An Introduction to Developing the Singing Voice. This book is written for students of singing. Whilst primarily designed for undergraduate and graduate level students, it will also be of use to mature singers and to those already in the singing profession, who simply want to keep their technique and knowledge alive.

Demonstrates how to make easy musical instruments with children. This work contains detailed instructions for making over 60 unique instruments that are suitable for children as young as five years. It is illustrated with drawings and photographs along with an audio sample of the instruments in lively solo and ensemble pieces.

Come and meet the instruments of the orchestra and learn how the orchestra works. With your guide Evelyn Glennie, you too can become an expert. You'll even know your heckelphone from your sackbut and your tom-tom from your tam-tam - all by spending hours of fun with words, pictures and music, in the book and on the interactive CD-Rom.

Helps to find out for yourself that it's never too late to learn a musical instrument and discover how to get the most out of practice and speed up your learning process.

For nearly a century, equal temperament - the practice of dividing an octave into twelve equally proportioned half-steps - has held a virtual monopoly on the way in which instruments are tuned and played. This book presents a reasoned expose of musical temperament and its impact on the way in which we experience music.

Whether you need a guitar amp, a sound system, a multi-effects unit for a bass guitar, or a keyboard amplifier, this title helps you make a good choice. It includes chapters that explain general features (controls, equalizers, speakers, and MIDI) and figures (watts, ohms, and impedance).

Offers an illustrated look at some the most lavish musical instruments from the Baroque period. This illustrated volume takes readers on visually stunning tour of the Marvels of Sound and Beauty exhibition held at the renowned Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.

This book describes instrumental music and its context in German society of the late middle ages.

This early German 'do-it-yourself' manual tells us about music-making in the years just before the Reformation.

This early German 'do-it-yourself' manual tells us about music-making in the years just before the Reformation.

An encyclopaedic reference work containing extensive entries on more than 350 orchestras - from the almost-forgotten or obscure bands, to the likes of Basie, Ellington, Miller, Shaw and Dorsey. It contains more than 500 photographs and a 6000-name index.

Examines various aspects of Grateful Dead's technical side, including their recording methods, from the acid tests of the mid-'60s to the famous wall of sound in the '70s and up to their exceptional later touring systems. This study includes explanations of the band's equipment technology, instrument design, and studio recording techniques.

This thought-provoking and entertaining book draws on the findings of research and on the author's wealth of experience to encourage teachers to build upon the strengths of current practice. Suitable for a wide readership, it will challenge and inspire anyone who is, or is thinking of becoming, an instrumental teacher.

Historically, music was long classified as both art and science. Aspects of music - from the mathematics of tuning to the music of the celestial spheres - were primarily studied as science until the seventeenth century. This title analyzes the relationship of physicists, musicians, and instrument makers in nineteenth-century Germany.

Throughout human history, music has accompanied us in times of joy and in times of sorrow. This comprehensive encyclopedia is not only a reference work on musical instruments suitable for experts; it also explains the effects and expressive powers of the musical arts. It presents the various methods of producing sound with great passion.

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This is an encyclopaedic, 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 ...

This bible of the piano marketplace is indispensable to buyers and owners of pianos, amateur and professional players alike. Hundreds of thousands of pianos are bought and sold each year, yet most people buy a piano with only the vaguest idea of what to look for as they make this major purchase. The Piano Book evaluates and compares every brand and style of piano sold in the United States. There .