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Prince, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Toto, James Taylor, Keith
Richards—these stars and thousands of others all owe a debt of
gratitude to Rob Turner who revolutionized the electric guitar and
bass. Chasing Tone tells Rob Turner’s story from humble
beginnings rewiring his father’s transistor radio components to
founding EMG and, finally, to the world’s largest concert stages.
Jim Reilly provides a wealth of fascinating insights by weaving
together many exclusive interviews with top artists and colleagues,
including James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo of
Metallica; legendary session musician Leland Sklar; Vernon Reid of
Living Colour; Victor Wooten; Béla Fleck; Nili Brosh; Jim Root of
Slipknot; and guitar builders Mike McGuire and John Carruthers.
Along the way, Reilly not only sheds light on the history of the
electric guitar and bass and how EMG pickups forever altered their
course but also explores the elusive relationship between builder
and creator, showing how these artists found their sound. This book
takes a deep dive into the creative process while providing a
history of popular music told from a side of the stage previously
underexplored.
A powerful and thought provoking memoir from one of the world's
most successful orchestral conductors, whose life story, talent and
dedication to music is an inspiration to read. A tragic car
accident when Welser-Moest was a student shaped both his career and
approach to music in the most profound and unexpected way, while
the book documents an insider's view of the complex relationships
between an opera house, its orchestra, the conductor and singers,
and the creative struggle by all these parts to achieve perfection
in every performance. Welser-Moest's book was published in Austria
in July 2020 and rapidly became a no 1 bestseller. It remains a
bestseller in the German language today. This edition will satisfy
all lovers of opera and classical music who are English language
readers.
Learn to play the ukulele at home or in the classroom with these
popular kids instruction books specially written for beginners!
This songbook will get you singing and strumming from the very
first lesson, with tunes that you'll really want to play. Starting
with just the open strings, and progressing at a steady pace to
more challenging pieces with several chords and chord changes,
you'll soon be playing your ukulele in all sorts of styles. Ideal
to use with Ukulele Magic Tutor Book 1 or any other ukulele tutor
book, this book gives you plenty of songs to make sure you keep
playing as you learn.
This is a comprehensive introduction to the guitar, including a
practical playing manual, a historical overview of the instrument,
a directory of over 150 acoustic guitars, and more than 900
photographs and illustrations. It is an easy-to-follow beginner's
guide to playing the guitar, with a detailed chord finder and
step-by-step instructions for mastering a range of musical styles,
including blues, country, jazz, classical and flamenco.
Teaching Notes offers invaluable guidance for teachers on the 81
pieces included in the graded books of Piano Exam Pieces 2023 &
2024, Initial Grade to Grade 8. For each piece, you will find
teaching ideas relating to three areas of learning - musical
context, technical challenges, and performance and interpretation -
in a clear and easy-to-use layout. Written by experienced piano
teachers and ABRSM examiners, Teaching Notes also includes advice
from ABRSM's Chief Examiner on selecting and interpreting pieces.
Alongside practical solutions to technical challenges, it's full of
creative ideas to support and inspire your teaching.
The popular beginner instruction books for kids with fun exercises,
theory and easy songs to play. This book contains over 30 carols
for the beginner pianist, featuring a range of techniques and
quizzes to support musical development from the very first lessons
to Grade 2. Full of festive favourites such as Jingle bells, Silent
night and Deck the halls, with a few lesser known carols included
for good measure, many of the pieces have simple but effective
teacher duet parts to encourage ensemble playing from the start.
The book is illustrated throughout in the charming Get Set! style,
and students are encouraged to decorate and colour in the drawings
to reflect their progress. Packed with fantastic, tried-and-tested
arrangements and a variety of fun activities to reinforce learning,
this is the ultimate beginner piano Christmas book! Expertly put
together by award-winning authors, pieces include: * Good King
Wenceslas * Jolly old Saint Nicholas * O come, all ye faithful * Up
on the housetop * Jingle, bells * Away in a manger * Infant holy,
Infant lowly * Under Bethl'hem's star so bright * The holly and the
ivy * The first Nowell * O little town of Bethlehem * We wish you a
Merry Christmas * Once in royal David's city * Hark! the herald
angels sing * Silent night * Deck the hall * The Virgin Mary had a
baby boy * Ding dong! merrily on high * God rest you merry,
gentlemen * Huron carol * Patapan * Gabriel's message * Cantemos a
Maria * While shepherds watched their flocks * Mary rocked her
baby! * I saw three ships * Y Gelynnen (The holly) * We three kings
of Orient are * Go, tell it on the mountain
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Book 2 offers carefully sequenced
instruction in notereading, music theory and piano technique for
the adult student. Students explore pieces arranged in the keys of
D and F Major, as well as D and E Minor. Keyboard harmony is taught
using "lead sheets" with chord accompaniment patterns. Contents
include: Cathedral Chimes * 'O Sole Mio * Sloop John B * Brahms'
Lullaby * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * Hava Nagila * Give My Regards
to Broadway * Scarborough Fair * Malaguena * Pachelbel's Canon *
and more.
The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world.
This super-convenient Complete Edition features the new and improved method books 1, 2 and 3 spiral-bound together. This edition includes online access to 164 full-band tracks for demonstration or play-along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded.
The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
SIX the musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss has been hailed as,
'the most uplifting piece of new British musical theatre' (The
Evening Standard) and is the phenomenon everyone is losing their
head over! Critically acclaimed across the UK with a soundtrack
storming up the UK pop charts, the sell-out intoxicating musical
tells the story of the six wives of Henry VIII. This official Easy
Piano songbook remixes five hundred years of historical heartbreak
into a celebration of 21st century girl power, with easy
arrangements of all nine songs from the show specially arranged by
the SIX Musical Supervisor, Joe Beighton. Special content includes
an introduction about the songs and costume illustrations.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Level 3A introduces 3/8 and 6/8 time
signatures and the triplet. Students learn the chromatic scale, the
7th, one-octave arpeggios, and explore the key of D major. Contents
include: Amazing Grace * Campbells are Coming * Cool Walkin' Bass *
Cossak Ride * Echoes of the Harp * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * Ice
Dancing * Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho * Land of the Silver
Birch * Looking-Glass River * Lunar Eclipse * March Slav * and
more.
This book may be used by students in Level 1A or the Complete Level
1 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library or in the first or second book of
any method. Titles: The Christmas Song * Frosty the Snowman * Happy
Holiday * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * I'll Be
Home for Christmas * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! *
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer * We Need a Little Christmas.
Growing from a small custom shop in the early 1970s to the only new
brand to have challenged the traditional Big Three of American
acoustic guitars (Gibson Guild and Martin) Taylor has effectively
changed the marketplace for acoustic steel-string guitars and
influenced every other maker of acoustic stringed instruments.THBut
Taylor's influence in the guitar market goes far beyond the guitars
themselves. Having pioneered the use of modern building techniques
a such as utilizing CNC machines UV-finishing etc. a the company
has been an undisputed leader when it comes to innovation. Taylor's
latest efforts are concentrated on wood conservation and again the
company is setting the example that the industry is
following.THEThe Taylor Guitar BookE combines a historical story
line with useful hands-on information about model changes over the
years a to help readers learn how to identify and date a Taylor a
and features shop and factory photos (both historical and current)
as well as full-color images of guitars.
This volume explores twentieth-century organ music through in-depth
studies of the principal centers of composition, the most
significant composers and their works, and the evolving role of the
instrument and its music. The twentieth-century was a time of
unprecedented change for organ music, not only in its composition
and performance but also in the standards of instrument design and
building. Organ music was anything but immune to the complex
musical, intellectual, and socio-political climate of the time.
Twentieth-Century Organ Music examines the organ's repertory from
the entire period, contextualizing it against the background of
important social and cultural trends. In a collection of twelve
essays, experienced scholars survey the dominant geographic centers
of organ music (France, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the United
States, and German-speaking countries) and investigate the
composers who made important contributions to the repertory (Reger
in Germany, Messiaen in France, Ligeti in Eastern and Central
Europe, Howells in Great Britain). Twentieth-Century Organ Music
provides a fresh vantage point from which to view one of the
twentieth century's most diverse and engaging musical spheres.
"A treasure trove for any fan of the four-stringed (and
occasionally more) instrument." - Billboard "It's not surprising
that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into
the world of vintage bass guitars."-Geddy Lee From Rush frontman
Geddy Lee's personal collection of vintage electric bass guitars,
dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, comes the definitive volume on
the subject. Geddy's love of the bass has been nurtured over a
lifetime spent in the limelight as one of the world's premier rock
bassists. For the past seven years, he's dedicated himself to
studying the history of the instrument that's been so essential to
his career, collecting hundreds of basses from around the globe.
Written with arts journalist Daniel Richler, gorgeously
photographed in breathtaking detail by Richard Sibbald, and with
insight from Geddy's trusted bass tech and curator, John "Skully"
McIntosh, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass profiles over 250
classic basses from Geddy's extensive collection. Representing
every tone in the bass palette, every nuance of the rock and roll
genre as well as blues, jazz, pop, and country, this one-of-a-kind
collection features so-called "beauty queens"-pristine instruments
never lifted from their cases-as well as "road warriors"-well-worn,
sweat-soaked basses that proudly show their age and use. Complete
with personal commentary from Geddy that showcases his knowledge
both as a musician and an aficionado, this luxuriously produced
volume is a revelatory look at the heavy hitters in the world of
bass-Fender, Gibson/Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Hoefner, Ampeg-and
lesser known but influential global luthiers such as Antonio Wandr
Pioli, Dan Armstrong, and Tony Zemaitis. The book also features
interviews with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin); Adam Clayton (U2);
Robert Trujillo (Metallica); Jeff Tweedy (Wilco); Bill Wyman (The
Rolling Stones); Les Claypool (Primus); Bob Daisley (Rainbow);
Fender expert and owner of the legendary Gibson Explorer, Bass Ken
Collins; veteran guitar tech for The Who, Alan Rogan; plus comments
from many other great players across three decades of rock and
roll. Written in Geddy's singular voice, this book reveals the
stories, songs, and history behind the instruments of his
inimitable collection. Complete with an index and a graphically
designed timeline of the history of the bass, as well as an
up-close look at Geddy's basses on Rush's final R40 Tour, his stage
and recording gear from 1968 to 2017, and forewords by author and
respected vintage expert, Terry Foster, and Rush band member, Alex
Lifeson, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass is the ultimate
compendium for the consummate collector, musician, Rush fan, and
anyone who loves the bass guitar.
The viola da gamba was a central instrument in European music from
the late 15th century well into the late 18th. In this
comprehensive study, Bettina Hoffmann offers both an introduction
to the instrument -- its construction, technique and history -- for
the non-specialist, interweaving this information with a wealth of
original archival scholarship that experts will relish. The book
begins with a description of the instrument, and here Hoffmann
grapples with the complexity of various names applied to this and
related instruments. Following two chapters on the instrument's
construction and ancestry, the core of the book is given to a
historical and geographical survey of the instrument from its
origins into the classical period. The book closes with a look at
the revival of interest in the 19th and 20th centuries.
(Bass Instruction). Legendary jazz bassist Ray Brown reveals his
lessons and teaching philosophy in this in-depth book. Includes:
solo exercises and arpeggios; music fundamentals; right- and
left-hand positions; scales; chords; exercises in tenths; rhythm
patterns with "drops"; diminished chords; runs and variations;
blues patterns; extension scales; and much more.
Designed to coordinate page-by-page with the Lesson Books. Contains
enjoyable games and quizzes that reinforce the principles presented
in the Lesson Books. Students can increase their musical
understanding while they are away from the keyboard.
A workshop guide to building Irish bouzoukis and citterns. In the
past forty years bouzoukis, citterns and octave mandolins have
become an essential part of acoustic music. The Bouzouki Book is
the first, and only, book to guides the reader through the steps to
build one of these fascinating stringed musical instruments. The
book includes nearly 200 colour and B&W illustrations as well
as plans for all major components.
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