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"Boy, do I have a lot to learn!" Anyone who's ever picked up a musical instrument of any kind - from the first caveman banging rocks to that little kid at the guitar shop - has thought that. I know I did. I'd been trying for years to break in to the music scene, to show everyone my chops, to make my mark. And I was good. But I wasn't great. I knew that there was something wrong.
"Then the teacher showed up. I didn't ask for him. I didn't think I needed him. And all he said he could teach me was 'nothing'.
"What happened next, you may not believe...I sure didn't...but that didn't stop him."The Music Lesson is the inspiring story of a young bass player and the lessons he learns about Life, Music, and the Life of Music. Throughout this audiobook is new, original music written by Victor Wooten and a bonus performance by the original supergroup Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
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- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring listeners a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Started common, ended uncommon
- By Sher from Provo on 06-05-24
By: Aaron Copland
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Effortless Mastery
- Liberating the Master Musician Within
- By: Kenny Werner
- Narrated by: Kenny Werner
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Playing music should be as simple and natural as drawing a breath, yet most musicians are hindered by self-consciousness, apprehension, self-doubt, and stress. Before we can truly express our inner self, we must first learn to be at peace and overcome the distractions that can make performance difficult. Kenny's remarkable work deals directly with these hindrances, and presents ways to let our natural creative powers flow freely with minimal stress and effort.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very Meh
- By Chemical_Messiah on 04-05-22
By: Kenny Werner
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The Practice of Practice: Get Better Faster
- By: Jonathan Harnum
- Narrated by: Jonathan Harnum
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 539
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 468
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 462
The focus of this book is music practice, but these techniques and mindsets can be applied to any skill you want to improve. The Practice of Practice covers essential practice strategies and mindsets you won't find in any other book. You'll learn what research tells us about practice, but more importantly, you'll learn how great musicians in many genres of music think about practice, and you'll learn the strategies and techniques they use to improve.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Read the Book Instead
- By Jazz Doc on 11-24-16
By: Jonathan Harnum
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The Inner Game of Music
- By: Barry Green, W. Timothy Gallwey - contributor
- Narrated by: Roxanne Abbott
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 10
The Inner Game of music is that which takes place in the mind, played against such elusive opponents as nervousness, self doubt, and fear of failure. Using the same principles of "natural learning" W. Timothy Gallwey developed so successfully for tennis, golf, and skiing and applying them to his own field, noted musician Barry Green shows how to acknowledge and overcome these internal obstacles in order to bring a new quality to the experience and learning of music.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Opened my mind to the inner game principles. How you begin with awareness instead of judgment.
- By Jonathan W. on 12-16-23
By: Barry Green, and others
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This Is Your Brain on Music
- The Science of a Human Obsession
- By: Daniel J. Levitin
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 163
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life - even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last becoming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology. Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty of music itself, This Is Your Brain on Music unravels a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture to our understanding of human nature.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really boring.
- By alex velasquez on 11-24-20
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Basic Music Theory, 4th Edition
- How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music
- By: Jonathan Harnum
- Narrated by: Jonathan Harnum
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
What do all those lines and squiggles and dots mean? Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced music teacher using methods refined over more than 30 years in schools and in his private teaching studio. Lessons are fun, well-paced, and enjoyable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very good portable and study anywhere book
- By Amazon Customer on 06-03-17
By: Jonathan Harnum
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Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion
- By: Bill Messenger, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bill Messenger
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 712
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 621
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 616
Jazz is a uniquely American art form, one of America's great contributions to not only musical culture, but world culture, with each generation of musicians applying new levels of creativity that take the music in unexpected directions that defy definition, category, and stagnation. Now you can learn the basics and history of this intoxicating genre in an eight-lecture series that is as free-flowing and original as the art form itself.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Disappointingly Distorted, Myopic View Of Jazz
- By Parallax View on 08-18-13
By: Bill Messenger, and others
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This Is What It Sounds Like
- What the Music You Love Says About You
- By: Ogi Ogas, Susan Rogers
- Narrated by: Susan Rogers
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114
When you listen to music, do you prefer lyrics or melody? Intricate harmonies or driving rhythm? The “real” sounds of acoustic instruments or those of computerized synthesizers? Drawing from her successful career as a music producer (engineering hits like Prince’s “Purple Rain”), professor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers reveals why your favorite songs move you. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s reaction to seven key dimensions of any record: authenticity, realism, novelty, melody, lyrics, rhythm, and timbre.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Needed to include the music
- By Sarah on 01-18-23
By: Ogi Ogas, and others
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Music Is History
- By: Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Questlove
- Narrated by: Questlove
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 193
Best-selling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the past 50 years. Choosing one essential track from each year, Questlove unpacks each song’s significance, revealing the pivotal role that American music plays around issues of race, gender, politics, and identity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This would be better read than listened to
- By HomeChef on 11-05-21
By: Ahmir Khalib Thompson, and others
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Song Machine
- Inside the Hit Factory
- By: John Seabrook
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 832
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 760
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 756
Traveling from New York to Los Angeles, Stockholm to Korea, John Seabrook visits specialized teams composing songs in digital labs with novel techniques, and he traces the growth of these contagious hits from their origins in early '90s Sweden to their ubiquity on today's charts. Featuring the stories of artists like Katy Perry, Britney Spears, and Rihanna as well as expert songsmiths like Max Martin, Ester Dean, and Dr. Luke, The Song Machine will change the way you listen to music.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Want your music canned or in a box?
- By tru britty on 10-08-15
By: John Seabrook
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Music Theory for Beginners
- Guide to Understanding the Basic Concepts of Music
- By: Forslund Music
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Music Theory Explained You can read this book for free with your Kindle Unlimited membership! It’s easy to say that you like music. However, can you confidently state that you understand music? Make no mistake, it’s nice to be able to listen to your favorite songs and recognize when a note is off. But still, that doesn’t automatically give you the ability to read and play any notes you like. In this book you will learn about: The Five Notelines The musical clefs and their purpose Notes, names and values Rests, names and values The most common music terms Minor vs. major scales ...
By: Forslund Music
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The World in Six Songs
- How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- By: Daniel J. Levitin
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Daniel J. Levitin's astounding debut best seller, This Is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted audiences as it transformed our understanding of how music gets in our heads and stays there. Now in his second New York Times best seller, his genius for combining science and art reveals how music shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting concept for a book
- By Shannon on 06-23-24
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Ear Training
- For Beginners
- By: Forslund Music
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Read this book for free with your Kindle Unlimited Membership Become a better musician by practicing ear training! This book for beginners will give you ideas for exercises, teach you how to become better at reading and hearing rhythm and give you tips for how to learn intervals. In this book you will learn about: Interval Training Solfège Chords and Inversions Rhythm Training This book suits those who have been playing an instrument or singing for a while and who want to be able to find chords for melodies, sing harmonies and write down the music they’re hearing. It will also teach you ...
By: Forslund Music
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The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles
- How Music Has Shaped Civilization
- By: Howard Goodall
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
Music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multilayered orchestration can seem bewilderingly complex. In his dynamic tour through forty thousand years of music, from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop, Howard Goodall leads us through the story of music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation—harmony, notation, sung theater, the orchestra, dance music, recording—strikes us with its original force.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great intro to musc history
- By Enthusiast on 03-06-16
By: Howard Goodall
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No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists
- Master the Essential Knowledge all Guitarists Need to Know
- By: James Shipway
- Narrated by: James Shipway
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17
No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists is the groundbreaking guitar theory book for guitar players. Now, guitarists of all levels can understand most of the music theory they'll ever need, without the confusion. Easy-to-understand language, explanations, and practical examples mean you can understand in hours music theory concepts that can confuse guitar players for years. No music reading or theory knowledge required!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoying this book!
- By tpsm on 02-23-23
By: James Shipway
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Johann Sebastian Bach
- The Learned Musician
- By: Christoph Wolff
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Has all the boring details...
- By L. Jensen on 05-14-19
By: Christoph Wolff