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Pictographic Score Notation
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 146.00This text provides the first comprehensive examination of pictographic notation. Pictographic musical notation represents the relevant instruments themselves rendered visually rather than verbally. Used most extensively in contemporary publications between the 1950s and 1980s, its popularity has waned in recent years. This expertly researched work... more...
There's Music In These Walls
Dundurn 2005; US$ 24.99An unvarnished account of the Conservatory?s leaders, its successes and failures, and its passions since its founding in 1886. more...
Alternative Approaches in Music Education
R&L Education 2010; US$ 38.99This book provides personalized case studies of music programs that are engaging in alternative approaches. The diversity of these real-world case studies will inspire questioning and curiosity, stimulate lively discussion and innovation, and provide much food for thought. more...
Music Education in England, 19502010
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95John Finney examines the child-centred progressive tradition to create a fresh way of evaluating ideas and practices that have evolved since 1950, that have shaped the lives of music teachers and their pupils, and that have now become disfigured, residual more...
The Blues Scales - Eb Version
Sher Music 2011; US$ 16.00The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos. Designed to help beginners quickly learn how to create meaningful solos without having to first master all the scales and chords of a tune. Great transcriptions of solo phrases by Miles Davis, Dave Sanborn, Dizzy Gillespie, etc. showing how the Blues Scales... more...
Technology and the Gendering of Music Education
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95The use of computers and associated compositional software in music education is frequently decontextualized from cultural and social relationships, thereby ignoring the fact that new technologies are used and developed within existing social spaces that are always already delineated along gender lines. Armstrong suggests these gender-technology relations... more...
Classical Form
Oxford University Press, USA 1998; US$ 44.99Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive methodology for the analysis of classical form, from individual ideas, phrases, and themes to the large-scale... more...
Scenes, Songs & Solos
Schaffner Press, Inc. 2011; US$ 9.99Aimed at musicians searching for the next level in their ability to compose and improvise, this handy reference draws on the author’s own published music as well as accessible standards. Educational text is interspersed with personal experiences playing alongside legends such as "Machito" and his Latin Jazz Orchestra, Lionel Hampton's Big Band,... more...
Seven Days Of Possibilities
PublicAffairs 2004; US$ 25.00The inspirational true story of one plucky young teacher, whose passion for her students transformed their livessome for only seven days, others for a lifetime more...
Songwriting Without Boundaries
F+W Media 2011; US$ 17.99Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to: tap into your senses and inject your writing... more...









