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Q&A | May 16, 2012

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  1. What's That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Its History, 2e

    'With innovative listening guides (both print and electronic), a rich visual program, and a strong support package, the text gives students a comprehensive and engaging introduction to rock history. '... (read more)

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  2. Banjo on the Mountain

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  3. How Music REALLY Works!

    Now in its 2nd edition, How Music REALLY Works!: The Essential Handbook for Songwriters, Performers, and Music Students, is the classic 'how-to' manual for anyone interested in playing, singing, or writing emotionally powerful music. The book focuses on... (read more)

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  4. When I Left Home

    The autobiography of blues legend Buddy Guy, coauthored by bestselling collaborator David... (read more)

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  5. The Complete Abba (40TH Anniversary Edition)

    For four decades ABBA - the combined talents of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - has been a global music phenomenon, clocking up record sales of over 360 million. For the very first time The Complete ABBA compiles... (read more)

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  6. Reel History

    In this engaging hybrid work--a blend of oral history and graphic novel--Stephen Farina finds Juma Sultan in a local phonebook. After an initial meeting at a roadside diner, Juma takes Steve and a fellow researcher to a decrepit barn, which, amazingly... (read more)

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  7. Violin Online String Sampler

    Violin Online String Sampler: Violin Sheet Music is a fun and easy way to actively learn, study and play beautiful violin music from a wide variety of styles and eras. 54 pieces are featured, representing music history periods, styles and cultures... (read more)

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  8. Let's Make Some Noise

    An exploration of the history and intent behind the song lyrics of a great American folk... (read more)

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  9. The Audio Expert

    The Audio Expert is a comprehensive reference that covers all aspects of audio, with many practical, as well as theoretical, explanations. Providing in-depth descriptions of how audio really works, using common sense plain-English explanations and... (read more)

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  10. The Wandering Who

    An explosive unique crucial book tackling the issues of Jewish Identity Politics and ideology and their global influence.... (read more)

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  11. Always in Trouble

    In 1964, Bernard Stollman launched the independent record label ESP-Disk' (short for Esperanto Disko) in New York City to document the free jazz movement there, beginning with iconic saxophonist Albert Ayler. A bare-bones enterprise, ESP was in the right... (read more)

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  12. The Enjoyment of Music, Shorter 10th Edition (Part 2)

    Used by more than 3.5 million students, The Enjoyment of Music has been the most trusted introduction to music for over five decades. The Tenth Edition reaffirms this status in a thoughtful revision offering a more diverse repertory and a stronger... (read more)

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  13. Learn to Play Guitar

    With over 180 photographic examples, illustrations and purpose made diagrams, Learn to Play Guitar is designed to be as comprehensive and clear as possible for students. Covering areas such as technique, fret-board layout, changing between chords... (read more)

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  14. Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex

    Actor and singer Paul Robeson's performances in Othello, Show Boat, and The Emperor Jones made him famous, but his midcentury appearances in support of causes ranging from labor and civil rights to antilynching and American warmongering made him... (read more)

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  15. Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles

    The first concept album in the history of popular music, the soundtrack of the Summer of Love or 'Hippy Symphony No. 1': Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is first and foremost the album that gave rise to 'hopes of progress in pop music' (The Times... (read more)

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  16. Mozart's Da Ponte Operas

    OPERA CLASSICS LIBRARY addresses one of the most extraordinary collaborations in the history of opera: Mozart and Da Ponte, composer and librettist respectively for The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cos fan tutte. The text includes biographical... (read more)

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  17. Blues & Chaos

    Collects the works of the late music critic and contributor to Rolling Stone and arranges them by theme and genre, including gripping stories about John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters and more.... (read more)

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  18. Christmas Solos for Beginning Clarinet

    Easy to intermediate solos scored for clarinet with keyboard accompaniment. An ideal seasonal supplement to any clarinet method.... (read more)

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  19. Jazz Piano Vocabulary

    This book is the 2nd volume in a series designed to help the student of jazz piano learn and apply jazz scales by mastering each scale and its uses in improvisation. Each book focuses on a different scale, illustrating the scale in all twelve keys with... (read more)

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  20. Mel Bay's Fun with the Ocarina

    The ocarina is a pocket-sized wind instrument that anyone can learn. Easy fingering charts are pictured on each page. Ideal for classroom use. For 4 and 5 hole ocarinas.... (read more)

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