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Trinity College London Press Session Skills for Drums InitialGrade 2
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Guitar Plectrum Guitar
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Trinity College London Press Plectrum Guitar Pieces InitialGrade 2
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Trinity College London Press Plectrum Guitar Pieces Grades 68
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Trinity College London Press Piano Dreams Solo Book 1
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£11.83
Trinity College London Press Oboe Scales Arpeggios Exercises Grades 1 to 8
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Trinity College London Press Recorder Scales Arpeggios Exercises Initial
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£14.68
Trinity College London Press Raise the Bar Violin Book 1 Initial to Grade 2
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Trinity College London Press Raise the Bar Violin Book 2 Grades 35
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£17.05
Trinity College London Press Raise the Bar Violin Book 3 Grades 68
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Vocal Exercises from 2018
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Violin Exam Pieces From
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Violin Exam Pieces From
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Berklee Press Publications Jazz Composition Theory And Practice
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£42.75
Berklee Press Publications The Contemporary Singer 2nd Edition
Book Synopsis(Berklee Guide). The second edition of this bestselling, comprehensive guide contains improved vocal workouts and additional topics, including performance anxiety and healthy singing. The companion online audio makes this guide an ideal tool for creating a singing course for students of almost any age or gender, who can practice technique along with lead sheets for such standard vocal pieces as Yesterday and I Heard It Through the Grapevine. Topics covered include getting started, posture, belting and diction, maintaining vocal health, microphone technique, and much more. The accompanying audio is accessed through Hal Leonard''s popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
£26.09
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Suppressed Composers in the Netherlands
Book SynopsisAn edited collection that assesses the music of 34 Dutch composers who were persecuted by the Nazis during World War Two. German occupation during the Second World War destroyed the careers of many Dutch composers. Some of them fled or went into hiding; many were murdered. In the Netherlands alone, at least 35 composers were persecuted, and most were then forgotten. Among them were Jewish composers like Daniël Belinfante, Dick Kattenburg, Leo Smit and Rosy Wertheim, but there were also figures from abroad who had sought refuge in the Netherlands, like Hans Lachmann and Ferenc Weisz, as well as those who had to go into hiding or were incarcerated because of their resistance activities, like Jan van Gilse and Marius Flothuis. What music had these men and women composed in the Netherlands during the interbellum? What did the survivors write with the return of peace? And what damage to the fabric of Dutch musical history was done by the Nazi tyranny?
£85.50
Sher Music Co ,U.S. The Worlds Greatest Fake Book
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Sher Music Co ,U.S. The New Real Book Volume 2 C Version
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£999.99
Hips Road/Tazadik Arcana X
Book SynopsisThe final installment of John Zorn''s major series of new music theory, with Oren Ambarchi, Peter Blegvad, Annea Lockwood, Henry Threadgill and many moreInitiated in 1997 and now in its tenth and final installment, John Zorn''s acclaimed Arcana series is a major source of new music theory and practice in the 21st century. Illuminating directly via the personal vision and experience of the practitioners themselves, who experience music not from a cool, safe distance, but from the white-hot center of the creative crucible itself, Arcana elucidates through essays, manifestos, scores, interviews, notebooks and critical papers.Over 25 years the ten volumes of Arcana have presented the writings of over 300 of the most extraordinary musical thinkers of our time, who address composing, performing, improvising, touring, collaborating, living and thinking about music from diverse, refreshing and often surprising perspectives. Technical, philoso
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Tsunami Books Press Cronies A Burlesque Adventures with Ken Kesey
Book SynopsisA bullet train of a book, fast-paced, hilarious, rich with action. A harbinger of good things to come in mysterious ways.It all began at a cocktail party at Wallace Stegner's for the Stanford writing class of 1958. Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs became cronies, embarking on a frolicking, rambunctious adventure that lasted over 40 years. Babbs calls the 70 stories of this book burlesques because, after 85 years of living, much of it in the wide friendly center of an evolving, at times psychedelic culture, memory no longer can, or even should include an exact retelling, but only a tasty sprinkling of the truth, mixed with an endless enigma, all topped with the best of humor and heart.The troupe of characters include the Kens Kesey and Babbs, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Timothy Leary, Jerry Garcia, Pigpen, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mountain Girl, Sonny Barger, Larry McMurtry, Wavy Gravy, Hunter S. Thompson, Kirk Douglas, Paul Newman, Jan Kerouac,Trade ReviewReview Quotes: "Babbs’s vivid storytelling ... invites us to connect to the Pranksters’ moment and the spirit of restive questioning that powered it and so many other countercultural eruptions. ... Babbs’s memories prove arresting, and his reconstructed conversations pulse with energy, wit, and a persuasive sense of truth, especially as Pranksters jape, improvise road poems, and build on each other’s mad thoughts with thoughts madder still." —Publishers Weekly "...[A] wondrous record: a lengthy memoir by a man who witnessed a great deal and brings it to life in vivid detail. But it’s also a tremendous act of friendship, capturing the visionary Kesey in a way that gives him depth without demystifying his art. A freewheeling, candy-colored journey of comradeship, drugs, art, and 1960s hijinks." —Kirkus Reviews "...[A] must-read for aging hippies, admirers of Kesey and anyone who wondered whatever happened to that group calling itself the Merry Pranksters. ... [An] affectionate remembrance of years spent raising hell with his best friend and taking others along for the ride." —Associated Press, John Rogers "This book is for anyone who has read Kerouac’s On the Road, dreamt of leaving it all behind, getting with close friends, and venturing forth into the unknown. It’s an enlightening, adventure-filled book for the inner prankster in us all." 4.5/5 stars —San Francisco Book Review, Eric Smith "While previous writers have created caricatures of Kesey, Babbs presents Kesey in a much more personal way, as a friend and pal. The book is an excellent read for anyone interested in learning more about the overlapping circles of the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead." 4/5 stars —City Book Review, Seattle, David Keenan "...[A] rip-snorting tale tempered by the wisdom of time and informed by the psychedelic enthusiasm of a culture founded in youth but defined by eternity." —CounterPunch, Ron Jacobs "At its heart, Cronies is a buddy picture. ... Ken Babbs carries on the Prankster spirit into the 2020s, acting as an anthropologist and living historical record, still on the search for a Kool Place." —Live For Live Music, Michael Broerman
£20.89
Michael Steen Great Operas of Wagner
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Cambridge University Press Mapping Postcolonial Paris by Ear
Book SynopsisThis Element refines and extends analyses France's colonial history up to contemporary antiracist and environmental struggles. It narrates the perspective of the urban field recordist, reinventing the bourgeois figure of the flaneur as a feminist-decolonial activist and configuring listening as an expressly spatial practice of mapping the city.
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Cambridge University Press Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations
Book SynopsisCoronations are the grandest of all state occasions. This study takes an in-depth look at the music that was performed at British coronations from 1603 to the present, reconstructing the programmes and performance of the music and considering it in its ceremonial and historical context.Trade Review'An exhaustive, invaluable first point of reference.' BBC Music Magazine'This impressive study of music and ritual adds a new aspect to the literature of royal ceremonial and will become required reading for historians of music and ritual.' ArchivesTable of Contents1. Introduction: the British Coronation and its music; 2. After Reformation and Restoration: 1603–1661 (James I, 1603; Charles I, 1626; Charles II, 1661); 3. Truncation and elaboration: 1685 (James II and Queen Mary); 4. Politics and spectacle: 1689–1714 (William III and Mary II, 1689; Queen Anne, 1702; George I, 1714); 5. The 'Concert Coronations' I: 1727 (George II and Queen Caroline); 6. The 'Concert Coronations' II: 1761 and 1821 (George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761; George IV, 1821); 7. The 'Reformed Model': 1831 and 1838 (William IV and Queen Adelaide, 1831; Queen Victoria, 1838); 8. The 'Marriage of Tradition and Innovation': the twentieth century (Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, 1902; George V and Queen Mary, 1911; George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937; Elizabeth II, 1953); Appendices: A. Full texts of anthems discussed; B. Transcriptions of documents and reports; C. Synoptic table of music at British coronations, 1603–1838; D. Synoptic table of music at twentieth century British coronations, 1902–1953; Bibliography and sources.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd English Rhythm and Blues
Book SynopsisPatrice Larroque hypothesizes that early blues singers may have been influenced by the trochaic rhythm of English. English is stressed and timed, which means that there is a regular beat to the language, just like there is a beat in a blues song. This regular beat falls on important words in the sentence and unimportant ones do not get stressed. They are squeezed between the salient words to keep the rhythm. The apparent contradiction between the fundamentally trochaic rhythm of spoken English and the syncopated ternary rhythm of blues may be resolved as the stressed syllables of the trochee (a stressed-unstressed sequence) is naturally lengthened and assumes the role of one strongly and one weakly stressed syllable in a ternary rhythm. The book suggests investigating the rhythm of English and the rhythm of blues in order to show how the linguistic rhythm of a culture can be reflected in the rhythm of its music.Trade ReviewA highly stimulating and lively book, which should be a hit not only with scholars and students of music and language, but also with musicians and anyone interested in American culture and music. The approach is well-informed and sensitive, and the whole is dealt with from a multi-angled perspective which brings together linguistics, phonology and music. The author takes care to articulate these various fields in a very convincing manner, making extensive use of both his academic knowledge as a linguist and his musical experience to back up his argument. The links between music and linguistic structure are very carefully studied in the light of recent research and experiments. - Nathalie Vincent-Arnaud, Professor of English Studies, University Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, FrancePatrice Larroque, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toulouse, France, explores the domain of linguistic variation, especially in African American English (AAE). His book provides stimulating analyses of the oral structure of the grammar and phonology to be found in blues. In addition, it offers interesting views on the links between poetry and the music of language. The author is also an experienced musician. This book will be of interest to teachers and students of literature and should appeal to any person interested in linguistics and music.- Claude E. Delmas, Professor Emeritus at the University Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Linguistic Rythm Chapter 1: In the beginning is the word Chapter 2: The Rhythm of English Chapter 3: The music of English Part 2: Blues MusicChapter 1: Origins and definition Chapter 2: The composition of blues Chapter3: Restoring the rhythm Chapter 4: The language in relation to blues music General conclusion: Linguistic and musical evolution References
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Taylor & Francis TraumaInformed Music Therapy
Book SynopsisTrauma-Informed Music Therapy is a timely volume that combines theoretical perspectives on trauma-informed practice with real-life applications in music therapy practice.Board-certified music therapists are in a unique position to provide comfort, create a sense of safety, and empower people to find their voice during and after traumatic experiences. In this book, the theory behind trauma-informed practice (TIP) is explored and expanded through stories of clinical implementation, social justice practices, and music therapy theories. Spanning topics such as grief and loss, adverse childhood experiences and their intergenerational effects, domestic abuse, urban trauma, polyvagal theory, and psychological first aid, this book addresses music therapy as the emerging therapeutic treatment modality for adults, children, and teenagers alike.This book will be of interest to practicing music therapists and music therapy students who are learning how to bring music therapy to victims and survivors of trauma.Trade Review"Trauma can be caused by various origins, not only by natural disasters but also violence, social oppression, and so on. This book covers such a wide range of populations who are affected by various origins of trauma, as well as overarching trauma theories. As someone who experienced the Great East Japan earthquake and nuclear disaster in 2011, I know how important and effective the trauma work can be. This book will be a valuable resource for students and professionals who wish to work with such populations. I highly recommend this book."Yuji Igari, M. S., Associate Professor of Music Therapy, Nagoya College of Music, Japan"This book includes chapters by a stellar group of international contributors, many of whom are recognized as authorities in their areas of expertise. The topics covered are highly relevant in the contemporary world, including natural disaster trauma, cultural issues including race and gender/sexual preference identity, and sexual and intimate partner violence, in addition to the more traditional focuses of psychiatry and oncology. Contemporary approaches are used to develop broad-based theory that is relevant across specific clinical areas and music therapy treatment models. This book is an essential resource for music therapists working within psychotherapy contexts."Kenneth Aigen, Director of Music Therapy, New York University, USA"This book offers an essential introduction to principles of trauma-informed practice in music therapy. The editors bring together a collection of voices that demonstrate the potential for music to assist in the healing process in the aftermath of difficult events that shape our lives. It will be an incredibly valuable resource to both students and experienced practitioners across the creative arts therapies."Prof. Nisha Sajnani, Director, Program in Drama Therapy, New York University, USA"Trauma can affect people in many ways. This book discusses trauma-informed practice (TIP), laying a theoretical framework and drawing together some of the ways of working with trauma. The authors come from a variety of backgrounds and clinical settings, thus presenting various perspectives on this work. An awareness of the power dynamics that may intersect with experiences of trauma runs through a number of the chapters. I expect that music therapists and others will be stimulated by the contents and excited to read about new approaches to trauma-informed practice in music therapy."Barbara L. Wheeler, PhD, MT-BC, Professor Emeritus, Montclair State University, USATable of Contents1. Introduction, Part I: Theories and Perspectives, 2. The Resilience Framework for Trauma-Informed Music Therapy, 3. Global Trends in Music Therapy for Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, 4. Cultural Humility in Music Therapy Practice, 5. Questioning the Promise of Safety in Trauma-Informed Music Therapy Practice, Part II: Children and Adolescents, 6. I Am Safe and I Am Strong: Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences and Building Resilience Through Trauma-Informed Music Therapy, 7. Changing the Narrative: Exploring how Music Therapy can Assist Adolescents Dealing with Race-Based Traumatic Stress, 8. Music Therapy with Children in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster, 9. Clinical Songwriting for Children with Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease, Part III: Adults, 10. Music Therapy for Survivors of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence, 11. Group Work with Adults in Short-Term Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment and Recovery, 12. Trauma-Informed Music Psychotherapy in Radiation Oncology: Implementation of the Trauma, Resilience, Safety Model, 13. Finding One's Voice: Working Through Developmental Trauma with Vocal Psychotherapy, 14. Music Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma in Adult Mental Health, 15. "I Hear You": The Potency of Play in Music Psychotherapy for Treating Trauma in Musicians, 16. Bent Pitch: Trauma, the LGBTQAI+ Community, and Music Psychotherapy, 17. Mechanisms of Change in Music Therapy when Treating Adults Coping with Trauma, 18. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a
Book SynopsisThis book tells the stories of disabled people who have been influential in creating modern mass media.Through the voices of key disabled media makers and collaborators, the author highlights the ways in which their contributions are changing society's understanding of disability and shaping mass media and culture. Spanning a range of media formats television/streaming productions, performances, podcasts, TED Talks, films, reality TV, graphic novels, and social media channels the book illustrates how disabled people are confronting the marginalization they have faced in mass media for decades. Modern disabled media creators are leveraging new media platforms to recognize the lived experiences of disability and their authentic place in media culture.This innovative and thought-provoking volume will be an important read for scholars, disability advocates, and students of Disability Studies, Mass Communication/Media Studies, as well as mass media production faculty, disTrade ReviewA vital love letter to disability media that doesn’t just consider the limits of disability representation but gazes fondly at future possibilities. Engaging directly with disabled media creators, and backed up with important historical context, Haller offers a deep exploration into why new media platforms can offer exciting opportunities for mass audiences to hear different disability stories.Jeff Preston, PhD, Assistant Professor, Disability Studies, King’s University College, Western University"This book is truly a tour de force, combining theoretical and empirical research to map a broad and diverse spectrum of disability and media. Haller’s skill to synthesise historical, social, cultural, political and economic layers of disability media creation and representation is unprecedented. The reading experience is enriched by each chapter focusing on a different media genre and deploying a different theoretical approach. Its interdisciplinary poise thus benefits a variety of disciplines, such as disability studies, media studies, anthropology and media practice-led research. Most importantly, the writing is engaging and accessible, embodying the same kind of inclusivity its content advocates for." Catalin Brylla, Principal Lecturer in Film TV, Bournemouth University, UK With her decades of experience writing about disability issues as a journalist, in addition to her academic career in communication studies, Beth Haller is the preeminent scholar and chronicler of disabled people’s uses of mass, print, and digital media—as creators, consumers, and critics—for their social, cultural, and political advancement. This book adeptly combines up-to-date examples with fresh takes on communication theory to offer readers unexpected insights into the past, present, and future of disability representation on-screen and online. Meryl Alper, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Collaborating on set to disrupt narrative prosthesisChapter 2: Talking the Talk of Real Disabled People’s LivesChapter 3: Disability content through podcasting and vlogging as public pedagogyChapter 4: Performers illustrate the Affirmative Model by taking control on scripted series for Web and streamingChapter 5: Disability as superpower: Comics, graphic novels, and musicChapter 6: “Giving everything they have:” Documentaries illuminate disability experiencesChapter 7: Becoming visible: People with nonvisible disabilities crafting media content
£135.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Womens Work in Music
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Women's Work in Music presents a unique collection of core research by academics and music practitioners from around the world, engaging with an extraordinarily wide range of topics on women's contributions to Western and Eastern art music, popular music, world music, music education, ethnomusicology as well as in the music industries.The handbook falls into six parts. Part I serves as an introduction to the rich variety of subject matter the reader can expect to encounter in the handbook as a whole. Part II focuses on what might be termed the more traditional strand of feminist musicology research which highlights the work of historical and/or neglected composers. Part III explores topics concerned with feminist aesthetics and music creation and Part IV focuses on questions addressing the performance and reception of music and musicians. The narrative of the handbook shifts in Part V to focus on opportunities and leadership in the music profTable of ContentsEditor’s IntroductionPart I: Challenging Gender Inequalities Sophie Fuller, Grace, Betty, Maude and Me: 30 Years of Fighting for Women Composers Susan Wollenberg, ‘Where Are We Now?’: Teaching and Studying Women Composers post-Citron Helen Elizabeth Davies, ‘Because I’m a Girl’: Exploring Experiences, Practices and Challenges Relating to Gender and Sexuality for Female Musicians in Popular Music Higher Education Emily Doolittle, Composer, Mother Stephen Wilford, ‘The Algerian woman is very strong’: Music, Identity and Gender in Algerian London Valentine Harding, In Search of the Field: Reflections on an Ethnomusicological Project in India Christina Homer, Women’s Work in Ethnomusicology: Alternative Spaces Part II: (Re)Discoveries Zaina Shihabi, A Brief Historical and Sociological Examination of Twentieth-Century Arab Women Composers and Performers in Egypt Sally Macarthur, The Rise and Rise of Women in Australian Composition Susan Clauson-Elliott, Women Composers and the Proms: The First 100 Years (1895–1994) Claudia Chibici-Revneanu, Chasing María Teresa Lara: An Autoethnographic Account of Trying to Recuperate the Story of a ‘Lost’ Woman Composer Joanna Schiller-Rydzewska, The Artistic Path and Achievement of Polish Composer Ewa Synowiec Eva M. Maschke, Composer, Performer, Teacher: Jeanne Barbillion (1895-1992) and the Schola Cantorum de Paris Elisabeth Honn Hoegberg, How Theocritus Sang: Eleanor Everest Freer’s Sonnets from the Portuguese Rhian Davies, A Life in Fragments: Morfydd Owen (1891–1918) Part III: Aesthetics and Music Creation Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi, Overcoming the ‘Male Gaze’ of Music: Towards Renewed Compositional Strategies Isabel Nogueira, Voices, Sounds and Herstories: Constructing Feminist Research in Experimental Music Angela Elizabeth Slater, Invisible Canons: A Reflective Commentary on the Formation of my Personal Canon of Women Composers Lucy Hollingworth, Storytelling in Autoethnography – The Poetess J. Michele Edwards, Chen Yi: Trauma, Myths, and Representation Laura Dallman, Considering Autonomy and Collaboration in Three Concerti by Jennifer Higdon Ji Yeon Lee, Decoding the Riddle: The Tea-Party Scene in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland David Forrest, Kate Bush’s Uncanny Harmonic Language Part IV: Performance and Reception Bella Powell, Notions of Virtuosity, Female Accomplishment, and the Violin as Forbidden Instrument in Early-Mid Nineteenth-Century England Nuppu Koivisto, Visitors from ‘the Merry Town by the Danube’: Viennese Ladies’ Orchestras, Public Image and Variety Shows in Finland from 1870 to 1914 Maren Bagge, Women Song Composers and the London Ballad Concerts Ivette Janet Céspedes Gómez, Sara Gonzáles: A Different Song About Women Grace Takyi Donkor, Changing Roles of Women in the Gospel Music Performance Space in Ghana Maree Sheehan, Māori Women at the Forefront of Aotearoa/New Zealand Music in the Mid 1980s and Early 1990s Li-ming Pan, The Stereotypical Image and Body Representation of Taiwanese Female Musicians Part V: Opportunities and Leadership in the Music Professions Jessica Duchen, Climb Every Mountain Edwina Wolstencroft, Celebrating Women Composers on BBC Radio 3 Miia Laine, Contested Spaces: Gender Dynamics in Independent Radio Stations in London Karlyn King, ‘And her voice is a backwards record’: The Gendering of Phonograph Technology Carolyn Watson, Cracks in the Glass Ceiling: Women Conductors, New Trends, Old Challenges Frances Novillo, Personal Reflections on Professional Experience of Women’s Liturgical Leadership as Musicians in the Roman Catholic Church Gabriela Sanchez Diaz, Re-Mapping and Connecting Bodies of Women Musicians Part VI: New Perspectives on Women’s Work in Music Yuemin He, Materiality, Editorship and Canonisation in Wang Duanshu’s Collection of Elegance (1667) Jennifer Cable, Mary Carlisle Howe (1882–1964) and Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950): Creating an Arts Culture in America, One Woman at a Time Elina G. Hamilton, Louise Hanson-Dyer (1884–1962): Patroness of Music Publishing Lia Lonnert and Helen Davies Mikkelborg, Lady Llanover and the Swedish Connection: A Welsh Musical Legacy Jessica Beck, The Women Musicians of the British Ethical Movement, 1887–1927 Kirstie Alison Muldoon, The Role of Women in Irish Music Institutions in the Early Twentieth Century Helen C. Thomas, The Beedle-Carter Correspondence: An Analysis of the Cultural Work Undertaken by Maureen Beedle to Promote Elliott Carter’s Music in the UK and Europe
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Taylor & Francis Music Higher Education and Society
Book SynopsisThis volume asserts that institutional teaching, study, administration, and performance of music should derive from âœessential goodness:â the transcendent value embodied in meaning-making that is manifest through holistic cognitive, creative, kinesthetic, productive, and expressive reality.The classical music ecosystem suffers from a legacy of survival, rather than flourishing across increasingly diverse audiences among whom personal and shared meaning is the crux of perceived value. Myers calls for a renaissance in professional education and practice that embeds rigorous and disciplined adherence to essential goodness as a non-negotiable premise. Change leadership is essential if classical music and musicians are to offer society the value it deserves through the classical arts, and administrators, boards, funders, and artists must adopt attitudes of service to this greater good in order to invite and lead participatory, co-creative engagement. Through critical analysis of
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Taylor & Francis The Road Crew
Book SynopsisThe Road Crew: Live Music and Touring is an in-depth study of the road crew â the group of workers who handle the logistical and technical requirements of popular music concert tours â that provides an extensive look at the activities and personnel involved in the daily operation of these events.Using interviews with road crew members, participant observation at concert venues and archival research, this book covers a range of topics, including how they learn their roles and maintain work through networks and informal practices, the experience of being on tour and the workplace culture of road crews, the daily tasks and necessary documents that contribute to the realisation of concert events, and the integral role that tour managers play in the working lives of musicians. The book also provides important insights into the experience of women working in a male-dominated field, the ways in which hierarchy shapes the working lives of âœsupportâ workers and the effects oTrade Review'This short, highly engaging book lets us into the backstage world of the workers essential to the live music industries. Through ethnography, interviews, and archival research, Kielich provides an intimate account of the labor which sustains the tours of major rock artists. With an eye towards the details of crew members’ working days, their camaraderie and culture, gender norms, and the “care work” of tour managers, The Road Crew places rock stars as bosses, crew members as part of the vast numbers of freelance gig workers animating popular culture. Kielich documents road crew work’s informality and rules, its social costs and joys, its brutal schedules and surprising power relations. An essential book for anyone seeking to grasp the full scope of the labor of live music.'Shannon Garland, University of California, Merced, USATable of Contents1. What is a Road Crew? 2. Getting In, Getting Hired, Working, Leaving 3. Show Days 4. Being on Tour 5. Looking After Musicians
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Working with Sound
Book SynopsisWorking with Sound is an exploration of the ever-changing working practices of audio development in the era of hybrid collaboration in the games industry. Through learnings from the pre-pandemic remote and isolated worlds of audio work, sound designers, composers, and dialogue designers find themselves equipped uniquely to thrive in the hybrid, remote, and studio-based realms of today's fast-evolving working landscapes. With unique insights into navigating the worlds of isolation and collaboration, this book explores ways of thinking and working in this world, equipping the reader with inspiration to sustainably tackle the many stages of the development process. Working with Sound is an essential guide for professionals working in dynamic audio teams of all sizes, as well as the designers, producers, artists, animators, and programmers who collaborate closely with their colleagues working on game audio and sound.Trade Review'This is a much needed book and I can think of no one better or more appropriate than Rob Bridgett to have written it. Working with Sound is essential reading in its field for students, audio professionals and anyone with an interest in how sound creates narrative and emotional pictures in the mind. After all, as Bridgett reminds us, "sound is the invisible art department".'Seán Street, Emeritus Professor of Radio, Bournemouth University'Rob Bridgett’s book paints an amazingly detailed, broadly informed and inspiring vision of the future for anyone working with sound in the interactive world of entertainment…This outstanding book is an invaluable resource for both seasoned professionals and emerging sound designers and directors.'Wieslaw Woszczyk, Distinguished James McGill Professor, McGill University'While providing a wealth of practical tips and tricks, Bridgett looks beyond the day-to-day tasks and envisions a paradigm shift where audio becomes integral to game design and development. Acknowledging that this fundamental change needs to come from the inside, Bridgett suggests a plethora of strategies in Working with Sound that game audio practitioners can adopt to inspire and cultivate collaboration with other disciplines, leading to a future with more meaningful game audio.'Martin Stig Andersen, Composer, Audio Director (LIMBO, INSIDE, Control)Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Continual Change 2. Forever Changes Part II: Remote Revolutions 3. Working with Sound: The (Present) Future of Development 4. L-Levels 5. Live Reviews: Time to Listen 6. Diversity of Work 7. Integrated Audio and The Double Edged Sword of Audio Quality 8. Guerilla-Style Remote 9. The Pendulum Shift 10. The Evolving Role of Audio Leadership Part III: Understanding Sound Work: Cinematization 11. First-Principles: Genre and Style 12. Three Factors: Game Genre, Entertainment Genre, and Style 13. The Long Shadows of Cinema 14. Hollywood Sound Part IV: Understanding Creative Work 15. Sound Images: Ambiguity and Clarity 16. Sound Motifs 17. Ambiguity: Language in Collaboration 18. Designing a Game for Sound 19. Creative Techniques 20. Audio Tools 21. Quality 22. Emotional Parameters 23. Why we Might be Doing 66% Too Much Work 24. Long-Term Pillars for Audio Quality 25. Working with Future-Aware Structures 26. Working in a Post-Silo Era 27. Breaking Down the Walls: New Terrains 28. Social Sound Design 29. Haptic Design Part V: Spatial Work 30. Surround and Spatial Sound 31. First Wave Consumer Integration into Surround 32. IMAX 33. Ride Film: Shock and Awe 34. Pushing the Consumer Sound Envelope 35. Spatial Music 36. A Positive Future for Spatial Audio in Games 37. Off-Screen Sound in Games 38. Diegetic Devices: Music and Voice in Third-Person Listener Perspectives Part VI: Planning Sound Work 39. Time 40. Money 41. In The Loop Part VII: The Mix 42. Working with the Mix 43. Creative Principles 44. Techniques 45. Standards 46. Planning 47. Roles and Responsibilities 48. Outreach and Communication 49. Thinking Beyond the Technical 50. Plan to Mix 51. Tools, Techniques and Pipelines 52. Fresh Ears 53. Consistency 54. Dynamic Range Part VIII: The Continual Work of Sound 55. Good Enough - Isn’t 56. The Ubiquity of Entertainment
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Routledge Bob Dylan on Film
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Austin Macauley Walls Are Talking
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SAGE Publications Inc Music Business Handbook and Career Guide
Book SynopsisTheThirteenth Editionof this powerhouse best-selling text maintains its tradition as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the music industry in all of its diversity. Readers new to the music business and seasoned professionals alike will find David Baskerville, Tim Baskerville, and Serona Elton's handbook the go-to source, regardless of their specialty within the music field.Music Business Handbook and Career Guideis ideal for introductory courses such as Introduction to the Music Business, Music and Media, and other survey courses as well as more specialized courses such as the Record Industry, Music Careers, Artist Management, and more. The fully updatedThirteenth Editionincludes a comprehensive discussion of the streaming revolution, wherethis predominant form of music consumption stands today and is heading in the future.Rapid changes in music licensingare addressed and how they impact creators,Trade Review"Music Business Handbook and Career Guide is the most comprehensive book on this topic by far." -- Kim L. Wangler"Thorough and comprehensive; a good starting point for any music business topic." -- Ken Paoli"It is absolutely the best resource for musicians learning how to navigate today′s music market place." -- Charles Denler"I like that this text is very comprehensive, and provides more fact than opinion." -- A.J. Merlino, DMA"I like the wide variety of aspects of the commercial music field covered by this book. It allows me to bring in frequent guest speakers to share their perspective on particular chapters in the book." -- John PrescottTable of ContentsPART I • SETTING THE STAGE CHAPTER 1 • Introduction to the Music Business CHAPTER 2 • Agents, Managers, and Attorneys CHAPTER 3 • Unions and Guilds CHAPTER 4 • Artist Management PART II • COPYRIGHT, SONGWRITING, PUBLISHING, AND LICENSING CHAPTER 5 • Music Copyright CHAPTER 6 • Professional Songwriting CHAPTER 7 • Music Publishing CHAPTER 8 • Music Licensing PART III • THE RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY CHAPTER 9 • Recording Artists and Record Labels CHAPTER 10 • Recording Agreements CHAPTER 11 • Record and Video Production CHAPTER 12 • Record Label Marketing and Distribution CHAPTER 13 • On-Demand Streaming CHAPTER 14 • Market Analytics PART IV • LIVE PERFORMANCE CHAPTER 15 • Concert Promotion CHAPTER 16 • Concert Venues CHAPTER 17 • Arts Administration CHAPTER 18 • Music in Theatre PART V • MUSIC IN THE MARKETPLACE CHAPTER 19 • Music in Radio and Video CHAPTER 20 • Music in Media CHAPTER 21 • Music Products PART VI • MAKING A LIVING IN MUSIC CHAPTER 22 • The DIY Artist CHAPTER 23 • Starting Your Own Business CHAPTER 24 • Career Options CHAPTER 25 • Career Development
£114.95
Cambridge University Press Music Wellness and Aging
Book SynopsisMusic is a metaphor that connects people to a profound sense of life. In this book, music intersects with wellness and aging as humans adapt to life changes, stay engaged, remain creative, and achieve self-actualization. Along with discussion of cutting-edge research, the book presents stories and interviews from everyday people as well as professional and non-professional musicians. It discusses individual and social wellness, age-related and pathological changes in health, music therapies, personal resilience and growth, interpersonal and community relationships, work and retirement, spirituality, and the psychology of aging. The case studies show how music, wellness, and aging connect to define, direct, and celebrate life, as these three concepts allow people to connect with others, break down barriers, and find common ground.Trade Review'Occasionally we encounter a book that transmits not only knowledge, but also touches upon a deeper level of personal experience. The authors share a history of living with music. They help us reconnect with music, which will endure, with its inspiring, comforting, and reconciling presence.' Jan Baars, Extraordinary Professor of Aging, University of Humanistic Studies, Netherlands'This book is a joy to read. In clear, compelling language, the authors explain the pathways by which music brings coherence, joy, healing, and growth to our lives. Packed with evidence and personal stories, the volume is a fabulous achievement and a significant addition to the field.' Andrea Creech, Professor of Music Pedagogy, McGill University, Canada'This is an extraordinary treatise on the impact of music and aging on our lives. The authors achieve a beautiful balance between humanism, science, and spirituality in a writing style that is universally accessible. The book is an inspiring guide to achieving balance and wellness in oneself and society.' J. Todd Frazier, Director of the System Center for Performing Arts Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, USA'The authors have masterfully examined complex topics, presenting insightful research and demonstrating music's unique ability to positively influence wellness throughout the aging process. Professional and recreational musicians seeking a broader understanding of music's transformative characteristics will benefit from this impactful resource.' Susan Hochmiller, Assistant Professor of Voice, Gettysburg College, USA'This clever book explains music and music therapy through a scientific lens and personal stories. It provides intriguing insights and an optimistic view on aging and personal growth. What a gift!' Hanne Mette Ridder, Professor of Music Therapy, Aalborg University, Denmark'Warning: this book may inspire you to dust off an old musical instrument, join a choir or unearth your vinyl collection…' Katie Overy, Director of the Music in Human and Social Development Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Scotland'This is a major study which develops a compelling argument for the importance of music in promoting health and wellbeing. The authors provide a stimulating and original argument about the transformative power of music. It is an important reference for academics and practitioners alike.' Chris Phillipson, Professor of Sociology and Sociology Gerontology, University of Manchester, UK'The authors have managed to weave current social issues and scientific, philosophical, spiritual, and psychological literature together into one magnificent symphony. It is a beautiful homage to the power of music. This is a truly wonderful source for both scholars and music lovers!' Toru Sato, Professor of Psychology, Shippensburg University, USATable of Contents1. Overture; 2. In Search of a Perfect Harmony: Music and Wellness in Later-Life; 3. Hearing the Muse's Message: Changes in Sensory-Perceptual and Cognitive Processes; 4. Sing a New Song! Therapeutic Interventions with Music; 5. Trio: Resilience, Recovery, and Growth; 6. Tutti: Music and Relationships – Interpersonal and Social-Community; 7. Rhythm and Blues: Work and Retirement; 8. Requiem: Spirituality and End-of-Life; 9. CODA: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life.
£33.13
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia
Book SynopsisAs a companion to ''music in Australia'', rather than ''Australian music'', this book acknowledges the complexity and contestation inherent in the term ''Australia'', whilst placing the music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at its very heart. This companion emphasizes a diversity of musical experiences in the breadth of musical practice that flows though Australia, including Indigenous song, art music, children''s music, jazz, country, popular music forms and music that blurs genre boundaries. Organised in four themed sections, the chapters present the latest research alongside perspectives of current creative artists to explore communities of practice and music''s ongoing entanglements between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural practices, the influence of places near and far, of continuity, tradition, adaptation, and change. In the final chapter, we pick up where these chapters have taken us, asking what is next for music in Australia for the future.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Pro Tools AllinOne For Dummies
Book SynopsisA complete Pro Tools reference - from recording to mixing to mastering Pro Tools has long been the recording industry''s leading solution for capturing, mixing, and outputting audio. While it was once a tool known and used exclusively by engineers in pro studios, it is now readily available to anyone wishing to create their own recording. This updated edition of Pro Tools All-in-One For Dummies covers the features you'll encounter in both Pro Tools First as well as the versions designed for next-level recording. It guides you through the very basics of recording, capturing both live and digital instruments, how to sweeten your sound in mixing, and how to tweak and output your final master. Now get ready to make some beautiful sounds! Get up to speed with recording basics Pick the Pro Tools version that works for you Record acoustic audio Get to know MIDI Discover how to set compression and EQ SweeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Book 1: Getting Started with Pro Tools 5 Chapter 1: Discovering What You Need 7 Chapter 2: Configuring Your Computer 33 Chapter 3: Choosing and Setting Up Your Hardware 49 Chapter 4: Examining Software Basics 59 Book 2: Understanding Recording Basics 79 Chapter 1: Getting Connected: Setting Up Your Studio 81 Chapter 2: Understanding Signal Flow 105 Chapter 3: Understanding the Pro Tools Windows 123 Chapter 4: Importing and Exporting Files 169 Book 3: Recording Live Audio and Acoustic Instruments 195 Chapter 1: Taking Care of Tracks 197 Chapter 2: Understanding Microphones 217 Chapter 3: Miking: Getting a Great Source Sound 245 Chapter 4: Preparing to Record 285 Chapter 5: Recording Audio 307 Book 4: Recording Electronic Instruments with MIDI 331 Chapter 1: Understanding Electronic Instruments and MIDI 333 Chapter 2: Preparing to Record MIDI 349 Chapter 3: Recording Electronic Instruments with MIDI 367 Book 5: Editing Your Performances (Audio and MIDI) 385 Chapter 1: Audio Editing Basics 387 Chapter 2: Selecting Material to Edit 411 Chapter 3: Getting into Editing 441 Chapter 4: Adding to Your Audio Editing Palette 471 Chapter 5: Editing MIDI Data 495 Chapter 6: Performing MIDI Operations 525 Book 6: Mixing 549 Chapter 1: Mixing Basics 551 Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Mix 567 Chapter 3: Using Equalization 593 Chapter 4: Digging into Dynamics Processors 609 Chapter 5: Singling Out Signal Processors 631 Chapter 6: Automating Your Mix 641 Chapter 7: Making Your Mix 659 Book 7: Mastering 667 Chapter 1: Mastering Basics 669 Chapter 2: Mastering Your Music 677 Book 8: Getting Your Music to the Masses 691 Chapter 1: Putting Your Music on CD and Vinyl 693 Chapter 2: Getting Your Music on the Internet 707 Index 727
£26.39
John Wiley & Sons Inc Guitar Exercises For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions We Use in This Book 2 What You’re Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part 1: Preparing to Practice 4 Part 2: Scales and Scale Sequences 4 Part 3: Arpeggios and Arpeggio Sequences 4 Part 4: Chords and Additional Exercises 4 Part 5: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 5 Part 1: Preparing to Practice 7 Chapter 1: Reviewing Guitar Fundamentals 9 Perfecting Your Practice Posture 9 Brushing Up On Guitar Notation 10 Decoding tablature 10 Comprehending chord diagrams 11 Interpreting neck diagrams 11 Recognizing rhythm slashes 12 Chapter 2: Warming Up for Your Practice Sessions 13 Preparing Your Body and Mind to Play 13 Limbering up your fingers 13 Reflecting on your breathing, relaxation, and focus 14 Waking Up Your Fingers with Some Practice Exercises 15 Single-note exercises 16 Chord exercises 17 Part 2: Scales and Scale Sequences 19 Chapter 3: Putting the Major Scales to Use in Your Playing 21 Practicing Five Major Scale Patterns 21 Major scale pattern #1 22 Major scale pattern #2 24 Major scale pattern #3 25 Major scale pattern #4 27 Major scale pattern #5 28 Applying Your Scale Work to Actual Pieces of Music 29 “The First Noël” 29 Bach’s “Minuet in G” 31 Chapter 4: Adding Major Scale Sequences to Your Repertoire 33 Practicing Major Scale Sequences 34 Major scale sequences using pattern #1 34 Major scale sequences using pattern #2 36 Major scale sequences using pattern #3 38 Major scale sequences using pattern #4 39 Major scale sequences using pattern #5 40 Putting Your Sequence Skills to Work with a Few Songs 42 “Oh, Them Golden Slippers” 42 “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” 43 Chapter 5: Tackling the Three Minor Scales 45 Familiarizing Yourself with Natural Minor Scales 45 Natural minor scale pattern #1 46 Natural minor scale pattern #2 47 Natural minor scale pattern #3 49 Natural minor scale pattern #4 50 Natural minor scale pattern #5 51 Raising the Bar with Melodic Minor Scales 53 Melodic minor scale pattern #1 53 Melodic minor scale pattern #2 55 Melodic minor scale pattern #3 56 Melodic minor scale pattern #4 58 Melodic minor scale pattern #5 59 Harmonizing with Harmonic Minor Scales 60 Harmonic minor scale pattern #1 61 Harmonic minor scale pattern #2 62 Harmonic minor scale pattern #3 63 Harmonic minor scale pattern #4 65 Harmonic minor scale pattern #5 66 Playing Pieces Using the Three Minor Scales 67 “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” 67 Handel’s “Allegro” 68 “The Three Ravens” 69 Chapter 6: Examining Minor Scale Sequences 71 It’s Only Natural: Practicing Natural Minor Scale Sequences 71 Natural minor scale sequences using pattern #1 72 Natural minor scale sequences using pattern #2 73 Natural minor scale sequences using pattern #3 74 Natural minor scale sequences using pattern #4 74 Natural minor scale sequences using pattern #5 75 Up and Down the Scale: Practicing Melodic Minor Scale Sequences 76 Melodic minor scale sequences using pattern #1 76 Melodic minor scale sequences using pattern #2 77 Melodic minor scale sequences using pattern #3 78 Melodic minor scale sequences using pattern #4 79 Melodic minor scale sequences using pattern #5 79 Discovering a More Intense Sound with Harmonic Minor Scale Sequences 80 Harmonic minor scale sequences using pattern #1 81 Harmonic minor scale sequences using pattern #2 82 Harmonic minor scale sequences using pattern #3 83 Harmonic minor scale sequences using pattern #4 84 Harmonic minor scale sequences using pattern #5 85 Practicing Some Pieces Using Minor Scale Sequences 85 “To Work upon the Railroad” 86 Bach’s “Bourrée in E Minor” 87 “The Full Little Jug” 88 Part 3: Arpeggios and Arpeggio Sequences 89 Chapter 7: Breaking Out with Major Arpeggios 91 Preparing Yourself for Major Chords by Practicing Major Arpeggios 91 Major arpeggio pattern #1 92 Major arpeggio pattern #2 93 Major arpeggio pattern #3 94 Major arpeggio pattern #4 95 Major arpeggio pattern #5 95 Applying Your Skills: Performing Pieces Using Major Arpeggios 96 “To the Colors” 97 “Retreat” 98 Chapter 8: Discovering How to Play Major Arpeggio Sequences 99 Picking Up On Major Arpeggio Sequences 99 Major arpeggio sequences using pattern #1 100 Major arpeggio sequences using pattern #2 101 Major arpeggio sequences using pattern #3 102 Major arpeggio sequences using pattern #4 104 Major arpeggio sequences using pattern #5 105 Playing Pieces That Feature Major Arpeggio Sequences 106 “Blues Riff in B” 106 “Doo-Wop Groove in A” 108 Chapter 9: Getting to Know Minor Arpeggios 109 Working On Minor Arpeggios 110 Minor arpeggio pattern #1 110 Minor arpeggio pattern #2 111 Minor arpeggio pattern #3 113 Minor arpeggio pattern #4 114 Minor arpeggio pattern #5 115 Playing Pieces with Minor Arpeggios 116 “Wolfgang’s Whistle” 116 “Amadeus’s Air” 117 Chapter 10: Looking at Minor Arpeggio Sequences 119 Adding Minor Arpeggio Sequences to Your Practice Sessions 119 Minor arpeggio sequences using pattern #1 120 Minor arpeggio sequences using pattern #2 121 Minor arpeggio sequences using pattern #3 122 Minor arpeggio sequences using pattern #4 124 Minor arpeggio sequences using pattern #5 125 Tackling a Few Pieces Composed of Minor Arpeggio Sequences 126 “Mozart’s Motif” 126 Schumann’s “The Wild Horseman” 128 Chapter 11: Enhancing Your Playing with Seventh Chord Arpeggios 131 Practicing Dominant Seventh Chord Arpeggios 132 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio pattern #1 132 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio pattern #2 133 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio pattern #3 134 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio pattern #4 135 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio pattern #5 135 Putting Your Fingers to Work with Minor Seventh Chord Arpeggios 136 Minor seventh chord arpeggio pattern #1 137 Minor seventh chord arpeggio pattern #2 138 Minor seventh chord arpeggio pattern #3 139 Minor seventh chord arpeggio pattern #4 140 Minor seventh chord arpeggio pattern #5 141 Running Through the Major Seventh Chord Arpeggios 142 Major seventh chord arpeggio pattern #1 142 Major seventh chord arpeggio pattern #2 143 Major seventh chord arpeggio pattern #3 144 Major seventh chord arpeggio pattern #4 145 Major seventh chord arpeggio pattern #5 146 Applying Seventh Chord Arpeggios to Some Famous Pieces 147 Schubert’s “Ave Maria” 147 Fauré’s “Pavane” 149 Chapter 12: Trying Your Hand at Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences 153 Taking On Dominant Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences 153 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #1 154 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #2 154 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #3 155 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #4 156 Dominant seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #5 156 Adding Minor Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences to Your Collection 157 Minor seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #1 157 Minor seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #2 158 Minor seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #3 159 Minor seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #4 159 Minor seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #5 160 Practicing Major Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences 161 Major seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #1 161 Major seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #2 162 Major seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #3 162 Major seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #4 163 Major seventh chord arpeggio sequence using pattern #5 164 Playing Pieces with Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences 164 Liszt’s “Liebestraum” 165 Bach and Gounod’s “Ave Maria” 165 Part 4: Chords and Additional Exercises 167 Chapter 13: Building Finger Independence with Chord Exercises 169 Practicing Inversion Patterns 170 Patterns using outside chords 170 Patterns using inside chords 178 Playing Chord Progressions 185 Progressions using outside chords 185 Progressions using inside chords 186 Practicing Pieces That Use Chord Progressions 187 Putting outside chords to use with “Danny Boy” 187 Playing inside chords in “Look for the Silver Lining” 189 Chapter 14: Developing Strength and Speed by Playing Single-Note Exercises 191 Moving Across the Neck 192 Stepping up and down on one string 192 Skipping around on one string 193 Jumping around on different strings 194 Moving Along the Neck 195 Climbing up and down the strings 196 Ascending and descending with diagonals 198 Part 5: The Part of Tens 201 Chapter 15: Ten Tips for Maximizing Your Practice Time 203 Establish Your Practice Place 203 Define Your Practice Time (and Stick to It) 203 Establish Objectives for Your Practice Sessions 204 Keep Your Accessories Handy 204 Get Your Head in the Game 204 Warm Up Your Hands and Fingers 204 Start Slow and Work Your Way Up 204 Isolate Difficult Passages 205 Play Different Guitars 205 Join the Club 205 Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Improve Your Musicianship 207 Get with the Rhythm 207 Familiarize Yourself with Pitch 207 Discover Harmony 208 Perform Live for a Crowd 208 Compose Your Own Melody and Improvise a Bit 208 Train Your Ear to Hear 208 Polish Your Playing with Expression 208 Listen to Lots of Music 209 Watch a Performer’s Body Language 209 Test Yourself by Teaching Someone Else 209 Appendix A: How to Use The Website 211
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Music as a Chariot
Book SynopsisMusic as a Chariot offers a multidisciplinary perspective whose primary proposition is that theatre is a type of music. Understanding how music enables the theatre experience helps to shape our entire approach to the performing arts. Beginning with a discussion on the origin and nature of time, the author takes us on an evolutionary journey to discover how music, language and mimesis co-evolved, eventually coming together to produce the complex way we experience theatre. The book integrates the evolutionary neuroscience of the human brain into this journey, offering practical implications and applications for the auditory expression of this conceptnamely the fundamental techniques artists use to create sound scores for theatre. With contributions from directors, playwrights, actors and designers, Music as a Chariot explores the use of music to carry ideas into the human soula concept that extends beyond the theatrical Table of ContentsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Why this Book?Introduction: An Ear Opening ExperienceOld School AestheticsWhen Sound Gets Divorced from MusicWho Should Read this BookOverview of the BookBibliographyTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesPart I: The Nature of TimeChapter 2: Let There Be a Big BangIntroduction: If a Tree Falls in the Universe…The Nature of Light and SoundThe Evolution of Hearing and SpeakingThe Evolution of the Brain Leads to the Ability to Express EmotionsEyes and Ears, Space and TimeTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyChapter 3: The Great Mystery of Time Introduction: Babbling in BabelsbergThe Mammalian InvasionWe Are Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made of…The Relativity of TimeTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyPart II: Music = Time ManipulatedChapter 4: What Is Music?Introduction: What’s in a Name?Music Is Organized SoundNarrowing Our Definition of MusicMusic Is Visual as Well as AudibleThe Elements of DesignEnergy CharacteristicsTemporal CharacteristicsSpatial CharacteristicsComplex Elements that Combine Energy in Time and SpaceThe Importance of These Elements of MusicA Proposed Definition of MusicTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyChapter 5: Primate NumbersIntroduction: Who’s on First?Music, Language and Mimesis: The Really Early YearsBipedal PrimatesTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyPart III: Song = Music + IdeaChapter 6: Campfire Songs (Rhythm and Entrainment)Introduction: Welcome HomoOne Giant Leap for MankindEarly HomoHomo ErectusRunning, Tempo, Pulse, Tactus and EntrainmentTempo, Pacing, Tactus, Entrainment and Theatre CompositionWhen Music Meets MimesisConclusionTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyChapter 7: Music and LanguageIntroduction: "All Theatre Starts with a Script"Brain GainsFantastic VoyageConclusion: Song = Music + IdeaTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyChapter 8: Consonance and Dissonance (The Evolution of Line)Introduction: The Roots of Who We BecomeThe Evolution of LineConsonance and DissonanceWhat is Consonance and Dissonance?Subcortical Consonance and Dissonance PerceptionCortical Consonance and Dissonance PerceptionConsonance and Dissonance in TheatreLine/MelodyHarmonyConclusion: Consonance and Dissonance and TimeTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyPart IV: Theatre = Song + MimesisChapter 9: Ritual, Arousal, Reward, EcstasyIntroduction: From High Mass to EcstasyThe Development of Ritual, Shamanism, and (Altered States of Consciousness)The Neuroscience of Arousal and Reward in the Altered States of Consciousness of Shamanism and TheatreIntroduction: Dreams, Altered States of Consciousness and TheatreThe Basic Neuroscience of ArousalThe Effect of Music on Physiological SystemsThe Effect of Music on Psychological SystemsCognitive Models for Music in TheatreRobert Thayer’s Model of Psychological MoodsBerlyne’s Theory of Arousal in Aesthetics and PsychobiologyConclusion: Experiments in EcstasyTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyChapter 10: Music, Mimesis, MemoryIntroduction: Traveling Backwards in TimeThe New Stone AgeMemoryIntroductionSensory MemoryLong Auditory Store/Short Term Memory/Working MemoryLong-Term MemoryCreating and Retrieving Long-Term MemoriesImplicit MemoryExplicit Episodic MemoryInvoluntary Explicit Episodic MemoryAutobiographical MemoryConclusion: The Origins of Theatre and the Problems of the Oral TraditionTen QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyChapter 11: The Bronze Age and the Invention of WritingIntroduction: Theatre Becomes DramaThe Bronze AgeThe Emergence of Written LanguageThe Transition from Oral Tradition to Recorded HistoryConclusion: Lost in Translation?Ten QuestionsThings to ShareNotesBibliographyChapter 12: Conclusion: Evolution and Greek TheatreIntroduction: A Case StudyThe Origins of Greek Music: Music = Time ManipulatedThe Development of Greek Song: Song = Music + IdeaMusic as Math Made Audible: The Greeks Revisit Consonance and DissonanceThe First Autocratic Theatre: Theatre = Song + MimesisPlato and His WorldAristotle’s TheatreConclusion of the ConclusionEleven Questions, Part I Eleven Questions, Part II Things to ShareNotesBibliography
£41.04
W. W. Norton & Company Well of Souls
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£14.24
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Harry Styles Effect
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