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Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments
All your favorite piano masterpieces in one convenient collection!
This book features solo arrangements of 100 classics by Bach,
Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Faure, Franck, Gounod, Grieg,
Handel, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Puccini,
Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, Wagner, and more!
for solo violin, upper-voice choir (women's and/or advanced
children's choir), with harp, and strings or organ This
four-movement work is inspired by the idea of 'Jerusalem' both as a
Holy City and a utopian ideal of heavenly peace and seraphic bliss.
The composer has selected four biblical texts, in English and
Latin, that express different aspects of this vision. The solo
violin part is identical for both full and reduced
instrumentations.
Chords, chords, and (almost) nothing but chords Guitar Chords For
Dummies is full of, well, guitar chords. This indispensable
reference is a must for guitarists of every ambition, skill level,
and musical genre, providing a key to the simplest and most complex
guitar chords--over 600 in all. Each chord is illustrated with a
chord diagram and a photo with guitarist's tips sprinkled
throughout the book. You'll also get a tiny bit of music theory, so
you know what's going on with all those symbols, and voicings for
each chord in each of the 12 keys. And it's even small enough to
fit in your guitar case. Add sparkle and range to your musical
repertoire. Learn the theory and techniques for playing guitar
chords Reference over 600 chords spread over 12 keys Easily try out
new chords, thanks to the portable, lay-flat format Go beyond the
basics with sustained, augmented, diminished, and flatted chords
Guitar Chords For Dummies is ideal for newbies just picking up the
guitar and seasoned musicians ready to expand their sound.
The fast way to find just the chord or scale you need. This
user-friendly reference book is jam-packed with over 1,400 chords
and voicings and includes a inch.jam session inch. with 20 original
songs using common chord progressions.
Encore Violin is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM violin
exam pieces, selected from syllabuses of the past few decades.
Violinists will find an appealing mix of repertoire, while teachers
can be confident that the perfect balance of content has been
selected at every level. Book 3 features popular pieces at Grades 5
and 6. Have fun exploring modern favourites and timeless classics,
like the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria or Brahms's Hungarian Dance in G
minor. Footnotes provide background information, a summary of the
key skills that each piece develops, and new ideas for exploring
the music. Perfect for learners exploring repertoire for the
own-choice piece in ABRSM's Performance Grade exams
(Berklee Guide). Learn ten jazz guitar standards, arranged for solo
guitar. These performance-ready arrangements demonstrate different
ways to interpret jazz standards and render them for solo guitar
performance. Each includes a technical introduction from the
arranger, discussing his motivations and identifying some of the
defining aspects of each approach, such as the use of line cliche,
harmony, song form, and modality. In learning these arrangements,
you will gain insight into how to craft your own solos.
Arrangements include: Dedicated to You * I'm Glad There Is You * My
Foolish Heart * Stella by Starlight * You Don't Know What Love Is *
and more.
(Music Sales America). 22 classic AC/DC rockers arranged for
ukulele Complete with full lyrics, chord boxes, and all your
favorite high-voltage riffs in tablature Songs include: Back in
Black * Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap * For Those About to Rock (We
Salute You) * Highway to Hell * Moneytalks * T.N.T. * You Shook Me
All Night Long * and more.
Double Bass Solo Techniques combines the dual function of a
technique book and a collection of orchestral excerpts. The
techniques are introduced in a logical order, and each is preceded
by a short explanatory note, providing technical advice and tips on
performance. The repertoire has been carefully selected to showcase
the technique in its real musical context, and the pieces cover all
major styles and genres. Ideal as preparation for auditions and
exams.
Vaughan Williams fist encountered the old English folk song Dives
and Lazarus when he was 21, and here presents five variants that
are, in his own words, 'not exact replicas of traditional tunes but
rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and
those of others'. The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part
of the 1939 New York World's Fair, and is a wonderful example of
the sumptuous string textures and modal tonalities that have become
the composer's trademarks.
Steinberger: A Story of Creativity and Design tells the story of
musical instrument designer Ned Steinberger. Ned's instruments have
been pushing the boundaries both sonically and aesthetically for
over 40 years and been played by the very best of the best
musicians around the world. Steinberger: A Story of Creativity and
Design explores Ned Steinberger's revolutionary contributions to
the world of musical instrument design. The first instrument he
ever created, the Spector NS-1 bass guitar in 1977, is still
Spector's best-selling instrument design. With his next
instruments, the Steinberger basses and guitars, Ned literally cut
the head off the world of guitar and bass and redefined what the
electric bass and guitar could be. Steinberger instruments defined
a generation of musicians both sonically and visually and were
played by the biggest artists of the day, including Sting, Bill
Wyman of the Rolling Stones, and Eddie Van Halen. Never one to slow
down, Ned moved from electric guitars and basses to bowed electric
instruments. His NS Design instruments once again set the industry
standards. Throughout his career Ned has also worked with other
builders and manufacturers and created or contributed to countless
projects ranging from electronic tuners and pickups to acoustic
guitars and drum head tuners. Truly, anytime you see 'NS' in a
music store it stands for Ned Steinberger. With all those
accomplishments, it may be surprising that Ned is an unlikely
musical hero. Therein lies the story. He is not a musician. He
comes from the world of art and design rather than the world of
music, but his influence can be seen to this day and he holds a
place of honor alongside other visionaries like Leo Fender, Les
Paul and Ted McCarty.
This is the first history of the guitar during the reign of the
Stuarts, a time of great political and social upheaval in England.
In this engaging and original volume, Christopher Page gathers a
rich array of portraits, literary works and other, previously
unpublished, archival materials in order to create a comprehensive
picture of the guitar from its early appearances in Jacobean
records, through its heyday at the Restoration court in Whitehall,
to its decline in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The
book explores the passion of Charles II himself for the guitar, and
that of Samuel Pepys, who commissioned the largest repertoire of
guitar-accompanied song to survive from baroque Europe. Written in
Page's characteristically approachable style, this volume will
appeal to general readers as well as to music historians and guitar
specialists.
(Guitar Method). The Hal Leonard Folk Guitar Method is your
complete guide to learning folk guitar. This book uses popular folk
songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in the
styles of Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Simon &
Garfunkel, the Carter Family, Peter Paul & Mary, John Denver,
and many others. You'll learn: basic strumming; strumming
variations; Carter-style flatpicking; bass runs; basic fingerstyle
patterns; alternating thumb patterns; flatpicking solos; hammer-ons
and pull-offs; fingerpicking solos; using a capo; I-IV-V chord
families; and much more. Songs include: Blowin' in the Wind *
Freight Train * The House of the Rising Sun * I Am a Man of
Constant Sorrow * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Little Boxes * Puff the
Magic Dragon * Scarborough Fair * This Land Is Your Land * Tom
Dooley * Turn Turn Turn (To Everything There Is a Season) * and
more.
This book brings together, for the first time, nine pieces from
ABRSM's Grade 1 Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces - two solos
and one duet chosen from each of lists A, B and C - have been
carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of
styles, creating an excellent source of repertoire to suit every
performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those
preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. Recordings of all
30 pieces on the Grade 1 syllabus are available. These can be
purchased as part of the Guitar Exam Pieces with CD package or as
audio downloads (see www.abrsmdownloads.org for more details).
ABRSM also offers a range of apps to support musical learning,
available from www.abrsm.org/apps. Support material for ABRSM
Guitar exams [GEPs with CD] [Scales] [Specimen sight-reading]
[Specimen aural tests]
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