Enya A Day Without Rain Review

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(More customer reviews)I enjoyed the CD, and a little over a year ago I started learning to play the piano as an adult.I was a little apprehensive that this book would be over my head, but my piano teacher has already incorporated some of these songs into my "curriculum".The arrangements are a bit challenging for someone at my level of skill, but what saves me is that the tempo of these enchanting songs are slow enough that I can keep up.I am quite happy with this book.

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Enya A Day Without Rain Brand: Alfred Publishing Model Number: 55-8508A

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Enya - Paint the Sky with Stars (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)Although Enya's music is superb, the transcriptions in this book leave something to be desired.Part of the trouble is of course due to the difficulty of arranging music originally for multiple instruments and voices for solo piano, but on other instances it seems to be more thoughtlessness on the parts of those who transcribed the music. For example:

-Several of the pieces, such that "Anywhere is" and "The Memory of Trees" are very repetitive.In the original pieces, the harmonies and background change over the course of the song.In these arrangements, each verse is notated exactly the same.

-In "The Celts", a D.S. al. Coda is given without any indication as to what point in the music the player is supposed to skip to the Coda

-In "Storms in Africa", there are sections where the pianist is asked to play three notes simultaneously, each of which is at least an octave and a fifth apart from the others.

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The Best of Enya: Anywhere Is ¥ Book of Days ¥ Caribbean Blue ¥ China Roses ¥ Ebudae ¥ Marble Halls ¥ On My Way Home ¥ Only If... ¥ Orinoco Flow ¥ Paint the Sky With Stars ¥ Shepherd Moons ¥ Storms In Africa ¥ Story of Boadicea ¥ The Celts ¥ The Memory of Trees ¥ Watermark.

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Songs From The Heart (2010) Review

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(More customer reviews)Like some other Celtic Woman fans I noticed that Alex's rendition of 'You'll Be In My Heart' (apparently some other numbers also) are not listed on the DVD to be released in January and that's a crying shame because she really lights up the venue. It is one of the very best numbers on the PBS version. I would suggest that everyone who feels the entire concert should be included do what I did and send EMI an email voicing your concern over some music mogul cutting tracks from the DVD. They won't listen to one complaint but a few thousand (or million) might change their minds. This show is Celtic Woman's best to date and EMI shouldn't snip dingle it to death by giving Lynn and Alex the short end on solos.
David A. Henderson
Saint Louis, MO

EMI says the reason some tracks are deleted from the DVD is they don't have publishing clearances(Lawyers!...ya gotta love 'em.)Others were cleared for TV broadcast only. Great!! That really makes me feel better...Heh.

Jan 31 UPDATE: Having now received the DVD I must eat some crow which will, no doubt, delight Tim Bowen. It appears the DVD may have actually been processed by Elmer Fudd since the video quality is really poor for a digital product, especially as the camera pulls back, AND is not on a par with the Other 4 CW DVDs. I am in agreement with other reviewers on this point. It may be my tin ear but the audio was fine once I set it to the 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround option. The sound on all 5 CW DVDs will threaten to shake the paint off your walls if you don't back the volume off a bit before turning them on. Once I got the volume balanced between what was coming out of my TV's speakers (a big screen Samsung HDTV) and what was coming through my Sony Surround system the audio was fine. The performance is still a 5+ but the DVD itself is about a 1 because of the poor video quality.

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Track Listing:
1. The Call
2. Fields of Gold
3. When You Believe
4. The Coast of Galiçia
5. The New Ground - Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
6. Non C'è Piú
7. True Colours
9. Galway Bay
10. Goodnight My Angel
11. O, America!
12. Níl Sé'n Lá
13. The Last Rose Fantasia
14. The Moon's a Harsh Mistress
15. My Lagan Love
16. Amazing Grace
17. Pie Jesu
18. Slumber My Darling / The Mason's Apron
19. Danny Boy
20. You Raise Me Up
21. Finale / Mo Ghile Mear

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Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps Review

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(More customer reviews)Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps by Sylvia Woods.
If you ever had to take a class in music theory in school maybe you are more fortunate than I in that and you can remember and apply some of what youlearned. For the rest of you Ihighly recommendbuying this book ofSylvia's titled; Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps.Written before the "..... for Dummies" series became so popular,this book takes you easily and with lots of examples and illustrations frommajor chords to transposing... and everywhere in between! In theintroduction Sylvia urges the reader to " Have fun with this book. Just goat your own pace, and take it step by step." Presenting concepts and theorystep-by-step is another thing Sylvia does best!!!

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This book teaches harpers step-by-step the music theory and techniques they need to make their own arrangements.Subjects covered include chords, inversions, keys, accompaniment patterns, transposing, and much more.The book gives plenty of examples and includes more than 90 pieces on which the students can practice their newly gained skills as they progress through the book.Spiral-bound.

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Science and Music Review

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(More customer reviews)Although I'm personally a fan of Helmholtz's somewhat dated On the Sensations of Tone, "Science and Music" is in my collection because it condenses the essential physics (and a little bit of the biology) underlying music. Right from the elementary definitions of pitch/frequency/period, Sir James Jeans covers the theory of vibrations, the characteristics of strings & pipes, harmony & discord (including Helmholtz's theory of dissonance) - with a quick tour of [intonational] temperaments, and other miscellaneous topics.

The serious reader is probably better off digesting Helmholtz's detailed classic which could, however, prove to be a tedious read for the more casual reader. "Science and Music" instead presents a 'high-school' overview of the physics behind music. The non-technical way in which this book conveys its ideas also allows easy access for those students of music who have a minimal exposure to physics.

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The distinguished British physicist describes the scientific principles of musical sound in a precise, but non-technical way that will engage both amateur and serious musician. Topics include the development of human hearing, general properties of sound curves, transmission and reproduction of sound curves, methods of producing sound, its quality, and harmony and discord. 75 illustrations.

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Celtic Thunder (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am thrilled to get my hands on this songbook!I already own the DVD and both CDs, and have seen "the lads" twice during their first US tour.I am looking forward to future tours and additional recordings to add to my collection.

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Not a group but a show, Celtic Thunder is a collection of traditional and contemporary Celtic music at its finest. Featuring five male vocalists, the show was first staged in Dublin of August 2007, and has since been a mainstay on PBS stations. Our songbook includes 18 tunes arranged by Phil Coulter: Caledonia * Come by the Hills * Heartland * Ireland's Call * The Island * Lauren and I * The Mountains of Mourne * Remember Me * Steal Away * and more.

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