Theory of music and musicology Books
Trinity College London Press Theory for Rock Pop Musicians Volume 1
Book SynopsisThis book will provide you with a clear understanding of the fundamentals of popular music theory, accelerate your aural skills, and take your musicianship to the next level. It will demystify the key terms related to harmony, melody, rhythm, and structure through practical exercises and audio tracks. It covers concepts related to drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, and vocals and is suitable for every contemporary musician.This is the book for you if you are:? interested in exploring the musical concepts and theories underpinning contemporary music? taking a graded Rock & Pop exam and looking to further develop your understanding of the theory behind the repertoire? studying Music or Music Technology in secondary, further, or vocational education? aspiring to study popular music at university and want to understand the essentials to help you prepare for auditions and entrance exams? a classically trained musician or music teacher and want to widen your knowledge of popular music theory.
£21.80
Hal Leonard Corporation Jazzology
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£23.39
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Music Theory Practice Papers 2021, ABRSM Grade 5
ABRSM's official Music Theory Practice Papers 2021 are essential resources for candidates preparing for our online Music Theory exams. They provide authentic practice material and are a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. - Essential practice material for ABRSM Grade 5 Theory exams - Model answers also available
£8.99
Awai Books Mischief of the Gods: Tales from the Ethiopian
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£26.59
Vintage Publishing Every Valley
Book SynopsisCharles King is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, Washington DC. His numerous books include the New York Times bestseller The Reinvention of Humanity (published in the US as Gods of the Upper Air), which was winner of The Francis Parkman Prize and shortlisted for the British Academy Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul; and Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams, which was winner of a National Jewish Book Award. His writing has appeared in the TLS, New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic and other publications.
£22.50
Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Classical Music Book
Book SynopsisLearn about the world''s greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Classical Music Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Classical Music, with:- More than 90 pieces of world-famous music - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe ClassicaTrade ReviewIt really is a fantastic book. * Steve Wright BBC Radio 2 *An engaging and informative read. * BBC Music Magazine *If you enjoy classical music and want to know more, The Classical Music Book is for you. * People's Friend *
£16.99
Oxford University Press Inc Bachs Art of Fugue and Musical Offering
Book SynopsisThe initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides, Bach''s Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is a comprehensive study of two closely related masterworks of the late Baroque fugal style. This compact guide, intended for practitioners, music scholars, and a general readership, summarizes a considerable body of knowledge about these famously cerebral collections in an engaging and accessible style. Bach specialist and keyboard player Matthew Dirst explains the Art of Fugue and Musical Offering''s idiosyncratic musical language while reviewing how both projects took shape during Bach''s final decade. They reflect Bach''s lifelong fascination with learned counterpoint, as demonstrated in elaborate series of fugues and canons in both and in an unusually intricate trio sonata in the latter. Dirst provides commentary on individual movements and groups of pieces and on the historical reception of this music, including its impact on other disciplines. Recurring themes include Bach''Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Contrapuntal Pursuits 2. Origins and Audience 3. From One, Many 4. Musical Gaming 5. Paying Tribute 6. Elusive Ideals Glossary Bibliography Index
£16.40
Orion Publishing Co Volcanic Tongue
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£11.69
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Music Theory Practice Papers 2023, ABRSM Grade 5
Book SynopsisABRSM's official Music Theory Practice Papers 2023 are essential resources for candidates preparing for our online Music Theory exams. They provide authentic practice material and are a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. *Essential practice material for ABRSM Grade 5 Theory exams *Model answers also available
£8.99
Editio Musica Budapest ZenemAÂkiadAÂ A Practical Approach to Viennese Classical Music
Book SynopsisThis book is to some extent a continuation of Dr. Kiss's 2015 textbook A Practical Approach to Harmony: From the Birth of Polyphony to the Baroque Era.The aim of this book is to support conservatory students (aged 14-22) and their teachers with a collection of carefully selected material from which to learn the necessary musical concepts and practical knowledge of music theory, form, and harmony.The target era is the Viennese Classical period, which spans just under one hundred years between around 1730 and 1830. The focus is on the greatest representatives of their time: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.The book concentrates on the practical aspects of studying music theory, form, and harmony. This means that all musical concepts become practical knowledge and are integrated into skills that a cultured musician needs (score reading, writing, singing or playing, composing, memorizing, transposing, arranging, analyzing, and so on).The book consists of ten units grouped into three levels of
£35.99
Oxford University Press Inc Child Composers in the Old Conservatories How
Book SynopsisTelling the compelling story of the seventeenth century Naples orphans who emerged from the city's conservatori as masters of the European musical world, Child Composers in the Old Conservatory explores their training in the partimento tradition, and advocates for its revival in modern music education.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction Part I - Children in Need 2. Little Boys on Their Own 3. Masters Take Up the Challenge 4. Child Labor 5. Institutionalized Apprenticeship 6. Social Class Part II - Technologies of Traning 7. Schemas and Exemplars 8. Solfeggi and the Acquisition of Style 9. Partimenti and the Power of Improvisation 10. Counterpoint and Collocation 11. Intavolature and the Techniques of Instruments. 12. Dispositions and the Mastery of Complexity Part III - Trial by Contest 13. Little Masters, Real Masters, and Masterpieces 14. The Contest Piece as a Probe of Memory 15. Affordance and the Musical Habitus 16. Predicting Creativity Within a Tradition 17. A Sickly Young Woman Speaks Elegant Harmony Part IV - Transforming Commonplaces 18. The Oval and Cross 19. A Framework for Elaboration 20. The Beaux-Arts Framework 21. A Beaux-Arts Framework for Music 22. Learning Old Music in an Age of Digital Reproduction Appendix A: For Further Study Appendix B: Movimenti, Schemas, and Exemplars Index of Names
£34.99
Stringstastic Pty Ltd Stringstastic Level 1 Viola
Book SynopsisEnsemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group lesson.These interactive books use a variation of different methods (traditional, Suzuki, Kodaly, orff, etc) which allows the students to decide which method best suits the lesson. They also contain a combination of fun, friendly characters (as well as exciting written exercises) that help and capture the interest of the students to learn in an enjoyable way.Level 1 workbook features these concepts and more! INTRODUCTION - String instruments NOTATION - Using the open strings as the main reference, all the notes on the stave and each string, and accidentals PATTERNS - Fingering of each string NOTE & REST VALUES - crotchet, minim, dotted minim, semibreve
£11.96
Stringstastic Pty Ltd Stringstastic Level 2 Viola
Book SynopsisEnsemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group lesson.These interactive books use a variation of different methods (traditional, Suzuki, Kodaly, orff, etc) which allows the students to decide which method best suits the lesson. They also contain a combination of fun, friendly characters (as well as exciting written exercises) that helps and capture the interest of the students to learn in an enjoyable way.Level 2 workbook features these concepts and more! NOTE & REST VALUES - Quaver note(s) and rest. PATTERNS - Note movement (step and skip), finger patterns, semitone, and tone SCALES - Major scales and arpeggios ANALYSIS - Simple Musical Concepts, Terms, Symbols, Signs (tempo, dynamics, etc)<
£11.96
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Music Theory Practice Papers 2021, ABRSM Grade 1
Book SynopsisABRSM's official Music Theory Practice Papers 2021 are essential resources for candidates preparing for our online Music Theory exams. They provide authentic practice material and are a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. - Essential practice material for ABRSM Grade 1 Theory exams - Model answers also available
£8.22
Canongate Books Listen: On Music, Sound and Us
Book Synopsis'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.' There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and/or genres. But rarely does a book delve into what's going on inside us when we listen.Michel Faber explores two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. To answer these he considers biology, age, illness, the notion of 'cool', commerce, the dichotomy between 'good' and 'bad' taste and, through extensive interviews with musicians, unlocks some surprising answers. From the award-winning author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin, this curious and celebratory book reflects Michel Faber's lifelong obsession with music of all kinds. Listen will change your relationship with the heard world.Trade ReviewBy turns discursive, celebratory and reflective . . . a beautifully written paean to music, examining the role that it plays in our lives and what it has meant to Faber himself. He is no snob, but no indulgent populist, either. Instead, he has written the best book of its type since Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise * * Observer * *A series of finely tuned observations formed from personal memories, nuggets of neuroscience and interviews with musical luminaries * * Guardian * *Fresh . . . Unlike any music book I have read. Often very funny as well as piercingly acute * * Scotsman * *Michel Faber wrote this book just for you -- ROBERT FRIPPAn extraordinary and compelling 'journey into sound' which examines close and distant listening in all its myriad ramifications, mainly in the form of music both popular and otherwise - and it's particularly good at evaluating music's intrinsic worth from a commercial and aesthetic viewpoint . . . Faber writes beautifully, non-condescendingly and provocatively about something as basic and fundamental to human existence as oxygen, and which like oxygen would be exceedingly hard to do without. I found this, Michel's first non-fiction book, brilliant and a joy to read . . . He's obviously listened and thought long and hard about the act and art of consuming sound/music - essentially, electrochemical reactions in the brain - in all its multitudinous splendor, and he raises many compelling points along the way . . . Listen is right up there with Richard Meltzer's The Aesthetics of Rock and Geoffrey O'Brien's Sonata for Jukebox at the top of my mental music shelf -- GARY LUCASPraise for Michel Faber: Faber's writing is so dizzyingly accomplished -- KATHRYN HUGHES * * Guardian * *You are unlikely to regret a single hour, day or month spent in Faber's diverting, exuberant and intelligent company * * Financial Times * *A truly gifted writer, an addictive storyteller with a nuanced command of language * * Literary Review * *Faber writes superbly * * Sunday Times * *Faber has shown that he can write in a breathtakingly wide range of styles * * Scotsman * *
£17.00
Wooden Books The Elements of Music: Melody, Rhythm and Harmony
Book SynopsisWhat is the secret code behind so many musical compositions? How do you substitute chords to create greater musical complexity? Why is music so good at playing with people's emotions? In this compact book, composer and pianist Jason Martineau presents the elements of music in clear and comprehensible terms. Packed with superb diagrams and a wealth of fascinating hard-to-come-by musical tips, this is a great primer, and an invaluable resource for novice and professional alike. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
£8.18
Faber Music Ltd Behind Bars General Conventions
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£22.50
Hal Leonard Corporation thechordwheeltheultimatetoolforallmusicians
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£17.09
Penguin Books Ltd The World in Six Songs
Book SynopsisDividing the sum total of human musical achievement, from Beethoven to The Beatles, Busta Rhymes to Bach, into just six fundamental forms, Levitin illuminates, through songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love, how music has been instrumental in the evolution of language, thought and culture. And how, far from being a bit of a song and dance, music is at the core of what it means to be human.A one-time record producer, now a leading neuroscientist, Levitin has composed a catchy and startlingly ambitious narrative that weaves together Darwin and Dionne Warwick, memoir and biology, anthropology and a jukebox of anecdote to create nothing less than the '' soundtrack of civilisation'' .Trade ReviewA fantastic ride * New Scientist *Masterful ... Eminently enjoyable * Los Angeles Times *Exquisitely well-written and easy to read, serving up a great deal of scientific information in a gentle way for those of us who are - or just think we are - a bit science-phobic * Huffington Post *Fascinating. Provides a biological explanation for why we might tap our feet or bob our heads in time with a favorite song, how singing might soothe a baby, and how music emboldens soldiers or athletes preparing for conflict * Associated Press *Why can a song make you cry in a matter of seconds? Six Songs is the only book that explains why * Bobby McFerrin, ten-time Grammy Award-winning artist (“Don't Worry, Be Happy”) *Fantastic * New Scientist *Exquisitely well-written and easy to read, serving up a great deal of scientific information in a gentle way for those of us who are-or just think we are-a bit science-phobic * Huffington Post *
£999.99
Faber & Faber Mars by 1980 The Story of Electronic Music
Book SynopsisIn Mars By 1980, David Stubbs charts the evolution of electronic music from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late nineteenth century, through to the familiar sounds of electronica, house and techno that we know today. It's a tale of mavericks and future dreamers overcoming Luddite resistance, malfunctioning devices, and sonic mayhem. The beginnings may be in the world of avant-classical composition, but it continues on through the cosmic funk of Stevie Wonder and Giorgio Moroder, via the astonishing sounds of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, through unforgettable eighties electropop by the likes of Depeche Mode, the Pet Shop Boys and Laurie Anderson, and right up to present-day innovators on the underground scene.
£13.49
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Music Theory Practice Papers 2022, ABRSM Grade 5
Book SynopsisABRSM's official Music Theory Practice Papers 2022 are essential resources for candidates preparing for our online Music Theory exams. They provide authentic practice material and are a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. -Essential practice material for ABRSM Grade 5 Theory exams -Model answers also available
£8.99
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Theory of Music Model Answers Grade 2
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£9.25
REPEATER PostSelf
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£12.71
Faber & Faber Structural Functions of Harmony
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1948, Structural Functions of Harmony is Schoenberg''s last theoretical work and contains his ultimate thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. The opening chapters are a resume of the basic principles of the early Theory of Harmony; the subsequent chapters demonstrate the concept of ''monotonality'', whereby all modulations to different keys within a movement are analysed not in relation to each other but in terms of the irrelationship to one central tonality (tonic) as the centre of all harmonic change. Schoenberg''s music examples range from the entire development sections of classical symphonies to analyses of the harmonic progressions of Strauss, Debussy, Reger, and his own early music.
£13.49
Oxford University Press Inc Indigenous Audibilities
Book SynopsisIn the middle of the twentieth century, transnational networks sparked a range of cultural projects focused on collecting Indigenous music and folklore in the Americas. Indigenous Audibilities follows the social relations that created these collections in four interconnected case studies linking the U.S., Mexico, Nicaragua, and Chile. Indigenous collections were embedded in political projects that negotiated issues of cultural diplomacy, national canons, and heritage. The case studies recuperate the traces of marginalized voices in archives, paying special attention to women and Indigenous people. Despite the dominant agendas of national and international institutions, the diverse actors and the multi-directional influences often led to unexpected outcomes. Author Amanda Minks brings together vivid storytelling and theories of collection, voice, and recording to challenge the transparency of archives as a historical source. The book presents a social-historical method of listening, reaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures A Note on Terminology and Abbreviations Introduction 1. Between the Ear and the Letter: Oral History and U.S. Borderlands 2. Radio, Recording, and Inter-American Indigenismo in Mexico 3. Folklore, Region, and Revolution in Nicaragua 4. Indigenous Collections and Integrative Arts in Chile Epilogue References Index
£999.99
DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Music Theory Note by Note
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£17.00
Alfred USA Essential Dictionary of Music Notation
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£10.40
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music More Music Theory Sample Papers, ABRSM Grade 5
Book SynopsisABRSM's official More Music Theory Sample Papers are additional resources for candidates preparing for our new online Music Theory exams. Providing more authentic practice material and a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. -Essential practice material for the new format ABRSM Grade 5 Theory exams -Includes four sample papers -Model answers also available separately
£8.99
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Theory of Music Model Answers Grade 7
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£12.11
Flame Tree Publishing Songwriter's Rhyming Dictionary: Quick, Simple &
Book SynopsisFinding the right rhyme can be excruciating, songwriters too often choosing ridiculous words in desperation. This is an invaluable resource for any budding songwriter or even an experienced lyricist with writer's block. Featuring tips on songwriting, the book focuses on the types of rhyme and assonance (end rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double rhymes, beginning rhymes, first syllable rhymes) for a range of popular styles. Arranged phonetically and drawn from a variety of musical 'dialects', from rock and pop to folk and hip-hop, this is the quick and simple guide you need.
£9.49
Editio Musica Budapest ZenemAÂkiadAÂ Introduction and Dance
Book SynopsisIntroduction and Dance exploits the alto saxophone's characteristic sound and virtuosity. It starts with a slow, nascent music, which gives way to a very fast dance with aksak rhythm in an asymmetrically segmented 8/16 meter. The work was commissioned by and is dedicated to saxophonist Levente Puskas and pianist Judit Varadi, who premiered it in September 2020 in the Hungarian Radio, and then first performed in concert in November that year.Marton Kerekfy (b. 1981) studied musicology and composition at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest (2000-2007) and received his PhD in musicology (2015) from the same institution. In 2006 he spent one semester on an Erasmus Grant at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Marton is Senior Research Fellow at the Budapest Bartok Archives, Editor of the Bela Bartok Complete Critical Edition, and Editor-in-Chief at Editio Musica Budapest ZenemA kiado.
£10.44
University of California Press Music and the Forms of Life
Book SynopsisInventors in the age of the Enlightenment created lifelike androids capable of playing music on real instruments. Music and the Forms of Lifeexamines the link between such simulated life and music, which began in the era's scientific literature and extended into a series of famous musical works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Music invented auditory metaphors for the scientific elements of life (drive, pulse, sensibility, irritability, even metabolism), investigated the affinities and antagonisms between life and mechanism, and explored questions of whether and how mechanisms can come to life. The resulting changes in the conceptions of both life and music had wide cultural resonance at the time, and those concepts continued to evolve long after. A critical part of that evolution was a nineteenth-century shift in focus from moving androids to the projection of life in motion, culminating in the invention of cinema. Weaving together cultural and musical practices, Lawrence Kramer trTable of ContentsContents List of Musical Examples and Figures Introduction: Music and the Life of Statues 1 • From Clockwork to Pulsation I: Intensity and Drive 2 • From Clockwork to Pulsation II: Action and Feeling 3 • From Clockwork to Pulsation III: Metabolism 4 • 1812 Overtures: Wellington’s Victory and Live Action 5 • “Dear Listener” . . . : Music and the Invention of Subjectivity 6 • Waltzing Specters: Life, Perception, and Ravel’s “La Valse” 7 • The Musical Biome Epilogue: Sound and the Forms of Life Notes Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press Every Brain Needs Music
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£17.09
Oxford University Press Music
Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe world teems with different kinds of music - traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop - and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music, this Very Short Introduction considers the history of music and thinking about music, focussing on its social and cultural dimensions. Nicholas Cook balances the Western Classical traditions within the context of many other musical cultures in today''s world, tracing the way in which their development since the eighteenth century has conditioned present-day thinking and practice both within and beyond the West. He also considers the nature of music as a real-time performance practice; the role of music in contexts of social and political action; and the nature of musical thinking, including the roles played in it by instruments, notations, and creative imagination. In this new edition Cook explores the impact of digital technology on the production and consumption of music, including how it has transformed participatory music-making and the music business. He also discusses music''s position in a globalized world, from the role it played in historical processes of colonisation and decolonisation to its present-day significance as a vehicle of cross-cultural communication. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1: Music in the moment 2: Thinking in music 3: The presence of the past 4: Music 2.0 5: Music in a global world References Further Reading Index
£9.49
The University of Chicago Press Puccini
Book SynopsisPuccini's operas are among the most popular and widely performed in the world, yet few books have examined his body of work from an analytical perspective. This volume remedies that lack in lively prose accessible to scholars and opera enthusiasts alike.Trade Review"A serious, long-overdue analysis of all of Puccini's great operas, filled with fascinating detail." - Reed Woodhouse, Boston Book Review "Girardi takes us through the operas, act by act, showing us how cleverly they're put together, and how thoroughly they are conversant not just with Wagner but also Berg, Schoenberg, Mahler, Stravinsky, Strauss, Debussy and others.... We also get a sampling of Puccini's correspondence, and the discreetest possible hint of the amorous embarrassments that he was forever getting involved in." - Jerry Fodor, London Review of Books "The most comprehensive Puccini study to date.... A major accomplishment, this book adds new dimensions to Puccini research and formal criticism." - Choice "It is high time for a biography worthy of Puccini, and that is what Michele Girardi has given us.... This is likely to remain definitive for a long time." - Richard Freed, Washington Post Book World
£55.00
Faber & Faber The Listening Service
Book SynopsisBased on his critically-acclaimed BBC Radio 3 programme The Listening Service, in which Tom Service takes an idea on an ear-opening and mind-expanding walk through the musical landscape every week, this book is a celebration of music's multi-dimensional power in our lives. With 101 short chapters based on the programmes and grouped thematically the book will open ears and imaginations to find answers to the questions we all have about why and how music - from Toots and the Maytals and J S Bach, Gustav Mahler and Miley Cyrus, to Anna Meredith and Mozart - works its magic over us. With direct links to the programmes using a QR code, the chapters draw on powerful and communicative anecdotes and analogies, as well as the latest scientific research, and above all, a spirit of discovery and connection across genres, cultures, and histories. At its heart is the conviction that music changes us.
£15.29
Faber Music Ltd Simultaneous Learning
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST PRINT RESOURCE AWARD AT THE 2015 MUSIC TEACHER AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE Paul Harris's highly successful Simultaneous Learning approach is an entirely positive and imaginative way to teach, which embraces the understanding that all the elements of music are connected.Trade ReviewThroughout the book there are clear headlines and steps, explanations backed up with relevant quotes from researchers and educationalists, and practical advice for improving our teaching and our pupils’ learning. Reading it gave me several answers to some of my teaching challenges and left me feeling refreshed and positive about the coming term. Fiona Lau, Music Teacher Magazine, January 2015
£11.39
Faber Music Ltd Improve your sightreading A piece a week Piano
Book SynopsisA piece a week. Piano Grade 1 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve your sight-reading! graded piano books to support and improve the reading skills so fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun, short pieces are specifically written to be learnt one per week.Trade ReviewSo, just when you thought that Paul Harris has covered every possible music education angle, he comes up with something new; something you did not realise you needed. Improve your sight-reading! A piece a week is a collection of short-pieces designed to support and improve sight-reading by developing note-reading skills and hand-eye coordination….Of course, as thoughtful teachers, we know that our pupils can lose their sight-reading skills when they are focusing on grade exams or other pieces, and so we find easier pieces in order to keep these skills alive. However, this saves us the bother of searching…Yet again, Mr Harris has done the work so we don’t have to. Music Teacher Magazine, January 2016. Admirably fills a gap in the market for outstanding “quick study” material. A piece a week lives up to the excellent standards Paul Harris and Faber Music have previously set, and for which they are so well known. I would say that the series is a genuine “must have” for all piano teachers. Andrew Eales, Pianodao.com, January 2016.
£999.99
Faber Music Ltd Improve your sightreading A piece a week Piano
Book SynopsisA piece a week. Piano Grade 2 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve your sight-reading! graded piano books to support and improve the reading skills so fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun, short pieces are specifically written to be learnt one per week.Trade ReviewSo, just when you thought that Paul Harris has covered every possible music education angle, he comes up with something new; something you did not realise you needed. Improve your sight-reading! A piece a week is a collection of short-pieces designed to support and improve sight-reading by developing note-reading skills and hand-eye coordination….Of course, as thoughtful teachers, we know that our pupils can lose their sight-reading skills when they are focusing on grade exams or other pieces, and so we find easier pieces in order to keep these skills alive. However, this saves us the bother of searching…Yet again, Mr Harris has done the work so we don’t have to. Music Teacher Magazine, January 2016. Admirably fills a gap in the market for outstanding “quick study” material. A Piece a Week lives up to the excellent standards Paul Harris and Faber Music have previously set, and for which they are so well known. I would say that the series is a genuine “must have” for all piano teachers. Andrew Eales, Pianodao.com, January 2016.Table of ContentsIndian Chief; Watercolours; Skipping and hopping; Machines; Day dreaming; Three-legged race; Pebble skimming; Spooks; Dancing round the maypole; Spies on a mission; Rushing around; Lonely; China Town; Lost; Traffic jam; Danger ahead!; Elephants take a stroll; Busy people; Kites in the sky; Rolling hills; The magical mirror; Catch me if you can!; Butterflies; Waterfall; In the clouds; Secret agent TX9 saves the day
£8.58
Stringstastic Pty Ltd Stringstastic Grade 2
Book SynopsisGraded series provides students of all ages and young players who are interested in doing music theory exams with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.These interactive books are designed where the main reference point is through the clef in which the player reads on (treble, alto, or bass) but covers most exercises on the treble and bass clef to match any examination syllabus.Grade 2 workbook features these concepts and more! NOTATION SCALES & ARPEGGIOS - relative Minor (A, D, E) TRIADS - Broken chords and first inversion TIME - Note and rest values, simple time signature, INTERVALS - perfect, major, minor PATTERNS - Sequence KEY SIGNATURE COMPOSE TRANSPOSING - At an octave ANALYSIS - Music terms, symbols and signs
£12.40
Stringstastic Pty Ltd Stringstastic Level 2 Cello
Book SynopsisEnsemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group lesson.These interactive books use a variation of different methods (traditional, Suzuki, Kodaly, orff, etc) which allows the students to decide which method best suits the lesson. They also contain a combination of fun, friendly characters (as well as exciting written exercises) that help and capture the interest of the students to learn in an enjoyable way.Level 2 workbook features these concepts and more! NOTE & REST VALUES - Quaver note(s) and rest. PATTERNS - Note movement (step and skip), finger patterns, semitone, and tone SCALES - Major scales and arpeggios ANALYSIS - Simple Musical Concepts, Terms, Symbols, Signs (tempo, dynamics, etc)
£11.96
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate
Book SynopsisLisa Nielson is an Anisfield-Wolf Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Music at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA. . She received her PhD from the University of Maine at Orono, USA and holds a bachelor's and master's degree in music performance and pedagogy.Trade Review"A rich exploration of the social and religious contexts of music-making in the medieval Islamic world. Nielson weaves together issues of gender, ethnicity, social class, and religion to provide a readable and accessible survey of the complex interaction of these forces and how they affected musical culture. A recommended read for scholars and students of the medieval Middle East." -- Dwight F. Reynolds, University of California, Santa Barbara, USAThis fascinating book offers a remarkable new insight in the role of music and musicians at the courts of the caliphs in the medieval Islamic world. It sketches a social history of the qiyan, the singing slave girls, and their male counterparts, the mukhannathun, or ‘effeminate’ musicians, focusing on their socio-cultural position: their ethnical background, sexual relationships, patronage, skills, and career development. -- Anne, van Oostrum, University of Amsterdam, NetherlandsTable of ContentsSection I: Musical Culture in the Early Islamic Courts Chapter 1: Music and Musicians Chapter 2: Musicianship and Performance Chapter 3: Patronage Section II: Representations of Musicianship and Identity Chapter 4: Literary Performance of Music and Reading Musical Identity Chapter 5: Slavery and Gender Chapter 6: Ethnos and gens Section III: Diversions of Pleasure Chapter 7: Discomfort and Censure Chapter 8: Sama? and Practice Chapter 9: The Politics of Listening
£34.88
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Big Stars Radio City
Book SynopsisReleased when ELP and Elton John were plodding from one packed stadium to the next, Radio City was a radical album. In time, power pop would become an official rock genre and the influence of Radio City would be widely heard through artists like The Bangles and Teenage Fanclub. This book examines the key ingredients of Radio City's lasting appeal.Trade Review"Ideal for the rock geek who thinks liner notes just aren't enough - Rolling Stone One of the coolest publishing imprints on the planet - Bookslut A brilliant series...each one a world of real love - NME"
£9.49
Kjos Music Bastien Piano Basics Theory Primer
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Stringstastic Pty Ltd Stringstastic Grade 3
Book SynopsisGraded series provides students of all ages and young players who are interested in doing music theory exams with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.These interactive books are designed where the main reference point is through the clef in which the player reads on (treble, alto, or bass) but covers most exercises on the treble and bass clef to match any examination syllabus.Grade 3 workbook features these concepts and more! ALTO CLEF DUPLETS AND TRIPLETS INVERSIONS TIME - SIMPLE AND COMPOUND TIME INTERVALS - perfect, major, minor PATTERNS - Real and tonal KEY SIGNATURE COMPOSE WRITING A BASS LINE TRANSPOSING - At an octave CADENCES 4-PART VOCAL STYLE TRIADS SCALE DEGREES SIMILAR AND CONTRARY MOTION ANALYSIS - Music terms, symbols and signs
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Interactive Technologies and Music Making
Book SynopsisChallenging current music making approaches which have traditionally relied on the repetition of fixed forms when played, this book provides a new framework for musicians, composers, and producers wanting to explore working with music that can be represented by data and transformed by interactive technologies.Beginning with an exploration into how current interactive technologies, including VR and AR, are affecting music, the book goes on to create an accessible compositional model which articulates the emerging field of âtransmutable music.â It then shows how to compose and produce transmutable music for platforms like video games, apps and interactive works, employing tutorials which use a range of inputs from sensors, data, and compositional approaches. The book also offers technical exercises on how to transform data into usable forms (including machine learning techniques) for mapping musical parameters, and discussion points to support learning.This book is a valuable resource for industry professionals wanting to gain an insight into cutting edge new practice, as well as for assisting musicians, composers, and producers with professional development. It is also suitable for students and researchers in the fields of music/audio composition and music/audio production, computer game design, and interactive media.
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Hal Leonard Star Wars for Beginning Piano Solo
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Background Noise, Second Edition: Perspectives on
Book SynopsisBackground Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance. While chronological in its structure, Brandon LaBelle's book is informed by spatial thinking - weaving architecture, environments, and the specifics of location into the work of sound, with the aim of formulating an expansive history and understanding of sound art. At its center the book presupposes an intrinsic relation between sound and its location, galvanizing acoustics, sound phenomena, and the environmental with the tensions inherent in what LaBelle identifies as sound's relational dynamic. For the author, this is embedded within sound's tendency to become public expressed in its ability to travel distances, foster cultural expression, and define spaces while being radically flexible. This second expanded edition includes a new chapter on the non-human and subnatural tendencies in sound art, revisions to the text as well as a new preface by the author. Intersecting material analysis with theoretical frameworks spanning art and architectural theory, performance studies and media theory, Background Noise makes the case that sound and sound art are central to understandings of contemporary culture.Trade ReviewThe rise of a prominent auditory culture, as seen in the recent plethora of art exhibitions on sound art, in conjunction with academic programs dedicated to "aural culture", sonic art, and auditory issues now emerging, reveals the degree to which sound art is lending definition to the 21st Century. And yet sound art still lacks related literature to compliment, and expand, the realm of practice. Written by The Wire's contributor Brandon Labelle, Background Noise sets out an historical overview, while at the same time shaping that history according to what sound art reveals—the dynamics of art to operate spatially, through media of reproduction and broadcast, and in relation to the intensities of communication and its contextual framework. * The Wire 2010 *Background Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance. While chronological in its structure, Brandon LaBelle's book is informed by spatial thinking - weaving architecture, environments, and the specifics of location into the work of sound, with the aim of formulating an expansive history and understanding of sound art. * Dailywatch.com *Reading Background Noise for the first time introduced me to the world of sound art, to its rich history, its incredible variety of concrete works, its overview of artists working in the field, and its discourses. It taught me how to think about sound in relation to space instead of time. Now, some seven years later, Background Noise is still one of my most important sources. It is a must-read for anyone interested in auditory culture and sound art. * Marcel Cobussen is editor-in-chief of The Journal of Sonic Studies and co-editor of The Routledge Sounding Art Companion (2015) *There are stones here. Stones gathered with great shrewdness by Brandon LaBelle from the broad shore of relational artistic practice; each carries the weight of its own historical significance; each is perfectly shaped to deliver its conceptual impact; each is thrown outwards in just the right sequence and with just the right trajectory to set the ripples running, producing patterns that continue to inspire the reader long, long after the momentum of the book has come to rest. Background Noise is the very best of books: as reverberant as the phenomena it so beautifully articulates. * Angus Carlyle, Professor of Sound and Landscape, University of the Arts London, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: Auditory Relations Fade In Part 1: 4'33": Sound and Points of Origin Introduction to Part 1 Chapter 1 Sociality of Sound: John Cage and Musical Concepts Chapter 2 Exposing the Sound Object:Musique Concrète's Sonic Research Chapter 3 Automatic Music: Group Ongaku's Performative Labors Part 2: Box with the Sound of Its Own Making: From Gags to Sculptural Form Introduction to Part 2 Chapter 4 Rhythms of Chaos: Happenings, Environments, and Fluxus Chapter 5 Minimalist Treatments: La Monte Young and Robert Morris Chapter 6 Conceptualizations:Michael Asher and the Subject of Space Part 3: I Am Sitting in a Room: Vocal Intensities Introduction to Part 3 Chapter 7 Performing Desire/ Performing Fear: Vito Acconci and the Power Plays of Voice Chapter 8 Finding Oneself: Alvin Lucier and the Phenomenal Voice Chapter 9 Word of Mouth: Christof Migone's Little Manias Part 4: Public Supply: Buildings, Constructions, and Locational Listening Introduction to Part 4 Chapter 10 Tuning Space:Max Neuhaus and Site-Specific Sound Chapter 11 Other Architectures:Michael Brewster, Maryanne Amacher, and Bernhard Leitner Chapter 12 Composing Intensities: Iannis Xenakis's Multimedia Architectures Part 5: Soundmarks: Environments and Aural Geography Introduction to Part 5 Chapter 13 Seeking Ursound: Hildegard Westerkamp, Steve Peters, and the Soundscape Chapter 14 Language Games: Yasunao Tone and the Mechanics of Information Chapter 15 Complicating Place: Bill Fontana and Networking the Soundscape Part 6: Global Strings: Interpersonal and Network Space Introduction to Part 6 Chapter 16 Interactions: Achim Wollscheid's Production of the Local Chapter 17 Global Events: Atau Tanaka and Network as Instrument Chapter 18 Live Streams: Apo33 and Multiplying Place Fade Out Conclusion: Auditive Pivot Appendix: Peripheries – subnature, phantom memory, and dirty listening List of Works Cited Index
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