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  • Music Theory, 3E

    Series series Idiot's Guides
    Music theory doesn’t need to be complicated, and this guide will show you how to make it simple.Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician or experienced musician how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading and composing music. Here’s what you’ll find:• The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, scales, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Music Theory For Dummies

    Tune in to how music really worksWhether you’re a student, a performer, or simply a fan, this book makes music theory easy, providing you with a friendly guide to the concepts, artistry, and technical mastery that underlie the production of great music. You’ll quickly become fluent in the fundamentals of knocking out beats, reading scores, and anticipating where a piece should go, giving you a ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Playing Changes

    Jazz for the New Century

    by Nate Chinen ...
    One of jazz’s leading critics gives us an invigorating, richly detailed portrait of the artists and events that have shaped the music of our time. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, Playing Changes is the first book to take the measure of this exhilarating moment: it is a compelling argument for the resiliency of the art form and a rejoinder to any claims about its calcification or ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Synthesizer Cookbook: How to Use Filters

    Sound Design for Beginners, #2

    by Screech House ...
    Series Book 2 - Sound Design for Beginners
    INSTANTLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE FILTERS AND FULLY MASTER YOUR SYNTHESIZER, EVEN IF YOU'RE A COMPLETE BEGINNERNEW: The ultimate 4-part series for sensational sound designLearning how to do synthesis (the fundamental part of sound design), can be quite overwhelming, especially when you're a beginner. That's why music producer, best-selling author and CEO Cep from Screech House transformed his best ... Read more

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  • No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists

    Master the Essential Knowledge All Guitarists Need To Know

    by James Shipway ...
    Series Book 1 - Music Theory For Guitarists
    With No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists, guitar players of all levels can access and understand most of the music theory they'll ever need, and boost their ability and confidence as guitarists, songwriters, soloists and more! With easy to understand language, crystal clear explanations, practical examples and absolutely no music reading ability or prior music knowledge required...you can now ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Sounds from Scratch

    A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers

    Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds. The book covers the all of the main synthesis techniques including analog ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Adventures in Arranging

    Composer/Arranger/Producer Dr. Richard Niles has had musical adventures with some of the world’s most successful and acclaimed artists from Paul McCartney to Pat Metheny, James Brown to Randy Brecker, Tina Turner to Michael McDonald, Ray Charles to the Pet Shop Boys.“My professional life has been amazing because I understood that the only difference between a job and an adventure was attitude.”His ... Read more

    $22.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Composing Electronic Music

    A New Aesthetic

    by Curtis Roads ...
    Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy. In this new domain, pitch occurs as a flowing and ephemeral substance that can be bent, modulated, or dissolved into noise ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Music Outside the Lines

    Ideas for Composing in K-12 Music Classrooms

    by Maud Hickey ...
    Music Outside the Lines is an informative and practical resource for all who are invested in making music composition an integral part of curriculum. Author Maud Hickey offers both a well-grounded justification for teaching music composition and also a compendium of useful instructional ideas and classroom activities. Hickey begins with a rationale for teachers to begin composition activities in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • 10 Powerful Piano Rhythm Patterns

    A Cheat Sheet For Songwriters, Music Composers And Music Producers

    This eBooks contains 10 powerful piano rhythm patterns that were created for musicians. Regardless of your genre of music, level of experience or taste in music. These patterns can be used to create music as long as you use them properly. They act as a template, a source of ideas, and even a cheat sheet for musicians who want to expand the quality of music that they create.Instead of explaining ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Music Composition For Dummies

    You can hum it, but can you write it down?When most people think of a composer, they picture a bewigged genius like Mozart or Beethoven frenetically directing mighty orchestras in the ornate palaces of Vienna. While that may have been the case once upon a time, modern composers make themselves heard far beyond the classical conservatoire and concert hall. These days, soundtracks are in high demand ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

  • Music Production For Beginners 2020 Edition: How to Produce Music, The Easy to Read Guide for Music Producers

    Everything You Need To Know About Making Music In One Place!Not so long ago, studio quality recording, mixing and music production was only available to the rich and famous artists.However these days it's now possible to produce professional sounding music from your own home.In fact, you don't even need to know how to play an instrument or know anything about the technology or need expensive ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Geometry of Music

    Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice

    Series series Oxford Studies in Music Theory
    How is the Beatles' "Help!" similar to Stravinsky's "Dance of the Adolescents?" How does Radiohead's "Just" relate to the improvisations of Bill Evans? And how do Chopin's works exploit the non-Euclidean geometry of musical chords? In this groundbreaking work, author Dmitri Tymoczko describes a new framework for thinking about music that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from medieval ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Guitar Fretwork Compendium Part III: Music Theory Fundamentals

    by Derek Fox ...
    Series Book 3 - The Guitar Fretwork Compendium
    The Guitar Fretwork Compendium Part III - Music Theory Fundamentals introduces the guitarist to intervals, ear training, spelling chords, chord inversions, and harmonized scales. These concepts are the basic foundation for all music and will greatly aid the guitarist when learning any style. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wild Soundscapes

    Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition

    by Bernie Krause ...
    Through his organization Wild Sanctuary, Bernie Krause has traveled the globe to hear and record the sounds of diverse natural habitats. Wild Soundscapes, first published in 2002, inspires readers to follow in Krause’s footsteps. The book enchantingly shows how to find creature symphonies (or, as Krause calls them, “biophonies”); use simple microphones to hear more; and record, mix, and create new ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 3

    Guitar Theory and Fretboard Concepts to Help Intermediate to Advanced Players Master Scales, Modes and Chord Progressionso

    by James Shipway ...
    Series Book 3 - Music Theory For Guitarists
    In Volume 3 of the groundbreaking Music Theory for Guitarists series, you’ll discover even more essential guitar theory concepts to expand your music theory knowledge and give you an even greater understanding of the guitar fretboard. After using this book you’ll have a near ‘pro-level’ understanding of music theory and how it relates to the guitar, enabling you to become a more accomplished ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arreglos musicales. 10 Principios básicos

    ¿Quieres crear tu propia música y no sabes por dónde empezar?Genial, estás en en el lugar adecuado.He preparado este Ebook donde aprenderás 10 principios básicos de los arreglos musicales, los cuales te ayudarán a:✔ Aumentar tu creatividad musical.✔ Aprender a crear tu propia música de forma más amena.✔ Sentirte menos sólo a la hora de empezar a crear arreglos musicales.Este Ebook incluye:-10 ... Read more

    $3.32 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music Publishing

    The Roadmap to Royalties

    Music Publishing covers the basics of how a composition is copyrighted, published, and promoted. Publishing in the music business goes far beyond the physical sheet--it includes live performance and mechanical (recording) rights, and income streams from licensing deals of various kinds. A single song can generate over thirty different royalty streams, and a writer must know how these royalties are ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Thinking in Jazz

    The Infinite Art of Improvisation

    Series series Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
    A landmark in jazz studies, Thinking in Jazz reveals as never before how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner documents the lifetime of preparation that lies behind the skilled improviser's every idea.The product of more than fifteen ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation

    by John Corbett ...
    “Hyper-insightful and . . . thoroughly entertaining . . . an essential read for anyone interested in the complex yet accessible world of musical improvisation.” —Glenn Kotche, drummer and composer, WilcoImprovisation rattles some listeners. Maybe they’re even suspicious of it. John Coltrane’s saxophonic flights of fancy, Jimi Hendrix’s feedback drenched guitar solos, Ravi Shankar’s sitar ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Musical Composition

    Craft and Art

    by Alan Belkin ...
    An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher and composerThis essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarize beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles, from concert pieces to film scores and video game music. The first of its kind to utilize a ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Art of Is

    Improvising as a Way of Life

    A MASTERFUL BOOK ABOUT BREATHING LIFE INTO ART AND ART INTO LIFE“Stephen Nachmanovitch’s The Art of Is is a philosophical meditation on living, living fully, living in the present. To the author, an improvisation is a co-creation that arises out of listening and mutual attentiveness, out of a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity. It is a product of the nervous system, bigger than ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • The Guitar Fretwork Compendium Part I: Major & Minor Triad Shapes

    by Derek Fox ...
    Series Book 1 - The Guitar Fretwork Compendium
    The Guitar Fretwork Compendium Part I - Major & Minor Triad Shapes takes the aspiring guitarist beyond the basic chords and teaches Major and Minor triad shapes all over the fret board. For all styles of music, the lesson contained in this book is a repeatable lesson, one that can be continued over and over again using a different set of chord shapes every time. With over 200 chord diagrams ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Counterpoint and How to Use It in Your Music

    by John Collins ...
    Counterpoint is an approach to musical composition based on the union of independent and interdependent melodies. Counterpoint and How to Use It in Your Music is a step-by-step course in counterpoint, and shows you how to apply it in your own music, whether you write contemporary pop songs or pieces for orchestral or traditional instruments."I love to learn from it. A mavelous master piece. I ... Read more

    $9.99 USD