Third Edition (Pocket Guide)-You walk into a local vintage guitar shop. You see what you think is the exact vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar you've been looking for the past seven years. Is it really true? Have you actually found it? How can you know for sure? You don't have your dependable Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars updated and expanded edition with you because it's too big to carry around! A…

A guide to building great tone in acoustic stringed instruments. An essential item for the instrument builder The Luthier's Handbook explores the secrets and science behind making good-sounding acoustic stringed instruments. Renowned author Roger H. Siminoff brings to the table more than four decades of luthiery experience and shares the time-tested philosophies tips and technology of the craft.…

The latest edition to Tony Bacon's acclaimed series of Guitar books 60 Years Of Fender gives a year-by-year history of the most successful Electric Guitar maker. In 1950 Leo Fender introduced to the world the solidbody Electric Guitar - the instrument known as the Telecaster. He soon added two more classics: the Precision Bass (1951) and the Stratocaster (1954).Fender's sleek adaptable Guitars …

Description John Thompson's Note Speller Writing books for the elementary pianist designed to progress with the preparatory grade books.

Updated Edition-If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair with a musician you're holding it in your hands. For DownBeat the preeminent publication of the jazz world Miles Dewey Davis was one of its most cherished subjects. Since it began covering the jazz scene in 1939 no other artist has been more diligently chronicled in its pages than Davis.The beauty of this collectio…

Guidelines On History Of Music Grades 6 To 8 takes a look at how European music has developed since the 1600s and it covers all the periods and movements in music required by most examining syllabi. It complements the other two books in the series. The list of composers in chronological order at the back of the book will prove to be an invaluable guide.

One of the most respected and referenced books of its kind this authoritative volume surveys violins and other bowed instruments ranging from ancient Greco-Roman styles to those of modern Europe. It is also an account of the principal makers English and foreign.Read the fascinating stories of famous players and violin makers through the ages from the Amati family Stradivarius and Guarnerius …

The American Song Book contains beautiful reproductions of original sheet music of the Tin Pan Alley Era. This book places these songs in historical context and provides fascinating and amusing backgrounds to the songs. Based on original archival research. The American Song Book Volume I: The Tin Pan Alley Era is the first in a projected five-volume series of books that will reprint original she…

Contains manuscript paper with enlarged stages for use by younger pupils. Ideal for use with the John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course series books.

A Complete History of Epiphone Guitars-The story of Epiphone one of the oldest and most famous guitar companies is told by former staff historian Walter Carter. It's an epic story spanning three centuries from Old World roots in the 19th century to the golden age of American makers in the 20th century and onward into the global market of the new millennium. It's the story of America's business …

This four-language dictionary of music contains more than 4000 terms and is intended for musicians, teachers, students and amateurs who wish to understand and use specialist foreign terms. The book is not academic in scope- it is based on practical experience, derived from the examination of directions given on a large number of orchestral scores, piano pieces and transcriptions, and instrumental …

All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors-Offering a fresh perspective on one of the most prolific and well-loved catalogs of songs in the rock 'n' roll canon Fleetwood Mac FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors digs deeper than your average music compendium and sidesteps the tediousness of most generalized band histories. Professional yet playful the book's m…

This superbly-illustrated biography brings the courtly elegant world of the eighteenth-century vividly to life and includes extracts from some of Haydn's best-loved works in simple keyboard arrangements.Composer's World is a series of books illustrating the life and times of the world's greatest composers. With pictures words and music it places each composer's life and work within the circum…

Par SOUSSANA NATHALIE. 24 chansons des rivages de l'Afrique jusqu'aux Caraïbes. Nouvelle édition sans CD (écoute en ligne sur les principales plateformes de streaming). Un parcours en chansons, entre sonorités roots et caribéennes, sur les traces de Cesaria Evora, Toto Bissainthe, Louise Bennett...Ces comptines et berceuses, portées par des voix magnifiques (Téofilo Chantre, Dramane Dembélé, Syrie…

Music Theory IM1 by Ivan Markovitch is the first of four progressive books for beginners which introduces them to musical formation and theory. This method includes numerous games tunes and nursery rhymes which can keep the beginners entertained and develop their musical ear. With tonality rhythm and note reading this really complete method is perfect to maintain the attention and to develop…