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    COMPLETE JAMEY AEBERSOLD JAZZ PLAY-A-LONG BOOK INDEX - by SONG Volumes 1 thru 106 For a complete list of jazz items‚ see our website at: www.jazzbooks.com Title • Vehicle-Type • Key • Tempo • Number of Choruses • CD Track # * SCALE & CHORD USAGE by Volume # MAJOR SCALES - 5‚ 21‚ 24‚ 90 MINOR (DORIAN) SCALES - 1‚ 3‚ 16‚ 21‚ 24 DOMINANT 7th (Cycle of) - 1‚ 16‚ 21‚ 84 LYDIAN SCALES - 5‚ 21 HALF-DIMINISHED SCALES - 3‚ 16‚ 21 DIMINISHED SCALES - 16‚ 21 DIMINISHED WHOLE-TONE SCALES - 3‚ 16 MELODIC

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    consisted of a pianist name Franz Liszt‚ and writer George Sand. As his relationship with Sand was ripped apart by jealousy and conflict‚ his music became much more melancholic. It is assumed that there was a love interest involved because of his ballads and sonatas. His technique on the piano coincides with the native dance of Poland called a Mazurka. Chopin’s concertos involve an aspects called rubato‚ or “robbed time‚” meaning that the rhythm can change without upsetting the beat. These subtle

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    from one village to the next and many also travelled abroad. The role of the Troubadours changed to part of an elite society of royalty and nobles. The themes of the songs sung by the Troubadours mainly dealt with Chivalry andCourtly love - romantic ballads. In Germany‚ the troubadours became Minnesingers‚ or singers of love songs. The German minnesingers differed from the troubadours in that they accompanied their songs on the viol‚ instead of employing

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    remained in towns but the work was done mostly in the countryside. ii. A merchant clothier in England purchased wool from a wool stapler‚ and carried it to the spinners; the yarn (thread) that was spun was taken in subsequent stages of production to weavers‚ fullers‚ and then to dyers. iii. The finishing was done in London before the export merchant sold the cloth in the international market. London in fact came to be known as a finishing centre. iv. This system was thus a part of a network of commercial

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1‚ Scene 1 Characters Theseus‚ Duke of Athens Hippolyta‚ Queen of the Amazons Egeus Hermia Lysander Demetrius Summary Duke Theseus is going to marry Hippolyta (Queen of the Amazons) in four days‚ during the new moon. Theseus is in a big hurry to enjoy his wedding night‚ but time is passing way too slowly‚ who lashes out at the moon for being slow. Hippolyta is more reasonable. She assures Theseus that four days will go by quickly and says the

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    and met with critical acclaim. When Millay’s poems were published she gained literary recognition and earned a scholarship to Vassar. At Vassar she continued to write poetry and became involved in the theater. In 1922 one of her plays The Harp Weaver was awarded the Palitzer Prize. Millay also published a book of poems in 1922 called "A Few Figs from Thistles" in this volume‚ she described female sexuality in a way that gained her much attention‚ as she put fourth the idea that a

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    performances. The rise of electronic recording allowed records to have a sound better than radio‚ which had threatened to reduce the recording industry to irrelevance by 1925. This new method allowed softer instruments such as dulcimers‚ guitars and jaw harps to be heard‚ and it also meant recording equipment was highly portable—and as such‚ recordings could be

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    he did not smile after his uncle said “The people are in bed and after their first sleep now”(Joyce‚1). Mangan’s sister who made a young narrator crazy about her‚ she was considered as an saint Mary or angel based on a text "But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires."(Joyce‚1) However reader can also find her another images from "While she spoke she turned a silver bracelet round and round her wrist."(Joyce‚1) and "It fell over one side of her

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    The harp is one of the oldest known instrument with strings attach to it. According to the website Harp History - Alison Vardy Harpist‚ the word “harpa” comes from Anglo-Saxon‚ Old German‚ meaning “to pluck”. There is no telling how long the harp has been around‚ but it has appear on manuscripts in Greek history and in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Historians believe that the first instrument with string origin goes back to 15‚000 B.C. in a rock painting in France (Harp History - Alison Vardy

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    Renié’s Pedagogical Repertoire Renié also enriched the pedagogical repertoire of the harp with many original compositions for her students. Several of her pieces fall into this category‚ including Grand-mère raconte une histoire (Grandmother Tells a Story); Les pins de Charlannes (The Pines of Charlannes); Feuillets d’album (Album Leaves); Feuilles d’automne (Autumn Leaves); Six pièces (Six Pieces)‚ op.1‚ and Six pièces brèves (Six Short Pieces)‚ op. 2. Fortunately‚ these works are all currently

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