Series:

Complete Idiot's Guides (Lifestyle Paperback)

3 total works

Cover of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Percussion
"You can't beat this one for learning the basics...CD included!" This guide presents all percussion instruments, from classical to marching band. Aimed at percussion and music students, conductors, and composers, it offers essential information about each percussion instrument, how to play it, and a demonstrative CD. The unique audio CD helps the reader decide whether or how best to incorporate various percussion instruments into musical compositions or programs. The perfect companion to author's "The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Playing Drums, Second Edition." Long-lasting trend in music: an increase in the diversity of percussion instruments

Cover of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History
A beautifully composed journey through music history!

Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring, but bestselling author Michael Miller proves that isn't so. This guide makes music history interesting and fun, for both music students and older music lovers.

- Covers more than Western "classical" music--also includes non-Western music and uniquely American forms such as jazz
- More than just names and dates--puts musical developments in context with key historical events

Cover of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Recording with Cubase
Mix-mastery is just a few clicks away. This guide offers a step-by-step, practical approach to mixing, recording, and mastering tracks with the Cubase digital-audio recording, sequencing, and mixing software program. From configuring the program for both audio and MIDI recording, to editing and adding process effects and equalization, to creating drum tracks and loop-based recordings, this essential resource will help musicians stay in key. More than 1.5 million users of Cubase worldwide One of the first books on the new Cubase SX version 4.0 For users of all 3 Cubase versions: SX (full-featured version), SL (mid-level version), and SE (budget version) For musicians recording with Cubase in both home and professional recording studios