Musical instruments

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A virtuosic memoir .

After more than eight years of extensive research on the varnish used by the Italian Violin Makers from 1550 to 1750 A.

Sight-reading is a skill which offers a student access to all music literature; a skill through which he can acquaint himself with any composition, unaided by a teacher.

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

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Isabel Merton is a renowned concert pianist whose playing is marked by rare intensity.

While held hostage by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen in the suburbs of Beirut, Brian Keenan was visited and sustained by the presence of Turlough O'Carolan - the legendary blind Irish harper of the seventeenth century.

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

Often abstracted by the aesthetic implications of music itself, musical instruments can be seen as physical signifiers apart from the music that they produce.

This exhaustive bibliography, reflecting current interest in electronic music, includes all available citations of books, articles, and monographs pertaining to "e;musique concrete,"e; "e;Elektronische Musik,"e; "e;tape music,"e; and "e;computer music"e; from  publications in fourteen languages.

With Contemporary Piano: A Performer and Composer's Guide to Techniques and Resources, Alan Shockley provides a comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano, and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar to them.

This is the first biography of jazz trumpeter and singer, Henry 'Red' Allen, long regarded as Louis Armstrong's chief rival.

Master the guitar in no time with this one-stop guide to learning guitar!

La escuela de la guitarra - Libro 3 forma parte de la reconocida metodología de Mario Rodríguez Arenas, un programa dividido en siete volúmenes que se ha convertido en referencia indispensable en la formación guitarrística en toda Hispanoamérica.

Lots of piano books offer either in-depth analysis or quick gimmicks that don't really teach music theory.

Narratives on famous guitarists and the extra details on guitar history are fine, but that's not what readers need or want when they are eager to master their new guitar.

An alluring exploration of the people and the legendary craftsmanship behind a single Steinway piano.

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These days the ukulele is experiencing a revolution-both as a valid instrument that can sweetly transform pop music and rock and roll, and as the focus of dozens of clubs springing up across the world.

Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan.

'A fascinating analysis of both children and instruments' GUARDIANThis unique book offers a simple and practical method of selecting the right instrument for the individual child.

Descubre la magia de la música con 'Primer álbum Cecilia: recopilación de motivos populares', una encantadora colección de piezas musicales especialmente seleccionadas para niños.

Inspirada en el concepto de los "acordes errantes" del Tratado de Armonía de Schönberg, esta tercera sonata de Gandini construye un universo sonoro enigmático y evocador.

Will Hodgkinson dreamt of being a guitar legend but never got round to it.

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

Music has long been a way in which visually impaired people could gain financial independence, excel at a highly-valued skill, or simply enjoy musical participation.

Music has long been a way in which visually impaired people could gain financial independence, excel at a highly-valued skill, or simply enjoy musical participation.

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For over a century, drummers have been turning to a variety of percussive traditions as prompts for the creation of new expressive possibilities on the drumset.

For over a century, drummers have been turning to a variety of percussive traditions as prompts for the creation of new expressive possibilities on the drumset.

Based on primary sources, many of which have never been published or examined in detail, this book examines the music of the late seventeenth-century composers, Biber, Schmeltzer and Muffat, and the compositions preserved in the extensive Moravian archives in Kromeriz.

Based on primary sources, many of which have never been published or examined in detail, this book examines the music of the late seventeenth-century composers, Biber, Schmeltzer and Muffat, and the compositions preserved in the extensive Moravian archives in Kromeriz.

Recent scholarship has vanquished the traditional perception of nineteenth-century Britain as a musical wasteland.

Recent scholarship has vanquished the traditional perception of nineteenth-century Britain as a musical wasteland.

First emerging in North America and Europe in the late 1920s, contemporary percussion practices have transitioned from the fringes of contemporary music to the forefront over the past 90 years.

First emerging in North America and Europe in the late 1920s, contemporary percussion practices have transitioned from the fringes of contemporary music to the forefront over the past 90 years.

World Music Pedagogy, Volume IV: Instrumental Music Education provides the perspectives and resources to help music educators craft world-inclusive instrumental music programs in their teaching practices.

World Music Pedagogy, Volume IV: Instrumental Music Education provides the perspectives and resources to help music educators craft world-inclusive instrumental music programs in their teaching practices.

Musical leadership is associated with a specific profession-the conductor-as well as being a colloquial metaphor for human communication and cooperation at its best.

Musical leadership is associated with a specific profession-the conductor-as well as being a colloquial metaphor for human communication and cooperation at its best.