A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist
All the information needed for restoring and maintaining pianos is contained in this clearly written volume. Reblitz provides the ultimate reference book and instruction manual for both the professional and the amateur, with vital updates since the publication of the second edition.
Musical Instruments, Material Culture, and Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia
The musical instruments of East and Southeast Asia enjoy increasing recognition as parts of humanity's intangible cultural heritage. Helen Rees edits a collection that offers vibrant new ways to link these objects to their materials of manufacture, the surrounding environment, the social networks they form and help sustain, and the wider ethnic or ......
The wood used by master craftsmen to create many of the world's legendary stringed instruments-violins and cellos, mandolins and guitars-comes from seven near-mythic European forests. In his latest book, Jeffrey Greene takes the reader into those woodlands and into luthiers' workshops to show us how the world's finest instruments not only ......
This book honors classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, professor at the Yale School of Music. It contains personal reflections from his friends and colleagues illustrating Verdery's influence on his peers, his students, and the classical guitar world; features of his musical career; and characteristics of his personality.
Artisans building musical instruments and community
Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads--asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's ......
Artisans building musical instruments and community
Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads - asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's ......
Advancements in technology, such as tablets and smartphones, have changed the way people work. As a result, the chasm in areas such as information access, opinions, and even ethics has widened between people who are keeping up with the continuing changes and those who have been left behind. In An Age Without Samples, Ikutaro Kakehashi argues ......
Drum Set Pitched Percussion Hand Percussion Marching...and more!
Offers students a comprehensive introduction to drums and percussion, from hand drums to digital kits, and everything in between. This title covers the history of the drum, tracing the development of the modern drum kit while also discussing hand, concert, marching, and electronic percussion.
