Offered here are all the basics many of the secrets and tricks of Lightnin's deeply accomplished deeply simple accoustic Texas boogie guitar style. This lesson also features rare video footage of Lightnin' from the 1950s and1960s.

First Lessons Rock Guitar- Finally a method that gets students started on the essentials of guitar while focusing on the material every rock guitarist should know. Subjects include power chords rock scales rock soloing reading tab and standard notation open chords accompaniment strum patterns and rock licks. Designed to educate students about guitar essentials this lesson makes the learning fun. Chord progressions and melodies similar to rock classics make this text a must for aspiring rock guitarists. The accompanying CD gives students the opportunity and hear and play along with the pros. Finally a method that gets students started on the essentials of guitar while focusing on the material every rock guitarist should know. Subjects include power chords rock scales rock soloing reading tab and standard notation open chords accompaniment strum patterns and rock licks. Designed to educate students about guitar essentials this lesson makes the learning fun. Chord progressions and melodies similar to rock classics make this text a must for aspiring rock guitarists. The accompanying CD gives students the opportunity and hear and play along with the pros.

This piano method for beginners by experienced author and teacher Gail Smith makes music interesting and fun while covering the important skills needed to become a great pianist. Appropriate for beginners ages 8 and up it is inclusive integrating theory scales and exercises step by step with a variety of musical styles. It is practical and educationally sound. Each book develops the gifts and creativity of all students using improvisation techniques folk songs original songs a duet hymns and much more in one book per level. Gail Smith's signature palindrome exercises build sight-reading skill. -Using this method book makes teaching easier than ever. -There area variety of songs for the student to play as they progress along. -Scales chords and exercises are included throughout each book. -Theory lessons and musical terms are interspersed with lesson material. -Students will enjoy the selections that are designed to maximize their ability. -Each book ends with a final quiz and a certificate of completion. This piano method for beginners by experienced author and teacher Gail Smith makes music interesting and fun while covering the important skills needed to become a great pianist. Appropriate for beginners ages 8 and up it isinclusive integrating theory scales and exercises step by step with a variety of musical styles. It is practical and educationally sound. Each book develops the gifts and creativity of all students using improvisationtechniques folk songs original songs a duet hymns and much more in one book per level. Gail Smith's signature palindrome exercises build sight-reading skill. --Using this method book makes teaching easier than ever. --Thereare a variety of songs for the student to play as they progress along. --Scales chords and exercises are included throughout each book. --Theory lessons and musical terms are interspersed with lesson material. --Students willenjoy the selections that are designed to maximize their ability. --Each book ends with a final quiz and a certificate of completion.

With the Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam series you are never without a jamming partner! This two-hour DVD is packed with flatpicking jam session favorites (11 tunes on each DVD). Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow slow/medium medium/fast and fast) so that you can work on your tone timing note clarity and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. At each tempo Brad takes a solo thenplays rhythm so you can take your solo. At the three higher tempos Brad swaps solos and rhythm with you twice. This gives you the opportunity to practice your solo and rhythm seven times on every tune. On each tune Brad plays avariety of rhythmic and lead styles. A bass line and mandolin chop accompany every song at every tempo and chord changes are indicated on-screen (for the slow tempo). The tunes presented in Volume 4 are: Flowers ofEdinburgh Shady Grove John Henry Texas Gales Home Sweet Home Crazy Creek Leather Britches Cotton Patch Rag Eighth of January and Flop-Eared Mule.

Arranged For Fingerstyle Guitar-Using nine classic Grateful Dead tunes Fred Sokolow show you how to play fingerpicking backup while singing: how to play an instrument solo and how to begin and end a tune. Along the way you'll learn a lot about backup patterns soloing ideas and chord position. Music Of The Grateful Dead Arranged For Fingerstyle Guitar contains a 56-page book and 2 CDs with 90 minutes of note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction. Using nine classic Grateful Dead tunes FredSokolow show you how to play fingerpicking backup while singing how to play an instrument solo and how to begin and end a tune. Along the way you'll learn a lot about backup patterns soloing ideas and chord position. Anexcellent introduction to performing fingerstyle Guitar.

Hailed by The New York Times as Fresh Hot and Headed for Fame The Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo explores the farthest reaches of the ensemble literature performing and recording the premieres of many new works. As the ensemble-in-residence at New York's Mannes College of Music the duos concert tours have taken them to forty-nine states as well as to Asia Europe South America Canada and the Caribbean. Newman and Oltman have collaborated with such diverse artists as mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade and folk singer Sally Rogers violinist Arnold Steinhardt and fiddler Jay Ungar Celtic artist Seamus Egan and the Lark and TurtleIsland String Quartets. The duo'sten critical praised recordings for MusicMasters/BMG and Sheffield Lab Audiophile reveal the extraordinary stylistic and cultural breadth of their repertoire. For this artist series video Newman and Oltman perform eight Albeniz masterpieces: the complete original Suite espanola (Grandad Sevilla Cuba Cataluna) Tango Rumores de la Caleta (Malaguena) Prelude (Asturias/Leyenda) from Cantos de Espana and the hauntily beautiful Asturie. The music for all of the pieces preformed here is available from Mel Bay Publications as well as with additional selections on the Music Masters BMG CD: Cantos de Espana/Songs of Spain. Hailed by The New York Times as Fresh Hot and Headed for Fame The Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo explores the farthest reaches of the ensemble literature performing and recording the premieres of many new works. As theensemble-in-residence at New York's Mannes College of Music the duos concert tours have taken them to forty-nine states as well as to Asia Europe South America Canada and the Caribbean. Newman and Oltman have collaboratedwith such diverse artists as mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade and folk singer Sally Rogers violinist Arnold Steinhardt and fiddler Jay Ungar Celtic artist Seamus Egan and the Lark and TurtleIsland String Quartets. The duo'sten critical praised recordings for MusicMasters/BMG and Sheffield Lab Audiophile reveal the extraordinary stylistic and cultural breadth of their repertoire. For this artist series video Newman and Oltman perform eightAlbeniz masterpieces: the complete original Suite espanola (Grandad Sevilla Cuba Cataluna) Tango Rumores de la Caleta (Malaguena) Prelude (Asturias/Leyenda) from Cantos de Espana and the hauntily beautiful Asturie. Themusic for all of the pieces preformed here is available from Mel Bay Publications as well as with additional selections on the Music Masters BMG CD: Cantos de Espana/Songs of Spain.

This is a challenging set of three lessons presenting a variety of tunes from string band rags to classic rags to novelty instrumentals. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction. LESSON ONE: Two New Orleans standards are presented in this lesson. Both are played in the key of C with a style that combines an alternating bass with single-string runs and counterpoint lines. Mabel's Dream was popularized by the King Oliver Band. High Society is a well known Mardi Gras instrumental. LESSON TWO: Two rags are presented in this lesson. We begin in a dropped D tuning with the classic rag Powder Rag. This is followed by an arrangement of the 1928Dallas String Band recording of Dallas Rag. This combines alternating bass with counterpoint techniques and single-string runs.LESSON THREE: One of Rev. Davis's most popular show instrumentals was Soldier's March. It has sections played in the keys of F and C and is a challenging guitar solo that takes the listener from early morning to lights out in the day of a soldier. This is a challenging set of three lessons presenting a variety of tunes from string band rags to classic rags to novelty instrumentals. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction. LESSON ONE: Two New Orleans standards are presented in this lesson. Both are played in the key of C with a style that combines an alternating bass with single-string runs and counterpoint lines. Mabel's Dream was popularized bythe King Oliver Band. High Society is a well known Mardi Gras instrumental. LESSON TWO: Two rags are presented in this lesson. We begin in a dropped D tuning with the classic rag Powder Rag. This is followed by an arrangement ofthe 1928 Dallas String Band recording of Dallas Rag. This combines alternating bass with counterpoint techniques and single-string runs. LESSON THREE: One of Rev. Davis's most popular show instrumentals was Soldier's March. It hassections played in the keys of F and C and is a challenging guitar solo that takes the listener from early morning to lights out in the day of a soldier.

ShowTrax CD-Based on the achingly beautiful Eva Cassidy recording this Sting song features a delicate arpeggiated accompaniment and the pure simple vocal lines in a stunning arrangement by Roger Emerson. Available separately: SATB SAB and SSA. ShowTrax CD also available. Performance Time: Approx. 4:15To accompany the various arrangements of this work arranged by Roger Emerson.

For unaccompanied violin. Otakar Sevcik (1852-1934) was a Czech violinist and pedagogue who taught Violin at the Vienna Music Academy and the Prague Conservatory. Published in 4 books his School Of Violin Technics (Op. 1) is considered to be one of the best collections of technical Violin development exercises ever written. Intended for relatively advanced students the series addresses all aspects of Violin technique for both right and left hands. Book 1 consists of exercises in the first position while subsequent volumes look at further positions shifting between positions and double-stopping. Edited by Phillipp Mittell.

ChoirTrax CD-Available for the first time! The Lord's Prayer by Albert Hay Malotte is now available in the key of C with a recorded accompaniment available on CD and orchestra score and parts. Ideal for church and sacred concertperformance. Available for SATB SAB SSA and 2-Part. ChoirTrax CD available. Orchestral Pak also available. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30The CD of backing tracks to accompany The Lord's Prayer by Albert Hay Malotte in the key of C.

This CD contains a full set of instrumental accompaniments for Mac Huff's choral arrangements of For Good from the musical Wicked .

The simplest bluegrass banjo book ever written. It can teach anyone to play we promise! Includes instruction CD with 99 tracks. We guarantee this book will get you started playing bluegrass banjo. Wayne Erbsen: Bluegrass Banjo For The Complete Ignoramus is the simplest bluegrass Banjo book ever written. Includes instruction CD with 99 tracks. Guaranteed to get you started playing bluegrassBanjo.

Includes: Take the 'A' Train A Time for Love The Twist I Loves Porgy Get Back Meditation. Includes: Take The 'A' Train A Time For Love The Twist I Loves Porgy Get Back Meditation.

The A Dozen a Day Songbook series contains wonderful Broadway movie and pop hits that may be used as companion pieces to the memorable technique exercises in the A Dozen a Day series. Also suitable as supplements with ANY method! Songs in the Preparatory Book include: The Bare Necessities · Do-Re-Mi · Getting to Know You · Heart and Soul · Little April Shower · Part of Your World · The Surrey with the Fringe on Top · Swinging on a Star · The Way You Look Tonight · Yellow Submarine. The A Dozen A Day Songbook series contains wonderful Broadway movie and pop hits that may be used as companion pieces to the memorable technique exercises in the A Dozen A Day series. Also suitable as supplements with any method. Songs in A Dozen A Day Songbook: Piano - Preparatory Book/Online Audio include The Bare Necessities Do-Re-Mi Little April Shower Part of Your World and The Way You Look Tonight .

Super Playalong' comes up with 10 fully notated songs in two levels of performance. The drummer may practise band playing and chart reading with different styles of music such as rock pop jungle jazz feel heavy fusion andothers. Each song is easily accessible thanks to a clear and comprehensive notation. The author Tom Hapke who has also developed the succesful drums teaching system 'Drums Easy 1 + 2' and '66 Drumsolos' with excellentapplication technique to prepare for band playing or playing along with songs or to improve those skills according to an individually appropriate performance level. 'Super Play Along' is a new concept which helps thedrummer to play in a band or along with songs. The songs are fully notated in two levels or performance which enhances note reading skills and band compatibiloity on the one hand and observing the timing while playing along withsongs on the other.