Music-Instruction & Study-Techniques

(Signature Licks Guitar). Slash's guitar style is meticulously analyzed and presented for you to learn in these audio-equipped Signature Licks lessons. Learn his techniques from: Civil War * Don't Cry * Garden of Eden * Nightrain * Paradise City * Patience * Sweet Child...

(Piano). Lessons 27 through 52 further explore more advanced chord voicings, chord arranging techniques and more challenging blues and melodic lines. The accompanying audio (accessed online) is used in conjunction with the text and music as a listening and play-along tool.Author: Dave Frank, John...

(Fast Track Music Instruction). Everything you need to know about playing the bass, including music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 75 songs and examples. Audio examples accessed online for download or streaming.Author: Jeff...

(Guitar Educational). A reference guide to blues, R&B, jazz, and rock rhythm guitar, with hundreds of voicings, chord theory construction, chord progressions and exercises and much more. Blues You Can Use: Guitar Chords is useful for the beginner to advanced player.Author: John GanapesISBN-10: 0793565154ISBN-13:...

This method provides material for beginning students to progress according to their abilities and continues to motivate and sustain interest with the highest quality music. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.Author: Thomas McMillanISBN-10: 0769235174ISBN-13: 9780769235172Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.70w...

Groovin'---a fancy way of saying keeping time, is the drummer's primary function. No matter how, where or what you play, groovin' should be of the utmost importance to you. Bobby Rock trims away the fat" and shows you practical examples of components, fills, riffs...

Shows over 40 different chord types, in every practicable fingering on the guitar neck. All fingerings are based on five basic hand shapes. An excellent, systematic approach to building a comprehensive chord vocabulary.Author: Don LatarskiISBN-10: 0769209602ISBN-13: 9780769209609Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1991Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize:...

Explores the sound and shape of a chord's progression up and down the fingerboard. Each chord type is presented in eight fingerings using a cyclic diagram that shows that after the eighth fingering you will have arrived back at the starting point -- one...

In this method, standard technical exercises based on scales and arpeggios are complimented by sections on vibrato, double tonguing, improvising and styles of dance music. Includes six saxophone solos: Beebe * Hollywood Pastime * Dixieland Detour * Mood Hollywood * Dusk in Upper Sandusky...

Cutting-edge techniques to master 4-limb independence from German drum sensation Marco Minnemann. His method will dramatically increase independence and coordination skills and help develop facility on the drumset in all styles. Included are patterns, melodies for two limbs, extreme hi-hat and flam techniques, extreme...

It's Your Move is about achieving maximum potential as a player. The book gathers questions that have been asked of Dom Famularo during his private teaching career for 30 years, which includes many master classes, clinics, large drum expos, and 40 years of professional...

An indispensable book on scales and modes for the bass guitarist. The lessons contain diatonic, modal, pentatonic, whole tone, and diminished scales as well as modes of both the harmonic and melodic minor scales, Eastern, Middle Eastern, and other exotic scales of Jimmy's own...

Award-winning jazz educator Caleb Chapman and multiple GRAMMY(R) Award-winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin have created a highly effective approach to jazz articulation. Step by step, The Articulate Jazz Musician details Caleb's proven approach for mastering the fundamentals of jazz articulation, phrasing, and interpretation. The play-along...

A Piano Duet for 2 pianos, 4 hands, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and arranged by Edvard Grieg.Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 0711976554ISBN-13: 9780711976559Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 11.75h x 8.50w x 0.10d

(Guitar Educational). Scale Chord Relationships teaches players how to determine which scales to play with which chords, so guitarists will never have to fear chord changes again This book/audio pack explains how to: recognize keys; analyze chord progressions; use the modes; play over nondiatonic...

(Musicians Institute Press). In this one-on-one lesson, MI instructor Tom Kolb unravels the mystery of the modes, giving guitarists a complete approach to soloing and a thorough, hands-on explanation of Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. He also covers: melodic minor, harmonic...

(Musicians Institute Press). Stop straining to hit those high notes Unlock your true potential and start singing easily and effortlessly with this book by Musicians Institute vocal instructor Dena Murray. She teaches how to: breathe naturally; improve your speaking voice; stop holding, pushing and...

"John Watkins has used his years of experience on both sides of the baton to create a charming introduction to the art of conducting. There are not many reference books that deal with the 'how to' of directing a group of musicians. This practical...

The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill, enabling students to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve Your Sight-Reading series, by renowned educationalist Paul Harris, is designed to develop sight-reading skills and improve confidence. Step by...

The best-selling Improve Your Sight-Reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books have been specifically written to reflect Trinity's parameters for each grade and contain new...

Over the years, many examination pieces have captured the imagination of teachers and students, but the stars of past syllabuses are often forgotten. This collection brings together best-loved grade 5 pieces, including Pleyel's Sonatina in B-flat, Faure's Sicilienne and Wedgwood's Survivor. Containing fresh editions...

Over the years, many examination pieces have captured the imagination of teachers and students, but the stars of past syllabuses are often forgotten. This collection brings together best-loved grade 1 pieces, including Land of the Silver Birch, Dvorak's Largo from the New World Symphony...

The twelve essays in this volume reflect the most important trends in the study of musical performance. Three areas are investigated: the psychology of performance, the semantics of performance, and the relation between performance and analysis. The first section broaches fundamental issues such as...

Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting. It includes practical advice on how to conduct different groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and a history of conducting presented as a study of national traditions. Designed for the lay...

Most modern performers, trained on the performance practices of the Classical and Romantic periods, come to the music of the Renaissance with well-honed but anachronistic ideas. Fundamental differences between 16th-century repertoire and that of later epochs thus tend to be overlooked-yet it is just...

The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" of 1993 and 1994 featured Anonymous 4, who sing medieval music, and...

The past ten years have seen a rapidly growing interest in performing and recording Classical and Romantic music with period instruments; yet the relationship of composers' notation to performing practices during that period has received only sporadic attention from scholars, and many aspects of...

Over the last dozen years, the writings of Richard Taruskin have transformed the debate about "early music" and "authenticity." Text and Act collects for the first time the most important of Taruskin's essays and reviews from this period, many of which now classics in...

Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Practical Resource brings together theory, policy, and planning for instruction in K-12 classrooms. The resource is a result of collaboration between K-12 teachers, outstanding undergraduate and graduate music education students, and professionals in the field. The...

Miscellaneous Percussion Music - Mixed LevelsAuthor: Steve SmithISBN-10: 1495059774ISBN-13: 9781495059773Publisher: Hudson MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.50d

This guide is a rescue package offering an original and highly effective visual approach to mastering the basics of saxophone technique. An ideal aid to increasing the success for the sax playing beginner.How can I make a better sound?How can I control high and...

Steve Beresford's polymathic activities have formed a prism for the UK improv scene since the 1970s. He is internationally known as a free improviser on piano, toy piano and electronics, composer for film and TV, and raconteur and Dadaist visionary. His résumé is filled...

What 'live music' means for one generation or culture does not necessarily mean 'live' for another. This book examines how changes in economy, culture and technology pertaining to post-digital times affect production, performance and reception of live music. Considering established examples of live music,...

Do you fancy improvising? But little time to practice? Then try the 4 + 5 improvisation method! You don't have to practice full scales. In this book you will learn to improvise with: - Pentatonic scale - Blues scale - Seventh chords What makes...

This book is written as a guide for people who know the western staff notation and want to know about writing music that sounds like traditional Chinese music.This book is split into two parts. The first part describes the techniques needed to create Chinese...

These ukulele etudes have been a labor of love for me and I am excited to now share them with a larger audience. This first volume is designed to give students interesting pieces to practice in the pursuit of right hand fingerstyle mastery on...

"An excellent introduction to the joy of sax, Mark Archer's enthusiasm for this wonderful instrument is infectious, and his approach to learning to play is great fun. Best of all, it really works. You can get the accompanying tracks sent to you in mp3...

Learning the flute? This guide is a rescue package offering an original and highly effective visual approach to mastering the basics of flute technique. Ideal for the self-taught flute player. How can I make a stronger sound? How can I make my breath last...

The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis consists of analyses of thirty-three musical passages or entire short works in a variety of post-tonal styles. For each piece author Joseph N. Straus shows how it is put together and what sense might be made of it: how...

Everyone involved in the making of music has a need for recording their own full band demo tracks, karaoke tracks, commercial jingles, jam-along tracks, etc., and the Boss DR-5 Doctor Rhythm Section provides an exceptionally affordable way to record them. Moreover, you don't have...

In-text URLs can be accessed via the "Features" tab of the publisher's website.Conductors face a multitude of hurdles as they strive to obtain a foothold in the professional world. Once they have attained a position, there are obstacles both on and off the podium...

With this recorder school, which is specially designed for the needs and special circumstances of adults, you will be introduced to playing and making music with the recorder in C (soprano and tenor) in a gentle and motivating, but also well-founded and pedagogically prepared...

Guitar Fretboard Magic Unlock all the notes in 6 simple exercises Why Would I Want to Learn All the Notes of My Fretboard? Over my 25+ year career as a musician and guitar teacher, I have come across many guitarists who cannot name all...

This book features 22 fantastic bass solos in bass clef from various recordings over Ron Carter's legendary career as a first-call bassist for many jazz greats. Titles: Bass Blues * Bessie's Blues * Bohemia after Dark * Corcovado * Dance of the Sugar Plum...

Eleven bandstand favorites composed and/or recorded by one of jazz's greatest trumpet innovators. Different than most of our other volumes where many tunes incorporate new musical influences and styles such as rock, Latin, and fusion. Perfect for anyone wishing to spice up their repertoire....

(Berklee Guide). Learn to play with jazz phrasing and articulation. These 27 duets are in jazz and jazz-influenced styles such as swing, bebop, funk, samba, and others. They are appropriate for performance by any melodic instruments. The duets feature independent contrapuntal lines, and practicing...

Just for Lefties! Is your biggest obstacle simply memorizing the notes of the fretboard? Learn the secrets to bass guitar fretboard memorization quickly and easily.Left-Handed Bass Guitar Fretboard Memorization reveals the secrets used by professional bassists everywhere to memorize the entire fretboard. In just...

Everything You Need to Learn Bass Guitar the Right Way. Notes, Rhythms, Bass Lines and Music Principles to Get You Playing Your First Songs in Just a Matter of DaysLeft-Handed Bass Guitar Beginners Jumpstart teaches you music fundamentals and bass skills to get you...

Blank Staff/Stave Paper for Children and Instruction & StudyWrite notes in staff/stave line with this music composition notebook, ideal for songwriting, notating music, piano, guitar, violin, and other musical instruments. Perfect for students, study, practice lessons, or transcribing music. Great for beginners and boys...

Blank Staff/Stave Paper for Children and Instruction & StudyWrite notes in staff/stave line with this music composition notebook, ideal for songwriting, notating music, piano, guitar, violin, and other musical instruments. Perfect for students, study, practice lessons, or transcribing music. Great for beginners and boys...