Musical instruments

Making music at any level is a powerful gift.

The latest addition to Tony Bacon's acclaimed series of guitar books, 60 Years of Fender gives a year-by-year history of the most successful electric guitar maker.

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.

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

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

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic.

The PRS Guitar Book details every facet of the wonderful electric guitars made by PRS, the Maryland-based company founded in 1985 by musician and guitar builder Paul Reed Smith.

How to Play Blues Guitar gives you vital instruction in blues basics from top guitar teachers and reveals the screts of blues greats, often in their own words.

Tipbook Drums - The Complete Guide is a totally new and expanded edition of the original Tipbook Drums (2001).

Why does an electric archtop sound so different from a solidbody guitar when they have the same strings and pickups?

This indispensable handbook helps players of all levels produce better, more creative, and more varied bass lines.

The acoustic guitar is the instrument of the people and Play Acoustic tells the people how to play it.

The music of Django Reinhardt is as important today as it has ever been.

Introduced in 1954 as one of Gretsch's "e;Guitars of the Future "e; the White Falcon was an overwhelmingly impressive instrument.

Another entry in the Fretmaster series, this book teaches you both the history and technique of slide guitar's masters, such as Brian Jones, Lowell George, Bonnie Raitt, and Robert Johnson.

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Chord Master is a chord dictionary with a difference.

Drummers from beginners to pros will relish this comprehensive guide to the tools of the trade!

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic.

The fourth in a series (The Fender Book, The Gibson Les Paul Book, The Rickenbacker Book), The Bass Book offers a complete illustrated history of bass guitars from Fender's first in the 1950s through the models of the next 40 years that formed the foundation for modern music.

This heartbreaking tale uncovers a mystery in the life of one of the most important personalities of the twentieth century, guitarist Andres Segovia (1893-1987).

For nearly a decade, "e;Dear Guitar Hero"e; - where everyday fans get a chance to ask their hero a question - has remained one of Guitar World magazine's most popular departments.

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Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds.

Dance music has seen an unprecedented explosion in the 21st century as a stampede of subgenres, such as dance pop and EDM (electronic dance music), have come to define the pop music scene worldwide.

Since the thirteenth century, the sitara stringed, plucked instrument of Indiahas transformed into an instrument beloved by millions in its country of origin as well as all over the world.

This book provides students and music teachers with a comprehensive overview of the oboe from its origin to its use and important facts not covered in traditional method books.

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2021* Shortlisted for the 2021 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year prize* A critically-acclaimed Sunday Times, Spectator and Independent Book of 2020* Now with colour photography by Michael Turek'Richly absorbing.

THE PERFECT BOOK FOR FESTIVAL-GOERSWellies?

Originally published in 1920, this neat little book is the result of the authors desire to tabulate in a concise form, his own ideas on violin playing, with regard to both the technical and the interpretive aspects of the subject.

"e;My object in writing this book is to encourage and help those students of the violin who are sufficiently intelligent to wish to advance with the times and who realise that in order to free violin playing from the rut of tradition in which it has complacently remained for so long, it is necessary to bring greater insistence to bear on the imaginative and poetical side of violin playing than has been done up to the present"e; Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

"e;Relaxation Studies"e; is a 1908 work by English pianist Tobias Matthay.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This vintage book contain a complete guide to playing the tenor banjo.

Perfect for any student of the violin, full of helpful and easy to follow exercises that will have you enjoying and progressing in your play.

Originally published in 1910, this illustrated booklet gives detailed instruction on the art of blowing the horn with notes on its history and the meaning of each evocative call.

"e;Four Weeks in the Trenches - The War Story of a Violinist"e; is a brief account of the fighting on the Eastern front during World War I by German violinist Fritz Keisler.

"e;Maia Bang Violin Method"e; is s a classic guide to playing the violin based on a method of playing created by Leopold Auer.

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

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to playing the piano, focusing on the basic scales and arpeggios.

"e;The History and Design of the Violin Bow"e; is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of the violin, with a particular focus on the bridge.

"e;A History of the Violin Bow"e; is a collection of classic articles on the subject of the violin, with a particular focus on the bow.

"e;The Fiddler's Nurser"e; is a classic guide to playing the violin written for beginners an young players.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to playing the piano, focusing on the basic techniques and elemental principles.

"e;Dictionary of Hammond-Organ Stops"e; is a vintage introductory guide to playing the organ, with a comprehensive translation of pipe-organ stops into Hammond-organ number-arrangements.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to the Hammond organ, being a complete manual on the principles of organ plating with reference to arrangements from Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and more.

This vintage book offers the reader a comprehensive, elementary course in learning to play the organ, specially designed for those with absolutely no previous musical training.

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

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.

"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.