Knack Piano for Everyone

Knack Piano for Everyone
Author: Margaret Ann Martin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2010-02-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0762766379

Download play-along audio tracks at knackbooks.com/piano. Knack Piano for Everyone is a self-instruction book for beginners to intermediates, fully illustrated with full-color photographs and musical notation. The book will teach readers everything a beginner should know about the instrument itself—the parts, different kinds of pianos, care for pianos—and then provide the basics of reading piano music and playing. Download play-along audio tracks at knackbooks.com/piano. The book will include: * An explanation of how the piano works. * An exploration of the instrument, sitting correctly, playing all over the keyboard on the black keys. * Finding familiar tunes on the piano. * Music notation, where it comes from, directions (up and down) on the keyboard and on the music page. Lessons will be geared toward achievable results for the reader without any prior knowledge of music, but also contain sidebars on various styles and techniques for the more advanced reader. By the end of the book, the reader will be able to play some basic songs, including some that will be provided in the Appendix.

Bridge for Everyone

Bridge for Everyone
Author: D. W. Crisfield
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2023-10-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1493069586

Bridge is a famously challenging card game, one that’s next to impossible to learn without a whole host of visual aids. But books on the subject all too often seem to ignore this. Enter Bridge for Everyone, which takes a step-by-step, visual approach to explaining the game clearly to beginners and intermediates. With 400 full-color photos, it begins with the rules and the fundamentals of bidding, play, defense, and scoring. Not only does it give you what it takes to hold your ground no matter what your hand, it then takes the bidding up a notch by introducing more techniques—and strategies for winning.

After the Golden Age

After the Golden Age
Author: Kenneth Hamilton
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2008
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0195178262

Hamilton dissects the oft invoked myth of a 'Great Tradition', or Golden Age of pianism. He then goes on to discuss the performance style great pianists, from Liszt to Paderewski, and delves into the far from inevitable development of the piano recital.

Wise Irish Women

Wise Irish Women
Author: Patricia Connorton Kagerer
Publisher: BrownBooks.ORM
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1612548172

This collection of interviews with exceptional women from the Emerald Isle “will make you laugh, and cry, and think, and love” (Mary Higgins Clark, international bestselling mystery author). Open the door to the legends of successful, inspirational women with one common thread—a heartwarming connection to Ireland. Each story, in its own unique way, is about pursuing a dream and making a difference. Whether it’s one by the great mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark, playwright Marianne McDonald, or the authors themselves, each illuminates how these wise women have made a difference in their own corner of the world. “What a wonderful book, again illustrating that the Irish have it all, both the tragedy that shaped their thoughts and the joy and wit to see the rainbow after every rainfall. This book is the most precious pot of gold you could ever find.”—Marianne McDonald, PhD, MRIA “Wise Irish Women embraces the essence of the Fearless Women books, illuminating women who shine in their lives and make a difference in spite of their challenges and fears.”—Mary Ann Halpin, internationally acclaimed author and photographer of the Fearless Women books

Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method

Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method
Author: Mark Davis
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1495051293

(Piano Instruction). The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide designed for anyone interested in playing jazz piano from the complete novice just learning the basics to the more advanced player who wishes to enhance their keyboard vocabulary. There are lots of fun progressions and licks for you to play and absorb. The accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the examples in the book! Topics include essential theory, chords and voicings, improvisation ideas, structure and forms, scales and modes, rhythm basics, interpreting a lead sheet, playing solos, and much more!

Human, All Too Human

Human, All Too Human
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher: Livraria Press
Total Pages: 629
Release:
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3689382378

"Human, All Too Human" marks a significant shift in Nietzsche's thought toward a more naturalistic and skeptical perspective. In this work, he adopts a more critical stance toward metaphysics and religion, exploring the psychological and cultural origins of human beliefs and values. This book is characterized by its aphoristic style and sharp wit, as Nietzsche dissects the follies and contradictions of human behavior. This is one of his largest works, spanning hundreds of topics and figures including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Luther, Melanchthon, Darwin, Voltaire, Rousseau, Leibniz, Diogenes, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne, Pascal, Jean Paul, Hume, Locke, Jean-Jacques, Emerson, Carlyle, Pascal, Bismarck and Schopenhauer. The original 1878 release was printed by Ernst Schmeitzner in Chemnitz, Germany. In 1879, "Assorted Opinions and Maxims" was added as a supplement, and in 1880, "The Wanderer and His Shadow" followed, completing what is often referred to as the first part of "Human, All Too Human." The combined works were later republished in a single volume in 1886, and this new translation is based off of that work. This new 2024 translation from the original German, Latin and Greek manuscript contains a new Afterword by the translator, a timeline of Nietzsche's life and works, an index with descriptions of his core concepts and summaries of his complete body of works. This translation is designed to allow the armchair philosopher to engage deeply with Nietzsche's works without having to be a full-time Academic. The language is modern and clean, with simplified sentence structures and diction to make Nietzsche's complex language and arguments as accessible as possible. This Reader's Edition also contains extra material that amplifies the manuscript with autobiographical, historical and linguistic context. This provides the reader a holistic view of this very enigmatic philosopher as both an introduction and an exploration of Nietzsche's works; from his general understanding of his philosophic project to an exploration of the depths of his metaphysics and unique contributions. This edition contains: • • An Afterword by the Translator on the history, impact and intellectual legacy of Nietzsche • Translation notes on the original German, Latin and Greek manuscript • An index of Philosophical concepts used by Nietzsche with a focus on Existentialism and Phenomenology • A chronological list of Nietzsche's entire body of works • A detailed timeline of Nietzsche's life and works