A Collection of Songs Licks Tunings and Techniques to Expand the Uke's Musical Horizons-Two uke books in one - one for slide ukulele and the other for slack key ukulele! The slide ukulele pages cover choosing a slide how to use the slide and slide in C G and standard tuning. Songs include: Amazing Grace - John Henry - Oh Mary Don't You Weep - This Little Light of Mine - When the Saints Go Marching In - and more. The section on slack key ukulele covers fingerpicking and rolls chords and slack key in C and G tuning and includes the songs: Ahe Lau Makani - Imi Au La Oe - Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani - Nani Na Pua Ko'olau - Sanoe - Wai O Ke Aniani - and more. This method and songbook by renowned tutor Fred Sokolow is two Ukulele books in one - one for Slide and the other for Slack Key Ukulele. The Slide Ukulele pages cover choosing a Slide how to use the slide and slide in C G and standard tuning. Songs for Slide Ukulele include Amazing Grace John Henry This Little Light of Mine When the Saints Go Marching In Oh Mary Don't You Weep and more. The section on Slack Key Ukulele covers fingerpicking and rolls chords and Slack Key in C and G tuning and includes the songs Ahe Lau Makani Imi Au La Oe Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani Nani Na Pua Ko'olau Sanoe Wai O Ke Aniani andmore.

A fantastic fifth collection of original compositions and top notch arrangements of classic tunes by John Edmondson and Anne McGinty for beginning Concert bands and Big bands. A fantastic fifth collection of original compositions and top notch arrangements of classic tunes by John Edmondson and Anne McGinty for beginning Concert bands and Big bands.

Music from the animated Disney classic. Songs include: Bells of Notre Dame A Guy Like You Heaven's Light Topsy Turvy God Help the Outcasts Out There. Available: 2-Part 3-Part Mixed ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 10:00. A wonderful collection of chorales from one Disney’s best-loved and most successful films. This fabulous set has been attractively arranged for 2-part choirs (SA) by Roger Emerson. The Disney Chorales ShowTrax series also offers instrumental accompaniment parts for small ensembles available in packs and ShowTrax CDs provide recordings of a full performance and accompaniment only making them ideal for both rehearsals and concerts. Other choral arrangements are listed in our separate Disney catalogue.

A third book of original compositions and appealing arrangements of classic tunes by John Edmondson and Anne McGinty for beginning Concert bands and Big bands.

Guitarist Woody Mann teaches an understanding of the fretboard that will help learning guitarists take their playing to new levels. Ten pieces are taught including gospel songs by Rev. Gary Davi: licks and styles of Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang: and Woody's own jazz-inflected fingerstyle compositions. Includes: Hudson River Boogie - Sunset Lake Rag - It Is No Secret - There's Destruction in This Land - Lonnie's Guitar - And Three Not Four - Death Don't Have No Mercy - Mean Old World - A Little Love - and We'll Be Alright . Early intermediate level. Includes music. 2 hrs. 30 min. Guitarist Woody Mann teaches an understanding of the fretboard that will help learning guitarists take their playing to new levels. Ten pieces are taught including gospel songs by Rev. Gary Davis; licks and styles of Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang; and Woody's own jazz-inflected fingerstyle compositions. Includes: Hudson River Boogie • Sunset Lake Rag • It Is No Secret • There's Destruction in This Land • Lonnie's Guitar • And Three Not Four • Death Don't Have No Mercy • Mean Old World • A Little Love • and We'll Be Alright . Early intermediate level. Includes music. 2 hrs. 30 min.

Game- This action-packed card game makes learning the basics of music theory fun. As in the traditional game of 'spoons ' players exchange cards to come up with a winning match. Keep a sharp eye on the spoons in the center..forthere is one less than there are players and someone is going to be left groaning! Each game is highly adaptable to any age or level by including only the appropriate cards. This game reinforces note reading. Notes arepresented on the keyboard on the staff and as simple note names on separate cards for students to match up.

The blues has always been spiced with suggestive metaphors. This collection of bawdy blues songs celebrates the off-colour blues repertoire: Bessie Smith is wild about her kitchen man's turnip tops but Bo Carter's pencil won't write no more! There's lots of variety with songs from the 1930s 40s and 50s; some are simple three-chord blues tunes and others have beautiful ragtimey chord changes. Fred shows you how to play accompaniment and solos for all the songs. Theevocative titles include Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee (Clara Smith) She's Your Cook But She Burns My Bread Sometimes and My Pencil Won't Write No More (Bo Carter) Kitchen Man (Bessie Smith) Big Ten Inch (Bull Moose Jackson) You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark (Alberta Hunter) and the holiday perennial Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby (Amos Milburn). Fred shows you how to accompany yourself singing the songs and how to fingerpick an instrumental version of each one. His easy-going instructional style his tips on playing the arrangements and his slowed-down split-screen performances of each tune make learning easy. All the arrangements are written out in tab and music as well... both the backup and solos 91 minutes • Level 2 • Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD

Wilkins performs featured tunes with an upright bassist and a rhythm guitarist. Solos and examples are primarily of the single-line type with fine improvised sections and lightning-fast runs. Covers soloing over 2-5-1 progression through circle of 5ths. Introduces arpeggios that fit this progression. Fast paced with many examples. On-screen numbers help correlate examples with monologue and performance. The tritone substitution is demonstrated. Introduces 5 basic arpeggios: major 7 dominant 7 minor half-diminished and diminished. Wilkins encourages starting from any finger in any position and addresses the concept of contrary motion - bass line/melody.The booklet download is detailed and very helpful. Wilkins recommends the use of a metronome to improve over all ability. Wilkins plays an arch-top jazz Guitar played with a flat pick occasional hybrid technique using the flat pick and finger of the hand are shown as well as fingerstyle technique. Dorian mode and scales in general are briefly discussed. Includes a beautiful rendition of Here's That Rainy Day in melody/chord style. Wilkins performs featured tunes with an upright bassist and a rhythm guitarist. Solos and examples are primarily of the single-line type with fine improvised sections and lightning-fast runs. Covers soloing over 2-5-1progression through circle of 5ths. Introduces arpeggios that fit this progression. Fast paced with many examples. On-screen numbers help correlate examples with monologue and performance. The tritone substitution isdemonstrated. Introduces 5 basic arpeggios: major 7 dominant 7 minor half-diminished and diminished. Wilkins encourages starting from any finger in any position and addresses the concept of contrary motion - bassline/melody. The booklet download is detailed and very helpful. Wilkins recommends the use of a metronome to improve over all ability. Wilkins plays an arch-top jazz Guitar played with a flat pick occasional hybrid technique using the flat pick and finger of the hand are shown as well as fingerstyle technique. Dorian mode and scales in general are briefly discussed. Includes a beautiful rendition of Here's That RainyDay in melody/chord style.

Bastien Theory Boosters will launch your students to new heights of theory success. Each activity book focuses on a single theory concept using puzzles mazes games riddles and more to fuel your students' natural love of learning and the enjoyment of mastering their instrument. Major Key Signatures covers all the Major key signatures and enable students to apply this knowledge to their repertoire. Bastien Theory Boosters will launch your students to new heights of theory success. Each activity book focuses on a single theory concept using puzzles mazes games riddles and more to fuel your students' naturallove of learning and the enjoyment of mastering their instrument. Major Key Signatures covers all the Major key signatures and enable students to apply this knowledge to their repertoire.

Four original instrumentals all in standard tuning and in different keys are taught in this lesson. These are multipart compositions that should challenge the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarists. Stefan has brought together blues country and jazz ideas and themes to these solos. Bermuda Triangle Exit has three parts. It begins with a counterpoint section that then leads in to an alternating bass theme and resolves with an R&B fashioned third part. Beyond The Pleasure Dome (also known as Matesa ) comes next. This is played in the key of C and brings together several country blues styles to a lyrical instrumental. The Way She Walks isvery much influenced by Stefan's many years living in England. He learnt the first section from Martin Carthy and then added two additional parts to round off the composition. Why A Duck is played in the key of F and was originally recorded as a duet with John Renbourn. Stefan's part stands well as a Guitar solo and opens up the fingerboard to a variety of interesting chord fingerings. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. Four original instrumentals all in standard tuning and in different keys are taught in this lesson. These are multipart compositions that should challenge the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarists. Stefan has brought together blues country and jazz ideas and themes to these solos. Bermuda Triangle Exit has three parts. It begins with a counterpoint section that then leads in to an alternating bass theme and resolves with an R&B fashioned third part. Beyond The Pleasure Dome (also known as Matesa ) comes next. This is played in the key of C and brings together several country blues styles to a lyrical instrumental. The Way She Walks isvery much influenced by Stefan's many years living in England. He learnt the first section from Martin Carthy and then added two additional parts to round off the composition. Why A Duck is played in the key of F and was originally recorded as a duet with John Renbourn. Stefan's part stands well as a Guitar solo and opens up the fingerboard to a variety of interesting chord fingerings. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen.

This was Ton Van Bergeyk's first solo Guitar album recorded in 1973. The focus is on the classic Rags of the early 1900s. Ton's arrangements have recieved worldwide praise and for the last thirty years he has been as underground Guitar hero to aspiring fingerstyle Guitarists. A PDF file of tab for all the arrangements is included on the enhanced CD.

Beginner Basics Guitar For Kids is a fun and easy introduction to Guitar for kids. Beginner Basics Guitar For Kids teaches kids how to play Guitar with easy to follow step-by-step fullcolour lessons. A carefully graded method for the younger student using very easy arrangements of favourite children's songs. Introduces the notes on all six strings easy chord shapes and strumming patterns to play over 50well known songs.

Rob's goal in writing this book is to develop many of the skills necessary for the beginning to intermediate snare drummer. Each new concept is introduced with a page of exercise followed by short etudes that include the material being studied.Rob has taken the liberty of including what I feel is the best sticking combination for some of the exercise. I recommend the right hand lead system. If the students develop this consistent approach to sticking they will have a good working system that will enable them to execute difficult passages and smoothly and accurately. Audio available online.Rob's goal in writing this book is to develop many of the skills necessary for the beginning to intermediate snare drummer. Each new concept is introduced with a page of exercise followed by short etudes that include the materialbeing studied. Rob has taken the liberty of including what I feel is the best sticking combination for some of the exercise. I recommend the right hand lead system. If the students develop this consistent approach tosticking they will have a good working system that will enable them to execute difficult passages and smoothly and accurately. Audio available online.

A brilliant fourth collection of original compositions and appealing arrangements of classic tunes by John Edmondson and Anne McGinty for beginning Concert bands and Big bands.

Teach Yourself Guitar - DVD with Small Booklet-Learn to read and play Guitar music basic chords chord progressions strumming patterns and basic music theory. Includes 56 page book. No previous musical knowledge or experience necessary. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of Guitars. Advises what type of Guitar to buy. Easy to follow lesson by lesson format. Learn important basic chord shapes and progressions. Learn to read and play Guitar music using standard music or easy read Tab. Learn the melodies to over 20 well known songs. Learn Rock Blues and Turnaround Progressions. Learn to read and play Guitar music basic chords chord progressions strumming patterns and basic music theory. Includes 56 page book. No previous musical knowledge or experiencenecessary. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of Guitars. Advises what type of Guitar to buy. Easy to follow lesson by lesson format. Learn important basic chord shapes andprogressions. Learn to read and play Guitar music using standard music or easy read Tab. Learn the melodies to over 20 well known songs. Learn Rock Blues and Turnaround Progressions.

Progressive Slide Guitar Licks features over 100 slide Guitar licks and solos which can be applied to Rock Blues and Country etc. Open and standard tuning is used. For electric and acousticGuitarists of all levels. You do not need to be able to read music to play the licks in this book. The first two sections deal with standard tuning open E/D and open G/A tuning. The final sections deal with Countryslide Guitar and traditional acoustic slide Guitar.

Drums easy 2 is the sequal to the succesful teaching method Drums Easy . Directly putting theory into practice motivates students and this is the main emphasis of Drums easy. Intensive work on practisepad and drumset is of course a necessary condition for every successful method. What will particularly help the teacher and the student here is the systematic treatment of the different themes and figures. Drums easy 2 is the sequal to the succesful teaching method Drums Easy . Directly putting theory into practice motivates students and this is the main emphasis of Drums easy. Intensive work on practisepad and drumsetis of course a necessary condition for every successful method. What will particularly help the teacher and the student here is the systematic treatment of the different themes and figures.

For Brass Instruments- 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Brass is written by Andrew D. Gordon and performed on Trumpet and Trombone by Gabriel Rosati both of whom are internationally acclaimed authors instructors and recording artists. This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases or riffs that make up Blues brass playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the Blues to more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. It is also useful as a tool for improving one s sight readingabilities with the examples being in many different keys and rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale are also explained. Included with this book are free downloadable audio files with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the brass instrument playing along with a rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing so that the brass player can play along.

Ultimate Rock Drumming by Jim McCall is the ultimate guide for learning the beats and fills used in today's music. There are over 16 000 possible rhythmic possibilities that will be explored when studying this book. Ultimate Rock Drumming addresses all the different elements of rock 'n' roll including R&B shuffles 12/8 blues pop country Latin and rock. Students will become quite the experts and develop a high level of skill after completing Ultimate Rock Drumming.

To Chord Theory and Chord Voicing For The Guitarist-In this 2-DVD set master guitarist and instructor John Miller walks you through the fundamentals of chord theory providing you with the conceptual tools needed to understand chord structure and then shows you how to apply thatknowledge to the neck of guitar making practical sense of the information so that you will be equipped to voice chords up and down the neck in any key. In Volume One of the set John goes over the major scale and itsstructure and then moves on to intervals familiarizing you with the different interval types and the language used to define and describe them. He moves then into triads and shows how the diatonic triads are derived from scalestructure following up triads with seventh chords the diatonic seventh chords and the various seventh chord types. As you move through these topics you will find a variety of exercises on the PDF that is included on your DVD exercises that will test and build your knowledge of these topics. Having laid the initial theoretical groundwork John then shows you how to voice triads and seventh chords out of the E A C D and F positions. In VolumeTwo John starts out by defining sixth chords and showing how to voice them then discusses tonic function and seventh chord function. The remainder of Volume Two is devoted to working on songs seeing how to play the same song ina variety of keys and positions and how to use the way the guitar is tuned to transpose from one key to another in the easiest possible fashion. After working through this 2-DVD set you will have a sound fundamental understandingof triad sixth and seventh chord structures in a variety of positions and won't be deterred from learning songs in flat keys or playing up the neck without a capo. If you are really interested in understanding chords and readyto work on developing your understanding Introduction to Chord Theory and Chord Voicing for the Guitarist will get you well on your way towards that goal. On the PDF accompanying the DVD you'll have the opportunity to