Contains nearly 1000 pages of precise and accessible information on all musical subjects.
Ear training for the contemporary guitarist, the ultimate guide to music for blues, rock and jazz guitarists
This companion to the popular book Theory for the Contemporary Guitarist” starts with the basics of pitch discrimination and leads you to making fine distinctions between interval types, chord types, scales and chord progressions.
Everything is organized in a handy workbook format with correct answers provided for all exercises. Examples are shown in standard music notation and TAB. A CD demonstrating all the examples played on guitar is included.
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Play It Loud, Instruments of Rock and Roll
Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound. Seven engrossing essays by veteran music journalists and scholars discuss the technical developments that fostered rock’s seductive riffs and driving rhythms; the evolution of the classic lineup of two guitars, bass, and drums; the thrilling innovations and expanded instrumentation musicians have explored to achieve unique effects; the powerful visual impact instruments have had; and the essential role they have played in the most memorable moments of rock and roll history.
Abundant photographs depict rock’s most iconic instruments—including Jerry Lee Lewis’s baby grand piano, Chuck Berry’s Gibson ES-350T guitar, John Lennon’s twelve-string Rickenbacker 325, Keith Moon’s drum set, and the white Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock—both in performance and as works of art in their own right.
Produced in collaboration with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this astounding book goes behind the music to offer a rare, in-depth look at the instruments that inspired the musicians and made possible the songs we know and love.
Belwin’s 21st Century Bass Neck Diagram Book
Convenient tear-out pages of professional quality manuscript paper containing full length neck diagrams. Informative reference pages cover topics such as music and tab notation, chord construction, and rhythm notation.
Anatomy of a Home Studio, How Everything Really Works, from Microphones to MIDI
From the pages of Electronic Musician magazine come these words of wisdom from Scott Wilkinson. He bridges the information gap between beginner and high-end user as he demystifies the decibel, explains SCSI secrets, and makes sense of MIDI.
Other topics include the principles of digital audio, effects processors, microphones and more. You’ll also get two glossaries: one general and the other packed with Internet terms.
365 Guitars, Amps & Effects You Must Play, The Most Sublime, Bizarre and Outrageous Gear Ever
Here is the ultimate bucket list of guitars, amps, and effects that aficionados must play. Included are classics, dream creations, the outrageous, and your beloved childhood guitar. Photographs and memorabilia make this the perfect impulse buy or giftbook for all guitarists.
Directory of Contemporary American Musical Instrument Makers
This unique reference book is a compendium of makers and manufacturers of every variety of musical instrument made in the United States today. It provides names and addresses of instrument makers indexed alphabetically.
Each entry gives all known information on the total and annual number of instruments the maker has produced, the number of workers in the shop, the year the individual or firm began manufacturing instruments, whether the instruments are available on demand or made to order, and whether a brochure is available from the maker.
Complete cross-references are provided for companies known by more than one name, for partnerships, and for parent and subsidiary firms. Instruments are also indexed, and makers are listed by state for the convenience of the reader.
Lists of schools of instrument making and relevant organizations and publications are included as appendixes. The directory will serve two major purposes. First, it will be an invaluable source of information for historians and for the rapidly growing number of collectors of musical instruments, who will be able to use the data gathered here in appraising instruments and tracing their history.
The second purpose is simply to increase communication among instrument makers and to make their names available to retail and wholesale outlets for their products.
