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Signal Processing Methods for Music Transcription
Springer 2007; US$ 139.99Presents a survey of research in signal processing for music transcription. This book covers a range of topics, from the structure and decomposition of signals, to using computational modeling and neural networks for music transcription. It is useful for those interested in MPEG-7 standardization and also for newcomers and professionals. more...
How to Rap
Chicago Review Press 2009; US$ 9.95Examining the dynamics of hip-hop from every region and in every form?mainstream and underground, current and classic?this compelling how-to discusses everything from content and flow to rhythm and delivery in relation to the art and craft of rap. Compiled from the most extensive research on rapping to date, this first-of-its-kind guide delivers... more...
Jazz Piano Masterclass: The Drop 2 Book
Sher Music 2011; US$ 15.00The most comprehensive book ever written on how to create the 4-note, block-chord approach to jazz piano playing used by masters like McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton, etc. In this book, world-renowned pianist and educator Mark Levine provides a step-by-step, beginning to advanced, masterclass on how to create, practice and extend... more...
The Serious Jazz Book II
Sher Music 2011; US$ 25.00Starting where he left off with his "Serious Jazz Practice Book," guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists. Recording artist with Miles Davis, the Brecker Bros., etc., Barry shows how to become a better improviser by melodically mastering the individual chords used in jazz, how they connect with each other,... more...
The Serious Jazz Practice Book
Sher Music 2011; US$ 25.00All musicians need to thoroughly learn their scales, chords, intervals and various melodic patterns in order to become complete musicians. The question has always been how to approach this universal task. Guitar legend Barry Finnerty (Miles, The Crusaders, Brecker Bros., etc.) provides in this book a rigorous practice regime that will set you well... more...
The Jazz Theory Book
Sher Music 2011; US$ 35.00The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated... more...
The Blues Scales - C 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...
The Remix Manual
Taylor & Francis 2011; US$ 39.95Can you turn a soulful ballad into a hit dance track, or make any Billboard hit your own? With this all-in-one guide to remixing, you can! Whether you?re a professional DJ or producer, or are just beginning to mix tracks, this step-by-step guide will bring you through the entire process of making your own professional-quality remixes. Author Simon... more...
An Understandable Guide to Music Theory
See Sharp Press 1994; US$ 6.99This guide explains the most useful aspects of theory in clear, nontechnical language. Areas covered include scales (major, minor, modal, synthetic), chord formation, chord progression, melody, song forms, useful devices, (ostinato, mirrors, hocket, etc.), and instrumentation. It contains over 100 musical examples. more...
The Songwriter's Idea Book
F+W Media 2012; US$ 19.99In her first two books, Sheila Davis classified the major song forms and enduring principles that have been honored for decades by America's foremost songwriters. Those books have become required reading in music courses from NYU to UCLA. In The Songwriters Idea Book , Davis goes one step further, giving you 40 strategies for designing distinctive... more...









