The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool

The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool Review

The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool Feature

• ISBN13: 9780312425579
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The 160-year history of the saxophone comes to brilliant life in Michael Segell's wonderfully researched, beautifully told The Devil's Horn. Beginning with "a sound never heard before," Segell's portrait follows the iconographic instrument as it is lauded for its sensuality, then outlawed for its influence, and finally credited with changing the face of popular culture. A deeply personal story of one man's love for music-making, a universal story of artistic and political revolution, and a trenchant critique of the global forces that stand in art's way, The Devil's Horn is music writing at its very finest.

Junior Just Brass 16

Junior Just Brass 16 Review

Edited by Philip Jones and Elgar Howarth. The Just Brass series is regarded by brass players worldwide as the most important brass ensemble series available. There are more than 100 titles subdivided into Just Brass (mainstream), Junior Just Brass, Just B

Antique Tools and Instruments

Antique Tools and Instruments Review

Utensils, tools, and instruments manufactured from the Renaissance through the mid-19th century are featured in this lavish collection of photographs and writings that highlight the artistry of objects used in the sciences, crafts, trades, and home. Cultural commentary offers a contextualization of the objects with a focus on such issues as the relationship between the object and the way it is portrayed in paintings, engravings, and illustrations; how the functional purpose guided the choice of materials and the addition of symbolic decoration; and how certain objects reflect a shift from artisan-based craft to industrial production. Astrolabes, surgical instruments, sundials, and implements for smoking are among the objects exhibited in this rarely displayed private collection.

High Notes Should Not Hurt!

High Notes Should Not Hurt! Review

As an advancing trumpet player, have you been striving for an effortless upper register? Are you seeking a way to play the trumpet without the well-known, customary physical discomforts that accompany playing the horn? Perhaps your goal is to merely gain an understanding of why some trumpet players have mastered the upper register, while others seem to constantly struggle without realizing any great steps toward improvement. "High Notes Should Not Hurt" provides instruction on how to play effortlessly in the upper register, as well as providing solutions and answers to common misconceptions in brass pedagogy.

Jazz Classics - Trumpet: Big Band Play-Along Volume 4

Jazz Classics - Trumpet: Big Band Play-Along Volume 4 Review

10 great tracks with a play-along CD that lets instrumentalists play as part of a big band. Titles include: Bags' Groove * Blue 'N Boogie * Blue Train (Blue Trane) * Doxy * Four * Moten Swing * Oleo * Song for My Father * Stolen Moments * Straight No Chaser.

Horn Technique

Horn Technique Review

Gunther Schuller is a well-known composer, conductor, educator, and author of books on jazz; his remarkable career also includes playing in the horn section of the Cincinnati Symphony while still in his teens and in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as Principal Horn from 1945 to 1959. First published in 1962, this revised edition of his classic book to horn playing includes an extensive guide to the literature for the instrument, with listings of more than 1,000 pieces from the solo, chamber, and orchestral repertory.

Brass (Exploring Music)

Brass (Exploring Music) Review

Text and pictures introduce the brass family of instruments, such as trumpets, trombones, tubas, and their relatives.

Solo Sounds for Trombone, Vol 1: Levels 1-3 Piano Acc.

Solo Sounds for Trombone, Vol 1: Levels 1-3 Piano Acc. Review

The contents of the Solo Sounds folios features works on State Contest lists for each instrument (and pieces that are likely list candidates). Two folios are available for each instrument (flute, clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, and tuba), both with supplementary piano accompaniment volumes.

Big Book of Instrumental Songs (Trumpet) (Big Book (Hal Leonard))

Big Book of Instrumental Songs (Trumpet) (Big Book (Hal Leonard)) Review

Instrumentalists will love these collections of 130 popular solos, including: Another One Bites the Dust * Any Dream Will Do * Bad Day * Beauty and the Beast * Breaking Free * Clocks * Edelweiss * God Bless the U.S.A. * Heart and Soul * I Will Remember You * Imagine * Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye * Satin Doll * United We Stand * You Raise Me Up * and more.

Solo Sounds for Trumpet

Solo Sounds for Trumpet Review

The contents of the Sounds folios features works on State Contest lists for each instrument (and pieces that are likely list candidates). Two folios are available for each instrument (flute, clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, and tuba), both with supplementary piano accompaniment volumes.

Pirates of the Caribbean: for Alto Sax (Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along)

Pirates of the Caribbean: for Alto Sax (Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along) Review

Pirates of the Caribbean: for Alto Sax (Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along) Feature

• Softcover with CD24 pagesSize: 12" x 9"Composer: Klaus BadeltISBN: 1423421973

16 pieces from the swashbuckling blockbuster, including: The Black Pearl * Davy Jones * He's a Pirate * I've Got My Eye on You * Jack Sparrow * To the Pirate's Cave! * Wheel of Fortune * and more.

Rock Band: Trumpet

Rock Band: Trumpet Review

Solo arrangements with CD accompaniment for 13 tunes from the hit video game played in basements and living rooms across the nation. Songs: Black Hole Sun * Don't Fear the Reaper * Green Grass and High Tides * Learn to Fly * Long Time * Mississippi Queen * Paranoid * Say It Ain't So * Should I Stay or Should I Go * Suffragette City * Train Kept A-Rollin' * Wanted Dead or Alive * Won't Get Fooled Again.

Brass (Introduction to Musical Instruments)

Brass (Introduction to Musical Instruments) Review

A brief introduction to each of the brass instruments.

Simple Studies for Beginner Brass (Faber Edition)

Simple Studies for Beginner Brass (Faber Edition) Review

Simple Studies for Beginner Brass (Faber Edition) Feature

• Satisfaction Ensured
• Design is stylish and innovative.
• Functionality that is Unbeatable.

A comprehensive study course for the early stages of brass playing. Thirty-eight progressive studies cover the entire spectrum of basic technique. An appendix contains a selection of scales and arpeggios. For trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, French horn, tenor horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium and tuba.

Classical Favourites - Playalong for Flute - Bk/CD (Guest Spot)

Classical Favourites - Playalong for Flute - Bk/CD (Guest Spot) Review

Here is the chance to become a true classical soloist! Step into the spotlight and play-along with the superb backing tracks on the specially recorded CDs, containing eleven of the world's best-loved classical melodies, all arranged for Flute. From Handel's Water Music and Mozart's Musical Joke to Beethoven's Allegretto Theme and Schubert's Entr'acte, these wonderful works are firm favourites with audiences of all ages, and this playalong edition will give you an ideal chance to master some of those all-important performance skills by rehearsing with the accompaniments even during your personal practice time. The CDs contain full performance versions of the music on the first set of tracks. The Flute part is then omitted from the second set of tracks allowing you to play along with the recorded accompaniments. Features top line arrangements for each of the eleven massive songs with a practical playing guide.

Be a Top Player, Mostly Ballads (A Creative Instrumental Series)

Be a Top Player, Mostly Ballads (A Creative Instrumental Series) Review

A great way to teach students how to interpret ballads by playing along with an orchestral accompaniment and developing their own style of playing. This folio features some of the greatest ballads ever written. Songs such as: Embraceable You * Heartlight * One Note Samba * Days of Wine and Roses * 'S Wonderful * That's What Friends Are For are just a few of the ballads in this book.

Learn to Play Trombone, Book 1

Learn to Play Trombone, Book 1 Review

Learn to Play Trombone, Book 1 Feature

• Carefully Graded Method That Emphasizes Good Tone Production
• Builds A Strong Rhythmic Sense
• Develops Well-Rounded Musicianship
• Arranged For Trombone
• 48 Pages

Carefully graded methods written by instrumental specialists that emphasize good tone production, build a strong rhythmic sense and develop well-rounded musicianship.