This guide to understanding ornamentation in each era of music includes information on how to understand and remain faithful to the composers intention; how many and which notes to use in each ornament; how to integrate ornaments smoothly into a performance and simple strategies and systems for realizing and practicing ornaments. A synthesis of years of scholarly research resulting in a logical; easy to follow and accurate volume.
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238 of 244 people found the following review helpful. Never sewn before? Just bought your first machine? Buy this book!By Alt_keyI figured sewing was a skill I should probably learn; and just purchased my first sewing machine. I bought several books to go along with my machine; as I wasnt sure where to begin. I paged through most of them and grew intimidated by the sometimes undefined words; or instructions without enough images for me to grasp what needed to be done. This was the one book out of the four I purchased that I read from cover to cover immediately. This book is perfect for people like me; who have never sewn a stitch; or been around someone who has. I felt intimidated after unboxing my machine; but this book made me feel confident enough to begin my first project.In short; if youve never done a thing with sewing before and want to learn; this is the book you should start with. The images are clear; the directions are precise; and it goes into enough detail that I felt like I could progress without feeling frustrated.84 of 86 people found the following review helpful. Great step-by-step with Pictures!!By Rachel YohoThis is a great step-by-step instruction book for the beginner. It lists and defines all sewing tools; describes the markings on a pattern; illustrates pattern layout; how to thread the machine; and simple instructions on sewing a first seam. It also discusses seam finishes; hand sewing stitches; and sewing on buttons. There are 8 projects at the end that include a pillow; blanket; apron; skirt; etc. I love all of the color photos!95 of 99 people found the following review helpful. If I had a friend that didnrsquo;t want to spend the time or money on classes I would recommend this bookBy John SaalweachterI learned to sew from taking classes; after reading many different how-to books. If I had a friend that didnrsquo;t want to spend the time or money on classes I would recommend this book. The tone is straightforward and easy to follow (not weird or hipster).The glossary is fairly complete.There is a photo for each step of every technique. Sometimes how-to books leave out photos of ldquo;easyrdquo; or ldquo;obviousrdquo; steps for space; but this one does not! And really; no step is "easy" or "obvious" to a beginner so this part of the book is quite valuable to a "true" beginner.If I had a more challenging sewing pattern that I wanted to sew; especially vintage patterns that sometimes didnrsquo;t come with step-by-step instructions; I would definitely refer to the project instructions in this book (especially for a jacket) to assemble the pattern pieces. (I donrsquo;t know if I would run to my sewing machine to sew up some of the projects in this book [elastic skirt] though).