Compact Reference Library-The Stick Bag Book of Jazz Funk & Fusion is the ultimate resource for drummers and musicians. It features the most influential styles rhythms and techniques-all in one handy easy-to-use reference guide. From big band to funk each rhythm from over 30 classic styles is presented in standard drum notation including fills and performance tips. Whether you are a percussionist producer arranger or songwriter a strong knowledge of these rhythms will add to your overall versatility as a drummer and musician.

The Stick Bag Book of Latin Rhythm and Percussion is the ultimate resource for drummers and musicians. It features the most influential styles rhythms and techniques - all in one handy easy-to-use reference guide. Whether you are a percussionist producer arranger or songwriter a strong knowledge of these rhythms will add to your overall versatility as a drummer and musician. The Stick Bag Book of Latin Rhythm and Percussion covers Baiao Danzón Cáscara Guaguancó Kiribá Merengue Rumba Songo Vallenato and much more! Also includes a tuning and maintenance section!

Master the basics as you step into the exciting world of playing the tenor saxophone. A complete and proven method that includes over twenty-five classical and folk tunes to play and enjoy as you learn.

A complete guide to the pennywhistle for beginning to advanced players. Contains information on modal playing and 56 traditional pennywhistle tunes from America and Britain. It also covers how to read music fingering modes and ornamentation. With guitar accompaniment chords.

A unique method to develop four-way coordination and over-the-barline rhythmic groupings to expand your drumming vocabulary. Especially designed for today's drummer looking to develop polyrhythmic phrasing Terry Silverlight provides the tools you need to achieve those awkward timings whatever your musical style. The book is accompanied by two CDs of examples demonstrated especially for you by Silverlight along with Barry Miles and John Patitucci.

Instructional book contains life-size pictures of fingering positions. Select the chord you want and see exactly how to play it! Features basic chords for all popular keys. The ideal gift for the beginning guitarist!

The Rock Guitar Method Deck is a new way to learn rock guitar. Starting with the basics from power chords to pull-offs all with the help of the life-size guitar necks that show you where to place your fingers The Rock Guitar Method Deck makes learning a real hands-on experience. It shows you how to master the skills needed to play all your favorite rock tunes plus lots of full-color photos and diagrams to make learning easier.

3 Books/3 CDs/1 DVD Boxed Set-This Spanish edition features three books three CDs and a DVD. Learn how to play the guitar with this easy illustrated guide. Covers everything from reading music and playing chords and scales to performing our first song. The DVD has been exclusively designed for people from both Latin America and Spain and guides you through a beginner guitar lesson in a step-by-step manner. Award-winning educator Juancho Herrera supplements each lesson with expert demonstrations and a host of Latin American folk songs.

3 Books/3 CDs/1 DVD Boxed Set-This Spanish edition features three books three CDs and a DVD. Learn how to play the piano with this easy illustrated guide. Covers everything from reading music and playing chords and scales to performing your first song. The DVD has been exclusively designed for people from both Latin America and Spain and guides you a thorough beginner piano lesson in a step-by-step manner. Award-winning educator Inti alejandra Viana guides you through the basics of the piano including how to play many Latin American folk songs. Este curso completo le ensenara a tocar el teclado de una forma mas facil. Contiene todo acerca de leer musica tocar acordes y escalas hasta interpretar su primeracancion. Este gran paquete contiene: tres libros y discos compactos - Aprende Ya! A Tocar Piano Primer Paso: Escalas Para Teclado Primer Paso: Acordes Para Teclado - Ademes la ventaja de un DVD. Incluye todo lo necesario!

Todos los guitarristas saben la importancia que tiene el practicar las escalas. Este metodo te guiara de una manera facil y divertida a traves de todos los aspectos del mundo de las escalas. Algunos de los temas que se incluyen: como leer diagramas de escalas y el sistema de tablatura teoria sobre la cunstruccion de las escalas como practicar patrones de practicar modalidades y mucho mas. No es necesario saber leer musica y todas las escalas se demuestran en el CD de accompanimento.

Guitar Sherpa Presents-Designed to motivate and inspire students Guitar Sherpa's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on contextual format. Students play their way through Guitar Sherpa curriculum rather than working through tedious examples and exercises. Muriel Anderson world-renowned guitarist and composer presents this intensive study program for intermediate and advanced fingerstyle guitar players. Innovations for Acoustic Guitar guides the student through essential theory techniques and other tricks of the trade to enhance the player's performance arranging and composition skills. Using several of her own compositions as lesson examples (Arioso Mister Chester Two Shores ABaker's Dozen and Muriel's highly popular Angelina Baker Medley) Innovations for Acoustic Guitar reveals a variety of Muriel's signature techniques and approaches for generating new ideas and fresh arrangements or compositions. You'll learn how to flavor your arrangements and compositions with a variety of harmonic techniques including Irish and Cuban influences and odd time signatures. You'll learn how to develop a theme play expressively and imitate the sounds of a banjo mandolin or bass. Muriel also demonstrates how connect notes in a rhythmic tune in the classic style of Chet Atkins. Innovations for Acoustic Guitar will strengthen your fingerstyle technique enhance your performance and presentation of material and spark innovative composition and arranging. Hands-On Learning Tools include: Text Lesson Guide Standard Notation Guitar Tab Power Tab Files Power Tab Software Bonus Material. Secure PIN enclosed in DVD package for quick and secure download of learning tools.

Aprende Ya: A Tocar Bateria

This easy-to-follow approach to the highest level of guitar playing starts with simple folk songs like Red River Valley and progresses to standards like Earth Angel and Everything Happens to Me. With this book you'll master the chord-melody style of playing and develop your soloing skills. Includes demonstration CD.

The Method-This easy to follow method features superb demonstration photographs and concentrates on two skills you really need: dexterity and musicianship. Chapters include: the instrument and its equipment · fingering major scales · accidentals · minor scales · diminished scales.

Whether you are looking for the much-sampled sly grooves of northern soul or the thundering barrage of today's programmers creating an effective loop is the key to your beat. Ed Roscetti presents a clear and concise guide to nailing the tightest loops and the biggest beats. An accompanying CD contains over 30 loops that can be imported as audio files into your own system. All are presented in notation with detailed descriptions of the drums sticks and beaters used. Each loop can also be split into separate drumset and percussion parts so you can hear how they work or manipulate them yourself individually! All of this is supported by Roscetti's easy-to-follow instructionsand descriptions that will leave you with all the skills you need to make a good drum loop great!

This book teaches beginners how to tune a play the dulcimer and features illustrations drawings and recollections of the dulcimer's local history. It also includes music and lyrics for 16 songs from The Ritchie Family of Kentucky. Contents: Bachelor's Hall · Barb'ry Ellen · Dear Companion · Go Tell Aunt Rhodie · Goin' to Boston · Ground Hog · O Johnny's on the Water · Old Betty Larkin · Old Joe Clark · Over the River Charlie · Pretty Betty Martin · Pretty Polly · Pretty Saro · Shady Grove · What'll Do with the Baby-o.

(Spanish Edition of Absolute Beginners - Drums)

The fundamentals of mandolin technique are taught through familiar tunes with this book which works great for group or individual use. It includes standard notation mandolin tablature chord names and diagrams photos and more! Topics covered include: playing in rhythm playing melodies using down-up strokes 3/4 or waltz time the slide double-string melodies mixed single and double strings and more.

Compact Reference Library-Clear diagrams and explanations highlight this pocket-size beginner's guide to playing the recorder. This complete course is easy and fun to play and teaches rhythm phrasing and how to achieve a brilliant sound.

The guitar is the cornerstone of blues jazz and rock music and this comprehensive tutor provides a solid grounding in all three styles complete with a CD of backing tracks and demonstrations. Learn classic blues patterns phrasing and licks as well as the characteristics of the Chicago and Texas styles. Unlock the secrets of modes and jazz soloing as well as Montgomery-style octaves and Latin sounds. Get you hands around power chords two-handed tapping string bending and neo-classical metal scales. Become the very best all-around guitarist you can be. Whatever style you decide to play you'll have the musicianship and the knowledge to make it work.