Listen to these “12 SONGS WITHOUT WORDS” and play them yourself – solo or along with the audio. These atmospheric neo-classical pieces have an air of film music. What sets this book apart: You can unravel the mystery of why the pieces sound the way they do yourself and learn the tricks and techniques that are responsible for it.

In this book, the musician and composer Axel Schwarz, professor at the Baden-Württemberg Pop Academy, explains the compositional background of his pieces in a clear m...