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Aural tests are an integral part of all ABRSM Practical graded music exams. The Specimen Aural Tests provide teachers and students with many practice examples of the tests and are ideal for use when preparing for an exam. This volume covers Initial Grade...

Black Tooth Grin is the first biography of Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the Texas-bred guitarist of the heavy metal band Pantera, who was murdered onstage in 2004 by a deranged fan,24 years to the day after John Lennon met a similar fate. Darrell Abbott...

Violin Mix is an original series of new arrangements for violin. Book 3 offers attractive repertoire at Grade 3 in a wide variety of styles. Well-known music includes 'Jupiter' from The Planets and the African-American spiritual 'Deep River'. There are...

Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime's music taste, best friends and vivid memories. They can define a town, a city or a generation, and breed scenes and bands that change music history. In Life After Dark Dave Haslam reveals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360914Author Ged DuffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 455g

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Beginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment as distinct and as celebrated as any since the war. Founded on rock music, celebrity, boom-time economics, and fleeting political optimism, this was "Cool...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857361905Page Count 36Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 144g

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This book contains nine pieces selected from ABRSM's Grade 5 Clarinet syllabus from 2022. Key features: Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams - Includes clarinet part and...

Scale Explorer for Piano is a creative resource for students learning their scales and arpeggios. This book covers ABRSM's new syllabus requirements (from 2021) at Grade 1, and includes engaging activities that bring scales to life through short pieces,...

Celebrating 30 years of broadcasting, Classic FM returns with a new collection of mindful puzzles to de-stress and unwind with.Blending together basic trivia, complex wordplay and a range of visual teasers, the book will engross all lovers of the finest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262681544Author Curtis RoadsFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm * 19mm

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ABRSM's official Music Theory Practice Papers 2022 are essential resources for candidates preparing for our online Music Theory exams. They provide authentic practice material and are a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. -Essential practice...

'Unflinching, forthright and full of wry humour as the man himself, and there's little praise greater than that' CLASSIC ROCK'Wall's vision of Lemmy as a Rock'n'Roll stalwart who made no concessions is vivid to the last' GUARDIANIn 'The Ace of Spades',...

A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years. Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered and cherished. And few have had...

To this day, they were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Critics and sales figures told a similar story. Yet for all their brilliance and adoration - their famously energetic live shows routinely interrupted by stage invasions - The Smiths...

This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdes, Arsenio Rodriguez, Benny More, and Perez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination of music from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857364036Page Count 32Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 154g

Intended for the aspiring artist as well as the enthusiastic amateur, this invaluable guide to piano practice and performance covers every major aspect of pianistic technique. Drawing from more than forty years experience as a teacher and highly...

Tom Waits in his own words: a collection of three decades' worth of interviews with Tom Waits'I've never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I've got all three, and it's never helped me,' Tom Waits. Born, seemingly,...

Derek Bailey's Improvisation , originally published in 1980, and here updated and extended with new interviews and photographs, is the first book to deal with the nature of improvisation in all its forms,Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785581625Author Huw Ellis-WilliamsPage Count 376Imprint Rhinegold EducationPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARA LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR'Fascinating'-MOJO'As close as anyone was ever going to get to really understanding Pete Shelley'-UNCUT'The memoir that Pete Shelley never had a chance to write'-LOUDER THAN WAR'Lots of...

I Just Can't Stop It is the honest and compelling autobiography from British Music Legend, Ranking Roger. As the enigmatic frontman of the multicultural band The Beat, Ranking Roger represented the youthful and joyous sound of the post-punk 2 Tone...

This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its...

A beautifully designed celebration of the 40th birthday of the Barbican Arts Centre, in the heart of the City of London. It is the largest multi-arts centre in Europe, encompassing an art gallery, theatres, concert halls, cinemas and a much-loved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857360052Author Trinity College LondonFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London...

for soprano or mezzo-soprano solo, SATB chorus and either full orchestra or chamber orchestra Minimum recommended string forces for the chamber ensemble are 2.2.2.1.1. Full scores, vocal scores, and instrumental parts are available on hire. Magnificat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844495245Author John PittsPage Count 48Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

Four separate papers from ABRSM's 2021 Music Theory exams for Grade 6 - Essential practice material for all ABRSM Music Theory exam candidates - Model answers also availableBook InformationISBN 9781786014726Author ABRSMPage Count 36Imprint Associated...

Nothing in the history of recording approaches Decca's mammoth venture in producing Wagner's Ring complete for the first time. It was eight years in the making and this book tells the story of how it was made and the people who made it, written by the...

Since the release of his first best-selling album Look Sharp in 1979, Joe Jackson has forged a singular career in music through his originality as a composer and his notoriously independent stance toward music-business fashion. He has also been a...

'People say I made the Stones. I didn't. They were there already. They only wanted exploiting. They were all bad boys when I found them. I just brought out the worst in them.' Andrew Loog Oldham was nineteen years old when he discovered and became the...

The Brandenburg Concertos represent a pinnacle in the history of the Baroque Concerto, as well as being among the most universally admired of all Bach's works. This fascinating new guide places the concertos in their historical context, investigates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857365156Page Count 58Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 223g

This provocative volume of essays is now available in paperback. The contributors to this volume - musicologists, sociologists, cultural theorists - all challenge the view that music occupies an autonomous aesthetic sphere. Recently, socially and...

How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth centuryMusic is filled with mathematical elements. The works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and...