The Ultimate Guide to Music Types and Styles - Flame Tree Publishing
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Description
The guide to genres and styles of music is an essential resource for all music enthusiasts. Written by a distinguished team of music journalists, musicologists, and musicians, it offers a current, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to rock, pop, jazz, folk, blues, country, classical music, electronic, dance, reggae, gospel, hip hop & rap, soul & R&B, world, soundtrack & theatre, and popular & new releases.
Each chapter contains sections focusing on subgenres such as 80s pop, Latin jazz, and musical theatre, each with a four-bar musical example and a list of leading exponents. With information on over 12,000 musicians, performers, composers, and songwriters, as well as an instrument glossary, this is the only guide every music lover should own.
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Attributes / Details
| SKU | FTP-9781839641947 |
| Manufacturer | Flame Tree Publishing |
| Number of pages | 320 pages, 200,000 words, 400 illustrations |
| Tongue | English |
| Binding | Tough |
| Size | 234 x 153 x 36 mm |
| ISBN | 9781839641947 |
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