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This book is designed to complement Harp Music Bibliography:
Compositions for Solo Harp and Harp Ensemble (Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1995). The IU Press title has 3356 entries; the
supplement has almost 3000 entries, nearly doubling the total
number of listings of works for harp. Following the design of the
earlier title, the Supplement contains citations for harp music
published between 1800 and 2000 in a classified arrangement: 1)
Method books; 2) Orchestral studies; 3) Solos (original works for
harp); 4) Solo arrangements (arrangements of works originally for
other combinations of instruments); 5) Harp ensembles; and 6)
Arranged harp ensembles. Each entry includes information needed to
accurately identify a work, including uniform titles when needed,
publisher information, pagination when available, and complete
contents listings for anthologies. Following the main sections is
an index of names and titles. Specifically excluded are manuscript
and rental material, student theses and dissertations, and reprints
by the same publisher. Finally, there is an index of music playable
on non-pedal or "folk" harps.
Affordable, versatile, portable, and popular once again, the
ukulele is an ideal instrument for lifelong music making that can
also be an engaging component of school music programs. At the
elementary or secondary level, students can use the ukulele to
explore everything from music theory, improvisation, composition,
and ear training, to repertoire that includes contemporary popular
music. At a lesser expense than any other instrument which can do
as much, the ukulele is perfect for breathing fresh air into any
music program. Uke Can Do It! provides everything music educators
need to develop a ukulele program in their school, including: * A
guide for first-time ukulele buyers * Beginner instruction in how
to play the ukulele * Play lists of ukulele music by top performers
* Strategies for proposing and outfitting a ukulele program *
Classroom management tips * Support for use with special learners *
Learning sequences in ukulele technique * Ideas for classroom use
and performance * Scales and chord charts with fingering
A carefully graded series of exercises, solos, duets, and chord
studies which are an ideal supplement to the Mel Bay Modern Guitar
Method Grade 1 and to the note-reading section of Mel Bay's Guitar
Class Method. Studies are included for each string, and the keys of
C, A minor, G, and E minor are presented. Guitar Studies Grade 1,
in addition, will be a valuable aid to any beginning guitar student
and the content will augment and enhance learning regardless of the
basic instructional text being used. In notation only.
(Guitar Method). This Berklee Workshop, featuring over 20 solos and
duets by Bach, Carcassi, Paganini, Sor and other renowned
composers, is designed to acquaint intermediate to advanced
pick-style guitarists with some of the excellent classical music
that is adaptable to pick-style guitar. With study and practice,
this workshop will increase a player's knowledge and proficiency on
this formidable instrument.
(Guitar Reference). Until the launch of the Flying V and Explorer
in 1958, electric guitars were supposed to look like...guitars.
Suddenly, Gibson turned conventional design upside down, almost
literally, by using straight lines and angular body shapes,
changing the way electrics could look and, in the process, creating
a set of rare future collectables. Flying V, Explorer, Firebird
tells the story of those first peculiar instruments and goes on to
describe Gibson's second attempt at nonstandard designs with the
Firebird of the early '60s. The book shows how most of these were a
commercial failure at first and goes on to detail the influence of
the designs on guitar-makers such as Hamer, Jackson, Dean, Ibanez,
and BC Rich, all of whom embraced Gibson's original weird-is-good
design ethic. In parallel with the story of the makers is an
absorbing account of the players who discovered these odd-shaped
instruments, including Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society), Edge (U2),
and Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick). Interviews with players and makers
illuminate the story of this fascinating assortment of electric
guitar innovations, alongside specially commissioned images of
every key model and brand and an enviable collection of guitar
memorabilia, plus a gallery of leading guitarists photographed in
action with their instruments. If it's weird and has strings, it's
in Flying V, Explorer, Firebird .
(Guitar Solo). 15 jazzy solo guitar arrangements of Davis classics,
including: All Blues * All of You * Blue in Green * Bye Bye
Blackbird * Four * Freddie Freeloader * I Could Write a Book *
Milestones * Nardis * Nefertiti * Seven Steps to Heaven * So What *
Solar * There Is No Greater Love * When I Fall in Love. The CD
includes full demos of each piece by Jamie Findlay.
For many beginning-to-intermediate level guitarists, guitar tunings
are a mystery. Everyone begins with "standard" tuning and knows its
basic strengths - and limitations. But, once a guitarist gets
beyond basic skills, the desire to play in different styles and
achieve individual sounds leads inevitably to exploring alternate
tunings. Guitar Tunings: AComprehensive Guide is the first book to
offer practical advice for how to use the most common special
tunings for the greatest creative and musical effect. Illustrated
throughout with examples in standard notation and guitar tablature,
the author introduces different musical styles through the use of
appropriate tunings. Including downloadable resources, this book
gives clear and concise instruction for the guitarist who has
mastered basic skills but wants to go beyond them. It will appeal
to guitar students of all ages, and can be used for individual
self-instruction or in one-on-one or group teaching situations. In
short, Guitar Tunings: A Comprehensive Guide offers a comprehensive
approach for all guitarists to enhance their playing skills and
creative music making. Also includes 75 musical examples.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 27 songs from this
Grammy-winning platinum-selling singer/songwriter superstar,
including: All Night Long (All Night) * Ballerina Girl * Dancing on
the Ceiling * Do It to Me * Easy * Endless Love * Hello * Lady * My
Love * Penny Lover * Running with the Night * Three Times a Lady *
Truly * We Are the World * and more.
A complete guide to the 3-finger bluegrass styles. Basic right-hand
patterns through many advanced techniques are covered. Includes 45
tablature arrangements from elementary to advanced, plus
information on how to buy a banjo, playing in groups, and an
annotated discography. The Banjo Newsletter says this book is
"highly recommended without reservation." Songs include: Ballad of
Jed Clampett * Banks of the Ohio * Devil's Dream * Little Maggie *
Lonesome Road Blues * Rabbit in the Log * Six Mile Creek * Will the
Circle Be Unbroken * Worried Man Blues * and many more.
The Italian violinist and composer Giovanni Battista Viotti
(1755-1824) is considered today to have been one of the most
significant forces in the history of violin playing. In 1792 he met
Margaret and William Chinnery, a wealthy English couple with strong
connections in the world of arts and letters. From that point
onwards Viotti's life became inextricably bound up with theirs; he
moved into their home and became a second father to their children,
forming a remarkably successful menage A trois. Henceforth, all
Viotti's career decisions were taken with this family's welfare in
mind. The Chinnery Family Papers feature over 100 Viotti letters
and other documents. Drawing extensively on these papers, this book
investigates the new light that they cast on Viotti's life and
career, as well as the context in which he lived and worked. Fresh
insights are given into the reception of Viotti's concertos in
London and the solo performances he gave while in England, together
with new information on his role as a music teacher in the Chinnery
household, and his relationship with Mme de StaA"l and the
Philharmonic Society.
Johann Peter Salomon, the celebrated violinist and impresario, made
his debut in England in March 1781. History has credited Salomon
with bringing Haydn to London, yet as Ian Woodfield reveals in this
monograph, Salomon's introduction of the composer to the London
musical scene owed as much to luck as to skilful planning. Haydn's
engagement in London proved to be a much-needed uplift to Salomon's
career which, as Woodfield illustrates, had been on the wane for a
number of years. In addition to its reassessment of Salomon's
uneven career in London during the 1780s, this book throws light on
the general relationship between public and private spheres of
professional music-making at the time, and on the relationship
between the social and professional attributes required of
musicians if they were to be successful. Nowhere are these tensions
better illustrated than in the letters and journals of the Burney
family, especially those of Susan Burney, which are drawn on in the
book to provide a vivid picture of the fiercely competitive musical
world of eighteenth-century London.
This book contains complete, authentic drum notation and play-along
tracks to eight Led Zeppelin classics. There are two versions of
every song on the included CDs: an instrumental sound-alike
recording, and an instrumental accompaniment track (without drums)
so you can play along. When you use the CDs in your Mac or
Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you
easily loop sections for practice, slow tracks down or speed them
up without changing the pitch, change the key, and switch back and
forth between full instrumental and accompaniment tracks. Titles:
Black Dog * Communication Breakdown * Dazed and Confused *
Heartbreaker * Immigrant Song * Rock and Roll * Since I've Been
Loving You * Whole Lotta Love.
Video game soundtracks both old and new feature work by some of the
greatest composers of our time. Orchestras all over the world play
entire concerts of video game music. This collection of themes from
The Legend of Zelda(tm) series is arranged for solo guitar
performance with full notation and TAB. Each song is arranged in
easy guitar keys at an easy--intermediate level, and all pieces are
suitable for recitals, concerts, and solo performances. There are
33 songs drawn from The Legend of Zelda(tm), Zelda II(tm) - The
Adventure of Link(tm), The Legend of Zelda(tm): A Link to the
Past(tm), The Legend of Zelda(tm): Link's Awakening(tm), The Legend
of Zelda(tm): Ocarina of Time(tm), The Legend of Zelda(tm):
Majora's Mask(tm), The Legend of Zelda(tm): The Wind Waker(tm), The
Legend of Zelda(tm): Four Swords Adventures, The Legend of
Zelda(tm): Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda(tm): Phantom
Hourglass, and The Legend of Zelda(tm), Spirit Tracks.
"Best in Show" Award at Winter NAMM 2012 presented by Music Inc.
magazine.
The second half of the eighteenth century witnessed a flourishing
of the string quartet, often represented as a smooth and logical
progression from first violin-dominated homophony to a more equal
conversation between the four voices. Yet this progression was
neither as smooth nor as linear as previously thought, as Mara
Parker illustrates in her examination of the string quartet during
this period. Looking at a wide variety of string quartets by
composers such as Pleyel, Distler and Filtz, in addition to Haydn
and Mozart, the book proposes a new way of describing the
relationships between the four instruments in different works.
Broadly speaking, these relationships follow one of four patterns:
the 'lecture', the 'polite conversation', the 'debate', and the
'conversation'. In focusing on these musical discourses, it becomes
apparent that each work is the product of its composer's stylistic
choices, location, intended performers and intended audience.
Instead of evolving in a strict and universal sequence, the string
quartet in the latter half of the eighteenth century was a complex
genre with composers mixing and matching musical discourses as
circumstances and their own creative impulses required.
Featuring in-depth lessons and 40 great jazz classics, the Hal
Leonard Jazz Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning jazz
guitar. This book uses real jazz songs to teach you the basics of
accompanying and improvising jazz guitar in the style of Wes
Montgomery, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Charlie Christian, Jim Hall and
many others. Lesson topics include: chords and progressions; scales
and licks; comping and soloing styles; chord-melody; intros and
endings; technique; equipment and sound; and more! Songs include:
Satin Doll * Take the "A" Train * Billie's Bounce * Impressions *
Bluesette * My One and Only Love * Desafinado * Autumn Leaves *
Watch What Happens * Misty * Song for My Father * and more. The CD
contains 99 tracks for demonstration and play-along. "Highly
Recommended." - Just Jazz Guitar "Filled with well-written examples
... bask in the glory of having a lot of great material at your
fingertips." - Downbeat
This comprehensive collection for all guitarists includes 100 songs in genres from jazz standards, to pop/rock favorites, Motown masterpieces and movie music, to traditional tunes, country numbers and classical pieces. Notation styles include: note-for-note transcriptions (Blue on Black * Give Me One Reason * Sweet Child O' Mine * Wild Thing); Easy Guitar with Notes and TAB (Building a Mystery * Circle of Life * Day Tripper * Fur Elise * Misty * Torn * Walk This Way); Easy Guitar (Boot Scootin' Boogie * I Shot the Sheriff * My Favorite Things * Unchained Melody); Chord Melody Guitar (Alman * Bourree * Estudio); Fingerstyle Guitar (Amazing Grace * Greensleeves * My Heart Will Go On); and Guitar Riffs (Angie * Brown Eyed Girl * Here Comes the Sun * Layla * My Girl); and more! Essential for every player!
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Songs Without Words
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Contents: The Adieu * Agitation * Boat-Song * The Brook *
Confidence * Consolation (Still, Still With Thee) * Contemplation *
Delirium * The Departure * Duet, Op. 38, No. 6 * Elegy * The
Evening Star * Faith * The Fleecy Clouds * The Flight * Folk-Song *
Funeral March * Homeless * Hope * Hunting Song * The Joyous Peasant
* Lost Happiness * Lost Illusions * Lullaby * May Breezes *
Meditation * Morning Song * On the Seashore * Passion * The Poet's
Harp * Regrets * Restlessness * Retrospection * The Return *
Reverie * Sadness of Soul * The Shepherd's Complaint * The Sighing
Wind * Song of the Pilgrim * Song of the Traveller * Spinning-Song
* Spring Song * Sweet Remembrance * Tarantella * Unrest * Venetian
Boat Song No. 1 * Venetian Boat-Song #2 * Venetian Boat-Song #3 *
The Wanderer.
EChord MasterE is a chord dictionary with a difference. Rather than
just show chord shapes a which are all there in the Chord Matrix a
a large portion of the book explains how to use chords with
information about the theory behind them and attempts to answer the
questions guitarists often have about chord shapes. Also it
presents usable groups of chords for beginners in relation to a
variety of song styles.THThis new revised edition emphasises the
practical and is even more useful to beginners with expanded
exercises and more audio. The multimedia component has roughly
doubled the number of tracks and is 30 minutes longer. Some audio
examples have a backing track arranged to stress melodic and
rhythmic elements so that when the reader puts the chords alongside
the effect is marked sometimes allowing for re-harmonizing the same
music with a different chord progression or a chord progression
played in more than one area of the guitar. The notation of the
chord progressions is partly redesigned making it easier to read.
This will also make this part of the book more attractive to the
casual browser.THMore chord types have been added to EChord
MasterE's Matrix (dictionary) section with new material about
balanced chords (which remove ineffective or unnecessary doublings
of notes) and about effective chord voicing. The section about
chords from famous songs is expanded with more examples of unusual
chords including ones that players are often curious about a one of
the most famous examples is the first chord of A Hard Day's Night.
Cello Time Joggers is a landmark book in the popular Cello Time
series, which is enjoyed by students and teachers all over the
world. It contains Kathy and David Blackwell's trademark attractive
and engaging compositions that appeal to learners of all ages. This
book contains cello accompaniments for the tunes in Cello Time
Joggers. These fun, characterful duet parts are suitable for a
teacher or more advanced student, and will enhance lessons by
providing an alternative accompaniment option for these popular
pieces.
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