Instruction & Study

An understanding of how the singing voice functions should be a prerequisite for all those who wish to teach singing. And fundamental to any safe and efficient teaching method is the recognition that the singing voice is a functional unit. Consequently,...

It is a common experience that words are inadequate for music; there seems always to be a disparity between how music is experienced, and how it is described or rationalized. This book is a study of musical imagination. Musicians imagine music by means...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495081200Author Wesley SchaumPage Count 32Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Gateways to Understanding Music, Second Edition, explores music in all the categories that constitute contemporary musical experience: European classical, popular, jazz, and world music. Covering the oldest forms of human music making to the newest, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793578559Author Duschenes MarioPage Count 48Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

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 Resource includes lesson plans, worksheets, and games for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616777241Author Nancy FaberPage Count 24Imprint Faber Piano AdventuresPublisher Faber Piano Adventures

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783931624569Author Al AtkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint IP VerlagPublisher IP VerlagWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786688852Author Joe CarrImprint Mel Bay Publications,U.S.Publisher Mel Bay Publications,U.S.

This book provides a concise, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to psychological research for musicians - performers, music educators, and studio teachers. Designed to address the needs and priorities of the performing musician rather than the...

for soprano solo, SATB choir, and organ This popular movement from John Rutter's Requiem is presented here separately, with the accompaniment arranged for organ.About the AuthorJohn Rutter studied music at Clare College, Cambridge and first came to...

Now in its third edition, A Handbook of Diction for Singers is a complete guide to achieving professional levels of diction in Italian, German, and French. Combining traditional approaches in the teaching of diction with new material not readily...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780634003240Author Tim LautzenheiserPage Count 48Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495076404Author Mark GuilianaPage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Lyrics sheds light on all aspects of writing lyrics for music and will make lyricists and songwriters feel more confident and creative when they tackle lyrics. It's perfect for all songwriters: those who don't like their own lyrics and find lyrics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997199109Author Ruth ShillingFormat PaperbackImprint All One WorldPublisher All One WorldWeight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423435945Author Edna Mae BurnamPage Count 10Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Practical Resource brings together theory and policy and planning for instruction in K-12 classrooms. The resource is a result of collaboration between K-12 teachers, outstanding undergraduate and graduate...

In Beyond the Score: Music as Performance, author Nicholas Cook supplants the traditional musicological notion of music as writing, asserting instead that it is as performance that music is loved, understood, and consumed. This book reconceives music as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423460275Author Wolf MarshallPage Count 56Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Creative Music Composition is designed to be an introductory textbook for music students. "Creative composition"-composing in your own style, rather than in the style of a composer of the past-is embraced by music educators not only for composition...

A bold, new book by William Westney, author of the bestselling The Perfect Wrong Note,takes a fresh and creative look at the human dimension of classical music-making and why it matters more than ever in the contemporary world.Eros at the Piano takes...

Smooth jazz and sweet vocals from one of the greatest singer-songwriters of her generation, the Norah Jones Piano Songbook collection features fifteen of Norah Jones' best-known songs from her three huge albums, faithfully transcribed for voice, piano...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944213404Author Juan Antonio RiveraFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Violet Anamnesis PublicationsPublisher Violet Anamnesis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399511226Author Helen CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

An effective new songwriting vocabulary supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. The Elements Of Song Craft does for songwriters what William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White s The Elements Of Style did for English language students and writers alike; gives an...

In So You Want to Sing Barbershop, veteran barbershoppers Billy J. Biffle of the Barbershop Harmony Society and Diane M. Clark of Sweet Adelines International provide a practical handbook for singers at all levels who want to learn about the American art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495056598Author Will SchmidPage Count 47Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

for SATB and piano or chamber ensemble With a text by the composer, this secular carol is a true celebration of all that we love about the festive season. An accompaniment for chamber orchestra is available on sale and on hire/rental.About the...

In The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance, author Vanessa Cornett offers guidelines to help musicians cultivate artistic vision, objectivity, freedom, quiet awareness, and self-compassion, both on- and offstage in order to become more...

The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full...

*Essential practice material for all ABRSM Theory exam candidates *Contains four separate papersBook InformationISBN 9781848498150Author ABRSMPage Count 12Imprint Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicPublisher Associated Board of the Royal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540002181Author Christine StevensPage Count 114Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538137253Author Frank D. CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

This easy-to-understand beginner's guide provides an introduction to playing the harmonica and includes helpful information about basic techniques, tools, and music knowledge.Learn to play the harmonica with this step-by-step guide perfect for beginners...

An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more-from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon-explore the influence of music on their lives and workContributors...

Following the outstanding success of book 1, Popular Voiceworks 2 is a second collection of jazzy and popular songs in the highly practical Voiceworks format. Packed with songs in a huge range of styles, the collection provides exciting new material...

Four Parts, No Waiting investigates the role that vernacular, barbershop-style close harmony has played in American musical history, in American life, and in the American imagination. Starting with a discussion of the first craze for Austrian four-part...

Paul Harris's Basics Series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner players and their teachers. Bassoon Basics offers helpful fingering diagrams and rhythm boxes, activities, duets, and a wide range of repertoire, including original pieces...

This well-known collection of 21 arias, some including recitatives, is an ideal introduction to singing in Italian, as well as providing useful material for the advanced performer. The set contains a varied selection of operatic arias, movements from...