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If you can play G, C, and D on the guitar, you're ready for an instant holiday singalong party. Each song comes with chords and lyrics, plus a simple melody solo for easy duets. Perfect for beginners, parents, teachers, church and community group members. DVD also available.
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Traditional and original Celtic, European, and Old Time American music for the Mountain Dulcimer. Sheet music combined with tablature along with charts of scales and fingerings, a brief history of the instrument, discography of recordings and resources for further study. Illustrations, photos, tips, and index. A brief description of modal scales inherent to the instrument, Guitar chords over the score, notes on other instruments suitable to play the...
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Teaches how to play piano in every key of music instantly---how to write songs in every key of music. A color coded display of each chord directly on the piano--- makes it very easy to see and play every chord in the key- Makes a beginner sound like they've had lessons. Great, fulfilling, immediate fun!!!
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Harmony begins in the Soul, Long before the first note is Played There are many approaches to piano theory. They range from the simple technique of reading music and touching the keys, to playing-by-ear, but few have taken the inner path that begins in the soul. Mildred Portney Chase merged her piano lessons with the discipline of mindful Buddhist practice and created an experience that evokes not just music for the pleasure of the listener, but a...
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When the University of Texas at Austin decided to close the Cactus Cafe, a tiny live-music venue tucked into a campus corner, it sparked a months-long rebellion that drew campus and community into heated debates about art vs. commerce, the generation gap, and even the value of college football. As Austin citizens, students, and administrators waged a war of words, activists - mobilizing through social media, mass meetings, and the mainstream press...
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Frequency modulation synthesis is capable of creating a broad, detailed, highly nuanced range of tones which can be controlled with a fine level of detail. The technique starts with a simple wave-usually a sine wave-which is then modulated by another wave. The interaction between the two (or more) waves creates and shapes the sound over time. FM synthesis offers an infinite range of possibilities and permutations: it is this range of choices which...
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"Indie Artist/Producer Handbook" is an ebook that is designed for all musical artists, bands, composers, arrangers, engineers and producers regardless of skill or current level of success. With over 100 pages of advice, tips, links and proven methods to help you succeed in achieving an overall balance between art and business.
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MAKIN SENSE WITH MUSIC is a tried and tested program that is the result of successfully teaching the understanding and appreciation of the beauty and wonder of music to people of all ages and walks of life. In it Professor Procopio has unlocked the language of music and made it as understandable as one's own language.
As a lifetime composer, musician and music teacher Joe Procopio has re-mastered and released his guide to understanding the language...
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Sample-based synthesizers can be used to create the sound of a full orchestra or individual instruments. They can replicate the sound of a full drum kit, delicate vintage gear, and specialist instruments. Samplers allow one musician to play the bagpipes, a shamisen, a lute, and a whole orchestra, all at the push of a button. As well as offering the facility to recreate the sound of real instruments with a high degree of sonic fidelity, sample-based...
10) There's a Song for That: Lessons Learned from Music and Lyrics: A Music Therapist's Memoir and Guide
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There's a Song for That is a motivational book about music and music therapy. It examines how music functions in our everyday lives and the power music possesses to promote learning, coping, and positive change. This collection of abbreviated research and personal anecdotes explores music's history and evolution, how music benefits the brain and body, and music therapy as a behavioral science. Learn how to integrate music therapeutically for yourself...
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The Independent Music Grind is a step by step guide to success for independent music artists and producers. It discusses in detail about how independent artists and producers can monetize their music movement and start making money now. The book is written by a 15 year music industry veteran, who has successfully structured a myriad of independent labels. Additionally the author is the founder of the A&R Power Summit, one of the premier music business...
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In September of 1967, I walked up to John Lennon's home south of London. John was asleep, but his housekeeper, Dorothy, let me wait in his garage until he awoke. John came out and invited me in. We spoke about meditation, movies, and music and he invited me to drive into London in his Rolls-Royce, where I witnessed my very first recording session. It was "I Am The Walrus." 44 Years later, I read online about John's tooth coming up for auction, offered...
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Músicos en la Ciudad de México Músicos en la Ciudad de México es un proyecto editorial que conjunta diversas voces de la producción artística en la Ciudad de México que tienen su origen en la música, pero cruzan la frontera de la escritura creativa. Con este proyecto editorial buscamos exhibir la esencia del trabajo creativo de diversas generaciones de músicos, para que a través de una publicación anual dialoguen y conversen entre sí creadores...
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Rick Carter's father served in three branches of the US military. As a result, Rick spent his youth traveling the world, living on and off military bases with his family. From the Philippines to Japan and all across America, he experienced life in a way most of us never see.
His mother was a pianist and instilled a love for music at an early age. He began playing in bands at 14, chose music as a career after a brief semester in college, and is still...
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In an incredible effort, this short book takes one through a musical journey of a lifetime. From mastering a single note to the complexities of raga exposition and emotional expression, from the basic musical perception of time to masterful and intricate rhythmic play, it explores a student's journey through learning, assimilation and an ultimate alchemic transformation into an artiste. For connoisseurs as well as newly initiated musicians it unravels...
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On September 29, 1967, Mr. Bonzai attended his very first recording session at the invitation of John Lennon. The location was London's EMI Studios, now Abbey Road, and the song was I Am the Walrus. In attendance were George, Paul, Ringo, producer George Martin, and engineer Ken Scott. This privileged session with the most influential rock band in history set the stage for a life exploring the world of music and recording. In 1980, Mr. Bonzai settled...
17) Analog Synthesis
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How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis looks at creating sounds using analog synthesis techniques. Analog synthesis works by taking a sound source and shaping it with a filter. This is a simple but powerful technique which allows you to create the warm, rich, energetic, and commanding sounds, and with some care you will find tones with detail, complexity, and delicacy. You will have heard these techniques used on many recordings and will immediately...
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The Rhythm of Learning is aimed at parents and grandparents with school age children to understand the power of music in early childhood education. Young children are like dry sponges. When you drop them in water they expand dramatically. So just as the child moves before he walks, so can the child sing before she talks. It's amazing to watch!
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Songs become a part of the story of our lives. Their lyrics linger inside of us. We recall those words, but what we remember isn't what they meant to the person who wrote them. It's what they mean to us. We relate their lyrics back to the events that have happened in our lives. What you'll read in this book are personal accounts of how people's lives have been impacted by specific songs. Elliott Smith's "Between the Bars" set Cortney Harding's romantic...
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The life of a touring artist isn't what most people expect, and underground music is increasingly becoming DIY. Because of this, today's touring musicians need to know how touring actually works. Artists must fill the shoes of not only performer, but as tour manager, merch guy, roadie, and much, much more. Learning how to manage so many different positions doesn't come easy, but with time and experience, one can learn to succeed in these roles. #DUDEWHATSTOURLIKE...
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