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A complete survey of traditional banjo styles complete with tunings, playing tips, and the author's deft drawings. Progresses from easy tunes for the beginner to more difficult pieces. The styles include up-picking or Pete Seeger's basic strum; two-finger picking; three-finger picking; and what had...

Author: Tim QuinnISBN-10: 0786688327ISBN-13: 9780786688326Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2015Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.40d

Includes access to online audio and video content.Author: Craig DuncanISBN-10: 0786687940ISBN-13: 9780786687947Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2015Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.50w x 0.50d

Includes access code for online audio content.Author: John KingISBN-10: 0786687568ISBN-13: 9780786687565Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/27/2015Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.80w x 0.40d

The ukulele has had a place in American acoustic music for decades; recently, however, interest in the instrument has surged. Historically overlooked by traditional bluegrass groups, the ukulele - an indispensable component of many newgrass bands.Author: Ondrej SarekISBN-10: 0786682965ISBN-13: 9780786682966Publisher: Mel Bay PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Classics for Ukulele features 20 well-known classical pieces arranged for fingerpicking solo ukulele. Tunes include: Moonlight Sonata, Ave Maria, Ride of the Valkyries, Hungarian Dance No.4 and many more. Music in standard notation and tab.Author: Ondrej SarekISBN-10: 0786682310ISBN-13: 9780786682317Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished:...

Alfred Music's Ultimate Christmas Instrumental Solos series offers a versatile selection of Christmas music for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello. Each book contains carefully edited arrangements appropriate to each instrument, and well suited for...

Having had the fortune to study and collaborate with great artists and violin educators, such as Christian Ferras, Szymsia Bajour, Alberto Lysy, Lord Yehudi Menuhin and Zakhar Bron, Miguel Negri shares the invaluable teachings received with the new generations of violinists.Author: Miguel NegriISBN-10: 1388793512ISBN-13:...

(Instrumental Play-Along). Another great play-along collection of 15 Disney favorites, including: Arabian Nights * A Change in Me * Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride * I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme) * It's a Small World * Look Through My Eyes * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * Where the...

Tired of the same old exam pieces? Need a little light relief? Then here's the answer to your problems. Play it Again is a lively collection of favorite tunes, both new and old, expertly arranged for easy viola with upbeat, but playable, piano accompaniments....

For over 200 years, Antonio Stradivari has been universally regarded as the greatest violin maker who ever lived, yet it is not widely known that he made virtually every kind of bowed- and plucked-string instrument popular in the Baroque period, including lutes, viols, mandolins,...

This volume is one of the first to examine in detail the numerous violin treatises of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. It provides a scholarly historical and technical guide to violin pedagogical method, technique and performance practice during the most critical period in the...

For the rapidly growing thousands (both amateur and professional) who find the deepest satisfaction of life in playing chamber music, this is the only practical and authoritative guide.Beginning with such elementary problems as who should sit where, what kind of music stands to use,...

Winner of the Nicholas Bessaraboff PrizeMusical repertory of great importance and quality was performed on viols in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England. This is reported by Thomas Mace (1676) who says that 'Your Best Provision' for playing such music is a chest of old...

Pedro de Alcantara's The Integrated String Player: Embodied Vibration is a practical guide for all string players: violinists and violists, cellists and bassists, but also gamba players and anyone who makes music drawing a bow across a string. Dozens of exercises, supported by a...

Written for the cellist looking for an approach that demystifies cello playing, Cello, Bow and You is an innovative text in the field of string pedagogy written by a 40+ year veteran of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and certified teacher of the Alexander...

This book has been written for oud students who have completed the Oud Beginner Book. The principal maqamaat will be further analyzed with a higher level of risha and fingering technique such as the addition of a second octave and playing in the second...

Keep the scales you need in easy reach. Scales, modes, pentatonics and more. Never be lost to find a scale again.Banjo Scales Encyclopedia will grow your knowledge of scales and keep those hard to remember scales in easy reach. Now you don't have to...

(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 audio to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody and...

The Bass Clef intent is to practice the sight reading for electric bass, a subject that is underestimated by many players and feared by others.Progressive exercises that develop from the study of simpler rhythmic figures to more complex ones.Each element is analysed and reported...

13 works by Buxtehude, Bach, Hanff, Fischer and Otey for Concert, Church, and Lessons with Continuo Parts. Clear notation and introduction of ornamentation. Full permission included for copying of all parts: Solo Violin, Viola, or Cello, Keyboard, Continuo for Cello or Bassoon. Buy one...

Drawing on the principles of Francesco Geminiani and four decades of experience as a baroque and classical violinist, Stanley Ritchie offers a valuable resource for anyone wishing to learn about 17th-18th-and early 19th-century violin technique and style. While much of the work focuses on...

(Music Sales America). A thorough survey of three-finger picking classics of the early 1900s, transitional styles of the 1930s, and the Scruggs style of the 1940s and beyond. Includes over 75 bluegrass, old-time fiddle and classic tunes in tablature for 5-string banjo. Songs include:...

Pick and roll your way through bluegrass banjo basics The banjo nearly defines the bluegrass sound, and you'll be playing your own favorite tunes--or maybe writing some new ones--with the help of this book. Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies is the place to start if...

(Music Sales America). A complete instruction course covering basic and advanced techniques, this book includes 38 tunes and transcriptions in the styles of J.P. Fraley, Gaither Carlton, Lowe Stokes, Frank George and others in standard notation and fiddle tablature. Includes an extensive discography.Author: Alan...

The classic, comprehensive reference to the subject features a biographical dictionary of craftsmen, along with many of their signatures and marks. The new foreword by music scholar Benjamin Hebbert explains the important role British violin makers played in the development of the instrument.Author: W....

The Banjo Songs Book with 2 CDs, a follow-up to the Banjo Primer Deluxe Edition, contains 96 breaks to 30 bluegrass standard songs the way the pros play them. It helps the intermediate student quickly play with power, accent, and improved timing. It also...

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...

(Berklee Methods). Available for more than a dozen instruments, these coordinated method books teach how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively how to listen, interact and respond, improvise, and become part of the groove....

The banjo is emblematic of American country music, and it is at the core of other important musical movements, including jazz and ragtime. The instrument has been adopted by many cultures and has been ingrained into many musical traditions, from Mento music in the...

(Music Sales America). A complete guide to the 3-finger bluegrass styles. Basic right-hand patterns through many advanced techniques are covered. Includes 45 tablature arrangements from elementary to advanced, plus information on how to buy a banjo, playing in groups, and an annotated discography. The...

(Ukulele). This comprehensive, easy-to-use beginner's guide by uke master Lil' Rev is designed for anyone just learning to play baritone ukulele. It teaches: tuning; music reading and tablature; melody playing; chords & scales; strumming; tremolo; the history of the instrument; and much more Students...

Here's the quick way to get pickin' with the best of 'em The banjo is both a staple of old-time music and an instrument that makes frequent cameos in today's chart toppers. Whatever your musical leanings, Banjo For Dummies will show you how to...

(Guitar Collection). The latest release in our acclaimed Classic Jazz Masters series, this book features note-for-note transcriptions of 17 of the finest improvised jazz bass performances ever recorded. Includes: Blues Minor * Body and Soul * But Beautiful * Falling in Love with Love...

(Ukulele). Bluegrass Ukulele features 21 of the most popular bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes arranged for ukulele by Fred Sokolow. Each song comes with three tablature arrangements: one arrangement where you strum the chords and sing the tune; one where you play an instrumental...

(Chart). This second edition features a great collection of 92 Beatles tunes, including: All My Loving * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Eleanor Rigby * Golden Slumbers * A Hard Day's Night * Help * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude...

The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches, Robert B. Winans presents cutting-edge scholarship that covers the instrument's West African origins and its adaptations and circulation in...

(Ukulele). Ya mon 20 Marley favorites to strum on your uke, including: Buffalo Soldier * Could You Be Loved * Exodus * Get Up Stand Up * I Shot the Sheriff * Jamming * Lively Up Yourself * No Woman No Cry * One...

Improvise jazz on violin with a simple six-step methodMany string players come from a classical background which may not have taught them how to play by ear. While this can provide an excellent grounding in music, it doesn't teach you how to improvise, and...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). 12 songs from these classic rockers, including: Burning for You * Don't Fear the Reaper * Godzilla * and more.Author: Blue Oyster CultISBN-10: 0793561302ISBN-13: 9780793561308Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1996Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 11.98h x 9.02w x 0.29d

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...

Notation in Johannes Brahms's sonata scores tells violinists and pianists far more than merely what pitches to play and how long to play them--if read carefully, these scores reveal an immense amount of expression, both of musical and human essences. Joel Lester's Brahms's Violin...

Discover 15 classic Christmas songs arranged for beginner ukuleleThis ground-breaking ukulele song book contains 15 timeless Christmas songs that have been loved by families for generations.Arranged for beginner ukulele by maestro Daryl Kellie, these traditional Christmas carols start simple and gradually progress in difficulty...

Beethoven's Cello is the ideal companion for cellists, pianists, musicologists and chamber-music devotees desiring a comprehensive understanding of this beloved repertoire. Winner of the 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award In 1796 the young Beethoven presented his first two cello sonatas, Op. 5, at...

Did you know that a banjo's body is called a pot? Banjos with open pots make softer sounds. Discover more intriguing facts in Banjos, a Musical Instruments book.Author: Ruth DalyISBN-10: 1791116280ISBN-13: 9781791116286Publisher: Av2Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2020Pages: 24Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.70h x 8.50w x 0.40dAccelerated...

Lorraine Lee has been synonymous with the Appalachian dulcimer since the revival of interest in the 1960's. Her innovative style, artful performance, and gifted teaching have taken her from coast to coast and to Europe. During her years of playing, she has delighted audiences...

(Bass Method). Learn to use the entire fretboard with the Bass Scale Finder . This book contains over 1,300 scale diagrams for the most important 17 scale types, including major and minor scales, pentatonics, the seven major modes, diminished, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and...

Beginning Technique for the Cello gives you exercises that will improve your playing right from the beginning. Starting with just open string and first finger, the finger exercises help you get stronger and help your fingers move faster. The bowing exercises in this book...

A rich survey of all Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano. The first in over half a century to be devoted to a detailed analysis of the complete Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano, this book arose from the author's desire to pass on...

Improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises, and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational techniques and sounds. Develop your fingerboard versatility, and master harmonic and rhythmic ideas on the violin. The CD has demonstration...