The Bluffer's Guide to Music: Bluff Your Way in Music (Bluffer's Guides - Oval Books) [Paperback]

Peter Gammond (Author)

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Publication Date: June 28, 2000 | Series: Bluffer's Guides - Oval Books

A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside information--all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.

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"Full of quirky, provocative statements. "
--The Sunday Telegraph

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This book was not written with the surreptitious intention of making anyone acquire a vast knowledge of music. Quite the opposite. The way to get on in life, as all good bluffers know, is to have a minimum of knowledge and make it go a long way by means of obscure words and profound pauses.
Bluffer's Guides is a series of snappy little books containing facts, jargon, and all you need to know for instant expertise.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Oval Books; 1st edition (June 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1902825535
• ISBN-13: 978-1902825533
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,670,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Whacko little gem, March 12, 2007

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This review is from: The Bluffer's Guide to Music: Bluff Your Way in Music (Bluffer's Guides - Oval Books) (Paperback)

This is a brilliant little book--funny as hell and also pithy and true. About Bach's music "It's purity grips those minds slightly too rarified to be properly religious....