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The incredible diversity of the bass guitar is revealed in this newly revised, all-inclusive style guide. Each chapter covers particular styles or families of styles, gradually introducing players to techniques that will allow them to get the most out of their instrument and easily increase their bass repertoire. More than 400 bass grooves are presented, spanning an excess of 100 styles that musicians can follow along with on each of the two accompanying...
4) Make music
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Can you sing a song? Can you play an instrument? This book shows, lots of ways, to make music. Which instrument would you, like to play?
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"This is a book of easy-to-build, low-or-no-cost musical instruments that con be constructed by children under adult supervision, or, in some cases, by older kids without supervision. Examples of the instruments include washtub bass, driftwood marimba, thumb piano, bucket drums, and flowerpot bells: simple stuff, but stuff kids can have fun with."--T.p. verso.
9) Pianos
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Simple text describes the parts of a piano and how it is used to make music.
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Enhanced with twenty-five audio and twenty-three video clips of expert musicians performing on rare and historical instruments, this e-book edition of Musical Instruments brings the world-renowned collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to life. Musical instruments are among the most meaningful artifacts produced by humankind, a marriage of technology, artistry, symbolism, religion, and entertainment. This title in the MFA Highlights series...
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10 original smooth jazz guitar licks from the Dorian mode in tablature and notation for the progressing guitarist at intermediate level and above.
>> 53 bars of music over 10 licks (average lick length 5.3 bars)
>> Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable)
>> Backing tracks at full and slower practise speeds (Downloadable)
>> Scale diagrams with theory and technique tips for each lick
>> Guitar tablature has picking directions...
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This first comprehensive history of musical instruments, this book ranges from prehistoric times to the 20th century. It traverses five continents and every stage of evolution, from primitive rattles and bull-roarers to the electric organ. Author Curt Sachs, one of the world's most distinguished musicologists, combines rich scholarship with personal insight in a remarkable fusion of music, anthropology, and the fine arts. Beginning with the earliest...
14) Trumpets
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Describes the parts of a trumpet, the history of the instrument, and how it is played.
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This is an encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations. While not geared toward making conventional instruments, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments. Includes many designs along with parts lists and detailed construction instructions.
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"Music doesn't come out of nothing. It always starts somewhere... with something... with someone. Discover how music is made in this survey of musical instruments from around the world. Organized by material-from wood to gourds to found objects and more-Before Music marries a lyrical core text with tons of informational material for curious readers. In the narrative text, readers will encounter makers as they source their materials and craft instruments...
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Backyardigans (8x8) volume 7
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Cowboys Tyrone, Pablo, Austin, and Cowgirl Uniqua are on their way to a polka palace party in Wyoming when they run into trouble and lose their instruments. Now they must work together as a team to be able to play at the party. Will their teamwork pay off?
18) 88 instruments
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[2016]
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First edition.
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"A little boy can't choose which instrument to play, so he decides to try them all"--
20) Drums
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Briefly describes simple drums and how they are made and played.
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