Musical instruments Books
Hal Leonard Corporation Amy Grant
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G. Schirmer, Inc. Sabre Dance from Gayane Ballet
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Xlibris A Romanian Rhapsody
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£23.00
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. The Physics of Musical Instruments
Book SynopsisWhile the history of musical instruments is nearly as old as civilisation itself, the science of acoustics is quite recent. By understanding the physical basis of how instruments are used to make music, one hopes ultimately to be able to give physical criteria to distinguish a fine instrument from a mediocre one. At that point science may be able to come to the aid of art in improving the design and performance of musical instruments. As yet, many of the subtleties in musical sounds of which instrument makers and musicians are aware remain beyond the reach of modern acoustic measurements. This book describes the results of such acoustical investigations - fascinating intellectual and practical exercises. Addressed to readers with a reasonable grasp of physics who are not put off by a little mathematics, this book discusses most of the traditional instruments currently in use in WTrade Review"Essentially everything you have ever wanted to know about the physics of musical instruments" PHYSICS TODAY "a rigor, graphical detail, and verbal description." AUDIOTable of ContentsPart I: Vibrating Systems. Free and Forced Vibrations of Simple Systems. Continuous Systems in One Dimension: Strings and Bars. Two-Dimensional Systems: Membranes, Plates, and Shells. Coupled Vibrating Systems. Nonlinear Systems.- Part II: Sound Waves. Sound Waves in Air. Sound Radiation. Pipes, Horns, and Cavities.- Part III: String Instruments. Guitars and Lutes. Bowed String Instruments. Harps, Harpsicords, Clavicords, and Dulcimers. The Piano.- Part IV: Wind Instruments. Sound generation by Reed and Lip Vibrations. Lip-driven Brass Instruments. Woodwind Reed Instruments. Flutes and Flue Organ Pipes. Pipe Organs.- Part V: Percussion Instruments. Drums. Mallet Percussion Instruments. Cymbals, Gongs, Plates, and Steel Drums. Bells.- Part VI: Materials. Materials for Musical Instruments.- Name Index.- Subject Index.
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iUniverse From Drums to Harp
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Alfred Music Otter Point Holiday
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Alfred Music My Victory Won
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Alfred Music Twilight Waltz
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Alfred Music Bahumba
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Alfred Music Mar Y Cielo
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Alfred Music Spring March
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Alfred Music Joyous Venture
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Alfred Music Rebound
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ALFRED MUSIC Bucket Classics
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Hal Leonard Corporation Ukulele Ensemble Classic Rock 15 Hits for Three
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Hal Leonard Corporation Les MisRables Selections from the Movie
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£13.49
Hal Leonard Corporation Discover the Instruments of the Orchestra
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£23.19
Hal Leonard Corporation The Guitar Amp Handbook
Book SynopsisTHE GUITAR AMP HANDBOOK: UNDERSTANDING TUBE AMPLIFIERS AND GETTING GREAT SOUNDS UPDATEDTrade ReviewDave Hunter clearly separates true mojo and fact from hype and marketing fiction Every guitar player should read this book! - oldschoolguitar.com
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Hal Leonard Corporation PedalCulture
Book SynopsisPedalCulture is a themed exploration of guitar effects pedals as cultural artifacts, derived from a 2017 design exhibition at San Francisco State University curated by the writer. This colorful and artfully designed volume contains curatorial text describing eight different object displays along with photographs of each of the sixty-three individual pedals, richly illustrated in approximately one hundred original photographs. The anthropological quest into understanding how effects stompboxes allow for quasi-supernatural power transference from on high to working guitarists is just one of the many themes explored in this volume. Other exhibits explore symbolic associations in the branding of sonic effects with notable cultural touchstones from popular arts and culture: As material manifestations of noir literature, retro-futuristic cinema, and Japanese anime; as explicit graphic metaphors for female pudenda; in explicit reference to gruesome tabloid tales of murder and mayhem
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Xlibris The Flutists Vade Mecum
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£18.99
Teacher Created Materials Making Music
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£9.45
Hal Leonard Corporation The New Decade Series Songs Of The 2000s Includes
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Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Range Transposition and Tuning A Guide for Over
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Lion Guard Music from the Disney Junior
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Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Handels Messiah
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Author Solutions Inc Easy Harmonica
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Hal Leonard Corporation Classic Rock: Deluxe Guitar Play-Along Volume 7
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Fox Chapel Publishing Cigar Box Guitars: The Ultimate DIY Guide for the
Book SynopsisPart 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.Trade Reviewhttps://files.me.com/dsutton58/yvu3bi.mp3Smoke 'em if you've got 'em - and then get creative! "It was pretty fun how this all came together," says David Sutton, whose book, Cigar Box Guitars: The Ultimate DIY Guide For The Makers And Players Of The Handmade Music Revolution, will be issued by Fox Chapel Publishing on 1 March 2012. "Through the years I've been active in woodworking, guitar playing, photography and writing. 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."art 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.A 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!You 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.?There?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. But, how does one go about creating one of these grassroots instruments? D.I.Y. masters, this one?s for you. A copy of Cigar Box Guitars: The Ultimate DIY Guide for the Makers and Players of the Handmade Music Revolution is the ideal how-to source. The book is laced with images and tutorials on how to design up to three different models of Cigar Box Guitars, courtesy of author/photographer David Sutton.Table of ContentsForeword (by Bill Jehle, author of One Man's Trash: A History of the Cigar Box Guitar) Introduction Chapter 1: Gallery of Guitars Chapter 2: Meet the Makers Chapter 3: Making A Cigar Box Guitar *Tools and Materials *Making the neck and headstock *Fret board *Box preparation *Nut and bridge *Stringing the guitar Chapter 4: Projects *Basic CGB (step-by-step) *Electric CGB (step-by-step) *Cigar Box Telecaster Chapter 5: Tuning and Playing Your CGB: A Primer *Sidebars throughout containing interesting info about cigar box guitars and their makers/players.
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Fox Chapel Publishing Making Poor Man's Guitars: Cigar Box Guitars and
Book SynopsisMany books have been written about how to build cigar box guitars and other unique hand-made instruments… but few have touched on why. This book presents the authentic stories of American DIY music with step-by-step projects, photo studies of antique instruments, interviews with music legends and historical accounts. Shane Speal, the “King of the Cigar Box Guitar,” brings the making of music and musical instruments back to its roots. From a simple two-string tin can guitar to an electrified washtub bass, Shane shows how anyone can build amazing musical instruments from found items. Sidebars present the fascinating backstory of the music, capturing struggle, poverty and the blues within the artistic side of cigar box guitar building. Featuring an introduction from the New Orleans Museum of Jazz, this DIY musical instrument book is as inspirational to read in the living room as it is in the workshop.
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Centerstream Publishing Regal Musical Instruments: 1895-1955
Book Synopsis"Regal Musical Instruments: 1895-1955" traces the history of the Chicago musical manufacturer. With its roots in Indianapolis, the Regal familiar to most collectors and players was spun off of music giant Lyon and Healy in 1908. Besides making ukuleles, mandolins, guitars and other stringed instruments for Lyon and Healy, Regal of Chicago supplied the majority of America's wholesalers with house brand instruments, and also had a long relationship with Montgomery-Ward catalogue. "Regal Musical Instruments 1895-1955" draws upon period trade magazines, distributor catalogues, as well as the never before published memories of Regal factory employees to paint a complete picture of the company's history. Also included is an in-depth descriptive guide to identifying and dating some of Regal's best-known instruments, highlighted by full color photographs of guitars, mandolins, ukuleles and banjos.
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Cherry Lane Music Company Steely Dan Just the Riffs for Piano
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Cherry Lane Music Co ,U.S. Maury Yeston December Songs Voice and Piano
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd French Organ Music from the Revolution to Franck
Book SynopsisEssays by prominent scholars and organists examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified. 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. Eschbach, Karen Hastings-Deans, Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlasi, Daniel Roth, Edward Zimmerman, Lawrence Archbold, Rollin SmithTrade ReviewExcellent scholarship; highly recommended for all academic collections. * CHOICE *Lawrence Archbold and William J. Peterson have amassed the quintessential scholarly compendium. . . . For recitalists, informed teachers, and students of the Romantic period, this is required reading and study. * AMERICAN ORGANIST *An enormous amount of scholarly investigation has gone into this volume. . . a thoroughly admirable piece of work. * MUSIC AND LETTERS *Table of ContentsPart 1 From the revolution to Franck: evolutionary schemes -organists and their revolutionary music, Kimberly Marshall and William J. Peterson; organ music in the Mass of the Parisian rite to 1850 with emphasis on the contributions of Boely, Benjamin Van Wye; Boely's "Quatorze Preludes sur des Cantoques de Denisot" op.15, and the creation of a French "Christmas" "Orgelbuchlein", Craig Cramer; Lemmens, his "Ecole d'orgue" and 19th-century organ methods, William J. Peterson. Part 2 Franck - the texts: Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, MS 8707 - a new source for Franck's registrational practices and its implications for the published registrations of his organ works, Jesse E. Eschbach; from manuscript to publication - Franck's "Choral" no.1, Karen Hastings-Deans. Part 3 Franck - issues in performance: the organ works of Franck - a survey of editorial and performance problems, Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlais; some thoughts on the interpretation of the organ works of Franck, on his organ and on the Lemmens tradition, Daniel Roth. Part 4 Widor and his contemporaries: "Why should we not do the same with our Cathlic melodies?" - Guilmant's "L'Organiste liturgiste" op.65, Edward Zimmerman and Lawrence Archbold; Widor's "Symphonie romane", Lawrence Archbold; the organ of the Trocadero and its players, Rollin Smith.
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Cambria Press Music in Ancient China: An Archaeological and Art
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www.bnpublishing.com Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer
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Universal Publishers Band AIDS: A Program Guide for the New Band Director
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Invisible Line: When Craft Becomes Art
Book SynopsisWhat distinguishes art from craft? Since the traditional answer skews utilitarian and hinges on an object's 'use value ' musical instruments are typically grouped into the latter category. This is a grave oversight. In ÊThe Invisible Line: When Craft Becomes ArtÊ seven West Coast artisans discuss their work and make the case for curatorial inclusion of instruments (and other primitives ) alongside the finest sculptures etchings paintings and pastels the world's museums have to offer. Conceived and edited by Larry Robinson the man behind ÊThe Art of Inlay: Design and Technique for Fine WoodworkingÊ ÊThe Invisible LineÊ consists of seven lavishly self-illustrated essays penned by self-employed practicing artisans (rather than academics art historians journalists or critics) at the height of their careers. Whether you're a a practicing musician an art aficionado a luthier or woodworker or an everyday person with an affinity for the aesthetically pleasant this gorgeous volume is sure to awe and inspire.
£17.09
University of Tennessee Press Randy Wood: The Lore of the Luthier
Book SynopsisIn the 1960s and 1970s, Randy Wood was a forerunner in the vintage instrument industry. Known as the instrument repairman to the stars, the list of Wood’s clients reads like a Hall of Fame roster: Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Billy Gibbons, Bill Monroe, Keith Richards, Roy Acuff, Ricky Skaggs, and Hank Williams Jr. . . . to name a few. In Randy Wood: The Lore of the Luthier, Daniel Wile traces the life and work of a man who quietly influenced a hidden history of bluegrass and country music.In his twenties, Wood vowed to avoid complacency in his work. What started simply as a quest to find fulfillment turned into a career that has shaped a generation of musicians, professional and amateur alike. Through his incredible gift for lutherie, Wood brought cherished pre-WWII instruments back to life, many of which were considered beyond repair. He crafted his own instruments as well, based on what he learned from vintage instruments, and these instruments found their way into the hands of some of the most renowned musicians, thanks in part to Wood’s strategic location in Nashville during the resurgence of country music in the 1970s. Humble, unassuming, and unfazed by the presence of celebrities, Wood has spent his life devoted to building and repairing stringed instruments.Wood also built community. After tiring of big-city Nashville, he retreated to the Georgia coast, where his home shop became a hub of bluegrass activity. He eventually opened a new shop near Savannah, where a new generation of friends and strangers can come in, visit, and pick a little. Randy’s stories, complemented with those of his friends and family, create a compelling picture of a modest man with a talent for his craft, a genuine care for people, and the courage to follow his passion.
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O'Reilly Media Make: Volume 76
Book SynopsisMake: Volume 76's cover story is an enlightening profile feature about Jorvon Moss, aka "Odd Jayy," the genesis of his delightful robotic companions and his new set of moving, responsive sci-fi goggles.Then, take a deep dive into LoRa, the long-range, free-to-use wireless protocol that's great for tracking sensor data. Learn the basics in our in-depth primer, and then put your knowledge to use building an off-the-grid portable text messaging network.And in our special music section, create new and interesting musical instruments using everyday maker tools like microcontrollers, servos, and more. Learn to set up a MIDI-enabled, BLE driven xylophone. Then make a tapping bot that listens to the rhythms around it and synchronizes its output to match them. And finally, build a 3D-printed pocket synthesizer that omits a dedicated PCB for simple route-in-place wiring. Now you're ready to rock!Plus, explore 30+ projects and skill builders, including: Construct a location tracking clock like the Weasley family has in the Harry Potter series Build a unique, single-rotor "ball drone" that uses air vanes to navigate Learn to use a Raspberry Pi & Pi camera to stream live video Make a fold-up kayak out of corrugated plastic sheets And tons more projects and maker inspiration!
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Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd St Cecilia's Hall: Museum Highlights
Book SynopsisSt Cecilia's Hall is Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh's world-famous musical instrument collection. Comprising over 500 rare and beautiful instruments from across the globe - many of which are still played as part of the Hall's lively programme - the collection is housed in the newly refurbished Music Museum. This selection of highlights brings these fascinating instruments to a wider audience than ever.
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WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com Conceitos Modernos de Jazz na Guitarra
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HALE07 Rockschool Guitar Grade 6 2024
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HALE07 Rockschool Guitar Grade 7 2024
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HALE07 Rockschool Guitar Grade 8 2024
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HALE07 Rockschool Bass Debut 2024
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