"owe him a great debt of gratitude."" Married to Maggie Weedon, he had two sons, Lionel and Geoffrey, eight grandchildren and a great-grandson. A Water Rat, he was highly active in charity work and fundraising, especially for children and the disabled, and was elected King Rat in 1992. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 for his services to music. Weedon died on 20 April 2012, following a long illness. Neville Marten, editor of ""Guitar Techniques"" magazine, commented that Bert Weedon's contribution to the guitar world cannot be overstated: ""With 'students' that number Eric Clapton, Brian May, Sting, Pete Townshend,"
"Bert Weedon Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, ""Play in a Day"", were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Dave Davies, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 for his"
"John Lennon, Paul McCartney and countless others, Weedon could well be described as the most genuinely influential guitarist of all time."" Bert Weedon Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, ""Play in a Day"", were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John"
"learning process. Advanced models could be fitted with ""bourdon"" strings on both sides of the fret board, up to twelve strings that individually could be mechanically subdued. Though some books attribute the instrument's invention to the Swedish Lutheran priest Johan Dillner (1785-1862) from Medelpad, others note that he promoted, rather than invented, the instrument. He published a book of ""siffernotskrift"" for hymns in 1830, and claimed that he could teach anyone to play in two hours. Notable players of the instrument include Ole H. Bremnes, Salmodikon, Forlaget Habet in 1998 (in Norwegian), and Ardith K. Melloh from the Swedish Pioneer"
"Records to make a record as a solo guitarist. He became the first British guitarist in the UK Singles Chart, with ""Guitar Boogie Shuffle"" in 1959, and was cited as an influence by many stars, including Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Sting, Hank Marvin, Robert Smith, Mike Oldfield, Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Page. As well as his hits and TV appearances at a crucial time in modern music history, his best-known contribution to British guitar style is his tutorial guide ""Play in a Day"", first published in 1957, which many stars"
"the life of Berlioz as a young student in Paris. Henry Cowell's ""Aeolian Harp"" (1923) was one of the first piano pieces to feature extended techniques on the piano that included plucking and sweeping the pianist's hands directly across the strings of the piano. The Etude in A flat major Op. 25 No. 1 for piano (1836) by Frédéric Chopin is sometimes called the ""Aeolian Harp"" etude, a nickname given it by Robert Schumann. The piece features a delicate, tender, and flowing melody in the fifth finger of the pianist's right hand, over a background of rapid pedaled arpeggios. One"
"Summer Schools in the UK. His teaching method is one that encourages the creativity of the pupil in developing his or her own methods of practice, rather than relying on books. He lists Ted Reed's ""Syncopation"" and G.L. Stone's ""Stick Control"" as the only books any drummer should need. He places a strong emphasis on knowing the melody and form for as many tunes as possible, and tries to approach any exercise from a musical standpoint. He has played on more Jamey Aebersold play-along records than any other drummer, and has written many transcription books of his playing on these"
"teacher, since at the time music was taught by the classroom teacher but overseen by a music specialist. The series was designed for fifteen minutes of music instruction each day given by the classroom teacher and overseen by a music educator once per week. The book series was so popular Luther Mason was invited to apply his methods in Japan and Germany. The rote method was less favored than the ""note"" method later in the nineteenth century. However, the debate continues today. An example of the note method is Joseph Bird's 1861 ""Vocal Music Reader"" and Benjamin Jepson's three book"
"linked with Guido's new ideas about how to learn music, including the use of hexachords, and the first known Western use of solfege. The idea of the Guidonian hand is that each portion of the hand represents a specific note within the hexachord system, which spans nearly three octaves from ""Γ ""ut"""" (that is, ""Gamma ""ut"""") (the contraction of which is ""Gamut"", which can refer to the entire span) to ""E ""la"""" (in other words, from the G at the bottom of the modern bass clef to the E at the top of the treble clef). In teaching, an instructor"
"and Ellen Meredith. Bert played the button (bush) accordion, often playing dance tunes for his family after dinner. Bert Meredith worked as a drover along the Darling and Murrumbidgee rivers in NSW and was often away. His father played the button accordion, an old and much patched Mezon Grand Organ model he probably learned to play whilst away droving and when he was at home he played the popular songs and dances of the Bush. He also played the mouth organ, using a tin pannikin as a resonator or playing the bones as he played on mouth organ. He died"
"Show"", ""Dinah!"", ""The John Davidson Show"", and ""The Steve Allen Playhouse"". Pete Barbutti Pete Barbutti (born May 4, 1934) is an American comedian and musician. He made about 15 appearances on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,"" from 1971 through 1992. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Barbutti is a native of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area in Pennsylvania. Barbutti is known for often incorporating his musicianship into his comedy routines. He plays piano, accordion (""cordeen""), and trumpet. Among his better-known routines are ""Cordeen School,"" about an accordion teacher who sells a lot of accordions, but whose students never seem to learn much, ""The"
"C. Paul Herfurth Clarence Paul Herfurth was the first author of the ""Tune a Day"" books, which are used across the English speaking world to teach music. According to ""A Tune a Day: Trombone or Euphonium"" (1944), Herfurth was born in 1893, and ""began violin lessons at the age of seven and studied in Germany for a year before entering the New England Conservatory of Music in 1911. Graduating in 1916, his first school position was at Asheville, North Carolina. In 1922 he moved to New Jersey and organised that state's first full instrumental music program. Although best known for"
"Day: Music for Violin & Continuo"", which she recorded in 1997 when she was seventeen years old; its title refers to the fact that the album took only a day to record. It consists of her performing works for the baroque violin accompanied by Roger Lebow on the baroque cello, Edward Murray on harpsichord, and Michael Egan on lute. She considered it ""more of a demo despite its length"", and released it as ""a saleable album"" after fans who enjoyed her ""rock performances starting asking for a classical album so that they could hear more of the violin."" She also"
"- the Musician's Guide"" (H.L.Pub.) 1993 #6 the 25 Worlds Greatest Drum Books (Modern Drummer Magazine) 2017 'All In One' ""Learn to Play The Drumset"" Peter's complete method from beginner to advanced (H.L. Pub.) Peter Magadini Peter Charles 'Pete' Magadini (born January 25, 1942) is an American Jazz drummer, percussionist, educator and author of books on drumming and drum technique. He is known for his body of work (instructional books and videos) concerning the comprehension and execution of musical polyrhythms, especially the book ""The Musicians Guide to Polyrhythms"". Magadini has recorded and performed with Diana Ross, Bobbie Gentry, George Duke,"
"has taught the lute at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Holland. He is internationally recognized as the foremost authority on basso continuo for plucked instruments, and has written the standard modern textbook on continuo playing on the lute and related instruments: The following textbook is in preparation: His recording life began in the mid-1970s; while studying at music college, he played viol, cittern, rebec and violin as well as his more usual instruments, lute, theorbo, mandolin and baroque guitar on recordings with some of the English pioneers of early music of that time, such as David Munrow with The"
"Greene also played live on BBC radio and provided background music for ""The Magic Box"" (1951), although this was largely edited out in the final release, and ""Captain Horatio Hornblower"" (1951) in which a little more of his music can be heard. Inspired by his admiration for Sir Charles Wheatstone, Herbert Green went on invent the ""Concordeon"" (a unique musical instrument constructed from part concertina and part accordion) and later an electronic organ that was connected to the keys of his concertina and able to produce many different sounds and effects. He also wrote detailed memoirs about his life and"
"his landmark opera Wozzeck, Op. 7. The instrument—marked ""Ziehharmonika bzw. Akkordeon"" in the score appears only during the tavern garden (""wirthausgarten"") scene, along with an on-stage (""Bühnenmusik"") ensemble consisting of two fiddles (violins tuned up a tone), one clarinet in C, one guitar and one bombardon in F (or bass tuba), to lend a touch of authenticity to the ""deutsche Biergarten"" setting. Notable composers who wrote for the accordion during the first half of the 20th century were: In 1937 the first accordion concerto was written and played in Russia. Pauline Oliveros brought the accordion into the American experimental tradition."
"violin treatises. Scholars had thought that no copies of the work survived, but in 1982, a copy of the first edition was found at the Cardiff public library. At the time, it was proclaimed that Lenton had ""the honourable (if perhaps temporary) distinction of having written the earliest extant treatise on violin playing in any language."" Written for amateurs and beginners, the treatise spends a considerable amount of text explaining basic music principles and notation before making recommendations on holding the instrument, fingering and bowing. The work also contains 28 ""Easie Lessons"" as practice pieces, many composed by Lenton's colleagues"
"unable to play without vibrato. The featured saxophonist in Benny Goodman's Orchestra, George Auld, was brought in to play the part. Many classical musicians, especially singers and string players, have a similar problem. The violinist and teacher Leopold Auer, writing in his book ""Violin Playing as I Teach It"" (1920), advised violinists to practise playing completely without vibrato, and to stop playing for a few minutes as soon as they noticed themselves playing with vibrato in order for them to gain complete control over their technique. The use of vibrato in classical music is a matter of some dispute. For"
"instrument, so they sent him to a special music school connected to a Pioneers' orchestra, where he was offered the choice between trumpet, clarinet, and trombone, out of which he chose the trumpet first because it was the easiest to play. He describes himself as very talented at playing the trumpet, and after a year he got into the orchestra and played concerts. It was here he became interested in playing the drums: he was impressed by the equipment and kept looking over his shoulder at the drumset while playing. He told his parents he wanted to learn to play"
"musical formats: rock and roll groups, folk music artists and the surf music/guitar groups of the late fifties and early sixties. In 1962, with the encouragement and assistance of Jessy Stidham, one of his students, Gene introduced two new albums aimed at a younger market, ""Play Guitar: Sounds of Today"", designed to teach younger students how to play single string melody without going into a lot of complicated chords. Gene also recorded an album, ""Beautiful Guitar"", playing all the parts himself using a multitrack approach that Les Paul had pioneered earlier. The album included an insert that featured the orchestrations"
"as cadences and learn to recognize and perform patterns that apply such concepts. Jump Right In is an instrumental methods book with accompanying teacher editions that applies Gordon's music learning theory, co-written by Eastman School of Music music education faculty Richard F. Grunow and Christopher D Azzara alongside Gordon. The series of Winds and Percussion was first published in 1989–90, three years after the recorder edition. The collection also includes a strings methods edition. Gordon's music learning theory is based on his research on music aptitude in line with cognitive theories regarding the organization of incoming stimuli. Gordon's research suggests"
"English inventor Charles Wheatstone to bring both chords and keyboard together in one squeezebox. His 1844 patent for what he called a ""concertina"" also featured the ability to easily tune the reeds from the outside with a simple tool. The musician Adolph Müller described a great variety of instruments in his 1833 book ""Schule für Accordion"". At the time, Vienna and London had a close musical relationship, with musicians often performing in both cities in the same year, so it is possible that Wheatstone was aware of this type of instrument and may have used them to put his key-arrangement"
"which fingers to lift rather than those to put down and, unlike in later charts, numbers them from bottom (1) to top (8). His only other technical instruction is that the player must blow into the instrument and ""learn how to coordinate the articulations ... with the fingers."" Martin Agricola's ""Musica instrumentalis Deudsch"" (""A German instrumental music, in which is contained how to learn to play ... all kinds of ... instruments""), written in rhyming German verse (ostensibly to improve the understanding and retention of its contents), provides a similar account and copies most of its woodcuts directly from ""Getutscht""."
"keys, tunings, timings, standard notation, tablature, and chord charts. In regards to fingerpicking technique, upstrokes, downstrokes, pinches, brushes, slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs are all explained. This book has been acquired by the Library ofCongress in Washington, DC. Valerie's guitar style is heavily influenced by one of her mentors John Cephas, who was a Country Blues musician from Washington, DC, and the guitar playing half of the world-famous Cephas & Wiggins duo. Her guitar playing is said to be in the tradition of John Hurt, Etta Baker, and Elizabeth Cotten. Valerie teaches Guitar workshops in Piedmont style fingerpicking, and Ben teaches"
"Congress catalog is simply entitled ""Tune a Day"" and was published in Boston by the Boston Music company in 1937. Others quickly followed: ""Tune a Day for Cornet (Trumpet)Instruction"" (1941), titles for clarinet, string bass, trombone(baritone) and saxophone in 1942, 43, 44 and 45 respectively. The series soon expanded to include fifteen different versions, with books in each version catering for various levels. The books remained unchanged for many years until a recent republication with updated photographs; the much-loved original editions had a deceptively simple format, with a carefully structured musical development , featuring photographs of teenagers from the nineteen"
"Peter Westergaard, orchestration with Howard Shanet, and musicology with Paul Henry Lang. Waitzman’s professional career began in 1959, when he made the first of several recordings with his teacher, Bernard Krainis, at the age of 15. In 1962, he recorded a Frescobaldi Canzona with Krainis and lutenist Joseph Iodine on the Baroque one-keyed flute. This performance appeared on a recording entitled ""The Virtuoso Recorder."" In 1965, Waitzman had a bell key (originally invented by Carl Dolmetsch) fitted to his recorder; and he began to develop a new technique for playing the bell-keyed recorder. He arranged three of J.S. Bach’s Organ"
"instruments, which typically allow a player to play only the pitches assigned to the various keys, and lack any way to alter pitch of a note in performance. Historically, the use of just intonation, Pythagorean tuning and meantone temperament meant that such instruments could sound ""in tune"" in one key, or some keys, but would then have more dissonance in other keys. The development of well temperament allowed fixed-pitch instruments to play reasonably well in all of the keys. The famous ""Well-Tempered Clavier"" by Johann Sebastian Bach takes full advantage of this breakthrough, with pieces written in all 24 major"
"received his musical education at Brussels Conservatoire became a member of the municipal orchestra, playing both the Piano and the violin, like his father; he too was a composer, specialising in music for these two instruments. He was also the Author of the book, ""The History and Evolution of the Violin"" published in 1936. Burton was a gifted artist in Oils, Water Colour and pastel, and many fine examples of his work adorned the walls of his home at Barton. He specialised in Landscapes, particularly of the south and West Country, and had works exhibited in the Paris salon, the"
"a wire which could be used instead of the ring. It was held between the right thumb and index finger, which was played standing at a distance from the instrument. When played in this way, the drawer is removed from the instrument and placed on a bench next to the player. Maurice Martenot's pedagogical manual for the ondes martenot, written in 1931, offers instruction on both methods of playing. Later versions added a real 83-key keyboard; the keys produce vibrato when wiggled from side to side. A drawer allows manipulation of volume and timbre by the left hand. Volume is"
"school theater. He got his first keyboard when he was a high school freshman and it was just a short time before he was entertaining in restaurants and at weddings in a band called Paradise, which did covers of Bobby Brown and Journey. He also adored performing, participating in the school theater, was a member of the school's drama club, and sang in chorus. Of his two loves, acting and music, the latter ultimately won out. he was also a member of the chess club and participated in various school plays such as ""Bye Bye Birdie"" and ""Barefoot in the"
"electronic playback to more traditional types of instrumental musical forms. Vocal music ""Stage works"" ""Choral works"" ""Solo vocal"" Instrumental works ""Orchestral works"" Chamber and solo instrumental ""Keyboard"" Peter Dickinson (musician) Peter Dickinson (born 15 November 1934) is an English composer, musicologist, author, and pianist, best known for his experimental musical compositions and writings on American music. He was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, and studied organ at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was a student of Philip Radcliffe. In 1958 he became a student at the Juilliard School in New York City, and studied with Bernard Wagenaar, and encountered"
"forties playing the instruments. It was only in 2006 that the Boston Music Company updated the series to create the ""New Tune a Day"" series, with color photographs and modernised typography. Despite the modernisation, the old series remains popular, and the company has recently reissued the old series in parallel with the new. The series did not include any books for piano, perhaps because the beginners books of John W. Schaum filled this niche: both series contained simple well known hymn and folk tunes. C. Paul Herfurth Clarence Paul Herfurth was the first author of the ""Tune a Day"" books,"