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The Elements of Rhythm Volume I is a comprehensive rhythm pattern resource for all musicians and music researchers. It presents the complete list of fundamental building block rhythm patterns from which all larger, more complex patterns are constructed. Part I introduces the binary theory of rhythm pattern development, Part II discusses applications, organizing, and practice methods, and Part III generates the patterns. A Binary Rhythm Pattern Indexing System is used to categorize the patterns, and suggested teaching applications are provided in an Appendices.
A remarkable collection of stories written by fourteen people who live with Tourette syndrome. Ranging from three teenagers learning to come to grips with teasing to adults encountering discrimination, the collection represents the incredible diversity of a disorder as diverse as life itself. The drama of living with a disability and the comedy of a Tourette syndrome conference show the range of a book the Oliver Sacks called A fascinatingly varied book.
An international collection examining the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness. The observations of the contributors cover a wide range of music types capable of inducing altered states. It will interest practicing music therapists, musicologists, and ethnomusicologists, students and academics in the field.
Dan Street, from the Baltimore-Washington Corridor, loses his wire sales job on Christmas Eve, then meets an intriguing stranger in a Los Angeles bar. Hours later, he wakes up hung over and on a one-way charter flight to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by a group of true believers on their journey to meet God. Joined by a crew of two most unusual flight attendants, Dan approaches a destiny at thirty-five thousand feet that he could never have imagined... but one that is exactly what he'd hoped for all of his non-stop talking life. FIRST CABIN is David Aldridge's first novella, with two sequels planned in the series. David is also an accomplished professional pilot and has worked as an airplane flight instructor for twenty years with over 14,000 flight hours experience.
Tourette Syndrome and Music: Discovering Peace Through Rhythm and Tone, is David R. Aldridge's personal account of a life lived with Tourette's, balanced out by playing drums, guitar, bass, and keyboards since childhood. David has explored and presented his primary message of music as therapy for Tourette's by holding drum circle/drum set demonstrations both in the U.S. and the U.K. As an FAA Certificated Airplane Flight Instructor, David has also shown people with Tourette's that there are few limits to living your life. As a professional musician, and former freelance music magazine writer, David's artistic pursuits helped him adapt to the challenges of Tourette's and eventually turn a disability into a very powerful and creative ability, which is the most important message of all.