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Keyboard Instruments
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Early Keyboard Instruments in European Museums
Guides the reader through the unusual and fascinating keyboard holdings of sixteen nations, thirty-five cities, and forty-seven museums.
A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
This book explores the history of keyboard instruments from their fourteenth-century origins to the development of the modern piano. It reveals the principles of their design and describes structural and mechanical developments through the medieval and renaissance periods and eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries, as well as the early music revival. Stewart Pollens identifies and describes the types of keyboard instruments played by major composers and virtuosi through the ages and provides the reader with detailed instructions on their regulating, stringing, tuning and voicing drawn from historical sources.
Keyboard Instruments at the Victoria and Albert Museum
This volume illustrates and describes highlights from the collection of keyboard instruments in the V&A Museum. It features such masterpieces as the Taskin miniature harpsichord, Queen Elizabeth's Virginals and the earliest dated harpsichord by Jerome of Bologna, made in 1521.
Early Keyboard Instruments
A select bibliography and extensive endnotes enable the reader to take all of the issues further."--Jacket.
Learn to Play Keyboards
This book gives you all the information you need to get started on the keyboards. A series of short, illustrated lessons build up your knowledge one step at a time. Essential aspects of keyboard technique are covered as well as music theory - notation and harmony. Includes a CD of musical cues and songs to play along with. Over 60,000 copies sold worldwide. This is a laid-back tutorial book aimed at building skills and confidence quickly, and above all, making learning to play keyboards fun. The main section of this book is made up of simple lessons. Comprenehsive chord and scale libraries will enable the reader to apply his knowledge to any song or playing situation. A brief history of keyboards provides a background, and a buyer's guide walks players through the myriad of contemporary electronic keyboard choices, with useful suggestions on finding an instrument to suit your requirements. A fold-out page offers an at-a-glance key to undetstanding musical notiation.
Keyboard Instruments
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A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
The first comprehensive technical and historical study of stringed keyboard instruments from their fourteenth-century origins to modern times.
