|
Title - Group / Composer
|
|
|
| 1000 Great Guitarists |
| A complete guide to the styles, guitars and records of 1000 top players from all idioms. Rock, Jazz, Country, Funk, Classical, Blues and Folk Guitarists. From international stars to Studie session players. Facts, analysis and criticism in A to Z format. Recordings, Instruments and memorabilia. Includes a special 36-page colour section. Publ. Balafon Book, 1994, 154 pages. |
| Ref |
5608 |
Price: |
17,23
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Alternative Strings: The New Curriculum - Liebermann, Julie Lyonn |
Let’s keep our string programs vital, contemporary, and thriving! Alternative Strings: The New Curriculum is the first resource book in the world to offer a comprehensive guide to string educators wishing to step into twenty-first-century inclusive string pedagogy. The “Dear Abby” for string players, Julie Lyonn Lieberman, offers detailed descriptions of over two dozen fiddle, blues, jazz, pop, and world styles; bountiful support materials; a massive discography; musical examples; photographs; and audio from master players and clinicians, far exceeding the scope of other books in the field.
About the Audio CD
Some of today’s top alternative string players and clinicians demonstrate rock, jazz, and fiddle styles, present innovative ideas for teaching new generations of string players, and more:
1. Howard Armstrong: My first fiddle…
2. Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry: Zydeco Rock
3. Daryl Silberman: Through Contemporary to Classical and Back
4. Ed Caner: Rock Basics
5. Anthony Barnett: Stuff Smith plays "Body and Soul"
6. Mark Wood: Evolution, Rock, and Musicianship
7. Jesus Florido: Latin and Beyond
8. Randy Sabien: Jazz Strings: A Life Inspiration
9. Leanne Darling: Arabic Strings
10. Bob Phillips: Fiddling in the Schools
11. Julianna Waller: Developing Diversity
12. Martin Norgaard: Jazz String Pedagogy
13. Richard Greene: Moving Forward
14. Martha Mooke: Breaking the Sound Barrier
15. Claude Williams: Reminiscences
16. Julie Lyonn Lieberman: “Fiddle, Sing,” excerpt from Mixing America |
| Ref |
28325 |
Price: |
30,90
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble - Lowell Dick, Ken Pullig |
| Create arrangements with texture and style with this complete guide to arranging for large horn sections! Now, for the first time, learn the same jazz ensemble arranging techniques taught by renowned Berklee College of Music faculty, and studied by the best and brightest arrangers working today. While the book focuses on classic big band and jazz styles, the core information about horn harmony and arranging can be used for any style, from hip-hop to ska. Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble includes all the information you need when creating horn charts, fueling and inspiring you with the charts of esteemed Berklee professors Jeff Friedman, Ted Pease, Scott Free, Greg Hopkins and Bill Scism. The play-along CD includes more than 60 demo tracks and arrangements written in the style of masters such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Gil Evans, and performed by Berklee faculty. Covers: writing and voicing techniques; soli, background and shout choruses; special effects; creating your own style; and more. |
| Ref |
43856 |
Price: |
39,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Arranging Reharmonization Techniques - Felts, Randy |
| When you reharmonize a tune, you give the melody new color by changing its underlying harmonies. Whether you direct a band or choir, play piano or guitar, or write film scores, you will find simple and innovative techniques to update songs and develop exciting new arrangements by studying the hundreds of copyrighted examples throughout this book. Reharmonization techniques covered include: simple substitution, diatonic approach, adding dominant and subdominant chords, harmonic displacement, modal interchange, and others. Includes examples and exercises on such tunes as: Black Orpheus • Blue in Green • The Girl from Ipanema • Isn't It Romantic? • Misty • Over the Rainbow • Stella by Starlight • and more. Advanced level. |
| Ref |
28930 |
Price: |
32,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Art of Expressive Playing - Jerry Nowak and Henry Nowak |
| While there are no absolute rules concerning expressive playing and phrasing, this innovative series clearly lays out basic concepts that help players become good musicians. The series focuses on the natural relationship between meter, rhythm, contour, tonality, style and historical period, and guides the player to a greater understanding of factors that can improve performance. This one of a kind text, written for teachers, woodwind, brass and percussion players, will help stimulate and cultivate more musical playing by individual musicians and by ensembles as a whole. Book & CD. |
| Ref |
31911 |
Price: |
27,50
|
EUR = Teacher's Manuel |
| Ref |
31913 |
Price: |
27,50
|
EUR = Winds & Mallets |
| Ref |
31914 |
Price: |
27,50
|
EUR = Brass & Percussion |
|
|
|
|
| The Art of Small Jazz Combo Playing (Multi-Instrument) - Horace Silver |
Invaluable text outlining the “art” of combo playing from master leader, player, and composer, Horace Silver. Includes sections on jazz philosophy, group and solo playing, composing and arranging, the music business, and 7 of Horace's combo arrangements.
Contents: Blowin' The Blues Away, Filthy McNasty, Nica's Dream, Peace, Sister Sadie, Song For My Father, The Tokyo Blues. |
| Ref |
34992 |
Price: |
16,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Art of Violin Making - Roy Courtnall and Chris Johnson |
The Art of Violin Making is a major new work for the craftsman, bringing into one volume a summary of essential information for the violin maker and player, as well as providing a historical reference.
Part one: The Violin Makers is devoted to separate chapters on the life and work of some of the greatest of all violin makers; the families of Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri, and the unique genius of Jacob Stainer. These chapters include superb colour photographs of examples of their work. Also included is a chapter covering the work of some leading contemporary violin makers.
Part two: The Workshop, Tools and Materials provides essential information on the tools, working environment and materials needed by violin makers.
Part Three: Violin Construction comprises a detailed, step-by-step guide to the traditional method of violin making, based closely on the teaching system employed at the world-famous Newark School of Violin Making in England. This section is highly illustrated with photographs and technical drawongs. The method of violin construction is presented with great clarity, so that even the newcomer to this fascinating craft will be able to produce a superb instrument. The often overlooked subject of 'setting up' is dealt with in detail, and the final chapter includes advice from an experienced restorer on sound adjustment.
This book is essential reading for the violin maker, repairrer and historian, providing a unique record of the history, social background, lives and work of the great violin makers of the past, combined with a clear practical guide to making violins. 253 pages with many illustrations. |
| Ref |
25119 |
Price: |
122,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Basics In Rhythm - Garwood Whaley |
| A collection of short, graduated studies for teaching or learning to read rhythms. Exercises cover all fundamental rhythms, meters, and mixed meters. Ideal as a supplement or primary reading method. Now even better with the addition of a demonstration CD showcasing the exercises featured in the book. Useful for any instrument or voice. |
| Ref |
41760 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR = Book with CD |
| Ref |
43464 |
Price: |
9,95
|
EUR = Book only |
|
|
|
|
| The Brass Player's Cookbook Creative (Recipes for a Successful Performance) - Amis kenneth |
| The Brass Player’s Cookbook is a stimulating collection of unique concepts on becoming a successful performer by 57 of today’s most outstanding brass professionals. Contains to-the-point, thought-provoking ideas proven successful by master teacher-performers. Problem solving tips, philosophical concepts and technique building exercises all in one easy-to-read collection. An ideal source of exciting strategies for all levels of development. |
| Ref |
43269 |
Price: |
24,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Brazilian Music Workshop - Antonio Adolfo |
| The combination of rhythmn, melody and harmony makes Brazilian music sound unique. In this book we will cover the different styles, general characteristics, harmony, rhythmn, phrasing, ornaments, melodic and stylistic considerations, patterns and hints for musicians, composers and arrangers. The explanations are accompanied by written and recorded samples. Keyboard, Bass, Percussion, Guitar and Drums. Book and CD. |
| Ref |
16294 |
Price: |
32,99
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Building Electric Guitars - Martin Koch |
How to make solid-body, hollow-body and semi-acoustic electric guitars and bass guitars
Everything from the first steps of design to the final set-up of of solid-body, hollow-body and semi-acoustic electric guitars is covered step by step in this book. It contains a section about winding your own pickups and another on active guitar electronics. The last chapter is about visits to Steve Jarman Guitars (UK), Sadowsky Guitars (US) and PRS-Guitars (US).
Paperback, 236 pages, 229 drawings, 642 photos. |
| Ref |
31028 |
Price: |
29,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Clear Solutions for Jazz Improvisers - Jerry Coker |
| Legendary jazz eduator Jerry Coker's newest contribution to jazz enlightenment, "Clear Solutions For Improvisers" identifies all of the most common problems Jerry has encountered in his many students over nearly 50 years as a master teacher. In clear, easy to understand instruction and concise musical examples, Jerry first defines the concept, explains it's purpose and then presents it's traditional usage. Concepts include guide tones, tri-tones, the jazz language, turnarounds, polychords, slash chords, ii/V7/Is, vehicle types, keeping your place, and much more. This book will greatly increase your understanding of the most essential jazz concepts all improvisers need to master. |
| Ref |
29649 |
Price: |
13,99
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Collegiate A Cappella Arranging Manual - Anna Callahan |
| Covering the basics and more advanced aspects of a cappella arranging, this book is great for novice and experienced arrangers. Topics include: transcribing, basic arranging, making 'power' arrangements, analyzing other arrangements, rehearsing & performing, vocal jazz, notation, 'quick tricks,' and more. Includes a discography and a CD featuring many examples from the book. 184pp. |
| Ref |
39174 |
Price: |
27,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Comprehensive Jazz Studies & Exercises for All Instruments - Marienthal, Eric |
| A complete book of Jazz technique studies and exercises for all instrumentalists. This text deals with many technique issues jazz musicians encounter in the real world. Chapters are: Chord Scale Execises, Motif Exercises, Finger Busters, Extended Motifs, Ideas For Improvisation. |
| Ref |
18470 |
Price: |
26,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Comprehensive Technique for Jazz Musicians - Bert Ligon |
| An incredible presentation of the most practical exercises an aspiring jazz student could want. All are logically interwoven with fine real world examples from jazz to classical. This book is an essential anthology of technical, compositional and theoretical exercises, with lots of musical examples. 328 pages. |
| Ref |
22078 |
Price: |
45,00
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony - Bert Ligon |
| A study of three basic outlines used in jazz improv and composition, based on a study of hundreds of examples from great jazz artists. 150 pages. |
| Ref |
22079 |
Price: |
38,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Effortless Mastery - Kenny Werner |
| Book with CD by Kenny Werner. Playing music should be as simple and natural as drawing a breath, yet most musicians are hindered by self-consciousness, apprehension, self-doubt, and stress. Before we can truly express our inner self, we must first learn to be at peace and overcome the distractions that can make performance difficult. Kenny’s remarkable work deals directly with these hindrances, and presents ways to let our natural creative powers flow freely with minimal stress and effort. Includes an inspiring CD of meditations designed to initiate positive thought. This book has become a favorite of many musicians who credit it with changing their lives! Many are so impressed that they buy copies for their musician friends as gifts. Easy, effortless reading paperback. |
| Ref |
31669 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Elementary Music Theory (English Version) - Norbert Opgenoorth & Jeromy Bessler |
| The most important basics of music theory explained in an easily understandable way. A few of the topics include: how to read music notation, beat and rhythm, intervals, scales, and how the most commonly used instruments create sound. An appendix with index and charts makes it easy to find specific subjects and gives practical hints for further studies. If you always wanted to deepen your understanding of music theory, but somehow never quite got around to it, this is the book to read. 119 pages. |
| Ref |
27773 |
Price: |
9,20
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Encyclopedia Of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns for All Instruments. - Berle, Arnie |
| Method Book. The purpose of this book is two- fold. The first purpose is to provide a source for many types of scales, from the traditional major and minor scales, to the modal scales that have come into such favor since the early 1960's through compositions by such artists as Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. These compositions were based on modes rather than the more traditional chord changes. Other scales which have come into geater use in recent times and which tend to sound more exotic, are the scales from the Orient and from from Middle East. The second purpose is to provide a practice routine that will to develop the ability to play through any scale or key center without stopping to think about it. |
| Ref |
23155 |
Price: |
16,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Epiphone: The Complete History |
| Epihone is one of the guitar world's famous and familiar names. Here for the first time is the complete history of Epiphone, from the 1800s to current times, from its origings in Greece and Turkey to New York, Kalamazoo, Nashville, and points beyond. Dozens of rare photographs of great musicians of the thirties, forties, and fifties. A gallery of beautifully photographed vintage Epiphone instruments. Recollections of guitar greats Les Paul, Tony Mottola, Al Caiola, and HArry Volpe, plus interveuws with family members and key figures throughout Epiphone instruments. |
| Ref |
18438 |
Price: |
27,80
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician - Steve Prosser |
| The Ear Training curriculum of Berklee College of Music is known and respected throughout the world. Now, for the first time, this unique method has been captured in one comprehensive book by the chair of the Ear Training Department. This method teaches musicians to hear the music they are seeing, notate the music they have composed or arranged, develop their music vocabulary, and understand the music they are hearing. The book features a complete course with text and musical examples, and studies in rhythm, sight recognition, sol-fa, and melody. |
| Ref |
35326 |
Price: |
16,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Forward Motion: From Bach to Bebop: A Corrective Approach to Jazz Phrasing - Hal Galper |
The core of the book is the crucial role that rhythmic phrasing has in creating an authentic "jazz feeling.". Hal was the pianist with Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods, John Scofield, Chet Baker and many other jazz greats. A master musician as well as educator. The only jazz method book to offer an interactive website where you can take each exercise and transpose it, loop it, change the tempo at will, and many other features. Hal shows how many people don't swing because they are thinking of the "one" as the start of each phrase, instead of the resolution of phrases - an idea that can radically transform people's ability to play jazz correctly!
Also complete chapters on: Melody guidetones as the underpinning of successful solos. How to line up the strongest notes of each chord with the strong beats of each measure, another essential idea. Resolving arpeggios so that you create forward motion in your lines. How to correctly use chromatic embellishments to add spice to your solos. And much more! 193 pages. |
| Ref |
33463 |
Price: |
33,00
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| From Lead Sheets to Hip Solos, developing improvisation for all instruments - Lipner, Arthur |
| Whether or not you already have an improvisation method that works for you and your students, check this one out. Not only does it cover a variety of styles (Swing, Funk, Soca, Samba and Bossa), but it features tunes by famous jazz artists: Now's the Time (Charlie Parker); My Little Suede Shoes (Charlie Parker) and Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria) as well as originals by Ze Luis Oliveira and the author. Arthur Lipner brings many years of jazz performance and teaching to bear as he builds his course around five basic concepts: Groove; Ear Training; Chords & Basic Voicings; Listening and Connecting Chords with Solo Lines. The professionally recorded play-along CD is performed by a sextet consisting of vibes/marimba, piano, bass, drums, trumpet/flugelhorn and wodwinds. The book for tenor sax is essentially the same as the B-flat book, except that certain melodic lines are placed up an octave into a more suitable range for tenor. (In case you don't know what Soca style is, it's a mixture of Soul and Calypso.) |
| Ref |
26067 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR = Bass clef |
| Ref |
26066 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR = Bb Instruments |
| Ref |
26070 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR = C Instruments |
| Ref |
26071 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR = Eb Instruments |
|
|
|
|
| Great Singers on Great Singing - Hines Jerome |
| Jerome Hines has interviewed 40 singers, a speech therapist, and a throat specialist to provide this invaluable collection of advice for all singers. This collection includes the commentary of Licia Albanese, Franco Corelli, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Marilyn Horne, Sherrill Milnes, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, Rose Ponselle, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland and many others. |
| Ref |
38682 |
Price: |
18,90
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Guide To Jazz Improvisation - Laporta, John |
| This method includes: Jazz theory with practical explanations and applications of the jazz language. Rhythm training with interactive call-and-response exercises on CD. Performance ear training with play-along and improvisation exercises on CD. Opportunities to improvise with a Berklee Jazz faculty band on CD. Book with CD. |
| Ref |
18254 |
Price: |
18,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| How to Comp - A Study in Jazz Accompaniment - Crook H. |
| This book/CD set presents a clear, comprehensive, one-step-at-a-time method for learning how to accompany an improvised jazz solo. As a sequel to Hal Crook’s text "How to Improvise", "How to Comp" offers precise explanations, practical exercises, recorded musical examples, four play-along tracks, and daily practice routines. "How to Comp" organizes a vast amount of information that helped to make the author’s previous work "a major contribution to jazz pedagogy". "How to Comp" is primarily for intermediate through advanced level players of harmonic instruments, e.g. piano (keyboard), guitar and vibraphone. However, drummers, bassists and horn players can also benefit from its study. |
| Ref |
30179 |
Price: |
35,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| How To Improvize - Crook Hall |
| The book has been used by the Performance studies department of the Berklee College of Music in Boston for improvisation since September 1988. English, book and two CDs. 186 pages. |
| Ref |
15324 |
Price: |
49,99
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Inside Improvisation Series Vol 1: Melodic Structures (E) - Bergonzi, Jerry |
This is the first in a series of books and audio/video recordings which describe a simple and pragmatic approach to improvisation. While focusing on the jazz idiom, the techniques discussed are applicable to many styles of music and all instruments, be it rock guitar, jazz saxophone, or the solos of the fusion keyboardist. The system presented in this volume offers a tangible pathway to inside the creative imagination by getting inside harmony, inside the changes.
Chord changes are included for C Concert, B flat and E flat instruments. In addition the book includes transposed examples for all instruments (C treble clef, B flat, E flat and bass clef).
The accompanying recording has been designed for use in conjunction with each of the chapter assignments. There are nine tunes for you to play along with, each played at a slow and then medium tempo featuring Garry Dial on piano, Dave Santoro on bass and Alan Dawson on drums, plus 12 demonstration tracks performed by the author on piano and/or tenor saxophone. Book with CD. |
| Ref |
23426 |
Price: |
32,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Inside Improvisation Series Vol 2: Pentatonics - Bergonzi, Jerry |
| Many of the great modern players have pentatonics at their command and melodic disposal. The book provides a practical yet creative approach to assimilating pentatonics into your melodic musical reservoir. The author has taught this method over many years and it has proven to be very successful. This is a method book designed for all instruments. Chord changes are included for C Concert, B flat and Eflat instruments. The accompanying recording has been designed for use in conjunction with the text. There are 18 tunes for you to play along with, featuring Renato Chicco on piano, Dave Santoro on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums, plus eight demonstration tracks performed by the author on tenor saxophone. Book with CD. |
| Ref |
23427 |
Price: |
32,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Inside Improvisation Series Vol 7: Hexatonics - Bergonzi, Jerry |
| Hexatonic scales are six note scales. This book presents a practical method for the construction of hexatonic scales that are useful for both the improviser and composer. Many modern piano players use hexatonic voicings by stacking the triads to create a particular harmony. We improvise “in” the sound of the voicing and using hexatonic voicings and lines can lend a very contemporary sound. As with the other books in this series, there is a play along CD to try out all of these different sounds. Book with CD. |
| Ref |
39084 |
Price: |
38,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Inside the Score - Rayburn Wright |
| Inside the score is a detailed analysis of 8 classic, jazz ensemble charts by Sammy Nestico, Thad Jones, and Bob Brookmeyer. Contents: About the author, Introduction, Sammy Nestico: Basie - Straight ahead, Hay burner, Interview; Thad Jones: Three and one, Kids are pretty people, Us, Interview; Bob Brookmeyer: Hello and Goodbye, First love song, ABC blues, Interview; Summary, Glossary, Most-used chord types, Bibliography. Book with CD. |
| Ref |
23213 |
Price: |
49,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Jazz Theory Resources Volume 1 - Bert Ligon |
| Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. Volume I includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview of voicings. Volume II includes: modes and modal frameworks, quartal harmony, other scales and colors, extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition, pentatonic applications, coloring outside the lines and beyond, analysis, and expanding harmonic vocabulary. Appendices on chord/scale relationships, elaborations of static harmony, endings, composing tips and theory applications are also included. 316 pages. |
| Ref |
22080 |
Price: |
45,00
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Jazz Theory Resources Volume 2 - Bert Ligon |
| Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. Volume I includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview of voicings. Volume II includes: modes and modal frameworks, quartal harmony, other scales and colors, extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition, pentatonic applications, coloring outside the lines and beyond, analysis, and expanding harmonic vocabulary. Appendices on chord/scale relationships, elaborations of static harmony, endings, composing tips and theory applications are also included. 208 pages. |
| Ref |
22081 |
Price: |
35,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Jazz Theory Book (English) - Levine, Mark |
| From the same author of 'The Jazz Piano Book'. Contents: Theory: Chords and scales: Basic theory, The major scale and the II-V-I progression, Chord/scale theory, How to practice scales?, Slash chords. Improvisation: Playin' the changes: From scales to music, The bebop scales, Playing 'outside', Pentatonic scales, The blues, 'Rhythm' changes, Practice. Reharmonization: Basic reharmonization, Advanced reharmonization, Coltrane changes, Three reharmonizations. The tunes: Song form and composition, Reading a lead sheet, Memorizing a tune, Heads, The repertoire. The rest of it: Salsa and Latin Jazz, Loose ends, Listen, Index. |
| Ref |
13074 |
Price: |
42,00
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Making Masters Guitar - Courtnall, Roy |
Making Master Guitars is the major reference book covering the history, design and construction of the Spanish Classical Guitar. It supersedes all other books on the subject, and is the only reference required by those wishing to construct instruments based closely on the work of the world's greatest luthiers.
Making Master Guitars is a craftsman's handbook, and is unique in that it included nine separate plans of instruments made by the following internationally famous makers: Antonio de Torres, Hermann Hauser I, Santos Hernandez, Hernandez y Aguado, Ignacio Fleta, Robert Bouchet, Daniel Friederich and Jose Romanillos. The author examined many instruments by these makers, and, where possible, the factual information in the book was obtained from the makers themselves.
Part One of the book is devoted to separate chapters on each maker. The reader will find historical information about the life of, and influences on each maker, as well as detailed sets of working drawings fortheir guitars. Many photographs are also included.
Part Two provides essential information about the tools, materials and working environment needed by the guitar maker.
Part Three comprises a step-by-step description of the traditional Spanish method of guitar construction, illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. The method of making a guitar is presented with great clarity, so that even the newcomer to this fascinating craft will be able to produce a superb instrument. The book is essential reading for the maker and the historian, providing a unique record of the different methods of guitar design and strutting systems that have evolved since Antonio de Torres first defined the essential characteristics of the modern classical guitars in the 1850s. |
| Ref |
25062 |
Price: |
107,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Modern Time Reading Text in 4/4 - Louis Bellson |
| This book has become a classic in all musicians' libraries for rhythmic analysis and study. Designed to teach syncopation within 4/4 time, the exercises also develop speed and accuracy in sight reading with uncommon rhythmic figures. A must for all musicians, especially percussionists interested in syncopation. |
| Ref |
29473 |
Price: |
12,30
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Modus Novus - Edlund, Lars |
| An invaluable source book for enhancing both sightreading skills and aural awareness, including musical excerpts and purpose-composed studies to aid the student in the art of reading atonal lines. |
| Ref |
37939 |
Price: |
31,90
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Modus Vetus - Edlund, Lars |
| Sight Singing And Ear-Training In Major/Minor Tonality. |
| Ref |
26307 |
Price: |
31,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Music Mind Games (Text Book) - Michiko Yurko |
| A game idea book of over 400 pages, with more than 200 games.MUSIC MIND GAMES can be used in schools and preschools, withfamilies, at camp, in the private studi o. Appropriate forelementary, intermediate and advanced levels. Designed so thateven the nonmusical teacher can utilize this imaginative system. |
| Ref |
21622 |
Price: |
27,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Musician's Yoga - Olson Mia |
Become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of how you use your body to allow for proper posture and ease of movement while performing, helping you to avoid overuse injuries and play with greater expression.
These concepts, exercises, and practice routines present yoga from the musicians' perspective, focusing on the direct relationships between using yoga and creating music.
You will learn to:
• Practice meditation approaches, breathing techniques, and yoga postures that will help improve musicianship
• Play using healthy posture and technique
• Get more out of your practice through improved focus
• Use your breath to improve your phrasing and also to ease performance anxiety
• Play with deeper expression through inspiration. |
| Ref |
56787 |
Price: |
16,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Odd Time Reading Text - Louis Bellson & Gil Breines |
| For all instruments. Rhythmic studies designed to develop accuracy and speed in sight reading. As applied to odd time signatures. |
| Ref |
23266 |
Price: |
19,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Play At First Sight - Davila Lalo |
| Play at First Sight is a unique and comprehensive approach to help improve sight-reading skills. It will strengthen your ability to recognize rhythms quickly and perform them as confidently as possible. The more you practice the exercises and variation possibilities on each page, the more at ease you will become at sight-reading rhythms. The enclosed play-along CD incorporates a variety of musical styles and can be used with many of the exercises throughout the book. Play at First Sight will be an invaluable tool in helping you to become a better sight-reader! |
| Ref |
40498 |
Price: |
23,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Pop Composer's Handbook - Bruce Cole |
| A step-by-atep guide to the composition of melody, harmony, rhythm and structure and covers styles and songwriting techniques from Rock, Reggae and Salsa to Bhangra Club and Steel Band. For composers aged 11-18 years, games and warm-ups, whole-class projects, worksheets and schemes of work, projects for the more advanced and advice on recording and producing. English language. |
| Ref |
51819 |
Price: |
37,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Practical guide to modulation - Edrich Siebert |
Contents:
- the common chord & cord of the dominent 7th
- chord of the diminished 7th
- cadences, suspensions and anticipations
- bridge passages
English book. |
| Ref |
57039 |
Price: |
5,65
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Professional Arranger Composer Book 1 - Russ Garcia |
| This clear, concise set of two books is a proven guide to the practical side of arranging/composing. In addition to all the traditional information the student needs, Garcia adds chapters such as Free Improvisation, Dance Band Harmony and Voicing. |
| Ref |
29667 |
Price: |
18,65
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Pure Rhythm - Adam Rudolph |
| Pure Rhythm is an applied guide to the world of rhythm. Written in a clear user friendly, graphic notation, a vast number of traditional beat patterns, plus a remarkable array of innovative metric variations are presented in a step-by-step systematic format. The book offers an in depth training tool and reference book is for the instrumentalist, composer, percussionist, student and music educator who aims to expand and improve his or her understanding of rhythm and overall musicianship. Over 140 Rhythms can also be heard on the 2 CDs that accompany the text. Content of the book: Three and Two, Four and Three, Five,Ten and Twenty Beat Cycles, Seven and Fourteen Beat Cycles, Universal Mother Rhythm, Nine and Eighteen Beat Cycles, Eleven Beat Cycles, Twelve Beat Cycles, Thirteen Beat Cycles, Fifteen Beat Cycles, Twenty-one Beat Cycles, Twenty-four Beat Cycles, Thirty Beat Cycles, Thirty-three Beat Cycles, Thirty-five Beat Cycles, Fifty-four Beat Cycles, Sixty Beat Cycles, Blue,Green,Red and Black. Book with 2 CD's. |
| Ref |
37338 |
Price: |
43,99
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Real Easy Ear Training Book - Radley Roberta |
A beginning/ intermediate guide to hearing the chord changes. Using musical examples that reflect all contemporary genres (pop, rock, Latin, fusion, jazz, etc.), emphasis is placed on making ear training real, as Prof. Radley shows how to apply the harmonic ear training studies in the book to your own musical needs. Trusting your ear can be challenging. However, doing so provides great personal satisfaction and self-confidence. So what steps does this book take toward trusting your ear?
Step by step, you will learn how to:
- hear the bass line (the harmony's foundation) in the major key
- gradually add major and minor diatonic triads
- investigate how the melody provides harmonic clues for determining the chord changes
- continue with seventh chord recognition
- explore minor key harmony
- and conclude with hearing some common non-diatonic chord patterns.
You will immediately begin recognizing popular chord patterns by:
- using practice routines based on hundreds of dictation and transcription exercises
- playing, singing, memorizing and transposing the chord progressions of songs
- composing and arranging your own music based on familiar chord patterns given in the book.
- additionally, more than 150 songs are referenced throughout the book for real practice! For all musicians, regardless of instrument or experience, this is the most comprehensive book on hearing the changes ever published!
Book with 2 CD's. |
| Ref |
50685 |
Price: |
29,00
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Rhythm Coach Level 1 - Filz Richard |
| Rhytm studies for all istrumentalists, singers and dancers, Text in German, book with CD with clap-, stamp- and sing-alongs. Format 13x18 cm. |
| Ref |
34966 |
Price: |
12,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Rhythm Coach (English Version) - Filz Richard |
Rhythm Workouts for instrumentalists, singers and dancers! with CD. This little book with CD is packed full of everything you need to get rhythmically fit. Not just a "hands-on" booklet but feet and voice join in too. It will stimulate, energise and liberate - building confidence and a strong sense of pulse. Included are: a few basic facts about notation of rhythms, call & response exercises (using the enclosed CD),
exercises using body and vocal percussion, special rhythmic sing and play-alongs to reinforce newly acquired skills, a 5 minute daily rhythm workout and rhythm training plan. Book with CD, easy level. |
| Ref |
37444 |
Price: |
12,50
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Serious Jazz Practice Book For All Instruments - Finnerty Barry |
All musicians need to thoroughly learn their scales, chords, intervals and various melodic patterns in order to be complete musicians. The question has always been how to approach this universal task.
THE SERIOUS JAZZ PRACTICE BOOK provides a unique and comprehensive plan for mastering these basic building blocks of jazz, on any instrument.
* It takes all the diatonic, pentatonic, chromatic, whole-tone and diminished scales and gives you step-by-step exercises that dissect them into hundreds of useable patterns.
* The same is also done for all the chord types and intervals inherent in each scale.
* Many of the exercises are embellished with chromatic notes, giving them that jazz flavor right away.
* The companion CD has Barry demonstrating how to use the exercises to create great solos.
* The end result is a method book that will lead the reader to a deep, internalized understanding of the fundamentals of jazz.
Guitar legend Barry Finnerty was on some of the most important jazz fusion recordings of the 1970s and 80s, including: Miles Davis The Man With The Horn, The Brecker Bros. Heavy Metal Bebop, The Crusaders Street Life.
In addition to playing with these landmark groups, Barry has played and/or recorded with many other jazz greats, including: Hubert Laws, Ray Barretto, Airto, Joe Farrell, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band, Billy Cobham, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chico Hamilton, and many more. |
| Ref |
37652 |
Price: |
30,00
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Serious Jazz Book II - The Harmonic Approach - Finnerty Barry |
- Starting where his "Serious Jazz Practice Book" left off, guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists.
- Recording artist with Miles Davis, the Brecker Bros., the Crusaders, etc., Barry shows how to become a better improviser by melodically mastering the individual chords used in jazz, how they connect with each other, and how they are used in various song forms.
200 pages.
"A profound effort to share and communicate the ideas he has been developing through his lifetime in music. Bravo!"
— Joe Lovano
"An extremely thorough book. The exercises are concise, challenging and very much worth the effort. Highly recommended."
— Jamey Aebersold
" A unique approach. Original and provocative."
— Mark Levine
"Barry's unique artistry was evident during the years he spent in my group. This book is a testimony to his prowess."
— Hubert Laws |
| Ref |
48098 |
Price: |
32,00
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Sight-read any rhythmn Instantly for All Instruments - Philips, Mark |
| Wouldn't you like to look at acomplicated rhythmic figure and instantly know how it sounds? if so, then this book is for you. The reason many students are unable to sight-read all but the simplest rhythms is because at the earliest stages of training they're taught incorrectly, they're thaught how long to hold a particular note. But the only way to sight-read rhythms fluently is to think not in terms of how long notes last, but in terms of what rhythmic sound might occur within each beat. This book shows you how to memorize the sound of each of the various combinations of notes that commonly occur within one beat. And if you think in terms of beats, you can sight-read rhythms successfully because the beat remains constant, and the rhythmic sound of each one-beat combination-having been previously memorized-can be played automatically. |
| Ref |
18026 |
Price: |
12,99
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Stradivari - His life and work |
Leading appraisers of fine musical instruments agree that in the art of making violins, no one has ever gone beyond the achievement of Antonio Stradivari. The incomparable visual beauty of his instruments, and the infinite variety and magnificence of tone of which they are vapable, have by this time passed into the realm of legend. Collectors have paid many thousands of dollars for one of Stradivari's violins. It is strange, but true, that only one book really delves into the life and art of this famous Italian craftsman. That is the book published in 1902 by the three Hill brothers of the London violin-making firm. Expert violin-makers and critics of superior violin craftmanship, these men had unique opportunities to examine and compare almost all of the great examples of Italian violin-making.
Appendices: census returns on the Stradivari family; additional data on his life; tables giving complete dimensions of 79 instruments by Stradivari, Amati, and others. 68 illustrations. 30 full-page plates, 4 in collor. 315 pages. |
| Ref |
3583 |
Price: |
14,75
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Teach Yourself To Read Music: A Guide For Pop, Rock, Blues and Jazz Singers. |
| This book presents a system for learning the grammar of music, the rules by which it is understood. This book starts slowly with the basics of sight singing and adds more complicated elements one by one. It uses visual images to help you hear in your head what you see on the page. Each chapter has a review of basic, practical music theory. Unlike most sight singing books, it is specially geared to the singer of pop music. It concentrates on singing in the treble clef rather than the other clefs. Most of the exercises are in 4-4 or cut-time rather than in more exotic time signatures. Book with CD, 80pp. |
| Ref |
22936 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Transposition Dial - Ron Greene |
| For use with all instruments including band instruments. Movable scale chart: major keys and minor keys. |
| Ref |
17150 |
Price: |
9,85
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Un Nouvel Art Du Piano - Descaves, Lucette |
| Piano, 400pp, edition revisée 1990, Exposés et ducumentation de pédagogie pianistique. French - Français. |
| Ref |
38726 |
Price: |
33,90
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| Vivaldi Four Seasons (Concerti Op. 8) Everett Paper Back - Vivaldi |
The Four Seasons and the rest of the concertos in Op. 8 represents Vivaldi's remarkable innovation in the field of the Baroque concerto. This detailed guide examines the origin and construction of the works in a way that enables the reader to distinguish what is extraordinary about the Seasons and what constitues the composer's customary method of 'characterizing' the solo concerto. Drawing on recent research and his own expertise in the appraisal of Vivaldi's manuscripst, the author reaches new and sometimes startling conclusions about the conception of the Seasons, the origin of their programme, the dating of the concertos and the rationale behind the collection's ritornello-form structures and aria-like slow movements. The significance of Vivaldi's idiosyncratic art is thus revealed in some of the most popular music of all time.
Cambridge University Press, 104 pages, |
| Ref |
5803 |
Price: |
14,75
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| The Waltons Guide to Irish Music |
An Indispensable guidebook to the world of Irish and Celtic Music. Includes over 900 entries, fully cross-refrenced,on:
-Important musicians, singers and groups, past and present (included recommended recordings)
-The many types of instrumental music and their connections with dance
-Irish Song and singing styles
-The History and development of Irish dancing
-The main instruments of traditional music and their history in ireland and other countries
-Music in other countries and regions that have influenced -and been influenced- by Irish music
-Collectors, cultural organizations and festivals.
Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and examples of diffrent music forms and types of ornamentation, the Guide also includes a select discography and bibliography, as well as lists of specialist record companies and festival/summer schools. |
| Ref |
39128 |
Price: |
20,95
|
EUR |
|
|
|
|
| You Can teach Yourself To Compose Music - Ashton/ Colbaugh |
| A very comprehensive book that answers many frequently asked questions about song composition. It starts at the very beginning the basic concept, and takes you step-by-step to the final completion and production of a song. Book and CD. |
| Ref |
27706 |
Price: |
21,95
|
EUR |
|
|
