Music-Instruction & Study

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Nine perfectly-arranged pieces students will enjoy, including: Happy Birthday to You * It's a Small World * Hedwig's Theme (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ) * Olympic Fanfare * Over the Rainbow * and more. View Helpful Introductory...

Readers will discover how rewarding teaching music can be. Whether they teach full time or want to supplement their performance income by giving private lessons, they need this book to learn how to run a profitable business. The Newsams show them how to find...

(Fretted). This book is designed as a guide to help you learn to play & jam to the blues. The method presented in this book with audio (67 lesson tracks PLUS bonus Jam Trax) will enable you to gain a basic understanding of blues...

With The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, audiences worldwide were transported back to Middle-earth for more thrills and adventure. 12 pieces from Howard Shore's brilliant score have been arranged for Easy Piano. Pianists will have both classic and new themes from the...

This is a complete ukulele course for the beginner that is easy and fun to play. You will learn to play accompaniments and chords to many popular folk songs including Little Brown Jug, When the Saints Go Marching In, Scarborough Fair, Greensleves and many...

(Willis). A comprehensive step-by-step course specifically designed to suit the needs of all children beginning the piano. Includes: characters and illustrations * writing exercises * sight reading drills * review work * accompaniments * and more.Author: John ThompsonISBN-10: 0877180172ISBN-13: 9780877180173Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Berklee Press). Learn piano basics, as required of every piano major at Berklee College of Music. The exercises featured in this book will help you improve your sight-reading skills, and memorize new material in less time and with more confidence. Scales, chords, arpeggios, and...

The Music Tree series continues the development of complete musicianship by providing the beginner with delightful and varied repertoire. The pupil learns a variety of idioms encompassing folk, jazz and pop. The creativity of the students is emphasized since they are given musical segments...

(Vocal Instruction). Whether you are self-taught or taking lessons, learning for fun or heading for a career in the music industry, Trinity College London Rock & Pop exams will help you develop valuable playing skills and achieve your musical ambitions. Available for bass, drums,...

(Vocal Instruction). Whether you are self-taught or taking lessons, learning for fun or heading for a career in the music industry, Trinity College London Rock & Pop exams will help you develop valuable playing skills and achieve your musical ambitions. Available for bass, drums,...

(Educational Piano Library). From the very first lessons in Book 1, students are making music as they explore the piano keyboard through fun improvisation pieces called My Own Song . The beginning of the book introduces finger numbers, the black-key and white-key groups, and...

This is the standard-bearer for pedal steel instruction books. It is extremely comprehensive in scope. Written by DeWitt Scott, founder of the International Pedal Steel Guitar Convention and member of the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, this course teaches E9 tuning, Nashville set-up...

Popular musicians acquire some or all of their skills and knowledge informally, outside school or university, and with little help from trained instrumental teachers. How do they go about this process? Despite the fact that popular music has recently entered formal music education, we...

(Instructional). Perfect pitch also called absolute pitch has been a source of endless fascination for hundreds of years. The ability to recognize musical tones with no reference is often viewed as a kind of magical power, a gift that only a select few musicians...

(Guitar Method). Book 2 continues the instruction started in Book 1 and covers: Am, Dm, A, E, F and B7 chords; power chords; fingerstyle guitar; syncopations, dotted rhythms, and triplets; Carter style solos; bass runs; pentatonic scales; improvising; tablature; 92 great songs, riffs and...

(Berklee Guide). Build your Hammond chops The secret to creating funky sizzles and classic Hammond sounds is mastering the combined use of the drawbars, expression pedal, and the Leslie speaker speed switch. Sound complicated and intimidating? It doesn't have to be This hands-on guide...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). A collection of Christmas and winter holiday favorites arranged to provide work on arpeggios, scales, 2-hand gestures, balance between hands, balance within the hand, chord voicing, and octave playing all within a delightful musical context. Includes: Skaters' Waltz * Jingle...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). These carefully selected hymns and spirituals are especially appropriate for the Level 2A pianist. The book conveys a spirit of joy, celebrating the Christian faith. The arrangements primarily use C position, G position, and middle C position. Contents include: Come...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). This collection of 21 authentic keyboard works represents the major periods of music - from Baroque to Contemporary - and serves as an excellent introduction to classical keyboard literature. Demo audio tracks are accessed online. Contents: VON DER HOFE: Canario...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). FunTime Piano Rock 'n Roll is a collection of hits from the rock and roll era that is sure to entertain the piano student. The selections have been careflly arranged for the early-intermediate pianist. A variety of keys are used,...

(Homespun Tapes). Steve Martin is a comedian, novelist, screenwriter, actor and many other things, but his first love is the banjo. His recent hit CD, The Crow, features 15 original tunes in both clawhammer and Scruggs style. This book of tablature, accurately transcribed by...

(Guitar Educational). Bass players: customize your warm-up routine with this fantastic collection of stretches, coordination exercises, pentatonic scales, major and minor scales, and arpeggios sure to limber up your fingers and hands and get you ready to play in top formAuthor: Steve GorenbergISBN-10: 1495029964ISBN-13:...

(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Bagpipe Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the Great Highland bagpipes. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide serves as an introduction to the bagpipe chanter. It includes access to online video lessons with demonstrations of all the...

A visual tour de force showcasing Toronto's vast concert history."Not sure there's ever been anything like this...The graphics are fascinating, the script is comprehensive. It's staggering what's been unleashed from the Vault." -- Gary Topp, promoter, half of the legendary duo the Garys"These pages...

(Guitar Book). From Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt to Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Kenny Burrell and beyond, take an inside look at the genesis of jazz guitar. The book and audio compendium provides solo transcriptions in standard notation and tablature, lessons on how to...

(String Method). New complete edition combines books 1 and 2 into one value-priced edition.Author: Jean-Louis DuportISBN-10: 1458421074ISBN-13: 9781458421074Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2012Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.60d

(Guitar Educational). Expand your guitar knowledge with the Guitar Lesson Goldmine series Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this Country volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in standard noation and tablature. You'll also get extremely...

(Instructional). This classic book offers studies of scales and arpeggios in all of their various bowed, fingered and rhythmic combinations, with excellent exercises progressing in difficulty and encompassing four octaves. A great resource for teachers of students at all levelsAuthor: Mark YampolskyISBN-10: 142340694XISBN-13: 9781423406945Publisher:...

(Music Sales America). In this 2011 revision of the best-selling harmonica book and CD, Jon Gindick continues his fun-loving jam-with-me teaching style. He also shares secrets of the blues harp learned as an author, player and instructor. Step by step, you'll learn the essential...

(Willis). A comprehensive step-by-step course specifically designed to suit the needs of all children beginning the piano. Includes: characters and illustrations * writing exercises * sight reading drills * review work * accompaniments * and more.Author: John ThompsonISBN-10: 0877180199ISBN-13: 9780877180197Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Berklee Guide). Start playing jazz guitar This book will help you understand and master the essential concepts and techniques of jazz, whatever style you may already know. You'll learn jazz theory and harmony through learning and practicing scales, diatonic seventh chords, and harmonic tensions....

The Music Tree series continues the development of complete musicianship by providing the beginner with delightful and varied repertoire. The pupil learns a variety of idioms encompassing folk, jazz and pop. The creativity of the students is emphasized since they are given musical segments...

Of the three elements of music---rhythm, melody, and harmony---rhythm has received the least attention from the theorists, yet it is indisputably the basic element without which there is no musical art." Such is the first sentence of this book on use of the body...

(Music Sales America). The Absolute Beginners award-winning method has been designed to make learning the 5-string banjo easier than ever before Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs. Absolute Beginners Banjo gives you: An 'owner's manual' approach...

(Music Sales America). An instruction method for descant (soprano) and treble (alto) recorder which combines progressive learning with a repertoire of folk melodies. It features a concise outline of the "mechanics" of music, names of notes, rhythmical notation, and musical symbols. Basic recorder technqiues...

A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

Designed for the left-handed banjo player, this handy book includes right-hand fingering photos, notation and diagrams for all of the basic 5-string banjo chords in G tuning (GDGBD). The sections are arranged alphabetically, grouping all chords with the same root in each section.Author: William...

This book, written in both English and Spanish is the most authoritative method available on flamenco guitar technique. Juan Serrano is one of the world's premier flamenco concert soloist and is a seasoned teacher and performer in this vibrant, colorful musical genre. The text...

Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School. The Suzuki Method(R) of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and...

(Fretted). This collection includes 15 magnificent chord solos arranged by the ukulele jazz master, Lyle Ritz. A chord solo is an arrangement where both the melody and harmony of a song are ingeniously captured in the many chord changes. These are some of the...

(Essential Elements). Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning...

(Guitar Method). Featuring in-depth lessons and 40 great jazz classics, the Hal Leonard Jazz Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning jazz guitar. This book uses real jazz songs to teach you the basics of accompanying and improvising jazz guitar in the style...

(Berklee Guide). Learn how triads are key to understanding harmony, soloing, and comping. Triads are the basis of all harmony. By understanding how they relate to larger chord structures, you will improve your command over harmony generally and be able to use triads more...

This wonderful collection gives the mandolin player a wide variety of material from which to choose. Well-known soloist Steve Kaufman includes beautiful, meaningful carols arranged specifically for mandolin. The book includes both a simple melody edition and an intermediate advanced solo version, all in...

Taking the Music Room beyond EngagementAll too often the music classroom stifles students with one-size-fits-all curricula and repertoire. In Pass the Baton, authors Kathryn Finch and Theresa Hoover turn that paradigm on its head, offering a vision of music education that empowers students as...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Christmas is an exciting time for the "musical friends" in Christmas Book C! Students play joyful melodies such as "Dance around the Christmas Tree" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" as they continue to build pianistic skill and a love...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Through sacred carols, humorous Santa songs, and winter favorites, adult beginners and those reacquainting with the keyboard can celebrate with the best songs of the season. Adult Piano Adventures Christmas Book 1 features three sections: Beginning Christmas Songs, Christmas Songs...

(Elementary Method). One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musicianship, articulation studies, solos, duets, and studies devoted to the special needs of each instrument,...

(Willis). Now beginning players can enjoy this best-selling book with audio tracks This piano course provides the student the opportunity to experience the joy of playing while learning the rudiments of music in a logical order, with gradual and steady progress, presenting a challenge...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). PlayTime Piano Jazz & Blues is a fun collection of beginning jazz and blues pieces. The book offers a pleasing variety of sounds from soulful blues to jazz originals and standards and is a wonderful supplement for the late Level...