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  • Violin Varnish

    by Joseph Michelman ...
    After more than eight years of extensive research on the varnish used by the Italian Violin Makers from 1550 to 1750 A. D., it has not been possible to corroborate the results in the chemical laboratory. This is due entirely to the unavailability of samples of the varnish for confirmatory analysis. Violins made by the Italian masters of this period are so valuable and so scarce that a small sample ... Read more

    9,11 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Con Brio

    Four Russians Called the Budapest String Quartet

    by Nat Brandt ...
    A 1959 New Yorker profile captured the inspired risk-taking and raw creative spark of a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal: "Sasha leaped from his chair and with violin held aloft, played the passage with exaggerated schmalz, like a street fiddler in Naples. Kroyt...stopped playing and started singing a Russian song....Mischa Schneider thereupon performed a number of stupendous triads on his cello. ... Read more

    3,63 €

  • GUZHENG LEARNING GUIDE

    Basic and Advanced Guzheng Techniques: Step-By-Step Instructions to Playing Scales and Chords, Tuning, Practice Techniques, Ensemble Playing, Maintenance, Improvisation, Therapeutic Benefits, Cultural Significance, Common Issues, Solutions and More

    by Dr. Vanya Veronica ...
    Guzheng Learning Guide: Basic and Advanced Guzheng TechniquesBy Dr. Vanya VeronicaUnlock the enchanting world of the Guzheng with this comprehensive learning guide, designed for musicians of all skill levels. "Guzheng Learning Guide" provides step-by-step instructions that cover essential techniques for playing scales and chords, tuning your instrument, and developing effective practice routines ... Read more

    2,72 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 10 Fiddle Tips

    by Mike Spears ...
    One of the challenges a fiddle player has, especially younger students, is how to practice. 10 Fiddle Tips addresses practicing, acquiring a teacher, scales and arpeggios, and playing with and for others. I've written this book for the violin or fiddle student to help in understanding how music shapes our lives, and indeed the world. In addition to the practical tips I've listed, it's important ... Read more

    1,99 €

  • Making Music

    The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County

    by William C. Allsbrook Jr., MD ...
    Series series American Made Music Series
    RECIPIENT OF A 2024 NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF HISTORIANS AWARD OF EXCELLENCEThe banjo has been emblematic of the Southern Appalachian Mountains since the late twentieth century. Making Music: The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County takes a close look at the instrument and banjo players in Haywood County, North Carolina. Author William C. Allsbrook Jr., MD, presents the oral histories of thirty ... Read more

    19,71 €

  • Easy Duets for Violin

    by Costel Puscoiu ...
    These easy duets are especially arranged for violin. Contained are works written by the greats: Beethoven, Handel, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Also carefully selected are a few beautiful folksongs from around the world and the author's originals; all wonderful additions to any musician's repertoire. ... Read more

    11,82 €

  • Play Ukulele - 41 arrangements of traditional music - Book 1

    Tabs & Online Sounds

    by Bettina Schipp, Reynhard Boegl ...
    Songbook with 41 arrangements of traditional music from around the world for the Ukulele.All songs are notated with tabs for fingerpicking, the arrangements are easy to moderately difficult - for slightly advanced and advanced fans of the ukulele.The recordings of the songs are available online in a specially created audio player with adjustable playback speed,</stron... ... Read more

    8,49 €

  • Finger Fun: A Workbook for First Position Violin

    by Daryl Silberman ...
    Each page of this supplemental workbook has 10 staves of easy-to-read music to introduce the student to a new note on a string. The approach emphasizes sight reading and understanding finger patterns. ... Read more

    9,09 €

  • International Fiddle Method

    by Philip John Berthoud ...
    This book will teach you to play the fiddle through inspiring traditional music from around the world, arranged specifically for the instrument. The material is ideal for beginners and requires no prior musical knowledge. More experienced fiddle players can benefit from an exciting array of tunes and ideas. Includes access to online audio performed at manageable tempos. ... Read more

    16,37 €

  • Irish Fiddle Solos

    64 Pieces for Violin

    by Pete Cooper ...
    This collection includes many favourite Irish fiddle tunes. Some are easy to play, others more challenging. The bowing techniques, ornamentation and other aspects of playing style summarized in the introduction will be familiar to readers of Pete's earlier book, the Complete Irish Fiddle Player, as will source musicians like Julia Clifford, Tommy Peoples, Lucy Farr, John Doherty and Padraig O ... Read more

    13,64 €

  • Easy Solos for Beginning Cello

    Level 1

    by Craig Duncan ...
    Level 1 solos for cello with keyboard accompaniment. Created especially for use as a solo supplement to any first-year string method or private instructional course, and a perfect complement to the other beginning cello titles in the Building Excellence Series. These short, easy pieces are marked with suggested bowings. Ideal Suzuki supplement. ... Read more

    11,82 €

  • Finalmente ho perso tutto

    by Giulio Tampalini, Marcello Tellini, Omar Pedrini, Angelo Gilardino ...
    Series series SoundCiak
    Giulio Tampalini è oggi uno dei più grandi, conosciuti e carismatici chitarristi classici europei. Vincitore del Premio delle Arti e della Cultura (2014), oltre 25 dischi solistici all’attivo, un sorriso magnetico, una tecnica unica, una cattedra al conservatorio e l’onore di aver suonato per il Papa in Vaticano. I concerti di Tampalini sono sempre tutti esauriti, la sua musica affascina e fa ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Violin and Its Technique - As a Means to the Interpretation of Music

    by Achille Rivarde ...
    "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 ... Read more

    6,35 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 中外轻音乐手风琴独奏曲集

    by 宋国强 ...
    本曲集由宋兴元的儿子宋国强主编，内容包含了14首中外手风琴曲谱以及宋兴元先生的演奏版本，此外，书中还收录了孟升荣、曹鹏、陈燮阳、李聪等艺术家的纪念文章，计划在2021年5月上海之春国际音乐节中，以手风琴专场音乐会的形式推出本书，以此对对海派手风琴的发展历史溯源，促进当下手风琴演奏、教育事业的发展。宋兴元是著名的海派手风琴演奏家，1982年曾在上海文艺出版社出版由他改编演奏的《轻音乐手风琴独奏曲集》，成为当时最受手风琴爱好者喜爱的图书之一。他的演奏影响了几代手风琴专业人员及爱好者。 ... Read more

    15,47 €

  • Finnish Kantele

    Techniques, Exercises, Tunes and Arrangements for Five and Ten-String Kanteles

    by Sarah Cummings ...
    This book provides instruction in both plucking and strumming techniques for 5 and 10-string Finnish kanteles. Explanation of musical notation, rhythm, and other elements of music theory are provided for the novice, yet the exercises are scaffolded to provide motivating material for the more experienced musician. In addition to the instructional materials, a number of traditional Finnish tunes are ... Read more

    20,92 €

  • How to Play Guzheng, the Chinese Zither: The Advanced Skills

    How to Play Guzheng, the Chinese Zither, #2

    by H.H. Lee ...
    Series Book 2 - How to Play Guzheng, the Chinese Zither
    This book will teach you to play the guzheng at the advanced learner's level on the basis of the previous book. Various fingering techniques, different schools of guzhengs and ways to maintain the guzheng will be introduced, whereas a number of sheet music will also be provided for practices. After reading the whole book, you should have a deeper understanding of the guzheng and can play more ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • Harp Song - The Golden Thread

    with Selected Arrangements for the Folk Harp

    by Mary Umbarger ...
    The musical journey through this book of folk harp arrangements expose the player to music from the 12th to 20th centuries. Information about the tunes and composers, plus lyrics, stories and poems, give insight to the music and are valuable performance tools. You will enjoy music not usually found in harp repertoire that lies well on the harp with few lever changes.* Contains 43 arrangements on ... Read more

    16,37 €

  • Violin Technique - Some Difficulties and Their Solution

    by Sydney Robjohns ...
    Originally published in 1930, this little book is not an exposition of the art of violin-playing, nor does it claim to teach a system of technical study. The authors aim was to help students and less experienced teachers through some of the more frequent problems from which they will, almost inevitably, be faced. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, ... Read more

    9,11 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beginner Cello Theory for Children, Book Two

    by Melanie Smith ...
    Book 2 in the Melanie Smith cello theory series introduces students to new music and theory concepts which are fundamental in developing a deeper understanding of the cello. Book 2 will begin by covering the theory involving the ranges of notes for the cello and then moves into specific theory concepts such as note and rest values and time signatures. The final section of Book 2 focuses on musical ... Read more

    20,92 €

  • Muss es sein?

    Leben im Quartett

    by Sonia Simmenauer ...
    Schon jetzt ein moderner Klassiker der Musikliteratur: Die Konzertagentin Sonia Simmenauer erzählt aus dem Alltag "ihrer" Streichquartette, darunter so berühmte Formationen wie das Alban Berg oder das Guarneri Quartett. Vier Menschen, die Musik machen, die miteinander leben, arbeiten, reisen, auftreten, sich streiten und sich lieben – ein idealer Kampfplatz für Neurosen, Beziehungsprobleme und die ... Read more

    11,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The American Fiddle Method - Canadian Fiddle Styles

    by Brian Wicklund, April Verch ...
    Expert fiddlers Brian Wicklund and April Verch team up to delve into the dynamic world of Canadian fiddling for the FiddlePal Explore Series. April is among the busiest fiddlers in Canada. Her inspired fans have long clamored for her instruction.This highly anticipated beginning to intermediate-level book explores Canada's rich fiddle traditions including Old Time Canadian, French Canadian, Cape ... Read more

    20,92 €

  • Lively Violin Tunes

    by William Bay, Jeanine Orme ...
    Lively Violin Tunes is a collection of 57 spirited violin solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These violin solos are ideal for performance or just enjoyment while playing the instrument. Guitar chords are included for accompaniment, and can be used by any chordal instrument. ... Read more

    9,09 €

  • Christmas Strings: Violin 1 & 2 With Piano Accompaniment

    by Donald Miller ...
    Christmas Strings are arranged to be performed with various combinations of instruments. This volume presents some of the most beloved repertoire for the Christmas season. Some works are well known, others will sound fresh and new to most players. The pieces may be performed as a solo for each instrument (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola or Cello) with piano accompaniment, or as duets or trios, as well ... Read more

    13,64 €

  • Favorite Swedish Fiddle Tunes

    by Tom Gilland ...
    Swedish fiddle music has been greatly influenced by the surrounding countries. Evidence of this can be found in the names of some types of tunes, such as Polska from Poland, Schottis (a schottische) from Scotland, and Engelska from England. Other popular types of tunes included in this collection are gånglåt which is a kind of march, brudmarsch which is a wedding tune, skänklåt which is played at ... Read more

    9,09 €