The Music category has 313 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 510 ratings. The most-rated is How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition.
Music Theory: 2 Books in 1
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Discover that amazing, unique, and powerful voice of yours with the art of musical expression. Do you want to know how music works, learn how to sight-read, and write music as the pros do? Do you want to understand fundamentals like time signature, meter, tempo, and dynamics? Do you want to unlock the mysteries of melodies, scales (pentatonic, major, minor, etc.), and everything that makes music beautiful? If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, just keep reading.... This audiobook here will make music theory more meaningful, fun, and a lot less boring for you. Here are some essential things you will get from this audiobook: Seven most effective ways to apply music theory to your musicianship and become a better musician The 10 highly effective and important tips that will transform your songwriting for the better Extensive analysis of both basic and advanced concepts, elements, and rudiments of music; staves, clefs, rhythm, time, meter, and beats The secret to understanding musical note values and how music notation works (whole note, half note, quarter note, and eighth note) Uncomplicated ways to understand intervals, scales, and modes and how they shape the music you create Audio resources of musical notes and scales that you can download for free because you need to have an aural perception (heating) of everything you are learning More than 50 practical exercises and self-assessment questions Glossary of musical terms useful to beginning, intermediate, and advanced musicians It doesn't matter if you are pursuing music as a hobby or career or if you are yet to decide. If you are a beginner, intermediate, or oven an advanced player, this is the best investment you will ever make with your passion and time. Scroll up and click the "Buy Now" button, and let's get you started! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Roy Maxwell (P)2020 Roy Maxwell
The Power of Music
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Music has special healing power. It affects everyone in some way. Good or bad, music is universal....
©2019 Gabriel Ramirez (P)2019 Gabriel Ramirez
The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999
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Rhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940s to become the driving force in American popular music over the next half-century. Although sometimes called "doo-wop", "soul", "funk", "urban contemporary", or "hip-hop", R&B is actually an umbrella category that includes all of these styles and genres. It is in fact a modern-day incarnation of a musical tradition that stretches back to 19th-century America, and even further to African beginnings. The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999 traces the development of R&B from 1950 to 1999 by closely analyzing the top 25 songs of each decade. The music of artists as wide-ranging as Louis Jordan; John Lee Hooker; Ray Charles; James Brown; Earth, Wind & Fire; Michael Jackson; Public Enemy; Mariah Carey; and Usher takes center stage as the author illustrates how R&B has not only retained its traditional core style, but has also experienced a "re-Africanization" over time. By investigating musical elements of form, style, and content in R&B - and offering numerous musical examples - the book shows the connection between R&B and other forms of American popular and religious music, such as spirituals, ragtime, blues, jazz, country, gospel, and rock 'n' roll. With this evidence in hand, the author hypothesizes the existence of an even larger musical "super-genre" which he labels "The New Blue Music". Richard J. Ripani is a faculty member at Hume-Fogg Academic High School in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also a professional musician and songwriter in Nashville, performing with artists such as Ronnie Milsap, Ronnie McDowell, the Kentucky Headhunters, and Lee Greenwood. He has worked on numerous national television programs and earned gold and platinum records.
©2006 University Press of Mississippi (P)2012 Redwood Audiobooks
Practice Music Like a Pro
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Have you ever wondered how great musicians get that way? Would you like to get more practicing done in less time and grow your talent to the highest level possible? Berklee-degreed 30-year veteran musician/instructor Stan Munslow has culled together six powerful, proven practice strategies used by the world's top players that will give you a lifetime of life smarts that will save you countless hours of time no matter what style of music you play or what level you're at. Even school band musicians will benefit from these easy-to-follow techniques. Stan Munslow is a Rhode Island-based musician, writer, and instructor with over 25 years' experience both onstage and backstage. He holds a BM from Berklee College of Music and has been leading musicians, professional and amateur alike, onto the stage since 1981.
©2016 Stan Munslow (P)2016 Stan Munslow
The New Orleans Jazz Scene, 1970-2000
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In 1966, journalist Charles Suhor wrote that New Orleans jazz was "ready for its new Golden Age". Thomas W. Jacobsen's The New Orleans Jazz Scene, 1970-2000 chronicles the resurgence of jazz music in the Crescent City in the years following Suhor's prophetic claim. Jacobsen, a New Orleans resident and longtime jazz aficionado, offers a wide-ranging history of the New Orleans jazz renaissance in the last three decades of the twentieth century, weaving local musical developments into the larger context of the national jazz scene. Jacobsen vividly evokes the changing face of the New Orleans jazz world at the close of the twentieth century. Drawing from an array of personal experiences and his own exhaustive research, he discusses leading musicians and bands, both traditionalists and modernists, as well as major performance venues and festivals. The city's musical infrastructure does not go overlooked, as Jacobsen delves into New Orleans's music business, its jazz media, and the evolution of jazz education at public schools and universities. The New Orleans Jazz Scene, 1970-2000 offers a vibrant and fascinating portrait of the musical genre that defines New Orleans.
©2014 Thomas W. Jacobsen (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks
Breathing Exercises for Band
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Breathing Exercises for Band provides examples, basic theory, and valuable information for band directors seeking to improve their music ensemble's air flow. Breathing Exercises for Band will: minimize body tension, improve articulation, and maximize resonance and tone quality.
©2020 Bill Stevens (P)2020 Bill Stevens
Guitar Fretboard
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Doing anything new for the first time can be an overwhelming experience. When it comes to learning to play the guitar, there is no difference. This may seem like a problem when you do not know how to play your favorite songs, but there is a solution to this problem. You will have to find ways to learn as quickly and effectively as possible. When it comes to guitar playing, the solution is listening to this audiobook to uncover all the tips and tricks to understand the fretboard and how to optimize your playing. With these basics in mind, you will be on your way in no time. This audiobook contains: Brief history of the guitar Guitar scales Chords Guitar strumming Guitar modes Basic music theory Mastering the fretboard Tips on how to memorize the fretboard, chords, etc. And so much more! I can assure you that if you listen to this audiobook all the way through, you will be able to take in the basics of guitar playing in a week. Then, you will surely be able to play your very first song in only seven days. If you’re already a skilled player, you’ll enjoy delving into the world of guitar theory, chord progressions, and the notes on the fretboard. The next seven days will be life-changing for you as you embark upon the world of music. Let‘s listen to the audiobook and see what’s next. So what are you waiting for? Click the "Buy Now" button to get started today.
©2020 Britannia Music Studio (P)2020 Britannia Music Studio
The History of the Musical (Unabridged)
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The musical is one of the great art forms of the 20th century. Showboat, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Oliver, Cabaret - one masterpiece after another packed the theaters on Broadway, in London's West End, and around the world. And it made a successful transfer to cinema. A truly popular art, the musical closely reflected society and its needs - sometimes providing a message and often providing a much-needed romantic escape. In this audio-original production, author Richard Fawkes traces the development of the musical, from its origins in European light opera and operetta to its transformation in the hands of the great American song composers and lyricists - among them Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe. The talent of Lloyd Webber and Sondheim has assured that in the 21st century, it is as lively as ever. Presented by the vivacious singer Kim Criswell, who starred in Cats, sang on Broadway, won awards for her recordings, and has lived and breathed the musical since she was a young girl. This enthralling story is told with nearly 100 famous musical extracts. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2001 Richard Fawkes (P)2001 AudioBooks Ltd.
Joan Baez in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis at the 92nd Street Y
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Legendary folk singer and political activist Joan Baez made her first New York concert appearance at the 92nd Street Y in 1960. She now returns for an in-depth interview that explores her extraordinary musical career and her longstanding commitment to nonviolence. Baez's album, Day After Tomorrow, produced by Steve Earle, was released on September 9, 2008. Anthony DeCurtis is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.
©2008 92nd Street Y (P)2008 92nd Street Y
Early Music: A Very Short Introduction
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From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it. Kelly shows that the early-music revival has long been grounded in the idea of spontaneity, of excitement, and of recapturing experiences otherwise lost to us--either the rediscovery of little-known repertories or the recovery of lost performing styles, with the conviction that, with the right performance, the music will come to life anew. Blending musical and social history, he shows how the Early Music movement in the 1960s took on political overtones, fueled by a rebellion against received wisdom and enforced conformity. Kelly also discusses ongoing debates about authenticity, the desirability of period instruments, and the relationship of mainstream opera companies and symphony orchestras to music that they often ignore, or play in modern fashion.
©2011 Thomas Forrest Kelly (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Do Sing
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Singing is one thing, but singing together is something else. Powerful and uplifting, group singing creates deep human connections and benefits our wellbeing. And it's fun. Vocal leader James Sills believes that group singing has the power to change lives. It is a joyful expression of our humanity that gives us purpose, encourages us to be fully present, and helps us to foster social bonds. In Do Sing, James invites us to look back on our singing journey. Was there a time when you stopped singing or were told you couldn't sing? Do certain songs trigger happy memories? With exercises to help unlock your voice, improve breathing, release tension, and a few simple songs to get started, Do Sing will help you to overcome (often deep-rooted) inhibitions and reawaken a love of singing. Do Sing is a welcome remedy to the demands of modern life - and an invitation to experience the joy of group singing for yourself.
©2019 James Sills (P)2019 The Do Book Co.
How to Write a Song in a Day for Complete Beginners
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This audiobook contains proven tools and strategies on how to successfully write a song, even if you have never done so before. Musicians and songwriters such as Billy Joel, Prince, and Toby Keith have earned numerous awards not only for their ability to sing a hit song, but to write one as well. If you have always wanted to compose a song but were not sure how to do it, this audiobook is for you.
©2019 Angela Sterns (P)2019 Angela Sterns
Harmonica for Beginners
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There is science fiction, magic, and then, there is music. This is another realm, where the only limits are those that you set for yourself. Enter the mystical circle of those who can create music. This book Harmonica for Beginners takes you through the basic steps to master the harmonica. Includes easy instructions for beginners. You don't need any knowledge of music because the harp is simple to learn. You will discover all the skills you need right here in this book, including: Music Theory Knowledge of Chords Building a Riff Accompanying a Song Different Kinds of Harps Steps to Build Your Skills You can’t just pick up a harmonica and start playing a song. It is important to develop the skill. You must know what a key is and how it affects the song. We teach you how to play in different roots because different genres need different keys. You will: Learn to play different key harps Play riffs for various music genres Learn to choose the right harp Be positive, and your world will blossom in front of you. Now is your chance to enter the world of music. Click on the "buy now" button to learn the tips and tricks to master the art of playing the harmonica.
©2020 Evergreen Music Studio (P)2020 Evergreen Music Studio
Nobody Wants Your Stuff
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Still rewriting modern life’s little atrocities one rant at a time… Do everyday annoyances make you want to tear out what’s left of your hair? Author and comic book store owner Rembert N. Parker feels your pain, and he’s here to give you a piece of his mind. Nobody Wants Your Stuff - Resisting the Challenges of the 21st Century #2 is the sequel to the popular How Much Extra Does No Cheese Cost? book and is once again full of essays, insights, and anecdotes from a true contender for the World’s Most Interesting Man. With dry wit and hilarious adages, Parker tackles an eclectic mix of topics from a first kiss to how long marriages should last (and everything in between). In this book, you’ll discover: How save money on medical tests why calculus is cripling computer programming How an eclipse led to a published D&D adventure How Ray Bradbury got kicked out of the dealer's room at WorldCon Ten ways to screw up a mortgage, and much, much more! With a wide-ranging mix of rants on pop culture, politics, and coping with the present, Parker’s personal stories show you how to conquer problems with poise. Using Parker’s toolbox of humor, irony, and common sense, you too can take on any challenge. Resisting the Challenges of the 21st Century is a must-read collection of hilarious essays for the Baby Boomer generation. If you like observational humor, expanding your point-of-view, and an in-depth look at the past, present, and future, then you’ll love Rembert N Parker’s side-splitting stories. Buy Nobody Wants Your Stuff - Resisting the Challenges of the 21st Century #2 to confront the present today!
©2017 Rembert N Parker (P)2017 Rembert N Parker
Teach Yourself to Play the Guitar
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Do you remember those summer nights on the beach, enjoying a sing-a-long under the stars? Perhaps, it was a campfire in the woods, or maybe, a barbecue in a friend's backyard. For many of us, those memories include a soulful guitar player. Wouldn't you love to be able to do that, too? To create beautiful music and beautiful memories? Lucky for you, the guitar is one of the easiest musical instruments to learn. You can do it alone, in a group, or at your own pace, without feeling pressured. If you want to learn guitar fast and easy, there are some tips in this audiobook to help you as a replacement for beginning guitar lessons.
©2019 Themeworks Publishing (P)2019 Themeworks Publishing
Eight Traits of the Greats
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In this life-changing audiobook you will discover a most amazing truth: Greatness in music isn't about being "born with it". It's not about luck or fate or genes. It's about doing. It is about learning and living by the eight powerful success habits of many of the world's best musicians - the eight success habits you will learn in this program. Listen and discover that your future success as a musician is most assuredly in your hands, and it is only eight simple steps away! Stan Munslow is a Rhode Island-based musician, writer, and instructor with over 25 years' experience both onstage and backstage. He holds a BM from Berklee College of Music and has been leading musicians, professional and amateur alike, onto the stage since 1981.
©2016 Stan Munslow (P)2016 Stan Munslow
Internet Promotion & Online Social Media
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Never be confused about online music marketing again! Updated for 2018. This audiobook features the second volume in the highly acclaimed Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook. Here's a glimpse at what you get: Five principles of Internet marketing every musician should know: The Internet provides an amazing set of tools for independent artists. It can also be a great source of overwhelm and frustration. Here's what you need to know about online music promotion to stay happy, sane, and effective. The Guerrilla marketing online fan-attraction formula: For the first time, I share the details of my octopus marketing formula, including the five critical factors that make this system work and the 14 websites you should consider using to reach fans. Everything you've always wanted to know about what to post and share online to promote your music: The most common thing musicians say is “I don't know what to post online. I don't have anything to say.” Listen to this chapter, and you'll never worry about that again. How Pomplamoose and Karmin used YouTube and social media to build a huge fan base: Want living proof that indie artists can create a major buzz online? Nick and Amy from Karmin and Jack and Nataly from Pomplamoose share the inside scoop in these exclusive interviews. There is also a bonus chapter on music marketing with YouTube: Four ways to beef up your channel. "The most directly applicable, start-tomorrow, creatively inspiring book I've ever seen on promoting your music!" (Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby) ”Applying many of Bob's ideas, and without any wholesaling or distribution, I sold more than 20,000 albums of my music over the last five years. Using his suggestions, I increased my fan base by 35% in just one year.” (Kris Lee-Scott, Hanai Music)
©2013, 2018 Bob Baker (P)2018 Bob Baker
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Comment Jouer De La Guitare Acoustique [How to Play the Acoustic Guitar]
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VALEUR INCROYABLE POUR L'ARGENT Plus de 2 heures de leçons Magnifiquement Illustrées Plus de 100 astuces de jouer Personnalisées Comment rendre les accords Plus Facil Comment changer les accords Rapidement Comment apprendre Vos Chansons Préférées Pour des milliers de personnes, c'est " L'Ultime Apprendre-Vous Livre De Guitare". À l'intérieur est Un Programme Complet Des Leçons de jeu qui les a aidés à atteindre en semaines, ce qui a pris de nombreuses années à apprendre. MIEUX QU'UN ENSEIGNANT DE GUITARE 30 rythmes de guitare les plus joués 50 accords de guitare les plus joués Pratiquer des programmes Qui Fonctionnent Apprenez vous-même ou aux autres en cours privés et collectifs Compliments tous les livres de chansons et méthodes d'enseignement VOUS VERREZ VOUS-MÊME AMÉLIORER CHAQUE JOUR Tout est Superbement Expliqué - et montré à vous exactement comme joué par les meilleurs guitaristes. C'est La Clé De Votre Succès. Et toute votre pratique est pré-planifiée du début à la fin. Pourtant, ceci est Un Livre Simple. Clair, pratique et Facile À Suivre. L'auteur, Pauric Mather a si bien conçu chaque leçon, Vous N'avez Besoin D'aucune Connaissance De La Musique pour en tirer des leçons. Please note: This audiobook is in French.
©2018 Pauric Mather (P)2018 Pauric Mather
Dangerous Melodies
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A Juilliard-trained musician and professor of history explores the fascinating entanglement of classical music with American foreign relations. Dangerous Melodies vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of American life, occupying a prominent place in the nation’s culture and politics. The work of renowned conductors, instrumentalists, and singers - and the activities of orchestras and opera companies - were intertwined with momentous international events: two world wars, the rise of fascism, and the Cold War. Jonathan Rosenberg recovers the politics behind classical music, showing how German musicians were dismissed or imprisoned as the country’s music was swept from American auditoriums during World War I - yet, 20 years later, those same compositions could inspire Americans in the fight against Nazism while Russian music was deployed to strengthen the US-Soviet alliance. During the Cold War, Van Cliburn’s triumph in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow became cause for America to celebrate. In Dangerous Melodies, Rosenberg delves into the singular decades-long relationship of classical music and political ideology in America.
©2019 Jonathan Rosenberg (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
The Ninth
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“All men become brothers...Be embraced, ye millions!” The Ninth Symphony, a symbol of freedom and joy, was Beethoven’s mightiest attempt to help humanity find its way from darkness to light, from chaos to peace. Yet the work was born in a repressive era, with terrified Bourbons, Hapsburgs, and Romanovs using every means at their disposal to squelch populist rumblings in the wake of the French Revolution and Napoleon’s wars. Ironically, the premiere of this hymn to universal brotherhood took place in Vienna, the capital of a nation that Metternich was turning into the first modern police state. The Ninth’s unveiling, on May 7, 1824, was the most significant artistic event of the year, and the work remains one of the most precedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history of music—a reference point and inspiration that resonates even today. But in The Ninth, eminent music historian Harvey Sachs demonstrates that Beethoven was not alone in his discontent with the state of the world. Lord Byron died in 1824 during an attempt to free Greece from the domination of the Ottoman empire; Delacroix painted a masterpiece in support of that same cause; Pushkin, suffering at the hands of an autocratic czar, began to draft his anti-authoritarian play Boris Godunov; and Stendhal and Heine wrote works that mocked conventional ways of thinking. The Ninth Symphony was so unorthodox that it amazed and confused listeners at its premiere—described by Sachs in vibrant detail—yet it became a standard for subsequent generations of creative artists, and its composer came to embody the Romantic cult of genius. In this unconventional, provocative new book, Beethoven’s masterwork becomes a prism through which we may view the politics, aesthetics, and overall climate of the era. Part biography, part history, part memoir, The Ninth brilliantly explores the intricacies of Beethoven’s last symphony—how it brought forth the power of the individual while celebrating the collective spirit of humanity.
©2010 Harvey Sachs (P)2010 Random House