Musical instruments

The fast and easy way to play this popular woodwind instrument Saxophone For Dummies offers the ideal introduction to this popular and versatile instrument, whether you lack any musical experience or are picking up the sax again after a hiatus.

Face it, being a rock guitarist is just about the coolest thing you can be next to a secret agent with a black belt in karate.

Get down with rock, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, and Latin rhythms!

Yes, you can turn those great melodies and smokin grooves in your head into stunning digital music!

The author describes how playing drum kit enables him to experience transcendence through being fully present with himself and others.

The author describes how playing drum kit enables him to experience transcendence through being fully present with himself and others.

Frank Zappa was an unremitting musical innovator and experimenter, always looking for ways to exploit the latest advances in technology.

An approachable introduction to the drum kit, drummers, and drumming, and the key debates surrounding the instrument and its players.

An approachable introduction to the drum kit, drummers, and drumming, and the key debates surrounding the instrument and its players.

Interprets an eighteenth-century musical repertoire in sociable terms, both technically (specific musical patterns) and affectively (predominant emotional registers of the music).

Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

The first comprehensive technical and historical study of stringed keyboard instruments from their fourteenth-century origins to modern times.

The first comprehensive technical and historical study of stringed keyboard instruments from their fourteenth-century origins to modern times.

The guitar is the most played instrument in the West.

This book surveys the breadth, richness, and meaning of Duke Ellington''s celebrated career, examining his impact on jazz music and its surrounding culture.

This book surveys the breadth, richness, and meaning of Duke Ellington''s celebrated career, examining his impact on jazz music and its surrounding culture.

The first comprehensive study of Bartolomeo Cristofori''s working life, featuring detailed technical documentation about his instruments.

This book discusses literary and dramatic aspects of musical works for voices and instruments performed in English theatres (c.

This book discusses literary and dramatic aspects of musical works for voices and instruments performed in English theatres (c.

The first detailed contextual study of Beethoven''s middle-period quartets, encompassing reception history, early performance practices, aesthetic contexts and theatrical impetus.

The first detailed contextual study of Beethoven''s middle-period quartets, encompassing reception history, early performance practices, aesthetic contexts and theatrical impetus.

A contributory volume covering the history and current scene of electronic music.

A 1999 Companion to the saxophone, containing essays by the finest performers and experts on the instrument.

An essential Companion to all aspects of the organ and its music.

A contributory volume covering the history and current scene of electronic music.

A 1999 Companion to the saxophone, containing essays by the finest performers and experts on the instrument.

An essential Companion to all aspects of the organ and its music.

An unprecedented exploration of Stravinsky''s use of the piano as the genesis of all his music - Russian, neoclassical and serial.

An unprecedented exploration of Stravinsky''s use of the piano as the genesis of all his music - Russian, neoclassical and serial.

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

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

Now in its eighth edition, Basic Conducting Techniques provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble.

Now in its eighth edition, Basic Conducting Techniques provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble.

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.

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.

Archaic Instruments in Modern West Java: Bamboo Murmurs explores how current residents of Bandung, Indonesia, have (re-)adopted bamboo musical instruments to forge meaningful bridges between their past and present-between traditional and modern values.

Archaic Instruments in Modern West Java: Bamboo Murmurs explores how current residents of Bandung, Indonesia, have (re-)adopted bamboo musical instruments to forge meaningful bridges between their past and present-between traditional and modern values.

Commercial and Popular Music in Higher Education brings together working examples of pedagogy in emerging areas of popular and commercial music to offer practical insights and provide a theoretical framework for today's music educators.

Commercial and Popular Music in Higher Education brings together working examples of pedagogy in emerging areas of popular and commercial music to offer practical insights and provide a theoretical framework for today's music educators.

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An engaging integration of scholarship and storytelling, Reflections on Elizabeth A.

An engaging integration of scholarship and storytelling, Reflections on Elizabeth A.