Musical instruments

The transition from the valveless natural horn to the modern valved horn in 19th-century Paris was different from similar transitions in other countries.

With 'Clarinet Fundamentals', Reiner Wehle presents a three-volume basic work for the study of the clarinet.

Der VdM legt nun erstmalig auch einen Lehrplan für Baglama (anatolische Langhalslaute) vor.

Struggling for Perfection is the story of the famous pianist, an enigmatic figure who made some of the most acclaimed classical recordings of the last century.

Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau provides an insider's view of the art of piano performance as exemplified by one of the great artists of the twentieth century.

The BBC's Jazz Book of the Year for 2008.

The beginner's guide to learning the violin for any musical style Violin For Dummies helps you teach yourself to play the violin, even if you've never read a note of music.

In the course of the nineteenth century, four-hand piano playing emerged across Europe as a popular pastime of the well-heeled classes and of those looking to join them.

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

Where to Place the Grace Note?

Why do most musical performers and musical researchers continue to inhabit divergent epistemic spaces?

This collection of the most beautiful 100 easy original compositions for piano presented by Schott contains a selection of works that accompany every pupil in the first years of his or her piano lessons.

The Russian school of violin playing produced many of the twentieth century's leading violinists - from the famed disciples of Leopold Auer such as Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, and Mischa Elman to masters of the Soviet years such as David Oistrakh and Leonid Kogan.

Following his much-acclaimed The Baroque Clarinet and The Clarinet in the Classical Period, Albert R.

Strum a tune on your ukulele no Hawaiian shirt required!

Bei keinem anderen Musikinstrument ist der Gegensatz klein - groß so ausgeprägt wie bei der Orgel.

Der renommierte Schlagzeuger Christian Dierstein hat zusammen mit einer Forschungsgruppe der Hochschule fur Musik Basel die Spieltechniken auf dem Schlagzeug aus neuartiger Perspektive erforscht.

Georges Barr`ere (1876-1944) holds a preeminent place in the history of American flute playing.

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

Despite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists.

Providing essential tools to transform college piano students into professional piano teachers, Courtney Crappell's Teaching Piano Pedagogy helps teachers develop pedagogy course curricula, design and facilitate practicum-teaching experiences, and guide research projects in piano pedagogy.

Most trumpet players blow downward a bit too much; as a consequence, the pressure point lies on the lower lip.

The garamut is a log idiophone that is found in many of the coastal and island areas of Papua New Guinea.

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

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.

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What are the key topics that define Romantic violin playing?

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in New York and Dakar, this book explores the Senegalese dance-rhythms Sabar from the research position of a dance student.

Penetrating, innovative analyses of numerous compositions by Chopin, integrating Schenkerian principles and a fresh perspective on harmony.

Diese Blockflötentechnik richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Alt-Blockflötenspieler, die auf der Suche nach Material für die konsequente Arbeit an den Grundlagen ihrer instrumentalen und musikalischen Fähigkeiten sind.

The easy way to get keyed up on the keyboard Where Piano For Dummies helps budding musicians to master the black-and-white musical keyboard, Keyboard For Dummies helps them understand the possibilities that unfold when those black-and-whites are connected to state-of-the-art music technology.

The electronic medium allows any audible sound to be contextualized as music.

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

Take your ukulele playing to the next level - fast!

Novice music teachers and music education students struggle to form an identity that synthesizes 'musician' with 'music teacher,' and to separate themselves from their prior experiences to think critically about music-making and music instruction.

Carl Czerny, eine zentrale Figur der Musikgeschichte des 19.

This volume contains a vintage article on the subject of Italian organ music, being a detailed history of its origins and development with reference to notable players and composers.

This volume is the result of 20 years of teaching experience and is aimed at both beginners and advanced trombonists.

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to playing the pianoforte, with information on everything from finding the right notes to playing legato and staccato.

In At the Piano: Interviews with 21st-Century Pianists, Caroline Benser explores the kaleidoscopic world of twenty-first-century pianism through a series of extended interviews with eight major pianists: Leif Ove Andsnes, Jonathan Biss, Simone Dinnerstein, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Stephen Hough, Steven Osborne, Yevgeny Sudbin, and Yuja Wang.

Kenneth Hamilton's book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oft-invoked myth of a Great Tradition, or Golden Age of Pianism.

The first songbook by Abdullah Ibrahim contains 15 atmospheric songs for piano.

Practice, practice, practice to play like Chopin or the Piano Man The piano will help you add a touch of fun to your life, impress your friends at parties, and even reduce stress.

Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a giant of twentieth-century classical music, but one whose eccentricities have sometimes obscured the moral seriousness of his approach to art.

"e;The Console and Mechanism of the Church Organ"e; is a vintage article on church organs, focusing on how they are designed and built.