rome also contains numerous musical examples, with illustrations of ancient instruments and the methods of playing them. eBook available with sample pages: 0203042840
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Designed for the teenager or transfer
student, this technique course combines "Technique Secrets" from
both the Primer and Level 1 with new exercises that correlate with
Accelerated Piano Adventures Lesson Book One. The integration of
technique and artistry gives students the tools for expressive
performance. "Technique Secrets" develops a technical foundation,
while the "Artistry Magic" page at the end of each unit explores
expressive playing.
Intended as a supplement to The Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism
and Piano Music, c.1760-1850, this Companion provides additional
information which, largely for reasons of space but also of
continuity, it was not possible or desirable to include in that
volume. The book is laid out alphabetically and full biographical
entries are provided for all musical figures mentioned, including
composers, performers, theoreticians and teachers, as well as piano
makers and publishers of music, within the period covered by The
Mechanical Muse. There are also entries on figures of importance
from outside the period but whose influence is palpably important
within it, such as J.S. Bach. As well as biographical information,
all these entries contain lists of principal works and a section on
further reading so that readers can follow up people and matters of
particular interest. Also included in The Companion are entries
devoted to particular works and other information of relevance,
such as descriptions of musical forms, characteristics of dances
and so on, as well as some technical information on music and
explanations of technical terms pertaining to keyboard instruments
themselves and to ways of playing them. This Companion is not
intended to replace existing reference books such as Grove or Musik
in Geschichte und Gegenwart, but will be useful for those who
desire to know more about a particular topic and do not necessarily
have access to more specialist reference works, or time to visit
large or specialist libraries. As such it is indispensable to users
of The Mechanical Muse.
A vivid (and startling) example of the "new musicology",
Beethoven's Kiss is an interdisciplinary study of romantic pianism
in relation to gender and sexuality, ultimately underscoring the
extent to which the piano resonates with intimations of both
homosexuality and mortality. The first chapter, on the amateur
pianist, scrutinizes the way Andre Gide and Roland Barthes discuss
piano playing, their favorite composers - and their homosexuality.
Situating these discussions within the histories of sexuality and
amateur pianism, the author argues that connections between musical
and sexual mastery are shaped by the "performance" of class and
gender. The second chapter examines the homoerotic basis of the
creation of nineteenth-century piano music and the equally
homoerotic basis of the twentieth-century recreation of this music.
The title of the third chapter, "Beethoven's Kiss", refers to the
apocryphal story that Beethoven kissed Liszt, then eleven, in
public. The author recounts other quasi-sexual myths about
nineteenth-century child prodigies, examining how and why these
stories used to circulate and why they no longer do so. The next
chapter examines the different ways nineteenth- and
twentieth-century audiences sexualize famous pianists and polarize
them along gender and sexual lines. The fifth chapter describes the
gender, sexual, and class positioning of the "maiden" piano teacher
in a variety of texts - interviews, memoirs, short stories, novels,
and films. The book concludes with a far-ranging analysis of
Liberace, who (with his silver candelabra) tried to perform
upper-class status, who (with his devotion to Chopin) tried to
perform highbrow taste, and who (with his closetedlifestyle) tried
to perform heterosexuality.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). The Technique & Artistry books
combine two essential elements of pianistic technical skill and
artistic performance. This smooth, integrated approach builds basic
elements of piano technique, always directed toward an artistic
goal. This book features "Technique Secrets," "Artistry Magic," and
a Level 3A appendix of scales, arpeggios, and chords.
This is the first book to describe Arturo Toscanini's activities -
the life he led, his concerts and recording sessions - during his
visits to London and elsewhere in Britain in the years 1900-1952.
During the 1930s Arturo Toscanini conducted many concerts broadcast
by the BBC from London's Queen's Hall, where he also made some
unsurpassed recordings. Drawing on newly researched material in
British and American archives, Christopher Dyment reveals how the
most renowned and influential conductor of the twentieth century,
notoriously microphone-shy though he was, came to conduct so
frequently in London, a tale replete with unexpected twists, turns
and ingenious stratagems. Toscanini's dominating influence on
London critics and audiences in the period covered by the
narrative, extending through to his final appearances at the Royal
Festival Hall in 1952, is copiously documented from contemporary
sources. Dyment also presents fresh evidence showing how the
remarkable combination of passionate conviction and architectural
mastery that characterised Toscanini's conducting was grounded not
only in his obsessive study of the score but also in his awareness
of performing traditions dating back to the mid-nineteenth century.
This book will fascinate those with a particular interest in
Toscanini's career and recorded legacy. It is also essential
reading for anyone with an interest in the history of conducting
and recording in the first half of the twentieth century, set
against the vividly evoked backdrop of London's concert scene of
the period. This comprehensive study includes both an annotated
table of all Toscanini's London concerts and his EMI discography.
CHRISTOPHER DYMENT has written extensively about historic
conductors since the 1970s, particularly Felix Weingartner and
Arturo Toscanini. His first book, on Weingartner, was published in
1976.
The late 17th century through to the end of the 18th century saw
rapid progress in the development of woodwind instruments and the
composition of a vast body of music for those instruments. During
this period a large amount of music for domestic consumption was
written for a growing amateur market, a market which has regrown in
the latter part of the 20th century. The last 30 years has also
seen the standard of performance by professionals on these
instruments rise enormously. This book provides a guide to the
history of the four main woodwind instruments of the Baroque, the
flute, oboe, recorder and bassoon, and this is complemented by a
repertoire list for each instrument. It also guides those
interested towards a basic technique for playing these instruments
- a certain level of musical literacy is assumed - and it can be
used by students, professionals and amateurs. Advice is also given
on buying a suitable reproduction instrument from a market where
now virtually any Baroque instrument can be obtained as a faithful
copy. This is the first book of its kind and has its origins in the
wind tutors of the 18th century.
With the Harry Potter film series now complete, Alfred Music
Publishing and Warner Bros. Entertainment are proud to present big
note piano arrangements from the eight epic films together in one
collectible volume. For the first time ever, 36 sheet music
selections by John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, and
Alexandre Desplat are collected along with eight pages of color
stills from The Sorcerer's Stone to The Deathly Hallows, Part 2. By
popular request, "Leaving Hogwarts" from The Sorcerer's Stone
appears in print in this collection for the first time. It's a
perfect gift for pianists of all ages who love the music of Harry
Potter. Titles: Diagon Alley * Family Portrait * Harry's Wondrous
World * Hedwig's Theme * Leaving Hogwarts * Nimbus 2000 * Voldemort
* The Chamber of Secrets * Fawkes the Phoenix * Buckbeak's Flight *
Double Trouble * Hagrid the Professor * Harry in Winter * Hogwarts
March * Potter Waltz * This Is the Night * Dumbledore's Army *
Fireworks * Loved Ones and Leaving * Professor Umbridge *
Dumbledore's Farewell * Harry and Hermione * In Noctem * When Ginny
Kissed Harry * Farewell to Dobby * Godric's Hollow Graveyard *
Harry and Ginny * Obliviate * Ron Leaves * Snape to Malfoy Manor *
Courtyard Apocalypse * Harry's Sacrifice * Lily's Lullaby * Lily's
Theme * Severus and Lily * Statues.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Correlated with the 12 units of the
Lesson Book, this book provides valuable reinforcement of theory,
concepts through writing, sightreding, and ear training activities
Sound Innovations for Concert Band is a revolutionary new method
that combines time-tested educational concepts, input from
thousands of teachers, and advances in modern technology. Using
solid pedagogy that follows state and national music education
standards, the methods can be customized by teachers to use their
own experiences in creating the best approach for their unique
classroom. Sound Innovations is available in two versions: Standard
Edition and the custom Director's Choice Edition. Visit
www.alfred.com/soundinnovations for more information. This title is
available in SmartMusic.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1997. Born in Dresden Germany, in 1748 Franz
Seydelmann was an active music composer. He is principally known
for his operas and church music, however he also wrote twenty-three
sonatas, including seven solo harpischord sonatas, a Capriccio with
variations and the Six Sonatas for Two Persons at Keyboard.
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