Music-Instruction & Study

Musical Impressions was written to provide pianists with the experience of playing in a variety of styles. Capturing the essence of different styles is an important aspect of pianistic development. Jazz styles, romantic ballads, mysterious sounds, and more are found in this series, providing...

Anyone interested in playing blues guitar can pick up this well-paced, comprehensive method and get started right away. Beginning concepts include blues theory, left-hand technique, call-and-response phrasing, intros, turnarounds, improvisation, and the rhythmic styles of Texas swing, slow blues, and minor blues. Intermediate topics...

The completion of a Lesson Book and graduating to the next level is a very important step in the growth of a piano student. At times, it is beneficial to take a short break to play some new pieces that use the skills recently...

Intermediate Banjo is great for banjo players who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. It covers many crucial topics like basic improvisation, moveable chords, playing up the neck, double stops, playing backup and vamping, and playing licks and...

Teach cello with the popular Suzuki Cello 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...

This revised book and DVD package is great for guitarists who know the basics and are ready to take the next step. Learn everything from harmonics and funk strumming to swing, Celtic, bluegrass, and Delta blues styles. Master the upper positions of the fretboard...

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...

The Flamenco Guitar Roadmap is a guide that will act as your teacher for learning flamenco guitar. Chances are you live in an area that has very little or no flamenco presence at all. It is difficult to find information and it is difficult...

Do you want to improve your vocabulary, grooves, fills, technique, reading and musicianship? Then this book is for you. This is a step by step guide to playing drums using the Linear concept. All the greats have mastered this concept and now you can...

NEW EDITION THE BOOK 1HARMONICA (Absolute Beginner) STEP 1-30 minutes BLUES HARP (Blues 1 Intermediate) STEP 2-30 minutes (Video and Audio Purchase Separately)Step-By-Step EZ Lessons EZ Songs Lessons include: Harmonica History With PhotosPlay Over 60 All-time Favorites Extra Help In Bending NotesChoking Harmonica ReedsLearn...

NEW EDITION THE BOOK 2 CHROMATIC HARMONICA 1 & 2 STEP 5 - 60 minutes(Video and Audio Purchase Separately) Step-By-Step EZ Lessons EZ Songs Lessons include: Slide Button Major Scales Sharps & Flats Learn To Jam The Blues Video and Audio (Purchase Separately) You...

Learn to play the Cuban tres from a true master.In this book, you will learn about the Cuban tres and how to play it correctly.Your guide is Leonel "Guajiro" Gonzalez, who has played in many Cuban bands including Elito Reve and many sessions in...

This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard...

How can you make music with a hearing loss? Musicians with hearing loss from all over the world tell you how. In this engaging and informative book you'll find: * 23 in-depth musician profiles with personal stories and strategies * Advice for professional musicians...

NEW: The Fast and Easy Way to Play 21 More Ukulele Songs in 6 DaysIntroducing the intermediate-level sequel to the best-selling beginner's book, "21 Songs in 6 Days."But don't let this book's title fool you...Just because it teaches you how to play 21 more...

"How Do We Learn?" is a labour of love for me and it addresses one of the most fundamental issues of music education: how to teach students to learn and how we, as music students, can learn better and more efficiently."How Do We Learn?"...

This book, along with others in its series, is designed to develop overall music reading skills. It offers a way for musicians to develop their reading skills without having to resort to method books. The book is divided into two sections: The first is...

Applied Piano Theory provides explanation and application for learning and using chords. Whether you want to learn contemporary, pop, country, gospel, jazz, or Broadway, you will need a mastery of chord theory. This workbook format, complete with chord progression exercises, will help you become...

The intent of Treble Clef for Violists is to make learning treble clef clearer so that young violists will not call it the trouble" clef! Many open string exercises are included to help the violist make the transition from alto clef to treble clef...

This series contains all of the pieces from Volumes 1 and 2 of the Suzuki Violin School arranged for three violins. Suzuki Violin Volume 1 serves as the violin 1 part. The pieces can be played with or without piano accompaniment, which expands their...

Solos for Young Violists is a five-volume series of music books with companion compact discs featuring 34 works for viola and piano. Many of the pieces in this collection have long been recognized as stepping stones to the major viola repertoire, while others are...

Ideal for amateurs and professionals alike, this innovative, imaginative guide demonstrates how musicians can reach their full potential. Delving deeply into the methodology and inspiration required to energize and enliven music making, this manual offers countless suggestions for creating joy and excitement in performance....

A Concise History of American Music Education covers the history of American music education, from its roots in Biblical times through recent historical events and trends. It describes the educational, philosophical, and sociological aspects of the subject, always putting it in the context of...

(Guitar Educational). Add to your blues toolbox This book/online audio pack teaches 75 turnarounds over common chord progressions and in a variety of styles, including those of blues guitar greats like Albert King, Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield, Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, T-Bone Walker and...

(Instructional). Intermediate drummers can learn more drumming techniques, including double bass drum techniques, shuffle grooves, ride patterns, time feels, and more all using the music of Metallica Dozens of Metallica riffs are included as examples. Songs include: Better Than You * Creeping Death *...

(Guitar Educational). This comprehensive play-along pack gives you an inside look at Wilde's guitar style. Includes note-for-note transcriptions and performance notes on how to play licks, fills, riffs, and solos with recorded demonstrations on CD.Author: Toby WineISBN-10: 1575607271ISBN-13: 9781575607276Publisher: Cherry Lane Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Guitar Educational). Learn the slide guitar stylings of Warren Haynes from the man himself The legendary guitarist of Gov't Mule, Phil Lesh and Friends, the Grateful Dead, and the Allman Brothers Band offers instructions on choosing a slide, perfecting left- and right-hand techniques, playing...

(Fretted). If you like a bit of nonsense, some tomfoolery, a good belly laugh, and are ready to abandon the sublime for the ridiculous, this is the book for you. You'll find plenty of smiles, loads of knee slappers, and lots of preposterous spoofs....

(Fretted). The lively, dynamic melodies associated with the fiddle can now be shared with the ukulele without losing any of the excitement, beauty and drive. This collection features 55 fun-filled favorites in standard notation and tablature with chord symbols and diagrams, plus online access...

(Fretted). Shamrocks, shillelaghs and shenanigans ... they are all here in this collection of 55 fabulous Irish favorites Each song is specifically arranged for the ukulele, with the melody in both standard notation and easy-to-read tab. Includes: An Irish Lullaby * The Band Played...

(Guitar). Doc Rossi, a well-known citternist and guitarist in traditional and early music, has created this book for intermediate to advanced players wishing to improve their technique and learn new repertoire. He's chosen tunes from England, France, Flanders, North America and Corsica to reflect...

Inner Harmony: Personal Exploration at the Piano guides the reader through a journey of music-making and self exploration. Drawing on existential-phenomenological psychology, Dr. Matthew Giobbi accompanies the reader through their inner, psychical world and provides them with a method for making music from those...

An engaging, practical scheme of work of 6 hour-long music lessons for ages 11-14, with plenty of activities involving performing, composing and listening. Included in the book are everything for both teachers and pupils: lesson plans and notes (including assessment sheet), worksheets and example...

Learn traditional folk accompaniment the easy and fun way!In book 1 Students will learn a wide variety of rhythms and strums, bass note strums, arpeggios, alternating bass and some basic chord theory. All the great folk songs they need to practice each accompaniment they...

(Hot Licks). The legendary Hot Licks guitar instruction video series is being made available in book format with online access to all the classic video footage. In this edition, guitarist Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule, Allman Brothers Band) covers a wide range of blues-rock and...

(Guitar Educational). This innovative book and audio teaching system presents a clear path to learning the essential scale fingerings needed for playing lead guitar in the most popular guitar keys. As you travel along this path, you will learn to create musical phrases while...

(String Method). Exercises in 7 major keys covering slurred, legato, staccato and detache bowings.Author: Harvey S. WhistlerISBN-10: 1540001903ISBN-13: 9781540001900Publisher: Rubank PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1989Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(String Method). This intermediate course of violin study, based on the works of Kayser, Mazas, De Beriot and other masters of the violin repertoire, is published in two volumes and is an introductory course for the famous 42 Etudes or Caprices of Rodolphe Kreutzer....

(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,...

(String). In 1839 Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879) wrote Violoncelloschule fur den ersten Unterricht ( Violoncello School for Preliminary Instruction ), Op. 60. The method has remained a staple of teaching literature ever since. As an appendix to this work, Kummer composed several duets of...

Playing The Mountain Dulcimer Made Easy Christmas Collection By Jeffrey A Lambert is yet another book in the "Made Easy" series of dulcimer books. I know you will enjoy the beautiful sound of the Mountain Lap Dulcimer. The word "dulcimer" means "Sweet music". It...

(Harmonica). Ready to take your harmonica playing to the next level? This book presents valuable how-to insight that harmonica players of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams, and accompanying audio provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety...

(Brass Method). A compilation of two of the most famous methods for brass, re-edited and progressively graded for like-instrument classroom instruction, and including additional material for study of melodic interpretation. Sample units: Arban Foundation Studies * Arban Lip Slurs * St. Jacome Articulation Studies...

(Guitar Method). Learn to master the entire guitar fretboard with the Guitar Chords, Scales & Arpeggio Finder . This comprehensive reference guide contains three voicings for the 31 most important chord types, diagrams for 17 essential scales, and 28 arpeggio qualities for each key...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Intermediate pianists will enjoy this fun-filled collection of favorite kids' songs, arranged to "show off" their pianistic skills. A wide variety of styles and sounds allow students to entertain family and friends with expressive performances. Songs include: (Meet) The Flintstones...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). An exciting collection for the elementary pianist that offers performance pieces "with a challenge." As the title "Gold Star" suggests, these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. The long awaited addition to the Piano Adventures series...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The 2nd Edition Primer Level Teacher Guide provides comprehensive support for instructing beginning students using the Fabers' student-centered curriculum. Included are updated lesson plans, tips for reinforcing concepts and skills, and ideas for creative music exploration. Watch Nancy Faber and...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Contents include: Stuffing the Stockings (theory review) * Deck the Halls * Jingle Bells * Joy to The World * Mary Had a Baby * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * Up on the Housetop * What...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). ShowTime Piano Kids' Songs is a collection of popular songs that brings special joy to children. The variety, humor, and charm of the selections is especially engaging for the elementary pianist. Songs include: Tomorrow * The Pirates Who Don't Do...

Viennese composer, pianist and renowned teacher Carl Czerny (1791-1857) wrote more than a thousand works, including masses, operas, orchestral, chamber and piano works. But his fame rests on his many studies and exercises for the piano. These are new editions, newly engraved, with introductory...