Musical instruments

Brazilian Research on Creativity Development in Musical Interaction focuses on creativity that involves interactive musical activities, with different groups, such as professional musicians, students, and student teachers.

Practicing Music by Design: Historic Virtuosi on Peak Performance explores pedagogical practices for achieving expert skill in performance.

Playing Beyond the Notes: A Pianist's Guide to Musical Interpretation demystifies the complex concepts of musical interpretation in Western tonal piano music by boiling it down to basic principles in an accessible writing style.

Written for the cellist looking for an approach that demystifies cello playing, Cello, Bow and You is an innovative text in the field of string pedagogy written by a 40+ year veteran of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.

"e;We do not understand music--it understands us.

The work of French musicologist, ethnologist and critic Andre Schaeffner (1895- 1980) grew out of his first organological studies of the history of Western classical instruments in the late 1920s and encapsulated in his wide-ranging Origine des instruments de musique, which captures his studies in Paris between 1931 and 1936.

Barcelonian Gaspar Cassado (1897-1966) was one of the greatest cello virtuosi of the twentieth century and a notable composer and arranger, leaving a vast and heterogeneous legacy.

Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer is both a history of this popular form of traditional Jewish music and an instructional book for professional and amateur musicians.

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

Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of classical music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician: A Scarecrow Press Music Series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking a quick set of pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music.

This volume contains three classic articles on the subject of church organs which primarily deal with 'registration' and general technique.

This Element navigates 20th century musical communications from Varèse to Stockhausen and provides an introduction to information theory.

This third edition is a basic textbook on the development of pipe organ composition in geographically diverse schools.

Paul McCartney is one of the best pop bass players in the world, and this book presents a musical analysis of his consistently inventive and influential bass playing during his tenure in the Beatles.

Pedro de Alcantara's The Integrated String Player: Embodied Vibration is a practical guide for all string players: violinists and violists, cellists and bassists, but also gamba players and anyone who makes music drawing a bow across a string.

First published in 1988.

Strum a tune on your ukulele no Hawaiian shirt required!

When Billboard Associate Publisher,Jim Beloff purchased his first ukulele at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in 1992, there were no ukulele songbook collections on the market-none-just a few vintage instructional books.

To mark the 250th anniversary of Schott Music, these treasures have been uncovered from the archives, reedited and presented in these beautiful editions.

The ideal hands-on reference for piano students who want to strengthen their skills and refine their technique--and the perfect companion and next step to the bestselling Piano For Dummies.

Scott Joplin's classic ragtime score, Maple Leaf Rag, originally composed in 1899.

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) was a German pianist, organist, composer, and conductor during the Romantic period.

Classic Ragtime Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of ragtime music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

Claude-Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918) was a seminal French composer.

This is a vintage guide to learning how to play the banjo and ukulele.

In The Positive Pianist: How Flow Can Bring Passion to Practice and Performance, author Thomas J.

Joel Gion's memoir tells the story of the first ten years of the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Community music around the world reflects the growing and diverse ways humans collectivise and express themselves in ways that articulate our cultural, social, and environmental complexity.

The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra is a seminal guide to equip composers, scholars and music enthusiasts worldwide with the necessary knowledge to work with Chinese musical instruments.

Drawing on recent ideas that explore new environments and the changing situations of composition and performance, Simon Emmerson provides a significant contribution to the study of contemporary music, bridging history, aesthetics and the ideas behind evolving performance practices.

In Opera at the Bandstand: Then and Now, George W.

Exotic venues, sold-out concerts, and the companionship of the world's most powerful people have given Liona Boyd a lifestyle that, like her music, is one in a million.

The leading textbook in jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition represents a compendium of knowledge and practice resources for the university classroom, suitable for all musicians looking to develop and sharpen their soloing skills.

Das große Liederbuch für Gotteskinder mit 80 neuen religiösen Liedern von Detlev JöckerDer Kinderliedermacher Detlev Jöcker hat für dieses Buch 80 seiner bekanntesten und beliebtesten religiösen Kinderlieder zusammengestellt.

DAS GROßE KLAVIERBUCH mit 34 der schönsten und bekanntesten Kinderliederhits von Detlev Jöcker.

Discusses performance issues on keyboard instruments relevant to music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.

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

Pain and injury are near constant companions for professional musicians.

This reference work catalogs music for organ and harpsichord written by more than 700 women composers from 40 countries.

The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts.

The double bass - the preferred bass instrument in popular music during the 1960s - was challenged and subsequently superseded by the advent of a new electric bass instrument.

Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat.

In this lively collection of interviews, storied music writer Jas Obrecht presents a celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players.

An invaluable overview of the history, technical and musical development of brass instruments.

Bei dem Begriff Choreographie denkt man sofort an Tanz.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period.