Music-Instruction & Study-Techniques

In my usual teaching week I have the joy of working with the youngest of beginners through to advanced tertiary students. Over the years I have noticed there are ample resources for young students and plenty of books for advanced players but not much...

Even if you've never so much as touched a musical instrument before, this tried-and-true guide will have you strumming away in no time. Professor J. Kalani Peterson, an expert instructor, shares his simple methods for teaching yourself to play the ukulele. His explanations are...

(Third Edition updated for MAX 7) Structured for use in university courses, the book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max and MSP, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. Comprehensive online support,...

This is the first instructional book of its kind, taking a strikingly new and refreshing approach to learning guitar, carefully designed to guarantee efficient practice with rewarding results. Whether your playing falls under one of the more traditional styles, or whether you're a composer...

The purpose of these arrangements is to provide a variety of interesting and challenging material for Suzuki guitar students who are beyond Book 1 and are playing in a Suzuki guitar group class. The arrangements allow students, who may be widely divergent in playing...

In this definitive work, Howard Morgen demonstrates all the tools, techniques, and concepts to create masterful solo guitar arrangements. This one-of-a-kind book with online media features 19 full song arrangements based on 11 classic jazz standards, which are immediately applicable for professional usage. The...

This text is a representation of the piano practice techniques utilized by the late 19th and early 20th Century pianists. Two examples of this tradition are the late Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) and Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997). Today, many excellent books for piano deal with what...

Leading a successful band or music program isn't as simple as teaching middle schoolers musical notes and getting them to play well together. It's a fun, yet sometimes challenging adventure that goes way beyond what you learned in college or university. In Oscar's A+...

Described as the "life and soul of British contemporary music", Jane Manning is an internationally celebrated English concert and opera soprano. In this new follow-up to her highly regarded New Vocal Repertory, Volumes I and II, she provides a seasoned expert's guidance and insight...

Described as the "life and soul of British contemporary music", Jane Manning is an internationally celebrated English concert and opera soprano. In this new follow-up to her highly regarded New Vocal Repertory, Volumes I and II, she provides a seasoned expert's guidance and insight...

The renaissance flute, with its rich history, stunning repertoire, and mellow tone, has attracted a significant following among flutists, whether they specialize in modern flute or historical instruments. Yet, actually delving into the study of renaissance flute has proven a challenge - there exists...

Students are drawn to mobile technologies such as iPads and smartphones because of the sheer endless possibilities of the digital worlds they hold. But how can their potential for stimulating the imagination be effectively used in the music classroom to support students' development of...

What do the world's most prominent oboists have to say about their musical ideas, performance techniques, and teaching strategies? Michele L. Fiala and Martin Schuring, themselves skilled oboists, undertook the project of asking twenty-six of them about their musicianship and pedagogy. The results are...

Master the Art of Rock Guitar SoloingLearn to solo with a method that's jam-packed with examples, exercises, techniques and improvisation strategies.Melodic Rock Soloing for Guitar is a unique guitar method because it contains all the tools you need to become the ultimate guitar soloist....

Tapping on Guitar has Evolved...Do you want to get creative with tapping on guitar?Are you ready to bring guitar tapping bang up to date for a new generation?Tapping has evolved beyond the Rock and Metal shred of the '80s and '90s. As more technically...

In-text URLs can be accessed via the "Features" tab of the publisher's website.Conductors face a multitude of hurdles as they strive to obtain a foothold in the professional world. Once they have attained a position, there are obstacles both on and off the podium...

(Explained). The world of modes is one that every guitarist must explore in their playing journey. With this unique book/video combo, celebrated author and instructor Carl Culpepper guides you through these fascinating sounds, expanding your tonal palette through licks and phrases that are guaranteed...

Recent decades have seen a major increase of interest in historical performance practice, but until now there has been no comprehensive reference tool available on the subject. This fully up-to-date, illuminating and accessible volume will assist readers in rediscovering and recreating as closely as...

You do not need to have any musical experience or special skills. All you need is this book, a clarinet, and few minutes every day to practice.In this book, you will find details on how to choose the right clarinet, how to care for...

The Vibrato Mastery for Cello book is going to lead you towards the highest levels of vibrato control and artistry. After studying the greatest artists of the past and present, I discovered that every great vibrato is based on logical rhythmic patterns and nothing...

This research into the tempo implications of Bach's notation answers the age-old question of Bach's tempos, providing insight into Bach's intended musical effects. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a very busy man. At times he composed a new church piece every week, often barely...

Tish Oney merges the worlds of jazz and classical singing in a comprehensive guide for those teaching and singing jazz. Legendary jazz singers' performance strategies are discussed providing unique insights. Jazz Singing combines jazz stylization and improvisational techniques with classic voice pedagogy to outline...

How to Play Keyboards offers an exciting new way to learn to play. Its easy-to-follow instructions and systematic approach enable you to start playing popular tunes on your keyboard within minutes-even if you've never played a musical instrument before. You'll learn keyboard basics like:...

This book is based on detailed notes taken by the author during a decade of study under one of the renowned teachers of piano, whose pupils included such pianists as Gary Graffman, Lilian Kallir, Jacob Lateiner, and Sylvia Saremba and such composer/conductors as Samuel...

"Tuning is the secret lens through which the history of music falls into focus," says Kyle Gann. Yet in Western circles, no other musical issue is so ignored, so taken for granted, so shoved into the corners of musical discourse. A classroom essential and...

Sociological Thinking in Music Education presents new ideas about music teaching and learning as important social, political, economic, ecological, and cultural ways of being. At the book's heart is the intersection between theory and practice where readers gain glimpses of intriguing social phenomena as...

Just about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't start piano at the age...

The fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today's music scene The star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Ren e Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear on...

(Guitar Educational). Whether you're a beginner to the world of fingerstyle guitar or looking to improve your current abilities, you've come to the right place! In this book, you'll work through many progressive exercises designed to develop the specific skills and coordination necessary in...

(Piano). Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, a veritable encyclopedia of music and lore, immerses you in all aspects of New Orleans boogie and blues piano. This intimate session will help you build a solid repertoire and acquire essential licks, runs, turnarounds, rhythms and techniques. Includes...

(Berklee Guide). Expand the creative breadth of your soloing The step-by-step exercises and explanations in this tried-&-true resource will help you develop your ear and improve your technique. You'll learn the intimate relationships between modes and chords, practicing licks and solos that grow out...

A method that looks at the way the legendary Frank Gambale solos over chordal harmonies. It shows how to use simple musical materials to create sophisticated solos. Book II covers the last two chordal types and includes a 70-minute recording.Author: Frank GambaleISBN-10: 0769248071ISBN-13: 9780769248073Publisher:...

(Guitar Method). Learn to use the entire fretboard with the Incredible Scale Finder This book contains more than 1,300 scale diagrams for the most important 17 scale types, including major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and...

(Educational Piano Library). Piano Theory Workbook 5 includes practical, intermediate-level exercises in identifying chords and their inversions, counting 16ths, subdividing beats into various dotted-sixteenth rhythms, identifying chords of the key, writing Major and minor scales, and exercises in transposition and improvisation. Each exercise is...

An Englishman and Londoner, Hermann Klein (1856-1934) was a prolific writer, voice teacher, and student of the legendary voice teacher Manuel Garc a (1805-1906). After arriving in New York City in 1901 to teach Garc a's method, Klein became the Chairman of the newly-formed...

Author: Richard J. ScottISBN-10: 0595010393ISBN-13: 9780595010394Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2000Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.27lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.20w x 0.96d

Now published in full color for the first time Part 2 builds on the foundations laid in Part 1, extending the compass of notes learnt and introducing new rhythms, note values, chords and changes of hand positions. As well as solo pieces, a sequence...

FINALLY, FRETBOARD MEMORIZATION MADE EASY. Do you get lost on the guitar neck? Not knowing the notes on the fretboard is a common problem that slows down and confuses the learning process. It's very difficult to find your way around if you can't read...

Movable Chord Workbook was written to give you the quickest path to the most complete understanding of movable chords on the guitar. You could spend a small fortune in tuition and rent, move to Boston and go to a fancy private college and study...

An easy-to-understand chart which features chromatic, major, and minor scale studies in a handy format. Includes staff notation and fingering diagrams for the entire range of the clarinet.Author: William BayISBN-10: 0871665018ISBN-13: 9780871665010Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1983Pages: 4Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.07lbsSize: 12.75h x 9.76w...

Should neighborhoods change? Is wearing a suit a good way to quit smoking? Why do people think that if you do one thing, you're against something else? Is monogamy a trick? Why isn't making the city more fun for you and your friends a...

"The fusion of text with music is one of the most powerful methods by which a composer can express emotion to an audience, yet, all too often, the diction of choral groups is lacking to such a degree as to make the text unintelligible."...

This book will make playing the bowed psaltery easy Lessons include reading the tablature, tuning, bowing techniques, holding the psaltery and some of my favorite Gospel, Christmas and Traditional folk songs.Personally I want to play the Psaltery in accompany with the mountain dulcimer. Therefore,...

(Instructional). This book is a continuation of Musical Calisthenics for Brass, authored by Carmine Caruso. This new edition compiled by Caruso's student Dominic Derasse should be approached only after the completion of the original method. Derasse writes "the most important thing I learned from...

The Mysterious Force VOL III: Elvin Jones This is the world's first published technical study of the drumming artist: Elvin Jones. His advanced concept once revolutionized modern jazz drumming, and now through the study of the technical structure of his magic, it will have...

This book contains 888 diagrams that teach thousands of lead guitar runs. The runs are presented on a guitar fret board so there is no need to be able to read music. These lead runs may be played from the top strings or from...

Campanella style is considered one of the harder ukulele techniques. Thus a lot of beginners has shyness before and fear needlessly. Therefore, in this book I edited thirty simple and well-known songs. This book contains only six tones melodic etudes (a, b, c#, d,...

For all four-string fretless instruments tuned to fifths: violin, viola, cello, etc. All the essential western scales/modes are mapped out on the fingerboard in easy-to-remember patterns that are perfectly logical, and - most importantly - 100% practical for ease of execution in performance. This...

The result of many years teaching pianists to become organists, this tutor includes tried and tested material used on the UK Courses for Volunteer Organists.Author: Robert FieldingISBN-10: 1469965836ISBN-13: 9781469965833Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2012Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d

Author: Louis HanonISBN-10: 1458491293ISBN-13: 9781458491299Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.30d