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Music (FE): Books

UAL Music Performance and Production

Here you can find some useful books if you are studying an FE course in Music.

The Key books sections shows some books that will be useful for your course and New books shows some of the recent additions to our collection. Click on them to see them in the catalogue to find out more details about them or see if they are available to borrow.

These aren't all the books in the Library,  if you are interested in something else you can use the catalogue  to search  for what your are interested in. The books are arranged in the Library using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a number sequence from 000-999, with each subject having it own number.  See below to see the important numbers for FE Music.

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Key books - practical

Music theory in practice 1,2,3,4 and 5

(Separate books)

Shelfmark:

 

781.076/ TRI

Rock & pop vocals Grade 3,5 and 8

(Separate books)

Shelfmark:

 

783.193/TRI

Rock & pop Keyboards Grade 3, 5 and 8

Rock & pop Keyboards Grade 3, 5 and 8

(Separate books)

Shelfmark:

 

786.193 TRI

Piano exam pieces 3,5 and 8

Piano exam pieces 3,5 and 8

(Separate books)

Shelfmark:

 

786.2076 JON

The well-tempered clavier

The well-tempered clavier

Shelfmark:

 

786.42 BAC

Rock & pop Drums Grade 3,5 and 8

(Separate books)

Shelfmark:

 

786.9193 TRI 

Rock & pop Bass Grade 3,5, 8

Rock & pop Bass Grade 3,5 and 8

(Separate books)

Shelfmark:

 

787.87193/TRI

Rock & pop Guitar Grade 3,5 and 8

Rock & pop Guitar Grade 3,5 and 8

(Separate books)

Shelfmark:

 

787.87193 TRI

key books- theory

Music Industry handbook

Music Industry handbook

Shelfmark:

 

338.4778 RUT

Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology

Shelfmark:

 

780.89 RIC

The story of Music

The story of Music

Shelfmark:

 

780.9 GOD

Cambridge history of world music

Cambridge history of world music

Shelfmark:

 

780.9 BOH

Folk Music

Folk Music

Shelfmark:

 

781.42/SLO.

Film Music

Film Music

Shelfmark:

 

781.542 KAL

The Blues

The Blues

Shelfmark:

 

781.643 WAL

Art of songwriting

Art of songwriting

Shelfmark:

 

782.4213 WES

Useful e-books

Analyzing Popular Music
The Art of Songwriting
Ethnomusicology
Everything in its right place analyzing Radiohead
German pop music a companion
The history of jazz
Harmony for Computer Musicians
How popular musicians learn
Interpreting popular music.
John Williams's Film Music
Mixing audio : concepts, practices, and tools
Modern Recording Techniques
Music in Everyday Life
Music Technology
Music the business
Popular music : the key concepts
What is Music Production?

Finding books in the Library

These are the main shelf marks numbers for books on music.  

If you are unsure where to find a specific title you can always ask at the Library Information Desk  or search the Library Catalogue. 

Shelf Mark

Subject

338.4778

Music Business

780

Music

780.9

History of Music

781

Musical Forms – inc theory

781.4

Musical Techniques

781.49

Musical Production

781.542

Film Music

782

Vocal Music

786

Keyboard & Percussion

787

Stringed Instrument;