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Hal Leonard Piano for Kids: A Beginner's Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions

Jennifer Linn · Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages: 47
Format: Musical score

(Piano Method) . Piano for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play piano or keyboard faster than ever before. Popular songs such as: Let It Go, Beauty and the Beast, Over the Rainbow, Heart and Soul, We Will Rock You and more famous classical/folk tunes will keep kids motivated....
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The Disney Fake Book 4th Edition

HAL LEONARD CORP. · HAL LEONARD
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

(Fake Book) . Since its founding, the Walt Disney Company has made music a cornerstone of virtually every part of its business. From animated feature films to theme parks, music has always been there to help tell the story and make the magic. This fourth edition features even more Disney...
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Songs of the Piano Stars: 24 Hits from the Great Piano Singer/Songwriters

Ruth Power · Wise Publications
Pages: 152
Format: Musical score

(Piano Collection) . The piano is unquestionably a timeless instrument that has never, and will never, go out of fashion in popular music. The beauty of the keys, when married with the right singer or songwriter, has the power to create truly momentous music, and Songs of the Piano Stars...
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Figure Drawing in Proportion: Easy to Remember, Accurate Anatomy for Artists

Michael Massen · North Light
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

An intuitive approach for figure artists to get proportions right. Traditional methods of measuring body proportions rely on the abstract memorization of convoluted fractions or multiples of the human head. But artists shouldn't have to be mathematicians. Figure Drawing in Proportion...
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The Big Book of Drawing: An Introduction to Essential Materials and Techniques

Watson-Guptill · Watson-Guptill
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Discover the Keys to Creating Beautiful Drawings with Master Artists   Between these pages, artists of all backgrounds will find anything and everything they need to know about drawing. With thorough explanations of materials and their composition, step-by-step demonstrations, and practical...
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Eye to Eye: Photographs by Vivian Maier

Michael Williams · CityFiles Press
Format: Hardcover

Since her death in 2009, Vivian Maier has become a photographic phenomenon. Her story—thousands of photo negatives and prints found in a storage locker and sold for pennies at auction—has stirred millions around the world. Maier was a painfully private woman who now speaks powerfully...
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Beethoven's Skull: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Classical Music and Beyond

Tim Rayborn · W W Norton
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Beethoven's Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange...
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Washington's Monument: And the Fascinating History of the Obelisk

John Steele Gordon · Bloomsbury USA, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Conceived soon after the American Revolution ended, the great monument to George Washington was not finally completed until almost a century later; the great obelisk was finished in 1884, and remains the tallest stone structure in the world at 555 feet. The story behind its construction...
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The Decibel Diaries: A Journey through Rock in 50 Concerts

Carter Alan · ForeEdge
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

Sometimes a rock concert is more than just an event. Every so often a band's performance becomes a musical milestone, a cultural watershed, a political statement, and a personal apotheosis. On any given night a rock concert can tell the truth about who we are, where we are, and what's...
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The Complete Book of Guitar Scales: For Rock, Blues, Jazz, Fusion, Metal, Country, and Beyond

Phil Capone · Chartwell Books
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

Learn all the essential scale types in every key by reading the clear, easy-to-understand fingering diagrams and by listening to them on the accompanying CD, which also contains backing tracks that will allow you to practice, improvise, and write melodies using scales.Whether your musical...
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The Art of 3D Drawing: An illustrated and photographic guide to creating art with three-dimensional realism

Stefan Pabst · Walter Foster Pub
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Artists won't believe their eyes as they learn to draw with photorealistic detail.The Art of 3D Drawing shows artists how to transform simple pencil sketches into jaw-dropping, photorealistic masterpieces. Through a variety of step-by-step exercises and demonstrations, pencil artists...
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