Best Christian Gospel Music
The straightforward approach is supported by well-chosen examples and thoughtful exercises, and the total presentation is compatible with differing teaching styles and theoretical points of view. Dr. Kostka initiated courses in computer applications in music at both the Eastman School and the University of Texas. Dr. Kostka is active in various professional organizations and is a past president of the Texas Society for Music Theory. Dorothy presented lectures and workshops on theory pedagogy at meetings of professional societies and served the National Association of Schools of Music as a visiting evaluator, member of the Accreditation Commission, and Secretary of the Executive Committee.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"When I learned to play trumpet way back in Jr. High I was never taught anything but how to read sheet music and keeping beat so now that I am expanding my musical abilities I found an instructor that would accompany my piano lessons with college level music theory."
"Perfect book."
"When pared with the workbook you can pretty much teach yourself all about music theory."
"Great text book."
"I play piano, guitar, bass, and sing, and what I've learned has applied to all instruments!"
"Excellent music theory book for more advanced students."
"This book is roughly 40 times the cost any ebook should be, and it's covered with DRM."
Bluegrass Fakebook 150 All Time Favorites Includes 50 Gospel Tunes for Guitar Banjo & Mandolin by Bert Casey - This handy songbook contains bluegrass lyrics, bluegrass gospel lyrics, chord progressions, and melody lines to 150 of the all-time favorite Bluegrass songs, including 50 gospel tunes, as well as many "new" bluegrass songs. 25 years ago, Bert Casey and Geoff Hohwald started Watch & Learn to help revolutionize music instructional courses by developing well thought out, step by step instructional methods that were tested for effectiveness on beginners before publication.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This one book will give you enough lyrics/chords/basic notes for melody, that you'll be set for a whole wknd of fun jamming!"
"Lyrics and vocal melodies for lots of the classics, not so much for instrumental lead lines."
"This book is easy to follow and the songs very enjoyable."
"A great reference guide to the BG repertoire."
"But there are only a few hymns in it."
"Basically every song you would need to know to be a valuable performer."
"Good book."
"All the favorites are here."
(Fake Book). Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book made that possible and they each learned a song from scratch on a month (one even learned an extra song on his own to play for the offertory)."
"At first I ordered these too soon in my lessons, but it wasn’t long before I was able to play almost anything from these books...."
"Love the songs in this book and they're easy to play for a beginning guitar player like myself!"
"Wish I would have discovered this long ago."
"Excellent transaction and Product."
"Great service, great book."
"Always wanted to play the piano and finally, I'm learning."
Best Gospel Religious & Sacred Music
The straightforward approach is supported by well-chosen examples and thoughtful exercises, and the total presentation is compatible with differing teaching styles and theoretical points of view. Dr. Kostka initiated courses in computer applications in music at both the Eastman School and the University of Texas. Dr. Kostka is active in various professional organizations and is a past president of the Texas Society for Music Theory. Dorothy presented lectures and workshops on theory pedagogy at meetings of professional societies and served the National Association of Schools of Music as a visiting evaluator, member of the Accreditation Commission, and Secretary of the Executive Committee.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"When I learned to play trumpet way back in Jr. High I was never taught anything but how to read sheet music and keeping beat so now that I am expanding my musical abilities I found an instructor that would accompany my piano lessons with college level music theory."
"Perfect book."
"When pared with the workbook you can pretty much teach yourself all about music theory."
"Great text book."
"Love the details..."
"This book explains things clearly and consicely, and there are many visual examples following text on definitions."
Best Christian Chorale Music
* Last Christmas * Let It Snow! Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Now I'm ready for Christmas!"
"We went through the book and picked out the tunes we liked, rehearsed a couple of times (with him on flute, sax and trombone and me on guitar and harmonicas) and did the gigs."
"All tunes use modern chords so I feel they are easy to follow and improvise over."
"I had to download a Kindle ap to use on my iPad, but its a decent fake book."
"Works great on the Kindle App with my iPad Pro X."
"A must have for the holidays."
"Like other reviewers, I found that some of the arrangements seem a bit lazy (just adding a maj7 over the classic chords, for example), but overall the quality is good."
"I always iike the easy to use format of these real books and I can count on good chord choices."
Best Christian Contemporary Music
Used as a text internationally, Exploring Worship is a “must read” for worshipers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book is versatile enough to split into sections and use for various groups or read the entire book to help with your understanding of why we do what we do in worship."
"Learned a lot about how worship is done in a congregations church."
"This book along with the workbook are the best written discussion of modern Praise & Worship."
"I would highly recommend this book to any leader in the church that wants to further their worship ministry."
"A resource for our YWAM School of Worship staff and students here at the YWAM Antipolo Training Center in the Philippines."
"I feel like spending time in worship after every time I read it!"
"This book is very well written, and it has helped me in my time of worship."
"I've used this book as a source for teaching and sharing with others about the TRUE MEANING of Worship!"
Best Christian Hymns
Content includes: · Five Divine Services. · Morning Prayer. · Evening Prayer. · Matins. · Vespers. · Family devotions. · Luther’s Small Catechism. · 150 psalms. · 636 hymns, songs, and canticles.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I am so glad that something got worked out, although the fonts in the print version are different than the ebook version and the readability of the hymns is very dependant on screen size."
"The LSB is a wonderful book for Lutherans to use at church, at home with their families, or for personal study."
"The Kindle edition is a bit clunky, especially if your device is a small handheld."
"After more experimentation, I found the contents side bar off the left of the screen, so a quick swipe brings it up and I can scan sections for the song or order of service I need - much better!"
"Yes, this Kindle version has the entire LSB but the hymns are not expandable and are therefore difficult to read."
"This is a terrific resource with one important shortcoming: it doesn't have real page numbers set up, so you're limited to working with Kindle "Locations.""
"First, The Lutheran Service Book is a lovely hymnal and I've been waiting for the Kindle version to come out ever since I purchased the pew edition for home use."
"Digital edition."