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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, garnered through her decade of study at top conservatories...
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"So You Want to Sing Music Theater covers a vast array of topics. It includes a brief history of music theater; the basics of voice science and anatomy; information on vocal and bodily health and maintenance, from diet to exercise to healing techniques; advice on teaching music theater to others, with focuses on breath, posture, registers, range, and tone quality; repertoire recommendations for voice and singing types, from female and male belting...
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"Rock 'n' roll is a style that was born out of the great American melting pot. An outgrowth of the blues, rock 'n' roll music combines driving rhythms, powerful chords, and lyrics that communicate the human experience to audiences around the world. Although rock singing was once seen as a vulgar use of the human voice and was largely ignored by the academic community, voice teachers and singers around the world have recently taken a professional interest...
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Piano & Keyboard All-in-One For Dummies makes it easier and more fun than ever to make music! If you don't know how to read music, this book explains in friendly, uncomplicated language all the basics of music theory, and applies it to playing the piano and keyboard. And if you've been playing for awhile? Or took lessons when you were a child but haven't played since? You can pick up some valuable tips to improve your playing, or use the book as a...
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Posture and position -- Basic fingering -- Starting to move -- Major pentascales and chords -- Minor pentascales and chords -- Finger gymnastics -- More about chords -- Minor scales -- Major scales -- Music à la mode -- Singing the blues -- Good grief, more scales -- I've got rhythm -- Expressive exercises -- One brain, two hands -- Advanced fingering -- Variations on a theme by Hanon --Teaching your fingers to fly -- Full arpeggios -- Scale olympics...
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Using a combination of easy-to-follow text, step-by-step photography, and diagrams, this guide provides all you need to achieve your guitar goals. Whether it's the electric, bass, or acoustic guitar, you'll find detailed information on the different styles plus tips and advice on buying the right guitar. You'll also be inspired by reading how famous guitarists reached the top.
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The ukulele's small size and light weight make it easily portable, and its unique sound makes it sought after by musicians of every genre. This guide gives you the surest path from start to success. The CD includes sample tracks and songs to strum along with.
17) Guitar aerobics
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Contains 365 daily guitar licks and/musical exercises, each of which demonstrates a different technique, covering the musical styles of rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, and funk, and includes two coordinating CDs.
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Help readers explore the art of singing. This book covers the basics, including tips for getting started and info on vocal technique. It also features primary-source quotations from professional singers and voice teachers. Text features include informational tidbits about singing and a quiz to help readers discover if studying voice is for them.