Recommended Texts

Piano, Western Composition and Jazz

– Harmonic Experience  by W. A. Mathieu

– Polyphonic Composition by Owen Swindale

– The Well Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach

– The Best of Thelonious Monk: Piano Transcriptions (Artist Transcriptions) by T. Monk

– French Secular Music of the Late 14th Century  by Willi Apel

– Ray Charles: The Piano Transcriptions by Ray Charles

– 24 Almost Easy Pieces for Piano Solo by W. A. Mathieu

– The Pianist’s Guide to Historic Improvisation by John K. Mortenson

– The Solfeggio Tradition by Nicholas Baragwanath

– Simple Solfege Melodies by Michael K. Harrist

– 42 Famous Classic for the Early Grade Pianist by Allan Small

– Resources for scores: www.imslp.org

Turkish Makam

– Turkish Music Makam Guide by Murat Aydemir

– Kantemiroglu Edvari by Dimitrie Cantemir

– Turk Musikisi Nazariyati ve Usulleri –  Ismail Hakki Ozkan

– Introduction to Turkish Makam by Michael K. Harrist

– Resources for scores: www.neyzen.com, www.divanmakam.com , www.notaarsivleri.com, www.adamgood.com/turkish_nota

Hindustani Raga

– The Classical Music of North India – Ali Akbar Khan & George Ruckert

– Sarangi Style in Hindustani Music – Nicolas Magriel

– The Raga Guide – Joep Bor

– Annapurna Devi: The Untold Story of a Reclusive Genius by Atul Merchant

– Resources for compositions: Ali Akbar Khan School / George Ruckert Transcriptions (private), collection of Michael K. Harrist (from Ramesh Mishra, Suhail Yusuf Khan, George Ruckert and more)

Double Bass/Electric Bass

– Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson by Dr. Licks

– Ray Brown’s Bass Method by Ray Brown

– Complete Method for the Double Bass by Edouard Nanny

Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar

– Blues and Ragtime Fingerstyle Guitar by Dave Van Ronk

– Texas Fingerstyle Blues Guitar by John Miller

– Delta Blues: Oak Anthology of Blues Guitar by Stefan Grossman

Other

The Listening Book by W. A. Mahthieu

Pure Rhythm by Adam Rudolph