The Music Effect, Book 1

Whether you need a Guitar amplifier a sound system a multi-effects unit for a Bass Guitar or Keyboard amplifier the Amplifiers And Effects Tipbook will help you make a good choice.Two chapters explain general features (controls equalizers speakers MIDI etc.) and amplifiers bass amps keyboard amps acoustic amps and sound systems.Effects and effect units are dealt with in detail and there are dedicated chapters on microphones and pickups as well as on cables and wireless systems.

Covers all aspects of orchestral flute playing including technical areas such as articulation and low solos as well as standard orchestral repertoire. A huge collection of well-known and less familiar melodies from across the centuries and a complete guide on approaching each one effectively. Book 1 covers composers A-P. Book 2 covers composers R-Z.

Bruce Springsteen is one of today's great songwriters with a style that is all his own. This book uses his work as the starting point for a master class in the art of writing powerful – and successful – songs.Songwriting guru Rikky Rooksby takes Springsteen's songs apart and shows how the common techniques they use can help you: structure intros verses choruses and bridges • write songs using anything from two to seven chords• arrange instruments for maximum effect • mimic the sound of Springsteen's chords • write lyrics that ring true and hit home. This book will change the way you listen to Springsteen's songs and revitalize the wayyou write your own.

The Taylor Guitar Book. Growing from a small custom shop in the early 1970s to the only new brand to have challenged the traditional Big Three of American acoustic Guitars (Gibson, Guild, and Martin), Taylor has effectively changed the marketplace for acoustic steel-string Guitars and influenced every other maker of acoustic stringed instruments. But Taylor's influence in the Guitar market goes far beyond the Guitars themselves. Having pioneered the use of modern building techniques ? such as utilizing CNC machines, UV-finishing, etc. ? the company has been an undisputed leader when it comes to innovation. Taylor's latest efforts are concentrated on wood conservation, and again, the company is setting the example that the industry is following. The Taylor Guitar Book combines a historical storyline with useful hands-on information about model changes over the years ? to help readers learn how to identify and date a Taylor ? and features shop and factory photos (both historical and current) as well as full-color images of Guitars.

This how-to guide is ideal for musicians who are new to the complexities of digital recording as well as for those who want to keep up with the fast-changing technology. Providing detailed guidance on using hard disk and DATtechnologies stand-alone workstations computer-based DAWs surround sound 5.1 and more plus related hardware and software-based tools such as Softsynths plug-ins and software samplers this book also surveys two-track audiorecorders/editors host-based audio/MIDI programs and CD mastering. Its analysis of emerging technology helps readers make informed decisions for creating and operating a cost-effective professional-level digital studio at home.

Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs from Cream and Led Zeppelin through Nirvana and Soundgarden to Metallica U2 and the White Stripes. The first half of the book analyzes classic rock riffs and reveals the stories behind their creation. Easy-to-read text describes and explains each riff supported by illustrations and a CD of audio examples. The book's second section shows how to construct great riffs and why they work. Readers learn how to shape a melody integrate a guitar riff with the rest of a song enhance a riff with effects and work with intervals and scales to build riffs.

Vintage Guitar Books-Knowledge and information are vital in the dynamic world of collectible Guitars and gear and no source provides it better than The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide.With listings for more than 2 000 brands along with 1 300 photos and more than 200 000 copies sold The Guide is the industry's hands-down leading source of pricing information on guitars basses amps effects lap steels steels ukuleles mandolins and banjos all in one book!

Par BAY WILLIAM. Une collection très pratique de 24 chansons populaires harmonica emballé avec un CD split-piste ! Musique agréable à jouer. Excellent jeu-le long du répertoire pour la pratique avec un harmonica diatonique C. Toutes les sélections sont effectuées sur le disque compact de compagnon. Comprend une section sur la technique de base et de la lecture de la musique et dispose d\'un graphique de la note diatonique avec chaque chanson. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Folk - Solos / Méthode / Harmonica Diatonique

Par COOK GARY. Ce livre contient des originaux et tunes standards effectuées par deux fois lauréat National Flatpick guitare Champion Gary Cook. Empruntant beaucoup de styles de guitare acoustique, cet ouvrage fournira un aperçu technique de guitare de Gary. Les sélections dans cette gamme de livre de flatpicking rythme rapide à la musique western swing - vous apprendrez beaucoup de plaisir et d'arrangements inusités. La notation et l'onglet pour chaque chanson et le CD qui l'accompagne, permet aux joueurs de nombreux niveaux de compétences d'apprendre de ces chansons. Exemples de sélections de concours de Gary, originales compositions réalisées sur plusieurs instruments, et autres mélodies familières effectuée dans le style unique de Gary sont inclus dans ce livre. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Bluegrass - Solos / Recueil / Guitare Flatpick et Plectre

This volume contains several of Debussy's best known and most-admired compositions including some of his most brilliant works for piano: the technically challenging 'Etudes' the witty and appealing 'Children's Corner' and the sparkling 'Images Book II' as well as other intriguing lesser-known works. Pianists will enjoy the extraordinary diversity of these pieces and their rare often surprising musical effects. All of the works included have been reprinted from authoritative French editions.

Par BAY WILLIAM. Maîtriser la guitare est une méthode novatrice, complète pour apprendre la guitare. Niveau 2 livre c comprend une foule de contester et solos de guitare créative, les duos et les études dans les clés de la bémol, fa mineur, G-mineur, ré bémol et si bémol mineur. Spéciales concepts présentés dans le présent volume comprennent : base improvisation, variations rythmiques, barre chords, clés de position A-plat/fermé, études de ton passage, échelles harmonisées, western swing, fingerstyle performance, études de progression de corde, blues, accords, communs licks rock et blues, chords chaîne basse, rythmes latins et comping. Matériau solo de guitare fourni dans le rock, de jazz, de bluegrass, latine, blues, Baroque, Renaissance et d\'une grande variété de périodes historiques et les styles de musique contemporaines. Maîtriser la guitare 2 C coffret Double CD est un enregistrement d\'accompagner le volume du même titre. Ces CD contiennent plus de tous les paramètres solo et en duo, trouvé dans le livre effectuée par William Bay, Mike Christiansen et John McClellan. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Guitare

The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2014 offers the data experts use to track the values of Guitars Basses lap steels Mandolins Ukuleles Banjos amps and effects. And new this year is practical professional advice on maintaining your collection.With more 176 000 copies sold to date The Guide has long been the industry-leading reference trusted by Guitar dealers professional players and collectors worldwide.The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2014 includes historical data along with values derived from comprehensive research and hard-nosed realistic market analysis. At over 600 pages withinformation on more than 2 000 brands and illustrated with 1 300 photos no other source offers more information.

Add unique saxophone sounds to your palette of colours! The saxophone is capable of a great range of sounds from laughs and growls to multiphonics and percussion effects. This book shows you how to do 19 different inventiveeffects with etudes that put them in a musical context. The accompanying CD provides play-along tracks for the etudes and examples of each sound effect in isolation.

Audio and Video Access Included-Create effective film scores! This book presents a framework for creative decision-making that will lead to producing the best music for a given scene. It supports artists working in film television video games or other media. The framework encourages clarity of concept and facilitates productive communication between the composer and director music supervisor and others involved with the project. Two case studies featuring audio and video illustrate how different creative choices can control the expressive effect of the scene. Practical worksheets are included which will help your team brainstorm articulate organize and communicate your collective ideas anddecisions. Whether you are creating music yourself or working with a composer this book will help you develop the music that is optimized for storytelling.

Leading to Mastery of the Instrument-The John W. Schaum Piano Course is a time-honoured tutor book for young beginners to start them off with the basics and eventually leading them to mastery. The Red Book is for beginners at around Grade 1 standard.   The John W. Schaum Piano Course is an authoritative and comprehensive tutor series for beginners of all ages. It's incredibly well-presented with colour pictures useful information and guidance material. The aim of the book is to teach in the most natural and enjoyable way through popular melodies. The method enables the student to progress in a logical fashion through Pre A toF. This Red Book is intended for pupils who have progressed from the Pre-A Green Book presenting a smooth transition that introduces new concepts while reinforcing old ones.   Of all the innumerable tutor series out there the John W. Schaum books receive some of the widest acclaim from teachers and students of all ages. Presenting all of the essential information clearly and simply it also uses easy-to-use diagrams and pictures to help visualise often complex information. These books are the perfect blend of a challenge without being frustratingly difficult if you already have some musical experience or you're a teenage or adult beginner this book will be ideal but for younger beginners or those with absolutely no musical experience the Pre-A Green book is probably more appropriate.   Introducing sight-reading initially the Red Book moves through all of the fundamentals such as the C Major position rhythm melodies scales different chords different intervals and so on. All the way through there are practical examples that help to put the theoretical ideas into a musical context while also helping students to gain some immediate satisfaction from their learning which is always essential.   For an effective and efficient Piano tutor course for beginners of all ages the John W. Schaum Piano Course Red Book holds fantastic reviews from our customers and us.