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Developing Expression in Brass Performance and Teaching helps
university music teachers, high school band directors, private
teachers, and students develop a vibrant and flexible approach to
brass teaching and performance that keeps musical expression
central to the learning process. Strategies for teaching both group
and applied lessons will help instructors develop more expressive
use of articulation, flexibility in sound production, and how to
play with better intonation. The author shares strategies from
today's best brass instrument performers and teachers for
developing creativity and making musical expression central to
practicing and performing. These concepts presented are taken from
over thirty years of experience with musicians like Wynton
Marsalis, Barbara Butler, Charles Geyer, Donald Hunsberger, Leonard
Candelaria, John Haynie, Bryan Goff, members of the Chicago
Symphony and New York Philharmonic and from leading music schools
such as the Eastman School of Music, The University of North Texas
and The Florida State University. The combination of philosophy,
pedagogy, and common sense methods for learning will ignite both
musicians and budding musicians to inspired teaching and playing.
Creative Guitar 2 studies in depth the various techniques used by
today's guitar stars in their playing, including eight-finger
tapping, playing harmonics and the undiscovered world of emulating
other instruments. With an accompanying CD full of riffs and
examples to illustrate the exercises and techniques presented, this
book aims to provide guitarists with a lexicon of new musical ideas
and a performance style that sounds both easy and professional.
It is undeniable that technology has made a tangible impact on the
nature of musical listening. The new media have changed our
relationship with music in a myriad of ways, not least because the
experience of listening can now be prolonged at will and repeated
at any time and in any space. Moreover, among the more striking
social phenomena ushered in by the technological revolution, one
cannot fail to mention music's current status as a commodity and
popular music's unprecedented global reach. In response to these
new social and perceptual conditions, the act of listening has
diversified into a wide range of patterns of behaviour which seem
to resist any attempt at unification. Concentrated listening, the
form of musical reception fostered by Western art music, now
appears to be but one of the many ways in which audiences respond
to organized sound. Cinema, for example, has developed specific
ways of combining images and sounds; and, more recently, digital
technology has redefined the standard forms of mass communication.
Information is aestheticized, and music in turn is incorporated
into pre-existing symbolic fields. This volume - the first in the
series Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century - offers a
wide-ranging exploration of the relations between sound, technology
and listening practices, considered from the complementary
perspectives of art music and popular music, music theatre and
multimedia, composition and performance, ethnographic and
anthropological research.
Expanding the Space for Improvisation Pedagogy in Music is a
critical, research-based anthology exploring improvisation in music
pedagogy. The book broadens the understanding of the potentials and
possibilities for improvisation in a variety of music education
contexts and stimulates the development of knowledge and reflection
on improvisation. The book critically examines the challenges,
cultural values, aims and methods involved in improvisation
pedagogy. Written by international contributors representing a
variety of musical genres and research methodologies, it takes a
transdisciplinary approach and outlines a way ahead for
improvisation pedagogy and research, by providing a space for the
exchange of knowledge and critique. This book will be of great
interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the
fields of arts education, music education, improvisation, music
psychology, musicology, ethnomusicology, artistic research and
community music. It will also appeal to music educators on all
levels in the field of music education and music psychology.
In the course of a decades-spanning career as a filmmaker, Terrence
Malick has carved out a distinctive cinematic aesthetic. Central to
this style is the use of sound. James Wierzbicki offers the first
comprehensive study of Malick's soundtracks, arguing that they
create a distinctive sonic style throughout his oeuvre and
exploring how that style functions. Considering voice, noise, and
music as elements in the soundtrack, this concise book enriches our
understanding of one of our most philosophical filmmakers, and of
the interplay between the sonic and visual elements in film.
Improve your sight-reading! Piano Grade 7 (Early Advanced) is part
of the best-selling series by Paul Harris, guaranteed to improve
your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome
problems by building up a complete picture of each piece, through
rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical
issues, then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions,
and finally by 'going solo' with a series of meticulously graded
sight-reading pieces. This edition now includes supporting audio
available online for students to check their performances against.
The Improve your sight-reading! series will help you improve your
reading ability, and with numerous practice tests included, will
ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.
This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates
preparing for ABRSM Violin exams, Grades 1-5. Includes many
specimen tests for the revised sight-reading requirements from
2012, written in attractive and approachable styles and
representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
This new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for
ABRSM's Grade 1 Violin exam. Includes all Grade 1 scales and
arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns,
along with a helpful introduction including advice on preparing for
the exam.
This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates
preparing for the ABRSM Grade 4 Piano exams. The book is written in
attractive and approachable styles and representative of the
technical level expected in the exam.
From the former editor of Guitar One magazine, here is a daily dose
of vitamins to keep your chops fine tuned! Musical styles include
rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, and funk. Techniques taught
include alternate picking, arpeggios, sweep picking, string
skipping, legato, string bending, and rhythm guitar. These
exercises will increase speed, and improve dexterity and pick- and
fret-hand accuracy. The accompanying CD includes all 365 workout
licks plus play-along grooves in every style at eight different
metronome settings.
Learn to play the ukulele at home or in the classroom with these
popular kids instruction books and video lessons specially written
for beginners! Continue your musical journey on the ukulele with
More Ukulele Magic: Tutor Book 2 - the fun and approachable method
that children and teachers love. Whether you're in the classroom,
at home or playing with friends, this accessible tutor offers the
great tunes, clear guidance and all the resources you need to make
Ukulele Magic! Fully supported with audio performances and
backings, this second book builds on the learning in Book 1 with
new chords, scales, finger-picking and strumming patterns as well
as opportunities for composing, improvising and ensemble playing
across a wide variety of musical styles. Lead sheets and TAB are
available online to download and print. This teacher's edition
includes a downloadable whiteboard e-book with embedded audio and
video demos, making it ideal for whole-class teaching.
Titles: Sonata in C Major, Op. 40, No. 1 (Allegro, Rondo grazioso)
(J.B. Br?val) * Adagio and Allegro from the Sonata in E minor, Op.
1, No. 2 (B. Marcello) * Minuets from the Suite in G Major, BWV
1007 (J.S. Bach) * Tonalization * Chanson Triste, Op. 40, No. 2 for
Piano (P. I. Tchaikovsky).
This title is available in SmartMusic.
Lesson Book 1 is pre-reading. Concepts taught are: How to sit at
the piano; Correct hand position; High and low; Loud and soft
(forte and piano); Keyboard topography; Bar line and measure,
Quarter, half, whole notes and rests; and Repeat signs. The first
pieces in the book are played on the black keys. Later in the book,
C D E for the RH and C B A for the LH (Middle C position) are
taught with letter notes (the name of the note is written inside
the note head).
Lesson Book 2 starts as pre-reading, then moves to reading on the
staff. After a review, the new concepts taught are: Dotted quarter
note and 4/4 time, 4/4 time, Mezzo-forte, Staff and note reading,
Steps and skips, Grand staff. New notes taught are F and G in the
LH and RH, completing the Middle C position.
A brand new book of great pieces to work alongside the bestselling
Abracadabra tutorial books. Accompaniments are provided on the CD,
providing great pieces for concerts throughout the year. Anyone can
take the stage and stand in the spotlight! This brand new book
works alongside the bestselling Abracadabra tutorial books to
provide additional pieces which are longer in length, great fun and
perfect for concert performances or simply more musical fun. 14
pieces, from classics to folk and jazz are carefully selected for
violinists to enjoy playing for themselves and audiences. Suitable
for players at grades 1-3 level. Includes CD of fantastic backing
tracks specially arranged for this book, providing sparkle to any
performance. Four songs include optional duet parts for friends to
join in.
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