12 best-selling nonfiction books like Musical Composition: Craft and Art by Alan Belkin

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Musical Composition: Craft and Art

By: Alan Belkin

4.21

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher…

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1. A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.01

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungr… read more

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"Master, I go hunting."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

"Bu bir taş. Gerçek Lisan’da ise “tolk"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

"To light a candle is to cast a shadow..."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

"Encender una vela es proyectar una sombra..."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

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2. Mixing Secrets (Sound On Sound Presents...)

By: Mike Senior

4.38

Format: 628 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover how to achieve release-quality mixes even in the smallest studios by applying power-user t… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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3. Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation

By: Elaine Gould

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Behind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • reference

4. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

By: Alex Ross

3.00

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Centuryis a voyage into the labyrinth of modern music… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

5. Principles of Orchestration

By: None

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

"To orchestrate is to create, and this cannot be taught," wrote Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, the great … read more

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6. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

By: Johann Hari

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We live in a culture that is constantly amping us up with stress and stimulation."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"We are now exposed to ten times the amount of artificial light that people were exposed to just fifty years ago."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"If you see the world through fragments, your empathy often doesn’t kick in, in the way that it does when you engage with something in a sustained, focused way."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

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7. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

By: Ryder Carroll

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • reference
"It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"Prioritize the items you feel strongest about or are the most time sensitive, and strike off the items you feel “meh"

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

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8. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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9. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

By: Dan Charnas

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."

-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

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10. The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins

By: Sonny Rollins

3.70

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

An illuminating selection of writings on a wide variety of topics—everything from technique, music … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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11. A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)

By: Dmitri Tymoczko

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

How is the Beatles' "Help!" similar to Stravinsky's "Dance of the Adolescents?" How does Radiohead'… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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12. Creating Sounds from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers

By: Andrea Pejrolo

4.02

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music sy… read more

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  • music
  • reference
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13. Musical Composition: Craft and Art

By: Alan Belkin

4.21

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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14. Fundamentals of Musical Composition

By: Arnold Schoenberg

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Fundamentals of Musical Composition represents the culmination of more than forty years in Schoenbe… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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15. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From Oliver Burkeman, author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a four-week jour… read more

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5 must-read reference books like Musical Composition: Craft and Art by Alan Belkin

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Mixing Secrets (Sound On Sound Presents...)

Mike Senior

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation

Elaine Gould

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

Ryder Carroll

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Creating Sounds from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers

Andrea Pejrolo

4.02

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

4.37

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