Music-Instruction & Study

(Schott). The Recorder Player's Handbook is a comprehensive survey of the instrument, its history and its music and deals extensively with the following subjects: The instrument: its design, structure and mechanics with detailed information on historical models and materials; advice on the choice and...

(Music Sales America). This is the perfect reference for chords for mandolin, banjo and bouzouki. The book contains easy chords in all keys, with sections on tunings, capos and chord relations. John Loesberg has created another intelligible and intuitive didactic book which will be...

The Guitar Ensemble books provide the ideal supplement for class guitar instruction. Correlated by page to the Guitar Method, the score book includes three guitar parts in score form with optional piano, bass, drums plus an accompaniment recording as well as suggestions for the...

The Breeze-Easy Series features instrumental methods for individual and group instruction, created by experienced teachers John Kinyon and Valentine Anzalone. It is designed to produce the best musicianship in the greatest number of students in limited teaching situations.Author: John KinyonISBN-10: 0897243730ISBN-13: 9780897243735Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage:...

Learn to play the recorder and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about choosing...

A complete sourcebook for choral directors of all levels, as well as choral methods classes. Contains 211 warm-ups with information on usage, photos illustrating correct posture and vowel formation, and a well-organized index to make finding the right warm-up a snap. Belongs in every...

(Willis). The Accent on Gillock series includes all of William Gillock's best-loved piano solos. Volume 5 includes more early intermediate favorites, all written in the remarkable Gillock style: * Tarantella * Carnival in Rio * Flamenco * The Juggler * Sarabande * Valse Triste...

(Willis). The Accent on Gillock series includes all of William Gillock's best-loved piano solos. Volume 3 includes his later elementary pieces, all written in the remarkable Gillock style: * Village Dance * Promenade * Music Box Waltz * Little Suite in Baroque Style *...

(Willis). Progressive finger "workouts" for the elementary level sports-loving piano student. This series will help the student master the many technical skills needed to perform. The end of each section has a solo made up of exercises from that section. Students will love the...

(Berklee Guide). Crowdfund your music career Use Kickstarter, Patreon, Indiegogo, and other crowdfunding tools to connect to your fan base and run a successful fundraising campaign. Mobilize your fans to support your next album, tour, video, or other music project, or to create a...

(Berklee Guide). Add unique flute sounds to your palette of colors. The flute is capable of a great range of sounds: buzzing and whistling, clicking and growling, and much more! This book shows you how to do dozens of different inventive effects, with etudes...

(Berklee Press). If you dream about a career in the music industry, this book is for you. These practical strategies will help you to prepare for and land your dream job in the music business. Thousands of readers have used this book to educate...

(Berklee Guide). Develop jazz solos using melodic fragments from traditional fiddle tunes. These etudes show how melodic cells can be used to create extended improvisations. In each example, fragments of a traditional fiddle tune (Turkey in the Straw, Arkansas Traveler) are developed over jazz...

(Berklee Guide). Add unique saxophone sounds to your palette of colors The saxophone is capable of a great range of sounds, from laughs and growls to multiphonics and percussion effects. This book shows you how to do 19 different inventive effects, with etudes that...

(Berklee Guide). These studies provide comprehensive insight and practice into many different aspects of drumming. They will help you to master a broad range of techniques and integrate them into your playing so that you can achieve greater depth in your grooves and general...

(Berklee Guide). Heal your body, mind and spirit using the profound power found in music. This research-based approach to wellness will help you to feel better. Learn to use music to manage your stress and reduce your physical suffering, whether due to the everyday...

(Berklee Press). Expand your musical depth and bring new levels of power and speed to your drumming Orchestrate sticking patterns into drum grooves. Open up and explore the fundamental rudiments, singles, doubles, flams, paradiddles, and ratamacues. Go beyond pattern concepts to make stickings flow...

More Festive Strings is a collection of well-known Christmas and Chanukah melodies arranged to meet the needs of individuals, groups and orchestras. In order to provide flexibility, the collection is available in a number of instrumentations, all of which are compatible with each other....

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...

This textbook by the father of the Suzuki Method(R), Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, contains several essays that deal with children's abilities, educational systems, memory and absorption, the power of habit, early education, and the fostering of students' talents. A glimpse into the mind of a...

This book is to be used with the corresponding volume of the Suzuki Harp School to produce duo versions of the pieces in the original series.Author: Barbara MeixnerISBN-10: 0874877539ISBN-13: 9780874877533Publisher: Suzuki Method InternationalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1994Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.70w x 0.10d

Dr. Masaaki Honda has dedicated his life to spreading Dr. Suzuki's method and message of love. The Vehicle of Music relates how he and Dr. Suzuki met and some of the struggles they overcame to introduce the method to the rest of the world....

William Starr's second book in this outstanding series of adventures" provides a wealth of help to the beginning violinist. Like Book 1, it is designed to help early music readers understand the basic skills of scales, keys, pitch, and rhythm in a presentation written...

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...

This is the accompaniment CD for Suzuki Guitar School, Volume 1 (Revised). Titles: Principles of Study and Guidance * Basic Technique * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Variations and Theme (Shinichi Suzuki) * Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) *...

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...

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...

These supplementary collections provide that indispensable aspect of any keyboard curriculum, musical 'dessert' -- music in lighter popular styles and a variety of rich, diverse character pieces. Effective antidotes to lagging student interest, the pieces are primarily recreational in nature, but also promote rhythmic...

This autobiographical work is full of touching anecdotal references to occurrences in Honda's early life that subtly bring the Suzuki philosophies into focus. Written in the early seventies, this charming book seems at first to be an autobiography (which indeed it is), but as...

A superb collection of 53 Hawaiian favorites arranged for uke solo. It includes instruction on chords, vamping, reading tablature and notation, note location on the fingerboard, scales and scale exercises, and rhythm, plus special uke techniques.Author: Ken EidsonISBN-10: 0871668424ISBN-13: 9780871668424Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language:...

(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,...

(Music Sales America). The complete daily exercise used by flautists world-wide in their daily practice, now in one volume, features warm-ups, scale and arpeggio exercises over the full compass, a section concentrating on the third octave and a definitive collection of popular daily studies....

(Music Sales America). The Beginner's Book series by Trevor Wye encourages the enjoyment of playing and music-making and is ideal for group or individual instruction. Part Two expands your range of notes and looks at new rhythms and time signatures.Author: Trevor WyeISBN-10: 0853609349ISBN-13: 9780853609346Publisher:...

(Music Sales America). The "Beginner's Book" series by Trevor Wye encourages the enjoyment of playing and music-making and is ideal for group or individual instruction. Part One is packed with great music and focuses on developing good tone and a firm low register. Clear...

(Music Sales America). Encourages the enjoyment of playing and music-making and is ideal for group or individual tuition.Author: Trevor WyeISBN-10: 0853606838ISBN-13: 9780853606833Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2005Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 11.40h x 8.10w x 0.30d

(Music Sales America). This generous volume of orchestral excerpts and extracts for practice is a methodical approach to piccolo technique, designed to help the flautist transfer the playing techniques of the flute to the piccolo.Author: Trevor Wye, Patricia MorrisISBN-10: 0853601372ISBN-13: 9780853601371Publisher: Novello & CompanyLanguage:...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Includes practice tips and performance notes on each piece.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0851627080ISBN-13: 9780851627083Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2012Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.60d

(BH Piano). The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok. (English/French/German/Hungarian text). In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for "didactic" purposes, seeing them as a...

(BH Piano). This innovative approach to improvisation uses popular pieces from Norton's Microjazz series as a starting point. Each of the 15 pieces in the book starts with left hand chords, then continues with right hand melody, then puts the hands together. The companion...

(Percussion). Peter Retzlaff and Ian Froman provide an overview of jazz playing from early small-group jazz right up through post-bop and ECM styles. Retzlaff's section contains a complete approach to ride cymbal playing, ideas for handling turnarounds, and a section on brushes, while Froman...

(Percussion). The genre fusion, as the name implies, is a blend of many styles and influences. This book and CD utilize four tunes as a basis to show how this fusion-blending process can occur and expose you to major trends that exist. You are...

(Music Sales America). Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune a Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely...

(Piano Instruction). Step-by-step pictures take you from the first day excercises to playing along with a backing track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you sit down at your piano. Audio is...

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

(Music Sales America). Unlock the mystery of chords and harmony with this book/CD pack that will improve your improvising and inspire your songwriting. With this book you will quickly learn how to master common chord progressions and how to transpose them into any key...

(Music Sales America). Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backup track Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your bass guitar.Author: Hal Leonard...

(Music Sales America). Expert blues piano teacher and player Eric Kriss presents clear step-by-step directions to the major styles and techniques essential for mastering the blues. He explains chord structure, bass lines, slides and syncopation, and more.Author: Eric KrissISBN-10: 0825623537ISBN-13: 9780825623530Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Music Sales America). How to play bass guitar from the very beginning, with fills, walking bass lines, chords and scales. This narrow format book fits neatly into your guitar case so you can take it everywhere.Author: Peter PickowISBN-10: 0825623324ISBN-13: 9780825623325Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages:...

(Piano). The Concert Performer Series brings you 12 well-known piano pieces, beautifully presented on strong, high-sheen card, complete with online audio to help you practice for a truly great performance. About the online audio: Track 1 contains an audio concert performance. Track 2 is...

(Music Sales America). Learn to play Beethoven's "Fur Elise" with The Concert Performer Series, complete with a special CD-ROM which contains both audio and MIDI to help you practise for a truly great performance. Track 1 contains an audio concert performance, Track 2 is...