Techniques of Music/Music Tutorials

How can the musician’s ear penetrate the complexities and theoretical abstractions of the twentieth-century music? This book offers a solution: it ...

" . . . a fascinating overall impression of the day-to-day concerns and working environment of a professional musician of the late 17th century." —...

In this present age, aspiring performers, musical artists, and singers of all kinds engage with hip hop and hip-hop stylizations. Turn on the radio...

"Acoustic Guitar Styles" introduces the most popular traditional styles for the acoustic guitar. The step-by-step approach, using a small repertoir...

This engaging and long influential collection of essays looks at the art of singing in its totality. Written in a lively, non-technical style, On t...

A comprehensive guide to the techniques of orchestral playing and the development of non-professional orchestras, Orchestral Performance covers all...

For many beginning-to-intermediate level guitarists, guitar tunings are a mystery. Everyone begins with "standard" tuning and knows its basic stren...

The pandemic and social unrest during the year of 2020 set in motion sudden and drastic changes to how collegiate music was taught. Teachers and st...

Rick Soshensky presents a groundbreaking introduction to music’s power to heal and transform, weaving collections of uplifting case studies from mu...

In The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance, author Vanessa Cornett offers guidelines to help musicians cultivate artistic vision, ...

Students are drawn to mobile technologies such as iPads and smartphones because of the sheer endless possibilities of the digital worlds they hold....

Menahem Pressler is a world-renowned piano soloist, master class teacher, and member of the acclaimed Beaux Arts Trio. In this companion to his fir...

Creative Health for Pianists: Concepts, Exercises & Compositions is a practical method book for musicians of all abilities. It provides a new w...

In this present age, aspiring performers, musical artists, and singers of all kinds engage with hip hop and hip-hop stylizations. Turn on the radio...

The Psychology of Teaching and Learning Music introduces readers to the key theoretical principles, concepts, and research findings about learning ...

Creating music is something that all children find stimulating and exciting. This new and updated edition of the well-established Making Music with...

Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus is a crucial guide for choral conductors who are presented with the daunting task of conducting a full-size ...

Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing the Flute has long been recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century perform...

A master class on piano performance and pedagogy from the world-renowned concert pianist In this newly revised edition of a comprehensive guide to ...

The Contemporary Guitar traces the extraordinary rise of the instrument in concert music over the past century. Though recognized worldwide as a po...

In The Positive Pianist: How Flow Can Bring Passion to Practice and Performance, author Thomas J. Parente applies the concept of flow to the practi...

The concept of genius intrigues us. Artistic geniuses have something other people don’t have. In some cases that something seems to be a remarkable...

Whether you want to learn how to play an instrument, or just refresh your existing capability, whether you sing in a choir, or would simply like to...

Collaborative Action for Change presents new directions in the preparation and lifelong professional development of music educators. The book's cha...

Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past ...

See the joys, challenges, and exciting possibilities associated with jazz ensemble improvisation with Teaching Improv in Your Jazz Ensemble: A Comp...

Building Strong Music Programs uniquely focuses on music programs in the public school community, providing strategies and tools for developing a v...

Plan an entire year of an arts-integrated mathematics curriculum with ready-to-use lesson plans and resources designed for elementary classroom and...

General Music Today is a publication of MENC: The National Association for Music Education for the Society of General Music. The journal features a...

Consider the status of music education as you read Music Education at a Crossroads, a collection of addresses from the Centennial Congress of MENC:...

Building Strong Music Programs uniquely focuses on music programs in the public school community, providing strategies and tools for developing a v...

The first comprehensive teaching manual for guitar, Teaching Classroom Guitar will help you engage your students with relevant content. Designed to...

Whether you're new to working with middle school choirs or seeking advice on improving your effectiveness, you'll appreciate the useful hands-on st...

Plan an entire year of an arts-integrated mathematics curriculum with ready-to-use lesson plans and resources designed for elementary classroom and...

A Concise History of American Music Education covers the history of American music education, from its roots in Biblical times through recent histo...

As we listen and move to music, sing, compose, and play, we engage in musical experiences. These happen in formal learning settings, such as school...

What does it mean to perform expressively on the cello? In Cello Practice, Cello Performance, professor Miranda Wilson teaches that effectiveness o...

What does it mean to perform expressively on the cello? In Cello Practice, Cello Performance, professor Miranda Wilson teaches that effectiveness o...

As we listen and move to music, sing, compose, and play, we engage in musical experiences. These happen in formal learning settings, such as school...

Collaborative Action for Change presents new directions in the preparation and lifelong professional development of music educators. The book's cha...

Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past ...

Sacred music traditions vary profoundly from one religion to the next. Even within the Christian faith, one can hear a wide variety of music among ...

The art of expressive harpsichord playing was lost when the instrument was replaced by the piano in the nineteenth century. Despite the great strid...