Category Archives: Education

The Routledge Research Companion to Modernism in Music

By | August 27, 2021

The Routledge Research Companion to Modernism in Music Modernism in music still arouses passions and is riven by controversies. Taking root in the early decades of the twentieth century, it achieved ideological dominance for almost three decades following the Second World War, before becoming the object of widespread critique in the last two decades of the century, both… Read More »

Schoenberg’s Atonal Music: Musical Idea, Basic Image & Specters of Tonal Function

By | August 27, 2021

Schoenberg’s Atonal Music: Musical Idea, Basic Image & Specters of Tonal Function Award-winning author Jack Boss returns with the ‘prequel’ to Schoenberg’s Twelve-Tone Music (Cambridge, 2014) demonstrating that the term ‘atonal’ is meaningful in describing Schoenberg’s music from 1908 to 1921. This book shows how Schoenberg’s atonal music can be understood in terms of successions of pitch and… Read More »

John Williams Score Collection PDF

By | August 27, 2021

John Williams Score Collection PDF This is a huge PDF collection of John Williams scores acquired over the years. It contains most of the publicly available Suites, as well as complete scores for many well known pictures, some piano transcriptions and also handwritten sketches. Because of the different nature of those scores, legibility is not always of the… Read More »

Grounding the Analysis of Cognitive Processes in Music Performance

By | August 27, 2021

Grounding the Analysis of Cognitive Processes in Music Performance Through the systematic analysis of data from music rehearsals, lessons, and performances, this book develops a new conceptual framework for studying cognitive processes in musical activity. Grounding the Analysis of Cognitive Processes in Music Performance draws uniquely on dominant paradigms from the fields of cognitive science, ethnography, anthropology, psychology,… Read More »

Popular Music Pedagogies: A Practical Guide for Music Teachers

By | August 27, 2021

Popular Music Pedagogies: A Practical Guide for Music Teachers Popular Music Pedagogies: A Practical Guide for Music Teachers provides readers with a solid foundation of playing and teaching a variety of instruments and technologies, and then examines how these elements work together in a comprehensive school music program. With individual chapters designed to stand independently, instructors can adapt… Read More »

Pro Tools – First: Fundamentals of Audio Production PDF

By | August 27, 2021

Pro Tools – First: Fundamentals of Audio Production PDF Pro Tools | First: Fundamentals of Audio Production introduces users to the power of Pro Tools software and marks the first steps toward developing core skills in audio production. The book covers the basic principles you’ll need to complete a Pro Tools | First project, from initial setup to… Read More »

Sound On Sound USA – September 2021 PDF

By | August 27, 2021

Sound On Sound USA – September 2021 PDF Sound On Sound is the world’s best recording technology magazine, packed full of in-depth, independent product tests, including music software, studio hardware, keyboards and live sound (PA) gear. Every issue also includes SOS’s unique step-by-step tutorial and technique columns on all the leading DAW programs, as well as insightful interviews… Read More »

MIXING EDM MUSIC: The Spectacular Mixing Secrets of the Pros to Make Mind-blowing EDM Songs on Your Computer

By | August 26, 2021

MIXING EDM MUSIC: The Spectacular Mixing Secrets of the Pros to Make Mind-blowing EDM Songs on Your Computer (Biggest Mixing Mistakes to Avoid for EDM Production, Mixing Heavy Music & Mastering) Kindle Edition Finally revealed: the best-kept mixing secrets for EDM music production Only if you’re lucky, it will take years if not decades to figure out how… Read More »

Pickup Music 7 Major Scale Modes In 7 Days TUTORIAL

By | August 26, 2021

Pickup Music 7 Major Scale Modes In 7 Days TUTORIAL This Master Class is your intensive, online introduction to the seven modes of the major scale — a fundamental area of study for any guitarist serious about their learning journey. Modes made simple! All too often, modes are regarded as a lofty, confusing concept, but they don’t have… Read More »

Philosophy of Modern Music PDF

By | August 26, 2021

Philosophy of Modern Music PDF In this classic work, Adorno revolutionized music theory through an analysis of two composers he saw as polar opposites, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky. Philosophy of Modern Music presents a profound study of key musical works of the twentieth century. But it is more than this because, as always with Adorno, a wide… Read More »

30 Christmas Carols for Guitar Duet

By | August 21, 2021

30 Christmas Carols for Guitar Duet 30 classic Christmas carols arranged for guitar duet (in standard notation and tablature). Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High, Deck the Halls, The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Joy to the World, O Christmas Tree, O Come All… Read More »

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony PDF

By | August 21, 2021

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony PDF Written during Tchaikovsky’s years as professor at the renowned Moscow Conservatory, this volume presents a clear and thorough introduction to the study of harmony. The great Russian composer expounded upon his views of music while he was in the full flower of his creative powers, offering students… Read More »

Beat Specials English Edition Synth Secrets 2021 PDF

By | August 20, 2021

Beat Specials English Edition Synth Secrets 2021 PDF In our Synth Secrets eBook, we dig deep into the bag of tricks and reveal tips for synthesizers and instruments from everyday studio life that not everyone knows. We show you how to create your own signature sounds with software and hardware synths and with effects, specialised tools and DAWs.… Read More »