Instruction & Study

A Singing School is a place not just where singing happens regularly, but where singing is right at the heart of school life. It is a school where all children are involved in singing, every day, as a normal part of school life. It is a place where the...

An expanded, updated, and improved second edition of an essential book for aspiring teacher-musicians. Few musicians depend upon performing for their sole source of income. No matter one's level of technical accomplishment or expressive ability,...

People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. In "Music as Social Life", Thomas Turino...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458419750Author Edna-Mae BurnamPage Count 32Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

An easy anthem with words and music by the composer. There are four different versions of the vocal parts - unison (or two-part) with keyboard, upper voices with keyboard, SA and Men with piano or SATB unaccompanied or with keyboard. An orchestral...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876391921Author Scarlet KeysPage Count 120Imprint Berklee Press PublicationsPublisher Berklee Press Publications

This comprehensive and groundbreaking book describes the effective use of songwriting in music therapy with a variety of client populations, from children with cancer and adolescents in secondary school to people with traumatic brain injury and mental...

This second edition of the highly successful Popular Singing serves as a practical guide to exploring the singing voice while helping to enhance vocal confidence in a range of popular styles. The book provides effective alternatives to traditional voice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786696215Author Corey ChristiansenFormat PaperbackImprint Mel Bay Publications,U.S.Publisher Mel Bay Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 386g

In The Naked Voice, W. Stephen Smith invites all singers to improve their vocal technique through his renowned and time-tested wholistic method. Focusing not only on the most important technical, but also on the often overlooked psychological and...

Why is it that well-prepared, talented, hardworking, and intelligent performers find their performance and self-esteem undermined by the fear of memory slips, technique failures, and public humiliation? In Managing Stage Fright: A Guide for Musicians and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949597226Author Mark Van TongerenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Terra Nova PressPublisher Terra Nova Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780634004773Author Karen HarringtonPage Count 32Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

How does musical harmony engage listeners in relations of desire? Where does this desire come from? Author Kenneth Smith seeks to answer these questions by analyzing works from the turn of the twentieth- century that are both harmonically enriched and...

This is a book about what we consider normal. It details how the very concept of normality emerged in the modern era, and how it has changed over the centuries. By the mid-twentieth century, the expansion of norms across various areas of human endeavour...

This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key technical information and musicianship activities, students...

for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied A dramatic and colourful setting of Psalm 81:3 and 4 which is an ideal introit or anthem for festive occasions, or for the opening of a choral concert.About the AuthorJohn Rutter studied music at Clare College,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDr Francis Jackson CBE is a British organist and composer. He was born in Malton, Yorkshire and received his early education as a Chorister at York Minster under...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540020796Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 374Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890944520Author Bruce E. ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Muse-eek PublishingPublisher Muse-eek PublishingWeight(grams) 498gDimensions(mm)...

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401307660Author Scott HoustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 139gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 13mm

La serie La teoria musical en la practica, un gran exito de ventas, contiene todo lo que necesitamos saber para cada uno de los grados de los examenes de teoria musical del ABRSM.Book InformationISBN 9781860963513Author Eric TaylorPage Count 32Imprint...

Nearly 50 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the 20th century's most iconic figures. Popular fans still appreciate his later hits such as "Hello, Dolly!" and "What a Wonderful World," while in the jazz community, he remains venerated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540024770Author Sean GavinPage Count 48Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Harmony through Melody offers a robust, conservatory-style approach to tonal music theory, focusing on Common Era classical works and reaching far beyond basic rudiments. Charles Horton, David A. Byrne, and Lawrence Ritchey develop techniques and...

Showcases the energy and diversity of the young field of music semiology, appealing to readers who want to explore the meaning of music in our lives. The Dawn of Music Semiology showcases the work of nine leading musicologists, inspired by the work of...

The Study of Orchestration Workbook features a wide variety of exercises-many new to this edition-for any orchestration class and students of all skill levels. Test Yourself activities test factual information presented in the text, Worksheets offer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786690510Author Ken PerlmanImprint Mel Bay Publications,U.S.Publisher Mel Bay Publications,U.S.

Mr Wilkins, an unpopular master of Jennings' boarding school, is rumoured to be leaving. When Mr Wilkins is asked to play the King in the end of term performance of Henry V, the result is near to chaos. However, the last-minute arrival of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540043283Author Walters, RichardFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Musical Excellence offers performers, teachers, and researchers, new perspectives and practical guidance for enhancing performance and managing the stress that typically accompanies performance situations. It draws together, for the first time in a...

This book explores music/sound-image relationships in non-mainstream screen repertoire from the earliest examples of experimental audiovisuality to the most recent forms of expanded and digital technology. It challenges presumptions of visual primacy in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574243543Author Steve BardenFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Centerstream PublishingPublisher Centerstream Publishing

EChord MasterE is a chord dictionary with a difference. Rather than just show chord shapes a which are all there in the Chord Matrix a a large portion of the book explains how to use chords with information about the theory behind them and attempts to...

The Essential Handbook for Musicians Who Teach is an accessible guide to instrumental and singing teaching with a wealth of practical advice and information. It covers a comprehensive range of topics from employment status, safeguarding and health and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998130255Author Ed BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Song FoundryPublisher Song FoundryWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997661767Author Lukas GabricPage Count 95Imprint Sher Music Co ,U.S.Publisher Sher Music Co ,U.S.Weight(grams) 255g

In The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora, twenty-three scholars advance knowledge and understandings of Chinese music studies. Each contribution develops a theoretical model to illuminate new insights into a key musical genre or...

This second volume of Gunther Schuller's comprehensive history of jazz covers the period from the 1930s to the late 1940s, decades which saw the transition from big band swing to the virtuoso bop style. The first half of the book concentrates on the band...