(Paperback, 4th Revised edition)

This revised and updated edition of "The Piano Book" evaluates and compares every brand and style of piano sold in the U.S. Includes information on storage, inspecting individual new and used pianos, the special market for Steinways, and more. Illustrations.

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Everything you need to get confident at the keyboard.

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Features guitars that made history, that changed the course of music, that inspired new generations of players and listeners. This title features Torres' classical, the amazing Gibson L-5, Rickenbacker's Frying Pan, Les Paul's Log, B B King's Lucille, Willie Nelson's Trigger, and Eric Clapton's Brownie.

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Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing the Flute has long been recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century performance practice.

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This book is the story of a black kid from a Montreal ghetto who reached acclaim in the great music halls of the world.

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An exploration of the delights and demands of the piano. It considers various aspects of the instrument: from what makes a beautiful sound to suffering from stage fright, from the physical challenges of playing to tales of great musicians, including Vladimir Horowitz's recording tricks, and why Artur Rubenstein applied hairspray to the keys.

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Power of Love music book by musician/singer/songwriter, Mark Searcy. includes all guitar parts, note for note transcriptions, chord charts, and lyrics for the entire Power of Love album. 10 songs. 290 pages.

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A comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, system interconnection, and psychoacoustics.

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Drummer, dancer, and folklorist Sule Greg Wilson introduces the principles behind African and Diaspora music, including breath, posture, and orchestration.

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Discover true stories of invention and pop-culture trends, told through engaging graphic novel artwork

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The new essay collection from one of music's most original thinkers.

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Carhart, an American living in Paris, is intrigued by a piano repair shop hidden down a street near his apartment.

Packed with delicate cameos of Parisians and reflections on how pianos work and their glorious history, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is an atmospheric and absorbing journey to an older way of life.

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Surveys the history of bell production and the development of moulding and casting techniques. This book describes the intricate tuning process and the role of the bellfounder. It contains photographs that illustrate the production process of some of the famous foundries in Britain, such as those at Whitechapel and Loughborough.

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Features the story of the carillon and a biography bellfounder Cyril Johnston who introduced the carillon to North America. This book combines features the author's investigations of such bells as the Laura Spelman Rockefeller carillon at Riverside Church in New York City.

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Shows how to overcome recurring mistakes, master the art of fingering, phrasing, tone production, and pedaling. This book also includes sections on interpreting musical scores, learning new pieces, and the inner workings of the piano itself - allowing players of various ages and abilities to choose the right piano for their needs.

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Kudsi Erguner spent his childhood in the Sufi gathering places of Istanbul, mastering the reed flute of the Turkish Mevlevi tradition; and his adulthood roaming the world, performing with the likes of Peter Brook, Jean-Michel Jarre and Peter Gabriel. This work is a memoir of a musician at the crossroads of East and West.

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Combining newspaper and manuscript evidence from the pipers themselves with a range of historical sources, the author harnesses the insights of the practical player to those of the historian and provides a fresh account of the players and their musical traditions, which have previously been the subject of much myth-making.