Essential Dictionary of Music Notation

This most practical and concise source for musical notation is perfect for all musicians from amateur to professional. Easy-to-use dictionary format with concise text that is clearly illustrated. Key words and concepts are highlighted. Over 75 topics spanning 348 pages.

The Jazz Guitar Chord Gig Bag Book with over 1000 jazz Guitar chord voicings in tab format contained within is an essential resource for jazz guitarists whether they're amateurs looking to improve on theirbasic knowledge or seasoned players looking for an invaluable reference guide. The handy and compact layout of this convenient Chord Book allows you to quickly and easily find the exactchord you are looking for. Included is a logical layout of the almost innumerable harmonic variations of each Guitar chord as well as the great reference system for substitutions and related chords. This makes the JazzGuitar Chord Gig Bag Book absolutely essential for any guitarist looking to expand their harmonic horizons.  It is not only a reference guide though the lengthy introduction exploreswhat jazz harmony is how chord variations and voicings contribute to it and how knowing them can enhance your playing. With sections for chords built from every root note divided into major minor suspended augmented dominant diminished and slash chords this book is as close as you can get to a comprehensive dictionary of jazz chords that sound rich interesting and beautiful. The infinite different ways of voicing each chord are condensedinto the most popular and musical so you'll be able to use The Jazz Guitar Chord Book to help you improvise with other musicians in an inventive way as well as keep those chops up tospeed.  The Jazz Guitar Chord Book is compatible with all jazz chord symbol notation so you'll be able to use it in conjunction with all fake/real books or simply to find anychord that you might need. Its compact size and durable design means it will slip perfectly into any gig bag and the spiral binding means flipping to any chord is simple and efficient. You'll be able to take this Gig Bag

A comprehensive dictionary of jazz chords containing keyboard diagrams and standard notation for over 250 essential chords.

The Parallel German-English Texts with Annotations-The major choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach-the Christmas Easter and Ascension Oratorios and the St. Matthew St. Mark and St. John Passions-stand as the most frequently-performed and penetratingly discussed of the genre. Renowned Bach scholar Michael Marissen has assembled a compact well-designed and ideally useful treatment of Bach's oratorios providing the full German texts with literal English translations and copious annotations. He provides strict literal translations of these texts with citations from the Luther Bible as it was known in Bach's day along side extensive footnotes that provide information addressing the interests and concerns of today's Bachcommunity. These are the first translations of the librettos from Bach's oratorios to accommodate the many sense-clarifying allusions to the readings of the Luther Bibles in Bach's day to explore from historical dictionaries the meanings of previously unnoticed archaic usages and to contrast relevant findings from modern biblical scholarship. Marissen's insights are particularly helpful his thoroughness is impressive and the book will be a longstanding definitive and essential reference for choral directors performers audience members and Bach scholars alike.