Musikbücher

Read The Beatles is a collection of interviews, essays, poetry, book excerpts, and record and movie reviews by selected writers from the last 30+ years. It contains both hard-to-find and out-of-print...

Readers will learn about their Liverpudlian childhoods, their first forays into rock music, what Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up. It's all here in an easy-to-read narrative with plenty of...

Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William 'Mickey' Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote 'Dancing in the Street.' The song was recorded at Motown's Hitvi...

The Rough Guide to the Beatles covers every aspect of the Fab Four, delving deep into the Beatles music, lyrics, movies and the Beatles solo careers. Features include: From Liverpool clubs to Beatlema...

More than 50 years after their breakup, the Beatles are still attracting fans from various generations, all while retaining their original fan base from the 1960s. Why have those first-generation fans...

More than 50 years after their breakup, the Beatles are still attracting fans from various generations, all while retaining their original fan base from the 1960s. Why have those first-generation fans...

What you have in your hands is a project that was born on the web, we wanted to play with two of our greatest passions, the Beatles and the guitar. The project has been published in twelve episodes un...

With the introduction of the two-pickup 4001 model in 1961, the Rickenbacker bass became a phenomenon. The Beatles's use use of Rickenbacker instruments was pivotal: teen groups everywhere wanted to h...

The Complete Guide to the Gibson Mandolins is a definitive source of information about the company that defined the modern mandolin. From the very beginning when Orville H. Gibson built the first carv...

What instruments brands provide the best value? Are used instruments a good investment? What mouthpiece should beginners use? Single or double horn? Is there a way to make it easier for beginners to p...

These beautiful instruments have long been a favorite with musicians. This book is a history, source book and owner's manual for players and fans which covers the facts and figures necessary for serio...

In the mid '50s, Ted McCarty, Gibson's new president, set out to further set Gibson apart from Fender. He wanted to create new designs that did not conform to the basic guitar shape. He wanted somethi...

The holy grail of electric guitars is back for the fourth and final time! The slang term burst has been used to decribe a specific Gibson Les Paul, manufactured from 1958 to 1960. The impact of this g...

It is now more than 40 years since Mike Longworth published his seminal book on the Martin Guitar Company. It was Mike's book that stirred Greig Hutton's original interest in Martin guitars and it put...

Der Guide versammelt Beiträge von 35 der weltweit führenden Fachhändler, von denen jeder über jahrzehntelange Erfahrung in diesem Geschäft verfügt. Das ist einer der vielen Gründe, warum er die vertra...

Dieses Buch gibt dem Leser einen Einblick in das Unternehmen, die Fabriken, die Prozesse und das Denken beim Aufbau des Markennamens und der Tradition, die Leo Fender 1946 begründet hat. Ein Blick hin...

Designed for music professionals and students, this extensive resource is the definitive guide for over 500 instruments, including over 190 world music instruments. Music industry veteran, Robert Born...

The Bass Clarinet: A Personal History by Harry Sparnaay, 258 pages + Online Audio. Third edition. Harry Sparnaay, the bass clarinettist who has been often featured as prominent soloist, launches the m...

Der Hauptzweck des Stammbaums besteht darin, ein klares Bild der Geschichte der vier Blechblasinstrumentenfamilien der Kornette, Trompeten, Posaunen und Hörner zu vermitteln. Und zwar seit dem frühen...

Der Hauptzweck des Stammbaums besteht darin, ein klares Bild der Geschichte der vier Blechblasinstrumentenfamilien der Kornette, Trompeten, Posaunen und Hörner zu vermitteln. Und zwar seit dem frühen...

Dieses dreisprachige Wörterbuch richtet sich an alle, die sich international mit Blechblasinstrumenten befassen. Ich habe versucht, die Terminologie verschiedener Bereiche zu berücksichtigen: Musikwis...