Music-Instruction & Study-Techniques

Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Numerous contextual and theoretical insights make it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student clarinetists. With engaging prose supported...

(Bass Builders). Perfect for beginning to advanced players, this book with online audio access by world-renowned bassist and educator Jon Liebman provides a 52-week, one-exercise-per-week workout program for developing, improving and maintaining bass guitar technique. Liebman teaches: chromatics; scales & arpeggios; string-crossing and advanced...

(Guitar Solo). A continuation of Phase I, this volume is ideal for beginning to intermediate guitar students or classes ready to progress beyond the basics. It includes solo, two-part, and three-part ensemble arrangements of traditional and contemporary music to help players create a unique...

In this extensive guide to classical vocal technique, Dr. Stanford Felix provides original insights into the great teaching masters of bel canto ("beautiful singing"), presented in a scholarly yet readable and accessible way. A fresh approach to this time-honored technique, Beautiful Singing addresses the...

(Berklee Methods). Make your band better, or prepare yourself to join one This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty...

The fifth volume in this series develops in more depth the concepts that are introduced in the previous book. We learn to read 8th note triplet rests, we push our reading skills with ties combining them with 8th note triplets, and introduce your first...

The fourth volume in this series focuses in developing 4-way coordination using familiar concepts from the previous books. We introduce the 8th note triplet and learn how to play grooves based around this new note value, as well as an introduction to transcribing rhythms....

Over the years that I taught piano, I developed a method of teaching beginning piano students that is based on the concept of visualizing or picturing. In my book, Beginning Piano: The Way I Teach It, I teach you exactly the way I taught...

Becoming a Master Musician is an introspective view of what it really takes to become a highly skilled musician. Kenneth Hollins gives you several effective techniques that will cause you to break out of mediocrity and into musical excellence.Author: Kenneth M. HollinsISBN-10: 1503125432ISBN-13: 9781503125438Publisher:...

(Keyboard Instruction). Written for the musician who is interested in acquiring a firm foundation for playing jazz, this unique book/audio pack presents over 800 licks. By building up a vocabulary of these licks, players can connect them together in endless possibilities to form larger...

Access and interpret manufacturer spec information, find shortcuts for plotting measure and test equations, and learn how to begin your journey towards becoming a live sound professional. 　 Land and perform your first live sound gigs with this guide that gives you just the...

The altered scale is often regarded as one of the most complex, intimidating sounds in modern jazz vocabulary, seemingly creating a barrier to entry for many aspiring musicians. Fear no more: Bass Player's Guide to Altered Chords and Scales is your key to open...

Withheld by leading pedagogues in an effort to control competition, the art of reed making in the early 20th century has been shrouded in secrecy, producing a generation of performers without reed making fluency. While tenets of past decades remain in modern pedagogy, Christin...

(Music Sales America). This easy-to-follow approach to the highest level of guitar playing starts with simple folk songs like "Red River Valley" and progresses to standards like "Earth Angel" and "Everything Happens to Me." With this book, you'll master the "chord-melody" style of playing...

Regarded as one of the premier virtuosos of his day, Russian pianist Josef Lh騅inne was acclaimed for his effortless technique, supreme tone, and sensitive musicianship. While Lh騅inne left only a handful of recordings, those that remain have achieved near mythical status among pianists, even...

(Berklee Methods). Make your band better, or prepare yourself to join one This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty...

A catalog of baritone uke chords in photo/diagram form grouped by type. Major, minor, seventh, diminished, augmented, and ninth chords are all shown in all keys in fretboard photos and diagrams. Major seventh, minor seventh, sixth, minor sixth, seventh augmented fifth, and seventh diminished...

This little book, written at the height of his career by Josef Lhevinne, the "inward poet of the piano," is a clear statement of principles based on his lifelong experience in performance and teaching. Lhevinne was, with Rachmaninoff, Schnabel, and Hoffman, one of the...

(Ukulele). A 40-week, one-lick-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining baritone ukulele technique. This package provides practice material for every day of the week. The online audio includes all the workouts in the book, and the audio player PLAYBACK+ allows players to slow...

(Bass Builders). Perfect for beginning to advanced players, this book with online audio access by world-renowned bassist and educator Jon Liebman provides a 52-week, one-exercise-per-week workout program for developing, improving and maintaining bass guitar technique. Liebman teaches: chromatics; scales & arpeggios; string-crossing and advanced...

(Guitar Educational). This book with online audio lets guitarists learn 11 Steely Dan classics from Can't Buy a Thrill through Gaucho . Includes note-for-note transcriptions with tab for each tune, play-along audio tracks for download or streaming with both slowed-down and up-to-speed recordings, in-depth...

(Music Sales America). Learning to play bass guitar is now easier than ever before Each book in this fantastic series contains practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing and maintenance. Pictures explain how to hold the bass,...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Learn and explore the music of one of the most respected and pioneering jazz guitar players of our time. This book includes a hands-on analysis of 13 great performances: Affirmation * Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce) * Body Talk * The Borgia...

(Berklee Methods). Make your rock band better, or prepare yourself to join one This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee...

Stage fright, performance nerves, performance anxiety: are you terrified of stepping into the spotlight? Do you shake, get cold and sweaty hands, experience shallow and fast breathing, dry mouth, nausea or difficulty concentrating?Packed with simple practical interventions, "Befriending Performance Anxiety" is your guide to...

A basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to any type of harp (with or...

Levels I, II & III of the beginner series combined into a single book.Author: Ray RojoISBN-10: 1944213147ISBN-13: 9781944213145Publisher: Violet Anamnesis PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2016Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.57d

With a lifetime of experience as a bassist and music educator, Tony Muhammad draws on his deep knowledge of music theory and life lessons from his own multi-dimensional involvement in the music industry, as well as from some of the country's best bassists. He...

(Berklee Methods). Make your rock band better, or prepare yourself to join one This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee...

New music teachers often struggle to find a way to connect the content learned in college classes with the content that will be taught in the classroom, since the nature of their work demands a high level of both musical and educational ability, while...

Frank Bongiorno is Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington since 1982. During this time at UNCW, his saxophone as well as jazz students have received national and international recognition by such organizations as Down Beat and Jazzfest...

Want to learn guitar but aren't sure where to start? Beginner Guitar will show you the way Beginner Guitar is your all-in-one, step-by-step guide to help you enter the world of guitar playing. With photos, illustrations, audio examples, and over an hour of online...

This handy book shows all of the basic banjo chords in photo and diagram form. The front of the book contains a section of bluegrass G-tuning chords, and the remainder contains C-tuning.Author: Mel BayISBN-10: 0871663678ISBN-13: 9780871663672Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1961Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight:...

(Guitar Educational). Features over 25 original tunes and exercises to teach fingerpicking in all styles, including rock, folk-rock, blues, country and folk. The accompanying online audio includes 57 demo tracks, and the book covers: how to create fingerpicking solos; accompaniment patterns for rhythmic grooves;...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the music of one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time This in-depth book/online audio pack will guide you through 12 of the best-known tracks from the legendary Wes Montgomery: Besame Mucho * Cariba * Four on Six *...

(Hot Licks). In this re-transcribed and edited book with online video, master guitar teacher Arlen Roth explores the finer points of guitar soloing. Arlen explains how to develop interesting and musical guitar solos, and stresses the importance of choosing notes wisely. All the guitar...

About the Bagpipe Tutorial: Recommended by the best pipers in the world! Bruce Hitchings, Michael Grey, Robert Watt, Willie McCallum, Dixie Ingram, Rory Grossart and many more. You have purchased one of the most professional and popular books for learning the bagpipes. It includes...

2nd Edition (with revisions)The bagpipe is Scotland's national instrument and is played throughout the world. Learning to play the pipes as a solo piper or as a member of a team in a pipe band, is an amazing journey with learning outcomes and experiences...

Hailed the Trumpet Bible for over 150 years, this complete pedagogical method contains hundreds of exercises for brass instruments, beginning with basics and progressing to advanced compositions, including the author's famous arrangement of "The Carnival in Venice."Sharing the knowledge he acquired from many years...

(Music Sales America). The Spanish Edition of Step One: Teach Yourself Keyboard. En este libro aprenderas ritmos y canciones de los estilos: norteno, banda, cumbia, bolero, balada, rock, mariachi, ranchera y muchos otros estilos mas.Author: Victor M. BarbaISBN-10: 0825627354ISBN-13: 9780825627354Publisher: Omnibus PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2002Pages:...

Are you a classical bass player that wants to apply your hard earned instrumental skills to jazz improvisation?Or are you a jazz bass player looking to open up your scale/interval practice to new worlds of melodic invention?Bach Shapes II for Bass Clef is the...

"These Examples of technical problems are in no way intended to take the place of the recognized "classics" of violin-exercise literature. They are to show how difficulties may be analysed and prepared for. They are divided into three sections: Bowings in elementary form Bowings...

Aural Skills in Context takes a comprehensive approach to sight singing, ear training, and rhythm practice. By featuring real examples from classical music to folk and jazz, and offering melodies with their related harmonies, the text parallels the full Music Theory curriculum and reinforces...

This book is a hands-on investigation of the stages musicians go through as they learn to hear, read, and perform music. It draws on the latest research in music perception and cognition, music theory, and pedagogy, along with centuries of insight from music theorists,...

2018 Reprint of 1912 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. English-French-German language edition. The Arban Method is a complete pedagogical method for students of trumpet, cornet, and other brass instruments. The original edition was published by Jean-Baptiste...

"The trumpeter's bible" for over 150 years, this complete pedagogical method contains hundreds of exercises, beginning with basics and progressing to advanced compositions, including the author's famous arrangement of Carnival in Venice. J. B. Arban discusses every aspect of playing -- including articulation, tonguing,...

Master Alternate Picking For GuitarAre you struggling to play fast alternate picked passages on guitar?Do you need a methodical guide to alternate picking that's packed with hundreds of exercises and powerful strategies? Alternate Picking Guitar Technique is a complete roadmap of methodical steps that...

(Ashley Publications). Includes instruction of stroking, strumming, fingering, transposing, melody picking, and over 150 songs.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0825653657ISBN-13: 9780825653650Publisher: Ashley PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1996Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 11.92h x 8.78w x 0.24d

(Banjo). Take your banjo playing to the next level with this fantastic daily resource, providing a year's worth of practice material with a two-week vacation. Banjo Aerobics is for players of all levels from beginner to advanced who will benefit from the lessons provided....

(Music Sales America). This Spanish edition features three books, three CDs, and a DVD. Learn how to play the guitar with this easy, illustrated guide. Covers everything from reading music and playing chords and scales, to performing our first song. The DVD has been...