Music Advice for the Apprentice

 

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Instructions:

Print this page out and then cut off one advice item at a time to give to each team of apprentices when they come to you during the designated week for pieces of advice for the apprentice. REMEMBER: Only hand out each advice item once.
 
 
 Music Advice: Book

 What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: Britannica Book of Music.

A compendium of fascinating information about "composers and their works, performing artists, historical periods, musical terms, and instruments". The section on the Renaissance period of music and its key 'players' and contributions is detailed and well-written. A must-have reference for further research about music for this time period once you have found information on specific terms, composers, and instruments.

 References:

Hadley, Benjamin, ed. Britannica Book of Music. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. ISBN 0-385-14191-2

 
 
 Music Advice: Website

 What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website available at:

http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/hurdy.htm

It is called How to Build a Hurdy-Gurdy for Under $20 and it containeth Dennis Havlena's instructions on how to build a hurdy-gurdy for under twenty dollars from materials that are easy to get.

 
 
 Music Advice: Book

 

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music.

This is a wonderful reference on the history of music. Covers period instruments and how they have developed through the years, information on composers of each time period, the rise and fall of various methodoligies, and information on how music reflected its time period and more importantly, changed the way man looked at music.

References:

Hindley, Geoffrey (ed.). The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music. Excalibur Books, New York, 1982. ISBN: 0-89673-101-4

 
 
 Music Advice: Website

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website available at:

http://www.aaronshep.com/Mark/flute/

It is called Mark Shepherd's Flute Page and it contains the plans for making your own "shepherd's pipe" from PVC pipe sold in most harware stores.

 
 
 Music Advice: Book
 

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: Classical Music: an introductions to classical music through great composers and their masterworks.

Wonderful color plates of families of musical instruments used during the Renaissance - instruments you will not find anywhere else. Accompanying text about the music of this period - the composers and their art, the performers, and the instruments - and the color reproductions of paintings depicting actual use of Renaissance instruments makes this source indispensable.

References:

Stanley, John. Classical Music: an introductions to classical music through great composers and their masterworks. Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest Assoc., Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-89577-606-5

 
 
 Music Advice: Website

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website available at:

http://www.aaronshep.com/Mark/flute/

It is called Mark Shepherd's Flute Page and it contains an online tutorial in eight lessons on how to play a simple folk flute of bamboo, clay, wood, or other material.

 
 
 Armour Advice: Book
What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: Design Your Own Coat of Arms: An Introduction to Heraldry.

References:

Chorzempa, Rosemary A. Design Your Own Coat of Arms : An Introduction to Heraldry. Dover Publications, New York, 1987.

 
 
Music Advice: Website

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a website available at:

http://www.iinet.net.au/~nickl/crumhorn.html

It is called Crumhorn Home Page and it contains contains modern reconstructions, how to make a crumhorn, music of the curmhorn, MIDI files, and further reading.

 
 
 Music Advice: Book
What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested in this most important information which thou dost need to design a banner for thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to have such a banner when thou maketh thy presentation at the Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: Design Your Own Coat of Arms: An Introduction to Heraldry.

References:

Chorzempa, Rosemary A. Design Your Own Coat of Arms : An Introduction to Heraldry. Dover Publications, New York, 1987.

 
 
 Music Advice: Book

What be thy quest, young apprentice? Thou art surely interested ways to learn important information which thou dost need to succeed in thy guild. Be reminded that thou art required to show how much yee hath learned before thy masters at the great Guild Hall. A most marvelous source of information to aid in this right industrious task is a manuscript entitled: Great Composers.

This book captures the personalities, hardships and concerns of great composers within the framework of their lives and the world in which they lived. Wonderful illustrations.

References:

Ventura, Piero. Great Composers. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York, NY, 1989.