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Price: $15.00
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Sale: $5.89
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Manufacturer: Plume/Penguin
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Daniel J. Levitin
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Publisher: Plume/Penguin
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Dewey Decimal Number: 781.11
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Publication Date: 2007-08-28
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Reading Level: 322
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Description: In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals:
• How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world
• Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre
• That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise
• How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our heads
And, taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. This Is Your Brain on Music is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into an obsession at the heart of human nature.
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $15.63
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Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Steve Turner
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Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Edition: Updated
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Dewey Decimal Number: 780
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Publication Date: 2005-10-01
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: A lavishly illustrated, rollicking account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles' lyrics. Who was "just seventeen" and made Paul's heart go "boom"? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? Where's Penny Lane? In A Hard Day's Write, music journalist Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy by investigating for the first time the ordinary people and events immortalized in the Beatles' music and now occupying a special niche in popular culture's collective imagination. Arranged chronologically by album, the book breaks new ground by exploring how private incidents influenced the group's writing and how their music evolved. Turner reveals that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was really a drawing by Julian Lennon of his childhood friend; Bungalow Bill was an all-American tiger hunter; Doctor Robert was a New York 'speech doctor'; and much more. A longtime Beatles admirer, Turner tracked down and interviewed the real-life subjects of the songs, probed public records and newspaper archives, and spoke in depth to the people closet to the Beatles to unearth tales that have never before been made public. The result is a book that chronicles an untold story of the Beatles themselves. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, A Hard Day's Write is a visually alluring and highly entertaining journey to the land stretching just beneath your conscious mind, mapped out with strawberry fields, fool-topped hills, and long and winding roads.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.20
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Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Tom Kolb
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Publisher: Hal Leonard
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Dewey Decimal Number: 787.87193
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Publication Date: 2005-05-01
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Reading Level: 104
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Description: Guitarists of all levels will find a wealth of practical music knowledge in this special book and CD package. Veteran guitarist and author Tom Kolb dispels the mysteries of music theory using plain and simple terms and diagrams. The accompanying CD provides 94 tracks of music examples, scales, modes, chords, ear training, and much more!
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.12
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Manufacturer: Musicians Institute Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Musicians Institute Press
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Edition: Workbook
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Dewey Decimal Number: 781
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Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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Reading Level: 80
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Description: Navigate the guitar neck better than ever before with this easy-to-use book! Designed from Musicians Institute core curriculum programs, it covers essential concepts for players of every level, acoustic or electric. A hands-on guide to theory, it will help you learn to build any scale or chord on your own and unleash creativity. No music reading is required.
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Price: $4.95
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Sale: $1.75
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Manufacturer: Willis Music
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Thompson
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Publisher: Willis Music
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Dewey Decimal Number: 781
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Publication Date: 2005-07-01
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Reading Level: 40
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Description: A series for the early beginner combining rote and note approach. The melodies are written with careful thought and are kept as simple as possible, yet they are refreshingly delightful. All the music lies within the grasp of the child's small hands.
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $23.25
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Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: David Cote
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Publisher: Hyperion
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Dewey Decimal Number: 792.642
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Publication Date: 2005-10-26
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Wicked is not just a musical, it is a phenomenon. Every week 15,000 people pack New York+s Gershwin Theatre to see the show. The most successful musical on Broadway in 2004, Wicked is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire. It tells the story of Elphaba, the headstrong Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the good witch, growing up in the Land of Oz. The show has cast a spell on fans, many of whom return for second and third viewings. In 2005, the show begins an extensive tour across the United States and Canada, hitting major cities such as Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and many more.This beautifully packaged, whimsical keepsake is designed to resemble the Grimmerie, an ancient book of spells that Elphaba uses in the show. Wicked: The Grimmerie offers fans a behind-the-curtains peek at the musical, profiles of the cast and creative team, and inside stories, with full-color photographs throughout. Some of the irresistible special features include an -Ozian+ glossary, spells, an illustrated family tree, and a step-by-step look at how Elphaba gets green before each show-everything fans need to relive the Broadway experience day after day.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $11.99
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Manufacturer: Dutton Adult
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Daniel J. Levitin
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Publisher: Dutton Adult
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Dewey Decimal Number: 781.11
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Publication Date: 2008-08-19
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Reading Level: 368
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Description:
The author of the New York Times bestseller and Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist This Is Your Brain on Music tunes us in to six evolutionary musical forms that brought about the evolution of human culture.
An unprecedented blend of science and art, Daniel Levitin's debut, This Is Your Brain on Music, delighted readers with an exuberant guide to the neural impulses behind those songs that make our heart swell. Now he showcases his daring theory of "six songs," illuminating how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms—for knowledge, friendship, religion, joy, comfort, and love. Preserving the emotional history of our lives and of our species, from its very beginning music was also allied to dance, as the structure of the brain confirms; developing this neurological observation, Levitin shows how music and dance enabled the social bonding and friendship necessary for human culture and society to evolve.
Blending cutting-edge scientific findings with his own sometimes hilarious experiences as a musician and music-industry professional, Levitin's sweeping study also incorporates wisdom gleaned from interviews with icons ranging from Sting and Paul Simon to Joni Mitchell, and David Byrne, along with classical musicians and conductors, historians, anthropologists, and evolutionary biologists. The result is a brilliant revelation of the prehistoric yet elegant systems at play when we sing and dance at a wedding or cheer at a concert—or tune out quietly with an iPod.
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $5.56
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Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Willard A. Palmer
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Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 786
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Publication Date: 1983-12
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Reading Level: 95
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Description: A beginning course for adults who prefer a chord approach. It teaches chords for both hands so that the student can play more than single note melodies. It contains outstanding songs such as "The Entertainer," "Scarborough Fair," "Greensleeves" and "Amazing Grace."
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $5.00
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Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Anthony Kiedis::Larry Sloman
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Publisher: Hyperion
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Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092
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Publication Date: 2005-10-19
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Reading Level: 480
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Description: Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller by one of rock’s most provocative figures Scar Tissue is Anthony Kiedis’s searingly honest memoir of a life spent in the fast lane. In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in L.A. with their own unique brand of cosmic hardcore mayhem funk. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world. Though the band has gone through many incarnations, Anthony Kiedis, the group’s lyricist and dynamic lead singer, has been there for the whole roller-coaster ride. Whether he’s recollecting the influence of the beautiful, strong women who have been his muses, or retracing a journey that has included appearances as diverse as a performance before half a million people at Woodstock or an audience of one at the humble compound of the exiled Dalai Lama, Kiedis shares a compelling story about the price of success and excess. Scar Tissue is a story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption -- a story that could only have come out of the world of rock.
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Price: $6.95
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Sale: $3.91
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Manufacturer: G. Schirmer, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 786
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Publication Date: 1986-11-01
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Reading Level: 116
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Description: This collection of exercises has been a "Must Have" for many years. Designed to build independence and dexterity.
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