The Piano

Published for the first time are Olivier Messiaen's analyses of three important piano works by Maurice Ravel, reconstituted, completed and edited by Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen. In this exceptional study Messiaen invites the reader to share in a total concentration on Ma Mere l'Oye, Gaspard de la Nuit, and Le Tombeau de Couperin that will unfold the harmonic richness, the rhythmic subtlety, the formal invention and the instrumental creativity of Ravel's musical thinking. These personal and far-reaching analyses will allow both performers and listeners to understand more readily the mastery of these works and come closer to the poetic meaning of what Ravel created.

As the author write:"This little volume is a hybrid". It is an elementary instruction book in composing music. But it is also a performance book that can be used by a group of players interested in contemporary music. And it is invitably a reflection of Ross Lee Finney reflection of ideas and convictions about composing music formed from years of teaching experiance. This volume is the first of three. It avoids as much as possible problems of melody and harmony. There are ten pieced included in this book to illustrate not only compositional problems but also to supply music that group can perform to develope technique.

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The AudioPro Home Recording Course was created to familiarise musicians with the fundamentals of studio recording using explanations and examples that are easy to understand.
The text is complemented by hundreds of illustrations and two CDs containing information and audio examples.
Volume two covers: impedance and wiring (high impedance vs. low impedance, terminology, balanced vs. unbalanced); bass guitar (electric/synth, recording, mic techniques, EQ); harmonics/overtones/partials; vocals (recording, mic techniques, effects, EQ); acoustic piano and rhodes (recording, mic techniques, signal processing, sampled sounds, EQ); recording synthesisers (recording, combining textures, EQ, brass); the total recording session (instruments, preparing the recorder, media selection, time code); panning and stereo imaging; mixdown to master product (mixdown machine, tape choice, theories and concepts, setup procedure; building the mix; preparing master for duplication).

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Students join Spike, Party Cat and friends as they travel along the music trail. The journey includes activities that help students use the musical alphabet to read and write notes on the staff.

A method that's fast, fun and designed for the 'do-it-yourselfer.' Familiar songs can be played almost immediately because the student reads only the melody line and chord symbols. Also provides the incentive for continuing serious music study.

This book is to be used in conjunction with Moppets' Rhythms and Rhymes, teacher's Book.
Moppels' Rhythms and Rhymes is a collection of game songs set to strongly rhythmical verses (some Mother Groose) for children from four through seven. While this may seem like a wide age span, Rhythms and Rhymes Teacher's Book explains how the various activities can be used to suit several levels of development.
Rhythms and Rhymes focuses on strengthening the children's innate sense of rhythm and their understanding of melodic direction through body movements, the use of the piano keyboard, rhythm instruments and rhythmical poems and games. It should be used with groups of at least four.
Although the book is planned specifically as a part of the Music for Moppets pre-piano course to be given in the teacher's own music studio, it can also be used very effectively in nursery school, kindergarten, and first grade.
On completion of the Music for Moppets course, the children should be well prepared to continue in a more formalized study for piano, or any other instrument.

Lista utworów:
My Name Song
Left Side
Right Side
Handy Pandy
Finger Wiggler Game
Copy Cat
Play - A - Story
Higgley Piggley
Copy Cat
Ride a Cock Horse
Barber Barber
Rub a dub dub
Mocassin and Beads
Humming Song
See-Saw, Sacaradown
Mister Bunny
Ol' Dan Tucker
Major Song
Minor Song
Major-Minor
Johnny by the hand
Clap and Guess
If Your Mama - If Your Papa

From the selection and preparation of the raw materials to the fine-tuning and finishing of the final product, 88 Keys follows the creation of a piano in the Steinway & Sons factory in Long Island City, New York-a process that has changed little in the one hundred years that Steinway, the world's premier paino manufacturer, has been in bursiness. An introduction relates the history of the piano and traces the history of the Steinway itself. The Story follows step by step the creation of the concert grand piano from 12,000 individual parts. The exquisitely detailed Five levels of exciting and highly effective games that reinforce students' learning of lines and spaces, key signatures, rhythmic patterns, five finger tune-ups, chords, and more. An invaluable resource for teachers as well as parents!

A comprehensive tutor series for beginners of all ages. Well presented with color 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 to F. A recommended and thorough series.

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