Instruments
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My First Recorder: Learn To Play: Kids
This book is the perfect introduction to the Recorder for kids of all ages.Aimed at complete beginners, children can easily follow the clear and simple diagrams and photos to learn their first notes, play fun tunes and gain confidence playing their first recorder!
This great beginner’s book also provides a great introduction to reading and playing music, includes a fun pull-out Wall Chart to help with practice, and will have kids playing their first tunes in no time!
* Easy to follow instructions and illustrations
* Simple exercises to follow and practice
* Learn at their own pace
* Fun and easy songs, exercises and tunes to play
* Great pull-out wall chart!
* Simply follow the lessons in the book and kids will be playing recorder in no time !
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Violin Exam Pieces from 2024, ABRSM Grade 1, Violin Part & Piano Accompaniment (ABRSM Exam Pieces)
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM’s Grade 1 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C – ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. An edition of this book with audio is also available – it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.Read more
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A Dozen A Day: Pre-Practice Technical Exercises For The Piano [Book 1 Primary]
Pre-practice technical exercises for the piano. The purpose of this book is to help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. The idea is to learn two or three exercises at a time, which should be played each day before practising. Only when these are mastered should you add another. When all in the first group are mastered, the next group may be introduced. Many of these exercises may be transposed to different keys.Read more
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Me and My Piano: Part 2 [Me and My Piano]: More Lessons for the Young Pianist
Now published in full color for the first time! Part 2 builds on the foundations laid in Part 1, extending the compass of notes learnt and introducing new rhythms, note values, chords and changes of hand positions. As well as solo pieces, a sequence of duets offers student and teacher an opportunity to make music together. Children will love the Monkey Puzzles, rhymes and songs introducing a range of exciting characters.Read more
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The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ‘n’ Roll
“A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history” (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound—Leo Fender and Les Paul—and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ’n’ roll—and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender’s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an “axe” that would make Fender’s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul—whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought—to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world’s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo.
While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s—including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton—adopted one maker’s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable.
In “an excellent dual portrait” (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering “spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars” (The Atlantic). “The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new” (The Washington Post).
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Never Too Late: A heartwarming escapist holiday romance (Beneath Italian Skies Book 1)
A second chance to realise her dreams…
A classically trained pianist, Steph works as a recording engineer for a small studio when she’s offered the job of a lifetime – travel to the Italian Riviera to help world-famous band, Royalty, record their reunion album after a decades-long hiatus.
Steph could definitely do with the distraction. Her boyfriend – who also happens to be her boss – is increasingly unreliable and erratic, and she’s awaiting news from her doctor after a recent biopsy. So an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy is the perfect escape.
What she doesn’t expect is an instant connection with Rob, the son of Royalty’s lead singer. With her career – and her heart – at a crossroads, what path will Steph follow?
A wonderfully escapist romance for fans of Sue Moorcoft, Rosanna Ley and Erica James.
Praise for Never Too Late
‘A delightful escape to the Italian Riviera, woven with music, food, friendship and a gentle romance. Just lovely!’ Kate Frost
‘An emotional read – full of hope, love and growth, and I devoured every word.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
‘It really hooked me and I read a good amount of it in one sitting. I loved all the characters, and the delicious sounding food that was being served for every meal had my mouth watering. Another truly fabulous story from this talented author.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
‘I love the lyrical description and sensory imagery that brings Italy to life. The characterisation and contemporary issues are well-written, and the romance is lovely.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
‘Absolutely loved this novel like I do every other book by T.A. Williams. Loved the setting, the characters and the storyline.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
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The Art of Making a Harpsichord
For around three hundred years, the harpsichord was the leading domestic musical instrument and often a highly fashionable piece of furniture as well. Usurped by the piano at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was taken up again with the first revival of early music at the beginning of the twentieth century. Over the past forty years, makers have been getting closer to reproducing examples from the historical past. Now, The Art of Making a Harpsichord gives its readers the chance to discover this challenging and rewarding pursuit in a way that is rarely possible without working with an established builder. Beginning with an overview of the instrument, its schools and workshop traditions, the author – himself an experienced maker and researcher – explores the various models and types before leading the reader through the manufacture of an Italian-style instrument, while describing historically-based working methods which are applicable to all traditions. Just as in the seventeenth or eighteenth century, there is no need to rely on large power-tools. This book has been designed to provide assistance to all harpsichord makers, whatever model they choose to make. It is lavishly illustrated with line drawings and photographs, the latter taken – wherever possible – from antique examples that give the reader as full an understanding as possible of the quality of these beautiful instruments.Read more
£49.40£66.50The Art of Making a Harpsichord
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First Repertoire for Alto Saxophone & Piano
First Repertoire for Alto Saxophone is a combination of original pieces and imaginative arrangements carefully selected and written for the Grade 1-4 saxophonist. Paul Harris and Beverley Calland have pooled their wealth of experience and put together a varied and challenging collection – there is something here for every occasion! Contents: Theme And Variations (Glazunov) **ABRSM selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2006-2013 and **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2012-2014; Midnight Air (Harris) **ABRSM selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2006-2013; Seascape **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2012-2014; Pirates Ahoy! **ABRSM selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2006-2013; Round The Bend!; Showtime **ABRSM selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2006-2013; Air (Water Music) (Handel) **ABRSM selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2006-2013 and **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2012-2014; Food, Glorious Food! (Bart); As Long As He Needs Me; The Vicar Of Dibley (Goodall); Herodiade (Massenet); Toucan Tango (Calland); Horseshoe Shuffle; Bal Fantome; Rift Riff; The Temple Bells (Woodeforde-Finden); Cold Comfort Farm (Lockhart); Promenade (Mussorgsky) **ABRSM selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2006-2013 and **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2012-2014; Cantabile (Il Cordellino) (Vivaldi) **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2012-2014; Desafinado (Jobim) **ABRSM selected piece: Saxophone syllabus 2006-2013.Read more
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Figured Harmony at the Keyboard: Part 1
This book presents figured harmony as a form of aural training. It seeks to make the student more keenly aware of chord-relationships as actual sound. It will increase the student’s power to form an inward realization of what a page of music is going to sound like without having actually heard
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Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: Piano solo
for piano solo This is an intermediate-level arrangement of the well-known and loved chorale from Cantata No. 147. This piece is suitable for weddings, church services, and recitals.Read more
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Technical Studies for the Cornet: English/German/French Version
H.L.Clarke: Characteristic Studies for the CornetRead more
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Marr’s Guitars
‘A great book … fascinating’ Jools Holland, Later With Jools Holland, BBC2
‘If you are even remotely interested in guitars or the geniuses that play them you have to get a copy of Marr’s Guitars. A lush, mouthwatering masterpiece of a book’ Shaun Keaveny
‘A guitar book for people “who wouldn’t normally have guitar books”‘ Daily Mail
‘What a love story this book is. The electric guitar – the greatest weapon ever given to the working class’ Gary Kemp
‘Marr’s Guitars is not just a love-letter to Marr’s beloved instrument; it’s a historical reference’ Paste magazine
‘A book for Marr fans, for Smiths fans, for fans of guitars, but also for appreciators of art and photography’ SPIN
‘Eye candy for music fans of all kinds … Marr’s recollections transport the reader to a different time’ Forbes
A stunning photographic presentation of the guitars that defined the distinctive sounds and style of Johnny Marr with personal reflections and insights from the legendary guitarist himself.
‘Guitars have been the obsession of my life … they’ve been a mission and sometimes a lifeline’ – Johnny Marr
The guitarist’s guitarist, Johnny Marr redefined music for a generation. His ringing arpeggios and chordal innovations helped elevate The Smiths to be one of the most influential and important British bands of all time.
Tracing Marr’s career from his teenage years to his recent work on the Bond soundtrack, Marr’s Guitars showcases the most significant of Marr’s superb collection of electric and acoustic guitars, revealing through them the evolution of his iconic sound and style of playing. Each guitar is identified with a crucial moment, a specific song or a particular sound, and each embodies a key aspect of Marr’s lifelong passion.
Renowned photographer Pat Graham presents each instrument as a full portrait, supported by micro shots highlighting the specific details that make each one unique, while Johnny Marr himself reveals in his accompanying commentary on what tracks and at which shows the guitars were played. Many of the guitars are closely associated with Marr, such as the Rickenbacker 330, the Gibson ES-355 and the Johnny Marr Signature Fender Jaguar. Some were passed down to him, including Nile Rodgers’ Stratocaster, Bryan Ferry’s Roxy Music Hagstrom and Bert Jansch’s Yamaha. Others are guitars once owned by Marr that have since been passed on to the next generation of guitar heroes, including the Stratocaster used by Noel Gallagher on ‘Wonderwall’ and the Gibson Les Paul Goldtop used on In Rainbows by Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien.
Punctuating the photography of the guitars and the accompanying commentary are contextual studio, backstage and onstage shots. Together, they make Marr’s Guitars a unique cultural history of modern music and guitar playing told through the prism of Johnny Marr’s experiences and achievements.
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60 Études Du Jeune Violoncelliste (60 Studies for the Young Cellist)
60 progressive studies for the young cellist, focusing on both left hand and bowing technique. Features works from Lully, Couperin, Rameau, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert and Chopin.Read more
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John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course: First Christmas Tunes
Fun repertoire for beginner pianists which compliments the Easiest Piano Course. Twenty-six pieces including We Three Kings, I Saw Three Ships and Jingle Bells .Read more
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