Educational

Until recently, guitar players had reason to feel left out of the great electronic revolution in music today. After a few false starts and several years of development, however, the new technology has become an accessible and relatively inexpensive tool for the vast expansion of every guitar player's musical creativity. The development of both improved guitar synthesizers and of guitars as 'triggering' devices for MIDI setups, means players can now use their axe to play other instruments with an entire new vocabulary or preset or programmed sounds, rhythms, and special effects. Guitar Synth and MIDI is the first book to explain the new guitar revolution in both theory and practice. Included are basic information and technique on the history and development of guitar synthesizers, basic synthesis, MIDI sampling, triggering, and how particular artists like Andy Summers, Frank Zappa, Al DiMeola, Robert Fripp, Lee Ritenour and others are currently using synthesis and MIDI in their own guitar playing. From choosing equipment to using it, recording or on-stage performance, here is essential information and inspiration for every modern guitarist.

Be successful in the world of hard disk recorders! If you are new to hard disk recording, or if you're just seeking more background knowledge, this book contains a wealth of information. Modern computer-based recording technology offers all sorts of inspiring tools, and the hard disk recorder is at the center of it all. This book takes you from the very beginning with an overview, to practical tips for taking advantage of the choices you have with this flexible recording system. Topics include: setting up a hard drive; how hard disk recordings work; principles of audio editing; nondestructive editing; maintaining a hard drive; how a work station operates; and more. A glossary of terms supports your reading as you dive into this musical adventure. This book is a perfect first step to a whole new era of recording technology!

This book is a step-by-step guide to MI's well-known Harmony and Theory class. It includes complete lessons and analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures; transposition, chord inversions, key centers; harmonizing the major and minor scales; and more!

Are you ready for a jam session? Add harmonic flavor to familiar melodies with quick 'n easy musical recipes. Layer in guitars, keyboards, autoharp, and other pitched and non-pitched instruments for a smorgasbord of sound! Harmony Cookbook provides a sequential approach to chord progressions (major, minor and dominant 7th), beginning with lighter one-chord arrangements and progressing to more full-bodied versions. Percussion grooves from the popular Percussion Cookbook can be added to these arrangements for even fuller taste! It's all here for you, step-by-step instructions, piano/vocal arrangements, reproducible singer and jam accompaniment sheets and a professionally-produced CD recording for classroom or performance. Instructional jam tracks are also provided on the CD as a practice tool to help students learn the various chord progressions in each song. 8 songs. Available: Book/CD Pak (with reproducible singer/instrument pages). For Gr. 2-6.

This book by versatile trumpet player and composer Randy Sandke is divided into three parts. In Part One, he identifies and organizes all four-note chords which lie beyond the tonal system and cannot be represented by conventional chord systems. Part Two deals with deriving melodic material from these metatonal chords, and in Part Three, Sandke shows how he has used these ideas in his own music, with example pieces included for symphony orchestra and jazz quintet. A fresh, creative approach to improvisation ... Highly recommended. - Michael Brecker

Hello-oooo! Hello-oooo! Help young singers develop their listening and pitch matching skills while reinforcing basic music concepts - and have fun doing it!! These educational echos will motivate students to respond to common patterns of sound that involve pitch direction, high/low, loud/soft, intervals, sequence, steady beat and more! Students will also develop motor skills and beat awareness with simple movement sequences for each song, and expand learning with fun extension activities. This creative collection of 36 echo songs includes melody lines with chord symbols and a sing-along CD for hands-free teaching and assessment options. Available: Book/CD Pak (with reproducible pages). For Gr. K-3.

Basic survival may be your top priority when you accept an assignment as the substitute music teacher! Equip yourself with this invaluable kit of kid-tested songs, games, activities, practice pages and detailed teaching suggestions for each. Use these substitute plans as complete lessons or as supplements to the regular music teacher's lesson plans. You and your students never thought music class could be so much fun! The Instrument Sound Samples cassette contains sound samples of electronic, folk and orchestral instruments and provides a perfect supplement to games in the book. For Grades K-6.

This book is everything a musician, filmmaker, or content user needs to know about placing music into film, TV, games, and commercials. Created for musicians and music supervisors, this comprehensive compendium of real-life licensing and music placement examples will lead the musician, writer, or potential content acquirer down the path of music rights do's and don'ts. Music licensing and rights terms are defined as well as detailed description on the clearance process. Culled from numerous speaking engagements and twenty-five years in the music industry, veteran music executive Brooke Wentz brings to light her thoughts on current rights issues and how we are moving closer to a copyright cartel. This book reveals the secrets to content acquisition and the innuendos involved for securing music, one of the most complex and always changing IP's to lock down.