Barry Shears examines the history and traditions of Gaelic-speaking pipers whose emigration to Nova Scotia ensured that the role and music of Highland piping not only survived, but thrived for a long time. Dance to the Piper provides historical background and provides numerous biographical sketches of key figures in the Nova Scotia tradition and analyzes why this cultural reality endured in Nova Scotia. It also examines the social, economic and cultural developments which altered the status, role and perception of the piper in society, and their eventual decline. Shears shows an abiding respect for those tradition bearers and Dance to the Piper represents more than twenty years of research, interviews and recordings of the last of the traditional-style pipers in Nova Scotia.

For advanced soprano recorder or intermediate flute: 41 arrangements based on spirituals, folk songs, dance tunes, and melodies by African-American composers, plus five solos composed for this collection. Composers include Basile Bars, A. J. R. Conner, Henry Hart, Francis Johnson, and J. W. Postlewaite. Old favorites include Banyan Tree, Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Doctor Bird, Down by the Riverside, and Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit. Includes fingering chart for high notes, performance notes, and suggestions for use with sound system and/or percussion. Supported by Internet-accessible melody-specific Historical Notes for all the solos.

A highly effective and comprehensive book for developing complete technical and musical skills on the saxophone. This Volume One Berklee Workshop features innovative exercises, solos and performance tools that will help you learn melody, harmony, rhythm and improvisation techniques for the saxophone. Covers general practice tips, all major scales and related modes, plus 210 exercises designed to enable students to perform any major scale, beginning on any scale degree.

Focusing on one of the legendary musicians in jazz, this book examines Miles Davis's often overlooked music of the mid-1960s with a close examination of the evolution of a new style: post bop. Jeremy Yudkin traces Davis's life and work during a period when the trumpeter was struggling with personal and musical challenges only to emerge once again as the artistic leader of his generation.

A major force in post-war American jazz, Miles Davis was a pioneer of cool jazz, hard bop, and modal jazz in a variety of small group formats. The formation in the mid-1960s of the Second Quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams was vital to the invention of the new post bop style. Yudkin illustrates and precisely defines this style with an analysis of the 1966 classic Miles Smiles.

The Roadmap to Drive Your Way to Success on the Trumpet!
Discover the secrets to playing trumpet with ease, efficiency, control and finesse. Trumpet Chop Doc Jeanne G Pocius shares her experience and wisdom about trumpet playing, performing, and teaching.

Easy-to-follow lessons and clear photographs and diagrams help guide you to achieve the very best in tone, technique and posture. The selection of music is fresh and exciting, including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those crucial practice hours are never boring! Book 2 builds on Book 1 and delivers more advanced technique, repertoire and theory, and all with the great variety of pieces and exercises that are the hallmark of the series. The accompanying audio CD features a virtuoso performance and backing track for each piece, as well as recorded examples to support the lessons. This award-winning tutorial series is an essential stepping-stone for every young musician and is a vital tool for teachers and students alike.

Guide to the Tuba Repertoire is the most comprehensive investigation ever undertaken into the literature and discography of any single musical instrument. Under the direction of R. Winston Morris and Daniel Perantoni, this publication represents more than 40 years of research by dozens of leading professionals throughout the world. The guide defines the current status of the tuba and documents its growth since its inception in 1835.

Contributors are Ron Davis, Jeffrey Funderburk, David Graves, Skip Gray, Charles A. McAdams, R. Winston Morris, Mark A. Nelson, Timothy J. Northcut, Daniel Perantoni, Philip Sinder, Joseph Skillen, Kenyon Wilson, and Jerry A. Young.

"Brave New Bass is the most extensive collection ever gathered of interviews and music lessons by contemporary electric and acoustic bass masters. Detailing top players' careers, musical technique, and equipment, the book appeals to bassists of any style as a way to deepen their knowledge of their instrument and its history, and gain tips for playing and sounding better. Other instrumentalists and music fans will enjoy the detailed look at this ever-more-influential instrument and its stars and behind-the-scenes practitioners. Covering 34 players in styles ranging from pop and rock to world music and experimental jazz, the book includes profiles of Marcus Miller, Anthony Jackson, John Patitucci, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, and Will Lee.

Trumpet/Cornet. The complete curriculum for the instruction of beginning and intermediate band students.

Ten classic jazz tunes including transcribed solos and chord symbols in melody line arrangements. With demonstration performances and specially recorded backing tracks, featuring live jazz trio. Ideal for learning and practising jazz improvisation. Includes transcriptions if famous recorded solos and chord symbols for your own improvised solos. On the CD hear the full performance versions of each tune, including demonstation solos, on Tracks 2 - 11. The instrumental part is then omitted from Tracks 12 - 21 so you can play along with the recorded accompaniments.

The acclaimed biography of the legendary tenor
"Lester Leaps In jumps off the page with authenticity and insight. The Prez was an amazing creator with a uniquely wicked sense of humor, and this book captures it all."
--Quincy Jones
"Twenty years in the making, this is the most thorough and penetrating book on the President of the Tenor Saxophone to date."
--Publishers Weekly
"A provocative book, presenting Lester Young in a novel, even controversial light while opening new avenues of possible investigation into one of the most tantalizingly enigmatic of all historic jazz figures."
--Richard Sudhalter, Los Angeles Times
"The lessons learned from Pres' painful life tell us a lot about ourselves and the horrible consequences of racism in America."
--T. Michael Crowell, San Diego Union-Tribune
Douglas Henry Daniels is professor of history and black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco and lives in Santa Barbara.

Guide to playing the Irish whistle, in the key of D, especially designed for beginners. Included is a selection of well-known airs, tunes, and dance music. International fingering chart included. Triple pack includes book, CD and whistle.

The reed is possibly the most crucial link in the chain of acoustical elements needed to produce an oboe sound. For the nearly 300 years since the appearance of the French oboe, players have painstakingly evolved this highly individualized skill. But because of their fragile nature, original historical examples of oboe reeds are practically non-existent. David Ledet has produced a unique study of techniques for styling oboe reeds by analyzing in detail 168 examples of reeds by 81 artists from 14 countries. Each reed is strikingly photographed both in reflected light and in silhouette, thus clearly illustrating the relative thickness and shaping of the various sections of the reed. The precise dimensions of each example are compiled in an elaborate table. As background to his reed survey, Ledet discusses the various aspects of tone production (respiration, articulation, embouchure, and acoustics), gives a brief history of the instrument, and offers valuable advice about pedagogical techniques. The artists' reflections on their reedmaking techniques and brief biographical sketches introduce the photographs. Ledet often refers the readers to readily available phonographic recordings t

(Music Sales America). This easy step-by-step method assumes no previous knowledge of the pennywhistle or of music. It teaches you all you need to know to become an accomplished player, and is illustrated throughout with clear diagrams to make learning even easier for the private student. Filled with popular tunes for you to play