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Prolongation of Seventh Chords in Tonal Music: Volume II
The Edwin Mellen Press 2008; US$ 159.95Offers for the first time a systematic survey of the entire spectrum of contrapuntal-harmonic configurations that enable the prolongation of seventh chords, arranged logically by seventh-chord type and voice-leading procedure. more...
Guitar For Dummies
Wiley 2012; US$ 24.99The bestselling music guide - now updated and with a FREE DVD! Have you always wanted to learn to play guitar? Who wouldn't? Think of Jimi Hendrix wailing away on his Stratocaster. . . Chuck Berry duck-walking across the stage to "Johnny B. Goode". . .B.B. King making his "Lucille" cry the blues. No doubt about it—guitars are cool. Guitar... more...
Learning to Read Music
Constable & Robinson 2008; US$ 10.19Whether you want to learn how to play an instrument, or just refresh your existing capability, whether you sing in a choir, or would simply like to follow scores while listening, this book will help you achieve your aim. It leads you carefully through the basics of pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, and much more, building your knowledge chapter... more...
The Michael Bublé Quiz Book
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 4.99Are you a Michael Bublé fan? Have you followed the Canadian crooners rise to fame from the release of his massively successful first album through to global stardom? Are you an expert on the man and his music? If you think you know all about Michael, or would like to find out more, The Michael Bublé Quiz Book is for you.Do you know... more...
The Art of Partimento
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 48.99At the height of the Enlightenment, four conservatories in Naples stood at the center of European composition. Maestros taught their students to compose with unprecedented swiftness and elegance using the partimento, an instructional tool derived from the basso continuo that encouraged improvisation as the path to musical fluency. Although the practice... more...
Advanced Schenkerian Analysis
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 68.95Advanced Schenkerian Analysis: Perspectives on Phrase Rhythm, Motive, and Form is a textbook for students with some background in Schenkerian theory. It begins with an overview of Schenker's theories, then progresses systematically from the phrase and their various combinations to longer and more complex works. Unlike other texts on this subject,... more...
Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 63.95Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition is a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in music analysis. It outlines a process of analyzing works in the Classical tradition by uncovering the construction of a piece of music?the formal, harmonic, rhythmic, and voice-leading organizations?as well... more...
Finding the Rhythm in Music
JoJo Publishing 2012; US$ 16.99In 1930, George Gershwin composed the score to his extravagant Broadway musical Girl Crazy. The show's hit song was immediately identified as the catchy "I Got Rhythm", which the singer Ethel Merman delivered with extraordinary impact. The claim inherent in the song's title is certainly one that Gershwin and Ms Merman could justifiably... more...
Prolongation of Seventh Chords in Tonal Music: Volume II
The Edwin Mellen Press 2011; US$ 159.95Prolongation of seventh chords is an intriguing phenomenon that theoretically ought not to exist. Schenkerian theory is based on the premise that prolongations apply to consonances alone, and the violation of this principle has far-reaching consequences. Yet, dissonances in general and seventh chords in particular are occasionally prolonged in traditional... more...









