Theory of music & musicology books

When progressive rock band King Crimson released Starless and Bible Black in 1974, very few recognized the astonishing...  Read More >>

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In this newly updated third edition of his classic History of Jazz, author Ted Gioia brings the story of jazz to...  Read More >>

All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not true, says...  Read More >>

All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not true, says...  Read More >>

One of Germany's best-known exponents of North Indian classical music, specifically dhrupad singing, Perer Pannke...  Read More >>

Book of Arpeggios for Guitar is a comprehensive collection of arpeggios for guitar players at every skill level....  Read More >>

The volume assembles interdisciplinary essays investigating concepts of harmony at a time when the Pythagorean notion...  Read More >>

Die mit Leo Kestenbergs Namen verbundene Reform der Schulmusik in Preussen hat das Selbstverstandnis des Fachs Musik,...  Read More >>

The concept of improvisation basically means to do something spontaneously, exclusive of planning ahead. While the...  Read More >>

When he emerged from the nightclubs of Greenwich Village, Bob Dylan was often identified as a ""protest"" singer....  Read More >>

Japanese music began to evolve with Koizumi's Tetrachord theory, birthed by Fumio Koizumi, who created a scale based...  Read More >>

Japanese music began to evolve with Koizumi's Tetrachord theory, birthed by Fumio Koizumi, who created a scale based...  Read More >>

Japanese music began to evolve with Koizumi's Tetrachord theory, birthed by Fumio Koizumi, who created a scale based...  Read More >>

This book explores the role of sound and music in mind-body mechanisms, consciousness, communication, and emotion...  Read More >>

This book explores the role of sound and music in mind-body mechanisms, consciousness, communication, and emotion...  Read More >>

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Un acorde suspendido se deriva de un acorde mayor en el que la tercera es sustituida por una segunda o una cuarta...  Read More >>

Guides modern performers and scholars through the intricacies of German Baroque metric theory, via analyses of treatises...  Read More >>

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The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. The book is divided into 5 parts -Part...  Read More >>

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. The book is divided into 5 parts -Part...  Read More >>

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. The book is divided into 5 parts -Part...  Read More >>

How to teach Composition in the secondary classroom presents 50 creative ideas to support every aspect of composing...  Read More >>

The Power Of Why: WHY 21 Musicians Created A Program and why you should too is a collection of 21 global author-contributors...  Read More >>