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Las séptimas son acordes de 4 notas, separadas por intervalos de terceras igual que en la triada. La base es el acorde de tres notas, mas el séptimo grado teniendo en cuenta la tónica u octava; Las séptimas pueden ser mayores, menores, disminuidas; por cuestión de sonoridad hay triadas menores con séptima menor, triadas mayores o aumentadas con séptima mayor o menor y triadas disminuidas con séptima menor o disminuida.

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel combine the virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist with entertaining commentary to create a magical concert experience. His lively, engaging insights and captivating performances make listening an enthralling experience for all music lovers.

In her bestselling autobiography, Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a 30-year career in pop music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage fright.

Ear training is one of the most rewarding skills you can develop, and it’s one that you can work on every day. Which makes total sense: music is an aural experience, after all. Ear training helps you turn the music you hear into music you make on your piano. This works for your own musical ideas, too: when you dream up a great riff or chord progression, you naturally want to sit down and play it right away. Ear training helps you do just that.

Wretch 32 is one of the most influential musicians at work in Britain today. He is also a lyricist of unparalleled ability and an advocate of music as a tool to educate as well as to entertain. In an age of unprecedented social and political change, Wretch’s music stands as a medium of protest and of progress, helping to explain and shape a new era. Rapthology is an anthology of the songs that have shaped Wretch, and our society, over the last 30 years, from gospel music to dance hall anthems to the most innovative emerging young voices.

You can read this book for free with your Kindle Unlimited Membership This book is the perfect guide if you’re a beginner who wants to learn more about harmony and what chords to use. You will get some hands-on help, teaching you how to put chords to an existing melody, including how to find out what chords work for the key signature and how often you should change chord. In this book you will learn: How to choose chords for your melody The basics of four part harmony Example Exercises for Beginners The book includes exercises that you can do by yourself and detailed explanations for each...

Over 500 years of great hymnology is represented in this Piano by Ear box set! This collection contains over 15 hours of high quality instruction teaching late beginner to intermediate level arrangements of some of the best known standards. This set also includes six volumes from the EZ Solos Traditional Hymns series, where you learn a simple solo and accompaniment to several hymns in each volume. This set is perfect for the beginner to intermediate level student who loves hymns.

You can read this book for free with your Kindle Unlimited membership! Arranging music is one of the most fun things a musician can do. Whether you want to play a cover with your band or sing a pop song acapella with your friends, having knowledge about arranging will make the experience easier and more enjoyable. There’s no need to look for sheet music that works for your group- you can make your own arrangements more easily than you might think! In this book you will learn about: Write arrangements for two or more parts Arranging for chord instruments Concrete advice for creative ...

This Piano by Ear box set is designed for the late-intermediate to early advanced-level student who loves all classical music. All of the great piano composers are represented in this set, including Mozart, Chopin, Mendelsshon, Tchaichovsky, Schubert, and more. There is also the lesson on the entire Beethoven piece “Fur Elise”, which is an hour and a half long! This is a great package for the serious classical piano student.

Un acorde suspendido se deriva de un acorde mayor en el que la tercera es sustituida por una segunda o una cuarta justa, provocando una sensación flotante que invita a volver a llegar al acorde origen. Estos acordes son fáciles de utilizar en cualquier género musical y debido a su sonoridad suave los hace útiles para sustituir otros acordes.

Simple, easy-to-understand, and to-the-point way of learning Music Theory...Great for composers, nerds, instrument players, or complete beginners. If you’re a reasoning mind who wants to deconstruct music and see how it all fits together...you’ve picked the right audiobook...All the important information is included yet nothing is dragged beyond what needs to be said...If you are looking for a quick crash course on music theory without getting overwhelmed by complex terminology...this is it!

Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters - and limitations - of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance.

Music classes are often at the bottom of the academic priority list, undervalued and underfunded. This must change. By reviewing the latest research on music's cognitive, social, emotional, and cultural benefits, A Sound Investment provides conclusive evidence for the need to adequately fund music programs.

This drum book is designed specifically for beginners. We will have fun going through it in an easy to understand way. After the short amount of time it will take you to go through the drum lessons, you will know how to play drum beats on the drum set. You will be able to play along to some of your favorite songs and start to play in a band. And you will learn basic sticking patterns to practice so you can continue to get better at playing the drums.

Capture all of the beauty of this Jim Croce hit in this intermediate level finger style solo. The lesson includes a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson breaking the song down into two to four measure sections. And, when you learn by ear, you memorize as you go!

Guitar Mastery is a step-by-step, easy guide which will teach you how to play guitar. All necessary information about guitar is covered in brief in this book. With help of this book, you can learn guitar at the comfort of your home.

In How to Get High: The Key to Escaping Vocal Prison and Making Singing High Notes Easy Again, Joshua Dennis goes through his tried and true method of vocal production that he learned from Master Teacher W. Stephen Smith. Mixed with his own methodology, Joshua not only tackles basic vocal principals, this book also tackles his struggles with the music industry and mental and physical help for singers.

This innovative lesson series is perfect for anyone starting to learn guitar. It teaches the 10 most important chords and strumming patterns. There is no discussion of musical theory. The learner begins to play real music from the very beginning. The soundtrack includes 16 two minute long play along lessons. The chord and strumming pattern don't change so the student is given a great opportunity to really master the chord and rhythm.

50 Tips for Teaching Private Guitar Lessons! is a guide for beginning private guitar teachers giving private or group lessons in your own home or at the student's residence. I have taught private guitar lessons for over 30 years, and my cumulative experience has served me well. I have played in popular bands as a singer/musician for over 1,500 nights, and I have taught guitar as a rewarding and enjoyable experience. I have taught all age groups from five to 80, beginning and advanced.

A Band Director's Guide to Everything Tuba: A Collection of Interviews with the Experts features some of the best tuba teachers in the world discussing everything tuba.