How to Play Rhythm Guitar
This how-to guide offers lessons, licks, and tips drawn from the groove gurus in a wide range of classic and modern styles. Players will learn how to create their own memorable rhythm parts and emulate the styles of groove masters such as Keith Richards, Bob Marley, and Malcolm Young. Drawn from the pages of Guitar Player - with many of the lessons presented in the players' own words - the book presents must-have information on gear and recording, and covers hot topics such as effects and special tunings.
The Drum Handbook
THE DRUM HANDBOOK - BUYING MAINTAINING AND GETTING THE BEST FROM YOUR DRUM KIT SFT
Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends
GEAR SECRETS OF THE GUITAR LEGENDS BK/CD HOW TO SOUND LIKE YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS
Martin Taylor Beyond Chord Melody
Master Jazz Guitar Chord Melody with Virtuoso Martin Taylor MBEBeyond Chord Melody with Martin Taylor MBE condenses over 40 years of playing expertise and insight into this beautiful jazz guitar book. Learn from the internationally acclaimed master of jazz chord melody guitar as he guides you through his 7-step method to creating your own guitar arrangements. As a special bonus, 2 specially commissioned online videos are included, with Martin illustrating key techniques.What you'll learn: 7 steps to jazz chord melody guitar that will unlock your creativity How to make a chord melody arrangement of any jazz standard. How to play chords and solo at the same time. Overcome the common blocks that stifle your progress Build stunning jazz chord melody guitar arrangements The essential components of any jazz standard Break away from chord boxes and discover the freedom of polyphonic guitar playing Bonus 1: Learn a complete chord melody arrangement of an original tune to consolidate all the jazz guitar techniques and kick start your jazz chord melody guitar mastery. Bonus 2: Two exclusive videos with Martin Taylor that clearly demonstrate the most fundamental aspects of his jazz guitar style. Beyond Chord Melody Jazz Guitar Do you struggle to create your own beautiful jazz guitar chord melody arrangements? Do you want to find your own unique jazz guitar voice? Do you want to improvise spontaneous chord melody guitar solos Putting Creative Jazz Guitar Tools in Your Hands If you love jazz chord melody guitar, you've probably struggled to learn other people's arrangements, while struggling to create your own. Beyond Chord Melody teaches you Martin Taylor's own secret formula for creating instant jazz guitar arrangements and gives you the tools to master your guitar and create your own stunning chord melody arrangements. Here's What You Get: The definitive guide to jazz chord melody guitar, taught by virtuoso Martin Taylor A step by step method that starts simple and adds layers of complexity 2 specially commissioned videos from Martin Taylor Expert guidance on chord voicings, jazz guitar arrangements, jazz chords and soloing An original chord melody composition to put each lesson into context. Perfectly notated examples with tab and studio-quality audio to download for FREE. 7 Steps to Unlocking the Secrets of Solo Jazz Chord Melody Guitar Playing Beyond Chord Melody with Martin Taylor MBE is the antidote to formulaic guitar methods. His 7-step chord melody guitar system helps you "break out of the box" and is taught in a clear, concise manner. Martin Taylor's Beyond Chord Melody starts from basic jazz guitar theory and adds layer upon layer of detail to create your own, beautiful jazz guitar chord melody guitar arrangements. Hear it! Beyond Chord Melody guitar contains over 100 supporting audio examples, so you can hear exactly how each step in the process should sound. See it! In addition to the teaching in the book and the free audio, watch Martin demonstrating the techniques in two videos that are not available anywhere else online! Buy it now to begin creating your own beautiful chord melody guitar arrangements.
Rock Guitar Mode Mastery
An explosive guide to the modes for rock and metal guitar. It's time to shred!In Rock Guitar Mode Mastery YouTube legend Chris Zoupa presents his guide to the modes and shows how to creatively apply them to rock and shred metal guitar. A modal approach has resulted in some of the most iconic rock / metal tracks and guitar solos of all time. Yet, for many players, the modes are still shrouded in mystery.This book enables you to get right inside the music, understand how those rock and metal guitar parts are constructed, and begin to create your own. Chris Zoupa's no-nonsense, common sense guide shows us how to use each mode in its correct context. But, throughout this book, the focus is on making great music, not simply acquiring knowledge.Each chapter is presented in 4 parts: 1. Find the sound of the mode (what makes it different; sample songs to listen to)2. Play the scale in multiple positions and learn the chords of the mode3. Scale, pentatonic and arpeggio ideas to use with the mode4. Learn a collection of creative, non-clich矇d licks as a springboard to creating your own ideasWhat you'll learn: How to use the modes effectively for rock and shred metal guitar A clear guide that cuts through the confusion many have about modal guitar playing Scales, pentatonic patterns and arpeggios for each mode How the great rock and metal players use the modes to compose and improvise solos Licks in the style of Kirk Hammett, Michael Paget, Mark Tremonti, Alex Skolnick, Slash, Alexi Laiho, Paul Gilbert and many more! Creative ways of using modes so they don't sound like boring scales, along with numerous shred technique such as alternate picking, legato, sweep picking and tapping Rock Guitar Mode Mastery Would you like to play like the rock and metal greats, but find the modes baffling? Would you like a common sense guide that shows how to use the modes in REAL music? Would you like to extend your knowledge with some cool rock and shred techniques and licks? Your modal adventure starts here... Chris Zoupa writes, "The moment you begin to understand the modes and how to apply them is exciting and liberating. It will have a great effect on your composition of chord progressions, riffs and licks." In this book he passes on years of experience of modal playing in live situations, and teaching the modes to thousands of students. Here's What You Get: A step-by-step guide that explains each mode and how to use it in practical ways Dozens of exercises that focus on musical application and technique building Creative ways of using the modes to avoid clich矇s and make real music Great shred licks and tricks to expand your rock and shred vocabulary Perfectly notated examples with tab and studio-quality audio to download for FREE Hear it! Rock Guitar Mode Mastery comes complete with studio quality audio of the dozens of examples for each mode - all available to download for FREE, so you can hear how each one should sound. Buy it now and master the modes for rock and shred guitar!
Guitar Chords
Guitar Chords is an ideal reference guide for anyone learning how to play the guitar or for anyone who wants to brush up on their chord knowledge or even develop their song writing skills. This book features all of the most popular major and minor guitar chords from A-G which are used in a wide range of music styles, including rock, pop, folk and classical music. Each chord entry has a detailed colour diagram with colour-coded dots for each finger position, accompanied by explanatory text and a full colour photograph showing the chord being played on the guitar. Guitar Chords is a useful companion for any guitarist as this pocket-sized book can be carried with you anywhere, be it on a train, on holiday, at work or at home.
Piano For Kids Volume 2
This revolutionary way to teach music instantly is fun, fast and easy!Created by a music teacher in Brooklyn, NY, this method has opened the door to music for thousands of kids. Now proven around the world, you can watch your child flourish as a musician! It's as easy as matching colors on fingers, keys and notation that is simple color boxes. We recommend using colored dot stickers which you can find on Amazon. Or make your own with masking tape and crayons! Be sure to get the free downloads and videos at our website: www.musicolormethod.com
Crash!
From snares to cymbals, drums are taking over the stage in this first-ever collected look into some of the most famous drum kits of rock and roll history. Crash is the definitive Illustrated history of the drum kits of rock 'n' roll legends. Featuring images from live concerts, outdoor festivals, and private recording sessions, this spectacular volume captures the personal connection between artist and instrument. Along with the makes and models, each kit is accompanied by commentary about the history of the kit, its special characteristics, as well as its significance to rock history. Including photographs of Neil Peart, Carl Palmer, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, and many more, Crash is the ultimate photographic guide to the world of rock 'n' roll's most famous drum kits.
Performance Technical Guide of Makrokosmos
George Crumb often writes his music in a radical way for the piano, constantly asking the performer to play on the inside of the piano, a technique in which he is pretty much a pioneer. This book talks about the exploitation of a new and hitherto unexplored range of color that can be accessed with the hands and fingers inside the piano or by inserting sound-altering devices into the strings. However, he writes in textures and styles that clearly relate to Debussy and Chopin, particularly in his use of the sustaining pedal, and in the way, he sets up a layer of sustained sound through the pedal into which he then places his melodic and rhythmic ideas. He often mentions his indebtedness to these great masters of the past in his music program notes. He even sometimes quotes directly the music of Chopin or Beethoven within his own compositions. In that regard, Crumb sees his music in an evolutionary way. In George Crumbs piano music Makrokosmos Volume II, the pianist has the added issues of often having to play while standing, including playing on the keys and inside the piano while standing. These, and many other physical difficulties abound in this music, are dealt with throughout this technical guidebook.
Ultimate Shred Machine
The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Shred Guitar Technique with Chris Zoupa.In this no-nonse guide to shred guitar, seasoned teacher and YouTube sensation Chris Zoupa cuts through the mystery and misinformation that surrounds rock and metal guitar technique, and expertly guides you through the essential skills that will super-charge your playing.Drawing from the rich tapestry of shred guitar techniques - and the styles of the players who made them famous - this book provides a solid foundation for virtuoso guitar technique and picks up where other methods stop.You will learn: How to play flawless shred guitar, taught in an easy-to-follow manner The secrets of fast, alternate picking guitar technique How to sweep-pick arpeggios the right way, avoiding common mistakes Legato guitar technique in the styles of Satriani, Govan and Gilbert Exotic scale runs in the styles of Malmsteen, Skolnick and Laiho Neo-classical metal guitar exercises and licks Simple to advanced guitar tapping techniques Over 100 exercises and guitar licks with FREE supporting audio to download Great tips on guitar tone and use of distortion Shred like a Boss! Have you hit a brick wall when it comes to increasing your speed on guitar? Do you struggle with advanced shredding techniques such as sweep-picking and tapping? Would you like to learn the shred secrets that will help you break out of your rut? Discover... The right way to practise with a metronome to increase picking speed on guitar How to break down and master scary rhythms and time signatures How to avoid the sweep-picking mistakes all guitarists make How and when to use economy picking Over 100 exercises to help you nail perfect guitar technique whilst learning melodic lines How to spice up boring pentatonic licks with the addition of blue notes and create hybrid scales How to apply exotic scales, modes and arpeggios Hear it! All of the 100+ exercises in The Ultimate Shred Machine have studio-quality supporting audio which is FREE to download, so you can hear exactly ow each example should sound. Buy it now and start your journey to shred guitar mastery
Festive Noels for Organ
From seasoned organist/choirmaster Albin C. Whitworth comes this collection containing exquisite settings of favorite carols. From triumphant to tender, these playable arrangements will be appreciated and enjoyed. Titles: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * There's a Song in the Air * O Come, All Ye Faithful * O Holy Night * Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming * and more.
Flute Secrets
(Music Sales America). Flute Secrets tells you everything you need to know about being a flautist. This innovative volume presents indispensable guidance for all flute players, from choosing the right instrument and tips on how to practice, to establishing a professional career and becoming a flute teacher. In Flute Secrets renowned educator and master musician Trevor Wye shares a lifetime's worth of knowledge and experience, enriched with music examples, illustrations and diagrams. With over 200 pages of advice, this book makes the perfect gift for students, teachers or professionals. Flute Secrets covers: * The Instrument * Educational Assistance * Professional Strategies *Teaching Strategies * Aural Skills, Flute Tuning and repairs * and more!
Let's Play Piano
LET'S PLAY PIANO - easy piano songs for children and young beginnersPiano sheet music with big print and lots of teaching tips to help kids learn tunes easily!Even the youngest beginner will enjoy learning to play with this inspiring and colourful book. This collection of songs has been carefully selected and arranged in order of difficulty with lots of tips and guidance to help young children as they learn.Note: This book is for complete beginners and the tunes are VERY easy! Popular folk songs, nursery rhymes and Christmas carols including: ....Au Clair de la LuneTwinkle Twinkle Little StarFr矇re JacquesYankee DoodleWe Three KingsHappy BirthdayKum Bah YaWhen the Saints Go Marching In....and many more!This book is ideal for parents helping their children to learn with lots of guidance throughout, including: Note learning - how to read and play with the right and left handsTechnique and fingering suggestionsAural skillsFun quizzes to test music theory knowledgeEasy to follow, with well-known, carefully graded songsHeather Milnes is a U.K. based pianist and composer. She teaches piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone and classical guitar and has written over 50 educational books for piano and other instruments. Her arrangements of piano songs are all tested on her students to ensure that they are easy to play and sound beautiful.
The Blues Guitar Looper Pedal Book
The looper pedal is ideally suited for the blues genre! Most styles of blues have repeating chord progressions like the twelve-bar blues making it perfect for looping. Guitarist Brent Robitaille has created two, four, eight, twelve, and sixteen bar multi-layered loops divided into four to five separate layers or parts. Each loop contains riffs or a melody, a bass line, chords, and a rhythm pattern. Get your loops sounding better with the "ten tips for making great loops" and also improve your solos with the "ten tips for making great solos." Also included: full blues scales and standard blues chord progressions in all keys, blues strumming patterns, chord spelling charts, fingerboard charts, and a section on how to play slide guitar with exercises. This book serves two functions: how to use your looper pedal musically and efficiently to create blues loops for soloing and performing, and how to overall improve your blues guitar playing. The first book of its kind and a welcome addition for any guitarist looking to expand their blues playing using a looper pedal.
Jost Nickel`s Fill Book
This book is for anybody who wants to discover the big, wide world of drum fills. You'll find plenty of fill concepts to inspire you and enable you to understand the essential theory behind them so you can create your own drum fills. Step by step, Jost introduces rhythmic concepts that can be used universally on different levels and in every musical situation. He presents orchestration ideas, phrasings, and exercises focusing on dynamics and accents. He shows the different subdivisions that are essential for drum-fill playing and fills for binary and ternary grooves such as shuffles. Ideas on switch & path orchestration, diddle kicks, and clockwise & counterclockwise playing will enrich your drumming, as will step-hit-hi-hat, hand & foot rolls, cymbal chokes, stick shots, and many more. The JOST NICKEL'S FILL BOOK comes with an MP3 CD so you can hear many of the recorded fills in different tempos. Additionally, for those fills where you need to see how to move, there are twenty videos online. A 12-page insert containing reading texts completes the concept of this book. Jost and Alfred Music wish you a lot of fun and success with the JOST NICKEL'S FILL BOOK. ANIKA NILLES, famous female drummer, says about Jost's fill book: A great book for all of us ... I find Jost's fill book very inspiring for my own playing and I highly recommend it!" MATT HALPERN, voted as "The Best Metal Drummer" by Modern Drummer magazine: "One of the things I love most about Jost's playing is his approach to drum fills. His use of flams, cymbal accents, and melodic placements are just a few components that make his musical style so exciting to see and hear." MIKE JOHNSTON, Clinician/Educator of the Year 2016: "Jost is teaching you the deeper concepts that allow the fills to exist in the first place. Amazing book by a world class player!" CHRIS COLEMAN, drummer with Prince, Chaka Khan, and many more: "Not only is Jost one of my favorite humans, he's a methodical and practical BEAST of a Musician & Drummer. This book will show you ALL of that."
500 Guitar Chords
In Guitar Chords: A Fretboard Sticker Book, you'll learn how to set up your guitar and practice finger picking and strumming patterns. Use the stickers to assign colors to each chord on the fretboard, and you'll create an easy-to-use visual guide that will enable you to practice with ease. As your skills progress and your repertoire expands, you'll be ready to perform a wide variety of songs with confidence.
Learn Guitar
Learning to play the electric guitar is a long, sometimes challenging, journey. Learn Guitar smooths the bumps along the way with a presentation of all the facts, professional tutorials, and 98 tracks of instruction. Whether you're strumming campfire cords or shredding on a Flying V, Learn Guitar is an excellent resource for any beginning guitar player. This insightful guide comes with a two-part book, plus a 98-track CD; which all add up to a comprehensive overview of the instrument. The first portion of the book, Facts, offers comprehensive information on every significant maker and model in the history of the guitar. Meticulously compiled and beautifully illustrated, you will get to know the essential instrument makers with all the facts, figures, and detail you need. This is a history that comes with full details of all the principal models along with insider information and dozens of high-quality photographs of great electric instruments. The second portion, Tutor, presents a step-by-step course in playing the electric guitar in many modern styles, including rock, metal, pop, funk, and Americana. Master today's hottest electric guitar styles with this progressive program of riffs, licks, and exercises. A 98-track CD and media available online accompanies the tutor with a full program of graded exercises, professionally played and recorded, to help you make rapid progress. Listen and learn with a packed program of playing essentials to help you get more from your music.
Sonatas, Opp. 1, 14, 28, 29
Sergei Prokofiev's nine piano sonatas span the years 1907 to 1953. This collection, edited by Thomas Schumacher, addresses the first four of these masterworks: Op. 1 (in F minor), Op. 14 (in D minor), Op. 28 (in A minor), and Op. 29 (in C minor). In prefatory matter, Schumacher discusses Prokofiev's compositional style and the form of each sonata, in addition to analyzing the various themes and compositional nuances of each work. Helpful fingering and pedaling suggestions are also offered in this comprehensive, clearly engraved edition. Thomas Schumacher, professor emeritus of piano at the Eastman School of Music, has toured and lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, China, Taiwan, and Japan. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School.
Organs for America
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Selections from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Relive the wonder of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with this spectacular souvenir folio, loaded with full-color photos from the film. Fantastic Beasts marks a new era in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, which takes place decades before Harry Potter. Filled with spells and mysterious dark forces, the story follows Magizoologist Newt Scamander and an unlikely band of heroes as they recover magical beasts that have accidentally escaped the hidden dimensions of Newt's deceptively nondescript leather case and are loose in 1920s New York. This Easy Piano collection by prolific popular-music arranger Dan Coates makes memorable themes from the movie accessible to students at the intermediate level. Helpful fingering suggestions and pedaling indications are included. Titles: Newt Says Goodbye to Tina / Jacob's Bakery * A Man and His Beasts * Blind Pig * End Titles Pt. 2: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them * Kowalski Rag.
Abracadabra Recorder Book 1 (Pupil’s Book)
Abracadabra Recorder Books 1-4 is the ideal repertoire series for descant recorders. Each book includes graded solo and multi-part songs and tunes starting with five-note tunes such as Shepherds' Hey and working up to more challenging classics such as You are my Sunshine and The Wombling Song. Clear fingering diagrams and notation explanations are given at each stage.Abracadabra Recorder Books 1-4 is the ideal repertoire series for descant recorders. Each book includes graded solo and multi-part songs and tunes starting with five-note tunes such as Shepherds' Hey and working up to more challenging classics such as You are my Sunshine and The Wombling Song. Clear fingering diagrams and notation explanations are given at each stage.Abracadabra Recorder Book 1 is a graded collection for the beginner on descant recorder. 23 songs and tunes using from three to eight notes.
Guitar Amplifier Encyclopedia
This book is for the fans of guitar amplifiers and the history that lies behind them. Starting with early amp models like the Gibson EH-150 that was first used with Gibson's EH-150 lap-steel guitar and later the Charlie Christian ES-150 guitar, it then delves into the development of Fender, Vox, and Orange amps, and goes right up to the modern boutique designers like Industrial, Dr. Z, Fargen and Fuchs. Also featured are such tube amp classics as the Seymour Duncan Convertible head, ahead of its time in offering tube-switching before THD Amps existed. Other amp designers profiled include: -Carvin-Danelectro/Silvertone-Engel-Epiphone-Premier-Roland-Seymour Duncan-And many, many more! Emmy Award-winning guitarist, composer, and producer Brian Tarquin takes on the unique subject matter of the electric guitar's sidekick and partner-in-crime to create this informative and enthralling reference guide. Interviews with various amp makers as well as players, and a foreword by Michael Molenda (Guitar Player magazine), will all bring the reader closer to those glowing tubes and tones. Guitar Amplifier Encyclopedia provides an expansive education on all the best amps' every nuance, and how they each changed the history of sound! Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Poco Piano for Young Children
Book 1 introduces the child to the keyboard, staves, clefs, simple time signatures, note values, and rests. Reading encompasses notes to a 5th above and a 5th below Middle C. The notes A and E are introduced first, played by a braced 3rd finger of each hand. This encourages free movement of the whole arm from the shoulder, and develops a natural, balanced hand position, before the 5-finger position is gradually mastered. The first line of the treble staff and the fifth line of the bass staff are highlighted, and further lines are similarly treated as the child learns more notes. Staccato, slurs, ties, upbeats, and repeat signs are all experienced in Book 1. Tempo and dynamic markings encourage musical playing, and are in English, in order to avoid knowledge overload."
The Bass Book
In California in the early '50s, the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known known it then, but the Precision Bass would start a revolution in the sound of popular music. This book explains how that revolution happened and how its reverberations are still felt today. The two-guitars-bass-and-drums lineup that would define pop music found its heart with the Fender bass. In the coming decades, the bass guitar provided the solid foundation upon which much modern music is still built. The Bass Book is the first to study its story, with the full lowdown of the most important bass players and bass makers. Brands featured in the book include Alembic, Danelectro, Epiphone, Fender, Fodera, Gibson, Hofner, Ibanez, Lakland, Line 6, Music Man, Peavey, Rickenbacker, Sadowsky, Spector, Squier, Steinberger, Wal, Warwick, and Yamaha. Original interviews with makers of bass guitars from the past and present illuminate the book, with the popular establishment of the bass during the '60s and '70s examined in detail, along with more recent developments such as the popularity of the five-string bass. There is an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney and other bassists who feature in the story, including Stanley Clarke, Flea, James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, and Robert Trujillo. Dozens of unusual, desirable, and rarely seen basses are presented in high-quality photos. A reference section provides a wealth of information on the key makers. The Bass Book has all you need to know about the story of the bass guitar in one stylish, readable volume, and this revised and refreshed third edition brings the story right up to date.
Guitar for Dummies
The bestselling guide now updated with video demonstrations and audio tracks online The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you everything a beginning or intermediate acoustic or electric guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it. Fully revised and updated, with online video and audio clips that help you learn and play along, you'll explore everything from simple chords and melodies to more challenging exercises that are designed to satisfy players of all levels. Additionally, new players can dive into the basics of guitar and accessory selection. Whether you prefer the cool sounds of the acoustic or the edgier tones of the electric, your guitar will get a lot of use as you play your way through the lessons presented in this integral book. But your journey doesn't stop at the last page! With an updated multimedia component, you have access to more than 80 online videos and 35 audio tracks that help build your talent. Play along with online videos and audio tracks to develop and reinforce your new skills Tune your guitar, change strings, and make simple repairs to keep your instrument in working order Choose the right guitar and equipment for your needs Explore numerous musical styles, including rock, blues, jazz, and country Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition guides you in the development of your strumming talent--and who knows where that can take you!
Carcassi - Melodic and Progressive Etudes, Op. 60
Classical guitarists, both students and professional performers, require the same high-quality editions that their pianist colleagues have come to expect from Alfred Music. Our Classical Guitar Masterwork Editions continue the Alfred tradition of providing carefully edited, beautifully presented music for practice and performance. This edition of Carcassi's Melodic and Progressive Etudes, Op. 60 includes the thoughtful fingerings of Aaron Shearer, who was one of the most widely recognized and respected classical guitar teachers in America. These studies have long been a cornerstone of the technical and musical development of classical guitar students everywhere. In this edition, Thomas Kikta, Kami Rowan, and Ricardo Cobo---all former students of Aaron Shearer and renowned guitarists in their own right---contribute performance notes and advice that Shearer provided his students as they studied this repertoire. For the first time, Shearer's approach to fingering and performance of these important etudes is available in print. A recording of all the etudes performed by classical guitar virtuoso Ricardo Cobo is included and can be streamed online or downloaded.
Piano Duet Repertoire, Second Edition
Since the 1981 publication of the first edition, Cameron McGraw's Piano Duet Repertoire has been a trusted guide for duet performers. This second edition, edited and substantially expanded by Christopher and Katherine Fisher, brings the volume into the 21st century, adding over 500 new or updated composer entries and nearly 1,000 new work entries to the volume, a testament to the renewed interest in piano duet playing. Entries are arranged alphabetically by composer and include both pedagogical and concert repertoire. The annotations and the grade-level indications provide piano teachers a wealth of instructional guidance. The book also contains updated appendices listing collections and duet works with voice and other instruments. This new edition features a title index and a list of composers by nationality, making it a convenient and indispensable resource.
More Graded Studies for Flute
More Graded Studies for Flute, Book One highlight study repertoire from established flute composers alongside exciting new material not seen before, plus specially composed studies by Sally Adams, Paul Harris, and others. Each study lists its key ingredients and invites players at grades 1 to 4 to consider additional key elements as well. This enables teachers and students to link the studies to their current repertoire and technical work in a truly simultaneous learning way.
Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 1, Piano
A Piece a Week Piano, Grade 1 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve Your Sight-Reading! graded piano books to support and improve the reading skills fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun, short pieces are specifically written to be learned one per week. By continually reading accessible new repertoire, the crucial processing of information and hand-eye coordination are established and improved, developing confident sight-reading.
The Lang Lang Piano Method, Level 2
Join the super hero world of Lang Lang and come on a piano adventure with The Lang Lang Piano Method, Level 2. Level 2 builds on the first book by introducing eighth notes (quavers), simple hands together, and thumb-under technique. The five progressive books in The Lang Lang Piano Method provide a unique and imaginative way for complete beginners to learn the piano with the world's most successful concert pianist, Lang Lang. There's plenty to play all around the keyboard right from the start. Fun, imaginative pieces develop the left and right hands equally, and supporting audio features exclusive performances by Lang Lang of the concert pieces. Musicianship is developed through theory pages and listening to exclusive performances by Lang Lang of piano classics for children. I've written The Lang Lang Piano Method to inspire today's kids with my passion for the piano." ---Lang Lang"
Learn How to Play the Electric Guitar
This volume explains all the techniques of electric guitar playing, from basic set-ups to advanced scales and modes. The book features information about influential electric guitar heroes, such as Chuck Berry, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Steve Howe, Bob Marley, Mark Knopfler, Angus Young, and many more.
How to Play Lead Alto Saxophone in a Big Band
Improvisation is at the heart of Jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correct in a large Jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Lead Alto Saxophone in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, examples, and a play along CD to help you put it all together. The repertoire covers many jazz styles from Basie to Latin and African-influenced music, to ECM and contemporary jazz (the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Brookmeyer, etc.).
Top Hits from TV, Movies & Musicals Instrumental Solos
This series offers a versatile selection of 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 is well suited for level 2-3 students. The online media includes a fully orchestrated demo track of each song, which features a live instrumental solo performance, followed by a play-along track. Also included are PDFs of piano accompaniments, and Alfred's Tempo Changer Software. Titles: A Whiter Shade of Pale (The Sopranos) * All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor) * Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Arthur) * As Time Goes By (Casablanca) * Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) * Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day) * Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino) * Can't Fight the Moonlight (Coyote Ugly) * Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King) * Concerning Hobbits (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) * Cool Kids (Echosmith) * Corpse Bride (Main Title) (Corpse Bride) * Diamonds Are Forever (Diamonds Are Forever) * Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (The Wizard of Oz) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Falling Slowly (Once) * Fame (Fame) * Follow the Yellow Brick Road (The Wizard of Oz) * For Your Eyes Only (For Your Eyes Only) * Ghostbusters Theme (Ghostbusters) * Goldfinger (Goldfinger) * Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) * He's a Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) * Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) * I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Armageddon) * In Dreams (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) * James Bond Theme (Dr. No) * Let It Go (Frozen) * Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me) * Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) * Roar (Katy Perry) * (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) * See You Again (Furious 7) * Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) * Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) * Star Wars (Main Theme) (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) * Summertime (Porgy and Bess) * The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Main Title) * The Great Escape (Main Title) * The Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston) * The Magnificent Seven (Main Title) * The Notebook (Main Title) * The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli) * The Windmills of Your Mind (The Thomas Crowne Affair) * Theme from Superman * We Are Young (fun.) * You Only Live Twice (You Only Live Twice) * You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban) * You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story).
Music for Little Mozarts Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 2
The Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 2 reinforces note-reading skills based on the concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 2. Each page has two activities---a written activity and a playing example. The written activity reinforces notes on the keyboard and staff through coloring, circling, drawing, or matching. The sight-play examples help students relate notes and musical concepts to performance on the keyboard, move out of fixed hand positions, and identify melodic and rhythm patterns.
Flute Soneando
This method includes the technical and stylistic aspects that are of interest to the flutist wishing to become acquainted with the world of Latin music. It focuses on the technical aspects of the clave, articulations, embellishments and the like, presented along with exercises, examples, and the analysis of flute solos.
Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer
If you are a drummer looking to expand your knowledge of musical styles, Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer is the book for you. From pop to country, metal to jazz, and Latin to Motown, Jim Riley (drummer and musical director for Rascal Flatts) has crammed his considerable stage and studio experience into this amazing resource. The book includes 124 play-along tracks which were meticulously recorded with just the right musicians for each recording, creating an authentic and inspiring library. Tempo software and audio performance of each of the 318 grooves are also included making learning these grooves even easier. From beginner to advanced, this book truly has something for everyone. If you dream of taking your drumming to the next level, Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer is the book that can help you make that a reality. For the first time, groove tracks are now downloadable, so you'll have everything you need in one place.
Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Complete
Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course is the #1 best-selling guitar method for kids! This award-winning (Best Product of the Year" ---Disney's iParenting Media Award) method is the easiest guitar method ever for kids ages 5 and up. This complete edition combines levels 1 and 2 with the activity pages of the Notespeller. Each lesson on every colorful page is explained in plain language that's easy to understand; plus, you get to learn from three irresistible guitar experts---a clever, classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues. They draw attention to what's important on each page and help you learn by making music fun! Parents can be effective guides to help you through this course, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. You can stream or download the accompanying video and audio to see demonstrations and hear how the music should sound. Also included is easy-to-use computer software that lets you watch the music on-screen as it plays, speed it up, slow it down---it's up to you! Get ready to take your first and best step toward a lifetime of musical enjoyment!"
A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody
A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody should be seen as a method to help the artist to develop his or her own way when trying to improvise chromatically. Through the concepts and examples offered, the improvisor should be able to use this material alongside already familiar tonal ideas. Specifically, the book serves as a guide for organizing chromaticism into a coherent musical statement meant to satisfy both the intellectual and emotional needs of artistic creation. The reader will be introduced to more than one way of conceiving chromatic lines and harmonies. There is nothing theoretically complex or new in the text---it is the organization of the material as well as many musical examples and transcriptions (Bach, Scriabin, Coltrane, Shorter, Hancock, Beirach, Liebman) which should serve to inspire musicians to expand their usual diatonic vocabulary. This book also provides insight into the style of playing that David Liebman is known for. In addition, the book contains 100 assorted solo lines and 100 chord voicings.
Twelve-tone Improvisation
Twelve-Tone Improvisation is a novel approach to jazz improvisation with twelve tones by the saxophonist John O'Gallagher. The author is an active member of the New York avant-garde scene and a popular workshop lecturer. His new method combines jazz harmonies and twelve-note melodies into an exciting new tonal language. The edition is completed by numerous exercises for all instruments.
2,000 Guitars
2,000 Guitars will introduce you to a lengthy list of the most incredible instruments from all over the world, including all your favorite makes, models and guitar styles you've never seen before. With guitars you've never seen in your life, this collection is a must-have for any guitar enthusiast or beginner. Not only is this volume the go-to place for classic guitar styles, bass guitars are a featured item in the catalogue. From Fender to Gibson and everything in between, this book highlights some of the most popular guitars of recent years as well as historical instruments.The incredible array of featured instruments is arranged alphabetically by maker/manufacturer for easy access. For convenient browsing, sections are further organized by subdivisions, including solid-bodied guitars, semi-solid-bodied guitars, acoustic guitars, and bass guitars. Gorgeous, high quality photos only further enhance the presentation of the beautiful instruments inside 2,000 Guitars.This book is a well-designed, organized and thorough collection of the most beautiful and interesting guitars on the planet. Clean, modern spreads featuring high-quality, professional photos showcase thousands of full-color photographs of the world's most coveted guitars. 2,000 Guitars is the must-have book for any guitar collector or historian in your life.
