In 1994, jazz musician and composer Kenny Werner released his landmark book, Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, which freed artists arou

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This book is a useful guide for adult learners who are thinking of taking up a musical instrument for the first time or who want to pick up from where they left

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This volume brings together scholars and artist-researchers to explore the nature and function of musical instruments in creative practices, and their role in m