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Fluid Fills and Musical Phrasing book cover Fluid Fills and Musical Phrasing book cover
Fluid Fills and Musical Phrasing Fluid Fills and Musical Phrasing
Dave DiCenso - Hal Leonard Corporation

A drum set method to expand vocabulary while improving timing flow, musicality, and listening skills. This book will help you to:


  • Expand your vocabulary based on the most popular

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All the Leaves Are Brown book cover All the Leaves Are Brown book cover
All the Leaves Are Brown All the Leaves Are Brown (How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart)
Scott G. Shea - Hal Leonard Corporation

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as California Dreamin', the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and

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Chairman at the Board Chairman at the Board (Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation)
Bill Schnee - Hal Leonard Corporation

An intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded some of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. After his high school band was dropped by Decca

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How to Write Guitar Riffs book cover How to Write Guitar Riffs book cover
How to Write Guitar Riffs How to Write Guitar Riffs (Create and Play Great Hooks for Your Songs - 3rd Edition, Revised & Updated)
Rikky Rooksby - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Countless great songs are based on riffs – catchy guitar phrases that repeat until they're seared into your brain forever – or snappy chord sequences as memorable as any melody. Riffs get people

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Music Is History book cover Music Is History book cover
Music Is History Music Is History
Questlove - Hachette Book Group

Nominated for a spoken-word Grammy, this book combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past 50 years. Focusing on the years 1971 to the

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The Musical Language of Rock book cover The Musical Language of Rock book cover
The Musical Language of Rock The Musical Language of Rock
David Temperley - Oxford University Press

In all of the books about rock music, relatively few focus on the purely musical dimensions of the style: dimensions of harmony and melody, tonality and scale, rhythm and meter, phrase structure and form,

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$42.95
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Song and System Song and System (The Making of American Pop Music)
Harvey Rachlin - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

This investigation of how music entered American homes and became a cultural institution that would expand to become a multibillion-dollar industry weaves a history of the evolution of pop music in tandem

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$33.00
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London, Reign Over Me London, Reign Over Me (How England's Capital Built Classic Rock)
Stephen Tow - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

London, Reign Over Me will immerse you in the backroom clubs, basement record shops, and late-night faint radio signals of the 1960s Britain, where young hopefuls like Peter Frampton, Dave Davies,

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Metallica - The Complete Lyrics book cover Metallica - The Complete Lyrics book cover
Metallica - The Complete Lyrics Metallica - The Complete Lyrics (3rd Edition)
Metallica
Metallica - Cherry Lane Music Co., Inc.

Metallica's success can be directly attributed to their passionate, no-compromise attitude, which comes through loud and clear in the words they sing. Now fans can have the complete lyrics to all of their

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I Know Better Now: My Life Before During and After the Ramones book cover I Know Better Now: My Life Before During and After the Ramones book cover
I Know Better Now: My Life Before During and After the Ramones I Know Better Now: My Life Before During and After the Ramones
Richie Ramone - Hal Leonard Corporation

It's 1982 and the Ramones are in a gutter-bound spiral. Following a run of inconsistent albums and deep in the throes of internal tensions, the legendary quartet is about to crash and

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Glam Rock Glam Rock (Music in Sound and Vision)
Simon Philo - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Until recently, glam rock has been a mere footnote in popular music history: a style-over-substance lark in an otherwise serious industry. Glam Rock: Music in Sound and Vision reveals the true story of how

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The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More (All You Need to Know About Collecting Essential Music, from Cylinders and CDs to LPs and Tapes)
Dave Thompson - Hal Leonard Corporation

An in-depth and comprehensive guide to - and history of - music collecting, The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More traces the hobby from its beginnings over a century ago. The book features informative and

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Bon Jovi Bon Jovi (America's Ultimate Band)
Margaret Olson - Scarecrow Press, Inc.

In this book, Margaret Olson chronicles the history and music of the band from its inception to present day. She closely examines Bon Jovi's musical and social relevance to listeners past and present,

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Bob Dylan FAQ Bob Dylan FAQ (All That's Left to Know About the Song and Dance Man)
Bruce Pollock - Hal Leonard Corporation

Bob Dylan FAQ condenses the life and times of America's premier songster into an addictively vivacious 400-page brick jam-packed with critical analysis, minutiae, photographs, ephemera, and period history.

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Experiencing Billy Joel Experiencing Billy Joel (A Listener's Companion)
Thomas MacFarlane - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Experiencing Billy Joel explores each of Joel's albums, laying out their appeal to musicians and non-musicians alike while also exploring the various production styles that have characterized Joel's

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Dynamic Duets Dynamic Duets (The Best Pop Collaborations from 1955 to 1999)
Bob Leszczak - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

This book uncovers the stories behind 110 of the most memorable duets between otherwise independent musical artists. Whether the two artists came together for only one song or for many, the story of each

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The Encyclopedia of Musicans and Bands on Film The Encyclopedia of Musicans and Bands on Film
Melissa U.D. Goldsmith, Paige A. Willson & Anthony J. Fonseca - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Musicians, both fictional and real, have long been subjects of cinema. From biopics of composers Beethoven and Mozart to the rise (and often fall) of imaginary bands in The Commitments and Almost Famous,

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$120.00
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Ringo : With a Little Help Ringo : With a Little Help
Michael Seth Star - Hal Leonard Corporation

Ringo: With a Little Help is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the

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Some Fun Tonight!, Vol. 1: 1964 book cover Some Fun Tonight!, Vol. 1: 1964 book cover
Some Fun Tonight!, Vol. 1: 1964 Some Fun Tonight!, Vol. 1: 1964 (The Backstage Story of How the Beatles Rocked America: The Historic Tours of 1964-1966)
Chuck Gunderson - Hal Leonard Corporation

Some Fun Tonight! The Backstage Story of How the Beatles Rocked America: The Historic Tours of 1964-1966 is a comprehensive two-volume set which gives you a city-by-city synopsis of the group's activities

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Dirty South Dirty South (Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop)
Ben Westhoff - Chicago Review Press

This book investigates the southern rap phenomenon and visits the gritty neighborhoods where T.I. and Lil Wayne grew up, kicks it with Big Boi in Atlanta, and speaks with artists like DJ Smurf and Ms.

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Pearl Jam FAQ Pearl Jam FAQ (All That's Left to Know About Seattle's Most Enduring Band)
Bernard M. Corbett & Thomas Edward Harkins - Hal Leonard Corporation

Pearl Jam FAQ is what the British refer to as a "spanner," covering the entire arc of the band's career, from their pre-Pearl Jam days to the present. Each chapter explores a different aspect of Pearl Jam's

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The Band Photographs: 1968-1969 book cover The Band Photographs: 1968-1969 book cover
The Band Photographs: 1968-1969 The Band Photographs: 1968-1969
The Band
Elliott Landy - Hal Leonard Corporation

Once in a while a photographer gains the trust of an artist or a band, and his work fuses with that of the artist in such a way that the two become married in the public consciousness. One can think of

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Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin (The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time)
Jon Bream - Hal Leonard Corporation

This all-star tribute features many of today's top rock journalists from Rolling Stone, CREEM, Billboard, and more, as well as reflections on the band from some of rock's greatest performers, including

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The Who: 50 Years of My Generation book cover The Who: 50 Years of My Generation book cover
The Who: 50 Years of My Generation The Who: 50 Years of My Generation
Mat Snow - Hal Leonard Corporation

Famed music journalist Mat Snow celebrates fifty years of the Who's debut album, My Generation, with this complete illustrated history of the legendary rock band. Loaded with photos, memorabilia, and

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