All the Fab Four's Instruments from Stage to Studio, The Ultimate Edition
The ultimate guide to all the gear used by the Beatles details exactly which guitars, drums, amplifiers, and keyboards they used throughout their revolutionary career
Covers not only the group's personal background, but also every tour and studio session from its inception in 1962 to date, with intense documentation and detail regarding what instruments were used during these periods. This title is illustrated with hundreds of photographs and images, many of which have never been published.
The catalog of the 2017 exhibition "PedalCulture: The Guitar Effects Pedal as Cultural Artifact" illustrates the cultural significance and visual design semiotics of contemporary guitar effects pedals. The text shows the pedals' application as objects of power transference from on high and explores their symbolic associations with select objects, ......
Talent, energy, dedication, discipline, passion, innovation, education, drive, mind, body, spirit, vision, honor, truth, and drums make the man: Kenny Aronoff. Voted by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest drummers of all time, Aronoff is arguably the most sought-after recording and touring beat master ever.
This is a book for songwriters, guitarists, and people who write songs on the guitar. It explains songwriting technique, providing information on all aspects of song creation and construction.
A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist 3ed
All the information needed for restoring and maintaining pianos is contained in this clearly written volume. Reblitz provides the ultimate reference book and instruction manual for both the professional and the amateur, with vital updates since the publication of the second edition.
100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Clarinetist 2ed
The second edition of Clarinet Secrets provides techniques, tips, and guides based on Michele Gingras' 30 years of experience teaching in the clarinet studio. Discussed in a straightforward way, the concepts are explained clearly and illustrated with photos, diagrams, and musical examples-perfect for students, professionals, and instructors.
In Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, Libby Van Cleve opens up the tradition-bound assumptions of the instrument's capabilities. She discusses: *standard technique; *multiphonics, microtones, altered timbres; *musical examples; *professionally tested fingering charts; *use of electronics and amplification; *recording; *and sound enhancement.
Prominent scholar and performer Douglas Yeo provides an accessible reference guide for all instruments in the low brass family and addresses a broad range of relevant topics with ready answers to issues that students, players, and conductors encounter. Extensive illustrations by Lennie Peterson provide clear insight into many of the entries.
Finding Fretless tells the remarkable tale of the discovery and rich history of an invaluable late-1960s fretless electric guitar, one fondly remembered by George Harrison as the 'Mad' guitar.
ISBN-13: 9781838379889
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Publisher: OMNIBUS PRESS Imprint: THIS DAY IN MUSIC BOOKS
Artisans building musical instruments and community
Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads - asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's ......
Musical Instruments, Material Culture, and Social Networks in East and S
The musical instruments of East and Southeast Asia enjoy increasing recognition as parts of humanity's intangible cultural heritage. Helen Rees edits a collection that offers vibrant new ways to link these objects to their materials of manufacture, the surrounding environment, the social networks they form and help sustain, and the wider ethnic or ......
This book honors classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, professor at the Yale School of Music. It contains personal reflections from his friends and colleagues illustrating Verdery's influence on his peers, his students, and the classical guitar world; features of his musical career; and characteristics of his personality.
A Performer and Composer's Guide to Techniques and Resources
With The Contemporary Piano, Shockley provides a comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar to them.
A Performer and Composer's Guide to Techniques and Resources
Shockley provides a unique comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar to them.
The second edition of The American Piano Concerto Compendium reveals to professional and amateur pianists forty percent more works than the first edition from 1985. It is a valuable resource not only for pianists and conductors, but also for orchestras, teachers, students, music historians and critics, collectors, and concert attendees.
