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1	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Harmonica more books like this by William Melton, Randy Weinstein "With photos, illustrations, and a new audio CD." The harmonica is one of the most traditional musical instruments in America. Millions are sold each year, but there are few high quality, comprehensive instructional manuals for new harmonica players. This bestselling book has been completely updated, with dozens of new songs and a professionally ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
2	The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool more books like this by Michael Segell Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone--a horn that created a sound never before heard in nature, and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both positive and negative passions among all who hear it. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $9.51! \| first editions \| SVS
3	How to Play the Flute: Everything You Need to Know to Play the Flute more books like this by Howard Harrison "How to Play the Flute" is a new kind of flute tutor. It combines over fifty carefully selected musical pieces with illustrations, diagrams, and text to give students a full, clear explanation of the basics of flute playing. Progressing in easy stages, "How to Play the Flute" takes one from simple melodies to the music of Bach and Scott Joplin. ... see all copies from $7.12! new only from $7.12!
4	Recorder from the Beginning more books like this by Professor John Pitts Introduces the remaining eight notes plus seven new notes with familiar fingerings (enharmonics). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Country & Blues Harmonica for the Musically Hopeless more books like this by John Gindick In a little more than six years, this how-to-classic has sold over 500,000 copies and remains a beacon of hope for all piano-lesson drop-outs and church choir rejects. Book and one cassette. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
6	Harmonica for Dummies more books like this by Winslow Yerxa The fun and easy way[registered] to make the harmonica sing and perfect your playing technique! Are you hankering to play the harmonica? This easy-to-read, practice-oriented guide gives you step-by-step instruction to get you making music in no time! Even if you're an experienced harmonica player, this book is packed with tips to take your playing ... see all copies from $12.24! new only from $12.24! \| SVS
7	Recorder Fun!: Teach Yourself the Easy Way! more books like this by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation This book/CD pack will have you playing 40 great songs on recorder in no time! The book includes all the information you will need to get started, plus an easy-to-use finger chart, and the demonstration/play-along CD features professional accompaniments to make you sound like a pro! Songs include: All Through The Night * Amazing Grace * Carnival ... see all copies from $4.23! new only from $4.62! \| SVS
8	On Playing the Flute more books like this by Johann Joachim Quantz Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing Flute has long been recognized as one of the most significant and in-depth treatises on eighteenth-century musical thought, performance practice, and style. This classic text of Baroque music instruction goes far beyond an introduction to flute methods by offering a comprehensive program of studies that is ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $27.33! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Louis; the Louis Armstrong story, 1900-1971 more books like this by Max Jones, John Chilton This biography includes not only a gripping narrative written by two of the most reliable jazz historians, but also a chronology, film list, and selection of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Brass Instruments: Their History and Development more books like this by Anthony Baines Evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas and other brass wind instruments. Over 140 illustrations and 48 music examples. Corrected and updated by author. New preface. Bibliography. see all copies from $5.50! new only from $33.88! \| first editions
11 view cover	You Can Teach Yourself Banjo more books like this by Janet Davis "This is the ideal beginner's book, presenting the basics of playing the 5-string banjo is a way that is both fun and produces quick results. Janet Davis takes you on an extensive tour of this instrument's fundamental techniques as well as some intermediate possibilities including rolls, chords, bluegrass banjo techniques, playing up the neck, ... see all copies from $6.59! new only from $9.28! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	John Coltrane more books like this by Bill Cole John Coltrane (19261967) was one of the most innovative forces in African- American music. By experimenting with new concepts of time, integrating Eastern philosophies into Western music, and exploring multiphonics and other new sounds on his saxophone, he opened avenues of expression that influenced musicians and composers from jazz to rock to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Really the Blues more books like this by Mezz Mezzrow This is the story of a white boy who fell in love with black culture, learning the clarinet in the clubs frequented by Al Capone, accompanying Bessie Smith in her heyday - a white Jew exploring the world of jazz. It is a searching autobiography, written in the 1940s but with the directness and power of today's most streetwise language. The book ... see all copies from $4.02! new only from $9.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Alto Saxophone more books like this by Bruce Pearson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95!
15 view cover	How to Love Your Flute: A Guide to Flutes and Flute Playing, or How to Play, Choose, and Care for a Flute, Plus Flute History and More more books like this by Mark Shepard, Anne Subercaseaux (Illustrator), Paul Horn (Preface by) A complete guide for anyone who plays the flute or ever wanted to. Use it along with flute lessons or even to teach yourself! This book covers everything you need and more -- selection and care, flute technique, fingering, playing by ear, reading music, flute history, flutes around the world, and modern folk flutes. How to Love Your Flute will ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $12.00! \| SVS
16 view cover	Guide to Teaching Woodwinds more books like this by Frederick William Westphal "Guide to Teaching Woodwings" is written primarily for the college student who is preparing for instrumental teaching, although the woodwind teacher or player will find it useful also. At a time when teacher education programs allow only a minimal amount of time for the specialized study of instrumental teaching, a text that not only provides the ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $68.25! \| SVS
17 view cover	Remembering Bix : a memoir of the jazz age more books like this by Ralph Berton Never before in paperback: A rare eyewitness appreciation of a jazz legend.. As Nat Hentoff says, "Hearing Bix for the first time was like waking up to the first day of spring." Bix has always inspired such acclaim, for he was an unmatched master of the cornet. Ralph Berton was privileged enough to have been a fanand younger brother of Bix's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.64! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Clarinet & Clarinet Playing more books like this by David Pino Features suggestions about technique, musicianship, and musical interpretation, as well as guidelines for teaching, making your own reeds, and preparing for public performance. Discusses the history of the clarinet. Appendixes. Includes 7 black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $8.91! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Woodwind Instruments and Their History more books like this by Anthony Baines This definitive text combines a history of woodwinds with detailed descriptions and photographs of the various instruments in use today. Includes 34 halftones, 41 line illustrations, 25 musical examples and 16 fingering charts. see all copies from $4.30! new only from $9.18! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Bird Lives: The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker more books like this by Ross Russell This work on Charlie "Bird" Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites; the extent of his influence; and his work. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
21	What Did I Do?: The Unauthorized Autobiography more books like this by Larry Rivers, Arnold Weinstein There is the Larry Rivers whose work hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery, and there is the Larry Rivers who himself has hung out in a variety of other, less respectable milieus. Now the artist, musician, friend, lover, and entertaining writer--with help from his old friend playwright Arnold Weinstein--pens perhaps the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper more books like this by Art Pepper Art Pepper (19251982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life , is much more than a jazz bookit is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies. This edition is updated with an extensive afterword by Laurie Pepper covering Art Peppers ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $18.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble Method: For Group or Individual Instruction - 1st Alto Saxophone more books like this by Bruce Pearson, Dean Sorenson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.94!
24 view cover	Learning Unlimited Let's Play Recorder Method: Student Book 1 more books like this by Leo Sevish An effective two-level method for recorder instruction and a contemporary approach to learning an instrument. The books include introductory materials for use with Baroque and German-style recorders. The Level 1 book includes a helpful play-along record that encourages study and practice. For general music class teaching, the student materials are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.82! \| SVS
25 view cover	Blowing Zen: Finding an Authentic Life more books like this by Ray Brooks While living in London, Ray Brooks became troubled by feelings of emptiness and despair. Faced with a growing sense of the shallowness of his life, he left the city, met his second wife, and embarked on a path of self-discovery that led to Tokyo and the study the ancient art of shakuhachi Zen flute. With intuition leading the way, Brooks goes ... see all copies from $3.19!

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