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Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Why does a clarinet play at lower pitches than a flute? What does it mean for sounds to be in or out of tune? How are emotions carried by music? Do other animals perceive sound like we do? How might a musician use math to come up with new ideas? This book offers a lively exploration of the mathematics, physics, and neuroscience that underlie music in a way that readers without scientific background can follow. David Sulzer, also known in the musical...
Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
"Jamaican music can be roughly divided into four eras, each with a distinctive beat - ska, rocksteady, reggae and dancehall. Ska dates from about 1960 to mid-1966, rocksteady from 1966 to 1968, while from 1969 to 1983 reggae was the popular beat. The reggae era had two phases, 'early reggae' up to 1974 and 'roots reggae' up to 1983. Since 1983 dancehall has been the prevalent sound." "The authors describe each stage in the development of the music,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Very few artists are skilled at promoting themselves and their work. Drawing on the accomplishments of Shakespeare, Mozart, and several contemporary creatives, including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Wynton Marsalis, this engaging and practical guide will help you achieve artistic fulfillment, both personally and professionally--no matter your medium"--
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This easy-to-follow guide shows, step-by-step, how to work with sound generation, recording, editing, and distribution tools. Co-written by a professional audio engineer and a dedicated maker-librarian, Makerspace Sound and Music Projects for All Ages gets you started designing, programming, and assembling fun music and audio creations right away. The book features dozens of DIY projects complete with parts lists, start-to-finish instructions, and...
7) Showtime!
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ty loves playing the instruments, but something's missing--his friends! With the help of his vivid imagination, Ty and his friends are onstage in a band making great music together!"--Provided by publisher.
9) Sounds like teen spirit: stolen melodies, ripped-off riffs, and the secret history of rock and roll
Author
Publisher
[Timenglishbooks]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Moonshell Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Noah and Jet's friendship started with an honest-to-god, physical CD: Jackson Pollock & The Big Sneeze's debut album, Oceancake. It's at one of their concerts that he first feels it-the pull of another world, one where he and Jet could be a couple. All it takes to cross over is a single kiss, but Noah hesitates, and the better, braver world escapes him. Now stuck in this teen romance gone wrong, Noah Baxter's life unravels to the backdrop of a carefully...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Stereophonica examines innovations in the realm of sound and space after 1850, tracing key discoveries across science, technology and the arts"--
"The relationship between sound and space has become central to both creative practices in music and sound art and contemporary scholarship on sound. Entire subfields have emerged in connection to the spatial aspects of sound, from spatial audio and sound installation to acoustic ecology and soundscape...
Author
Series
Christmas in Redemption Ridge volume Book 5
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Former child sitcom star Alicia Carver loves the spotlight, but since launching her pop music career, the dirtier side of the business has been out to tear her apart. When her parents are charged with embezzlement, and her A-list fiancé dumps her on the red carpet, her perfect life crumbles faster than her rise to fame. Retreating to a small town seems like the best choice she has to avoid the press. Jordan Taylor's plan to retire from the Marines...
14) When Rubin plays
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Rubin loves the beautiful sounds that are played by the orchestra. He wants to learn to play the violin and make his own music. But when Rubin plays, it doesn't sound like he imagines it should. Rubin goes into the forest to practice alone and despite only getting the violin to screech, he finds an unlikely audience that loves his unique style."--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Jana Rubio and her best friend, Maddy Parsons, have an epic senior year finale queued up: catching their favorite band at the Orchards, an outdoor music festival a two-hour drive away. When a blow-up over Maddy's time-sucking boyfriend exposes a rift that may have already been growing between them, Jana calls off their joint trip and gets a lift to the festival from her church friend Nathan . . . only to realize Maddy and her boyfriend are along...
Author
Series
Klezmer volume 01
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Graphic novel in which nomadic Jewish musicians meet, clash, fall in love and make music at the birth of klezmer.
Author
Publisher
7th Generation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The beloved traditional English Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas, has been adapted here to reflect aspects of the richly varied cultures and traditions of twelve Native American cultural groups from different parts of the U.S. A cultural background is included for each day?s gift in an easy-to-understand manner, placing the adapted song lyrics in the context of these tribal cultures. A wonderful companion to the best-selling Native American...
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ariel has dreams of leaving her southside Chicago neighborhood and making it big as a punk rocker with her best friends and bandmates, now that they've graduated from high school, but the realities of young adulthood make that challenging and strain their friendships with each other."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"The debut cookbook from benny blanco--pop music super-producer, artist, actor on FXX's Dave, and consummate food freak--teaches you everything you need to know about cooking, enjoying life, and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time."--
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