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More Technique Takes Off! (English, German, Staple bound): Mary Cohen More Technique Takes Off! (English, German, Staple bound)
Mary Cohen
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This collection of unaccompanied duets and studies offers intermediate violinists an imaginative and exciting way to improve their technique. Each piece focusses on a particular skill and together the studies provide a concentrated course in developing vibrato, double-stopping and shifting. Double-stopping pieces can be played both as a duet (for tuning purposes) and as a solo version with double stopping. In addition, practice and performance tips help to outline the musical goals and guide students on to the next stage.
Titles: Intrada (duet) * Intrada (solo) * Asleep in the Hammock (duet) * Weaving Song (duet) * On the Spot (duet) * A Passing Passacaglia (duet); Quite a Character (duet) * Quite a Character (solo) * Sarabande and Double (duet) * Clouds of Blossom are Mirrored in the Lake (solo) * Forget-Me-Not Rag (duet) * Far Distant..(duet) * Far Distant..(solo) * Catch (duet)

The Contemporary Violin - Extended Performance Techniques (Paperback): Allen Strange, Patricia Strange The Contemporary Violin - Extended Performance Techniques (Paperback)
Allen Strange, Patricia Strange
R1,580 Discovery Miles 15 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written by a composer and a musician, The Contemporary Violin offers a unique menu of avant-garde musical possibilities that both performers and composers will enjoy exploring. Allen and Patricia Strange's comprehensive study critically examines extended performance techniques found in the violin literature of the latter half of the twentieth century. Drawing from both published and private manuscripts, the authors present extended performance options for the acoustic, modified, electric, and MIDI violin, with signal processing and computer-related techniques, and include more than 400 notated examples. The authors begin with bowing techniques and proceed systematically through other aspects of string playing, including MIDI technologies. Their correspondence and research with many performers and composers, the book's extensive score and text bibliography, and the discography of more than 130 recordings make The Contemporary Violin a valuable contemporary music reference and guide. An additional benefit is its listing of Internet resources that will keep the reader up to date with recent developments in contemporary performance and composition. First published by UC Press, 2001.

Easy Concert Pieces, 1 - For Double Bass and Piano (English, German, Sheet music): Charlotte Mohrs Easy Concert Pieces, 1 - For Double Bass and Piano (English, German, Sheet music)
Charlotte Mohrs
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Real Repertoire for Violin (Sheet music): Mary Cohen Real Repertoire for Violin (Sheet music)
Mary Cohen
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Real Repertoire for Violin, part of the Real Repertoire series has been carefully selected for the intermediate violinist, providing an essential repertoire that players will return to time and again. Pieces have been selected by Mary Cohen and include masterpieces by Bach, Mozart and Brahms as well as lesser known pieces by Bartok and Wieniawski. A lasting inspiration to violinists everywhere.

Violins - Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds (Paperback): Pamela A. Moro Violins - Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds (Paperback)
Pamela A. Moro
R1,273 Discovery Miles 12 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Violins: Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds examines the violin as an object of meaning in a variety of cultural and historical contexts, and as a vehicle for introducing anthropological issues. Each chapter highlights concepts as taught in lower-level anthropology courses, and includes teaching and learning tools. Chapters range from a memoir-like social biography of a single instrument to explorations of violins in relation to technology, labor, the environment, migration, globalization, childhood, cultural understandings of talent and virtuosity, and prestige.

The Classical Guitar Companion (Hardcover): Christopher Berg The Classical Guitar Companion (Hardcover)
Christopher Berg
R2,884 Discovery Miles 28 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Classical Guitar Companion is an anthology of guitar exercises, etudes, and pieces organized according to technique or musical texture. Expert author Christopher Berg, a veteran guitar instructor, bring together perspectives as an active performing artist and as a teacher who has trained hundreds of guitarists to encourages students to work based on their own strengths and weaknesses. The book opens with "Learning the Fingerboard," a large section devoted to establishing a thorough knowledge of the guitar fingerboard through a systematic and rigorous study of scales and fingerboard harmony, which will lead to ease and fluency in sight-reading and will reduce the time needed to learn a repertoire piece. The following sections "Scales and Scale Studies", "Repeated Notes", "Slurs", "Harmony", "Arpeggios", "Melody with Accompaniment", "Counterpoint" and "Florid or Virtuoso Etudes" each contain text and examples that connect material to fingering practices of composers and practice strategies to open a path to interpretive freedom in performance. The Classical Guitar Companion will serve as a helpful companion for many years of guitar study.

Queen - Violin Play-Along Volume 68 (Book): Queen Queen - Violin Play-Along Volume 68 (Book)
Queen
R419 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
70 Classic Songs - Strum Together (Paperback): Hal Leonard Corp 70 Classic Songs - Strum Together (Paperback)
Hal Leonard Corp
R601 R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Unorthodox Guitar - A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice (Paperback): Mike Frengel The Unorthodox Guitar - A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice (Paperback)
Mike Frengel
R1,006 Discovery Miles 10 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice is a comprehensive resource for experimentally minded guitarists and composers wishing to write for or perform on the instrument in new ways. The book focuses primarily on unconventional approaches to guitar performance, which include alternative tunings, extended techniques, instrumental preparations, electronic augmentations, and issues related to performing and recording with a computer. Embracing all guitar types-nylon, steel-string acoustic, and electric-techniques and examples are culled from a broad range of musical genres, including blues, contemporary classical, country, folk, jazz, rock, and non-Western idioms. While the writing offers a treasure trove of possibilities for experimental improvisation, it is oriented towards formal composition, and to that end details the controllable dimensions of the techniques and preparations at hand, along with strategies that might be adopted to notate them. Conventional guitar amplifiers, effect pedals, and pedalboards are examined, along with a discussion of analog signal chains, rig design, and best practices for the preservation of tone. In addition, possibilities afforded by the addition of a computer to the guitar rig are explored, including signal processing, sensor augmentation, and score following. The writing is paired with a companion website that contains an abundance of audio, video, and software materials to supplement the ideas presented. This information is intended to serve as a guide, reference, and source of inspiration for those wishing to compose and/or perform on the instrument in innovative ways.

Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner Theory Bk1 - Theory Book 1 (Staple bound): Nancy Faber, Randall Faber Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner Theory Bk1 - Theory Book 1 (Staple bound)
Nancy Faber, Randall Faber
R264 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R14 (5%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

(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

Pachelbel's Canon (Book): Johann Pachelbel Pachelbel's Canon (Book)
Johann Pachelbel
R265 R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Save R19 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This popular piece is in great demand and is now available for folk harp. This book includes several arrangements: an easy solo version, an advanced solo version in the keys of G and D, and a duet version for harp and melody instrument.

Listen but Don't Ask Question - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar across the TransPacific (Paperback): Kevin Fellezs Listen but Don't Ask Question - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar across the TransPacific (Paperback)
Kevin Fellezs
R727 R648 Discovery Miles 6 480 Save R79 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Performed on an acoustic steel-string guitar with open tunings and a finger-picking technique, Hawaiian slack key guitar music emerged in the mid-nineteenth century. Though performed on a non-Hawaiian instrument, it is widely considered to be an authentic Hawaiian tradition grounded in Hawaiian aesthetics and cultural values. In Listen But Don't Ask Question Kevin Fellezs listens to Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and non-Hawaiian slack key guitarists in Hawai'i, California, and Japan, attentive to the ways in which notions of Kanaka Maoli belonging and authenticity are negotiated and articulated in all three locations. In Hawai'i, slack key guitar functions as a sign of Kanaka Maoli cultural renewal, resilience, and resistance in the face of appropriation and occupation, while in Japan it nurtures a merged Japanese-Hawaiian artistic and cultural sensibility. For diasporic Hawaiians in California, it provides a way to claim Hawaiian identity. By demonstrating how slack key guitar is a site for the articulation of Hawaiian values, Fellezs illuminates how slack key guitarists are reconfiguring notions of Hawaiian belonging, aesthetics, and politics throughout the transPacific.

The Best of Yngwie Malmsteen (Paperback): Charupakorn The Best of Yngwie Malmsteen (Paperback)
Charupakorn
R635 R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Save R72 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the over-the-top riffs and solos of this Swedish neoclassical/heavy metal master with our Signature Licks book/CD pack. You'll learn Yngwie's dazzling techniques via detailed study of these 12 hit tunes: Black Star * Deja Vu * Dreaming (Tell Me) * Far Beyond the Sun * Heaven Tonight * I'll See the Light Tonight * Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4 * Making Love * Marching Out * Rising Force * Trilogy Suite Op. 5 * You Don't Remember I'll Never Forget.

Teach Yourself to Play Bass - A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners (Book): Chad Johnson, Hal Leonard Publishing... Teach Yourself to Play Bass - A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners (Book)
Chad Johnson, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
R215 R204 Discovery Miles 2 040 Save R11 (5%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Flying V, Explorer, Firebird - An Odd-Shaped History of Gibson's Weird Electric Guitars (Paperback): Tony Bacon Flying V, Explorer, Firebird - An Odd-Shaped History of Gibson's Weird Electric Guitars (Paperback)
Tony Bacon
R668 R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

(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 .

Violin Technique in Practice (Paperback): Mary Cohen Violin Technique in Practice (Paperback)
Mary Cohen
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Violin Technique in Practice is an innovative approach to violin technique by Mary Cohen, developed from her unique 'weightless balance' methodology. Concise exercises are structured into sets that cover all aspects of technique alongside the author's expert advice guiding you through like a personal trainer. This book will develop a relaxed, secure technique and increase confidence in every part of the instrument - without the need to spend hours practising. It has been written with the needs of advanced students, teachers and professional players in mind, although the early sets are also ideal for use with students at late-intermediate level.

How to Use Popular Chords - Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Carry, One Chord on Every Page (Spiral bound, New edition): Jake Jackson How to Use Popular Chords - Easy-to-Use, Easy-to-Carry, One Chord on Every Page (Spiral bound, New edition)
Jake Jackson; Contributions by Phil Dawson
R324 R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Save R48 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A handy guide for both guitar and piano players, this book places the most popular chords in context. The simple and clean layout provides clear diagrams and practical advice on chord progressions, with concise information on what chords are, how they can be used, and what they can be used alongside. In its compact spiral-bound format this is an essential companion for both beginners and more experienced players looking for extra ideas.

Guitar Method (Paperback): Led Zeppelin, Ron Manus, L. C Harnsberger Guitar Method (Paperback)
Led Zeppelin, Ron Manus, L. C Harnsberger
R638 R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Save R66 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Through the years Jimmy Page's guitar playing has inspired countless music fans to play guitar. The Led Zeppelin Guitar Method, the first method to feature Led Zeppelin songs, teaches you everything you need to know to get started playing---even if you have never touched a guitar before. Start by learning the basics like how to hold the guitar and how to read standard music notation and TAB. By the time you complete the book, you will be playing authentic arrangements of classic Led Zeppelin songs. This easy-to-use beginning course will prepare you to play from sheet music and get you ready to play in a band. Historical facts and photos of Led Zeppelin are featured throughout to keep you inspired. The included enhanced CD demonstrates all the songs and exercises in the book and the Tone 'N' Tempo changer is an invaluable tool in your journey to learn the guitar.
"Overall, the Led Zeppelin Guitar Method is a standout and well welcomed addition to the ever growing library of guitar method books out there, and would definitely be an excellent part to any guitarist's personal library."
William ClarkGuitar International magazine
Titles: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You * The Battle of Evermore * Boogie with Stu * Bring It on Home * Bron-Y-Aur Stomp * Communication Breakdown * Dazed and Confused * Going to California * Good Times Bad Times * Heartbreaker * How Many More Times * Immigrant Song * The Lemon Song * Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) * Misty Mountain Hop * Moby Dick * Out on the Tiles * Over the Hills and Far Away * Rock and Roll * Stairway to Heaven * Thank You * What Is and What Should Never Be * When the Levee Breaks * Whole Lotta Love * You Shook Me.
"Overall, the Led Zeppelin Guitar Method is a standout and well welcomed addition to the ever growing library of guitar method books out there, and would definitely be an excellent part to any guitarist's personal library."
-William Clark, guitarinternational.com

Steve Vai's Guitar Workout (Paperback): Steve Vai Steve Vai's Guitar Workout (Paperback)
Steve Vai
R427 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R37 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

(Guitar Educational). Since its appearance in Guitar World in 1990, Vai's intensive guitar regimen has been the Holy Grail for serious players. Here is the lesson that shaped a generation of guitarists. Vai sat down with guitarist/transcriber Dave Whitehill and outlined his practice routine for the January 1990 issue of Guitar World . Never before had a guitarist given such an in-depth explanation of his musical exercise regimen. It became a must-have for guitarists. Many of the players interviewed in GW have cited it as an influence on their development as guitarists. Here's a chance to experience the workout in its original form and to learn some of the things Vai has done to develop his formidable chops and remarkable music vocabulary. In this book, Steve Vai reveals his path to virtuoso enlightenment with two challenging guitar workouts one 10-hour and one 30-hour which include scale and chord exercises, ear training, sight-reading, music theory, and much more. These comprehensive workouts are reprinted by permission from Guitar World magazine.

Suzuki Violin School 4 - Piano Acc. (Revised) (Staple bound, Revised ed.): Shinichi Suzuki Suzuki Violin School 4 - Piano Acc. (Revised) (Staple bound, Revised ed.)
Shinichi Suzuki
R363 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R28 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Titles: Lullaby (Tonalization) (F. Schubert); Lullaby (Tonalization) (J. Brahms); Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13, 3rd Movement (F. Seitz); Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, 1st Movement (F.Seitz); Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, 3rd Movement (F. Seitz); Concerto in A Minor, 1st Movement, Op. 3, No. 6 (A. Vivaldi/T. Nachez); Concerto in A Minor, 3rd Movement, Op. 3, No. 6 (A. Vivaldi/T. Nachez); Perpetual Motion, "Little Suite No. 6" (K. Bohm); Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043, 1st Movement, Violin II (J. S. Bach)
This title is available in SmartMusic.

Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method - Complete Ed. - Contains Books 1,2, and 3 (Paperback, Complete): Ed Friedland Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method - Complete Ed. - Contains Books 1,2, and 3 (Paperback, Complete)
Ed Friedland
R601 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R49 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

(Bass Method). Special spiral bound edition containing Books 1, 2, & 3 of the Second Edition Hal Leonard Bass Method.

The Irish Fiddle Book - The Art of Traditional Fiddle Playing (Paperback): Matt Cranitch The Irish Fiddle Book - The Art of Traditional Fiddle Playing (Paperback)
Matt Cranitch
R774 R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Save R41 (5%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book explains and shows in detail the various techniques used by fiddle players in creating a traditional style of playing. All the information is presented in the context of the music itself, with numerous transcribed and recorded examples. It is aimed not only at the beginner, but also the fiddle-player (and indeed violinist) with some knowledge and experience who wishes to learn more. For those unable to read music, a chapter on notation is included. Particular emphasis is given to bowing and ornamentation, with individual chapters devoted to jigs, slides, polkas, hornpipes, airs and reels. The book also attempts to convey something of the excitement felt in playing music which has a large degree of improvisation, albeit within certain bounds. The demonstration CD, which features a large selection of the transcribed tunes and ornaments performed by Cranitch, is an invaluable aid to learning as it allows the listener to hear how the music and ornamentation should sound.

Here and Now! - The Autobiography of Pat Martino (Hardcover): Pat Martino Here and Now! - The Autobiography of Pat Martino (Hardcover)
Pat Martino
R730 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R80 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

(Book). By age 16, Pat Martino was already working as a member of R&B star Lloyd Price's touring musical revue. By age 18, Martino moved to Harlem, where he quickly earned a reputation as a hard-bopping six-stringer with formidable chops through a series of apprenticeships with the likes of honking tenor saxophonist Willis "Gaitor Tail" Jackson and Hammond B-3 organ master Jack McDuff. Martino made his auspicious debut as a leader at age 22 with 1967's El Hombre on Prestige and followed with a string of potent recordings for the label that further established him as one of the most distinctive guitar voices on the jazz scene. Then, at the peak of his powers, the bottom fell out. In 1980, he underwent surgery as the result of a nearly fatal brain aneurysm. The surgery left him without any memory of the guitar or his musical career. From that point, Martino undertook the long process of recovery, eventually learning how to play the guitar again; but more important, learning to transcend the instrument itself and live his life completely in the moment. More than just the remarkable story of one of the most original and profoundly influential guitarists in jazz history, this extraordinarily revealing autobiography is also a survival manual, of sorts, in overcoming incredible adversity and learning to live in the here and now.

Really Easy Piano - Bumper Film Book (Book): Really Easy Piano - Bumper Film Book (Book)
R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Bouzouk Book - A Workshop Guide to Building Irish Bouzoukis and Citterns (Spiral bound): Graham McDonald The Bouzouk Book - A Workshop Guide to Building Irish Bouzoukis and Citterns (Spiral bound)
Graham McDonald
R605 R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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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