String instruments

Make your music come alive with this indispensable guitar guide There's no denying that guitar players have cachet.

As guitar instruction increases in popularity in secondary schools, many band, choir, and orchestra teachers are asked to teach guitar.

The advantages of Bach's music are that it is universal and to a certain extent independent of the instruments for which it was composed.

'Mozart for Guitar' is the second volume in the Schott Composers' series which makes the most famous masterpieces accessible to guitar players thanks to special arrangements for the guitar.

Joaquin Rodrigo, Spain's leading composer of the second half of the twentieth century, was also a writer of considerable distinction.

Playing with Ease is a book about ergonomic technique for the guitar, as well as other instruments.

From out of the dust of California's San Joaquin Valley .

Teaching Strings in Today's Classroom: A Guide for Group Instruction assists music education students, in-service teachers, and performers to realize their goals of becoming effective string educators.

"e;Acoustic Guitar Styles"e; introduces the most popular traditional styles for the acoustic guitar.

The Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes (1927-1997) was one of the great masters of his instrument and was regarded as the greatest guitarist of Spain, apart from Andres Segovia and Emilio Pujol.

This 40-Day devotional from Brian "e;Head"e; Welch, former lead guitarist of Korn and the New York Times bestselling author of Save Me From Myself, is an intimate tour through the Bible passages that have meant the most to him on his trying journey from substance abuse to salvation.

Take a (violin) bow and let your inner musician shine!

Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces for the instrument, making it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student violists alike.

Fit in 15 Minutes is aimed at musicians who do not play much, who never have enough time and wish to maintain and improve their cello technique in a concentrated and efficient quarter-hour, as well as at musicians who play much as beginning of a lengthy practice or rehearsal phase.

A treasure trove for any fan of the four-stringed (and occasionally more) instrument.

El presente libro está dedicado a todos los guitarristas.

This research guide is an annotated bibliography of sources dealing with the string quartet.

Beginning Guitar for the Songwriter: Guitar Accompaniment for Composition is the ultimate guide to learning the guitar from a songwriting perspective.

This bibliography is a subject bibliography and hence contains bibliographic descriptions of documents published about one subject, viz Fernando Sor (1778-1839).

Author and lifelong teacher Bruce Ossman uses his simple techniques and clear instruction to guide you through every single step of making a violin.

This book includes biographical information on Carlos Prieto, his contributions to music, as well as a detailed catalog of 72 pieces commissioned and/or dedicated to him.

This is the first history of the harp in Scotland to be published.

El Libro Real del Tango incluye más de 100 años de obras de repertorio, algunas de ellas casi "descatalogadas" hasta hoy, así como prácticamente todos los clásicos y páginas más famosas del género musical.

New research throws light on the history of the viol after Purcell, including its revival in the late eighteenth century through Charles Frederick Abel.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Orchesterinstrumente und erleben Sie eine Reise durch Jahrhunderte musikalischer Entwicklung und kultureller Vielfalt.

Backbeat's successful Handbook format applied to the world's most popular instrument.

The Spanish master Andres Segovia was one of the great masters of the guitar.

This book provides the first scholarly history of the viola d'amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings.

The Fiddle Handbook is a treasure trove of information spanning the whole range of fiddle playing.

Strum a tune on your ukulele no Hawaiian shirt required!

Fiddling for Norway is an engrossing portrait of a fiddle-based folk revival in Norway, one that in many ways parallels contemporary folk institutions and festivals throughout the world, including American fiddling.

Beethoven's Cello is the ideal companion for cellists, pianists, musicologists and chamber-music devotees desiring a comprehensive understanding of this beloved repertoire.

Chord Master is a chord dictionary with a difference.

Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs, from Cream and Led Zeppelin, through Nirvana and Soundgarden, to Metallica, U2, and the White Stripes.

This riveting book by Paul Balmer is the definitive biography of a unique musician whose life spanned the 20th century.

The banjo is emblematic of American country music, and it is at the core of other important musical movements, including jazz and ragtime.

This book provides the first scholarly history of the viola d'amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings.

This book reveals the most popular instrument in the world as it was in the age of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare.

The first detailed contextual study of Beethoven''s middle-period quartets, encompassing reception history, early performance practices, aesthetic contexts and theatrical impetus.

Cerphes Up is an incisive musical memoir by Cerphe Colwell, a renowned rock radio broadcaster for more than forty-five years in Washington, DC.

Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

The fourth volume of the Violinissimo series features the most important studies for the early years of violin lessons.

The story of Epiphone, one of the oldest and most famous guitar companies, is told by former staff historian Walter Carter.

Essays by leading Mozart scholars explore the composer''s popular works, biography and reception, appealing to scholars and Mozart-lovers alike.

There is hardly a violinist who has not dealt with some or even all 42 'Kreutzer etudes' sometime or other: Etudes ou caprices form part of the standard repertoire.

String musicians, know only this: everything is vibrating.

The definitive history of the world's most famous 12-string electric guitar.

This is a biography of Dan Levenson, an old-time banjo and fiddle player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.