Cómo enseñar a cantar a niños y adolescentes

This musical primer touches on the basics of pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, and more, building the reader’s knowledge chapter by chapter. The book includes a visual index of musical symbols at the beginning that serves as a useful reference. Readers of all stripes—whether those learning how to play an instrument or those refreshing existing musical capabilities, whether singers in choirs or individuals who merely wish to be able to follow scores while listening—will gain practical knowledge as well as a deeper understanding of how music is composed. Esta guía musical aborda los...

Musical language has been developed through the use and needs of composers to express their auditory ideas in visual form. In this book, Josep Jofre combines a historical perspective with a detailed and clear explanation of the foundations of modern musical notation. This book provides useful guidelines for gradual learning geared toward music students, lovers and enthusiasts. It provides teachers with invaluable teaching tips for making musical learning a more engaging experience."

Clemente Díaz es sinónimo de buena guitarra en Colombia. Pocos como él pueden exhibir una obra compositiva tan numerosa y de tanta calidad para este instrumento. A la par de su larga trayectoria de toda la vida entregada a la interpretación, Clemente ha desarrollado una encomiable labor como docente de guitarra en casi todas las universidades que tienen programas profesionales de música en nuestro país. Como un producto de esta faceta pedagógica, y después de una extensa reflexión, nos entrega ahora este nuevo trabajo —con sus secretos técnicos— que hace un invaluable aporte a...

Recognized as the most significant composer from New Spain in the early eighteenth century, Manuel de Sumaya (ca. 1678–1755) oversaw musical activity at Mexico City Cathedral during a time of stylistic change. Sumaya, who was locally born and ordained as a priest, wrote music that mixes the counterpoint and rhythmic vigor of seventeenth-century Hispanic music with more modern Italianate gestures prescient of international taste in the eighteenth century. This edition of all thirty-four villancicos with music by Sumaya conserved in the Estrada Collection at Mexico City Cathedral reveals the...