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The Nuer are a cattle herding people who live along the Nile. Although only a half million in population, they were made world famous by anthropologist E. Evans Pritchard's classic "The Nuer." Song is the art form most suited to their harsh climate and semi-nomadic existence. Cleaned the Crocodile's Teeth was translated by Terese Svoboda, who collected and transcribed them in the Sudan with the aid of a PEN/Columbia Fellowship. The National Endowment...
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The Debut Flute Teacher is a practical guide to the novice flute teacher and non-flute playing multi-instrument music teacher. The book covers in concise detail flute technique and business operation practises. Topics covered include flute sound production, posture, first notes and method books, articulation, advanced tone, theory, ensemble playing and practise techniques. Acquiring and retaining students, administration and finance are discussed...
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Do you think you would like to play guitar? Are you a beginner? Did you buy a guitar that is now collecting dust under your bed? Have you learned a few chords but now seem stuck in a rut? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Shades of Play is a must read. It is THE prerequisite to becoming a guitar player. You are either a guitar player or you are not, there is no grey area. Exposure to the simple instructions Bill and Mark explain in Shades...
84) GUITAR Mechanics
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If you have ever wondered why music is constructed the way it is, or why the guitar and other stringed instruments are made the way they are, then GUITAR Mechanics is the book is for you. Packed with facts and little known information, in addition to the specifically guitar related information, the book also contains many references to sources of useful accessories for the guitarist, mandolin and banjo player, such as strings, capos, picks and slides....
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How to play Chord progressions without jumping across the fretboard? Where are second-degree chords in Em? Where is G chord first-degree bass note of the 5th string? And many similar questions when you begin learning the fretboard. This book is for the guitarists, songwriters, and instructors to help with the chord progressions visualization on the fretboard. Each table: Chord Shape->Progression Degree->Fretboard position.
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If you've always wanted to learn how to play the drum set, this book is for you! Beginning Drum Set will help you learn the three basic beats most common in popular music today. The lessons that follow are the words and the visuals I would say and show a beginning drum set student. Start with the easy-to-master approach to learning the 2-4 (two-four) beat. Understand and practice the beat to perfection, and the other beats should come with time (pun...
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The Easyway to Play Guitar is the only music book that teaches you how to read and play guitar at the same time. Many guitar books only instruct to the point that readers can imitate playing the guitar, without truly understanding what they're playing. Others are filled with confusing, poorly explained chord charts. Lastly, many avoid the task of teaching reading music. The Easyway to Play Guitar avoids these problems by laying a foundation for understanding...
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El maestro Juan Mario Monroy propone el Estudio Integral de las escalas en la guitarra clásica en el que explora distintas posibilidades para un sistema de aprendizaje ordenado y estimulante para cualquier estudioso, con ejercicios técnicos. Inicia con una breve aproximación a la escala y una retrospectiva histórica que confirman su importancia estética y función didáctica. Luego, presenta de manera detallada la técnica de la escala considerando...
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The PRS Guitar Book details every facet of the wonderful electric guitars made by PRS, the Maryland-based company founded in 1985 by musician and guitar builder Paul Reed Smith. The paperback edition is updated to include all the latest information on the acclaimed Singlecut models, as well as the intriguing story of the Santana SE - the company's first venture into overseas manufacture. An inviting narrative describes the evolution of this internationally...
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This rare collection features violin parts with separate piano reductions of works by Brahms, Dvorak, Handel, Herbert, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Elgar, and others. Contents include Dvorak's Humoresque, Anton Rubinstein's Melody in F, Mendelssohn's Spring Song, Schubert's Serenade, Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms, Love's Greeting by Elgar, and Handel's Largo from Xerxes.
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The Problem with Most Guitar Books Many guitar books today are still bogged down with technique and music theory… Stuff that, while useful, can now often be learned for free and very easily on the internet. But let's be honest… Many guitarists don't even have any interest in learning to read music. Because many of the greats never did. (Ever heard of The Beatles? Eric Clapton? Tommy Emmanuel?) After all, that's the great thing about learning guitar...
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Introduced in 1954 as one of Gretsch's "Guitars of the Future" the White Falcon was an overwhelmingly impressive instrument. The influence of this spectacular new guitar spread to other models and guitar manufacturers. It was the dawn of a half-century of awe-inspiring guitars which are now favored by widely popular artists including Pete Townshend, Tom Petty, Alanis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, John Frusciante, Bo Diddley, and more. This book compiles...
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«De ritmo solo carece lo muerto», afirma Ce Santiago, y la vitalidad de este ensayo lo demuestra. Enamorado de la batería desde siempre, Santiago recorre la historia del instrumento y del arte de tocarlo, pero el compás de su prosa única también nos arrastrará hasta el filo del tiempo, el breve aunque crucial lapso que media entre un tic y un tac, allí donde convergen la literatura, la música y la vida entera, donde la tríada ritmo-cuerpo-instrumento...
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This book will teach you how to play erhu, the Chinese violin, at the advanced level. Various fingering and bowing techniques, the uncommon key signatures, as well as the ways to maintain an erhu will be taught in this book with illustrations and external videos. Likewise, a number of sheet music will be provided for practices. After reading the whole book, you should know more about erhu and can play songs with greater difficulty by yourself.
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First published in 2001 and now updated and expanded, History of the American Guitar begins in New York City in the 1830s with the arrival of Christian Martin, from Germany, to set up the Martin company. From that historic moment, the book takes readers on a fascinating and comprehensive visual tour of U.S. guitar history. Over 75 brand names are represented, with more than 300 guitars photographed in stunning detail, including Bigsby, Danelectro,...
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The electric guitar is an amazing instrument that is capable of facilitating the creation of many musical sounds and styles. This book contains a series of interviews that strives to dig deep into the various aspects of electric guitar tone and style.
What experiences and wisdom has guided some of the world's top guitar players in their pursuit for the ultimate tone and a signature sound?
What can we learn from the gear gurus that have invented...
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A Passion for Handmade Musical Greatness. In a modern revival of a great American tradition, sliders, pickers, strummers and makers are coming together in what they call the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution. Musicians and hobbyists are finding new creative freedom by making their own musical instruments out of unconventional materials. Their ingenious creations range from simple cardboard diddley bows to wooden box electric six-string guitars that are...
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Although rock 'n roll is America's all-time leading cultural export, half of the classic rock sound – hard-hitting, skintight, audacious, and vibrant – was born across the pond. Musician, journalist, and writer Dave Hunter's The British Amp Invasion: How Marshall, Hiwatt, Vox, and More Changed the Sound of Music charts the forty-plus year confluence of British industrial ingenuity and popular culture that grew a minor "also-ran" offshore industry...
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Drawing on the principles of Francesco Geminiani and four decades of experience as a baroque and classical violinist, Stanley Ritchie offers a valuable resource for anyone wishing to learn about 17th-18th-and early 19th-century violin technique and style. While much of the work focuses on the technical aspects of playing the pre-chinrest violin, these approaches are also applicable to the viola, and in many ways to the modern violin. Before the Chinrest...
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This book will teach you how to play pipa, the Chinese lute, at the beginner level. No prior knowledge in Chinese music is needed. In addition, you will know the pipa's structure, the ways to choose a good pipa and the numbered music notation. A number of sheet music are also provided for your own practices. After reading the whole book, you should have a basic understanding of the pipa and can play some simple songs by yourself.
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