Music-Instruction & Study

Specifically designed to teach jazz basics to students with 1 or 2 years playing experience, but with no prior experience playing jazz. Great for individual or classroom use. Teaches the basics of swing style in a step-by-step approach using well-known songs. Improvisation is made...

Specifically designed to teach jazz basics to students with 1 or 2 years playing experience, but with no prior experience playing jazz. Great for individual or classroom use. Teaches the basics of swing style in a step-by-step approach using well-known songs. Improvisation is made...

(Bass Builders). The complete guide for mastering the six-string bass This book with online audio covers scales, arpeggios, modes, chord forms, two-handed tapping, alternative techniques, chromatic exercises and theory concepts. Over 90 full-demo tracks performed by the author are accessed online, for download or...

(Guitar Method). A beginner's manual to the classical guitar. Uses a systematic approach using the interesting solo and duet music written by Noad, one of the world's foremost guitar educators. No musical knowledge is necessary. Student can progress by simple stages. Many of the...

String SoloFor unaccompanied violin.Author: Jacob DontISBN-10: 0793556783ISBN-13: 9780793556786Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 12.26h x 8.22w x 0.11d

(Percussion). Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments contains materials for the development of technique, performance skill, reading ability and musicianship on marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, bells, and chimes. Compiled by experienced teachers and performers Jim Sewrey, Ben Hans and Tom Schneller, this book includes scalular materials,...

A collection of 20 different 4-bar patterns and 10 original solo compositions by one of Europe's finest guitarists. Designed for the serious fingerstyle guitar student, this book presents rhythm patterns in a wide range of moods written in standard notation and tablature, along with...

With every chord a guitarist could ever need, you'll never have to buy another reference book again. This 468-page, comprehensive collection of over 3,100 chords features crystal-clear photographs, chord frames, and standard music notation. Chord fingerings are shown along with note names, and chords...

Since 1976, Dan Coates has arranged thousands of popular music titles. Composers and artists such as John Williams, Burt Bacharach, and Elton John have expressed total confidence in Dan's ability to create outstanding piano arrangements that retain the essence of the original music. The...

Great Music & Musicians provides a foundation for understanding the major cultural periods---from the Greco-Roman Era to the present. It guides students through musical styles and the development of music through the ages. The book and online audio includes art and listening examples that...

Classic motion pictures have provided decades of incredibly memorable music. This collection revisits these songs, casting them in the rich voice of the piano. Titles: And All That Jazz (from Chicago") * Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (from "Arthur") * The Days...

Teach viola with the popular Suzuki Viola 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...

Sound Innovations for Concert Band is a revolutionary, flexible, and comprehensive method that combines time-tested educational concepts, input from thousands of teachers, and advances in modern technology. A logical sequence, clean page layouts, clear goals for each exercise, and uncomplicated explanations combined with instrument-specific...

Favorite pop and movie hits have been arranged to correlate with the concepts presented in Lesson Book 2A. Optional duet parts for teacher or parent add harmonic richness to the solo parts of selected titles. 12 attractive arrangements include: Beauty and the Beast (from...

Please read the description before making your purchase: As such, this book assumes you have a basic working knowledge of jazz/classical theory, beginner level jazz harmony, and performance. In UNLOCK, you will take your knowledge from the beginner and intermediate levels to the next...

(Educational Piano Library). Piano Technique Book 5 expands the skills emphasized in Piano Technique Book 4 . Through engaging Warm-Ups and Etudes, students are encouraged to explore diatonic and chromatic scales, chords, inversions, and chord progressions. The exercises also focus on important, intermediate-level skills:...

(Educational Piano Library). Students are genuinely surprised when things go wrong in a lesson. They don't realize that they only half-listen while practicing. When they do notice a problem, they simply play the passage over and over (cementing in the mistakes) and hope for...

(Keyboard Instruction). This comprehensive book with online audio will teach you the basic skills you need to play R&B keyboard. From soul to funk to disco to pop, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros. The accompanying audio...

(Bass Builders). This excellent book in our Bass Builders series features 101 authentic hip-hop bass lines spanning 25 years of urban music and covering East Coast, West Coast and Down South styles. Includes 98 full-demo tracks performed by acclaimed bassist and author Josquin des...

(Jazz Book). The second edition of this bestseller comes highly endorsed from the pros and is published at a new lower price It continues to be a "must-have" for students of improvisation, demonstrating developing new material for jazz-fusion.Author: Gary CampbellISBN-10: 0634000055ISBN-13: 9780634000058Publisher: Houston Publishing,...

This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key technical information, and musicianship activities, students will develop the skills that they require. Note-reading will be improved,...

This is the first of two volumes of music solely from America Following the success of French Romantic Repertoire and Russian Romantic Repertoire, Stephen Coombs has once again selected music from a diverse range of styles and composers, this time only from America. They...

How to get a good sound, read music, and master a variety of styles-including classical, pop, jazz, and Latin Listening to a trumpet trilla series of high notes during a military march or wail longingly during a blues rendition-is a pleasure second to none....

Master the most popular woodwind Want to play the clarinet? No problem This hands-on guide teaches you all the fundamental techniques you need to play this popular woodwind alone or in a group setting. Clarinet For Dummies gives you the ideal introduction to play...

Now in an updated 2nd edition, Musicology: The Key Concepts is a handy A-Z reference guide to the terms and concepts associated with contemporary musicology. Drawing on critical theory with a focus on new musicology, this updated edition contains over 35 new entries including:...

Forte here applies his analytical approach as set forth in The Structure of Atonal Music to one of the monuments of modern music. Together the introduction and the analysis, with its more than 100 musical examples, both illuminate the structure of the work and...

In Getting Started in Ballet, A Parent's Guide to Dance Education, authors Anna Paskevska and Maureen Janson comprehensively present the realities that parents can anticipate during their child's training and/or career in ballet. It can be daunting and confusing when parents discover their child's...

This method is for cello beginners. It contains progressive exercises and small pieces, all in first position, without extensions. The cellist can in the same time practise the bowing and the left hand techniques, and educate his musical sense, the progression is very slow....

This book is a revised edition of Desi Serna's original 2001 release, How to Make Money Teaching Guitar, which was one of the very first coaching materials on the market geared toward guitar teachers. Through a step-by-step process, and using a positive and encouraging...

(Willis). Book 1 of a two-volume series that presents the fundamentals of jazz in a logical and accessible way, primarily through short progressive exercises. Ideal for classically trained pianists in traditional lessons who are a little cautious of learning jazz, as well as for...

(Rubank Book/Audio Products). This compilation of 10 alto saxophone solos from the legendary Rubank educational library now includes online access to: * Full-performance and accompaniment-only audio tracks * PDF piano accompaniment files * PLAYBACK+ A multi-functional audio player that allows you to adjust tempo...

(Bass Instruction). 500 expertly written bass lines, riffs and fills in a wide variety of musical genres are included in this comprehensive collection to help players expand their bass vocabulary. The examples cover many tempos, keys and feels, and include easy bass lines for...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the guitar licks, riffs, and techniques of British blues legend Peter Green with this hands-on analysis by Dave Rubin. Songs include: Albatross * Black Magic Woman * A Fool No More * Man of the World * Need Your Love...

(Guitar Educational). Delve deep into the blues with celebrated guitarist Kirk Fletcher in this instructional video and book pack. The video lessons cover a variety of rhythm and lead blues guitar styles and concepts, with loads of licks, riffs, solos and more. The accompanying...

(Woodwind Method). Let's Play Flute is a flute method that speaks to young children, teenagers, and adults alike. Developed by renowned European flutists and pedagogues Elisabeth Weinzierl and Edmund Waechter, the method unfolds in easy-to-follow steps with songs and exercises aimed both at the...

Learn To Play Electric Guitar is a truly unique method for the beginner guitarist, not only is this book a complete roadmap to learning the electric guitar but also included is special access to the books accompanying website.The book is designed to take out...

(Book). FUNdamentals of Drumming for Kids is exactly what it sounds like: a fun way of introducing the basics of drumming to children who are between the ages of five and ten. Although there have been many programs developed for teaching music theory to...

(Ukulele). Jazzing Up the Ukulele by Fred Sokolow is a method book/CD for uke players who want to add jazz chord substitution principles to their arrangements. Using 7 classic jazz tunes, Fred teaches this by: comparing a simple chord arrangement to a jazzed-up version;...

(Guitar Educational). As rhythm guitarist for blues legend Muddy Waters, Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin has gained invaluable experience in the art of Chicago blues rhythm guitar. And now in this exclusive and comprehensive book/DVD package, Bob Margolin and blues author/historian Dave Rubin bring you...

(Guitar Tab Method). Here are 10 hit songs tabbed for beginning guitarists to play while they are working through the Hal Leonard Bass Tab Method, or any other method. The songs are all on facing pages for no page turns, and the CD features...

(String). Concert studies designed to give players the chance to learn and explore contemporary viola techniques like sul ponticello, harmonics, quartertones, and more.Author: Garth KnoxISBN-10: 148034429XISBN-13: 9781480344297Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2009Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.20d

(Piano Instruction). This book/online audio is an indispensible guide to the various styles and techniques used by the great New Orleans pianists, from the earliest origins of jazz and blues up through comtemporary music. Investigates the style of Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint and Dr....

(Fretted). Classical ukulele player Tony Mizen has arranged 22 of the best-loved pieces from the Baroque era for reentrant GCEA tuning. This includes well-known works by J.S. Bach, Corelli, Handel, Pachelbel, Purcell and even an entire concerto by Vivaldi. All arrangements feature ukulele tablature...

(Musicians Institute Press). Learn to develop a smooth legato style by combining a light pick hand technique with a strong fretting hand, exemplified by Allan Holdsworth, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Danny Gatton and other guitar masters. Audio is accessed online using the unique code...

Based on the instructional video of the same name, this series teaches complete novices everything they need to know to start playing right away. The music lover who has never even held a guitar will be playing easy songs immediately. Book 2 is the...

The Suzuki Method(R) of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Dr. Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can...

With DiY Electric Bass there are no limitations to how, when, or where you learn. This clear and easy-to-follow approach is your blueprint to playing right away. No teacher is necessary since lessons are simple to follow---with corresponding video lessons and audio accompaniments. The...

Volume II builds on the lessons learned in Volume I. In Volume I, much detail is given to the basics. In Volume II, every song that is on my Homespun Dulcimer CD (sold separately)is included so you can listen and play along.Songs Include: Amazing...

(Willis). The A Dozen a Day Songbook series contains wonderful Broadway, movie and pop hits that may be used as companion pieces to the memorable technique exercises in the A Dozen a Day series. They are also suitable as supplements for ANY method Songs...

(At a Glance). The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the hi-def DVD features on-screen music. The...