Musical instruments

This is a book to appeal to a wide range of readers - pianists of every level from beginner to professional, piano teachers, musicians of all kinds, and the broader community of music-lovers.

An engaging window into a century of musical life, as seen in the history of the Pro Arte String Quartet, first organized in 1912 and still performing today.

This book is a straightforward, comprehensive guide to mastering the violin quickly and efficiently.

Handel called Britain 'The Ringing Isle' because he heard bells ringing everywhere he went.

In the age of global capitalism, vaporwave celebrates and undermines the electronic ghosts haunting the nostalgia industry.

Presents previously unpublished memoirs (1933-77), lectures, and essays by the eminent harpsichordist and scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick.

Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on four continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and literature.

Pathbreaking study of a vast and intriguing repertoire: arrangements for keyboard instruments of songs, arias, and other vocal pieces, from the age William Byrd to that of Handel.

One of Europe's foremost experts on early guitar music explores this little known but richly rewarding repertoire.

A renowned neuroscientist with no musical talent investigates what it takes to make musicOn the eve of his fortieth birthday, renowned cognitive scientist Gary Marcus decided to fulfil a lifelong dream and learn to play the guitar.

From Palace to Palais, the musicians who played in the big bands tell their own stories, bringing to life an unforgettable era.

Lutes and Marginality in Pre-Modern China traces the complex history of lutes as they moved from the far west into China, and how these instruments became linked to various forms of social, cultural, ethnic, and religious marginality within and at China's borders.

Come si fa a imparare la tastiera della chitarra in modo tale da poter suonare melodie, accordi,assoli senza pensarci su, e che vadano sempre di pari passo a ogni stile immaginabile?

What has lived with us, entertained us, travelled with us and symbolised Australian aspirations, only to end up gathering dust or even at the tip?

Delve into the rich and mysterious history of geishas with our latest book: "e;The History of Geishas in Japan - A Excursion through Japan's Cultural History"e;.

Sumérgete en la esencia del folklore argentino con 'La Peregrinación', una emocionante huella pampeana adaptada para cuarteto de cuerdas en honor al icónico compositor Ariel Ramírez.

* Los acordes son la base del acompañamiento musical.

Songs are reflections of the writers' emotions, culture and ideas too.

Musical instruments come in all shapes and sizes!

Scales for Guitar I presents exercises to help you easily learn the major and minor pentatonic and diatonic scales.

Leve a sua habilidade em tocar piano ao próximo nível e se torne umprofissional!

Do you want to learn how to play the guitar?

From snares to cymbals, drums are taking over the stage in this first-ever collected look into some of the most famous drum kits of rock and roll history.

El Método Elemental para Guitarra de Hilarión Leloup es un verdadero clásico en la enseñanza del instrumento, inspirado en la prestigiosa Escuela de Francisco Tárrega.

Para una voz con acompañamiento de piano.

Das Buch entwirft eine Medienarchäologie musikalischer Tateninstrumente.

El Clave Bien Temperado, Volumen 1 presenta los 24 preludios y fugas compuestos por Johann Sebastian Bach, una obra fundamental para el estudio y la interpretación del teclado clásico.

This monograph is for all you guitar players and for people who would like to play guitar.

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

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

Its been over forty years since the tragic death of Jimi Hendrix, yet his popularity is undiminished and his place as the preeminent electric guitarist of the ages is still unrivaled.

Collected here for the first time are sixteen interviews and articles with and about the hottest band in the world: KISS.

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to revive Playing Piano for Pleasure.

Who would have thought the electric bass guitar with its frets removed would transcend the rhythm section to become one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in all of music?

Pianist Mike Garson was David Bowie's most frequent musician, on record and onstage throughout Bowie's life.

Everyone knows the legends Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck, and all the other six-string giants but the evolution of guitarcraft wasn't forged purely by uber-famous players with large cultural footprints.

Exploring technique, history, musicality and instrumental details, this book covers every aspect of the major drummers of the classic rock era: Keith Moon (The Who), Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), among others.

With knuckle-busting lessons covering surefire techniques, Shred!

In the early 1960s, a handful of brash British kids needed a new sound for a new kind of music.

There's nothing like the feeling you get when you add a new guitar lick to your musical vocabulary.

More than a players manual, this book portrays jazz bass as a vital element of 20th century American music.

Now fully updated, The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B traces the technological and artistic evolution of the B-3 and other tonewheel organs, as well as the whirling Leslie speakers that catapulted the Hammond sound into history.

This is the right-hand man for players who live and breathe bass, or for beginners who want an all-in-one guide to the instrument that ';shakes the low end' of rock, pop, jazz and more.

Launched in 1967, Guitar Player was the only guitar publication in existence when the '60s and '70s six-string explosion ignited across the globe.

By age 16, Pat Martino was already working as a member of R&B star Lloyd Price's touring musical revue.

Bad Reputation is the unexpurgated story of Joan Jett, the single most exciting rocker of the American 1980s, one of the biggest-selling acts of the age, and one of punk rock's most valued elder statespeeps.

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.

Two women.

Student learning in school music ensembles is often focused on technical skill development.