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Drum Circle - A Guide to World Percussion - Book Review

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Alfred Publishing has published a number of world percussion books. What sets Drum Circle: A Guide To World Percussion aside from others is that the book or CD can be purchased separately or together. This aspect alone could be very appealing for educators. Drum Circle: A Guide To World Percussion appears to be written for music and social studies teachers and drum enthusiasts looking to bring new ideas into their playing. The authors cover 28 different instruments, grouping similar instruments together in single chapters. The format for each chapter is consistent, beginning with interesting historical and origin factoids. Tuning and playing position are then discussed prior to demonstrating the performance technique. Close to 90 black-and-white photographs aptly demonstrate playing position and technique. Drum Circle: A Guide To World Percussion truly is a fantastic introduction to a large number of percussion instruments from around the globe. Here, players will be introduced to Braz
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Learn Practical Guitar Playing Tips With Learn and Master Guitar

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Guitar playing is an art and not everyone is a gifted guitarist. This article is devoted to all those guitar lovers who have at some point of their life or the other, experienced a deep desire to learn playing guitar. Well, guitar learning is not as difficult as people say it is. At least with the DVD series of the Learn and Master Guitar program, the challenging task of learning to play the guitar becomes much more easy and uncomplicated. This program has such a wide range of guitar concepts, techniques and styles to teach, that any person who follows this program is sure to learn the guitar quite fluently, confidently, flawlessly and with a reasonably high degree of versatility within a few months of starting with this program. This best part about this program is that apart from the rich knowledge that it provides through the video lessons, it also provides an unlimited amount of practical tips, which add a lot of life to your guitar playing skills, in addition to making guitar play
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Dante University Press Publishes Bravo! Greatness of Italian Music

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Historian Guy Graybill undoubtedly loves music as well as history. So if you are a fan of either, I am certain you will want to consider his latest book, Bravo! Greatness of Italian Music, published by the Dante University Press. I must say immediately that I very much enjoyed this writer's brilliant presentation of what many will see as a major historical text with indepth, well-documented information on his chosen topic. This is very true! But there were subtle small touches that added to my personal delight, such as: · His use of Acts rather than the common "chapter" to separate his material. · His choice of highlighting both Sinatra and Pavarotti on the cover to show the breadth of his content. · His inclusion of small asides of personal opinion and/or tidbits of humor that normally would never appear in a significant research effort; for instance his personal comment about ballet: "What perversity resides within the masculine soul that drives men to create
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Music Business Books - 2 Best Choices For the Serious Musician

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If you are a musician concerned about making money in your chosen field, you know you need to educate yourself about the business of music. Of all the great music business books out there that I've seen, two stand out as ideal for the musician ready to make a serious study of music industry. Donald Passman's All You Need to Know about the Music Industry is a great choice for the performing artist; in addition to getting deep into the nitty-gritty of copyright, royalties, and record contracts, he walks musicians through the critical process of picking lawyers, managers, accountants, and other professional managers. The great strength of this dense book is in its detail; Mr. Passman takes common music business terms and explains what they are and how they affect artists. Mr. Passman's grimly humorous explanations and illustrations of recoupment, the practice of record companies charging back all album expenses against artists' royalties, are excellent examples of informat
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Acoustic Treatments Basics - Types and Forms of Acoustic Treatment And Where They Can Be Used

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Architectural acoustic treatments for beginners! There is a key difference between acoustic treatment and soundproofing - acoustic treatment aims to make a room optimal for the benefit of a given application, rather than preventing sound from escaping. In this post, we will discuss what options are available to achieve this. Room Size, Dimensions and Shape Room dimensions have a significant impact on what is heard in the room. Sound waves can bounce of walls and add on to the direct sound, leading to early reflections, flutter echo, and reverberation. The larger the room, the bigger their effects. How much of it we want added to our direct sound really depends on the application. Is it going to be a concert hall for classical music? Are we recording instruments here so that they can be suitable for studio work? These applications have different demands and require the appropriate type of acoustic treatment. It is evident that acoustic treatment is as much a science as it is an art. In
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