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A Cappella Arranging 2.0

The Next Level

by Deke Sharon, Dylan Bell ...

Series series Music Pro Guides
In this highly anticipated sequel to A Cappella Arranging, Deke Sharon and Dylan Bell provide even more tools and insights to help musicians master the craft of a cappella arranging—including new creative principles and theoretical techniques to expand the palate, as well as arranging in various musical genres spanning several decades of music.Since the publication of the original book in 2012, a ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

In this highly anticipated sequel to A Cappella Arranging, Deke Sharon and Dylan Bell provide even more tools and insights to help musicians master the craft of a cappella arranging—including new creative principles and theoretical techniques to expand the palate, as well as arranging in various musical genres spanning several decades of music.Since the publication of the original book in 2012, a
... Read more
Music Theory for Beginners

Essential Music Theory Made Easy for All Musicians

by Aventuras De Viaje ...

Series series Music
Play in Perfect Harmony!Music Theory for Beginners is a thorough yet accessible guide.It’s written without confusing terms or jargon, and you can use the concepts to play any instrument in any style or genre.Rather than telling you what to do, it trains your ears and hands to express yourself. You can even use what you learn to produce your own original music on a laptop!Discover how to express ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Play in Perfect Harmony!Music Theory for Beginners is a thorough yet accessible guide.It’s written without confusing terms or jargon, and you can use the concepts to play any instrument in any style or genre.Rather than telling you what to do, it trains your ears and hands to express yourself. You can even use what you learn to produce your own original music on a laptop!Discover how to express
... Read more
Bartók's Mikrokosmos

Genesis, Pedagogy, and Style

by Benjamin Suchoff ...

Now available in paperback! BZla Bart-k's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth century. This in-depth study investigates Bart-k's Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

Now available in paperback! BZla Bart-k's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth century. This in-depth study investigates Bart-k's Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints
... Read more
The Music Producer's Creative Guide to Ableton Live 12

Level up your music recording, arranging, editing, and mixing skills with expert techniques

by Anna Lakatos ...

Unlock Ableton Live 12's full potential with expert guidance on MIDI, automation, modulation, MPE, and pro workflow techniques from an Ableton Certified Trainer. Key FeaturesExplore new tools such as MIDI Generators, Scale Awareness amongst Live 12’s other new devices.Learn sound design techniques and advanced audio recording methodsEnhance your creativity with advanced music production techniques ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

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Unlock Ableton Live 12's full potential with expert guidance on MIDI, automation, modulation, MPE, and pro workflow techniques from an Ableton Certified Trainer. Key FeaturesExplore new tools such as MIDI Generators, Scale Awareness amongst Live 12’s other new devices.Learn sound design techniques and advanced audio recording methodsEnhance your creativity with advanced music production techniques
... Read more
Guitar Scales To Chords Vol. 1

All chords you can use with Major Pentatonic

by Kamel Sadi ...

Series series Guitar Scales To Chords
In this new guide you find more 20 chords you can use with Major Pentatonic scale. Chord diagrams with notes and intervals and Major Pentatonic pattern (essential pattern). All elements are in 12 keys. A chords dictionary to create your progressions in Major Pentatonic tonality in all keys. To soloing or to compose. ... Read more

$3.12 CAD

In this new guide you find more 20 chords you can use with Major Pentatonic scale. Chord diagrams with notes and intervals and Major Pentatonic pattern (essential pattern). All elements are in 12 keys. A chords dictionary to create your progressions in Major Pentatonic tonality in all keys. To soloing or to compose.
... Read more
Music Production: The Advanced Guide On How to Produce for Music Producers

by Tommy Swindali ...

Learn to Produce Music Like a Pro and Take Your Music To a Whole New LevelDo you love producing music?Do you know what it takes to go from being a bedroom producer to a successful hit maker?If you believe you have what it takes then keep reading and let's create a masterpiece!With all the music production advice out there, it can be very easy to get overwhelmed. You may get a vague idea of the ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

Learn to Produce Music Like a Pro and Take Your Music To a Whole New LevelDo you love producing music?Do you know what it takes to go from being a bedroom producer to a successful hit maker?If you believe you have what it takes then keep reading and let's create a masterpiece!With all the music production advice out there, it can be very easy to get overwhelmed. You may get a vague idea of the
... Read more
On the Track

A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring

by Fred Karlin, Rayburn Wright ...

On the Track offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors, both noted film composers, cover everything from the nuts-and-bolts of timing, cuing, and recording through balancing the composer's aesthetic vision with the needs of the film itself. Unlike other books that are aimed at the person "dreaming" of a career, this is truly a ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

On the Track offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors, both noted film composers, cover everything from the nuts-and-bolts of timing, cuing, and recording through balancing the composer's aesthetic vision with the needs of the film itself. Unlike other books that are aimed at the person "dreaming" of a career, this is truly a
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Making Music with Sounds

by Leigh Landy ...

Making Music with Sounds offers a creative introduction to the art of making sound-based music. It introduces the elements of making compositions with sounds and facilitates creativity in school age children, with the activities primarily for 11-14 year old students. It can also be used by people of all ages becoming acquainted with this music for the first time.Sound-based music is defined as the ... Read more

$104.99 CAD

Making Music with Sounds offers a creative introduction to the art of making sound-based music. It introduces the elements of making compositions with sounds and facilitates creativity in school age children, with the activities primarily for 11-14 year old students. It can also be used by people of all ages becoming acquainted with this music for the first time.Sound-based music is defined as the
... Read more
The Pro Tools 2023 Post-Audio Cookbook

A holistic approach to post audio workflows like music production, motion picture, and spoken word

by Emi Paternostro ...

Take your projects from vision to victory with Avid Pro Tools in this part-color guide by delivering high-quality results with perfect recipes for every challengeKey FeaturesLearn to edit audio quickly and efficiently using different techniquesDiscover advanced automation techniques used during a mix sessionUnlock Pro Tools' most powerful features and explore their usesPurchase of the print or ... Read more

$30.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Take your projects from vision to victory with Avid Pro Tools in this part-color guide by delivering high-quality results with perfect recipes for every challengeKey FeaturesLearn to edit audio quickly and efficiently using different techniquesDiscover advanced automation techniques used during a mix sessionUnlock Pro Tools' most powerful features and explore their usesPurchase of the print or
... Read more
Your Training Notebook On Pop Music Special Chord Progressions

Composition/Learning/Harmony/Arrangement

by Scott Su ...

★ Carefully Selected Songs, Understand The Uniqueness !!Well-chosen 7 classic domestic and international pop music songs with unique chord progressions★ Viewing From Pop Music Aspects, Easy To Learn And Use !!Complete sum-ups of harmony techniques in pop music applications and convenient to look-up upon compositions and arrangements.★ Demonstrate Operation Flows, Clear At A Glance !!Step by step ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

★ Carefully Selected Songs, Understand The Uniqueness !!Well-chosen 7 classic domestic and international pop music songs with unique chord progressions★ Viewing From Pop Music Aspects, Easy To Learn And Use !!Complete sum-ups of harmony techniques in pop music applications and convenient to look-up upon compositions and arrangements.★ Demonstrate Operation Flows, Clear At A Glance !!Step by step
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Bach and Baroque

European Source Materials from the Baroque and Early Classical Periods With Special Emphasis on the Music of J.S. Bach

by Anthony Newman ...

Most articles written about performance practice deal with relatively small areas (trills, over dotting, etc.) placing emphasis on citing original sources or collating several original sources in order to support a given position. There is not sufficient information in these articles to deal with all aspects of Baroque style. This text was built on the premise that as many conclusions as possible ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Most articles written about performance practice deal with relatively small areas (trills, over dotting, etc.) placing emphasis on citing original sources or collating several original sources in order to support a given position. There is not sufficient information in these articles to deal with all aspects of Baroque style. This text was built on the premise that as many conclusions as possible
... Read more
The Elements of Song Craft

The Contemporary Songwriter’s Usage Guide To Writing Songs That Last

by Billy Seidman ...

Series series Music Pro Guides
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 all-in-one definitive manifesto for contemporary songwriters in every genre to organize, understand, and practice the rules, principles, definitions, ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

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 all-in-one definitive manifesto for contemporary songwriters in every genre to organize, understand, and practice the rules, principles, definitions,
... Read more
Creative Music Composition

The Young Composer's Voice

by Margaret Lucy Wilkins ...

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 students, but for beginning performers and music educators, and is often offered to all music students and non-music majors who wish to enhance their ... Read more

$104.99 CAD

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 students, but for beginning performers and music educators, and is often offered to all music students and non-music majors who wish to enhance their
... Read more
Planning Your Piano Success

A Blueprint for Aspiring Musicians

by Stewart Gordon ...

Young pianists pursuing a professional career face a barrage of questions, choices, and challenges. In this book, experienced teacher and performer Stewart Gordon offers a new and practical way to approach them by helping readers to plan strategically and build a secure and successful career from the ground up. For decades, Gordon has guided young pianists through the details of how to prepare ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Young pianists pursuing a professional career face a barrage of questions, choices, and challenges. In this book, experienced teacher and performer Stewart Gordon offers a new and practical way to approach them by helping readers to plan strategically and build a secure and successful career from the ground up. For decades, Gordon has guided young pianists through the details of how to prepare
... Read more
How To Program Any Synthesizer: Second Edition

by Ashley Hewitt ...

"I wish I had this book when I started producing, it provides a great insight into the fundamentals of sound design and beyond." - Seven (Uprise Audio)Synthesizers can be challenging.If you're struggling to recreate a sound you've heard, or you wish to step beyond presets and online tutorials, How To Program Any Synthesizer will help you.By breaking down each element of synthesizer programming ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"I wish I had this book when I started producing, it provides a great insight into the fundamentals of sound design and beyond." - Seven (Uprise Audio)Synthesizers can be challenging.If you're struggling to recreate a sound you've heard, or you wish to step beyond presets and online tutorials, How To Program Any Synthesizer will help you.By breaking down each element of synthesizer programming
... Read more
The Workbook: Volume 3 - Minor & More

Visual Tools for Musicians, #4

by Philip Jackson ...

Series Book 4 - Visual Tools for Musicians
Ready for a great leap forward in applying theory to your musical practice? Discover techniques to help bring your visual memory into play.Have you suffered from traditional teaching approaches relying solely on aural memory? Do your ears let you down when it comes to naming a chord? With over twenty years' experience, Philip Jackson brings his teaching ability to provide you with the tools you ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ready for a great leap forward in applying theory to your musical practice? Discover techniques to help bring your visual memory into play.Have you suffered from traditional teaching approaches relying solely on aural memory? Do your ears let you down when it comes to naming a chord? With over twenty years' experience, Philip Jackson brings his teaching ability to provide you with the tools you
... Read more
A Passion for Symphonies: Robert Simpson (1921-1997)

by Lionel Pike ...

This is the first full-length study of the symphonies of Robert Simpson to be offered to the general public. Simpson is perhaps best known for his BBC work, including the Promenade Concerts and such innovatory radio programmes as The Innocent Ear; but critics have hailed him as one of the finest writers of symphonies of the twentieth century—one who additionally spent a lifetime examining and ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is the first full-length study of the symphonies of Robert Simpson to be offered to the general public. Simpson is perhaps best known for his BBC work, including the Promenade Concerts and such innovatory radio programmes as The Innocent Ear; but critics have hailed him as one of the finest writers of symphonies of the twentieth century—one who additionally spent a lifetime examining and
... Read more
Learn Music Theory From Scratch - A Beginner’s Guide to Music Theory

by NamUnk ...

Learn Music Theory From Scratch is a practical and easy-to-understand guide designed for beginners who want to truly understand music without confusing technical language.This book walks you step by step through essential foundations — notes, scales, chords, and rhythm — and gradually introduces more advanced concepts like chord progressions, harmony, and song structure, helping you create, ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn Music Theory From Scratch is a practical and easy-to-understand guide designed for beginners who want to truly understand music without confusing technical language.This book walks you step by step through essential foundations — notes, scales, chords, and rhythm — and gradually introduces more advanced concepts like chord progressions, harmony, and song structure, helping you create,
... Read more
How to Write a Song (Even If You've Never Written One Before and You Think You Suck)

by Ed Bell ...

Once upon a time, there wasn't a song. Then, sometime later, there was. "How the $&%! did that happen?" you might ask. How to Write a Song (Even If You've Never Written One Before and You Think You Suck) is the definitive, no-nonsense and 100% beginner-proof guide to writing original songs. Whether you're a complete beginner or a more experienced songwriter looking to improve your songwriting ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Once upon a time, there wasn't a song. Then, sometime later, there was. "How the $&%! did that happen?" you might ask. How to Write a Song (Even If You've Never Written One Before and You Think You Suck) is the definitive, no-nonsense and 100% beginner-proof guide to writing original songs. Whether you're a complete beginner or a more experienced songwriter looking to improve your songwriting
... Read more
Composing for the Cinema

The Theory and Praxis of Music in Film

by Ennio Morricone, Sergio Miceli ...

Translated by Gillian B. Anderson ...

With nearly 400 scores to his credit, Ennio Morricone is one of the most prolific and influential film composers working today. He has collaborated with many significant directors, and his scores for such films as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The Mission; The Untouchables; Malèna; and Cinema Paradiso leave moviegoers with the conviction that ... Read more

$78.99 CAD

With nearly 400 scores to his credit, Ennio Morricone is one of the most prolific and influential film composers working today. He has collaborated with many significant directors, and his scores for such films as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The Mission; The Untouchables; Malèna; and Cinema Paradiso leave moviegoers with the conviction that
... Read more
De la inspiración a la canción Una guía práctica para la composición de canciones

by MusicResources ...

De la inspiración a la canción: Una guía práctica para la composición de canciones" es una guía completa sobre el arte y el oficio de la composición de canciones. Escrito por compositores y educadores experimentados, este libro ofrece valiosas perspectivas y técnicas para compositores de todos los niveles.En este libro, aprenderás a encontrar inspiración, a elaborar letras efectivas y a unir ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

De la inspiración a la canción: Una guía práctica para la composición de canciones" es una guía completa sobre el arte y el oficio de la composición de canciones. Escrito por compositores y educadores experimentados, este libro ofrece valiosas perspectivas y técnicas para compositores de todos los niveles.En este libro, aprenderás a encontrar inspiración, a elaborar letras efectivas y a unir
... Read more
Music Notation

by Mark McGrain ...

(Berklee Methods). Learn the essentials of music notation, from fundamental pitch and rhythm placement to intricate meter and voicing alignments. This book also covers the correct way to subdivide rhythms and notate complex articulations and dynamics. An excellent resource for both written and computer notation software! ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

(Berklee Methods). Learn the essentials of music notation, from fundamental pitch and rhythm placement to intricate meter and voicing alignments. This book also covers the correct way to subdivide rhythms and notate complex articulations and dynamics. An excellent resource for both written and computer notation software!
... Read more
Composing Music for Games

The Art, Technology and Business of Video Game Scoring

by Chance Thomas ...

Composing Music for Games is a guidebook for launching and maintaining a successful career as a video game composer. It offers a pragmatic approach to learning, intensified through challenging project assignments and simulations. Author Chance Thomas begins with the foundation of scoring principles applicable to all media, and then progresses serially through core methodologies specific to video ... Read more

$108.99 CAD

Composing Music for Games is a guidebook for launching and maintaining a successful career as a video game composer. It offers a pragmatic approach to learning, intensified through challenging project assignments and simulations. Author Chance Thomas begins with the foundation of scoring principles applicable to all media, and then progresses serially through core methodologies specific to video
... Read more
The Principles and Practice of Tonal Counterpoint

by Evan Jones ...

The Principles and Practice of Tonal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook that combines practical, "how-to" guidance in 18th-century techniques with extensive historical examination of contrapuntal works and genres. Beginning with an introductory grounding in species counterpoint, tonal harmony, and figured bass, students progress through the study of chorale preludes, invertible counterpoint, ... Read more

$170.99 CAD

The Principles and Practice of Tonal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook that combines practical, "how-to" guidance in 18th-century techniques with extensive historical examination of contrapuntal works and genres. Beginning with an introductory grounding in species counterpoint, tonal harmony, and figured bass, students progress through the study of chorale preludes, invertible counterpoint,
... Read more

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