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  • Bartók's Mikrokosmos

    Genesis, Pedagogy, and Style

    Now available in paperback! BZla Bart-k's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth century. This in-depth study investigates Bart-k's Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Elevate Your Audio Production with REAPER

    An extensive guide to recording, editing, and mixing with a powerful DAW

    Drawing from 40+ years of combined experience, authors Marco Galvan and Christopher Bolte take your sound and music production skills to the next level using REAPER's versatile features and intuitive user interfaceKey FeaturesSet up REAPER to record high-quality audio on your computerLeverage advanced audio mixing and techniques to enhance the quality of your productionsExplore efficient workflows ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Composition in Black and White

    The Life of Philippa Schuyler

    George Schuyler, a renowned and controversial black journalist of the Harlem Renaissance, and Josephine Cogdell, a blond, blue-eyed Texas heiress and granddaughter of slave owners, believed that intermarriage would "invigorate" the races, thereby producing extraordinary offspring. Their daughter, Philippa Duke Schuyler, became the embodiment of this theory, and they hoped she would prove that ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Solfeggio Tradition

    A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century

    How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely different ways? And how could composers of the time write operas in a matter of days? The secret lies in the solfeggio tradition, a music education method that was fundamental to the training of European musicians between 1680 and 1830 — a time during which professional ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

  • A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

    Master the art of music production and advanced mixing techniques to create Billboard-charting records

    by Chris Noxx ...
    Learn critical music production techniques used by professional producers to create a signature sound, arranging, and mixing productions in FL Studio 21 from a Billboard charting JUNO nominated producer Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesDiscover how top artists produce mind-blowing music and create ultimate records in FL Studio through this illustrated ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Guitar Music Theory

    Advanced Guide to Learn to Play Guitar Chords and Scales Like a Pro

    by Ethan Hayes ...
    Good things happen when the chance exists for it to happen. But there is a limit to how much can happen and when it will do so. This is the essence of music theory. In this book, "Guitar Music Theory," you will learn what it is all about, and how you can master the guitar.Among musical instruments, the guitar is the easiest one to learn because the structure of the guitar allows you to change the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 3

    Guitar Theory and Fretboard Concepts to Help Intermediate to Advanced Players Master Scales, Modes and Chord Progressionso

    by James Shipway ...
    Series Book 3 - Music Theory For Guitarists
    In Volume 3 of the groundbreaking Music Theory for Guitarists series, you’ll discover even more essential guitar theory concepts to expand your music theory knowledge and give you an even greater understanding of the guitar fretboard. After using this book you’ll have a near ‘pro-level’ understanding of music theory and how it relates to the guitar, enabling you to become a more accomplished ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Theory of Harmony

    With A New Introduction by Paul Wilkinson

    by Ernst Levy ...
    The classic work on Levy's theory of negative harmony.Ernst Levy was a visionary Swiss pianist, composer, and teacher who developed an approach to music theory that has come to be known as "negative harmony." Levy's theories have had a wide influence, from young British performer/composer Jacob Collier to jazz musicians like Steve Coleman. His posthumous text, A Theory of Harmony, summarizes his ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Music Composition Technique Builder, 3rd Edition

    Practical Training for Composers

    by Kevin Ure ...
    Series Book 2 - Composing Music
    For Composers Who Want Greater Technique: 3rd EditionDesigned for composers who have basic musicianship skills, this program begins with an explanation of the creative process and proceeds to provide composers with several exercises to improve technique. Composers receive multi-level exercises designed to improve the ear and analytical ability through practical composition exercises.Develop ... Read more

    $34.95 USD

  • Harmony Through Melody

    The Interaction of Melody, Counterpoint, and Harmony in Western Music

    Harmony Through Melody:The Interaction of Melody, Counterpoint, and Harmony in Western Music, Second Editionoffers a robust, composition-based approach to tonal music theory, ranging from early modality to recent film and popular music. Charles Horton, David A. Byrne, and Lawrence Ritchey develop techniques and strategies for exploring the fundamental interaction of melody and counterpoint with ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music for Airports

    Series series The Oxford Keynotes Series
    Brian Eno's seminal album Ambient 1: Music for Airports continues to fascinate and charm audiences, not only as a masterpiece of ambient music, but as a powerful and transformative work of art. Author John T. Lysaker situates this album in the context of twentieth-century art music, where its ambitions and contributions to avant garde music practice become even more apparent. To appreciate the ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Art of Is

    Improvising as a Way of Life

    A MASTERFUL BOOK ABOUT BREATHING LIFE INTO ART AND ART INTO LIFE“Stephen Nachmanovitch’s The Art of Is is a philosophical meditation on living, living fully, living in the present. To the author, an improvisation is a co-creation that arises out of listening and mutual attentiveness, out of a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity. It is a product of the nervous system, bigger than ... Read more

    Was $13.09 USD Now $10.69 USD

  • Music Theory For Dummies

    Tune in to how music really worksWhether you’re a student, a performer, or simply a fan, this book makes music theory easy, providing you with a friendly guide to the concepts, artistry, and technical mastery that underlie the production of great music. You’ll quickly become fluent in the fundamentals of knocking out beats, reading scores, and anticipating where a piece should go, giving you a ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists

    Master the Essential Knowledge All Guitarists Need To Know

    by James Shipway ...
    Series Book 1 - Music Theory For Guitarists
    With No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists, guitar players of all levels can access and understand most of the music theory they'll ever need, and boost their ability and confidence as guitarists, songwriters, soloists and more! With easy to understand language, crystal clear explanations, practical examples and absolutely no music reading ability or prior music knowledge required...you can now ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 流行音樂的特殊和絃進行訓練筆記

    創作/學習/和聲/編曲必備工具書(吉他/其他樂器適用)

    by 不拘時 ...
    ★ 不拘時「吉他編曲超訓練」線上影音課程:https://goo.gl/ci6LPe◎ 嚴選經典,了解獨特嚴選七首具有獨特和絃進行的經典中外流行音樂曲◎ 用流行音樂切入,更易學易用完整歸納和聲手法在流行音樂中的應用,也方便創作編曲時查閱◎ 示範操作流程,一目了然一步步由簡入繁進行和絃改編示範,學習各和聲手法的實務操作想讓自己在音樂創作上有更不同的感覺?想讓自己的演奏改編更加豐富,使用更有特色的和絃?可是翻開和聲學的書會讓你霧沙沙,無法了解其中的奧妙與實際的應用嗎?現在,跟著不拘時一起用不一樣的角度來了解和聲學,並跟著嘗試實際地手法運用吧!和聲學的內容探討的是和絃在音樂中與旋律的搭配進行與使用,而一般過於理論的內容時常讓學習者難以了解如何實際在創作或編曲中加以使用這些現有的和聲手法和工具。<... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Composing Electronic Music

    A New Aesthetic

    by Curtis Roads ...
    Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy. In this new domain, pitch occurs as a flowing and ephemeral substance that can be bent, modulated, or dissolved into noise ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Counterpoint and How to Use It in Your Music

    by John Collins ...
    Counterpoint is an approach to musical composition based on the union of independent and interdependent melodies. Counterpoint and How to Use It in Your Music is a step-by-step course in counterpoint, and shows you how to apply it in your own music, whether you write contemporary pop songs or pieces for orchestral or traditional instruments."I love to learn from it. A mavelous master piece. I ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Geometry of Music

    Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice

    Series series Oxford Studies in Music Theory
    How is the Beatles' "Help!" similar to Stravinsky's "Dance of the Adolescents?" How does Radiohead's "Just" relate to the improvisations of Bill Evans? And how do Chopin's works exploit the non-Euclidean geometry of musical chords? In this groundbreaking work, author Dmitri Tymoczko describes a new framework for thinking about music that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from medieval ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Playing Changes

    Jazz for the New Century

    by Nate Chinen ...
    One of jazz’s leading critics gives us an invigorating, richly detailed portrait of the artists and events that have shaped the music of our time. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, Playing Changes is the first book to take the measure of this exhilarating moment: it is a compelling argument for the resiliency of the art form and a rejoinder to any claims about its calcification or ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Creating Sounds from Scratch

    A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers

    Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds. The book covers the all of the main synthesis techniques including analog ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Composing with Constraints

    100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition

    by Jorge Variego ...
    Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition provides an innovative approach to the instruction of the craft of music composition based on tailored exercises to help students develop their creativity. When composition is condensed to a series of logical steps, it can then be taught and learned more efficiently. With this approach in mind, Jorge Variego offers a variety ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • 圖解作曲‧配樂

    イメージした通りに作曲する方法50

    by 梅垣ルナ ...
    Translated by 黃大旺 ...
    Series series Art BASE
    「對配樂主題沒FU,無法交差好尷尬……」「氣氛抓不準、情緒沒到位,怎麼辦才好?」5 大音樂類型‧40 種情境主題+10 項深刻化技巧運用意象作曲的科學方法,靈感不來也不怕!本書內容特色:● 意象情景分門別類,上百項實用手法詳細解說● 音樂技巧從基本到延伸,點 → 線 → 面完整構成樂曲層次● 意象提示+手法解析+譜例示範+音檔聆聽,情理並進,有感學習● 可任意自由搭配基本要訣,揮灑創意想像更得心應手能銘刻人心的樂曲總帶有鮮明的氛圍特性,令人一聽就在腦海中浮現鮮明的意象、渲染出豐沛的情緒,一如身歷其境。不妨想像一下:‧什麼音階能呈現出濃厚的民俗風情?‧哪一種和弦帶有懸疑色彩、令人不寒而慄?‧怎樣的旋律能表現出雨水滴落的樣貌?‧哪一種樂器的音色會令人想起燦爛的星空?‧熊熊燃燒的愛戀妒火,會化為什麼旋律?‧同一片海景,夏季的喧鬧和冬日的清冷又各能譜出怎樣... ... Read more

    $10.04 USD

  • SuperCollider for the Creative Musician

    A Practical Guide

    Series series Creating Technology for Music
    SuperCollider, an open-source, cross-platform software program for real-time sound synthesis and algorithmic composition, was created by James McCartney in 1996 and has evolved to become a powerful tool for music composition and research. Written by composer and sound artist Eli Fieldsteel, who has almost two decades' experience of using SuperCollider for a variety of creative audio projects, ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Composition musicale par assemblage

    Series series Musique
    Pour trouver de nouvelles idées musicales, les compositeurs pratiquent de multiples approches :imiter la mélodie d'un chant d'oiseau ...reproduire le rythme d'une poésie, d'une averse de pluie ou, même, celui d'une machine ...voyager au sein d'un paysage ...traduire les émotions d'une rencontre ...se laisser porter par l'ambiance surchauffée d'une répétition ou par des substances psychotropes .. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD