Music-Instruction & Study

(Music Sales America). The Wipe Clean Music Board is a handy new tool for young musicians. Students can practice writing melodies, rhythms, notes and clefs, and rub it out if they go wrong The red side is portrait-oriented with multiple staves; the reverse blue...

(Music Sales America). An excellent set of bowing exercises that will help all violinists to develop their bowing styles, speed, control and rhythms.Author: Otakar SevcikISBN-10: 1847721710ISBN-13: 9781847721716Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2004Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.30d

(Music Sales America). A superb collection of exercises to help develop bowing style, accuracy, rhythms and wrist speed/strength. These have become some of the most widely used and successful studies and exercises in the first position.Author: Otakar SevcikISBN-10: 1844497585ISBN-13: 9781844497584Publisher: Bosworth & Co. Ltd.Language:...

Featuring melodies, rhythms, and improvisation activities, this Sight-Singing volume features all the material students need to prepare for the sight-singing portion of the AP(R) exam. The repertoire for the Fourth Edition has been expanded with additional works by women and composers of color, including...

(Hot Licks). In this re-transcribed and edited book with online video, Pass demonstrates techniques that will benefit not only jazz guitarists but rock and blues players as well. Topics include chord melody, substitutions, leading tones, chromatic chords, voice movements, and many more special exercises....

This is Book 1 of 24 of the The Jazz Standards Progressions Book Series by mDecks Music.(Fake Book). Perfect Binding Edition.This unprecedented, revolutionary series of Jazz Standards Harmonic Progressions details all Chord Symbols, full Harmonic Analysis, Chord-scales and Arrows & Brackets analysis. This is...

Discover how you can learn the guitar the EASY way with the help of this comprehensive guide Do you want to learn a fun, practical new skill? Want to get started with the guitar, but you're not sure where to start? Wouldn't it be...

(E-Z Play Today). Introducing the E-Z way to reading music notes, chords, and learning musical terms Keyboards are among the most versatile of all musical instruments, and many electronic keyboards today have special automatic features and automatic rhythms. These features make making music even...

In this comprehensive guide, Brixen takes the reader through the complex and confusing aspects of audio metering, imparting the knowledge and skills needed to utilize optional signal levels and produce high-quality audio. Covering all aspects of this fundamental subject, Audio Metering: Measurements, Standards and...

Leadership and Musician Development in Higher Music Education informs, challenges and evaluates the central practices, policies and theories that underpin the preparation of future music leaders and the leadership of music in higher education. In higher education, it is often presumed that preparing for...

Unlocking the Neck expands on the popular Guitar Wisdom YouTube series "Understanding the Guitar" by giving detailed, sequential instructions for learning to "see" a major key across the entire fretboard. This companion to the free Guitar Wisdom video course on the five position CAGED...

This is a collection of 100 favorite Gospel songs and hymns. Included are rousing camp meeting songs, sentimental expressions of a deep-rooted faith, and Gospel oriented hymns with a strong old-time music flavor. In preparing this collection I felt the sincere and solid faith...

This is a book for the ears and for the hands. Playing harmonized scales in triad form is extremely helpful for the progressing guitarist. First, the guitarist will become acquainted with the harmonic sound of each key. A sense of harmonic and melodic voice...

This is the flagship book in Mel Bay's new "Achieving Guitar Artistry" series. Herein you will find an extensive collection of linear pieces with interesting melodic content. Frequent performance of these etudes will not only enhance technique, but offer the guitarist a wonderful opportunity...

Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines Book I -The Blues in 12 Keys is a complete guide demonstrating the devices used to construct walking bass lines in the jazz tradition. Part 1 demonstrates the techniques used by professional jazz bassists to provide forward motion into...

(Musicians Institute Press). The notes of any solo are only half the story; the other, equally crucial element is the rhythm. Though there are leagues of books teaching you the scales, modes, and arpeggios that are used when soloing, there's been a great void...

(Mystic Publishing/Freddie Frog). Winner of the 2016 Creative Child Awards Book of the Year and a Moonbeam Children's Book Award Freddie the Frog and Eli the Elephant are led by an unseen guide to the secret world of the invisible coquis. The coquis speak...

(Music Sales America). A comprehensive study of modern jazz trumpet playing by renowned jazz musician John McNeil. Contains a personal history of jazz trumpet, articulation, valve technique, and alternate fingerings. This complete edition combines and updates the earlier works and includes online recordings as...

Margaret Brandman's 'Contemporary Piano Method' Book 1A is designed to equip the student with the necessary skills to play both Classical and Modern music with ease and understanding. The methodology is multi-sensory: aural, visual and tactile. The course incorporates a variety of progressive learning...

(Music Sales America). This step-by-step instruction book explains everything required to master the basics of tin whistle playing. This easy, straightforward approach to playing the penny whistle has countless diagrams and symbols and comes complete with a wide selection of simple tunes and traditional...

HOW TO PLAY METAL GUITAR THE BASICS & BEYOND LESSON & TIPS FROM THE METAL MONSTERS!Author: Richard JohnstonISBN-10: 0879307757ISBN-13: 9780879307752Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2004Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 10.68h x 8.32w x 0.28d

(Berklee Guide). Learn the techniques to perform metal bass lines. In this book, you will learn to construct and perform bass lines emblematic of metal. You will analyze bass lines that are characteristic of different types of metal, and learn the technique necessary to...

(Guitar Method). Play ten blues classics in the style of the masters! These transcriptions and annotations show you how the world's greatest blues guitarists created their unique, inspired solos and rhythm parts. Veteran blues guitarist and educator Michael Williams reveals the techniques and nuances...

This is Mel Bay's landmark system for playing guitar solos in chord style using popular sheet music. This method is accessible to the intermediate level student and is applicable for pick or fingerstyle performance. In notation and tablature.Author: Mel BayISBN-10: 0871664941ISBN-13: 9780871664945Publisher: Mel Bay...

(Music Sales America). A guide to the simplest and most useful chords in every key. Easy-to-read photos and diagrams.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0860015009ISBN-13: 9780860015000Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 12.21h x 9.01w x 0.14d

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Includes practice tips and performance notes on each piece.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0851627072ISBN-13: 9780851627076Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2012Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.60d

(BH Piano). The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok. (English/French/German/Hungarian text). In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for "didactic" purposes, seeing them as a...

(Music Sales America). Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune a Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely...

(Music Sales America). Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune a Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely...

(Music Sales America). Your all-in-one package for learning to play the bass guitar. The book gets you playing right away and allows you to practice along with accompanying audio tracks. The DVD features a demonstration with an expert, plus chapter menus and more. Authored...

(Music Sales America). This is a comprehensive, detailed approach to playing Irish music on the tinwhistle. It contains information on technique and style that more advanced players will also find useful. There are over 70 dance tunes and airs suitably arranged for the tinwhistle,...

(Music Sales America). A comprehensive instruction guide to blues slide guitar styles. Contains over 25 accurate transcriptions of authentic bottleneck blues tunes by such masters as Son House, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton and many more. Songs include: A Spoonful Blues * Black Ace *...

(Music Sales America). An entirely revised edition of the classic instruction guide for guitar players. Explore traditional playing styles through transcriptions and analysis of 26 tunes by master players. Includes LP discography and new easy-to-read guitar tablature. Songs: Big Road Blues * Bird Nest...

An eclectic and experimental exploration of sound from the vantage point of writingThe study of listening--aurality--and its relation to writing is the subject of this eclectic edited volume. Theorizing Sound Writing explores the relationship between sound, theory, language, and inscription. This volume contains an...

After decades of experimentation, musicians have begun to utilize a strikingly colorful palette of sounds on woodwind instruments. Flute, clarinet, and saxophone players, in many different musical settings, regularly use sounds that were unheard of in the middle of the twentieth century. Oboists, in...

(Piano). This book by renowned young Hammond B-3 organist Joey DeFrancesco encompasses blues and bebop lines and progressions. It includes: music examples for practice and study; examples and lines in all 12 keys; transcriptions and improvisations with harmonic analysis for two tunes; and Joey...

(Guitar Method). An outstanding source for the technique and repertoire of the classical guitar, this book continues where Vol. 1 leaves off. It teaches: all notes in the upper position; tone production; advanced techniques such as tremolo, harmonics, vibrato, pizzicato and slurs; practice tips;...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the music of one of the guitar's greatest players with this step-by-step breakdown of Knopfler's styles and techniques. Wolf Marshall provides a hands-on analysis for 13 tracks, including: Brothers in Arms * Love over Gold * Money for Nothing *...

(Musicians Institute Press). This pack gives essential instruction on open chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming; scales, rhythm playing, the blues, and moveable chord shapes. It includes inversions, 'color' chords, practice tips, chord charts, songs, and progressions, along with access to online audio tracks.Author:...

(Educational Piano Library). Piano Solos features original performance repertoire from 14 different composers. These inviting compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts learned in the corresponding level Piano Lessons book. The outstanding variety of musical styles makes every solo and important piece in...

(Instructional). Scales and chord tones provide the basis for jazz improvisation and fill-ins. This book presents traditional scales and chords within the framework of a chord progression. Charts are included with the scales written in all keys and a list of chords which complement...

(Signature Licks Guitar). This terrific book with online audio in Hal Leonard's acclaimed Signature Licks series provides a step-by-step breakdown of Slowhand's playing techniques through hands-on analysis of 14 of his best songs. Includes: After Midnight * Badge * Before You Accuse Me (Take...

(Harp). This collection features carefully-graded material which any teacher may use in giving a pedagogically sound and fundamentally thorough approach to playing the harp. Songs are divided into several sections: One-Finger Excercises, Two-Finger Exercises, Interval Exercises, Three-Finger Chord Exercises, etc. The songs come from...

(Piano Collection). The beginning and elementary series by the best-selling authors of Keyboard Strategies . Economically organized, one page contains one new concept and an exciting song that employs the new idea. Each book contains 1 3 duets for teacher and student to sample...

String SoloFor unaccompanied violin.Author: Jacob DontISBN-10: 0793552214ISBN-13: 9780793552214Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.40d

(Guitar Method). Five complete best-selling books in one: Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1, Easy Pop Melodies, The Chord Strummer, Easy Chord Trax, and Rock Trax 1. This collection gives any guitarist all the information they need to start playing, including: playing solo guitar...

Author: Louis MoyseISBN-10: 0793548144ISBN-13: 9780793548149Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/04/2010Pages: 77Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.60d

A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

(Percussion). Combining a variety of jazz ride cymbal patterns with coordination and reading exercises, Creative Timekeeping develops true independence: the ability to play any rhythm on the ride cymbal while playing any rhythm on the snare and bass drums. It provides a variety of...