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  • My Christmas Number One

    The perfect uplifting festive romance

    by Leonie Mack ...
    'Just trust me when I say that My Christmas Number One will be unlike any other Christmas read you have picked up.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ There’s nothing quite like a Christmas love story, to get you in the mood for celebrating…Cara doesn’t do sexy and she only does ‘Happy Christmas’ under duress. She is, after all, a serious musician, and her stubborn streak is born from her struggle to recover from a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vihuela Chord Dictionary

    A dedicated vihuela chord book, in English and Spanish, with over 300 chords for the vihuela. Chords are presented in easy to read and understand chord diagrams. Exact fingerings are shown for each diagram. Chords shown include major, minor, 7, min7, maj7, b5, sus4, aug, dim, 6, m6, 6/9, m7b5, 11, 13 and many more. Mel BayΓÇÖs Vihuela Chord Book is one of the most comprehensive on the market, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Experiencing Latin American Music

    by Carol A. Hess ...
    Experiencing Latin American Music draws on human experience as a point of departure for musical understanding. Students explore broad topics—identity, the body, religion, and more—and relate these to Latin American musics while refining their understanding of musical concepts and cultural-historical contexts. With its brisk and engaging writing, this volume covers nearly fifty genres and provides ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Flamenco - All You Wanted To Know

    by Emma Martinez ...
    This landmark historical text delivers the goods promised in its title. It does not address flamenco dance whatsoever, focusing instead on flamenco song forms with a special chapter devoted to the role of the guitar. Includes Spanish lyrics for dozens of flamenco songs along with English translations and interpretive notes, a glossary of flamenco terminology, plus a recommended bibliography and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • On Hot Days

    Written for beginner djembe.

    by James Packer ...
    The book includes one Brazilian Samba inspired song written for djembes. Instructors can add their own style of teaching whilst using the book as a guide and select parts in a pick and mix format to construct one lesson plan. Whether you are teaching a small group of adults  or a large class of key stage students, this song will get your students sounding amazing, quickly, as well as learning lots ... Read more

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  • 20 Flamenco Guitar Etudes

    by Yago Santos ...
    Classic and flamenco guitarists alike will benefit from these etudes as they bridge the gap between traditional mechanical studies and engaging practice and concert material. Although relatively short in duration, a few of these etudes could be combined in a medley to form an effective suite or set. In addition, fourteen of the twenty etudes are provided with chord accompaniment for harmonic ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Tex-Mex Conjunto Classics for Accordion

    for Diatonic or Piano Accordion

    by Gary Dahl ...
    Mel Bay Publications, Inc. in conjunction with Arhoolie Productions, Inc. presents this sampler collection of 15 hits by early Tejano artists for diatonic or piano accordion. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Jenni Rivera

    La Diva de la Banda

    When a tragic plane crash took the life of singer and actress Jenni Rivera on December 9, 2012, the world lost an artist whose talents transcended borders and even languages. One of this generation's most beloved singers, Rivera achieved 15 platinum and 5 double platinum records while selling more than 15 million albums total. Popular in both the United States and Mexico, Rivera played to sold-out ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Salsa

    A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City

    Series series Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução
    Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy Cesar ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Cumbia!

    Scenes of a Migrant Latin American Music Genre

    Cumbia is a musical form that originated in northern Colombia and then spread throughout Latin America and wherever Latin Americans travel and settle. It has become one of the most popular musical genre in the Americas. Its popularity is largely due to its stylistic flexibility. Cumbia absorbs and mixes with the local musical styles it encounters. Known for its appeal to workers, the music takes ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Illustrated Handbook of Salsa Dance Patterns

    Series Book 2 - Handbook of Salsa Dance
    This Handbook provides a breakdown of common positions, holds, turns, and patterns. It contains 36 dance positions, 51 dance patterns, 184 illustrations, 12 dance pattern combinations, and a curated list of links to 83 free online lessons. Each position is illustrated from multiple angles.Are you a beginner or intermediate level salsa dance enthusiast? Do you want to expand your repertoire of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Decoding "Despacito"

    An Oral History of Latin Music

    by Leila Cobo ...
    A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music.Decoding "Despacito" tracks the stories behind the biggest Latin hits of the past fifty years. From the salsa born and bred in the streets of New York City, to Puerto Rican reggaetón and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Mambo Kingdon: Latin Music in New York

    by Max Salazar ...
    Shortly after Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, they began moving into an uptown Manhattan neighborhood that would become known as "Spanish Harlem." By 1930, Afro-Cuban music had gained a firm foothold in the city, setting the stage for the mambo, boogaloo, salsa and Latin-jazz scenes that followed. In this collection of profiles and essays, Max Salazar, perhaps the most eminent ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Panpipes & Ponchos

    Musical Folklorization and the Rise of the Andean Conjunto Tradition in La Paz, Bolivia

    by Fernando Rios ...
    Series series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
    Melodious panpipes and kena flutes. The shimmering strums of a charango. Poncho-clad musicians playing "El Cóndor Pasa" at subway stops or street corners while selling their recordings. These sounds and images no doubt come to mind for many "world music" fans when they recall their early encounters with Andean music groups. Ensembles of this type known as "Andean conjuntos" or "pan-Andean bands" ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Queens of Havana

    The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band

    “This evocative memoir is a joyous, rhythmic history” of the 11-sister dance band that broke musical and cultural barriers in 1930s Cuba and beyond (Publishers Weekly).In the 1930s, Havana was the place to be for tourists, ex-pats, celebrities, and excitement-seekers. Nights were filled with drinking, dancing, romance, and the roar of infectious music spilling from cafés into the streets. It was a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cortijo's Wake / El entierro de Cortijo

    Translated by Juan Flores ...
    A bilingual edition of a renowned work of Puerto Rican literature, Cortijo’s Wake/El entierro de Cortijo is novelist Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá’s vivid description of the funeral of legendary Puerto Rican musician Rafael Cortijo. El entierro de Cortijo became an immediate bestseller following its original publication in Puerto Rico in 1983. An unparalleled Afro-Puerto Rican percussionist and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Latin American Guitar Ensembles

    Songs and Dances for Quartet or Guitar Orchestra

    A collection of seven original compositions for guitar quartet by renowned guitarist and composer, Alfonso Montes. The printed book contains the score and 1st guitar part. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th guitar parts are free internet downloads. Also, an audio recording of each composition is available as a download. These compositions reflect a colorful array of Latin music genres and are wonderfully ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A Respectable Spell

    Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro

    A landmark in Brazilian music scholarship, A Respectable Spell introduces English-speaking readers to the rich history of samba from its nineteenth century origins to its emergence as a distinctive genre in the 1930s. Merging storytelling with theory, Carlos Sandroni profiles performers, composers, and others while analyzing the complex ideologies their music can communicate in their lyrics and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Flamenco Studies: Falsetas de mi Padre

    by Juan Serrano ...
    The legendary flamenco guitarist and best-selling Mel Bay Publications author, Juan Serrano, is well-known for his sound recordings, transcriptions of his music, and technical methods for flamenco guitar. Now the music that formed his technical repertory and was the musical foundation given to his by his father, Antonio el del Lunar, (guitarist for all the flamenco singers of his time including ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Sweet Penance of Music

    Musical Life in Colonial Santiago de Chile

    Series series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
    A monumental study of musical practices in 18th century Santiago de Chile, and the only English-language monograph about Chilean colonial music, A Sweet Penance of Music offers a comprehensive view of musicians within the city and their links with other Latin American urban centers in the wider colonial system. Author Alejandro Vera, recent winner of the International Casa de las Américas ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Brazilian Electric Guitar

    The main goal of this book is to present what could be called Brazilian guitar today, working melodically, harmonically and rhythmically in some of the most important Brazilian musical styles. We have chosen to always use two electric guitars in these arrangements (but in the song 'Violeiros e Cantadores', which is for solo electric guitar), so that the essential functions of the guitar - rhythm, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Music Scenes and Migrations

    Space and Transnationalism in Brazil, Portugal and the Atlantic

    Edited by David Treece ...
    Series Book 1 - Anthem Brazilian Studies
    ‘Music Scenes and Migrations’ brings together new work from Brazilian and European scholars around the themes of musical place and transnationalism across the Atlantic triangle connecting Brazil, Africa and Europe. Moving beyond now-contested models for conceptualizing international musical relations and hierarchies of powers and influence, such as global/local or centre/periphery, the volume ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Latin American Art Song

    Sounds of the Imagined Nations

    Taking as a thread the concept of national identity, this book elucidates the sound transformations that have taken place in the world of the Latin American art song since its appearance in the late nineteenth century to the present day. The book focuses in the art songs of Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Perú, and Colombia. The book addresses the subject of performance practice of ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Classical and Flamenco Guitar Solos and Etudes

    Beginning to Intermediate

    Classical and Flamenco Guitar Solos and Etudes provides an introduction to classical and flamenco guitar techniques through 22 pieces. These short, melodic studies will increase your understanding of chord/harmonic shapes, and encompass a variety of styles: vals, classical etudes, malagueña, soleá, rumba, farruca, and bulerías. The five main techniques in classical and flamenco guitar are: pulgar ... Read more

    $17.99 USD