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1) Instrument
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English
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Instruments tell stories through their appearance as much as through their sound.
Pat Graham's photographs capture the intimate relationship between musician and instrument told by the signs of wear of fingers on frets or keys, chips, scratches, and modifications by the artists who have played, beaten on, bled over, and made them their own.
For more than ten years, Graham has been documenting these amazing instruments and collecting stories...
Pat Graham's photographs capture the intimate relationship between musician and instrument told by the signs of wear of fingers on frets or keys, chips, scratches, and modifications by the artists who have played, beaten on, bled over, and made them their own.
For more than ten years, Graham has been documenting these amazing instruments and collecting stories...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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This book is a useful guide for adult learners who are thinking of taking up a musical instrument for the first time or who want to pick up from where they left off as children. The author helps the reader to answer such questions as which instrument they should choose, the level of difficulty involved in learning and the likely costs. The book discusses the various benefits of taking up music for fun and general well-being. The author provides practical...
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Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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In The Musical Instrument Desk Reference, Michael Pagliaro, musical instrument authority extraordinaire, provides the one-stop shop for those in need of a quick, visually-rich reference guide to band and orchestral instruments. Descriptions and illustrations of everything from the physics of sound to detailed discussions of each orchestra and band instrument make this work the ideal desktop reference tool for the working musician. Through its Quick...
4) Music
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Text and pictures introduce musical instruments from early times to the present--from pipes and flutes to electronic synthesizers.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Eugenia Lincoln is a practical person, with no time for geegaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity. When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives at her house, she is determined to have nothing to do with it. Will Eugenia find a way to sell, destroy, or give away the mysterious instrument -- or will she discover that a little frivolity can be surprisingly joyful?
6) Musical ABC
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English
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"An alligator with an accordion! A bunny with a banjo! Strum, clap, and tap your way through the alphabet of instruments and the animals who play them!"--Back cover.
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Red Wheel Weiser
Pub. Date
2003
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English
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The beat is universal drumming as a way of communicating with other people, spirits, and self exists around the world and throughout time. And contemporary drumming is thriving! In the neopagan community, the most popular festivals and workshops are those that feature drumming circles. In healing centers, nursing homes, women's centers, and schools across the country, people are forming drumming circles. Sacred Beat honors and explores every aspect
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"Fender's Stratocaster is arguably the number-one instrument icon of the guitar world. When introduced in 1954, its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on its ear--it was truly unlike any guitar that had come before. In the hands of the world's most beloved players, the Stratocaster has since become a popular weapon of choice among rock, blues, jazz, and country players and, not coincidentally,...
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English
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A stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music, this book tells the remarkable stories of violins owned by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust (some surviving when their owners did not) through the work of internationally-recognized Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein, who has spent two decades bringing these neglected, severely damaged instruments back to life. --
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Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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Beginning pianists will rejoice in this collection of original, fun-to-play pieces by a noted American composer. First published between 1939 and 1945, the melodies provide an interesting and positive musical experience while building technical skills and sight reading. The songs start simply and incrementally, adding more complexity as students progress through the book.
Virtuoso pianist Janice Weber provides additional guidance, and the collection...
Virtuoso pianist Janice Weber provides additional guidance, and the collection...
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Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Get to know the guitars so famous that their names are household words among enthusiasts. First published in 2010, the first-ever illustrated history of the specific guitars of the men and women who made the music is now expanded to include 32 additional iconic guitars and their owners. Ultimate Star Guitars showcases B.B. King's "Lucille," Eric Clapton's "Blackie," Stevie Ray Vaughan's "First Wife," Billy F Gibbons's "Pearly Gates," Neil Young's...
15) Orchestration
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English
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Probably best general book on the subject. Thorough discussion of 57 instruments, technical aspects of writing for each, much else.
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Scarecrow Press
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English
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Presenting a new, comprehensive and highly original approach to piano technique with a fascinating series of exercises to help the reader put this approach into practice, this guide uses numerous musical examples and sketches to show how many common movement habits at the keyboard are counterproductive. Fraser provides a new way of manipulating the skeletal frame of the hand to produce astonishing sonic results from the instrument.
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Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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“By turns reflective and dramatic, poignant and hilarious, Sticking It Out offers an irresistible portrait of the artist as a young percussionist” (San Francisco Chronicle).
When Patti Niemi was ten years old, all the children in her school music class lined up to choose their instruments. Boy after boy chose drums, and girl after girl chose flute—that is, until...
When Patti Niemi was ten years old, all the children in her school music class lined up to choose their instruments. Boy after boy chose drums, and girl after girl chose flute—that is, until...
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English
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Jacob Rees tells why he took up the French horn again at the age of 39-and-three-quarters and persevered to play in front of a packed London auditorium and perform a Mozart concerto on this notoriously treacherous instrument. He also relates the story of man's first musical instrument, and its journey from the walls of Jericho to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, from the hunting fields of aristocratic France to the heart of Hollywood.
19) Super cat speed!
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Simon Spotlight
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the musical instruments go missing before the school concert, Catboy must use his super cat speed and some courage to save the day.
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