Start taking your blues playing to the next level with an injection of jazz and practical theory! This excellent DVD draws from the styles of legendary artists such as Larry Carlton and Robben Ford. We'll look at 30 licks in greatdetail (across 3 positions) which are not only taught note for note but explained in a way that will not just show you where to play but focusing in on exactly why we're playing that particular note in relation to the chord. TheDVD also includes tab which features all the licks improvisation and diagrams to really help you get this under your fingers fast. It also looks at scale and arpeggio shapes in a selection of CAGED positions and digs down intothe sound of the dominant 7 chord and much more to massively improve your blues fusion techniques.Start taking your blues playing to the next level with an injection of jazz and practical theory! This excellent DVD draws from the styles of legendary artists such as Larry Carlton and Robben Ford. We'll look at 30 licks in greatdetail (across 3 positions) which are not only taught note for note but explained in a way that will not just show you where to play but focusing in on exactly why we're playing that particular note in relation to the chord. TheDVD also includes tab which features all the licks improvisation and diagrams to really help you get this under your fingers fast. It also looks at scale and arpeggio shapes in a selection of CAGED positions and digsdown intothe sound of the dominant 7 chord and much more to massively improve your blues fusion techniques.

Tools Techniques & Recipes for Playing Clawhammer Banjo-There are two ways to approach writing a cookbook - and this goes for cooking food and cooking up some great music. One way is to give you a bunch of recipes and tell you Here's how to make this dish or here's how to play this tune. Another way is to teach you how to cook. In other words by providing you with techniques for mixing flavors the knowledge of when where and how to apply heat and ideas on how to add your own touches you can make the dish - or the tune - your own. This book takes the second path. The goal of this book isn't to tell you how to play tunes or how to play like anyone else. It's to teach you ways to approach arrange and personalize any tune - todevelop your own unique style. To that end we'll take in a healthy serving of old-time music and also expand the clawhammer palate to taste a few other musical styles. The CD contains demos of all the songs and examples to aid in the learning process. Whether you're explaining how to cook food or make great music there are two approaches that can be taken to writing a cookbook. One way is to give the reader a bunch of recipes and explain 'here's how to make the dish'. Another way is to teach them how to cook by sharing with them techniques for mixing flavors and the knowledge of when where and how to apply heat. With ideas on how to add your own touches it is easy to make the dish – or the tune – your own. The Clawhammer Cookbook takes the second of these paths. Michael Bremer doesn't tell the reader how to play the songs he teaches ways to approach arrange and personalise any tune– helping them to develop their own unique style. The Clawhammer Cookbook features old-time music as well as pieces in a few other musical styles. This book comes complete with a CD containing demos of all the songs and examples to aid in the learning process.

Explore the music ideas and ideals of John Cage composer of 4'33 and one of the twentieth century’s most original and inventive artists. “Everything we do is music” contains more than 50 fun hands-on and thought-provoking activities each taking a work by John Cage as a starting point and exploring the links between music dance visual art poetry and nature. Most projects require no prior knowledge of reading music or playing an instrument and can be worked through with little preparation — each activity encouraging creative thinking and experimentation exploring the world around us and blurring the boundaries separating life and art. Explore the music ideas and ideals of John Cage composer of 4'33 and one of the twentieth century’s most original and inventive artists. Everything We Do Is Music contains more than 50 fun hands-on and thought-provoking activities each taking a work by John Cage as a starting point and exploring the links between music dance visual art poetry and nature. Most projects require no prior knowledge of reading music or playing an instrument and can be worked through with little preparation — each activity encouraging creative thinking and experimentation exploring the world around us and blurring the boundaries separating life and art.

Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 36-The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the completesong along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from multiple viewing options;fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hand close-up and others. Songs: Evil Ways Hope You're Feeling Better No One to Depend On Oye Como Va Samba Pa Ti Se a Cabo Songof the Wind Soul Sacrifice. 2 hrs. 14 min.The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from multiple viewing options; fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hand close-up and others.

Using the Easy Keyboard Library's simple chord diagrams you can easily find the right notes for each chord and play them in any inversion. The chords are transposed for every note of the scale and pictured in the easy-to-read diagrams familiar to Easy Keyboard Library users.

Frigyes Sándor (1905-1979) violinist teacher and conductor. His six-volume Violin tutor was published between 1949 and 1959 and has remained popular ever since. One reason for its popularity - in addition to its methodological concept – may be the fact that from the very beginning learners are given high quality musical material on which to master the basic elements of violin playing. The musical material in the volumes was written specifically for this tutor by Pál Járdányi and Endre Szervánszky: apart from pieces designed for pedagogical purposes it includes a wealth of folk tunes (Hungarian and other European folk melodies) graded to suit each level of difficulty andexcerpts representing different periods in the history of music. Method for solo Violin in English German French and Hungarian.

Veteran blues guitarist Mary Flower gives novices all the necessary playing tools to jump-start their slide playing while experienced guitarists will be delighted by the more challenging techniques and powerful songs. Playing in open D (DADF#AD) provides rich ringing sounds and open access to the full slide guitar experience. Songs: Baby Please Don't Go • Boogie Woogie Dance • Swing Low Sweet Chariot • Green Onions Groove • Death Letter Blues. INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB .PDF • LEVEL 3 • 1 HOUR

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' Improve your Scales and Improve your Sight-reading . The book begins by encouraging students to plan their practice sessions starting with warm-ups and then giving tips on how to 'explore a piece'. This book will encourage children to think about different aspects of their music as they play giving them a better musical understanding of their pieces and to encourage independent thought and exploration.

Full drum set studies for the modern drummer.

Just like Book 1 Book 2 of The Hal Leonard Mandolin Method is designed for anyone just learning to play mandolin. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide includes many fun songs of different styles to learn and play. The book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside. The tracks provide an audio demonstration of each example in the book performed by the author. Topics covered include: modes and scales · time signatures · transposing · fretboard positions · solos and duets · styles spanning blues bluegrass Celtic ragtime and more! Just like Book 1 Book 2 of The Hal Leonard Mandolin Method is designed for anyone just learning to play Mandolin. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide includes many fun songs of different styles to learn and play. The book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside. The tracks provide an audio demonstration of each example in the book performed by the author. Topics covered include: modes and scales time signatures transposing fretboard positions solos and duets styles spanning blues bluegrass Celtic ragtime and more!

The renewed popularity of the mighty uke has swept the world in recent years and Homespun has been right there with instruction from some of the best players in the business. This compilation takes a learning ukulele player from the easiest beginner's songs to more advanced blues ragtime pop standards and authentic Hawaiian music. Songs include: Home on the Range - Goin' Up the Country - Shady Grove - Avalon - That Hawaiian Melody - and more. 1 HR. - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB .PDFThe renewed popularity of the 'mighty uke' has swept the world in recent years and Homespun has been right there with instruction from some of the best players in the business. This compilation takes a learning ukulele player from the easiest beginner's songs to more advanced blues ragtime pop standards and authentic Hawaiian music. Songs include: Home on the Range • Goin' Up the Country • Shady Grove • Avalon • That Hawaiian Melody • and more. 1 HR. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB .PDF

Essential Tones Rhythms & Grooves-Learn to play djembe! This hands-on workshop will help you produce a good sound play with healthy technique and learn the essential concepts sounds and rhythms of West African djembe drumming. Extensive play-along online videos will help youpractice every technique in the context of a traditional African djembe ensemble. Teaches: correct effective djembe playing technique and posture; three fundamental sounds of the djembe: bass slap and tone; exercises and play-along videos to helpyou develop good tone facility and memorize essential rhythms and their variations; traditional djembe rhythms from different regions: Sofa Dundungbe Soli Guinea Fare Kuku Mane and Sinte; notated djembe ensemble parts including for djembesand dunduns; techniques for soloing; historical regional and traditional cultural conext of the djembe; how to tune maintain and care for your djembe; and more! Video clips are accessed online using the unique code in each book. Learn to play the Djembe. This complete method by Michael Markus will teach you how to produce a good sound develop a healthy technique and learn the essential concepts sounds and rhythms of West African Djembe drumming. This hands-on workshop includes access to extensive play-along online videos that will help you to practice every technique in the context of a traditional African Djembe ensemble. Beginning Djembe teaches: correct effective Djembe playing technique and posture; how to tune maintain and care for your Djembe; three fundamental sounds of the Djembe: bass slap and tone; exercises and play-along videos to helpyou develop good tone facility and memorize essential rhythms and their variations; historical regional and traditional cultural context of the Djembe; traditional Djembe rhythms from different regions: Sofa Dundungbe Soli Guinea Fare Kuku Mane and Sinte; notated Djembe ensemble parts including for Djembes and Dunduns; techniques for soloing; and more! Video clips are accessed online using the unique code in each book.

The Boy's Changing Voice features 20 selections of art songs and folksong arrangements with a limited vocal range of one octave chosen especially for the adolescent boy's voice during its change from a higher treble register. The complete range of the book falls between the F below middle C to the G above middle C. In addition to Piano accompaniments playable on both your CD player and computer the included enhanced CD also includes tempo adjustment and transposition software for CD-ROM computer use. The Boy's Changing Voice features 20 selections of art songs and folksong arrangements with a limited vocal range of one octave chosen especially for the adolescent boy's voice during its change from a higher treble register. The complete range of the book falls between the F below middle C to the G above middle C. In addition to Piano accompaniments playable on both your CD player and computer the included enhanced CD also includes tempo adjustment and transposition software for CD-ROM computer use.

Frigyes Sándor (1905-1979) violinist teacher and conductor. His six-volume Violin tutor was published between 1949 and 1959 and has remained popular ever since. One reason for its popularity - in addition to its methodological concept – may be the fact that from the very beginning learners are given high quality musical material on which to master the basic elements of violin playing. The musical material in the volumes was written specifically for this tutor by Pál Járdányi and Endre Szervánszky: apart from pieces designed for pedagogical purposes it includes a wealth of folk tunes (Hungarian and other European folk melodies) graded to suit each level of difficulty andexcerpts representing different periods in the history of music. Method for solo Violin in English German and French.

Taught By John Miller-Elizabeth Cotten occupies a unique niche in American finger-picked guitar her beautifully flowing style married with her exceptional attention to details of phrasing and voice leading. There is a strong improvisational element to her style and different renditions of the same song can often sound suprisingly dissimilar. This DVD includes rare film footage of Elizabeth Cotten performing all the songs that are taught ably by guitar legend John Miller. The accompanying booklet includes TAB/standard notation transcriptions and the lyricsof the songs. Click Here to view and download the booklet.

Does the very thought of the dreaded aural test fill you with fear? Does nothing seem as bad as being put on the spot having to recognise discordant intervals and singing back melodies that are simply too long to remember? Having a good ear is vital to becoming a successful musician and Improve Your Aural! is here to help develop your musicianship in easy graded stages. Through fun listening activities boxes to fill in and practice exercises this workbook and CD focus directly on all those key skills you need. You'll be singing clapping playing your instrument writing down music improvising and composing - as well as securing thatvital pass in the aural section of your grade exams.

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 2 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally going solo' with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition has been completely re-written with new exercises and pieces to support the Associated Board's new sight-reading requirements from 2009. Improve YourSight-Reading! will help you improve your reading ability and with numerous practice tests included will ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.

Firing Up Your Technique-This book will give you a complete rock piano workout ? in both modern and classic styles! You'll develop your rhythmic feel dexterity hand coordination and voicing skills as you work through the fun authentic examples. These pieces will help you use your rock piano technique in a musical stylistically effective way. Each music sample is recorded at several tempos so you can choose the one that's right for you as you play along with the rock rhythm section on the CD. This book will give you a complete rock piano workout – in both modern and classic styles! You'll develop your rhythmic feel dexterity hand coordination and voicing skills as you work through the fun authentic examples. These pieces will help you use your rock piano technique in a musical stylistically effective way. Each music sample is recorded at several tempos so you can choose the one that's right for you as you play along with the rock rhythm section on the CD.

Here are 10 hit songs tabbed for beginning guitarists to play while they are working through the Hal Leonard Bass Tab Method or any other guitar method. The songs are all on facing pages for no page turns and the CD features both examples of howthe guitar should sound and full-band backing tracks so students can play the lead! The CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the tempo without changing the pitch! The songs include: Beverly Hills • Born Under a Bad Sign • Brown Eyed Girl • Crazy Train • Hey Joe • I Wont Back Down • Smoke on the Water • Stir It Up • Use Somebody • You Are the Sunshine of My Life. The Bass Tab Method Songbook 1 features 10 hit songs tabbed for Bass players at a beginner’s level. Designed for ease-of use all of the songs in Bass Tab Method Songbook 1 are on facing pages so learners need not worry about having to turn the pages whilst playing. This songbook comes complete with a CD of backing tracks to play along to as well as recorded examples- allowing learners to hear how the songs should sound. The Bass Tab Method Songbook 1 includes the hits Brown Eyed Girl Use Somebody You Are The Sunshine Of My Life and more.

This book brings Billy Taylor's diverse piano-playing styles to life via technical analyses of be-bop boogie-woogie Dixieland and mambo. Learn authentic playing through studies in rhythm melody harmony and improv as well as several complete Billy Taylor solos. This book brings Billy Taylor's diverse piano-playing styles to life via technical analyses of be-bop boogie-woogie Dixieland and mambo. Learn authentic playing through studies in rhythm melody harmony and improv as well as several complete Billy Taylor solos.