Description English Songs Renaissance To Baroque - High Voice Thirty-four songs from 17 composers, complete with historical information. Songlist As I Walked Forth One Summer Day [Johnson, Robert] Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind [Arne, Thomas] Come And Trip It (G.F.Handel) Diaphenia (Francis Pilkington) Fain Would I Change That Note (Tobias Hume) Fair, If You Expect Admiring (Thomas Campian) Flow My Tears [Dowland, John] Hark! The Echoing Air [Purcell, Henry] Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow? Henry Lawes (How Happy Art Thou) Here Amid The Shady Woods (G.F.Handel) I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly [Purcell, Henry] If Music Be The Food Of Love [Purcell, Henry] I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star (Henry Purcell) In Sherwood Livde Stout Robin Hood [Jones, Robert] It Was A Lover And His Lass [Morley, Thomas] Jack And Joan (Thomas Campian) Let Me Wander Not Unseen (G.F.Handel) My Lovely Celia (George Munro) My Lovely Celia [Munro, George] Nymphs And Shepherds [Purcell, Henry] O Come, O Come, My Dearest [Arne, Thomas] Pastime With Good Company Rest Sweet Nymphs [Pilkington, Francis] Since First I Saw Your Face (Thomas Ford) Tell Me No More (John Blow) The Silver Swan [Gibbons, Orlando] Thou Soft Flowing Avon (Arne) Weep You No More, Sad Fountains [Dowland, John] What If I Never Speed [Dowland, John] When Daisies Pied [Arne, Thomas] When Laura Smiles (A Book Of Ayres) [Rosseter, Philip] Where E'er You Walk [Handel, George Frideric] Willow Song Wind, Tell My Sweetheart

Line Playing · Voice-Leading · Chromaticism · Bebop Scales A clear and practical step-by-step approach to chromaticism, line playing and voice leading. The CD contains 23 play-along tracks (most of them played in two tempos), based on standard chord progressions, performed by a professional rhythm section, featuring Renato Chicco on piano, Dave Santoro on bass, and Adam Nussbaum on drums. In addition Jerry demonstrates various exercises and approaches on tenor saxophone. Chord changes are included for C concert, B flat and E flat instruments. Jerry Bergonzi is a highly respected jazz educator/musician who lives and teaches in the Boston area. Over many years his Inside Improvisation system has proven to be tremendously successful. ISBN 3-89221-049-7

With sales of over 75 million albums and singles Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist Bob Marley is one of the world’s best selling artists of all time.A pioneer of the reggae sound Marley rose tofame with his band The Wailers in the 1960s before achieving international stardom with the release of his album 'Exodus' in 1977.This songbook contains twelve of Marley’s greatest hits including Jamming Could You Be Loved and Three Little Birds all arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar.

Electric Guitars and Basses tells the story in full colour of one of the most influential forces on American culture in the 20th century - the Electric Guitar.From the earliest 'lap steels' that reshaped the sound of Hawaiian music the the 'Spanish-neck' models that created a new voice in the Jazz world and powered the early rock and rollers and on to the solid body models that shattered conventional ideas of Guitar design and Guitar music all of the classic and historically important models are displayed and discussed by Guitar experts George Gruhn and Walter Carter.This new edition features an additional 16 pages of important instruments andnewly discovered information.

Whose singing voice was substituted for Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn? What movie was the first to combine live action with animated cartoon characters? What movie did Marlon Brando first sing in? These and thousands ofother interesting facts about Hollywood's favorite musicals are answered in Hollywood Musicals Year by Year. This book provides a world of information facts and trivia about cinema's favorite musicals. Beginning withThe Jazz Singer and moving through the years this illustrated book documents more than 300 movies. Each entry includes the screenplay writer producer director choreographer cast list song list release date plotsummary and interesting notes surrounding the production cast and spin-offs that the movie inspired. Hollywood Musicals Year by Year also contains many photographs of memorable moments in celluloid history.

Aural Skills For The Improvising Musician (Book And CD)-From Thom Mason comes a fun and interesting guide to help you develop aural skills and refine your musical ear! This book focuses on improving your technique in hearing pitches rhythms melodies and chord progressions as directly to applied to actual music in the jazz repertoire. The text will help you to hear music in your head from the written page transcribe and sight sing all the while making it musical through appropriate jazz phrasing and articulations. The valuable lessons learned can be applied to any instrument or voice with skills that transcend jazz useful in all styles of music.

Written by Brett Morgen with Richard Bienstock, Cobain: Montage Of Heck is a true goldmine of exclusive material collected and created for the acclaimed documentary. Delving further into the interviews, art and photography used in the film, this book is the perfect companion piece to the definitive film on this genuine legend's life.Even if you haven't yet seen the film, or you've loved it and have been left wanting more, Cobain: Montage Of Heck will definitely quench your thirst for all things Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. The legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist has gone down in history as almost a mythically brilliant voice of a generation, turning late 20th century angst into electrifying rock music. Brett Morgen's Montage Of Heck documentary was fully authorised by the Cobain family, after his widow Courtney Love approached him with the idea for the film.Getting exclusive access to Cobain's personal and family archives was an unprecedented achievement, allowing Morgen to delve deeply into home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, demos and journals, presenting an intimate portrait of Cobain's personal life as well as his astonishing artistry. The exclusive interviews in the film have provided fans with incredible insight into Cobain's life, featuring words from all the key figures like Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic, and his parents. Included in this book are extended versions of these interviews, giving unbridled vision into his life and work, told by the people who knew him best.Accompanying these interviews are some incredible and often never-before-seen visuals including animation stills from the films, personal art, candid photography and other treasures from his personal archive. Looking at these visuals, readers will find a true sense of the tortured genius, the artist who achieved enormous success and almost demi-god status yet still struggled with his personal, all-too-human demons. Since Cobain's tragic death, fans have been left with nothing but his music and an overwhelming amount of press rumours and cinema speculation. Now, Cobain: Montage Of Heck and the accompanying documentary provides the most definitive insight into the real man behind the musical legend.For nearly everyone who is interested in popular music, this book is absolutely fascinating. Cobain's boundary-pushing art has almost been overshadowed by rumour, but this book thankfully restores both to their rightful place, setting examples of his boundless creativity alongside authorised truths from the people who knew him intimately. Cobain: Montage Of Heck is sure to be seen as a true classic of rock biography. / Livre

All That's Left to Know About The King's Recorded Works-Why is Elvis Presley's body of recorded work still so relevant nearly 60 years after he began recording? Elvis Music FAQ is for anyone who has been inspired by an Elvis Presley record. Following in the tradition of the FAQseries in Elvis Music FAQ a lot of rare information is woven together in one concise entertaining package.There are chapters about every year of Elvis's career including a look at his pioneering original recordlabel Sun; insight on his management; the continued importance of television in his career; a summation of each Presley concert tour; the inside scoop about the role Elvis's band members and songwriters played in his sound;stories about the amusing musical oddities created by those trying to ride on the Elvis success train; details about the contentious role drugs played in his career; and finally a full review of every record the King everissued.One might say that the only truths about Elvis Presley can be found in the grooves of his records where his natural talent and passion for music comes through always. Elvis Music FAQ aims to be the oneessential companion that explains the reason why the voice heard over the speakers still carries such resonance. Dozens of rare images accompany this engaging text.

This book recounts the story of all the electric steel guitars - or electric 'Hawaiian' guitars as they were called during most of their tenure - that were built by Gibson between 1935 and 1967. Hawaiian guitars were the most popular form of electric guitars until the 1950s and they contributed to some crucial developments in pickups and amplification in addition to lending their voice to the earliest solid body electrics. Aesthetically the early postwar instruments are also amongst the coolest designs ever produced by Gibson.Over 450 illustrations including a wealth of colour pictures catalogue reproductions and patent drawingsA comprehensive section ondating instruments as well as detailed shipping totals for the 1935-1967 period.

From 1969 to 1981 Ben Fong-Torres was one of the first star writers on staff at Rolling Stone - the scruffy rock journal that metamorphosed into one of the most powerful voices of a generation. Now in this fascinating book Fong-Torres revisits his most intriguing celebrity interviews and profiles and - for the first time - tells the revealing stories behind the stories the stars his writing process and life at Rolling Stone.

How long should I practice? Which pieces should I study? How can I develop a singing tone? All violinists ponder these questions striving to make the most of their practice and performances. This enlightening and encouraging book holds the answers offering a series of interviews with the most celebrated Violin teachers and performers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Twenty-four famous violinists reveal the secrets to their success sharing the lessons of their artistry and experience. In addition to aesthetic and technical aspects of playing they discuss their personal conceptions of Violin mastery. Eugene Ysaye reminisces about his studies withVieuxtemps and Wieniawski and Leopold Auer emphasizes the importance of fostering students' individual talents. Maud Powell describes her pioneering role as a female orchestral musician and Jascha Heifetz voices his views on technical mastery and temperament. Hints and advice from other masters include tips on efficient practice improving bow technique and refining intonation. A rare find in the musical literature this book is essential reading for every serious violinist.Reprint of the Frederick A. Stokes 1919 edition.

Peter Maxwell Davies. Cinderella is a light-hearted pantomime opera based on the traditional story with a few new twists by the composer. The first performances of ‘Cinderella’ were given by children in Kirkwall in the OrkneyIslands who were non-specialist and had shown no unusual interest in or aptitude for music. All vocal parts are written within the range of children’s normal unbroken voices although the three Ugly Sisters can be played by olderboys singing an octave lower than written. Eleven solo parts plus chorus and parts for descant treble and tenor recorders trumpet percussion piano and string quintet with optional viola. 60 mins.