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Scientific knowledge of vocal acoustics has grown exponentially in the last eighty years. With sophisticated yet inexpensive sound analysis technology, more voice teachers are curious about the valu……続きを見る

In the 1920s and 30s, musicians from Latin America and the Caribbean were flocking to New York, lured by the burgeoning recording studios and lucrative entertainment venues. In the late 1940s and 50……続きを見る

Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo is the first book to address the question: How did a centuries-old, Swiss mountain tradition make its way into American country music? Along the way, the reader discovers that yodel……続きを見る

A short, humorous how-to guide on music and life. Music is a universal language and can ease the mind. Read about how to discover new music through emerging technology and how to keep music relevant……続きを見る

One quiz each on the lives of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Wagner, Chopin, Haydn, Handel, and Grieg. May be used in conjunction with the Classically Gail free, one-year……続きを見る

I hope that this little book may serve as an introduction for some to the very interesting borderland between physics and music. It is a borderland in which the co-operation of musicians and physici……続きを見る

Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor revolutionized music from the end of the twentieth century into the twenty-first, expanding on jazz traditions with distinctly new concepts of composit……続きを見る

Is my singing good enough? What should I do with instruments? How can I create a rich and exciting musical environment which will allow for both child and adult led musical activity? Singing, dancin……続きを見る

Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions--St. John and St. Matthew--are an essential part of the modern repertory, performed regularly both by professional ensembles and amateur groups. These ……続きを見る

Between 1972 and 1987, freelance teacher and music journalist Roland Baggenæs conducted a series of interviews with jazz musicians for CODA magazine. Upon recently re-discovering the interviews, he ……続きを見る

In Experiencing Jazz: A Listener’s Companion, writer, teacher, and renowned jazz drummer Michael Stephans offers a much-needed survey in the art of listening to and enjoying this dynamic, ever-chang……続きを見る

Musikvermittlung hat sich zu einem festen Bestandteil unserer Musikkultur entwickelt. In den Aufsätzen dieses Buches werden Umrisse und Aufgaben der künstlerischen Disziplin beschrieben, Arbeitsfeld……続きを見る

Quem são na verdade Madalena, Espanhola, Amélia, Anna Julia e Katia Flávia? Livro apresenta as amadas e amantes que marcaram o cancioneiro nacional.続きを見る

In Experiencing David Bowie: A Listener's Companion, musicologist, writer, and musician Ian Chapman unravels the extraordinary marriage of sound and visual effect that lies at the heart of the work ……続きを見る

Experts in child psychology and pedagogy concur that how children are schooled today seriously conflicts with how they learn and develop. Children are being left behind and the promises and possibil……続きを見る

Melodic dictation plays an important role in music theory classes, but instruction is often based on tradition rather than research. Dictation teachers and students do not just need more exercises a……続きを見る

The Chopin Etudes are without doubt one of the highlights of piano literature - they are essential in achieving a masterful technique and full of musical ideas. The present e-book edition illustrate……続きを見る

During the last few decades, most cultural critics have come to agree that the division between "high" and "low" art is an artificial one, that Beethoven's Ninth and "Blue Suede Shoes" are equally v……続きを見る

During the last few decades, most cultural critics have come to agree that the division between "high" and "low" art is an artificial one, that Beethoven's Ninth and "Blue Suede Shoes" are equally v……続きを見る

Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded mus……続きを見る

Sir James Jeans, noted British scientist, has given a physical analysis of musical sounds, in what is considered to be the best exposition on the subject, a book of great intellectual stature. His a……続きを見る

El entrenamiento auditivo nos permite reconocer y distinguir un sonido, un patrón rítmico, un timbre sonoro. Pero también nos facilita entender y por tanto disfrutar más una determinada música. El l……続きを見る

The Second Edition of Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs offers updated accounts of music educators' experiences, featured as vignettes throughout the book. An accompanying Practical Reso……続きを見る

Este libro aborda el estudio de los instrumentos de viento madera –como la flauta, oboe, clarinete, fagot, saxofón, etc.–, desde la perspectiva de la efectividad, para que cada instrumentista sea ca……続きを見る

Autistic people and musical individuals often have perfect pitch, a gift they were born with. The musical gift may be accompanied with learning differences such as reading comprehension problems, tr……続きを見る

Experiencing Alice Cooper: A Listener’s Companion takes a long overdue look at the music and stage act of rock music’s self-styled arch-villain. A provocateur from the very start of his career in th……続きを見る

Wie viel üben Sie pro Tag? Was tut man bei einer Panne? Was tun Agenten? Und was Konzertveranstalter? Diese und viele andere Fragen, die Konzertbesucher häufig an Musiker stellen, beantwortet dieses……続きを見る

"Il ritmo della parola" è un percorso attraverso l'arte della vocalizzazione del ritmo e delle tecniche di conteggio. Il metodo trae ispirazione dal solkattu, l'arte di vocalizzare i ritmi della mil……続きを見る

Please note: this edition is text only and does not contain images. This is the full story of every single song that Michael Jackson recorded and released during his long and remarkable solo career.……続きを見る

Andy Mister's Liner Notes is a semi-narrative prose poem, a meditation on alienation and pop culture. Beginning with the Beach Boy's unfinished masterpiece Smile, Mister describes a world populated ……続きを見る