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"The Fiddler's Nurser" is a classic guide to playing the violin written for beginners an young players. It contains a collection of simple music compositions for violin, presented as clear sheet music perfect for annotations and notes. Each piece has some helpful information including...

This is a classic guide to playing the violin, being an illustrated book of practical suggestions and advice from a master of this instrument. It offers simple, clear instructions and tips for learning how to play or improve current proficiency, making it ideal for...

"Old Violins and Violin Lore" is an interesting account of the history of the violin, exploring its origins, notable makers and players, evolution, and much more. Concentrating on Europe, it primarily looks at the Cremona And Brescia, and those who made and played them...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: W. Meredith MorrisISBN-10: 144378690XISBN-13: 9781443786904Publisher:...

Would you like to know how to play the ukulele like an ukulele master and eliminate all your disbeliefs that have been holding you back from truly mastering the ukulele? Sound impossible? Well it's not... Ukulele Mastery Simplified, by Erich Andreas AKA Your Uke...

With nearly fifty years experience playing the bass fiddle, Bruce G. Dundas sets down the basics for the novice fiddle player. From tuning to chording to "walking the bass," Learn Bass Fiddle has everything you need to know to get started making music today...

(Violin Play-Along). The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the demonstration tracks to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The purchase price...

(Ukulele). This jumbo collection includes 100 folk standards arranged for uke in standard notation, including: Ain't We Got Fun? * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * (Oh, My Darling) Clementine * Danny Boy * For He's a Jolly Good Fellow * Give...

Since the thirteenth century, the sitar-a stringed, plucked instrument of India-has transformed into an instrument beloved by millions in its country of origin as well as all over the world. The Journey of the Sitar in Indian Classical Music details the origin, history, and...

This groundbreaking work, specially designed for the music classroom, combines traditional and popular literature in a method that both teaches the ukulele and develops music literacy. Assuming no prior knowledge, the leveled content allows students to track their progress and teachers to reward benchmark...

This series offers a versatile selection of themes from classical favorites for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello. Each book contains carefully edited arrangements appropriate to each instrument, and well suited for level 1 students....

Sound Innovations: Creative Warm-ups emphasizes four aspects of string performance essential to the refinement of musicianship and skill at the intermediate level. Consistent with the Sound Innovations structure, students explore, develop, and refine (1) Sound Intonation; (2) Sound Rhythms; (3) Sound Bowing Fluency and...

Sound Innovations: Creative Warm-ups emphasizes four aspects of string performance essential to the refinement of musicianship and skill at the intermediate level. Consistent with the Sound Innovations structure, students explore, develop, and refine (1) Sound Intonation; (2) Sound Rhythms; (3) Sound Bowing Fluency and...

Sound Innovations: Creative Warm-ups emphasizes four aspects of string performance essential to the refinement of musicianship and skill at the intermediate level. Consistent with the Sound Innovations structure, students explore, develop, and refine (1) Sound Intonation; (2) Sound Rhythms; (3) Sound Bowing Fluency 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...

Instrumentalists will delight in this collection, which features thematic interpretations of 28 selections from Howard Shore's brilliant scores to The Hobbit motion picture trilogy. Shore masterfully expands upon the musical palette of Middle-earth, blending familiar motifs from the Lord of the Rings trilogy with...

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...

Playing on the Changes features 13 jazz etudes through the various chord qualities found in standards and jazz tunes in all 12 keys. Areas covered include major 7th chords, minor 7th chords, dominant 7th chords (Mixolydian, altered dominant, and half-whole diminished), minor ii (flat-5)...

Playing on the Changes features 13 jazz etudes through the various chord qualities found in standards and jazz tunes in all 12 keys. Areas covered include major 7th chords, minor 7th chords, dominant 7th chords (Mixolydian, altered dominant, and half-whole diminished), minor ii (flat-5)...

Playing on the Changes features 13 jazz etudes through the various chord qualities found in standards and jazz tunes in all 12 keys. Areas covered include major 7th chords, minor 7th chords, dominant 7th chords (Mixolydian, altered dominant, and half-whole diminished), minor ii (flat-5)...

Alfred's Easy Pop & Rock Hits Instrumental Solos series offers a versatile selection of pop & rock music for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello. Each book contains carefully edited arrangements appropriate to each instrument,...

So you want to learn how to play the mandolin? the Mandolin: Dead Man's Tuning series is a collection of instructional books based on one of the easiest to learn tunings for the Mandolin, ADAD or DDAD. Volume 1: Basics Learn how to play...

Music from a "tin" can? Playing music on the old Front Porch, with handmade instruments made from discarded items, has a long history in the United States. The Canjo is a more modern variation earlier single stringed instruments. The Canjo design is fretted, played...

This collection features a selection of classical masterworks by the most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi and Richard Wagner. All the pieces are presented in...

In 2007, Edvin Marton and Victoria Rose travelled to a remote destination to collaborate on Prince of the Violin. Together they embarked on a journey through the significant events that had helped shape Edvin Marton's life including shocking revelations about his childhood and intimate...

This book looks at a variety of string instruments and shows the reader the different ways in which they are played around the world.Author: Daniel NunnISBN-10: 143295069XISBN-13: 9781432950699Publisher: Heinemann Educational BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 7.80h x 6.60w x 0.10dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.2Point...

(Ukulele). 30 songs from the era of peace, love and understanding arranged for the uke, including: Abraham, Martin and John * (It's A) Beautiful Morning * Blowin' in the Wind * California Dreamin' * Daydream Believer * Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes) * Happy Together *...

(Violin Play-Along). The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the recordings online to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody...

(String Solo). Transcribed by the composer in 1947 from his 1944 flute sonata. Contains newly engraved violin part based on the revised version. Late Intermediate Level.Author: Sergei ProkofievISBN-10: 142345507XISBN-13: 9781423455073Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2011Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.40d

Here is a totally new and expanded edition of the 2005 original. The new 6"x9" format offers string players at all levels essential information on auditioning and buying a new instrument, bow, and strings. Chapters on maintenance and tuning are included, as well as...

(String). Three of Mozart's most often played sonatas, released as affordable individual editions.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 142342705XISBN-13: 9781423427056Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2007Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 11.89h x 7.64w x 0.09d

(Violin Instruction). The Hal Leonard Fiddle Method is the perfect introduction to playing folk, bluegrass and country styles on the violin. Many traditional tunes are included to illustrate a variety of techniques. Covers: instrument selection and care; playing positions; theory; slides & slurs; shuffle...

(Play Today Instructional Series). This is the ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and 86 professional quality recorded full-demo tracks. It can be used by students who want to teach themselves or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply...

In 2012 writer Rick Gibbs asked luthier Robert Anderson to build him the guitar of his dreams, an acoustic jazz archtop. The result - a gorgeous instrument and a book that blends memoir, philosophy, history, art, science, music and technology with the engaging story...

Markos Vamvakaris, born in 1905 in Syros was a pioneer of rebetiko, the urban folk music of Greece. The bouzouki was a disreputable instrument but he paved its path to glory. He spent many years, first as a stevedore in the port of Piraeus...

In this songbook, six-time Grammy(R) award winner Daniel Ho documents the music of his solo 'ukulele album Polani (Pure) in tablature and notation. In 2010, it became the first 'ukulele album in music history to receive a Grammy(R) nomination. Also includes the music for...

Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines Book I Walking Bass Lines - The Blues in 12 Keys The Blues in 12 Keys is a complete guide demonstrating the devices used to construct walking bass lines in the jazz tradition. The book starts out in Part...

Cello Online String Sampler Cello Sheet Music is a fun and easy way to actively learn, study and play beautiful cello music from a wide variety of styles and eras. 54 pieces are featured, representing music history periods, styles and cultures, including Medieval, Renaissance,...

(Harp). A delightful collection of more than 20 popular dances and airs of the Renaissance period, arranged for the harp by Deborah Friou. Includes pieces by well-known composers of the time, including Byrd, Dowland, Morely, and others. All can be played on folk harp.Author:...

My Beginners Book 1 plus its CDs (performance and backing tracks) successfully take complete beginners to prep test level in 16 beautiful songs and fun activities. This method have especially been created and compiled by Luisa Faraguna, a strong point of reference in strings...

This mono-graph by Stan Buetens finally solves the mys-tery of the use of orna-ments in Elizabethan times. The solu-tion is both simple and com-plex because one of the signs has two meanings and dif-ferent man-u-scripts employed differ-ent signs to rep-re-sent the same ornaments. This...

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....

This collection of 80 rounds and canons develops reading and ensemble skills. Every teacher and student will find benefit in this clever mix of original material, folk songs, and classical pieces, including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Purcell, Tallis, and Haydn.Author: William StarrISBN-10: 0874879825ISBN-13: 9780874879827Publisher:...

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 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

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...

Teach bass with the popular Suzuki Bass 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...

Comprised of works from Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Suzuki Violin School, which have been arranged for string quartet by violinist/arranger Joseph Knaus. With lower string parts providing melodic and rhythmic counterpoint to set off the simple melodies (which match the Suzuki...

Comprised of works from Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Suzuki Violin School, which have been arranged for string quartet by violinist/arranger Joseph Knaus. With lower string parts providing melodic and rhythmic counterpoint to set off the simple melodies (which match the Suzuki...