Book+Online Audio and Video-This volume in the renowned For Dummies series has been created to help beginning Fiddle players to master their instrument. Taking up any new instrument can be intimidating but with this easy-to-use guide you'll be playing Fiddle music from all around the world in no time. Fiddle For Dummies covers everything a beginner needs to know from selecting tuning and caring for your Fiddle to mastering various music styles. This comprehensive book guides you step-by-step through everything you need to start playing the Fiddle like a pro. You'll discover how to hold the instrument master fundamental techniques and take your skills to the next level. Access to companion onlineaudio tracks and instructional videos is also included helping you to further enhance your skills. The Fiddle is a popular instrument across many continents partly due to its convenient portable size. Fiddle repertoire includes a range of musical styles from all over the world such as Irish Scottish Celtic/Cape Breton country folk bluegrass and more. If you're already a Violin player learning to play Fiddle can also open the door to an exciting new world of sounds that are sure to impress both you and your fellow musicians. With Fiddle For Dummies you will: Learn Fiddle techniques and fundamentals Select tune and care for your Fiddle Join the folk instrument movement and master the Fiddle Play Fiddle music from all over the world This volume in the renowned For Dummies series has been created to help beginning Fiddle players to master their instrument. Taking up any new instrument can be intimidating but with this easy-to-use guide you'll be playing Fiddle music from all around the world in no time. Fiddle For Dummies covers everything a beginner needs to know from selecting tuning and caring for your Fiddle to mastering variousmusic styles. This comprehensive book guides you step-by-step through everything you need to start playing the Fiddle like a pro. You'll discover how to hold the instrument master fundamental techniques and take your skills tothe next level. Access to companion online audio tracks and instructional videos is also included helping you to further enhance your skills. The Fiddle is a popular instrument across many continents partly due to itsconvenient portable size. Fiddle repertoire includes a range of musical styles from all over the world such as Irish Scottish Celtic/Cape Breton country folk bluegrass and more. If you're already a Violin player learning toplay Fiddle can also open the door to an exciting new world of sounds that are sure to impress both you and your fellow musicians. With Fiddle For Dummies you will: Learn Fiddle techniquesand fundamentals Select tune and care for your Fiddle Join the folk instrument movement and master the Fiddle Play Fiddle music f

Your complete guide that will get you playing the Penny Whistle straight away! This simple step-by-step approach assumes absolutely no previous musical experience making it ideal as a first instrument for the young or any musicalnovice. The book is complete with a high quality nickel-finished D-tuning Feadog original Irish whistle providing everything you need to get started. Illustrated throughout with clear diagrams and packed with tunes you'llrecognise and love. Everything is explained clearly allowing you to make fast progress without the aid of a teacher. Get started immediately and being enjoying the wonders of the musical world's most accessible andentertaining instruments.

A practical melodic and progressive approach to playing the saxophone. Includes music from the jazz repertoire as well as the classical world. Includes specially designed studies for the development of jazz techniques.

This is the book for you if you always wanted to learn but somehow kept putting it off if you’ve played guitar before and given up or if you’re determined to crack it this time. The no-nonsense guide that will soon have youplaying great chords riffs and even solos with as little pain as possible! Some basic musical knowledge is handy but the 2 CDs included feature a demonstration and backing tracks for each exercise. Chord boxes and how-to-playphotos make the tricky stuff easy. Arranged by Matt Scharfglass who is a New York-based songwriter bassist and multi-instrumentalist. He does session work leads his own band and performs extensively in the New York City area.

The fun course for teenage beginners-The fun course for teenage beginnersNow teenagers can benefit from the funky approach to playing the Flute. Teenage Funky Flute features the same winning approach as the original but is styled specifically with teenagers in mind. TeenageFunky Flute is packed with fun pieces and shows flautists everything they need to know including how to hold the Flute getting a good sound and how to read music.

By popular request this book includes all the songs which first appeared in Book 1 of the original edition. Specially graded to supplement Book 1 of the new edition.

The fun and easy way to tune up your technique and improve your playing. Is the Piano your passion? This easy-to-read guide is bursting with fun exercises designed to hone your Piano-playing technique from warm-ups and majorand minor scales to octaves chord cadences and more. You'll play challenging rhythms practice with different tempos play a performance piece at the end of each chapter and find inspiration for performing music your way.

The fastest way to learn guitar; written in easy-to-follow language it assumes no knowledge of music. A free record is included.

Following the huge success of the first Red Hot Duets books released earlier this year Following the huge success of the first ‘Red Hot Duets’ books here are another three for Alto Sax from the ever-popular Sarah Watts ! Red Hot Alto Saxophone Duets is an excellent introduction toensemble playing for players of Grade 1-2 standard. The jazzy Piano accompaniments give a fun popular feel and a free CD is included to help learn the pieces and to play along with. Sarah Watts has a passion forencouraging people to enjoy music. As Artistic Director of the National Youth Music Camps she plays a large part in promoting the Dankworth 'all music' philosophy that influenced her early years.

Especially designed for the hands and minds of beginners aged 4-7 years. Especially designed for the hands and minds of beginners aged 4-7 years.

Askold Buk. An introduction to pentatonic patterns theory and usage. Dozens of creative examples plus valuable tips on developing your own pentatonic licks.

If you're tired of having to play 'back to front' from chord books here is the answer: the left-hander's guitar case chord book! All the chords you use most often with clear diagrams and helpful hints.

Allows even the absolute beginner guitarist to build a repertoire of rock classics. Uses only lyrics and 3-chord symbols no knowledge of musical notation required. Songs include 'Get Back' 'All Shook Up' 'Imagine' 'Sweets ForMy Sweet' 'Brown Sugar' 'Peggy Sue' 'Amazing Grace' and 'See You Later Alligator'.

Selected and edited by Stoddard Lincoln. A graded progression of 42 sonatas through style and technique.

Contains six transcriptions edited by Lionel Grigson which will be of immense benefit to all jazz musicians regardless of the instrument (B flat and E flat parts are inserted). Louis Armstrong's contribution to shaping the jazz style was incomparable and it is important for today's aspiring jazz musician to study his phrasing and melodies. In the words of Miles Davis 'The whole of jazz can be summed up in two names: Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong'. The Armstrong transcriptions in this collection if sympathetically studied should justify half of that assessment.

Strum and sing these rock classics using easy chord boxes simple guitar TAB and full lyrics. The high quality backing tracks on the accompanying CD give you authentic soundalike arrangements.

The Beatles 1962-1965 volume from the Play It Right series is for beginner - intermediate guitarists who want to master their favourite songs from the early years of The Beatles . The Beatles 1962-1965 book includes: A book of ten songs each with the guitar part shown in simple diagrams and pictures plus a matching tutorial A DVD showing you exactly how to play the pieces plus an audio track for each to demonstrate how they should sound

Comprehensive Band Method-The enhanced version of the world's leading instrumental method book Standard Of Excellence. This is a comprehensive band method in 3 parts which combines a strong performance-centred approach with music theory music history ear training listening composition improvisation and interdisciplinary and multicultural studies. With full colour drawings and colour-coding of important text the series helps to motivate and inform across the full range of band instruments. Enhanced CD features include 2 CDs of audio accompaniment recordings for all band exercises Interactive iPAS software for Windows or Mac takes students through the entire book and provides numeric performancescores. Tuner and Metronome included with iPAS. The enhanced version of the world's leading instrumental method book Standard Of Excellence. This is a comprehensive band method in 3 parts which combines a strong performance-centred approach with music theory musichistory ear training listening composition improvisation and interdisciplinary and multicultural studies. With full colour drawings and colour-coding of important text the series helps to motivate and inform across the fullrange of band instruments. Enhanced CD features include 2 CDs of audio accompaniment recordings for all band exercises Interactive iPAS software for Windows or Mac takes students through the entire book andprovides numeric performance scores. Tuner and Metronome included with iPAS.

Stacy Phillips. An introduction and sourcebook covering all types of chords for today's traditional and modern dobro players. Handy guitar case size.

This well organized method can be used with church or school groups private students or voice classes. Book1 is written for grade four while Book 2 reviews skills progressing into more difficult sight-singing for advanced high school to University level. This creative step by step approach gives singers the skills needed to sight-sing by themselves away from a piano or other singers. Book 1 is designed for unison or two-part singing while Book 2 contains two-part or three-part. This method introduces rhythms and intervals sequentially and systematically incorporates elements of music such as key signatures and changing time signatures with regular reviews.This well organized method can be used with church or school groups private students or voice classes. Book1 is written for grade four while Book 2 reviews skills progressing into more difficult sight-singing for advanced highschool to University level. This creative step by step approach gives singers the skills needed to sight-sing by themselves away from a piano or other singers. Book 1 is designed for unison or two-part singing while Book 2contains two-part or three-part. This method introduces rhythms and intervals sequentially and systematically incorporates elements of music such as key signatures and changing time signatures with regular reviews.