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Studio H at Hudson
Studio H is a unique multimedia recording studio at Hudson Regional Library, offering the community a free, fully-equipped, adaptable space for audio recording, videography, photography and interactive technology.
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Learn to Play the Ukulele, 2nd Edition will teach anyone how to play the ukulele overnight. No prior musical experience is assumed. Beginners learn how to hold the instrument, position the hands, strumming techniques, basic chords, and beyond. An enclosed CD guides the reader through a series of exercises, which are organized in progressive fashion (practicing one strum and slowly building to more complicated rhythmic patterns). The CD also includes...
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El presente libro tiene como propósito analizar las proyecciones en la música actual de la modalidad idiomática y las técnicas extendidas de ejecución del siku, la quena y el charango. El objetivo principal es decodificar los alcances productivos que podrían tener en la composición musical y la utilización de estos recursos, desde un soporte organológico precolombino (quena y siku) y colonial (charango). Estos tres instrumentos del área...
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Los músicos están expuestos, más que la mayoría de las profesiones, a lesiones musculares y articulares debido a la repetición de sus movimientos. La mejor manera de prevenirlas es enseñando desde los comienzos la más óptima colocación del instrumento y evitar las alteraciones en el sistema postural.
Este libro ofrece los recursos necesarios en cada tipo de instrumento para mejorar la postura interpretativa y evitar lesiones que mermen el...
4) Instrument
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Instruments tell stories through their appearance as much as through their sound.
Pat Graham's photographs capture the intimate relationship between musician and instrument told by the signs of wear of fingers on frets or keys, chips, scratches, and modifications by the artists who have played, beaten on, bled over, and made them their own.
For more than ten years, Graham has been documenting these amazing instruments and collecting stories about...
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"(Lorica, 1920-Bogotá, 2004) Manuel ha sido uno de los más importantes reivindicadores de los aportes de las comunidades afrodescendientes a la cultura colombiana y latinoamericana. Médico de profesión, antropólogo por vocación, divulgador cultural en revistas, periódicos y radio y, ante todo, un excepcional escritor -su obra incluye cuentos, relatos, obras de teatro, novelas, artículos y ensayos-, puede considerarse como uno de los primeros...
6) Mettle and Metal: The Birth of Steel Pan Music and the History of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra
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The Steel Orchestra is Trinidad and Tobago's musical gift to the world. This is the story of how steelpan music was made possible out of the fire deep within the belly and bowels of those who lived it passionately. The whole world has now been gripped by the power of this distinctive and powerful musical form.
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Slingerland is one of the greatest drum companies of all-time. Rob Cook has lovingly compiled the Slingerland story, with detailed chapters on the family, the Boston background, the company through the decades, Slingerland endorsees and personnel, the Gretsch/HSS era, Gibson's acquisition, and much more. The book features a detailed dating guide, classic ads and catalog pages, and lots of stunning full-color and B&W photos throughout.
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To many vintage guitar fans, it seems inconceivable that Gibson dumped the Sunburst Les Paul in 1960 and, during the following year, introduced a completely new design, the one that we know now as the SG ("solid guitar").
At the time, however, it made good business sense. Sales of the Les Paul were faltering, and Gibson decided to blow a breath of fresh air through its solidbody electric guitar line. The company described the result as an "ultra-thin,...
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Ampeg: The Story Behind the Sound tells the tale of this extraordinary company on its 50th anniversary, weaving together the American success story of the company founder, the role of key inventors and inventions, and the development of innovative music equipment products all against the backgrounds of American pop music and corporate competition in the music industry. Many Ampeg endorsees are profiled, including: Johnny Smith, James Jamerson, Donald...
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Many books have been written about how to build cigar box guitars and other unique hand-made instruments...but few have touched on why. This book presents the authentic stories of American DIY music with step-by-step projects, photo studies of antique instruments, interviews with music legends, and historical accounts. Shane Speal, the "King of the Cigar Box Guitar," brings the making of music and musical instruments back to its roots. From a simple...
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Libre, sin rigor, colorido e irregular son algunas de las indicaciones expresivas que encontraremos en las Tripartitas cromáticas para guitarra, obras caracterizadas por acordes disminuidos y aumentados, por el uso de la escala cromática y de las series dodecafónicas como forma de organización. Exploración integrada orgánica y funcionalmente a la guitarra solista por su creador para desarrollar un discurso musical vital, fúnebre y con gracia,...
12) The Rogers Book
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In this book, author Rob Cook gives the complete history of the Rogers Drum Company, whose drums, in the words of Not-So-Modern Drummer editor John Aldridge, were "the Cadillac of the 1960s... (whose) innovations in hardware design have been copied by almost every drum manufacturer in existence." The Rogers Book covers the company's east coast beginnings, the Covington, OH era, English Rogers, the CBS era, and much more. It includes a list of Rogers...
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In this lively collection of interviews, storied music writer Jas Obrecht presents a celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players. Readers will read--and hear--accounts of the first guitarists on record, pioneering bluesmen, gospel greats, jazz innovators, country pickers, rocking rebels, psychedelic shape-shifters, singer-songwriters, and other movers and shakers....
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This book will teach you how to play erhu, the Chinese violin, at the beginner level. No prior knowledge in Chinese music is needed. In addition, you will know the erhu's structure, the ways to choose a good erhu and the numbered music notation. A number of sheet music are also provided for your own practices. After reading the whole book, you should have a basic understanding of the erhu and can play some simple songs by yourself.
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Q.: What on earth would make someone want to build an electric guitar from scratch? Can't you just buy one cheaper? A.: Well sure, but with this definitive book on the subject as your guide, you can create your own axe masterpiece, with the precise finish, the exact pickups, and the custom hardware you've always wanted. Plus, you'll have the indescribable satisfaction of knowing you created something cool out of nothing. And that sure beats buying...
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Learning to play the Native American Style Flute? Did you buy a flute and found it came with inadequate instruction? Have you tried numerous other books, DVDs, or YouTube videos, but found them all confusing, limited or outdated? Are you looking for a product that brings it all together in a step-by-step way?Learn to play with Enchanted Journeys ePub – The Essential Guide for the Native American Style Flute: the world's most recent publication for...
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This book will teach you how to play guzheng, the Chinese zither, at the beginner level. No prior knowledge in Chinese music is needed. In addition, you will know the guzheng's structure, how to choose a guzheng, as well as the numbered music notation. A number of sheet music are also provided for your own practices. After reading the whole book, you should have a basic understanding of the guzheng and can play some simple songs by yourself.
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This book will teach you how to play erhu, the Chinese violin, at the advanced level. Various fingering and bowing techniques, the uncommon key signatures, as well as the ways to maintain an erhu will be taught in this book with illustrations and external videos. Likewise, a number of sheet music will be provided for practices. After reading the whole book, you should know more about erhu and can play songs with greater difficulty by yourself.
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«De ritmo solo carece lo muerto», afirma Ce Santiago, y la vitalidad de este ensayo lo demuestra. Enamorado de la batería desde siempre, Santiago recorre la historia del instrumento y del arte de tocarlo, pero el compás de su prosa única también nos arrastrará hasta el filo del tiempo, el breve aunque crucial lapso que media entre un tic y un tac, allí donde convergen la literatura, la música y la vida entera, donde la tríada ritmo-cuerpo-instrumento...
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