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Fundamentals of Music Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition


Free Download Fundamentals of Music: Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition By Earl Henry; Jennifer Snodgrass; Susan Piagentini
2018 | 480 Pages | ISBN: 0134491386 | PDF | 140 MB
NOTE:This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN.For courses in music fundamentals.Fundamentals of Music: Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition,7th Edition, familiarizes readers with the notation and performance of Western music through creative composition projects, listening exercises intended to develop aural skills, and the analysis of musical examples from a broad range of styles and genres. It gives readers the opportunity to practice new vocabulary, as well as their performance and analytic skills, in the context of complete compositions.The7th Editionhas been thoroughly revised and expanded, yet maintains the intent of its original author, Earl Henry. It incorporates a broader range of musical examples and styles, along with revised and expanded aural skills methods and exercises. So, whether readers are preparing for a career in music, or simply want to develop their appreciation for this musical language, they will learn the terms, symbols, practices, and conventions that make Western music sound the way it does.

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Five Straight Lines A History of Music


Free Download Five Straight Lines: A History of Music by Andrew Gant
English | May 17, 2022 | ISBN: 1781257779 | 608 pages | PDF | 17 Mb
Whether you prefer Baroque or pop, Theremins or violins, the music you love and listen to shapes your world. But what shaped the music? Ranging across time and space, this book takes us on a grand musical tour from music’s origins in prehistory right up to the twenty-first century. Charting the leaps in technology, thought and practice that led to extraordinary revolutions of music in each age, the book takes us through medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy and Jazz era America to reveal the rich history of music we still listen to today. From Mozart to McCartney, Schubert to Schoenberg, Professor Andrew Gant brings to life the people who made the music, their techniques and instruments, as well as the places their music was played, from sombre churches to rowdy taverns, stately courts to our very own homes.

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Christmas Sheet Music Anthology Over 100 Hand-Picked Holiday Essentials Arranged for PianoVocalGuitar


Free Download Christmas Sheet Music Anthology: Over 100 Hand-Picked Holiday Essentials Arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar by Various
English | October 1, 2021 | ISBN: 1705140203 | 352 pages | MOBI | 111 Mb
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Over 100 essential standards, carols, pop hits, fun songs, and more, in one gorgeous collection, featuring an embossed cover and comb-bound binding so the book will lay flat while playing. Includes: All I Want for Christmas Is You * Blue Christmas * Do You Hear What I Hear * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * Jingle Bells * The Little Drummer Boy * Mary, Did You Know? * Mele Kalikimaka * The Most Wonderful Time of the Year * O Holy Night * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Santa Baby * Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town * Silent Night * Silver Bells * Where Are You Christmas? * White Christmas * and more.

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Ancient Music in Antiquity and Beyond Collected Essays (2009-2019)


Free Download Ancient Music in Antiquity and Beyond: Collected Essays (2009-2019) By Pöhlmann, Egert
2020 | 308 Pages | ISBN: 3110664216 | PDF | 8 MB
Seit der Renaissance bemüht sich die Altertumswissenschaft um die Wiedergewinnung der antiken Musik, die erst durch Papyrusfunde des 19. und 20. Jh.s wieder wirklich greifbar geworden ist. Der vorliegende Band mit ausgewählten Schriften von Egert Pöhlmann beleuchtet diverse Bereiche, die in diesen Prozess der Wiedergewinnung einfließen, darunter eine Abhandlung zur Oralen Tradition griechischer Musik bei Ps.Plutarch, Aufsätze zur Musik in den Werken des Aristophanes, eine Abhandlung zu den ambrosianischen Hymnen und dem Einfluss römischer Musik in der Spätantike sowie auch eine Schrift zur Tradition antiker griechischer Musik im Mittelalter und in der Renaissance. Somit bildet diese Sammlung einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Fortleben der antiken Musik und Literatur.

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Ancient Music in Antiquity and Beyond Collected Essays (2009-2019)


Free Download Ancient Music in Antiquity and Beyond: Collected Essays (2009-2019) By Pöhlmann, Egert
2020 | 308 Pages | ISBN: 3110664216 | PDF | 8 MB
Seit der Renaissance bemüht sich die Altertumswissenschaft um die Wiedergewinnung der antiken Musik, die erst durch Papyrusfunde des 19. und 20. Jh.s wieder wirklich greifbar geworden ist. Der vorliegende Band mit ausgewählten Schriften von Egert Pöhlmann beleuchtet diverse Bereiche, die in diesen Prozess der Wiedergewinnung einfließen, darunter eine Abhandlung zur Oralen Tradition griechischer Musik bei Ps.Plutarch, Aufsätze zur Musik in den Werken des Aristophanes, eine Abhandlung zu den ambrosianischen Hymnen und dem Einfluss römischer Musik in der Spätantike sowie auch eine Schrift zur Tradition antiker griechischer Musik im Mittelalter und in der Renaissance. Somit bildet diese Sammlung einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Fortleben der antiken Musik und Literatur.

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