Experimentálna hudba: Cage a iní

Cena: 10e

Zámerom knihy bolo identifikovať a zmysluplne utriediť celú oblasť hudby, ktorá sa vymyká nielen klasickej tradícii, ale aj ortodoxným avantgardným smerom, čo z tradície vychádzali.

Guitar Tone: Pursuing the Ultimate Guitar Sound

Cena: 15e (povodna cena 20e)

• Paperback: 362 pages

GUITAR TONE: PURSUING THE ULTIMATE GUITAR SOUND is the ultimate resource for guitarists searching for not just the "best" tone, but also their own individual sound. This book explores all the gear and examines the approaches famous players take to achieve their distinctive tones. You'll look at vintage and new, boutique and mainstream, modern and retro. Along the way, Guitar Tone attempts to sort out the facts versus the myths versus the opinions and explores how each component contributes to the overall tone of our guitars and other gear. The search for tone may not come to a definitive conclusion for most of us, but that doesn't make the journey any less worth taking. It's not easy to achieve great tone, but the reward--the joy of wallowing in the luscious sound of strings resonating in concert with your musical desires--is a reward greater than any other.

How Music Works: A listener's guide to harmony, keys, broken chords, perfect pitch and the secrets of a good tune

Cena: 10 €

• Paperback: 272 pages

Have you ever listened to an incredible piece of music and wondered exactly why it makes you want to dance or cry? Are you mystified by how musicians just 'know' what notes to play next when they're improvising? Or why certain notes sound great together and others clash?

Discover the answers in this ear-opening tour of how music works. John Powell, a classically-trained composer and a physics professor, decided to write this entertaining, pain-free guide to the ingredients of music when he discovered that all the other books on the subject gave him a headache. Here he reveals the often little-known facts and fascinating science behind what we listen to, explaining the basics of harmony, scales, chords, keys and rhythm in a way that's easy for everyone to understand.

He also shows us why a note has a different sound to a normal noise, why Chinese people are more likely to have perfect pitch, and even why Beethoven and Led Zeppelin are musically similar.

This book reveals things that people who play music should know but often don't, and will help all of us - even if we can't read a note - increase our listening pleasure.

Alex Ross - The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Cena: 15 € 

• Paperback: 640 pages

The inspiration behind the South Bank Centre’s year-long festival of 20th century music, Alex Ross’s masterpiece is a sweeping musical history from pre-war Vienna to the Velvet Underground.

The landscape of twentieth-century classical music is a wild one: this was a period in which music fragmented into apparently divergent strands, each influenced by its own composers, performers and musical innovations. In this comprehensive tour, Alex Ross, music critic for the ‘New Yorker’, explores the people and places that shaped musical development: Adams to Zweig, Brahms to Björk, pre-First World War Vienna to ‘Nixon in China’.

Winner of the Guardian First Book Award, this unique portrait of an exceptional era weaves together art, politics and cultural history to show how twentieth-century classical music was both a symptom and a source of immense social change.

Alex Ross - Listen to This

Cena: 5 €

• Paperback: 288 pages

Includes a new chapter on John Cage.

Alex Ross’s award-winning international best-seller, ‘The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century’, has become a contemporary classic, establishing him as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians; this is his much anticipated next book on the subject of music.

In ‘Listen To This’ Alex Ross, the music critic for the New Yorker, looks both backwards and forwards in time, capturing essential figures and ideas in classical music history, as well as giving an alternative view of recent pop music that emphasizes the power of the individual musical voice.

After relating his first encounter with classical music, Ross vibrantly sketches canonical composers such as Schubert, Verdi and Brahms; gives us in-depth interviews wth modern pop masters such as Bjork and Radiohead; and introduces us to music students at a Newark high school and to indie-rock hipsters in Beijing. In his essay ‘Chacona, Lamento, Walking Blues’, Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history - from Renaissance dance to Led Zeppelin - through a few iconic bass lines of celebration and lament.

Whether his subject is Mozart or Bob Dylan, Ross writes in a style at once erudite and lively, showing how music expresses the full complexity of the human condition. He explains how pop music can achieve the status of high art and how classical music can become a vital part of the wider contemporary culture. Witty, passionate and brimming with insight, ‘Listen to This’ teaches us to listen more closely.

Guitar All-in-One For Dummies

Cena: 10 €

• Paperback: 696 pages

Your comprehensive, hands–on guide to playing guitar

Have you always wanted to play the guitar? You can start today with these 8 minibooks. Covering both acoustic and electric guitar, this hands–on resource gives you all the instruction you need to play across multiple genres, whether you′re a beginner or an experienced guitarist.

You′ll find plenty of tips for playing easier and more complex pieces — and for composing your own. Plus, you can play along with examples on the bonus CD! Gear up to start playing — understand the different parts of a guitar, find the right guitar for you, string and tune the instrument, and develop basic playing skills Immerse yourself in sounds and technique — play major and minor chords, master left– and right–hand techniques, and play melodies in position and double–stops Get ready to rock! — from Chuck Berry to Keith Richards to The Edge, see how the best play barre chords, hot licks, and sweet leads Play the blues — explore rhythm and lead techniques, signature riffs, blues progressions, and the achievements of great blues guitarists Go classical — learn about the history of classical guitar, combine arpeggios and melody, and sample different genres Practice, practice, practice — try your hand at major scales, minor scales, and chord exercises to rev up stalled skills Write songs and music — check out different song forms, understand modes, and compose with chords

Open the book and find: Plenty of music examples and practice exercises Musical styles and genres through the years Correct hand position and posture Basic playing techniques Standard music notation and tablature Tips for playing up the neck Ways to solo and improvise leads Different fingerstyles to play Accessories for your guitar A comprehensive guitar chord chart Bonus CD Includes More than 90 tracks all played by the authors Songs from different guitar genres Examples of chord progressions, riffs, and more Major and minor scale patterns

Music Theory For Dummies: with Audio CD

Cena: 8 € 

• Paperback: 336 pages

Grasp the concepts needed to compose, deconstruct, and comprehend music

Whether you′re a student of music or a music lover, Music Theory For Dummies presents you with essential information on how to read, write, and understand music, as well as helpful hints on composing, arranging, and creating original melodies, harmonies, and chords.

Music Theory For Dummies gives you a friendly, unintimidating overview of the material covered in a typical college–level course and makes music theory easy to understand. It includes updated information on current teaching techniques; the newest music examples and genres; information on mastering major and minor scales, using intervals, and recognizing pitches and clefs; the lowdown on rhythms, tempo, dynamics, and navigation; how to transcribe the music you hear and transposing it to other keys; harmonizing and accompanying melodies; composing and arranging for voices and instruments; performing your own music; and much more.

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• Audio CD includes musical excerpts played on a variety of instruments
• Makes learning music theory as enjoyable as it is useful
• Tracks to a typical college–level music theory course

Don′t get discouraged by the seemingly complicated written structure of musical theory. With Music Theory For Dummies, understanding music has never been easier!

CD–ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e–book file, but are available for download after purchase.

The Everything® Piano Book with CD

Cena: 10 €   

• Paperback: 304 pages

Learning the piano can be both fun and easy. Professional pianist Evan A. Copp takes readers through the basics - from posture and proper hand placement, to reading musical notation, to playing simple songs. He then explains scales and music theory as well as techniques for playing by ear and with a group of musicians. "The Everything[registered] Piano Book with CD" features: easy-to-follow instructions for beginners; tips on finding the right teacher; and, exercises to help build up skill level. The CD provides audio examples, so readers can hear how each practice piece should sound. Filled with clear, step-by-step instructions, finger position diagrams, music examples, and tons of professional tips, this guide will have readers playing their favorite songs in no time.