Music-Instruction & Study

Why study music? How much practical use is it in the modern world? This introduction proves how studying music is of great value both in its own terms and also in the post-university careers marketplace. The book explains the basic concepts and issues involved...

Whether you are new or a veteran, this guide has the tips you need to survive and thrive at one of the most exciting music festivals of all time Loolapalooza continues to be one of the most amazing festival experiences people have ever encountered....

In this third edition of the classic Verdi, renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy, whose cause he had...

(Percussion). The Hal Leonard Glockenspiel Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the glockenspiel. This easy-to-use guide provides step-by-step lessons and meticulously graded music by leading percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Video tutorials, demonstration audio, and accompaniment backing tracks are also included, making...

(Guitar Educational). Everything in this simple beginner's guide to music theory is geared toward the guitar so that you're able to apply the theoretical concepts directly to your instrument. Featuring hands-on activities like quizzes, assignments, ear training, and audio examples, this workbook teaching system...

(Berklee Guide). Take your singing to the next level! This collection of contemporary-style vocal etudes and exercises will help you to develop valuable vocal skills for performing contemporary commercial music styles. These original studies will keep your practice routine fresh and challenging, while targeting...

(Berklee Methods). Producing Music with Digital Performer is a comprehensive guide to the features and strategies behind one of the most powerful pieces of music production software. There are in-depth descriptions of Digital Performer's windows and features, and detailed discussions of audio and MIDI...

From Apples in Winter to The Wise Maid, this collection of Irish jigs, reels, and polkas provides beginning to advanced players with a wealth of traditional Irishmusic for solo keyboard accordion. This collection includes a number of tunes transcribed from recordings of not only...

Volume 2 continues the exploration of the classic Hawaiian guitar solos from theGolden Age of Hawaiian music that began in Volume One of the Art of Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Contained here are precise transcriptions and playing hints of classic tunes like 'Hula Girl' and...

Fred Cockerham & Tommy Jarrell: Clawhammer Banjo Masters is a collection of 23 clawhammer banjo solos written in tablature. The pieces are transcribed as played by Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell by Bob Carlin. Also included are moderninterpretations by Dan Levenson. This is the...

(Percussion). John Riley's The Master Drummer is based on the premise that all the greats excel in four areas: technique, groove, creativity, and musicianship. Each of these areas is explored in detail with extensive video content, exercises, and transcriptions. While the main sections of...

This edited collection examines statistics within the music industry. Its aim is to expose the historical and contemporary use and abuse of these numbers, both nationally and internationally. It addresses their impact on consumers' choices, upon the careers of musicians and upon the policies...

The Fretboard Biology program was developed over the past 20 years andthe techniques have been used to train thousands of professional guitar players.In Level 5, you will learn: - THEORY: Harmonic Minor, Minor Modal Interchange, Primary and Secondary Dominants, Functioning and Non-Functioning Dominants -...

(Play Like). Study the trademark songs, grooves, solos, and techniques of the madman drum god, Keith Moon. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Moon the Loon's kit, style, songs, grooves, fills, solos, and much more. You'll learn everything you...

(Willis). Piano All the Way is a multi-key course of study written and composed for the beginning piano pupil. It is designed to present the fundamental concepts of theory and literature in a wide variety of styles, leading to musical understanding and independent reading.Author:...

(Keyboard Instruction). This beautiful and informative resource is a must for all piano students and players It contains easy-to-read chord diagrams, easy-to-see full-color photos, basic chord theory, treble and bass clef notation, a chord symbol chart, and much more.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 1423412486ISBN-13: 9781423412489Publisher:...

(Music Sales America). This budget-priced book and CD introduction to guitar is all you need to start playing like a pro This dynamic, proven method helps you to master the basics of guitar playing in just a few weeks. Play along with the professional...

Author: Heinrich Ernst KayserISBN-10: 0793558786ISBN-13: 9780793558780Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(Signature Licks Keyboard). Learn how to play 14 of Oscar Peterson's trademark pieces: C-Jam Blues * Cheek to Cheek * Come Rain or Come Shine * Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * The Girl from Ipanema...

(Advanced Band Method). An outlined course of study designed to follow the elementary and intermediate levels of any instructional method, the Rubank Advanced Methods are considered to be one of the gold standards of advanced instrumental study. The specially designed units provide a a...

Superduets Book 1 provides a wonderful new repertoire of original and entertaining duets for beginner violinists. It can be started as soon as pupils have mastered basic playing technique. Encouraging rhythmic confidence and listening skills, and exploring a wide range of techniques, sound effects...

Warm Up Etudes for Electric Bass is a collection of 13 short 'classical' etudes which aims to tackle the delicate and often underestimated topic of muscular and articular warm-up.The path that has been outlined is structured on a series of melodic lines that guide...

Author: David HamburgerISBN-10: 1890490709ISBN-13: 9781890490706Publisher: String Letter PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2007Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.40d

Anglo Concertina from Beginner to Master includes 72 tunes for the C/G 30-button Anglo concertina and uses a simple tablature system along with standard musical notation and multiple exercises to teach simple tunes in the home keys all the way up to complex classical...

(Guitar Educational). This book/CD pack presents a wide selection of riffs in a variety of styles, just waiting to be used in your solos The riffs are organized according to 15 common chord progressions, so you can use them in solos over many jazz...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The Piano Adventures Technique & Performance Book, with page-by-page correlations, is the essential companion to the Lesson & Theory Book. The Technique & Performance Book combines two essential elements of pianism: the student develops technical skill through the application of...

Personal Finance for Musicians is a no-nonsense, easy-to-read guide chock full of tips, advice, real world examples, step-by-step plans, and templates. Written by a music industry expert and finance expert, this book coaches you on a variety of financial topics relevant to musicians without...

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by...

(Berklee Guide). Learn to produce hip-hop tracks! This book traces the technological evolution of hip-hop from its inception to contemporary times, from its roots in New York and L.A. to its variations worldwide. You will explore the hits of the major eras and regional...

(Boosey & Hawkes Concert Band). The Boosey Woodwind and Brass Method is designed to be used in lessons and when you play your instrument between lessons. The CD will help you between lessons it contains performances and backing tracks of most of the pieces...

(Music Sales America). The long-awaited book from Joe Bennett, author of numerous best-selling guitar titles, is the perfect starter course for young boys and girls. Expert advice on all the key areas: advice about what sort of guitar to buy, holding the guitar properly,...

(Music Sales America). Introduces eight of the most commonly used guitar tunings. Designed to fit into your instrument case.Author: Mark HansonISBN-10: 0825612519ISBN-13: 9780825612510Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 11.99h x 4.54w x 0.18d

(Guitar Solo). This book/CD pack includes complete solo performances of 12 terrific standards, including: All the Things You Are * Body and Soul * My Romance * How Insensitive * My One and Only Love * and more. The arrangements are performance level and...

Wonderful tunes from Count Basie, Erroll Garner, George Gershwin, Neal Hefti, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Kurt Weill and others. Can be played as solos, duets or trios. Includes: As Time Goes By * Jumpin' at the Woodside * Li'l Darlin' * Mack the Knife...

'Tis joy! by Kenley Kristofferson explores the brightness inside of us when we feel elated or joyous, something beyond simply making us happy. Happiness simply comes from what's happening around you; but joy, that comes from within.Author: Kenley KristoffersonISBN-10: 1771579013ISBN-13: 9781771579018Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

We Walked Through the Woods by Kenley kristofferson, speaks to the reverence of nature and the light that comes from all around us. It embodies the sensation where we perceive the grandiosity of nature and time; how we're simultaneously just a speck in a...

Winter Festival by Matthew Donnelly is a musical description of a group of children sliding down snow cover hills on toboggans and sleds. In the cold winter months in Canada, there was no better way to spend a winter Saturday than getting outside and...

Victory in Defeat by David Marlatt is a work that serves as an introduction to the 7/8 time signature. It opens with an intense fire and drive. The lyrical middle section features simple flowing melodies above syncopated support. The 7/8 returns in the third...

The musical material for Sound Reflections by Richard Byrd was inspired after a trip to the Grand Canyon. The open voicings of quartal harmonies reflect the canyon's vast expanse. This work is fun to perform and enjoyable to hear, and is ideal for competitions...

Dancing on Air by Jon Bubbett was inspired by watching eagles flying at the Circle B Bar Reserve in central Florida. Flocks of bald eagles flying over Lake Hancock twisting and turning in the breeze as graceful as ballet dancers in a perfectly synchronized...

Freedom is a right which should never be taken for granted. This piece is dedicated to all those who have fought to preserve the freedom of an individual or a nation. Many have fought before our time and many continue the fight today. A...

The chase is on! Two parties engage in a constant back and forth until one is finally victorious. That's the fun of A Game of Cat and Mouse by David Bobrowitz for concert band. Musically, the energy starts at measure one and never lets...

Laura Lee by Frank McKinney is an original pop ballad for concert band. The piece begins featuring the clarinet section and steadily develops into the easy pulse of the entire ensemble. The trumpets introduce the bridge before the original verse returns. After a thoughtful...

We Rise with the Mountains by David Eastmond is a programmatic work depicting the rugged beauty of the outdoors while acknowledging the danger it can pose. This piece musically describes a cliff-side rescue by emergency responders after a freak accident on a hiking trip.Author:...

Imagine floating among the clouds on a beautiful summer afternoon. Making lazy circles and simply floating on the breeze. Taking a pass over people standing on the ground watching until finally floating off into the distance to some place . . . bigger than...

A thrilling musical adventure of a suspenseful and dangerous escape from an erupting sun. After an ominous mighty opening in G minor, the mood shifts dramatically to expanding contrapuntal melodies and eventually to a peaceful and lyrical section in B-flat major. Agitato (restless), legato...

Imagine yourself embarking on a thrilling expedition to the city of Saqqara. As you make new and astonishing finds, you are absorbed back to the life of ancient times. Great themes, strong percussion writing and fun rhythmic parts for all players make this piece...

Capricorns love making their own rules and this piece is no exception. The opening fanfare and fugue display the relentless nature of these hardest workers of the zodiac. A contrasting middle section steps quickly into the determined and strong nature of our friends. The...

The term celestial has many different meanings: relating to the sky, space, the heavens, or just something simply that is really good. All of these things can be used to describe what is brought out by the performance of this piece. This theme goes...

The Bronze Age saw the invention of the wheel, the ox-drawn plow, and the first uses of metal. This dramatic and expressive composition introduces the key of concert D minor, yet easily remains within the grade 0.5 range. There are simple two-note slurs, dynamics...