Music-Instruction & Study-Techniques

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with CD and a Technique book, both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together, the books give students a deep understanding of the art of...

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with CD and a Technique book, both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together, the books give students a deep understanding of the art of...

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with CD and a Technique book, both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together, the books give students a deep understanding of the art of...

Exploring drum beats from the 60s through today's most popular music, Chart-Topping Drum Beats is designed to develop your skills through sequential lessons with an emphasis on coordination, drum beat vocabulary, and a strong emphasis on drum beat selection -- knowing what to play...

Experiencing Music Technology is a comprehensive introduction to the broad topic of music technology as it exists in contemporary practice across music making, music production, and music teaching and learning. Unlike other music technology books, EMT is designed not only as a major text...

(Educational Piano). Now available in one compilation, the Fingerpower Anthology includes all 7 levels of John Schaum's iconic series and is the perfect reference collection for dedicated teachers and young pianists looking for a solid technique series. Comb-bound so pages always stay open.Author: John...

Have you ever wondered how to incorporate chords into your solo?Started to play Arpeggios, just not sure how to use them in a solo?Lead Guitar Chords and Arpeggios is a music based method continuing with the same focus from the Level 1, 2, 3,...

Have you been soloing for a while but sound the same each time? Playing for years and still feel like you are stuck in the box? Lead Guitar Level 3 is a music based method continuing with the same focus from the level 1...

Have you heard about the Modes but were unsure of what they are?Have you been playing Modes but not able to make them sound right?Lead Guitar MODES is a music based method continuing with the same focus from the Level 1, 2, and 3...

Have you been playing for a while but stuck in a rut when you solo? Do you feel like you just play the same solo every time? Lead Guitar Level 2 is a music based method to teach you the fundamentals of how to...

STAGE STAR POWER What is it? Stage Star Power is a special fire in the performer's soul. Their charisma is viral... It's ultimate confidence...The performer has supreme command of the stage. Their preparation is total, which allows them the freedom to immerse themselves into...

The Two Part Inventions of Johann Sebastian Bach are a set of miniature masterworks which have and can form one of the pillars in the training of any musician.Danny Hall Music Publishing presents these timeless musical gems within the playable range of the 4,5...

Melodic dictation plays an important role in music theory classes, but instruction is often based on tradition rather than research. Dictation teachers and students do not just need more exercises and drills; they need to see deeper into the materials, consider how we connect...

(Music Sales America). A comprehensive guide to electric blues guitar playing, this fast-paced method covers all aspects of modern and traditional electric blues guitar. It contains over 90 musical examples in standard music notation and tablature, along with playing and performance tips. The full-length...

This book focuses on the key elements of the Django Reinhardt Gypsy jazz orjazz Manouche guitar style. The information revealed here was gleaned from years of experience jamming with French Gypsies and studying with masters of the style. A native of France, Stephane Wrembel...

You Can Teach Yourself Piano Chords combines regular music notation with visual illustrations to give a clear picture of how to voice basic piano chords. The first part of the book introduces the student to basic triads and dominant seventh chords in all the...

Author: Pietro A. YonISBN-10: 0769241905ISBN-13: 9780769241906Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.73h x 8.66w x 0.32d

(Guitar Educational). Learn to use the entire fretboard with the Incredible Scale Finder This book contains more than 1,300 scale diagrams for the most important 17 scale types, including major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and...

Building an Award-Winning Guitar Program is a practical guide to assist secondary and post-secondary music educators with the tasks involved in establishing a successful music program. With the rising interest in guitar, Mariachi, rock band, handbells, bluegrass, music technology, and so on, more and...

Scott Kettner brings you the complete pandeiro guide! Designed for educators and students of all levels, "The Essential Pandeiro Method" makes learning how to play the pandeiro simple. Receive FREE Access to Scott's online companion course when you purchase a hard copy of the...

The Essentials of CoreSinging: A Joyful Approach to Singing and Voice Pedagogy presents an innovative outlook by one of the most important voice pedagogues in modern times. CoreSinging, developed by Meribeth Dayme, offers a universal approach applicable and complementary to any style, system, or...

A live sound engineer's world revolves around the venue. Whether you find yourself working in a cozy club or an expansive concert arena, every location has challenges. It takes more than plugging in a few amplifiers and turning up the volume full blast to...

(Berklee Guide). This unique collection from well-known harpist Felice Pomeranz features 24 contemporary performance-ready etudes for lever and pedal players with intermediate to advanced capability. The etudes span a variety of difficulty levels and help you master and apply a variety of contemporary practices....

Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded music, videos, games, and other increasingly accessible multimedia materials help enliven course content and foster interactive learning...

(Berklee Guide). Learn to improvise fluently over common jazz progressions. Learn to use simple source material, such as four-note "cells," and characteristic bebop motifs to help you make fast progress towards "making the changes" while developing creative, flowing, balanced solos, in the bebop and...

Have you always wanted to play a guitar solo but didn't know how? Do you feel like you just play the same solo every time? Lead Guitar Level 1 is a music based method to teach you the basics of how to play lead...

The Step by Step series is a collection of exercise books/recordings for violin based on the Mother-Tongue approach. From the very beginning, it will provide a solid foundation in instrumental technique for Suzuki and traditional approaches in private lessons or group settings. The focus...

(Book). Culled from Bill Bachman's popular Strictly Technique articles in Modern Drummer magazine, this book will help players develop hands that are loose, stress free, and ready to play anything that comes to mind. The book is for everyone who plays with sticks, regardless...

(Instructional). Master chord theory ... in minutes! The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands. This tool will help you: Improvise and Solo Talk about chops! Comprehend key structure like never...

(Book). The Essential Encyclopedia for Every Guitar Player The Guitar Handbook is the complete guide to playing the guitar - from simple chords to advanced improvisations. Its uniquely devised learning program combines specially commissioned, step-by-step photographs with a chord dictionary containing over 800 easy-to-follow...

An extensive step-by-step method on the application of polyrhythms for the drumset. Expands drum solos and fills by incorporating polyrhythms to basic time. This book also lends itself as a source for extending rhythmic comprehension while the drummer is improvising.Author: Peter MagadiniISBN-10: 089724821XISBN-13: 9780897248211Publisher:...

Conducting is a multifaceted craft that includes ear training, vocal, training, conducting techniques, rehearsal techniques, performance practice, music theory, and music history--not to mention basic leadership and group dynamics. It can also be an art that will consume a lifetime of study and practice....

(Berklee Guide). If you want to take your drumming chops to the next level, you must know how to read drum music. Written by Professor Dave Vose, this Berklee Workshop is ideal for both beginners and pros and includes everything you'll need to make...

Traditional music education centered around the ensemble classroom has often privileged reading music and instrumental technique over creative skills such as composition, improvisation, and learning by ear. As the technological landscape of students' everyday lives rapidly shifts, what schools teach rarely aligns with students'...

General Music: Dimensions of Practice is a practical guide for music teachers and teaching artists who strive to teach music holistically. The book begins by framing general music as a holistic music education that is comprehensive, meaningful, and relevant to diverse learners in school...

Choral Sight Reading provides a practical and organic approach to teaching choral singing and sight-reading. The text is grounded in current research from the fields of choral pedagogy, music theory, music perception and cognition. Topics include framing a choral curriculum based on the Kod疝y...

The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice is a comprehensive resource for experimentally minded guitarists and composers wishing to write for or perform on the instrument in new ways. The book focuses primarily on unconventional approaches to guitar performance, which include alternative...

Improvisation - the creation of a unique combination of musical content within a musical context - is core to musicianship. As authors Suzanne L. Burton and Alden H. Snell II demonstrate, students already build skills that drive improvisation when they listen to music or...

Music and Music Education in People's Lives is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, this first book...

More Graded Studies for Flute, Book Two highlight study repertoire from established flute composers alongside exciting new material not seen before, plus specially composed studies by Sally Adams, Paul Harris, and others. Each study lists its key ingredients and invites players at grades 1...

Playing music should be as simple and natural as drawing a breath, yet most musicians are hindered by self-consciousness, apprehension, self-doubt, and stress. Before we can truly express our inner self, we must first learn to be at peace and overcome the distractions that...

This iconic 282 page spiral-bound book, with a wealth of patterns, licks, and ideas, has been popular among jazz players for a long time. Page after page of material, it is often referred to as a jazz version of Slominski's classic book The Thesaurus...

The Bass Tradition is an incredible collection of 36 famous bass solos and lines from 18 masters written in bass clef, including Jimmy Blanton, Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford, Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Richard Davis, Stanley Clarke, and Michael Moore. Titles: Body and...

Learn the secret to playing long, flowing musical lines that move from one chord change to the other in a smooth, seamless manner. This book explains approach tones" (a tone or series of tones leading to a chord tone of the next chord---usually by...

Techniques, Tricks & Pro Tips to Make Your Sound The Very Best it Can Be!Do you want to make better music? How about achieving a professional sound? Or even being able to work in professional studios?If you're serious about improving your music production, songwriting...

An engaging integration of scholarship and storytelling, Reflections on Elizabeth A. H. Green's Life and Career in Music Education details the life and career of a pioneering figure in the field of instrumental music teacher education, who was one of the first to document...

The actual daily practice routines used by professional symphonic and jazz drummers. The many variations of basic rudimental patterns make snare drum practicing a joy.Author: Anthony J. CironeISBN-10: 0769234852ISBN-13: 9780769234854Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 12.22h x 8.58w x 0.16d

(Bass Method). The Hal Leonard Bass Method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass. It is based on years of teaching bass students of all ages and it also reflects some of the best bass teaching ideas from around the world....

So, you play piano. Now what?Every proficient pianist can master technique, musical theory, and muscle memory. But to evolve into a remarkable pianist requires more than reading sheet music and playing scales.You've practiced the library of classical music and improved your skill. Now elevate...

(Guitar Method). If playing the 6-string has always been a dream of yours, you deserve to learn from the most-trusted name in music. The Hal Leonard Guitar Method has given millions of players their first steps on a life-long journey to making music. It...