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4x4 Drums: Die Vier-Elemente-Lehre für Schlagzeuger und andere Rhythmiker
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 37.73Hauptbeschreibung Dieses Buch geht das Thema Rhythmus und seine Vermittlung auf eine ungekannt systematische und leicht zu überblickende Art und Weise an. Sehr hilfreich erscheint für den Schüler die theoretische Unterfütterung der praktischen Übungen. Dabei sind sowohl Praxis als auch Theorie in vier große Bereiche untergliedert, die auf einer... more...
The Art of Cuban Percussion
Shrill Music 2013; Not AvailableThe most complete collection of easy-understanding didactic material for the profound study of the rhythms of Cuban and Afro-Cuban percussion including a hands-on demonstration by the author on DVD-Video The book covers the following Cuban and Afro-Cuban rhythms The popular music: El Son ? El Cha-cha-chá ? El Mambo ? La Guaracha ? La Salsa ? El Bolero... more...
Chromatic Transformations in Nineteenth-Century Music
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 50.00David Kopp's book develops a model of chromatic chord relations in nineteenth-century music particularly the works of Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms. The emphasis is on explaining chromatic third relations and the pivotal role they play in theory and practice. more...
Music
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 9.99This "Very Short Introduction" to music invites us to really think about music and the values and qualities we ascribe to it. Drawing on a range of examples from Beethoven to the Spice Girls to Chinese zither music, Nicholas Cook attempts to provide a framework for thinking about all music. more...
Unfoldings
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 59.99Introduction: A Dialogue between Author and Editor I: Rhythm and Linear Analysis more...
Der Tonwille, Volume I
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 199.99This is the first volume of a two-volume translation of Heinrich Schenker's 'Der Tonwille' (1921-24). This book includes Schenker's original, major essays on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and piano sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, shorter analyses of Bach preludes and more. more...
Der Tonwille, Volume II
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 199.99This is the second volume of a two-volume translation of Heinrich Schenker's 'Der Tonwille' (1921-24). Among the foremost music theorists of the 20th century, Schenker's methods of analysis continue to be one of the most important tools of musicology. more...
Harmonic Rhythm
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 74.99This title examines the dimensional technique of analyzing harmonic rhythm. Using a small core of repeated musical examples, Swain explores the theory's crucial components including functional and non functional harmonies, harmonic tension and harmonic speed. He also outlines a method for "dimensional analysis" of musical works. more...
Trumpet Technique
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 22.99Trumpet Technique' is a resource for performers, teachers, and students seeking to develop the highest level of skill. The author, a trumpet professor and performer, applies the latest developments in physiology, psychology, learning theory and psychomotor research to brass technique and performance. more...
Creative Music Composition: The Young Composer's Voice
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 41.95Creative Music Composition is designed to be an introductory textbook for music students. "Creative composition"-composing in your own style, rather than in the style of a composer of the past-is embraced by music educators not only for composition students, but for beginning performers and music educators, and is often offered to all music students... more...









