You Can Teach Yourself Piano/Spanish Edition

You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in piano instruction. No other method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills, but also the essential technique and theory for playing in all contemporary keyboard styles. Central to the philosophy of the You Can Teach Yourself series, this beginner's book is written to give the serious adult student a solid foundation while studying on their own without the advantage of having a private teacher; it will show you all you need to know to get an authoritative start on the instrument,...

El autor, musicólogo de prestigio internacional, presenta esta obra dividida en tres partes: la primera, titulada "Códices y melodías" (recogida en siete capítulos); la segunda es eminentemente organográfica, se titula "Orquestas Pétreas. Pórticos e instrumentos" (cuatro capítulos); y la tercera "Transcripciones de la polifonía del Códice Calixtino", va seguida de los textos de las piezas que se incluyen en los dos discos. Uno de los discos contiene cuatro Cantigas de Amigo, de Martín Codax y otras cuatro de Alfonso X el Sabio; el otro disco reproduce siete piezas del Códice...

Este texto está escrito pensando en los profesores que creen que tienen algo que mejorar, que por otra parte suelen ser los que menos lo necesitan. Su objetivo es mostrar algunos errores de la enseñanza, junto con algunas buenas prácticas para corregirlos. Su estímulo inmediato ha sido la experiencia sucesiva del autor como profesor y alumno, en este orden, en un mismo centro de enseñanza universitario, lo que le ha permitido observar la enseñanza desde dos puntos de vista contrapuestos, en unas circunstancias difícilmente repetibles. La conclusión, fácil, es que la enseñanza sólo...

A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through the lens of sociology, economics, philosophy, and law by means of a back-and-forth exchange between the authors. A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through...

On October 15, 1967, bass player Steve Boone took the Ed Sullivan Show stage for the final time, with his band The Lovin' Spoonful. Since forming in a Greenwich Village hotel in early 1965, Boone and his bandmates had released an astounding nine Top 20 singles, the first seven of which hit the Billboard Top 10, including the iconic Boone co-writes "Summer in the City" and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice." Little did Steve Boone know that the path of his life and career would soon take a turn for the bizarre, one that would eventually find him looking at the world through the bars of a jail...