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  • Songwriting Without Boundaries

    Lyric Writing Exercises for Finding Your Voice

    by Pat Pattison ...
    Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail!Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to:• tap into your senses and inject your writing with vivid details• effectively use metaphor and ... Read more

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  • Songs and Gifts at the Frontier

    Series series Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations
    This book investigates the particular history and social experience by a marginalized society in Mindanao Island, Philippines, through an analysis of the speech, song and dance in spirit possession ritual. Using the concepts of exchange and reciprocity, Buenconsejo connects the performativity of ritual song to the formation and maintenance of sociability, personhood and subjectivity. Also ... Read more

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  • Wired for Music

    A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound

    “Beautifully written… a riveting account of how melodies and rhythms connect us, and help us deal with alienation and anxiety.”—Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the ScoreIn this captivating blend of science and memoir, a health journalist and former cellist explores music as a source of health, resilience, connection, and joy.Music isn’t just background noise or a series of ... Read more

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  • Violin Playing as I Teach It

    by Leopold Auer ...
    Originally published in 1921, this book was written in an attempt to, 'give the serious teacher and student the practical benefit of the knowledge acquired during a lifetime's playing the violin, including mechanical means and technical procedure as well as the ideas and ideals of art'. With a wealth of information on the subject that the modern reader will still find of practical use today, this ... Read more

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  • Big Keyboard and Piano Chord Book: 500+ Keyboard and Piano Chords in a Unique Visual Format

    The Big Keyboard and Piano Chord Book presents over 500 Keyboard and Piano chords in our unique easy to read format. With large clear and concise diagrams, we show you all the keyboard chords you'll ever need to know in full color.If you've just started playing, you'll appreciate our Introductory Pages, which explain how to get the most out of the book, and common chord substitutions. The more ... Read more

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  • For the Love of Music

    A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

    by John Mauceri ...
    With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an eminent conductor who has toured and recorded all over the ... Read more

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  • Cinderella

    The Love of a Daddy and His Princess

    As the clock strikes midnight, remember . . .Each moment we have to spend with our children is a blessing from above. But as we cherish this chapter of life, we realize the pages of time will keep turning. Alternating between the voices of a father and his daughter, Cinderella celebrates the blessings of childhood, family, love and life. You will be enchanted by this modern fairytale that teaches ... Read more

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  • Louder Than Hell

    The Definitive Oral History of Metal

    The definitive oral history of heavy metal music, Louder Than Hell by renowned music journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman includes hundreds of uncensored interviews with the giants of the movement, conducted over the past 25 years.Unlike many forms of popular music, metalheads tend to embrace their favorite bands and follow them over decades. Metal is not only a pastime for the true ... Read more

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  • Music Is History

    by Questlove ...
    A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapestry, whether investigating how the blaxploitation era reshaped Black identity or considering the way ... Read more

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  • Writing Better Lyrics

    by Pat Pattison ...
    The Must-Have Guide for SongwritersWriting Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics.Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to ... Read more

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  • The Opera Manual

    Series series Music Finders
    You are getting ready for a performance of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and you have a few questions. How many clarinets are in the orchestra? How many orchestra members appear onstage? How many different sets are there? How long does the opera typically run? What are the key arias? Are any special effects or ballet choreography required? Who owns the rights? Where was it premiered? What are the ... Read more

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  • The 100 Most Important Albums of the Sixties

    by Ed Manolio ...
    The decade of the 1960's saw the birth of creativity and imagination in the music industry unlike any other decade in music history. One of the main reasons for this growth of new talent was the 33 1/3 long playing album which allowed artists to have 45 or so minutes to present their talents. This book defines the most important and influential albums of that era. Beginning with the Elvis and teen ... Read more

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  • Music Classification Systems

    by Mark McKnight ...
    Series series Music Library Association Basic Manual Series
    Due to the distinctive nature of music as a separate "language" that non-musicians are often unable to read or understand, the cataloging and classification of music materials frequently present special challenges. In response to this often problematic situation, this volume is designed to introduce the principles of music classification to beginning music catalogers, as well as to non-specialist ... Read more

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  • Drum Kit Secrets

    52 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Drummer

    by Matt Dean ...
    Series series Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician
    Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), the Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking quick pointers to ... Read more

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  • One Night on TV Is Worth Weeks at the Paramount

    Popular Music on Early Television

    by Murray Forman ...
    Series series Console-ing passions: television and cultural power
    Elvis Presley's television debut in January 1956 is often cited as the moment when popular music and television came together. Murray Forman challenges that contention, revealing popular music as crucial to television years before Presley's sensational small-screen performances. Drawing on trade and popular journalism, internal television and music industry documents, and records of audience ... Read more

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  • Modalité

    Le Seigneur est ma lumière

    by Pierre Loiret ...
    Les modes grégoriens trouvent leurs sources dans la psalmodie. Débutant avec des modalités archaïques, les compositions se sont complexifiées avec le temps et les usages, mais le but est resté le même : mettre en lumière la signification des textes sacrés et restituer leur atmosphère grâce à la diversité des modes (joyeux, méditatif, suppliant, prophétique…).Chaque mode se distingue par sa teneur ... Read more

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  • The Hollies

    Every Album, Every Song

    Series series On Track
    ‘The road is long, with many a winding turn, that leads us to who knows where? Who knows where?’Everyone loved The Hollies. They were the ‘group’s group’. Never confrontational or rebellious, always smartly suited, always smiling. The band had an unbroken run of immaculate pop singles which, while they seldom had that must-buy factor of the latest Rolling Stones or Beatles record, were hallmarked ... Read more

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  • Led Zeppelin

    Die Biographie

    by Bob Spitz ...
    Translated by Heinz Rudolf Kunze ...
    Die ultimative Biografie über die legendäre Rockband Led Zeppelin – schonungslos ehrlich und fesselnd erzählt.Mit über 300 Millionen verkauften Alben prägte Led Zeppelin Jahrzehnte der Rockgeschichte wie keine andere Band. Von ihrem ersten Album an zeigten die vier Musiker, dass sie etwas Besonderes sind: eine Kollision aus großartigen künstlerischen Fähigkeiten und brutaler Kraft, englischer Folk ... Read more

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  • Per sempre més

    Series series NO FICCIÓ COLUMNA
    Un llibre autobiogràfic i musical que transforma el dol en una celebració d'amor, vida i memòria.Per sempre més no només és el testimoni íntim d'un fill que acompanya el seu pare en el tram final de la vida. És també un homenatge a la música, als records compartits i a tot allò que no sempre s'arriba a dir. Amb una sensibilitat desbordant i una veritat colpidora, Ramon Mirabet narra un viatge ... Read more

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  • Catalunya flamenca

    Series series P.VISIONS
    La vitalitat del flamenc a casa nostra narrat de prop, dels locals del XIX a Ciutat Vella fins a RosalíaEl flamenc és una música molt arrelada a Catalunya. De La Gitanilla al teatre de la Santa Creu l'any 1827 fins a la Rosalía d'avui, la cultura, el paisatge humà, l'ambient, la llibertat creativa i la moderna pedagogia musical han dotat el flamenc català d'una vitalitat oberta i original, amb ... Read more

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  • Talk Talk

    Every Album, Every Song

    by Gary Steel ...
    In this era of lavish box sets and extravagant vinyl reissues, the sheer economy of Talk Talk’s output feels terrific, refreshing and just right. During the group’s ten-year lifespan, they released just five studio albums, but in the process, redefined contemporary music and spawned a whole new movement that came to be known as ‘post rock’, influencing legions of bands in their wake. Leader Mark ... Read more

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  • Premier Insiders Guide to Metaphysics: A Musician Perspective on Cosmology as Consciousness and Fractal Resonance Domains

    Premier Insiders Guide, #1

    Series Book 1 - Premier Insiders Guide
    Resonance based universal laws govern the structures of reality and are evidenced in the expression of music. ... Read more

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  • Metronomes

    In This Highly Regarded Guide Learn About Wittner Metronome, Free Online Metronome, Digital Metronome, Yamaha Metronome, Korg Metronome and Best Metronome

    by Joe Woods ...
    If you are a fan of metronomes and would like to read about wittner metronome, free online metronome, best metronome, digital metronome, metronome music, yamaha metronome and korg metronome then you'll want to read this guide. ... Read more

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  • Modalogy

    Scales, Modes & Chords: The Primordial Building Blocks of Music

    (Jazz Instruction). Primarily a music theory reference, Modalogy presents a unique perspective on the origins, interlocking aspects, and usage of the most common scales and modes in occidental music. Anyone wishing to seriously explore the realms of scales, modes, and their real-world functions will find the most important issues dealt with in meticulous detail within these pages. Logical ... Read more

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