Practical Method of Italian Singing: For Soprano or Tenor
from G. Schirmer, Inc.
26 Italian Songs and Arias: Medium Low
from Alfred Publishing Company
This authoritative, new edition of the worldÂ’s most loved songs and arias draws on original manu-scripts, historical first editions and recent research by prominent musicologists to meet a high standard of accuracy and authenticity. Includes fascinating background information about the arias and their composers as well as a singable rhymed translation, a readable prose translation and a literal translation of each single Italian word.
Flamenco Guitar Method Volume 1: Book/CD/DVD Pack
by Gerhard Graf-Martinez
from Schott
Gerhard Graf-Martinez is a passionate flamenco guitarist and teacher. The wealth of his knowledge is captured in this two-volume work, which also reflects valuable experience gained from his activities as a tutor at national and international seminars and workshops. The CD included with volume 1 contains all the pieces and musical examples for Volumes 1 and 2. Besides being a pure pleasure to listen to "Flamenco puro," it also conveys the authentic sound and the pulsating "compas" of this music. This is the only way to learn to play the music properly yourself. The DVD will take you to the passionate world of Flamenco, and you will quickly immerse yourself in this Spanish musical phenomenon.
French Song Anthology: The Vocal Library, High Voice
by Various
from Hal Leonard
The largest, most comprehensive collection of French art songs ever published, with 60 songs by 24 composers. This wonderful anthology, with newly researched editions in clean new engravings, includes interesting notes about the composers, poets, facts about the composition and performance history for each song, and new line-by-line translations for study. Some songs are published in transpositions for the first time. This is the ideal collection for teachers to assign to voice students. Includes the complete Le Bestiaire (Poulenc) and Five Greek Songs (Ravel). A CHLORIS (HAHN) AIMONS-NOUS (SAINT-SEANS) AUTOMNE (FAURE) Après un reve (G. Fauré) Beau soir (C. Debussy) CHANSON D'AMOUR (FAURE) CHANSON D'AVRIL (BIZET) CHANSON TRISTE (DUPARC) CINQ MELODIES POPULAIRES GRECQUES (RAVEL) CLAIR DE LUNE (FAURE) DANS UN BOIS SOLITAIRE ET SOMBRE (MOZART) FLEUR DESSECHEE (VIARDOT) GUITARE (BIZET) HEBE (CHAUSSON) JE TE VEUX (SATIRE) L'ABSENT (G0UNOUD) L'ATTENTE (SAINT-SAENS) L'ECREVISSE (POULENC) LA CARPE (POULENC) LA CHEVRE DU THIBET (POULENC) LA SAUTERELLE (POULENC) LA STATUE DE BRONZE (SATIE) LA VIE ANTERIEURE (DUPARC) LAMENTO (DUPARC) LE BACHELIER DE SALAMANQUE (ROUSSEL) LE BESTIARE (COMPLETE CYCLE) (POULENC) LE CHARME (CHAUSSON) LE COLIBRI (CHAUSSON) LE DAUPHIN (POULENC) LE DROMADAIRE (POULENC) LE TEMPS DE LILAS (CHAUSSON) LES CIGALES (CHABRIER) LES CLOCHES (DEBUSSY) LES HIBOUX (DE SEVERAC) LYDIA (FAURE) Lydia (Fauré) MADRIGAL (D'INDY) MANDOLI...
How to Play Djembe (Book/CD set)
by Alan L. Dworsky & Betsy Sansby
from Dancing Hands Music
This book is a complete, step-by-step, user friendly course on how to play djembe. Right from the start, in addition to learning how to make all the basic strokes, you'll be learning interlocking parts for some of the most popular West African rhythms; Kuku, Djole, Kassa, Madan, Suku, Sunguru Bani and Thiba. After working through only a few lessons, you'll be able to put the parts together and start playing these irresistible rhythms with your friends. The rhythms are written in simple charts, so no music reading is required. The CD that comes with the book gives you a chance to hear how each part sounds separately and how the parts for each rhythm fit together. It was recorded by John Camara, a master drummer from Bamako, Mali. Each rhythm lasts at least five minutes, so you'll have plenty of time to play along. And when John solos during the final three minutes of each track, you'll feel the thrill of playing your part along with an ensemble and lead drummer.
Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization
by Ian Condry
from Duke University Press
In this lively ethnography Ian Condry interprets Japan’s vibrant hip-hop scene, explaining how a music and culture that originated halfway around the world is appropriated and remade in Tokyo clubs and recording studios. Illuminating different aspects of Japanese hip-hop, Condry chronicles how self-described “yellow B-Boys” express their devotion to “black culture,” how they combine the figure of the samurai with American rapping techniques and gangsta imagery, and how underground artists compete with pop icons to define “real” Japanese hip-hop. He discusses how rappers manipulate the Japanese language to achieve rhyme and rhythmic flow and how Japan’s female rappers struggle to find a place in a male-dominated genre. Condry pays particular attention to the messages of emcees, considering how their raps take on subjects including Japan’s education system, its sex industry, teenage bullying victims turned schoolyard murderers, and even America’s handling of the war on terror.
Condry attended more than 120 hip-hop performances in clubs in and around Tokyo, sat in on dozens of studio recording sessions, and interviewed rappers, music company executives, music store owners, and journalists. Situating the voices of Japanese artists in the specific nightclubs where hip-hop is performed—what musicians and fans call the genba (actual site) of the scene—he draws attention to the collaborative, improvisatory character of cultural globalization. He contends that it was the pull of grassroots connections and individual performers rather than the push of big media corporations that initially energized and popularized hip-hop in Japan. Zeebra, DJ Krush, Crazy-A, Rhymester, and a host of other artists created Japanese rap, one performance at a time.
The Native American Flute: Understanding the Gift
by John Vames
from Molly Moon Arts & Publishing
A comprehensive step by step guide for learning how to play Native American Flute as well as the "basics" of making music. Interactive with 39 track audio CD demonstrating all instruction. You will learn: Proper finger and breath control, how to ornament melodies, how to understand Pitch and Rhythms, How to practice successfully, How to creat your own songs, Useful scales to develop technique and How to read printed music and Nakai Flute Tablature
Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
by Ned Sublette
from Chicago Review Press
The Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion and Drum Set: Includes the Rhythm Section Parts for Bass, Piano, Guitar Horns & Strings
by Ed Uribe
from Alfred Publishing Company
In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music
by Colin Irwin
from Andre Deutsch
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