Author: Allen B. SkeiPublisher: Garland Science
ISBN: 9780824090210
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Instruments of the Orchestra
Author: Allen B. SkeiPublisher: Garland Science
ISBN: 9780824090210
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Woodwind/brass & Percussion
Author: The Remarkable Farkle McBride
Author: John LithgowPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 144244245X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
In his first book, actor and musician John Lithgow introduces a memorable character, a fickle yet lovable child prodigy who brings the sounds and rhythms of an orchestra to sprawling visual life. With a double gatefold showing the entire orchestra, this is the ultimate book for the music lover in all of us.
The Orchestral Instruments and what They Do
Author: Daniel Gregory MasonPublisher: New York : H.W. Gray Company, sole agents for Novello & Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Woodwind World-brass & Percussion
Author: School and Amateur Orchestras
Author: John B. DalbyPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483148882
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
School and Amateur Orchestras is devoted to a discussion of school and amateur orchestras and consideration of instruments that are normally associated with them. The book opens with a general discussion of students, teachers, music centers, and junior music schools. This is followed by separate chapters on the teaching of string, woodwind and brass, and percussion instruments. Subsequent chapters deal with the planning and direction of orchestras and the selection of instruments and music.
The Musical Instrument Desk Reference
Author: Michael J. PagliaroPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 081088271X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In The Musical Instrument Desk Reference, Michael Pagliaro, musical instrument authority extraordinaire, provides the one-stop shop for those in need of a quick, visually-rich reference guide to band and orchestral instruments. Descriptions and illustrations of everything from the physics of sound to detailed discussions of each orchestra and band instrument make this work the ideal desktop reference tool for the working musician. Through its Quick Start and In Depth features, readers can quickly decide how deeply they want to delve into the instrument at hand. Following a contemporary format designed to facilitate what any musician or music instructor needs to know, The Musical Instrument Desk Reference eliminates the need to leaf through multiple method books or trawl through websites to find information. The Musical Instrument Desk Reference includes general information on fingering, the anatomy of musical instruments, sound production, amplification, and control, as well as the science of sound. Readers will find individual chapters on woodwinds, brass instruments, non-fretted string instruments, and percussion instruments. In each category, Pagliaro delves deeper, describing for woodwinds such things as tuning, key systems, fingerings, sound production, tone holes, assembly, materials, embouchures, and reed use; for brass instruments such matters as valve systems, fingering patterns, French horn types, mouthpiece selection, and intonation; for non-fretted string instruments such issues as tuning and fingering, playing position, bowing technique, instrument parts, and materials; and for percussion instruments such elements as instrument types and their classifications, tuning procedures, and accessories. The Musical Instrument Desk Reference is the perfect guide for anyone interested in or responsible for working with varieties of instruments and their players. Teachers, students, teachers in training, music instructors, instrument technicians, and musicians can quickly locate any specific detail related to any band or orchestral instrument.
Instruments of the Orchestra
Author: Harold Davis SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
101 Amazing Facts about The Orchestra
Author: Jack GoldsteinPublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1785384104
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
What is special about the double bass compared to all other string instruments? What is the difference between a xylophone and a glockenspiel? How long is the tubing that makes up a trumpet? And what is the name of the world's oldest surviving violin? All of these questions and more are answered in this introductory guide to the instruments featured in the modern symphony orchestra. With sections covering strings, brass, woodwind, percussion and keyboard instruments, as well as additional information about the history and structure of the orchestra, this is a fascinating book for children and adults alike.
Tune Up
Author: Harriet E. HuntingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description