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How To Play The Ocarina: A Comprehensive Guide To Playing The Ocarina With 10 Easy-Beginners Songs How To Play The Ocarina is a concise instructional book that provides a step-by-step approach to learning the art of playing the ocarina. From understanding the basic techniques...

This book is an introduction to double-stop thirds in thumb position on the cello. Focusing first on intonation and then on shifting, the book covers thumb-to-thumb shifting and fingered thirds. Teachers can use this book to introduce thirds gradually and systematically to their advanced...

Ensemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group...

Tactical drumming is a focused approach to learning drums that zeros in on the essential grooves you need to know. Most importantly, it eliminates drum set rhythms that are rarely used and prioritizes beats that are played all the time. This approach is similar...

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres including classical music.This book will guide you: -Purchase your first fiddle and bow-Set up your instrument for ease...

Three-Octave Scales for the Cello, Book Three presents a new set of cello scale variations for daily practice. From staccato and spiccato to accent studies and syncopation, bowings and rhythms are explored in hundreds of variations that will keep practice sessions both interesting and...

(Ukulele). This awesome collection features 23 classic rock hits transcribed for ukulele, including: All Right Now * Baba O'Riley * Beast of Burden * Bohemian Rhapsody * Dream On * Fly like an Eagle * Fortunate Son * Hey Jude * Layla * Me...

Driven by a passion for music, for excellence, and for fame, violin soloists are immersed from early childhood in high-pressure competitions, regular public appearances, and arduous daily practice. An in-depth study of nearly one hundred such children, Producing Excellence illuminates the process these young...

(Ukulele Educational) This ukulele book for beginners will teach you how to play virtually any chord on ukulele. You will learn standard chord shapes, movable chords and all of their variations, inversions and voicings. Learn basic chords, jazz chords, altered chords, substitutions, terminology, theory,...

(Violin Instruction). Fiddling: The Basics & Beyond covers the essentials needed to be a successful fiddler. No matter if you are an experienced player, or a complete beginner, the four versions of each tune will keep you challenged. Each tune has etudes that are...

(Mandolin Play-Along). The Mandolin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music, listen to the CD to hear how the mandolin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Standard notation and...

""Violin Playing As I Teach It"" is a book written by Leopold Auer, a renowned Hungarian violinist and teacher, in 1921. The book provides a comprehensive guide to violin playing, based on Auer's own teaching methods and experiences. It covers a range of topics,...

The most exhaustive study of the double bass violone accessible to English-speaking musical enthusiasts. This book includes lists of terminology, the most comprehensive bibliography to date, and 48 illustrations that make this a complete compendium of string bass research.Author: Alfred Planyavsky, James BarketISBN-10: 0810834480ISBN-13:...

In his preface, the author reminds the reader that this is not a book for the absolute beginner. Even the experienced player may not "get it" on first readinga given tune, but "You can expect to enjoy the process of learning...[and experience] the joy...

This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard...

How did a music instrument transplated to South America by colonial Jesuit missionaries earn the official designation as Paraguay's cultural national symbol? This ethnomusicological and organological study of the Paraguayan diatonic harp in the twentieth century tells its story as an emblematic national musical...

Author: Ben SalfieldISBN-10: 190890495XISBN-13: 9781908904959Publisher: Peacock PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2016Pages: 76Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.21d

Easy warmups focus on notes: Knowing the Notes for Cello helps you learn and remember the notes in first position. Using short exercises and pieces, each warm-up focuses on a specific note, reinforcing note-reading & strengthening beginning cello skills. The book ends with a...

(Instrumental Play-Along). The second edition of these play-along packs feature new songs and access to demonstration and backing tracks audio online Songs: Back to December * Blank Space * Fifteen * I Knew You Were Trouble * Love Story * Mean * Our Song...

(Reference). The vintage guitar collecting market continues to grow. This book is the first of its kind to report on Washburn guitars, mandolins, banjos and ukuleles made before 1940. It contains detailed information about more than 450 instrument styles, serial numbering schemes and estimated...

A collection of 29 folk and bluegrass songs selected to aid the beginning baritone uke player in playing strums suitable for diverse time signatures and tempos. Includse chord diagrams for the principal chords in each key plus instruction on tuning and playing position. An...

Author: Edmund S. J. Van Der StraetenISBN-10: 190433167XISBN-13: 9781904331674Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2011Pages: 832Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.93lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.75d

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative...

Mary Cyr addresses the needs of researchers, performers, and informed listeners who wish to apply knowledge about historically informed performance to specific pieces. Special emphasis is placed upon the period 1680 to 1760, when the viol, violin, and violoncello grew to prominence as solo...

A student of the world-renowned violinist Leopold Auer, Maia Bang acted as the maestro's teaching assistant and preserved his acclaimed methods of instruction in a series of manuals. The seven-volume collection covers every aspect of teaching and learning the instrument, from the beginning to...

(String). This classic method is combined into one convenient and value-priced edition.Author: Friedrich DotzauerISBN-10: 1423490886ISBN-13: 9781423490883Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2011Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 11.87h x 8.99w x 0.24d

Violoncello Method by F. A. Kummer, reprinted from original authoritative plates of G. Schirmer, Vol.1169, 1900, Plate 15256. 132pps of cello loveliness. Contains the exercises and Paganini etude in the back. Edited by Leo Schulz. Edition Fleury 2013.Author: Friedrich August KummerISBN-10: 154005781XISBN-13: 9781540057815Publisher: G....

(Violin Play-Along). The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the demonstration tracks to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The purchase price...

(Violin). Lindsey Stirling's version of the modern classic song "Hallelujah" composed by Leonard Cohen is arranged here for violin and piano. Includes a pull-out violin part.Author: Leonard CohenISBN-10: 1540079287ISBN-13: 9781540079282Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2009Pages: 4Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.80w x 0.30d

How To Play The Fife: A Comprehensive Guide To Playing The Fife With 10 Songs Suitable For Beginners "How To Play The Fife" is the ultimate beginner's guide to mastering the art of playing the fife. This concise and accessible book provides everything you...

Easy ukulele learning for adults of all ages step by step with audio and videos. Everything you need to start learning the ukulele right away along with detailed pictures, videos and lots of popular songs. The book is designed for any adult who wants...

(String Solo). For unaccompanied violin. Text in English and Spanish.Author: Otakar SevcikISBN-10: 0793554411ISBN-13: 9780793554416Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d

(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...

For the first time an urtext edition is available of Giovanni Bottesini's Duetto Fantasia on Bellini's I Puritani. This edition contains a complete authentic edition of this piece, including all the cut material from the original manuscript as a optional performance extra. This edition...

The Baritone Guitar (Low A Tuning) Chord Bible, with its 1,728 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths...

So you want to learn how to play the mandolin? the Mandolin: Dead Man's Tuning series is a collection of instructional books based on one of the easiest to learn tunings for the Mandolin, ADAD or DDAD. Avast landlubbers, Mandolin Dead Man's Tuning has...

So you want to learn how to play the mandolin? the Mandolin: Dead Man's Tuning series is a collection of instructional books based on one of the easiest to learn tunings for the Mandolin, ADAD or DDAD. Mandolin Dead Man's Tuning Is Back Learn...

"This is an essential book for those interested in renaissance instrumentation as well as for potential players." --Early Music Review"Sterling Scott Jones wrote a marvelous and very welcome work which can be warmly recommended to all musicians, musicologists, and instrument makers interested in early...

Fully learn this special skill: Half Position for the Cello teaches you to play in the position directly behind first position. Shifting back into half position and playing across strings are covered in depth. Half Position is often overlooked in cello methods, however is...

Introducing Third Position for the Viola!This book teaches the third position on the viola through exercises and relevant short pieces, each designed to teach a specific concept. Third Position for the Viola, Book One is a step-by-step method for introducing the position to you...

This easy Gypsy-style introduction takes you on a musical journey along theRomany Trail, assimilating the musical idioms of Eastern Europe and the Mideast.Here are the core nuggets of the flashy and exotic Gypsy style, distilled to their essence. Fun, easy Gypsy-style tunes; Authentic Gypsy...

Known around the world for his advocacy of early historical performance and as a skilled violin performer and pedagogue, Stanley Ritchie has developed a technical guide to the interpretation and performance of J. S. Bach's enigmatic sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Unlike typical...

Musical Bows of Southern Africa brings together current scholarly research that documents a rich regional diversity as well as cultural relationships in bow music knowledge and contemporary practices. The book is framed as a critical appraisal of traditional ethnomusicological studies of the region -...

This book is a short reference book for ukulele players; it includes many chord charts with other ideas and tips. It contains many illustrations which will provide handy information for the player. It is small-sized so as to fit in one's instrument case for...

(Ukulele). Perfect for singing, playing and listening, this book with online audio contains 38 songs that kids love! The book presents the melody, lyrics and uke chord frames for each song, and the accompanying audio features a full performance of each tune. Includes: Alphabet...

This vintage book contains a catalogue of the rare and antique violins offered for sale by the Lyon & Healy company of Chicago in 1917. For each piece there is provided an authentic photograph, as well as an expert description and other notable information....

This is the first book to address the full range of performance issues for the cello from the Baroque to the early Romantic period. The development of playing techniques and stylistic transitions are traced regionally through a comparison of Italian, French, German, English, and...

Improve your viola position playing!This book supplements Third Position for the Viola, Book One (a shifting method that introduces the positions) with exercises and short pieces that focus on increasing proficiency and note-reading in third position.Each short exercise teaches a note or skill and...

Designed for beginning fiddle students, these 36 lessons present basic techniques by applying them to fiddle tunes. Reading music is unnecessary, as the lessons are explained step by step, and fingerings are given for every note. Each version builds on the previous one and...

The hurdy-gurdy, or vielle, has been part of European musical life since the eleventh century. In eighteenth-century France, improvements in its sound and appearance led to its use in chamber ensembles. This new and expanded edition of The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France offers the...