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It is aimed primarily for practicing musicians, particularly those who are preparing for a professional career as performers and are interested in practical implications of psychological and scientific research for their own music performance development; educators with a specific interestor expertise in music psychology, who will wish to apply the concepts and techniques surveyed in their own teaching; undergraduate and postgraduate students who understand the potential of music psychology for informing music education; and researchers in the area of music performance who consider it importantfor the results of their research to be practically useful for musicians and music educators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Gary E. McPherson   Section 1: Development and Learning - Section Editor Gary E. McPherson 1. The origins of musical expertise: Alexander P. Burgoyne, David Z. Hambrick \u0026amp; Lauren Julius Harris  2. Musical potential, giftedness and talent development: Gary E. McPherson, Jennifer Blackwell \u0026amp; Sue Hallam  3. Readiness for learning to perform: Jennifer Blackwell (\u0026amp; Gary E. McPherson  4. Talent development in music: Daniel Müllensiefen; Aaron Kozbelt; Paula M. Olszewski-Kubilius; Rena Subotnik; Frank Worrell; \u0026amp; Franzis Preckel  5. Self-directed learning strategies: Self-directed learning strategies: Kelly A. Parkes  6. High impact teaching mindframes: Gary E. McPherson \u0026amp; John Hattie   Section 2: Proficiencies - Section Editor Peter Miksza 7. Practice: Peter Miksza  8. Playing by ear: Warren Haston \u0026amp; Gary E. McPherson  9. Sight-reading: Katie Zhukov \u0026amp; Gary E. McPherson   10. Improvisation: Raymond MacDonald  11. Memorization: Jane Ginsborg  12. Conducting: Steven Morrison \u0026amp; Brian A. Silvey  13. Musical expression:  Emery Schubert  14. Body movement: Jane Davidson   Section 3: Performance Practices - Section Editor Jane Davidson 15. Performance practices for Baroque and Classical repertoire: Dorottya Fabian  16. Performance practices for Romantic and Modern repertoire: Neal Peres Da Costa ( 17. New music: Performance institutions and practices: Ian Pace   18. Emotion and performance practices: Stephanie Rocke, Jane Davidson \u0026amp; Frederic Kiernan  19. Musical creativity in performance: Dylan van der Schyff  \u0026amp; Andrea Schiavio  20. Performing in the studio: Mark Slater  21. Diversity, inclusion and empowerment: Tawnya Smith \u0026amp; Karin Hendricks   Section 4: Psychology - Section Editor Paul Evans 22. Self-regulated learning music microanalysis: Gary E. McPherson  23. Self-determination theory: Paul Evans \u0026amp; Richard Ryan  24. Personality and individual differences: Emese Hruska \u0026amp; Arielle Bonneville-Roussy  25. Buoyancy, resilience, and adaptability: Andrew Martin \u0026amp; Paul Evans  26. Identity and the performing musician: Jane Oakland \u0026amp; Raymond MacDonald  27. Synesthesia and music performance: Solange Glasser   Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732529131863,"sku":"9780190056285","price":154.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190056285.jpg?v=1719997289"},{"product_id":"beyond-talent-9780190670580","title":"Beyond Talent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidely considered a classic, Beyond Talent is the go to guide for musicians. This newly revised and updated 3rd edition cracks the code of how to build a creatively fulfilling career in music. With key insights into the mindset issues that often plague musicians, veteran career coach Angela Myles Beeching provides a wealth of strategies, examples, and real-world solutions. Step-by-step instructions detail how to design promotional materials, book performances, fund your projects, and cultivate a community of support so you can manage your career like a pro-without losing your soul. And this edition goes further: it unpacks how to deal head on with the typical inner challenges musicians face. From getting past perfectionism and fear, to sustaining motivation, finding your artistic voice, managing projects, time, and money, and setting achievable goals. With her straight-shooting, energizing approach, Beeching presents a wealth of practical solutions to help musicians take charge of their careers and get past the obstacles that have held them back. Whether you''re an emerging artist or a mid-career professional, this edition offers the inspiration to transform your music career journey so you can get more of your best work out into the world and finally become the artist you are meant to be. 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Jill Timmons provides key tools throughout the journey, from sources as diverse as the world of myth to current brain research, which illuminate compelling real-world examples of music entrepreneurs who forged their own paths to success.In addition to chapters on careers in higher education, guidance in how to develop a dynamic business plan, and effective time management, this expanded second edition includes up-to-date strategies for meeting the challenges of today''s current marketplace, including a greatly expanded section on grant writing and financial development. The new edition also offers a new collection of diverse and inspiring stories taken from interviews with a range of successful musicians, along with personal n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill Timmons' book is indispensable for musical performers, teachers, non-profit administrators, and grant writers. In the present reality, many of us are \"all of the above.\" The Musician's Journey is a wonderfully comprehensive guide for the vision-plan continuum, the idea of joining heaven and earth, and fully embracing one's role as an artist entrepreneur. * John Thiessen, Executive Director, Gotham Early Music Scene Faculty, The Juilliard School *\u003cbr\u003eIn today's global marketplace, musicians need resources and wisdom that support and nurture a thriving career along with a satisfying musical life. The Musician's Journey outlines an achievable process, including thought-provoking insight, gained through the author's decades of experience. It positively encourages us to contemplate a wider horizon, which ultimately will lead toward greater artistic and personal fulfillment. * Peter Ellefson, Professor of Music (Trombone), Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University *\u003cbr\u003eEntrepreneurship education is taking its essential place in the music curriculum, and Timmons' book is an ideal companion. The updated, expanded edition includes teaching entrepreneurship to high school and college students, managing social media networks, striving during the Covid pandemic, and new information on grant writing in the arts. The Musician's Journey inspires personal confidence to discover a wider lens, to engage a synthesis of practical, creative, and artistic skills, and to empower a successful career in music and the arts in a changing world. * Faun Tanenbaum Tiedge, Professor of Music Emerita, Linfield University *\u003cbr\u003eThe Musician's Journey is filled with useful information about how to make a good living and to feel fulfilled as a musician. It is exceptionally helpful and also entertaining to read. It is valuable not just for musicians, but for anyone in the arts.This second edition features a new and expanded narrative on grant writing, inspiring true-life stories of diverse artists thriving in today's global market place, and real world advice for artists new to entrepreneurship. This book should be required reading for anyone contemplating a career in the arts. * Seldy Cramer, Founder and Principal, Seldy Cramer Artists, Inc. *\u003cbr\u003eTimmons guides us through the aspirational, the theoretical, and the practical in a way that speaks not only to the concert musicians she intended, but, indeed, to any inspired artist who is called to develop and share their gifts. If we have the skills and passion, this book shows us the method... So, buckle up, roll down your windows, and drive this car with its top off. You will love every vista you encounter. * Martin D. Jean, Professor of Organ, Director, Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a bold book that aims to offer an inspirational and practical resource for musicians embarking on their careers, or perhaps re-evaluating and making changes in their professional portfolio. Its tone is emphatically optimistic, and it is suffused with useful information, practical tips, uplifting quotations, and stories. It draws on an intriguingly broad set of reference points from ancient philosophies to spiritual texts, contemporary neuroscience to personal experience. * British Journal of Music Education *\u003cbr\u003eI hope this book will inspire you to create an artistic vision and craft a plan to realize your own thriving career in music. 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Internships and Volunteerism: The Fast Track to Professional Experience  Grant Writing and the World of Philanthropy  Your Plan: The Devil Is in the Details  Troika of Success  Survive or Thrive  Mentors for Your Vision-Plan Road Blocks to the Planning Process   7 YOUR PLAN: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Mission Statement  Legal Identity  Goods and Services  Financial Plan  Marketing  Marketing Starter Kit  Management Team  Other Members of Your Management Team  Timelines  Financing Your Plan  Business Plan Checklist   8. GRANT WRITING: THE MONEY SAFARI  Overview  Persuasive Writing: No Term Papers Here!  Budgets: The Numbers Make It Real  Phantoms That Derail Your Proposals  Moving Forward  9. BUILDING YOUR CONSORTIUM OF SUPPORT  Overview  Guerilla Fundraising  Grant Writing, One Musician's Story  Lessons Learned  10. MUSIC JOBS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Entering the World of Higher Education: The Price of Admission  Academia: The Ideal  What Price Glory?  Tenure Assessment Competencies Survival of the Fittest   11. EDUCATING THE EMERGING ENTERPRENEUR  12. 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\u003cp\u003eGetting your pick angle right 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing through: The rest stroke 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping things loose: It’s all in the wrist 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying Louder Isn’t Always Better 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding dynamics 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing when not to play loudly 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing when to play loudly 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBalancing act: Four strings are louder than one 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustaining a Note: Tremolo 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStaying in time: Measured tremolo 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarying the pace: Free tremolo 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying melody with slow tremolo 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePracticing Your Skills 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying out alternate-picking exercises 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping-time exercises 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChilling out with rest exercises 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming dynamic with volume exercises 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStretching out with tremolo exercises 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Fretting Notes and Chords with the Left Hand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositioning and Working with Your Left Hand 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositioning your left hand 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTying your fingers to the frets 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercising the left hand 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating effects with your left hand 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering More Essential Chords 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying out a few major chords 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming sadder with some minor chords 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening up to seventh chords 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on barré chords 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying out Left-Hand Techniques 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging your left-hand position 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving up the mandolin’s neck 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying two notes simultaneously: Double stops 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Playing “Jethro”-Style Three-String Chords\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing Jethro Burns’s Three-String Chord Style 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfecting Three-String Major Chords 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoot-on-top major chords 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThird-on-top major chords 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifth-on-top major chords 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMastering Three-String Minor Chords 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoot-on-top minor chords 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThird-on-top minor chords 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifth-on-top minor chords 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying on a Few Seventh Chords for Size 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoot-on-top seventh chords 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThird-on-top seventh chords 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifth-on-top seventh chords 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeventh-on-top seventh chords 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevving up for Jazzy Chords: Nice! 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSounding unresolved with diminished chords 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdding augmented chords to your mandolin armory 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDressing up some minor chords: Minor sevenths 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Playing Mandolin Music: Scales and Melody\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding How to Play Melody 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eListening to the great players 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeaking a tune 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising to the challenge of scales 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring Some Major Scales 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering the D major scale 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessing the A major scale 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting to grips with the G major scale 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvoiding sharps and flats with the C major scale 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying Out Minor Scales 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMining the A minor scale for two different approaches 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying solo with chord melodies 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperiencing the Power of the Pentatonic 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking five with the major pentatonic scale 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving on to the minor pentatonic scale 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Putting Playing Styles into Practice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Playing Music from Yesteryear: Old Time, Rags and Blues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearching out the Past: Old-Time Music 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrumming for old-time fiddle tunes 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaltzing on the mandolin 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying All Raggedy on Purpose: Ragtime 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyncopating your mandolin melodies 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePracticing ragtime chord progressions and patterns 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying away Your Sorrows: The Blues 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing the blues rhythm 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChording up for the blues 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlayin’ the blues: Some tips and techniques 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfluencing other genres 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Giving Your Mandolin a Speedy Workout: Bluegrass\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting a Grip on That Bluegrass Rhythm 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGathering Together the Bluegrass Elements: An Original Mandolin Style 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiddling about with fiddle tunes 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdding the blues style 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing tremolo 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdding extra bars: Irregular time 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicking up Bluegrass Melodic Techniques 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing the right hand 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying out-of-chord positions: The left hand 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring other left-hand ornamentations 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Bluegrass Instrumental Breaks 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning the song 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking your break sound like bluegrass 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: Travelling to the Emerald Isle: Irish Mandolin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing the Melody One Note at a Time 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eListening to learn Irish tunes 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSwinging with triplets and the lilt 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering the Irish Music Modes 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a standard major scale (Ionian mode) 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTackling a standard minor scale (Dorian mode) 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeeting the other major scale (Mixolydian mode) 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncountering the relative minor scale (Aeolian mode) 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying Irish Rhythms and Tunes 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Reeling in the Years” 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJigging around the dance floor 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlipping in a jig 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing all at sea in a good way: The hornpipe 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying Irish Tunes with Other Musicians 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Taking a Quick World Tour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReturning to the Mandolin’s Birthplace: Italy 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrolling to play 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking great use of tremolo 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarying the tremolo speed 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisiting the Concert Hall: Classical Mandolin 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGliding towards acquiring a classical mandolin technique 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring arpeggio uses in classical music 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing mandolin orchestras 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeading to Brazil 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting hold of some basic choro rhythms 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying out some choro chord progressions 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering choro melody 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13: Swinging to Those Jazzy Rhythms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It Don’t Mean a Thing .”: Swingin’ the Melody 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing swing 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRespecting the mighty eighth note 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing syncopated rhythms 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying in all 12 keys 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimplifying Jazz Chords 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking with Jazzy Chord Progressions 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping it moving: The 1-6-2-5 progression 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting the blues, jazz style 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAchieving a good swing feel 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSwingin’ with rhythm changes 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging keys with the 2-5-1 progression 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccompanying yourself: Chord melody 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMixing Things up: Jazz with Other Styles 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeading down to Texas: Western swing 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaltzing with the Muppets 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlending jazz with other genres 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14: Blending Styles: Dawg Music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 271\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeeting David Grisman 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroovin’ to Some Dawg Music 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeading down south: Dawg Latin 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet up, get on up: Dawg funk 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccenting Your Grooves, Dawg-Style 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScratching like the Dawg 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStretching out with one long chord 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Purchasing and Caring for Your Mandolin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15: Selecting and Buying a Mandolin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring the World of Mandolins 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding out about F-style mandolins 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing A-style mandolins 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRounding out F- and A-style mandolins 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTossing around pancake and other flat-top mandolins 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlugging in with electric mandolins 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBandying about with a bandolim 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoticing Neapolitan mandolins 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpending the Right Amount 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering What Makes One Mandolin Better than Another 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarking up the right tree: Types of wood for mandolins 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolishing off the types of finish 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting comfortable: Mandolin playability 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking it up: Types of mandolin manufacture 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAging well: New versus used mandolins 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocating Mandolins for Sale 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuying in bricks-and-mortar shops 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing online 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting a Mandolin through Its Paces 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16: Building Your Accessories Kit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGathering Together the Must-Haves 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicking extra picks 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClipping on an electronic tuner 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrapping on the mandolin 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtecting your mandolin 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStringing along your mandolin 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuying Extras That Improve Your Playing 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping steady with a metronome 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking lessons from books, DVDs, and online courses 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaning on a music stand 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecording made easy 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying along with backing tracks 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlowing down the music 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a webcam for online lessons 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing on the Bling 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttaching accessories to your mandolin 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking life easier in other ways 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17: All Change: Replacing Your Mandolin’s Strings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 307\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparing to Change Your Strings 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing when to change strings 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelecting the right strings 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemoving the Old Strings 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-stringing Your Mandolin 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18: Caring for and Repairing Your Mandolin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaintaining Your Mandolin’s Health 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWiping down your mandolin 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControlling the climate 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting a good case or bag 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping an instrument stand handy 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting Up Your Mandolin Yourself: Only for the Brave 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdjusting the action 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTackling the truss-rod adjustment 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlotting the nut 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting the bridge: Intonation 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning to the Professionals 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDressing or replacing the frets 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepairing cracks 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5: The Part of Tens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 19: Ten (or So) Tips on Becoming a Good Mandolin Player\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eListen to Mandolin Music 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet a Good Teacher 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeep Your Mandolin Nearby 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay Your Mandolin Every Day 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFind People to Play Music With 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice with a Metronome 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGo to Mandolin Camps or Workshops 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractice Slowly Using Good Technique 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelop a Musical Ear 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcquire Some Music Theory 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecord Yourself 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHave Fun! 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 20: Ten Mandolin Players You Need to Know\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 335\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBill Monroe (1911–1996) 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChris Thile (Born 1981) 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJethro Burns (1920–1989) 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Grisman (Born 1945) 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDave Apollon (1897–1972) 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacob do Bandolim (1918–1969) 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYank Rachell (1910–1997) 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMike Marshall (Born 1957) 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaterina Lichtenberg (Born 1969) 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarlo Aonzo (Born 1967) 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 21: Ten Ways of Tapping into the Mandolin Subculture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttending Acoustic Music Concerts 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrying Out Mandolin Workshops 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisiting Mandolin Camps 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing to Acoustic Music Festivals 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChecking Out a Jam Session or Orchestra 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoining the Online Mandolin Community 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding Courses on the Internet 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoining a National Organization 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring Your Own Town 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpreading the News 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6: Appendixes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChord Charts 351\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix B: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Standard Musical Notation 355\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeeting the Musical Staff 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting at the beginning: Treble and bass clefs 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSigning in with the key signature 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiming is everything: Time signatures 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting the speed right: Tempo 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing the style 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing the Musical Directions 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoting the Musical Notes 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePitching in with high and low notes 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering note duration 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDotting and tying notes 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting louder and quietening down: Dynamics 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticulating your playing 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix C: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Tracks 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering What’s on the Audio Tracks 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 373\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default 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So this project combined my interests beautifully.\" Five years ago, Sutton wanted to give his young daughter an acoustic guitar for a birthday present, but he didn't feel right about parting with one of his vintage beauties - and besides, they were too large anyway. \"I had heard about cigar box guitars, so I thought, Hey, why not just build her one?\" says Sutton. \"I was stunned to find that there was hardly anything on Google about building a cigar box guitar. That really surprised me.\" There was one site, however, that offered useful information on how to build a wooden cigar box guitar. Sutton followed the instructions and built not one, but two guitars, one for his daughter and one for himself. \"The whole experience really got me excited,\" he says. \"I knew I wanted to spread the word.\" Sutton contacted Fox Chapel Publishing about putting together a book on cigar box guitars. He figured that he wouldn't hear anything at all, and if he did, it would be a rejection. But the next morning, a rep from the company called to say they were keenly interested - and when could it be finished? \"I was so unprepared for that,\" says Sutton. \"But I think I threw them when I said I wanted to do a book with three separate components, the first showing people how to build straight-up acoustic models for slide, the second for fretted electrics, and a third and last chapter for six-string electrics. Before long, they realized that the three-section approach was the way to go.\" In reaching out to fellow cigar box guitar builders, Sutton was more than impressed at how the movement had grown in the time since he had first thought of crafting a model for his daughter. \"It exploded almost overnight,\" he says. \"All of these people are building cigar box guitars. They're totally into it, and they're very into helping one another out and creating a community. \"The guitars people are building range from simple, cardboard diddley bow-type instruments to wooden box electric six-string models that are just as good as something you can buy in a store. At first I was fascinated by the guitars alone, but then I got into the folks making them. Their stories are incredible.\" Sutton insists that the makers of cigar box guitars aren't luddites; rather, they're discerning craftspeople who yearn for a personal connection to their instruments. \"They occupy a niche, but they're a growing niche,\" says Sutton. \"Mass market guitars exist for many people. For others, there's something else - and that's beginning to mean cigar box guitars.\"\u003cbr\u003eart DIY guide, part scrapbook ? this book takes you behind the music to get a glimpse into the faces, places and workshops of the cigar box revolution. Cigar box guitars have never been more popular and now you can learn to make your own. You don't need to spend a lot of money and you don't need to have a shop full of tools. All you need to do is follow the author's step-by-step instructions for making three different styles of guitar. They're fun (some would say addictive) to build and even more fun to play! The guitars that can be made with this book: ? Basic CBG: A simple build with the minimum number of components. It's a three string acoustic instrument built from a paper covered box and played with a slide and has burned-in fret lines, but no real frets. ? Slightly Nicer CBG. Uses a nicer cigar box, has a more decorative, built-up headstock. Also has burned in fret-lines and three strings. In addition, this one incorporates a very simple piezo pickup so it can be played through an amplifier. Slightly more complex in woodworking terms and involves a bit of wiring and soldering. ? Cigar Box Telecaster. This one would be built from a cigar box and a pre-fabbed six-string guitar neck. It would use commercial pickups and volume\/tone controls. I'm picturing it as a tribute to the Fender Telecaster. It involves more complicated woodworking and much more wiring\/soldering, as well as filling much of the box with wood to support the tension of six steel strings. More than just a how-to guide, this book chronicles the modern revival of the cigar box guitar. You?ll learn a bit about its roots, influential personalities and the cultural trends that are bringing this instrument back to the musical landscape. Author and professional photographer, David Sutton introduces readers the faces of the CGB movement with in-depth profiles and photographic portraits of fascinating builders and performers. Basic information about learning to play and tune a cigar box guitar are also included. A perfect opportunity to put a real American tradition in your own hands.\u003cbr\u003eA great new book devoted to Cigar Box Guitars and the people who build them has just been released by Fox Chapel publishing... Filled with beautiful full-color photos, interviews with many of the biggest names in the cigar box guitar movement, and lots of practical how-to information, this is a great book for either the coffee table or the workshop - or both!\u003cbr\u003eYou might be accustomed to seeing Evanston photographer David Sutton with a camera in one hand. These days, though, he?s just as likely to have a homemade cigar box guitar in the other. Sutton, whose fame as a photographer of people and their pets is such that Forbes magazine has called him America?s best, has written a book about his newest passion entitled Cigar Box Guitars: The Ultimate DIY Guide for Makers and Players of the Handmade Music Revolution (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012). And, as you might expect, it?s full of Sutton photos illustrating how to make your own musical instrument ? and your own music. A longtime amateur woodworker who has also played guitar since he was a boy, Sutton said he started thinking about making one around five years ago, when his five-year-old daughter Alisha expressed an interested in his guitars. ?I wanted to give her one, so she could try it out, but she was so little. I?d hover, thinking, ?She?s going to bang it up? ? mainly because they were so big and unwieldy,? he said. ?Then, out of nowhere, I had this thought: ?Cigar box guitars.? I don?t know where it came from. Maybe my dad mentioned it when I was a kid.? Basic pattern Regardless, Sutton looked online and found a site or two with minimalistic plans for making a real, honest-to-goodness, 19th-century\/Depression-era favorite, three-string guitar out of a 1 x 2?? pine neck, a few old tuning keys, and a cigar box for the body. He made one for his daughter and one for himself and was a little surprised about how much of a kick he got out of playing this thing he?d made with his own hands. Although he?d played guitar most of his life, he said he felt different about the music he made on his homemade instrument. Though he had previously never felt comfortable performing for others, he felt competent and confident playing his cigar box special ? along with a special thrill about the sound it made. ?After you?ve made your own guitar, making your own music makes simple sense,? he said. ?It?s a great de-mystifying process, making your own instrument. Building one, somehow, makes playing music on it seem more accessible.? Sutton isn?t the only one who?s made this discovery ? far from it. When he first looked online for cigar box guitar plans, he could find only a couple of modest posts from aficionados. Now, five years later, a full-fledged homemade-music community has grown up on the Internet, with cigar box guitars in the forefront. DIY sites Look up Cigar Box Guitars on YouTube and you will find countless entries by people either explaining how to build or play CBGs (particularly videos demonstrating old-school, gut-bucket, down-home slide-guitar blues), sometimes with tens of thousands of views apiece. In addition, websites such as cigarboxnation.com and handmademusicclubhouse.com have racked up thousands of subscribers. What?s behind the sudden rise in awareness about the joys of homemade music? ?Well, we?re not as rich as we thought we were,? Sutton said, with a laugh. ?Perhaps because of the economy and perhaps just as a reaction to the idea that only professionals can be artists and entertainers, the idea that you have to buy your fun is petering out. People are realizing you don?t have to have the biggest, finest, most expensive stuff to have fun, or make music. If you?ve got a cigar box and some old strings and a few used tuners, and a real desire to play, that?s all you need.?\u003cbr\u003eThere?s nothing more rootsy than a Cigar Box Guitar. If you?re not familiar with this musical art project, it?s time to get acquainted. D.I.Y. craftsmanship is a plus when embarking on this dexterous adventure. And, it?s time to get on board with your music-loving kin for what could become a new fest family tradition. Instead of special brownie baking, graduate to Cigar Box Guitar making. The Cigar Box Guitar Revolution is spreading across the nation, and it?s your mission to introduce this down-home porch pastime to your audio amigos. Bring the artistry fest-side and prepare for 2012 Fest Season with a whole new band ? of handcrafted guitars. What makes these melodic toys so nifty? Their uniqueness, of course. Each CBG is constructed from your own personal heap of hoarded delights. That?s right. It?s time to donate your clutter to something useful. 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Lisk, clinician, conductor, and author, Oswego, NY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Foreword to the Second Edition Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction: New Perspectives Chapter 5 Getting Students Started Chapter 6 Maintaining Interest Chapter 7 Gaining Support Chapter 8 Time and Student Management Chapter 9 Multisensory Teaching Chapter 10 Including Exceptional Learners Chapter 11 Introducing Notation Chapter 12 Improvisation and Composition","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48886713286999,"sku":"9781607099062","price":43.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-invisible-line-when-craft-becomes-art-9781617136535","title":"The Invisible Line: When Craft Becomes Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat distinguishes art from craft? 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The study of music across cultures and practices often addresses the enactment of subjectivity “in” music – how music expresses or represents “an” individual or “a” group. However, a sense of selfhood is also formed and continually reformed through musical practices, not least performance. How does this take place? How might the work of practitioners reveal aspects of this process? In what sense is subjectivity performed in and through musical practices? 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Nineteenth-century French organ music attracts an ever-increasing number of performers and devotees. The music of Cesar Franck and other distinguished composers-Boëly, Guilmant, Widor-and the impact upon this repertoire of the organ-building achievements of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, are here explored through stylistic analysis, the study of the compositional process, and the exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance practice traditions developed and became codified. New consideration is also given to the political and cultural contexts within which Franck and other French organist-composers worked.    Contributors: Kimberley Marshall, William J. Peterson,Benjamin van Wye, Craig Cramer, Jesse E. 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Fascinating reading not only for accordionists, ethnomusicologists, and folklorists, but especially also general readers interested in ethnic music and cultural history.\"--Deborah Anders Silverman, author of \u003ci\u003ePolish-American Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Solid. . . . This book holds plenty of interest for those who love accordion music.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Using meticulous research, Jacobson not only touches on how topics as diverse as immigration, movies, war, and feminism have influenced the accordion's popularity, but she also finds time to drop in countless little known pop culture nuggets about great accordionists.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wunnerful, wunnerful. . . . A delightful and illuminating surprise.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An academic resource, a detailed history, and a quirky travelogue. . . . [Time] to roll out the barrel and uncork the champagne: with this book, the lowly squeezebox has begun to get its cultural due.\"--\u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Marion Jacobson prefaces her delightful book with a quote from the \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Journal\u003c\/i\u003e of December 16, 1912: ‘A fearful instrument that looks like a cash register, and sounds worse, produces gasps of pleasure at the Orpheum this week. It is called the piano accordion and its behaviour is shameless.’ . . . This often-maligned instrument has found a worthy champion in Jacobson. Her likeable, informative and readable book, illustrated with superb colour plates of classic instruments and performers, looks set to remain the definitive work on the subject.” —Lou Glandfield, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An excellent, readable book, filled with all the names one needs to know. Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Jacobson is at her best when she is chronicling the history of the instrument that she loves and the social scenes of which it is a part. 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In this volume, the accordion has received its due recognition and respect as a folk instrument.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An in-depth introduction to the mechanical, musical, and social workings of free-reed instruments in the New World.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Society for American Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This cultural study of the accordion makes a major contribution to understanding the instrument's important social function within different ethnic cultures. The impressive group of contributors illuminates the importance of studying mass culture and indicates the accordion's enduring significance to many cultural and personal identities.\"--Victor R. Greene, author of \u003ci\u003eA Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants between Old World and New, 1830–1930\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction   1\u003cbr\u003e HELENA SIMONETT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/b\u003e   From Old World to New Shores   19\u003cbr\u003e                   HELENA SIMONETT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/b\u003e   Accordion Jokes: A Folklorist's View   39\u003cbr\u003e                   RICHARD MARCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/b\u003e   From Chanky-Chank to Yankee Chanks: The Cajun Accordion as Identity Symbol   44\u003cbr\u003e                   MARK F. DeWITT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/b\u003e   '\u003ci\u003eGarde ici et 'garde la-bas\u003c\/i\u003e: Creole Accordion in Louisiana   66\u003cbr\u003e                   JARED SNYDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/b\u003e   \"Tejano and Proud\": Regional Accordion Traditions of South Texas and the Border Region   87\u003cbr\u003e                   CATHY RAGLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/b\u003e   Preserving Territory: The Changing Language of the Accordion in Tohono O'odham Waila Music   112\u003cbr\u003e                   JANET L. STURMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/b\u003e   Accordions and Working-Class Culture along Lake Superior's South Shore   136\u003cbr\u003e                   JAMES P. LEARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/b\u003e   Play Me a Tarantella, a Polka, or Jazz: Italian Americans and the Currency of Piano-Accordion Music   156\u003cbr\u003e                   CHRISTINE F. ZINNI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/b\u003e   The Klezmer Accordion: An Outsider among Outsiders   178\u003cbr\u003e                   JOSHUA HOROWITZ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/b\u003e Beyond Vallenato: The Accordion Traditions in Colombia   199\u003cbr\u003e                   EGBERTO BERMUDEZ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 \u003c\/b\u003e\"A Hellish Instrument\": The Story of the Tango \u003ci\u003eBandoneon\u003c\/i\u003e   233\u003cbr\u003e                   MARIA SUSANA AZZI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo ma'se oye el fuinfuan:\u003c\/i\u003e The Noisy Accordion in the Dominican Republic   249\u003cbr\u003e                   SYDNEY HUTCHINSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 \u003c\/b\u003eBetween the Folds of Luiz Gonzaga's Sanfona: \u003ci\u003eForro\u003c\/i\u003e Music in Brazil   268\u003cbr\u003e                   MEGWEN LOVELESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 \u003c\/b\u003eThe Accordion in New Scores: Paradigms of Authorship and Identity in William Schimmel's Musical \"Realities\"   295\u003cbr\u003e                   MARION S. JACOBSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                   Glossary   315\u003cbr\u003e                   Contributors   319\u003cbr\u003e                   Index   323\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400492917079,"sku":"9780252078712","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252078712.jpg?v=1730470816"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/musical-instruments.oembed?page=65","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}