Directing the Action: Acting and Directing in the Contemporary Theatre (Applause Acting Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm reading this book now for the second time. Charles Marowitz has an interesting style of writing, the kind that you have to stop and think about it for a little while every other page or so. I often go back and re-read some sentences just to make sure I fully understood the whole meaning and the context. It's a very professional view on theatre in all it's aspects. It's not usual to find an author that does not mind sharing his point of view and breaking taboos (I like the way he disagrees with Method acting in some aspects ). This book has helped me in my work as an actor and director.

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Every actor and director who enters the orbit of Marowitz's major work will find himself challenged to a deeper understanding of his art and propelled into further realms of exploration on his/her own. Marowitz meditates on all the sacred precepts of theatre practice including auditions, casting, design, rehearsal, actor psychology, dramaturgy, and the text.

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Bass for Beginners Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a great book to teach true bass playing.Comes with a Cd. I teach bass and use it with all my students.

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Well-paced with lots of photos, diagrams and music in TAB, this book makes it easy to go from buying your first bass to mastering fundamental techniques. 48 pages.

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Easy Pop Bass Lines: Supplemental Songbook to Book 1 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method Review

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(More customer reviews)The book does a nice job of presenting classic song bass lines in a progressive manner.As a teacher I also appreciate the lack of tab which forces students to read the notes and not just the numbers.

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Play your favorite hits from The Beatles, Nirvana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Garth Brooks, Eric Clapton and more with this songbook that correlates with Book 1 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method! The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with simple one- and two-string bass lines and ending with songs that contain many notes, including all four strings. Gives beginning bass students great pop and rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: All the Small Things * Come as You Are * Crossfire * Friends in Low Places * Great Balls of Fire * Imagine * Lady Madonna * My Girl * Peggy Sue * Smoke on the Water * Surfin' U.S.A. * Takin' Care of Business * Walk of Life * Wild Thing * Wonderful Tonight * and more!

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Gekeler Method Oboe 1 Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an excellent beginning method book for students just taking up the oboe.It is especially good for students who have already had some experience with other instruments, since it progresses relatively quickly.Nevertheless, Gekeler does provide some introductory practice in musical notation, time signatures, and rhythms for students who have not studied music extensively before.There are exercises and short pieces in 4/4, 3/4 , cut time, 6/8 and 3/8, with whole notes through sixteenth notes, dotted eighth-sixteenth combinations, and syncopation. Key signatures are covered through 4 sharps and 4 flats. Basic fingerings are taught for notesfrom low B below the staff to high D above the staff.The alternate forked F fingering is also taught almost from the beginning, as well as an alternate fingering for D#.Dynamics and intonational cues appear throughout the text, but grace notes, trills, turns, and other fancy stuff are not introduced.Duets appear frequently amongst the study pieces; many are written such that the lower part requires slightly more advanced technique than the upper.In addition to technical exercises and etudes, there are short melodies by composers such as Hohman, Dancla, Czerny, and Schubert.Even on pages that are primarily devoted to introducing some new rhythmic pattern, there are always a few passages that the musically experienced beginner will find worthy of practice.Overall the book provides a varied and challenging introduction to the instrument.Methodical use of the book, together with daily practice, will enable rapid skill development.

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The primary purpose in presenting this method for publication wasto make available a book that did not progress too rapidly for beginners, one that taught proper oboe fingerings, and one thatpresented logical progression of rhythmical problems. Written by Kenneth Gekeler. Includes fingering chart for the conservatory system oboe.

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Even More Easy Pop Bass Lines: Supplemental Songbook to Book 3 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method Review

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(More customer reviews)This book provides a nice bass sound that seems to go well with the songs involved. I am sure you can dress it up a lot, but as written I think others will be a little impressed if you are just starting out.

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This songbook correlates with Book 3 of the Hal Leonard Bass Method, giving beginning students great pop and rock songs to play while they are still learning! Includes 20 favorites: ABC * Another One Bites the Dust * Badge * Brick House * Cheap Sunglasses * Come Together * Higher Ground * Into the Great Wide Open * Iron Man * The Joker * Radar Love * Sweet Emotion * Under Pressure * more. The songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with sixteenth-note rhythms and ending with slap and pop technique.

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Oboe Method Complete (Kalmus Edition) Review

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(More customer reviews)If there is a required text for the oboist, the Barret Method is it.The etude studies are a standard part of the repertoire for students of all levels, and have been reproduced in other method books as well.I do not know of an oboist who has not worked from this book.Every student has their own favorite exercise and etude, and all learn to live with the yellow volume.While it can seem oppressive at times, the preparation it provides is second to none.It is a must-have for an obosits at any level.

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The first in a series of three new Kalmus publications by A.M.R. Barret, the Complete Oboe Method, long a standard text for oboists, will assure ease of play for advancing oboists.

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Hal Leonard Bass Method Book 2: Book/CD Pack (Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method) Review

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(More customer reviews)There are two versions of this book. ISBN 079356378 comes with the CD. ISBN 079356378X does not come with the CD. Don't make the same mistake I did. I wanted the CD and had to return this book and reorder the correct version. Minus one star for Amazon packaging this in a special with Book 3 which comes with a CD while this one doesn't. Very misleading.

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The Hal Leonard Bass Method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas from around the world. Book 2 teaches: the box shape; moveable boxes; notes in fifth position; major and minor scales; the classic blues line; the shuffle rhythm; tablature; and more! The CD in the book/CD pack includes 51 full-band tracks for demonstration or play along.

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Play Guitar Today! - Level 1: Play Today Plus Pack (The Ultimate Self-Teaching Method) Review

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(More customer reviews)Taught myself guitar in no time.Get the CD out of the book, play along with the songs, learn them (don't cheat by moving on until you have mastered the song just like the CD plays it), and soon enough you'll have mastered strings.Chords take a bit of practice, but once you get those, you feel pretty good about playing guitar.Then its off to level 2.A most efficient "self teaching" method I must say.Addicting almost.

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This ultimate self-teaching method teaches: chords and riffs; picking and strumming; playing tips and techniques; standard notation and tablature; and much more! Includes lots of examples on CD, and 5 fantastic songs: Brown Eyed Girl * Every Breath You Take * Let It Be * Time Is on My Side * Wild Thing.

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Breakthrough to Improv:The Secrets of Improvisation Review

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(More customer reviews)Breakthrough to improv by Dave Frank is the best DVD on improvisation I bought so far.It's very entertaining and easy to follow.I'm also getting the two volumes of "Joy of Improv" by Dave Frank.I've just started on the first volume and it's great.There are so many ideas on how to improvise.
Thanks a lot, Dave Frank.

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Breakthrough to Improv: The Secrets of Improvisation is intended for players of all instruments as a way to break through to the creative approach to playing music. Hosted by Berklee professor Dave Frank, author of Hal Leonard's popular Joy of Improv series, this DVD outlines a unique step-by-step series of "practice points" designed to guide you effortlessly into the process of improvisation. Whether you're a traditionally trained musician looking to break free from written music, an improviser looking to expand your creativity, or a music teacher looking for a way to begin teaching improvisation, Breakthrough to Improv is a must to help you discover the infinite flow of music within you! Includes a helpful booklet with musical examples and further instruction. Also available: 00320225Video$19.95

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