Music-Instruction & Study

(Bass Method). The Hal Leonard R&B Bass Method is your complete guide to learning the styles and techniques of rhythm and blues bass. This book and Online Audio pack uses actual classic R&B, Motown, soul, and funk songs to teach you how to groove...

With technology, music has never been more constant. It is heard on phones and in waiting rooms, in coffee shops and on television. Despite such exposure, the number of people able to make music for themselves is dwindling. Classical Christian schools have a unique...

(Schott). Carl Orff devoted much of his life to music for children. His pioneering work continues under the guidance of teachers and educators in many countries. The five basic German volumes of "Music for Children" by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman were published between...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). International Edition Book 1 covers fundamental rhythms, all the notes of the grand staff, C position, G position.Author: Nancy FaberISBN-10: 1616779497ISBN-13: 9781616779498Publisher: Faber Piano AdventuresLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.20d

(Essential Elements). Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Designed to be used in conjunction with the other books in Level 5, this book reinforces theory concepts through writing, sightreading, and ear-training activities.Author: Nancy FaberISBN-10: 1616770945ISBN-13: 9781616770945Publisher: Faber Piano AdventuresLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1997Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.98w x...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). This new collection features 11 hits that students will love to learn, including: Dancing Queen * I Saw Her Standing There * Lean on Me * 100 Years * Pachelbel Canon * Pure Imagination * Star Wars (Main Theme) *...

A comprehensive analysis of the bass lines of one of the greatest legends of jazz bass. Includes several full-length transcriptions as well as theory, exercises and insights to his style. Revised edition."I've just finished reading the book, "THE MUSIC OF PAUL CHAMBERS". As a...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the music behind one of the guitar's greatest innovators with a hands-on analysis by Wolf Marshall of 14 Santana classics. Songs include: Black Magic Woman * Evil Ways * Gypsy Queen * Hope You're Feeling Better * Oye Como Va...

(Ukulele). Strum your favorite hits from Jason Mraz, Disney, U2 and more This collection can be used on its own, as a supplement to the Ukulele for Kids method book or with any other beginning ukulele method. The songs are presented in order of...

(Fretted). Blues Ukulele is a collection of 16 blues standards arranged for the ukulele by Fred Sokolow. Each song comes with two arrangements: The first one gives you lyrics, melody and uke chord grids to strum while singing. The second is a uke chord/melody...

(Elementary Method). One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musicianship, articulation studies, solos, duets, and studies devoted to the special needs of each instrument,...

(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the six-string lap steel guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by country music veteran Johnie Helms includes many fun songs and hot licks to learn and play....

(Instructional). A continuation of Basic Rhythmic Training, this collection of progressive rhythmic drills is designed to increase a music student's proficiency in executing and understanding Rhythm. The exercises begin very simply and proceed to more complex meters, beat divisions and polyrhythms. The book can...

(Berklee Guide). Play jazz with tremendous facility and authentic vocabulary. Learn to develop your own sound, perform a wide variety of essential jazz time feels, and improvise dynamic fills and solos, taught in the tradition of Alan Dawson and other Berklee luminaries of drum...

(Berklee Guide). Enrich your drumming with world rhythms and sounds. World music presents many learning opportunities and challenges, especially for drums and percussion. Learning grooves from Africa, Latin America, South America, and other regions will make you a more complete musician, and give you...

(Guitar Method). Leavitt's practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for Berklee's guitar program. After mastering the fundamentals from Volumes 1 and 2, guitarists will be ready to take their skills to a more challenging level. This book teaches: techniques relating to...

(Guitar Method). One of the world's most popular beginning classical guitar methods by South American guitar virtuoso Julio Sagreras and translated by Bernard Moore. Features carefully sequenced studies covering technique and theory through music etudes and pieces.Author: Julio S. SagrerasISBN-10: 0793535859ISBN-13: 9780793535859Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Guitar Method). This practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for Berklee's guitar program. Volume 2 is an intermediate-level book that continues and builds upon the study of melody, scales, arpeggios and chords, covering the entire fingerboard. Also covers: intervals, chord voicings,...

(Music Sales America). These are the original editions of the ever-popular instruction books for various instruments by C. Paul Herfurth. The books are packed full of lessons, illustrations, fingering charts, daily practice records, test questions, and manuscript paper for homework. Perfect for use in...

(Bass Method). An ideal supplement to any bass method, this book with online audio uses 18 actual songs in various styles to teach key elements of the electric fretless bass, such as intonation; harmonics; keys, scales and intervals; and more. You'll learn to play...

(Fretted). John King The Classical Ukulele is a collection of 19 classical and traditional works ingeniously arranged for ukulele by John King. While this book is ideal for more experienced players, all of the arrangements are written in tablature so that anyone can play...

(Jazz Book). Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. Volume I includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview...

(Fast Track Music Instruction). For electric or acoustic guitar or both Teaches music notation, tablature, Full chords and power chords, riffs, licks, and scales, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 73 songs and examples. Audio demonstrations can be accessed online.Author: Jeff...

(Berklee Labs). Melodies based on triads and melodic extensions sound more natural and musical than ones developed exclusively from scales. Triads the fundamental building blocks of harmony are a simple and effective remedy for scale dependency in improvisation. In Jazz Improvisation for Guitar: A...

Fertile Ground in Middle Level General Music guides music educators to inspire their middle level students (grades 5-8) to engage more deeply in the general music classroom, where students are given the opportunity to "try on" a range of roles: musician, composer, listener, and...

Ideal for introductory courses in world music and ethnomusicology, Global Music Cultures gives students an overview of key musical cultures of the world while also incorporating the latest theoretical approaches to the study of world music.Author: Bonnie C. WadeISBN-10: 0190643641ISBN-13: 9780190643645Publisher: Oxford University Press,...

Want to learn proven strategies that will help you sharpen your fingerstyle-guitar skills, practice more effectively, and silence the inner critic that can sabotage your performances? Playing the guitar requires a blend of intuition, intellect, and emotion, and the path to excellence can be...

(Book). This is the second installment in the Modern Drummer Legends series. It includes Alex's 1983, 1993, and 2008 Modern Drummer cover stories along with transcriptions of classic Van Halen tracks, beats, and fills. It also includes a survey of the evolution of his...

(Waltons Irish Music Books). Everything you need to know about the Irish mandolin, now an integral part of the Irish music scene. This best-selling instruction book will take you from easy beginner's exercises to advanced techniques.Author: Padraig CarrollISBN-10: 1857201213ISBN-13: 9781857201215Publisher: Waltons Irish MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The Piano Adventures PracticeTime Assignment Book is specially designed to optimize both lesson time and practice time. The book can be used effectively at any level of the Piano Adventures method.Author: Nancy FaberISBN-10: 1616771674ISBN-13: 9781616771676Publisher: Faber Piano AdventuresLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1998Pages:...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Includes the easier sonatas of Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn. Contents include: Sonatina Op. 36, Nos. 4 & 6 (Clementi) * Sonatina Op. 54 No. 1 (Gurlitt) * Sonatina (Keller) * Sonatina Op. 88 Nos. 1 & 3 (Kuhlau) * Sonata...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). This collection of favorite hymns and songs of faith provides the earliest level of reading for the beginning pianist. No eighth notes are used and the hands remain in middle C position throughout the book. Special care has been taken...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). FunTime Piano Jazz & Blues provides an entertaining collection of pieces from the jazz/blues idiom. The book is perfect for the Level 3 student interested in exploring this style. It consists of easy arrangements of jazz and blues standards as...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Book 2 of the I Can Read Music series provides an extra tool to help students gain certainty and confidence in note reading. With its motivational format consisting of StoryRhymes, Sightreading Bonanzas, playful scoring methods such as "clever notes" and...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Favorite hymns arranged to offer excellent supplementary material. Perfect for Sunday School and church performance, the arrangements use 5-finger hand positions that reinforce note names and interval recognition. Includes: Jesus Loves Me * Do Lord * Stand Up, Stand Up...

(Guitar Educational). This book with audio demos online will teach you to play 13 signature Mayer tunes, including: Back to You * Blues Intro * City Love * Come Back to Bed * Come When I Call * Covered in Rain * Good Love...

(Southern Music Woodwind). Eighty-seven daily and technical studies and repertoire include: 18 Studies (Ferling, Op. 12), Grandes Etudes and Second Cantilene (A.M. Barret), Sheperds of Provence duet in four movements for obe and English horn (Eugene Bozza, Op. 43), Sonata for Oboe in A...

El McMeen has painstakingly compiled and presented a stunning collection of fingerstyle guitar arrangements of his favorite Celtic songs, airs, and dance tunes from his 30 years of recording. These gems of the repertoire range from aching laments and gorgeous songs to lively dance...

(Willis). Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers.Author: Edna Mae BurnamISBN-10: 1495077845ISBN-13: 9781495077845Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2003Pages: 24Format:...

(Play Like). Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of blues guitar royal, Freddie King. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of King's gear, tone, techniques, styles, songs, licks, riffs, and much more. You'll learn everything you need to...

(Ukulele). The Hal Leonard Blues Ukulele Method is your complete guide to learning blues ukulele. This book teaches you the basics of blues rhythm and lead ukulele using authentic techniques and concepts. The accompanying online audio contains demo tracks for every example in the...

(String Method). This intermediate course of violin study, based on the works of Kayser, Mazas, De Beriot and other masters of the violin repertoire, is published in two volumes and is an introductory course for the famous 42 Etudes or Caprices of Rodolphe Kreutzer....

(Book). Teach yourself at your own pace You learn, right away, the things you really need to know in order to play, sing along, and enjoy your guitar...today You can learn to play any popular music with Ron Centola's fast, easy Beginning Guitar method....

▶Latest books: Fretboard PhD and The Little Big Guitar Scale Handbook. Excerpts and reviews at: pelemeleworks.com◀MUSIC PAPER is a range of affordable manuscript paper for musicians, students, and teachers. Designs favour legibility, flexibility, and simplicity in various formats.The NoteBook - Guitar Chord & Tablature...

(Music Sales America). Hundreds of guitar tunings in all styles, from folk to Celtic to rock, are included in this unique volume. It covers artists such as Hedges, Kottke, Sonic Youth, Cooder, Crosby Stills & Nash, Pearl Jam, and more. Includes tablature.Author: Mark HansonISBN-10:...

(Instructional). This book is a complete compilation of scales, modes, exotic scales, and theory. It covers the most common and exotic scales, theory on how they're constructed and practical applications. No prior music theory is necessary since every section is broken down and explained...

(BH Kodaly). This valuable song resource contains a wealth of material for classroom singing and reading. The collection is organized into a Kodaly sequence, beginning with the simplest pentatonic tunes and progressing into full diatonic melodies. Other helpful features include lists of rhythmic characteristics,...

(Willis). The Accent on Gillock series includes all of William Gillock's best-loved piano solos. Volume 2 includes mid to later elementary pieces, all written in the remarkable Gillock style: * The Glass Slipper * Clowns * French Doll * Moonlight * German Dance *...

Specifically designed to teach jazz basics to students with 1 or 2 years playing experience, but with no prior experience playing jazz. Great for individual or classroom use. Teaches the basics of swing style in a step-by-step approach using well-known songs. Improvisation is made...