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Solid Mental Grace: Listening to the Music of YesIn Solid Mental Grace: Listening to the Music of Yes, Simon Barrow looks at how the progressive rock band Yes helped define a musical genre, combining sounds and textures to produce lengthy, elliptical compositions. Journeying through many highs and lows towards its remarkable 50th...
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Instant Blues Harmonica [With Harmonica and CD]David Harp has taught thousands to play the harmonica, and in this revised edition with 30 percent new material, he makes it even easier. An illustrated instruction book, a CD of play-along music, and a Mojo Deluxe harmonica encourage would-be wailers to play the...
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Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition, Part 1The Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition is known worldwide for the incredible array of music presented, the thoroughness of educational music content and ease of understanding. The method contains hundreds of solos, duets, picking studies, chord etudes, position studies, scale and techniqueetudes,...
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Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses (and Other Good Stuff)"Hits the elementary-school-boy sweet spot. . . . Hilarious." -- Booklist No school for two whole weeks! Now Tom has plenty of time for the good stuff, like finding new ways (so many!) to annoy his big sister, Delia. Or band practice for Dogzombies...
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The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and cerebral heft such music can have. It's a personal journey which becomes universal. Fascinating' Ian Rankin 'Moving and absorbing, The Sound of Being...
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After Adorno: Rethinking Music SociologyTheodor W. Adorno broached key questions about the role of music in contemporary society and argued that it affected consciousness and was a means of social management and control. Asserting that music sociology can be greatly enriched by returning to Adorno's focus on music...
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Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a GenerationA leading music journalist's riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have transcended generations. Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they...
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The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker: Musical Puzzle: Press the Note to Hear Tchaikovsky's MusicNutcracker musical jigsaw puzzle: Featuring four 10-second sound clips of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky's original score, a perfect gift for music lovers and aspiring ballerinas Sturdy gift box contains: 48-piece puzzle (44 regular pieces, plus 4 shaped pieces with cutouts that give access...
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The Story Orchestra: Swan Lake: Musical Puzzle: Press the Note to Hear Tchaikovsky's MusicSwan Lake musical jigsaw puzzle: Featuring four 10-second sound clips of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky's original score, a perfect gift for music lovers and aspiring ballerinas Sturdy gift box contains: 48-piece puzzle (44 regular pieces, plus 4 shaped pieces with cutouts that give...
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C'Mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer StockIn their third and final screen teaming, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly starred together in the MGM musical Summer Stock. Despite its riveting production history, charismatic lead actors, and classic musical moments, the movie has not received the same attention as other musicals from...
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Listening to the QuietWhat does nothing sound like? Jacki's mama has a rare condition. She is slowly losing her hearing. Together, they are learning Sign Language so that they'll always be able to tell each other everything. But as Mama's world becomes quieter, Jacki's remains full of...
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Understanding Rhythm: A Guide to Reading MusicWhether you are just learning to read music, or you're an established player who wants to supplement your repertoire, this book will help you understand and execute the most common rhythms found in popular music. Drumset players will find this book useful for developing...
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Anthology to accompany GATEWAYS TO UNDERSTANDING MUSICThis anthology to accompany Gateways to Understanding Music is comprised of musical "texts." These broadly defined texts--primarily musical scores--facilitate the integration of score study and music theory into the ethno/musicology curriculum, a necessary focus in the training of the professional musician. As posed by...
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All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony BennettThe first complete biography of singing legend Tony BennettAmong America's greatest entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ray Charles, and Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett alone is still here and at the top of his game. For the first time, All the Things...
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She's a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping FeminismFeminism has always been a complex and controversial topic, as female rock musicians know especially well. When they've stayed true to their own vision, these artists have alternately been adored as role models or denounced as bad influences. Either way, they're asked to cope...
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Christian Music: A Global History (Revised and Expanded)Christian Music: A Global History was originally published by Lion Hudson in 2011. This new edition has been substantially extended and updated.Dr Tim Dowley's wide-ranging survey includes contributions from nine additional experts. The book covers the Jewish musical tradition; early hymns and psalms; music...
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Heavy Metal Music and the Communal ExperienceThe book critically examines the issue of community formation in metal music. Via theoretical reflections on communal formation and empirical research in the field, scholars interested in extreme music and community formation will become familiar with this particular collective experience, now prevalent throughout the...
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This Is Music: VoiceMake music with this hands-on introduction to the four instrument families - drums, horns, strings, and voice - in this board book series by a world-renowned music educator. What do a choir, a rapper, and a yodeler all have in common? They all use...
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Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven SongsAuthor: Greil MarcusPublisher: Yale University PressPublished: 09/05/2023Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsISBN: 9780300274103
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Sunken HeightsThe debut book of poems from the acclaimed musician, lead singer and lyricist of Iceage, featuring R nnenfelt's original Danish text and artwork by Elizabeth Peyton.Sunken Heights is a work of poetry in a grand tradition: a quest in verse through reverie and observation,...
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