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Strum a tune on your ukulele--no Hawaiian shirt required! Picture
it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar
falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe"
to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every
day for ukulele-players, you'll still have a lot of fun learning
your favorite tunes on your ukulele. Widely associated with
Hawaiian music, the ukulele has exploded in popularity in recent
years as kids and adults alike have started their music education
with a uke or added it to their collection of instruments. Learning
to play this versatile instrument is made easier for the experience
and inexperienced alike with this new edition of Ukulele For
Dummies. Following its straightforward instructions, you'll pick
your way from the basics of purchasing your ukulele and accessories
to confidently strumming through simple chord progressions and
jamming through various styles and standards, including pop, folk,
and those much-loved holiday favorites. Aloha, Santa Claus! Buy the
right ukulele for you Perfect your pick and fret Practice with
downloadable audio Get the best ukulele apps Whatever you want from
your ukulele adventure--strumming on the beach or adding its island
style to your distinctive new pop sound--Ukulele For Dummies will
have you making a big splash with this tiny instrument in aloha no
time at all!
A musician of rare artistry, the self-effacing yet charismatic
Yo-Yo Ma connects with his audiences with startling effectiveness.
He remains devoted to the classical repertoire yet has long roved
far beyond the Western classical music canon. Despite his real
superstar status and thriving solo career, he has often sought out
musicians outside the classical sphere and collaborated with them
on fascinating recordings. Above all, he is committed to the
ever-evolving musical odyssey of his Silk Road Ensemble, itself
part of a broader Silk Road Project aiming to explore the deep and
varied artistic connections between East and West. Ma's legions of
admirers seek out his musical genius in his recordings. Here they
can become acquainted with the energetic and charming Ma himself
and trace the trajectory of his unique and distinguished
career.
This comprehensive method of music instruction enables the beginner
to progress to an advanced stage of technical skill.
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Some Virginia Families
- Being Genealogies of the Kinney, Stribling, Trout, McIlhany, Milton, Rogers, Tate, Snickers, Taylor, McCormick, and Other Families of Virginia
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Hugh Milton 1874-1910 Mcilhany
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(Book). Here's your complete guide to using MIDI synthesizers,
samplers, soundcards, sequencers, computers and more The MIDI
Companion shows how a MIDI system or systems for a wide range of
situations can be assembled quickly, easily and trouble-free.
Describes how to synchronize MIDI sequencers, drum machines,
multitrack equipment, SMPTE-based equipment, and other MIDI
instruments. Describes each and every MIDI code and the techniques
used in transmitting these codes between various MIDI devices.
Explains how to get the most out of any musical situation that
calls for the use of synthesizers and electronic musical
instruments. This totally new edition includes more information on
the actual applications and musical uses for MIDI. A complete
chapter devoted to General MIDI, plus the charts for GM sounds. Two
additional new chapters on The MIDI Studio and MIDI And The
Personal Computer. New diagrams, updated diagrams, new graphics.
Profusely illustrated with pictures, photographs and diagrams, and
also includes a detailed glossary.
The author presents Probatio, a toolkit for building functional DMI
(digital musical instruments) prototypes, artifacts in which
gestural control and sound production are physically decoupled but
digitally mapped. He uses the concept of instrumental inheritance,
the application of gestural and/or structural components of
existing instruments to generate ideas for new instruments. To
support analysis and combination, he then leverages a traditional
design method, the morphological chart, in which existing artifacts
are split into parts, presented in a visual form and then
recombined to produce new ideas. And finally he integrates the
concept and the method in a concrete object, a physical prototyping
toolkit for building functional DMI prototypes: Probatio. The
author's evaluation of this modular system shows it reduces the
time required to develop functional prototypes. The book is useful
for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in the areas
of musical creativity and human-computer interaction, in particular
those engaged in generating, communicating, and testing ideas in
complex design spaces.
Originally published in 1924, this book is the result of many
years' quiet thought and observation in connection with the authors
own teaching. It focuses mainly on the essential skills of violin
playing, rather than on the peculiarities that all players adopt to
suit their own requirements. The book contains broad common-sense
views, preferring not to concentrate on any particular "school" or
"method." It is also written with some humour and in a very
colloquial style. Complete with detailed diagrams and photographic
plates. Contents Include: Part 1 - Explanation - Argument - Tone -
Advice to Beginners - The Left Side of the Body - The Right Side of
the Body, (The Bow Arm) - Left Hand Technique - Finger Action - The
Third Position - The Second Position - Higher Positions - Sliding -
Fingering - Bowing - Sautille - Ricochet or Elastic Staccato - How
to Practise Double Stopping - Extensions - Right Hand Pizzicato -
Left hand Pizzicato - Harmonics - The Shake - Tremolo or Vibrato -
Sight Reading and Memorising - Controlled Movement and
Concentration - How to Become a Musician - Musical Development -
Conclusion, "Dont's"
Originally published in 1920, this neat little book is the result
of the authors desire to tabulate in a concise form, his own ideas
on violin playing, with regard to both the technical and the
interpretive aspects of the subject. The authors views are placed
before the reader in as clear a manner as possible. This little
work should prove valuable to a wide circle of violinists - both
amateur and professional. Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using
the original text and artwork. Contents Include: Chamber Music,
Choice and Care of Violin Strings and Other Accessories - The
Lesson - The Left Hand, Intonation - The Left Hand, Position of the
Wrist, Fingers, Thumb, Palm - The Left Hand, Scales, Various
Methods of Fingering, Hands with Poor Stretches, Trills - The Bow -
Spiccato, Martele, Staccato - Arpeggio, Ricochet, Legato -
Expression and Interpretation: Variety of Tone - Vibrato - Phrasing
- Rubato, Rhythm and Time Generally
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'.
Sebastien Erard's (1752-1831) inventions have had an enormous
impact on instruments and musical life and are still at the
foundation of piano building today. Drawing on an unusually rich
set of archives from both the Erard firm and the Erard family,
author Robert Adelson shows how the Erard piano played an important
and often leading role in the history of the instrument, beginning
in the late eighteenth century and continuing into the final
decades of the nineteenth. The Erards were the first piano builders
in France to prioritise the more sonorous grand piano, sending
gifts of their new model to both Haydn and Beethoven. Erard's
famous double-escapement action, which improved the instrument's
response while at the same time producing a more powerful tone,
revolutionised both piano construction and repertoire. Thanks to
these inventions, the Erard firm developed close relationships with
the greatest pianist composers of the nineteenth century, including
Hummel, Liszt, Moscheles and Mendelssohn. The book also presents
new evidence concerning Pierre Erard's homosexuality, which helps
us to understand his reluctance to found a family to carry on the
Erard tradition, a reluctance that would spell the end of the
golden era of the firm and lead to its eventual demise. The book
closes with the story of Pierre's widow Camille, who directed the
firm from 1855 until 1889. Her influential position in the
male-dominated world of instrument building was unique for a woman
of her time.
Originally published in 1930, this little book is not an exposition
of the art of violin-playing, nor does it claim to teach a system
of technical study. The authors aim was to help students and less
experienced teachers through some of the more frequent problems
from which they will, almost inevitably, be faced. Many of the
earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and
before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork. Contents Include: Posture and the Holding of the
Instrument - 'Bow Measurement' - On Bowing Generally - Intonation -
Various Difficulties - Playing of Chords and Chord Passages -
Shifting and the Portamento - The Playing of Octaves -
Double-Stopping - Harmonics - 'Artificial' Harmonics - Vibrato -
Tenths and Fingered Octaves - Memorizing, Playing From Melody -
Conclusion, Inspiration, A Repertoire Always Ready
This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and
note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 3 introduces
"overlapping pedal"; new time signatures 3/8 and 6/8; and the
primary triads in Major and Minor keys. Concepts include: passing
one under two and one under three; playing major scales in contrary
motion; the chromatic scale; the minor scale.
For reinforcement of each principle as it is introduced,
supplementary material is carefully coordinated, page for page, at
each level of instruction. Coordinating supplemental books for
Level 3 include: Classic Themes * Composition * Duet * Ear Training
* Ensemble * Fun * Hymn * Merry Christmas * Merry Christmas
Ensemble * Musical Concepts * Notespeller * Patriotic Solo *
Recital * Repertoire * Sight Reading * Technic * Theory and Top
Hits! Solo, Christmas and Duet Book.
(Amadeus). Carol Montparker's 31 stories are remarkable for their
frankness and emotional honesty. Creative nonfiction from a life in
music, they are in turn tender and intense, lyrical and riotously
funny. There is a poignant friendship with the elderly,
irresistible Rudi; the anguish of a marriage that needed to end;
true love found later; a narrow escape from an outlandishly surreal
piano; moving tales from her teaching studio; each story with its
own satisfying shape and rhythm. "These autobiographical stories
sparkle with vignettes of people, places and petss, but their
deeper subject is that of the woman pianist in a male-dominated
worlld. The subject is not new, but Ms. Montparker brings to it a
rewarding freshnesss of insight." Jerome Lowenthal Pianist; and
faculty, The Juilliard School "Thee pianist's latest book deserves
to be read by anyone who plays or wishes to playy or ever wished to
play the piano, and by everyone else too. She writes about muusic
in a sane, wise, humane voice in this charming, instructive, often
moving coollection." Michael Kimmelman Chief Art Critic, The New
York Times; and pianiist
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