Music-Instruction & Study

This book contains familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Premier Piano Express Book. Titles: Away in a Manger * Deck the Halls * The First Noel * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Good King...

Expand your elementary improvisation and composition curriculum with these beautifully illustrated interactive lessons for your computer or interactive whiteboard. Each lesson plan begins with a song, poem, or story; invites students to improvise as a group and individually using their voices, recorders, xylophones, or...

This collection of expressive pieces in a variety of styles and tempos provides intermediate to late intermediate students the chance to develop skills in projecting lyrical, melodic lines. From slow ballads to upbeat tempos, these pieces allow pianists to deepen their musical awareness through...

Part of Alfred's Recital Suite series, Caribbean Cruise explores four islands in the Caribbean. Each of the four movements depicts a landmark on the island. In St. Thomas Skyride," students will create a lyrical, smooth ride to Paradise Point in the United States Virgin...

Premier Piano Express is designed for students who need a fast-paced approach to piano study. Based on the concepts and music from Premier Piano Course, this All-In-One Accelerated Course integrates Lesson, Theory, Technique, and Performance pages. Book 3 continues the steady development of artistry...

Learning the Blues Has Never Been So Easy Have you always wanted to play the blues? Authentic blues? Realize your dream of becoming a great blues guitarist with Alfred's Learn to Play Blues Guitar---the simple, straightforward, and effective way to learn the blues. Whether...

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 Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes...

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...

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...

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most-thorough guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 million beginners to playing guitar. Now, Alfred's Basic Rock Guitar Method provides a new approach to learning guitar for beginners who want to...

Alfred's Basic Guitar Method, Book 3 builds on the skills learned in Books 1 and 2. Learn new concepts and techniques like sixteenth notes, arpeggios, slides, bends, hammer-ons, and pull-offs. For the first time, companion audio tracks that can be downloaded or streamed online...

This is a student workbook which is part of Mary Elizabeth Clark's excellent ear training course for music students of all ages, all levels of advancement, and all instruments -- including voice. It is meant to be used along with the Teacher's Book One...

Teach viola 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...

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...

Rhythm by the Numbers provides a fundamental and comprehensive way to learn and use rhythm in drumming. Born from the author's lifelong interest and involvement with rhythm and rhythmic exploration, this book will help students become more creative players by developing vocabulary that does...

The 100 pieces (including individual sonatina movements) in this anthology provide a valuable resource for pianists and piano teachers as well as piano pedagogy faculty and students. The literature ranges from late elementary to intermediate levels of difficulty. Repertoire was chosen from all style...

Alfred's Kid's Electric Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the electric guitar right away! Every lesson is explained in plain language that's easy to understand, and accompanying online audio demonstrations let you hear how the music should...

Belwin's 21st Century Guitar Method is a complete course that puts lessons in the context of popular styles and classic tunes. It introduces new topics at a progressive speed and uses both music notation and tablature (TAB). Correlating supplemental books integrate more advanced concepts...

Premier Piano Course, Jazz, Rags & Blues 5 includes original pieces that reinforce concepts introduced in Lesson Book 5. Popular composer Martha Mier has composed all new music in a variety of styles, including ragtime, boogie, and jazz. The pieces in the book correlate...

With this concert-worthy duet setting of Happy Birthday to You," pianists will delight audiences with inventive variations of the familiar tune. Some sections are driving and rhythmic, while others are inspired by Classical and Romantic styles. Powerful chords and brilliant octave passages create thrilling...

This book contains over 80 holiday songs arranged to be easily playable on ukulele. Ranging from classic carols such as Silent Night" and "O Christmas Tree," to popular tunes like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," right...

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert...

It's time to take center stage to deliver all the pyrotechnics usually associated with six-string guitar shredders Shredding Bass Guitar takes you there through in-depth lessons on building technique, dexterity, and speed. It shows you how to shred using chords, arpeggios, and scales, and...

Beginning Ukulele, Intermediate Ukulele, and Mastering Ukulele together in one complete, comprehensive instruction book dedicated to revealing the secrets of the ukulele! Anyone interested in playing ukulele can pick up this fun, well-paced method and get started right away. Learn everything you need to...

Renowned studio musician, performer, recording artist, and clinician Matt Smith opens his bag of tricks and tells all in Chop Shop for Guitar. Matt demystifies topics such as chord progressions, cool notes" in solos, harp scales, harmonics, improvisation, alternate tunings, and much more. His...

Play the hits from your favorite musicals with this collection of Broadway's best! Fans of show tunes will enjoy hours of entertainment performing selections from the 1920s to today. Dan Coates' arrangements capture the essence of the original scores in fun, easy piano renditions...

Learn to play mandolin and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. When you start Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin,...

This Alfred's Basic Graded Piano Course was written in response to many requests from teachers for an Alfred course that will enable students to pass the graded exams that are so much a part of the learning experience throughout the world. The Lesson Book...

Eric Slone teaches you all the essential lead and rhythm techniques to become a great blues guitarist. Learn about transposition, call-and-response, targeting chord tones, arpeggios, scales, fills between vocals, pinch harmonics, rakes, Texas power rhythm in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan, chord progressions,...

Introduce your children to the beauty of the Puerto Rican cuatro with this easy-to-understand Cuatro for Kids. A book that's packed with loads of fun, it makes learning the Puerto Rican cuatro an amazing experience. Authored by noted cuatro player Samuel Ramos, the book...

Piano ABC's Level One is designed for students who want to easily learn to read notes with confidence, understand counting, and play enjoyable music. All ages have found this beginner method easy to understand, and consistently become skillful in reading music. Piano ABC's, an...

For those of you who love Puerto Rican music and have begun learning the cuatro, this book is the perfect tool to guide you through the intricate process of learning to play the cuatro on a higher level. We suggest you start with Vol....

"It Sounds So Sweet: Jug Band Music For Ukulele" serves up twenty classic songs from the early years of recording, arranged for ukulele players of all levels. You'll get songs from the classic bands like the Memphis Jug Band, Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug...

Este material tiene el prop sito de mostrarles los caminos que encontr para hacer la versi n del precioso tema "Ella y yo", el cual forma parte del repertorio de la Trova Tradicional de Cuba y esta est compuesto por el trovador Oscar Hern...

Songs of Phi Delta Theta In Tablature and Standard Notation Easy to Advanced Level Arrangements for Solo Ukulele Selected, Transcribed, Arranged by Joseph Nicastri Song List Opening Ceremony Song Warrior Greeks of Old Tell Me Why She Wears His Pin We'll Always Be True...

Have you ever dreamed of being an amazing guitarist? Now at last-the guitar book you've been waiting for In this new book series you will learn how easy it is to get the results you want in playing the guitar. Discover how to play...

A great motivational book for students who are working towards grade 1. This book contains a selection of all of the types of test found in a real grade 1 exam: 9 pieces (choose 3 to learn), scales and broken chords, sight reading, aural...

One Step Thru The Classics is a collection of folk tunes from around the world, a few original songs, and select melodies from the classical repertory. Part One begins with the one-octave Key of A Major, and progresses through the keys of D and...

A Guide to Teaching Violin is a sharing of my ideas and methods with both the novice and veteran teacher, from the knowledge I have accumulated over a lifetime in my private studio. Included in this guide are: 1.Quotes on defining music 2.An overview...

(Instructional). Play along with your favorite tunes from the Beatles, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, CCR, John Denver and more These 20 hit songs are presented in order of difficulty, beginning with simple rhythms and single-note melodies and ending with chord-melody style and...

(Fast Track Music Instruction). Here are 8 rock classics carefully arranged for beginning to intermediate players. The guitar parts are presented in both notes and tab, and melody and lyrics are also included. Perfect for playing while working through the FastTrack Guitar Method Songs:...

(Willis). This popular 3-book series features original Gillock piano solos that progress from elementary to early intermediate level. All the pieces in the first book include memorable lyrics to help the beginner in retention. 14 pieces, including * Circus Clown * Clocks and Watches...

(Guitar Collection). This book with online audio contains 25 authentic fingerstyle solo blues arrangements for beginning to intermediate guitarists. Play fun arrangements in the styles of country blues, ragtime, Piedmont blues, prewar and postwar Chicago blues, Texas blues, and modern American fingerstyle blues. The...

(Percussion). Rhythmic Designs expands on the groundbreaking polyrhythmic, polymetric concepts covered in Harrison's previously published Rhythmic Illusions, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons books and videos by offering detailed analysis and transcriptions of twenty drum tracks from the recent Gavin Harrison & 05Ric albums Drop...

(Piano Collection). Colorful, descriptive pieces teach music concepts in this popular series by Irene Rodgers. Smooth arpeggios are "Swans on the Lake," staccato is "Pop! Pop! Goes the Popcorn!" The first book is ideal for pre-school age, and each book contains clever accompanying drawings...

(Drum Instruction). As contemporary jazz changes and incorporates new styles into its mainstream, today's drummers are often faced with new stylistic challenges. This guide will help any drummer learn how to make smooth transitions between different feels and tempos, as well as become comfortable...

(Educational Piano International Edition). All-In-One Piano Lessons Book B combines selected pages from the Piano Lessons, Technique, Solos, Theory Workbook, and Practice Games into one easy-to-manage book. A perfect choice for beginning group or private instruction, this book with online audio offers students a...

(Ukulele). Learn to play scales on the ukulele with this comprehensive yet easy-to-use book. The Ukulele Scale Finder contains over 1,300 scale diagrams for the most often-used scales and modes, including multiple patterns for each scale. Also includes a lesson on scale construction and...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Learn the trademark riffs and solos from this seminal British blues album with this book/CD pack by Dave Rubin. Songs featured include: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) * Double Crossing Time * Have You Heard * Hide Away * It...

(Guitar Educational). Time to get excited about playing blues guitar This book/CD pack provides time-tested lessons covering rhythms, leads, slide, fingerstyle, shuffles, boogies and so much more. This is not a method book; you go straight to the meat & potatoes of blues playing...