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Learn The Essential Elements of The Flute With This Best-Selling Guide To Flute For Dummies, Flute Information, Pan Flute and Student Flute

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In this easy to read manual discover everything you need to know about a flute, including yamaha flutes, bamaboo flutes and more. ... Read more

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Listen to Bob Marley

The Man, the Music, the Revolution

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An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation. Known worldwide for their message of peace and unity, Marley's songs—from "One Love" to "Redemption Song" to "Three Little Birds"—have touched millions of lives. This collection is the best of Bob Marley presented in three ... Read more

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An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation. Known worldwide for their message of peace and unity, Marley's songs—from "One Love" to "Redemption Song" to "Three Little Birds"—have touched millions of lives. This collection is the best of Bob Marley presented in three
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Lost Highway

Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians

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This masterful explorationof American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to ... Read more

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This masterful explorationof American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to
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Confronting Silence

Selected Writings

by Toru Takemitsu, Yoshiko Kakudo, Glenn Glasow, Seiji Ozawa ...

Series series Fallen Leaf Monographs on Contemporary Composers
In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries, including John Cage, Olivier Messiaen, and Merce Cunningham; on nature, which has profoundly influenced his composition; on film and painting; on relationships between East and West; on traditional Japanese music; and on his own compositions. ... Read more

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In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries, including John Cage, Olivier Messiaen, and Merce Cunningham; on nature, which has profoundly influenced his composition; on film and painting; on relationships between East and West; on traditional Japanese music; and on his own compositions.
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The Music Sound

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A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video.Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes.The traditional or classical European aspects of music ... Read more

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A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video.Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes.The traditional or classical European aspects of music
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Sensing the City through Television

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An investigation of the fictional representations of the city in contemporary British and American television drama, assessing their political, sociological and cultural implications. The book draws on the following five key case studies for specific and detailed analysis:* Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City* Homicide & Life on the Street* Queer as Folk* The Cops* Holding OnEach is discussed in ... Read more

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An investigation of the fictional representations of the city in contemporary British and American television drama, assessing their political, sociological and cultural implications. The book draws on the following five key case studies for specific and detailed analysis:* Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City* Homicide & Life on the Street* Queer as Folk* The Cops* Holding OnEach is discussed in
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Hip-Hop Japan

Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization

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In this lively ethnography Ian Condry interprets Japan’s vibrant hip-hop scene, explaining how a music and culture that originated halfway around the world is appropriated and remade in Tokyo clubs and recording studios. Illuminating different aspects of Japanese hip-hop, Condry chronicles how self-described “yellow B-Boys” express their devotion to “black culture,” how they combine the figure of ... Read more

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In this lively ethnography Ian Condry interprets Japan’s vibrant hip-hop scene, explaining how a music and culture that originated halfway around the world is appropriated and remade in Tokyo clubs and recording studios. Illuminating different aspects of Japanese hip-hop, Condry chronicles how self-described “yellow B-Boys” express their devotion to “black culture,” how they combine the figure of
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The Basics of Oud

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An in-depth instruction manual for the Arabic oud, the ancestor of the lute and guitar. Contents include: Holding the oud, Plucking the Strings, Basic Plucking Rules in Arabic Tradition, Positions of Left Hand Fingers, Basic Notes on the oud, Advanced Left-Hand Techniques, Maqamat, and much more. Over 40 tunes are included in the book. Standard notation only. Includes access to an online video ... Read more

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An in-depth instruction manual for the Arabic oud, the ancestor of the lute and guitar. Contents include: Holding the oud, Plucking the Strings, Basic Plucking Rules in Arabic Tradition, Positions of Left Hand Fingers, Basic Notes on the oud, Advanced Left-Hand Techniques, Maqamat, and much more. Over 40 tunes are included in the book. Standard notation only. Includes access to an online video
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Japanese Music & Musical Instruments

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This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan.Japanese Music and Musical Instruments has three main orientations:The history of Japanese musicConstruction of the instrumentsAnalysis of the music itself.The book covers in a lucidly written text and a wealth of ... Read more

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This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan.Japanese Music and Musical Instruments has three main orientations:The history of Japanese musicConstruction of the instrumentsAnalysis of the music itself.The book covers in a lucidly written text and a wealth of
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The Country Music Reader

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In The Country Music Reader Travis D. Stimeling provides an anthology of primary source readings from newspapers, magazines, and fan ephemera encompassing the history of country music from circa 1900 to the present. Presenting conversations that have shaped historical understandings of country music, it brings the voices of country artists and songwriters, music industry insiders, critics, and ... Read more

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In The Country Music Reader Travis D. Stimeling provides an anthology of primary source readings from newspapers, magazines, and fan ephemera encompassing the history of country music from circa 1900 to the present. Presenting conversations that have shaped historical understandings of country music, it brings the voices of country artists and songwriters, music industry insiders, critics, and
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Sheet Music I'm The Lucky One

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Written in the late 1970s, this Country-Western song is for piano and vocalist and includes chords that can be used by guitarists. This ballad is written in the key of C major and uses basic chords so instrumentalists can improvise. A lyrics only page is included for a vocalist who has learned the melody. A transposition wheel can be helpful to place song in a more convenient key. ... Read more

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Written in the late 1970s, this Country-Western song is for piano and vocalist and includes chords that can be used by guitarists. This ballad is written in the key of C major and uses basic chords so instrumentalists can improvise. A lyrics only page is included for a vocalist who has learned the melody. A transposition wheel can be helpful to place song in a more convenient key.
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The African Imagination in Music

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The world of Sub-Saharan African music is immensely rich and diverse, containing a plethora of repertoires and traditions. In The African Imagination in Music, renowned music scholar Kofi Agawu offers an introduction to the major dimensions of this music and the values upon which it rests. Agawu leads his readers through an exploration of the traditions, structural elements, instruments, and ... Read more

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The world of Sub-Saharan African music is immensely rich and diverse, containing a plethora of repertoires and traditions. In The African Imagination in Music, renowned music scholar Kofi Agawu offers an introduction to the major dimensions of this music and the values upon which it rests. Agawu leads his readers through an exploration of the traditions, structural elements, instruments, and
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