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Violin Scales for Beginning Jazz ViolinThis book gives an introduction to five popular scales in jazz.Scales are one of many steps towards learning jazz improvisation. Scales are the alphabet of jazz. Learning and memorizing jazz scales will help you create the 'sentences' and 'phrases' you need to improvise with.This...
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How Sonata Forms: A Bottom-Up Approach to Musical FormTraditional approaches to musical form have always adopted a top-down perspective whereby a work's form organizes and unifies the individual parts of the work through an overarching logic. How Sonata Forms turns this view on its head, proposing instead that it was the parts...
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Historic Connecticut Music Venues: From the Coliseum to the ShabooConnecticut is home to a number of landmark music venues that have featured local and national performers. While some of the locations have closed, they have certainly not been forgotten. The New Haven Coliseum, the Arena and the Bushnell Memorial were once the places...
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Creative Jazz ImprovisationThe leading textbook in jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition represents a compendium of knowledge and practice resources for the university classroom, suitable for all musicians looking to develop and sharpen their soloing skills. Logically organized and guided by a philosophy that encourages...
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A Question Mark: An Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Elliott SmithIn the early 2000s, Elliott Smith was a rising Indie music star, a multi-instrumentalist with a drug habit and a dark outlook on life. His music conveyed the depths of his pain and the heights of his hope. When he died in 2003 of...
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Measure: In Pursuit of Musical TimeFollows the fascinating story of musical timekeeping, beginning in an age before the existence of external measuring devices and continuing to the present-day use of the Smartphone app. The book opens with an exploration of musical time keeping as expressed in the artwork and...
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Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through JazzOn December 4, 1957, Miles Davis revolutionized film soundtrack production, improvising the score for Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'échafaud. A cinematic harbinger of the French New Wave, Ascenseur challenged mainstream filmmaking conventions, emphasizing experimentation and creative collaboration. It was in this environment during the...
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Hidden in the HymnsThe Church has a rich history of music and hymns. But many mainstream congregations have thrown out the older hymns. Why?Archaic. Antiquated. Obsolete. The wording in the old hymns is deemed too out-of-date to be worthwhile to the modern Church. To which Hidden in...
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Little Feat: Every Album Every SongLittle Feat may not be a household name, but they are well-known to a good number of musicians who are: Keith Richards rounded up the Rolling Stones to see them perform in Amsterdam in 1975, Robert Plant publicly lamented their lack of success (as...
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Simple Methods Smarter Decisions: Safety Resources for Female Recording ArtistsBreaking News! "Top Recording Artist Battles To Own Masters", "Popular Hit Maker Linked To Shocking Sex Scandal", "Number One Selling Performer File's Bankruptcy", "Beloved Pop Star's Crazed Lover Wrecks Her Career." We have seen the magazine headlines and heard the national news stories associated...
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I Saw a Dozen Faces... and I rocked them all: The Diary of a Never WasTim Lee's new book I Saw a Dozen Faces ... and I Rocked Them All: The Diary of a Never Was chronicles the journey of a rock 'n roll lifer who was part of the national independent music scene of the 1980s.It's a story...
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Orff Schulwerk in Diverse Cultures: An Idea That Went Round the WorldOrff-Schulwerk in Diverse Cultures: An Idea That Went Round the World is a commentary on the phenomenon of the rapid and worldwide dissemination of Orff Schulwerk, which has been in continuous process for more than 70 years since its origins in Central Europe. A...
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A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and Us LatinidadIn A Kiss across the Ocean Richard T. Rodríguez examines the relationship between British post-punk musicians and their Latinx audiences in the United States since the 1980s. Melding memoir with cultural criticism, Rodríguez spotlights a host of influential bands and performers including Siouxsie and...
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Work Hard Playlist Hard - Second Edition: Actionable Advice to Help Artists Grow Their Audience on Music Streaming PlatformsStreaming music has proven it is here to stay. Artists and their teams now find themselves with many new challenges in the digital landscape. With more options than ever for music distribution, standing out in a crowd, deciding where to focus your energy and...
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John Henry and His People: The Historical Origin and Lore of America's Great Folk BalladThe song John Henry, perhaps America's greatest folk ballad, is about an African-American steel driver who raced and beat a steam drill, dying with his hammer in his hand from the effort. Most singers and historians believe John Henry was a real person, not...
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The Sea Shanty Mandolin Songbook: 52 Traditional Sea Songs & Shanties Arranged for Mandolin-Family InstrumentsTHE BEST TRADITIONAL SEA SHANTIES AND SONGS OF THE SEA DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS ALIKE EASY-TO-READ TABLATURE - You don't need to know how to read music! PLAY THESE SONGS ON ANY MANDOLIN-FAMILY INSTRUMENT tuned GDAE Here is the latest tablature songbook...
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Metafilm Music in Jean-Luc Godard's CinemaHailed as a leading innovator of visual montage, unique storytelling style, and ground-breaking cinematography, Jean-Luc Godard is a prominent pioneer in sculpting complex soundtracks altering the familiar relationship between sound and image, but his achievements in sound have been largelyoverlooked. Such a lacuna in...
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RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines: Learn 100 Bass Guitar Grooves in the Style of the Soul LegendsMaster the Grooves of The World's Greatest RnB, Soul and Motown Bass PlayersGet inside the grooves and techniques of the coolest bass players ever recorded!RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of Soul bass guitar. You'll...
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From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes: Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman EmpireWalter Feldman traces the historical development of Mevlevi music and the spiritual legacy of Rumi. He brings to light the remarkable musical and mystical aesthetics of the Mevlevi ayin - the instrumental and vocal accompaniment to the sublime ceremony of the 'Whirling' Dervishes. Author:...
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Una Ofrenda MusicalEl segundo libro traducido al inglés de Luis Sagasti emprende un recorrido circular que hace eco de las _Variaciones Goldberg _de Bach para narrarnos historia tras historia, al estilo de Scheherazade, entretejidas de manera sutil y sorprendente, creando un tapiz que vibra al son...
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