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Reading Standard Music Notation for Mandolin and Fiddle

by Joe Carr ...

If you have tried and failed to learn to read standard music notation for the mandolin or fiddle using traditional methods or you have never tried and want to, this book is for you. Learn to play from music in the mandolin- and fiddle-friendly major keys of C, G, D, A, F, and B-flat and their relative minor keys. Also learn to play in various time signatures including 4/4 (common time), 2/2 (cut ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

If you have tried and failed to learn to read standard music notation for the mandolin or fiddle using traditional methods or you have never tried and want to, this book is for you. Learn to play from music in the mandolin- and fiddle-friendly major keys of C, G, D, A, F, and B-flat and their relative minor keys. Also learn to play in various time signatures including 4/4 (common time), 2/2 (cut
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Basic Harp for Beginners

by Laurie Riley ...

A basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music. Specific topics covered include basic positioning, tuning, and techniques, etudes, and a ... Read more

$25.36 CAD

A basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music. Specific topics covered include basic positioning, tuning, and techniques, etudes, and a
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The Power of Practice

How Music and Yoga Transformed the Life and Work of Yehudi Menuhin

by Kristin Wendland ...

Series series SUNY Press Open Access
The Power of Practice showcases the pioneering achievements of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916-99) and how both disciplines transformed his life and practice. Menuhin's contributions as a performer, teacher, and humanitarian are celebrated around the world. Less well known, however, is Menuhin's devotion to the practice of yoga and his close friendship with the renowned yogi B. K. S. ... Read more

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The Power of Practice showcases the pioneering achievements of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916-99) and how both disciplines transformed his life and practice. Menuhin's contributions as a performer, teacher, and humanitarian are celebrated around the world. Less well known, however, is Menuhin's devotion to the practice of yoga and his close friendship with the renowned yogi B. K. S.
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While the Music Lasts

A Memoir of Music, Grief and Joy

by Emily MacGregor ...

A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR'As finely tuned as the very best of orchestras. I loved it' Alice Vincent, author of Why Women GrowWhen her father dies, music historian and trombonist Dr Emily MacGregor finds that music has become too much. Listening, let alone playing, music is suddenly too difficult. This is problematic given that she's a broadcaster, writer and academic working with classical music.It ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR'As finely tuned as the very best of orchestras. I loved it' Alice Vincent, author of Why Women GrowWhen her father dies, music historian and trombonist Dr Emily MacGregor finds that music has become too much. Listening, let alone playing, music is suddenly too difficult. This is problematic given that she's a broadcaster, writer and academic working with classical music.It
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Play Ukulele - 41 arrangements of classical music - Book 1

Tabs & Online Sounds

by Bettina Schipp ...

Songbook with 41 arrangements from classical music for the Ukulele.All songs are notated with tabs for fingerpicking, the arrangements are easy to moderately difficult - for slightly advanced and advanced fans of the Ukulele.The recordings of the songs are available online in a specially created audio player with adjustable playback speed, web address in the book.The ... ... Read more

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Songbook with 41 arrangements from classical music for the Ukulele.All songs are notated with tabs for fingerpicking, the arrangements are easy to moderately difficult - for slightly advanced and advanced fans of the Ukulele.The recordings of the songs are available online in a specially created audio player with adjustable playback speed, web address in the book.The ...
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Guitar for Beginners: How You Can Confidently Play Guitar In 10 Days, Even If You've Never Played a Single Chord In Your Life

by Lance Voight ...

Want to learn to play the guitar FAST? - without spending weeks learning boring musical theory?Now thanks to a series of tips, tricks and hacks - you canYou can even play real songs on day 1.Perfect for an absolute beginner! Using this book, you'll feel confident playing all over the fretboard in only 10 days!No experience, or expensive hardware needed.Guitar for Beginners contains:The only 3 ... ... Read more

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Want to learn to play the guitar FAST? - without spending weeks learning boring musical theory?Now thanks to a series of tips, tricks and hacks - you canYou can even play real songs on day 1.Perfect for an absolute beginner! Using this book, you'll feel confident playing all over the fretboard in only 10 days!No experience, or expensive hardware needed.Guitar for Beginners contains:The only 3 ...
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Full Circle: A Dream Denied, A Vision Fulfilled

by Theodore Jerome cohen ...

A father dreams his son will become a concert violinist. Instead, he becomes a scientist. Later in life, he returns to the violin and becomes an orchestral violinist. ... Read more

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A father dreams his son will become a concert violinist. Instead, he becomes a scientist. Later in life, he returns to the violin and becomes an orchestral violinist.
... Read more
The Secrets of Violin Playing - Being Full Instructions and Hints to Violin Players, for the Perfect Mastery of the Instrument

by William Crawford Honeyman ...

“The Secrets of Violin Playing” is a classic guide to playing the violin, dealing with every aspect from care and maintenance of the instrument to mastering the basics and avoiding common problems. It contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable utility to novice players, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage violin literature. Contents include: “The Purpose ... Read more

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“The Secrets of Violin Playing” is a classic guide to playing the violin, dealing with every aspect from care and maintenance of the instrument to mastering the basics and avoiding common problems. It contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable utility to novice players, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage violin literature. Contents include: “The Purpose
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Essential Scales and Studies for Violin

Level 1

by Craig Duncan ...

This valuable supplement has been written to present essential scales and scale studies for the beginning student. The scales are presented in various rhythms and patterns, including arpeggios. All of the various patterns presented can be used with each scale. The fingerings included present viable ways to approach the scales, but other fingerings can be explored. Various rhythms and bowings may ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

This valuable supplement has been written to present essential scales and scale studies for the beginning student. The scales are presented in various rhythms and patterns, including arpeggios. All of the various patterns presented can be used with each scale. The fingerings included present viable ways to approach the scales, but other fingerings can be explored. Various rhythms and bowings may
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My Midsummer Morning

Rediscovering a Life of Adventure

by Alastair Humphreys ...

A Financial Times Summer Book of 2019Seasoned adventurer Alastair Humphreys pushes himself to his very limits – busking his way across Spain with a violin he can barely play.In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas; had hardly even left the quiet village he grew up in. His idea was to walk through the country, earning money for food by playing his ... Read more

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A Financial Times Summer Book of 2019Seasoned adventurer Alastair Humphreys pushes himself to his very limits – busking his way across Spain with a violin he can barely play.In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas; had hardly even left the quiet village he grew up in. His idea was to walk through the country, earning money for food by playing his
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Miss DeLay: portrait of beloved violin teacher Dorothy DeLay

by Helen Epstein ...

Miss DeLay: portrait of beloved violin teacher Dorothy DeLay by Helen Epstein (12,200 words)Dorothy DeLay (1917-2002) was the first woman to become an internationally-acclaimed master teacher of the violin. Her thousands of students (at the Juilliard School in New York, the Aspen Music Festival, the University of Cincinnati, the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, the New England Conservatory ... Read more

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Miss DeLay: portrait of beloved violin teacher Dorothy DeLay by Helen Epstein (12,200 words)Dorothy DeLay (1917-2002) was the first woman to become an internationally-acclaimed master teacher of the violin. Her thousands of students (at the Juilliard School in New York, the Aspen Music Festival, the University of Cincinnati, the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, the New England Conservatory
... Read more
The Guitar in Stuart England

A Social and Musical History

by Christopher Page ...

Series series Musical Performance and Reception
This is the first history of the guitar during the reign of the Stuarts, a time of great political and social upheaval in England. In this engaging and original volume, Christopher Page gathers a rich array of portraits, literary works and other, previously unpublished, archival materials in order to create a comprehensive picture of the guitar from its early appearances in Jacobean records, ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

This is the first history of the guitar during the reign of the Stuarts, a time of great political and social upheaval in England. In this engaging and original volume, Christopher Page gathers a rich array of portraits, literary works and other, previously unpublished, archival materials in order to create a comprehensive picture of the guitar from its early appearances in Jacobean records,
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The Baroque Violin & Viola, vol. II

A Fifty-Lesson Course

by Walter S. Reiter ...

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today ... Read more

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In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today
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Violins and Violin Makers

Enriched edition. Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin

by Joseph Pearce, Xavier Sutton ...

In "Violins and Violin Makers," Joseph Pearce delves into the intricate world of violin craftsmanship, exploring its historical significance, artistic expression, and technical precision. Pearce's prose is both lyrical and informative, weaving together biographical sketches of notable luthiers and an examination of the cultural implications of violin-making across centuries. The book, informed by ... Read more

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In "Violins and Violin Makers," Joseph Pearce delves into the intricate world of violin craftsmanship, exploring its historical significance, artistic expression, and technical precision. Pearce's prose is both lyrical and informative, weaving together biographical sketches of notable luthiers and an examination of the cultural implications of violin-making across centuries. The book, informed by
... Read more
The Living Art of Violin Playing

Progressive Form

by Maureen Taranto-Pyatt ...

Blending creative insights with wisdom of the masters, professional violinist Maureen Taranto-Pyatt shares practical guidance in her new methodology, Progressive Form.With The Living Art of Violin Playing, violinists will learn to appreciate the physics and geometry of movement to facilitate a nuanced flow of compression and release in the playing. A gradual building of technique begins from ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Blending creative insights with wisdom of the masters, professional violinist Maureen Taranto-Pyatt shares practical guidance in her new methodology, Progressive Form.With The Living Art of Violin Playing, violinists will learn to appreciate the physics and geometry of movement to facilitate a nuanced flow of compression and release in the playing. A gradual building of technique begins from
... Read more
Daily Warm Up Exercises for Guitar

Guitar Tab

by Robert Green ...

Series series Jazz Guitar Workshop
Jazz Guitar Workshop Book I - Daily Warm Up Exercieses for Guitar.Guitar Method for developing a dedicated daily practice routine utilising scales, modes & arpeggios.One of the most important aspects of learning any instrument is being able to set aside time to practice.Even if you have only 30 min per day, by organising your time and having the dedication to follow throughwith your plan, progress ... Read more

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Jazz Guitar Workshop Book I - Daily Warm Up Exercieses for Guitar.Guitar Method for developing a dedicated daily practice routine utilising scales, modes & arpeggios.One of the most important aspects of learning any instrument is being able to set aside time to practice.Even if you have only 30 min per day, by organising your time and having the dedication to follow throughwith your plan, progress
... Read more
English, Scottish and Irish Violin Makers - A Selection of Classic Articles on the History of the Violin (Violin Series)

by James M. Fleming ...

First published in 1890, this volume contains a detailed account of the history of the violin, exploring its fascinating history and evolution with reference to notable designers and makers from England, Ireland, and Scotland. This interesting volume was originally written for those who love the violin and those who desire to learn about its history, and it is not to be missed by modern ... Read more

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First published in 1890, this volume contains a detailed account of the history of the violin, exploring its fascinating history and evolution with reference to notable designers and makers from England, Ireland, and Scotland. This interesting volume was originally written for those who love the violin and those who desire to learn about its history, and it is not to be missed by modern
... Read more
A Notebook for Viola Players

by Ivo-Jan van der Werff ...

In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with
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Violoniste débutant - Cahier d'accompagnement

Apprenez le violon... en ligne !

by Jean-Francois McDonald ...

Series Book 2 - Mildor Violon
Il n’y a rien de plus motivant que de jouer avec d’autres instrumentistes et Mildor Violon souhaite participer à sa façon à ces moments uniques. Le cahier d'accompagnement est un recueil de partitions pour violonistes, violoncellistes, pianistes et chefs d’orchestres, permettant d'accompagner les vingt-cinq pièces de la méthode « Cahier de l’élève » du cours de violon en ligne Violoniste débutant ... Read more

$36.00 CAD

Il n’y a rien de plus motivant que de jouer avec d’autres instrumentistes et Mildor Violon souhaite participer à sa façon à ces moments uniques. Le cahier d'accompagnement est un recueil de partitions pour violonistes, violoncellistes, pianistes et chefs d’orchestres, permettant d'accompagner les vingt-cinq pièces de la méthode « Cahier de l’élève » du cours de violon en ligne Violoniste débutant
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Sonatas & Partitas of J.S. Bach

Educational Edition

by Serge Blanc, George Enescu ...

During the years of instruction he received from master George Enescu, Serge Blanc collected and marked technical and interpretive indications for what Enescu called "The Himalayas of violinists" : the Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach.This exceptional document brings together these notes which regard sonority, phrasing, tempo, fingering, and expression, the culmination ... Read more

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During the years of instruction he received from master George Enescu, Serge Blanc collected and marked technical and interpretive indications for what Enescu called "The Himalayas of violinists" : the Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach.This exceptional document brings together these notes which regard sonority, phrasing, tempo, fingering, and expression, the culmination
... Read more
Gypsy Violin

by Mary Ann Harbar Willis ...

This book contains practice tips, a helpful glossary, a short essay on the Gypsy touch and a fine assortment of approximately 50 annotated traditional Gypsy tunes from Russia, Romania, Hungary, and Bessarabia. Based on many years of research, travel, and participation in slavas or Gypsy jam sessions, this long-anticipated book makes a significant and colorful contribution to the violin repertoire ... Read more

$35.23 CAD

This book contains practice tips, a helpful glossary, a short essay on the Gypsy touch and a fine assortment of approximately 50 annotated traditional Gypsy tunes from Russia, Romania, Hungary, and Bessarabia. Based on many years of research, travel, and participation in slavas or Gypsy jam sessions, this long-anticipated book makes a significant and colorful contribution to the violin repertoire
... Read more
Jacqueline du Pré: A Biography

by Carol Easton ...

Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) was one of the world’s great cellists. At age 11, she won the most prestigious cello award in Britain and was an established artist at twenty. At twenty-one, she married young conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim. Six years later, her career was over. She had developed multiple sclerosis, and died slowly over the next fifteen years. During those years she continued ... Read more

$18.31 CAD

Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) was one of the world’s great cellists. At age 11, she won the most prestigious cello award in Britain and was an established artist at twenty. At twenty-one, she married young conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim. Six years later, her career was over. She had developed multiple sclerosis, and died slowly over the next fifteen years. During those years she continued
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Violin Secrets

101 Strategies for the Advanced Violinist

by Jo Nardolillo ...

Series series Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician
In Violin Secrets: 101 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Violinist, author and violinist Jo Nardolillo surveys the cutting edge of current violin technique, combining tradition and innovation in one volume. Blending traditional strategies that have produced generations of legendary performers with modern ideas, Nardolillo reveals the secrets of today’s most sought-after master teachers, ... Read more

$61.99 CAD

In Violin Secrets: 101 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Violinist, author and violinist Jo Nardolillo surveys the cutting edge of current violin technique, combining tradition and innovation in one volume. Blending traditional strategies that have produced generations of legendary performers with modern ideas, Nardolillo reveals the secrets of today’s most sought-after master teachers,
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Grappelli Licks

The Vocabulary of Gypsy Jazz Violin

by Tim Kliphuis ...

Do you want to sound more like the French maestro Stephane Grappelli? Here is the answer. I've selected around 250 classic Grappelli licks for you to learn. Using Simple chord theory and tips for timing and style. You can start these songs instantly. Includes access to online audio recording with samples, solos, and backing tracks to practice your newfound skills. ... Read more

$32.41 CAD

Do you want to sound more like the French maestro Stephane Grappelli? Here is the answer. I've selected around 250 classic Grappelli licks for you to learn. Using Simple chord theory and tips for timing and style. You can start these songs instantly. Includes access to online audio recording with samples, solos, and backing tracks to practice your newfound skills.
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