This volume is an instruction book designed for pianists, stick and touchstyle guitarists, percussionists and anyone who wishes to develop the rhythmic independence of their hands, concentrating on quarter, eighth and sixteenth note rhythms and is a thesaurus of rhythmic patterns. All examples use one pitch, allowing the student to focus completely on time and rhythm. The exercises in this book gradually incorporate more and more complex rhythmic patterns making it a useful tool for both the beginning and the advanced student. Audio examples for all exercises in the form of midi files can be downloaded from the internet.
This volume teaches the student how to play guitar in a funk style. Thirty-six progressions are presented: 12 keys of a Major and Minor Blues, plus 12 keys of rhythm changes. A different groove is presented for each exercise giving the student a wide range of funk rhythms to master. A companion audio CD is included so the student can play along with each example and really "get into the groove". Play-along CD contains "trio" versions of each exercise with guitar, bass and drums.
No matter what your instrument, a thorough understanding of rhythmic notation is essential. In order to be prepared to read through any piece of music, the serious musician must be able to recognize, read and play rhythms fluidly. Rhythms Volume Two is a further investigation of rhythms, this time using the sixteenth note as the unit of measure. There are 108 pages of rhythm patterns structured in this way. All examples use one pitch, allowing the student to focus completely on time and rhythm on the instrument of their choice. All exercises can be downloaded from the internet to facilitate correct practice, enhance clarity and aid internalization. This book is a required text at New York Universities and Princeton University Music department.
Arnold provides techniques he uses in his music clinics and essential information for beginning and advanced students including reading music, theory, chord and scale construction, modal sequencing, approach notes, reharmonization, bass and chord comping, and hexatonic scales.
Despite the name, this book is as useful for the advanced player as for the beginning pupil. It is a combination of the information presented in Rhythms Volumes One, Two and Three, but it is presented in a very simplified manner. The beginning student will be able to read the rhythms slowly, to familiarize themselves with basic rhythmic concepts. On the other hand, the advanced player will find that playing these exercises quickly will greatly facilitate reading skills. A "speed-reading" course for the advanced student, this is one of the teaching "secrets" that Mr. Arnold now presents in book form. All examples use one pitch, allowing the student to focus completely on time and rhythm on the instrument of their choice. All exercises can be downloaded from the internet to facilitate correct practice, enhance clarity and aid internalization. See http: //www.muse-eek.com for details. This book is a required text at New York Universities and Princeton University Music department.
This book concentrates on thirty second note rhythms exploring nearly every combination of rests and ties. All examples use one pitch allowing total concentration on rhythm and time. Free audio flies are available in the "Member's Area" of the muse-eek.com website for each exercise.
This volume concentrates on eighth note rhythms exploring nearly every combination of rests and ties. All examples use one pitch allowing total concentration on rhythm and time. Free audio flies are available on the Internet for each exercise.
Bruce Arnold presents hard-core exercises for learning how to read music and pitch locations for every note on the guitar. Exercises for each string are presented in all keys. Free audio files are available in the "Member's Area" of the muse-eek.com website.
This book explores Improvising over Classical Music. The examples in the book were recorded by Spooky Actions, a New York based ensemble created by John Gunther and Bruce Arnold. Spooky Actions has produced a diverse set of recordings include the music of 20th century composers Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg and Olivier Messiaen; interpretations of Native American music Volume One and Volume Two, and well as a recording of Early Music from the 2nd century BC through the 1500’s. Their unique and compelling sound is being met with critical acclaim and widespread interest.
This book presents more advanced hard-core exercises for learning how to read music and pitch locations for every note on the guitar. Exercises for each string are presented in all keys. Free audio files are available online.
Music teacher Arnold presents a method to develop fast, pain free right hand technique for guitarist. Common right hand picking techniques for scales, cross string jumps and sweeps are discussed and 24 exercises are presented with free accompanying audio examples found online.
This book is an excellent learning tool for both the beginner who has no knowledge of music theory, and the intermediate student looking to improve their understanding of the guitar fretboard. an easy to understand music theory section is included especially for the beginning student, which sets forth the basics of music theory, thus laying the foundations for the exercises. from the most simple construction of basic intervals to the most advanced chord structure, all information is consistently applied to the guitar fretboard. the exercises prompt the student to write out an example using staff notation, and then to find those notes on a guitar fretboard diagram. All answers are included in the book, enabling the student to check his or her own work
Most people think of the book of Job as an attempt to explain suffering, but they fail to see the more important issue of God's righteousness and graciousness in bringing good out of evil. The understanding offered in this book helps the reader focus accordingly on God's purpose in grace to bring Job to know Jehovah himself and his heavenly will that he might thereby be transformed and truly become a servant of God. In this respect, the book presents a paradigm of God's crucial work with all believers to make himself known to them through revelation and repentance, that they might genuinely know him as their Redeemer and be one with his exalted will. As is expressed throughout the Bible, God warmly desires that all his people serve him. The repentance that comes at the climax of the book is not the believer's repentance upon initial faith but the more crucial repentance of the mature believer for the kingdom of God. God's purpose with our lives depends, therefore, on our understanding his will and knowing our God and his righteousness. Job is an "ordinary servant of God," therefore, as a pattern to all believers.
This book gives a music student rhythm exercises with sixteenth notes in a 3/4 time signature. Although there are many books out that help you learn your rhythms the rhythm series of books from muse-eek.com is unique in that each example is accompanied by an audio example. These audio examples can be from our Member's Area which is free to join at http://www.muse-eek.com. These audio files are midifiles which can be played on a Mac or Windows based computer by using a midifile player or any sequencer program. Midifile players are available for free at many sites on the internet. This book is part of a sight reading series aimed at getting a student profi cient at recognizing and playing rhythms. Other volumes in this series will introduce melodic shapes in different stylistic contexts. See the final pages of this book for a complete listing and description of current music related publications.
The exercises presented here are the same that great teachers and world class music schools give to their advanced students. This is the first book to present them formally, and is a milestone of its kind. This book contains hard-core information and exercises that are plainly difficult; only dedicated musicians need apply. But if you are serious about your instrument, learning how to read on it, and learning where the notes are without looking at it, you've come to the right place. This book works in tandem with audio examples that can be downloaded form the internet, which will greatly aid in the absorption of information and the building of skill. Exercises for each string are presented in all keys. The book culminates in a final section which integrates playing on all four strings. This book is a required text at New York Universities and Princeton University Music department.
Odd Meters" is for a music students that needs work on both eighth and sixteenth note rhythms in an odd meter setting. All examples use one pitch allowing total concentration on rhythm and time. Free audio flies for each exercise are available in the "Member's Area" of the muse-eek.com website.
The ability to read, play, and make a convincing, consistent groove in a sixteenth note rhythm is one of the more formidable challenges facing a contemporary rhythm section player. This book attempts to address that challenge by supplying chord progressions with different syncopated rhythmic patterns. Practice of these exercises will lead to an understanding of the style, and ability to execute the rhythms common to funk. Comping Styles for Bass is a collection of 36 different progressions with both guitar and bass parts written out, so a bass player can see what the guitar is doing and also get used to reading bass parts in a funk style. It includes a CD which demonstrates the progressions in a trio setting of guitar, bass, and drums. It is a useful tool for learning to interact with a rhythm section.
Rhythms Volume Four is one of the most in-depth studies of highly syncopated eighth note rhythms within a 3/4 time signature you can get. Downloadable midifiles from Muse Eek Publishing's "Member's Area" make this a really smart way to master hard rhythms within the 3/4 meter.
This edition does not contain the MP3s which will have to be purchased separately for $14.99 at: http://muse-eek.com/children-ear-training-go-tell-aunt-rhody/ Ear Training for Children and Others Young at Heart teaches a young child or anyone struggling with ear training how to identify pitches when they are sung or played. The process used in this book and audio recordings is simple, fun and educational. It uses the traditional song "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" to teach both singing and listening skills. Along with teaching ear training, these recordings will teach children to work with numbers, letters and solfège, as they sing along and are tested within the structure of this very simple song. Although the series was initially conceived for children, the skills attained from working along can be just as beneficial for an adult with ear training issues. The PDF will provide many ideas on how to apply these audio files to the education of your child or yourself. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 11.5px Times; color: #2d2829}
Contemporary Rhythms Volume Two develops your knowledge of highly syncopated rhythms written with contemporary notation. A serious musician must not only be able to recognize, read and play rhythms fluidly but be aware of alternate notation used especially in contemporary classical music but found more and more in all styles of music. This volume concentrates on sixteenth note rhythms and the rhythmic patterns often associated with that rhythmic level. Each exercise uses one pitch which allows the student to focus completely on time and rhythm. Exercises use modern innovations common to twentieth century notation, thereby familiarizing the student with the most sophisticated systems likely to be encountered in the course of a musical career. Midifiles for all exercises can be downloaded from the the muse-eek.com "Member's Area" to facilitate learning.
Symmetrical Trichord Pairs" explores the formation of 2 three-note (trichord) groups with the exact same structure. Eleven different structures are explored and general recommendations are made on how to use each one. Since the use of these structures will be in an improvisational setting, their relationship to various chord types will be of paramount importance. This book only looks at symmetrical structures. There are, of course, many other possible combinations when you consider non-symmetrical trichord structures. Each symmetrical trichord pair is sequenced up one octave to help the student see a melodic application.. This sequence also aids in the mastering of these structures and is presented in all keys. Rather then start on page 1 with the 012 symmetrical trichord pairs, which while being a cool sound, are only possible on two chord types it is recommended that you choose a structure that can be used on multiple chord types and has many possible combinations. This will allow you to get more use out of each structure as you learn. In general it is recommend that you us this book as a reference guide for finding interesting symmetrical structures from the 574 possible combinations. Then apply them to various chord types. Below is a list of the "Pitch Class Set" and "Chord Type" for each Symmetrical Trichord Pair found in this book. Keep in mind there can be multiple possible trichord pairs for for each chord type. 012 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 012 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 013 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for Δ7 013 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7 013 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 013 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 013 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7b5 013 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for °7 013 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -Δ7 014 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 014 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 014 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for °7 014 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -Δ7 015 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for Δ7 015 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -Δ7 015 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 015 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 016 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 016 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 016 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7b5 016 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for °7 016 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -Δ7 024 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for Δ7 024 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7 024 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 024 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 025 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for Δ7 025 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7 025 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 025 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 025 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7b5 025 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for °7 025 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -Δ7 026 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 026 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 026 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for °7 026 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -Δ7 027 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for Δ7 027 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7 027 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 027 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 036 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 036 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 036 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7b5 036 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for °7 036 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -Δ7 037 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for Δ7 037 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7 037 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7 037 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for 7sus4 037 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for -7b5 037 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs for °7 037 Symmetrical Trichord Pairs For -Δ7
This book is for both the beginning guitarist or the more experienced guitarist who wishes to improve their technique. All aspects of the physical act of playing the guitar are covered, from how to hold a guitar, to the specific way each hand is involved in the playing process. Pictures are provided within the book to help clarify each technique. More valuable explanatory pictures and videos can be downloaded for free at www.muse-eek.com This book is excerpted from "1st Steps for a Beginning Guitarist Volume One.
Studies for the master or master-in-training are presented here. A continuation of the course presented in Single String Studies Volume One, this will lay the foundation for truly virtuosic technique and performance. The exercises presented here are the same that great teachers and world class music schools give to their advanced students. This is the first book to present them formally, and is a milestone of its kind. This book contains hard-core information and exercises that are plainly difficult; only dedicated musicians need apply. But if you are serious about your instrument, learning how to read on it, and learning where the notes are without looking at it, you've come to the right place. This book works in tandem with audio examples that can be downloaded form the internet, which will greatly aid in the absorption of information and the building of skill. Exercises for each string are presented in all keys. The book culminates in a final section which integrates playing on all four strings. This book is a required text at New York Universities and Princeton University Music department.
Arnold's workbook contains sight reading and sight singing exercises for one to four voices. Learn part singing or use for multiple voice sight reading. Audio files of all exercises can be downloaded for free on the Internet.
Tertial Octatonics" concentrates on the possible ways to combine two 7th chord structures into an Octatonic Scale. By using eleven common chord types you can use these combinations of two 7th chords to play over chord changes. These combinations create a great sound and are fairly easy to access if you know your 7th chords. (If you don't know your 7th chord these "two tetrad" combinations can really help you to master them.) For each "two tetrad" combination a listed of which chords these structures can be used over is included. This is a great resource for a musician that is into improvisation or composition. These Octatonic combinations create a rich resource for modern melodic development.
Using extremely simple language, Arnold explains the basics of music theory. The exercises require students to write out examples using staff notation. Other exercises include simple interval to highly complex chords. This book is excellent for any high school student preparing to go to college and major in music performance or composition.
The Election of February 2011 will be remembered for the defeat and virtual annihilation of Fianna Fáil. Stripped of power in humiliating circumstances, the party was disgraced, possibly to the point of no return. The story of how this happened is a mixture of farce and tragedy. The collective leadership of the party lost touch with reality and watched, as though mesmerised, while Brian Cowen led them from one catastrophic mistake to another. He was aided in this by Brian Lenihan, Minister for Finance, whose mistakes were among the worst ever made by the holder of this crucial office. Fianna Fáil demolished itself in the eyes of the electorate due to its entanglement with property and banking scandals, inept decisions and gross mismanagement of the most profitable time ever enjoyed by the Irish people. Two journalists with inside knowledge of the events and extensive experience of politics over many years have joined their talents to write this gripping story.
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