Level 1-Background accompaniments on CD. Orchestrated by Edwin McLean. Great motivational material for private or group lessons that is excellent for reinforcing note names and interval recognition. The pieces are useful for recital performances and family or group sing-alongs. Includes: Are You Sleeping · Aura Lee · Camptown Races · Down in the Valley · Good-Night Ladies! · Grandfather's Clock · Home on the Range · O Susanna · Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be? · Reveille · She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain · Sleep Baby Sleep · Snake Dance · Sweetly Sings the Donkey · Taps · This Old Man · When the Saints Go Marching In.Contents include: Are You Sleeping; Aura Lee; Camptown Races; Down in the Valley; Good-Night Ladies!; Grandfather’s Clock; Home on the Range; O Susanna; Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be?; Reveille; She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain; Sleep Baby Sleep; Snake Dance; Sweetly Sings the Donkey; Taps; This Old Man; When the Saints Go Marching In.

Get Started the Right Way!-This two-hour starter course takes the mystery out of fiddle playing for any new player. Fiddle champion Jim Wood shows proper posture and body alignment how to hold the fiddle and bow tune up and start fingering notes. Includes a basic scale and beginner play-along versions of: Old Joe Clark - Cripple Creek - and Cotton-Eyed Joe. LEVEL 1 - INCLUDES MUSIC - 120 MIN. This 2 hour starter course takes the mystery out of fiddle playing for any new player. Fiddle champion Jim Wood shows proper posture and body alignment how to hold the fiddle and bow tune up and start fingering notes. Includes a basic scale and beginner playalong versions of Old Joe Clark Cotton-Eyed Joe and Cripple Creek . A music file is included to view or print.

Suena Suena 1 is a complete and innovative methodology for the teaching of Music and Movement in music schools although it is also perfectly applicable in kindergarten and the first grades of primary education in schools.

Get the most from those extra strings and discover the true potential of the 12-string guitar with this simple user-friendly guide. Powerful bass runs dynamic rhythms and beautifully harmonised melodies will be at your fingertips with Happy Traum's comprehensive tutorial. Discover alternative chord shapes fingerpicking patterns and arrangement ideas that will bring the sympathetic strings to life with rich resonances and harmonics. Happy Traum gives you an close-up view of the instrument and its celebrated players including Leadbelly and Pete Seeger. Before you know it you'll be playing a range of classic folk blues and rag solos with boogie-woogie basslines hauntingharmonies and even some dropped-D tunings.

Piedmont Style-Some of the most unforgettable popular songs in American musical history were written in the early years of the 20th century. Working through each of these classic songs will increase your Guitar knowledge and will provide hours of fun. Guitar ace Ernie Hawkins has made arrangements of four classic pop songs that are perfect for the alternate-thumb fingerpicking method known as Piedmont Style. Ernie takes each of these songs not-for-note and measure-for-measure and shows the chord shapes bass and melody lines licks and rhythms that bring each one to life. By picking these with the traditional steady bass and syncopated melody technique you'll develop a style thatwill be great for solo performances or jamming with other players. Some of the most unforgettable popular songs in American musical history were written in the early years of the 20th century. Working through each of these classic songs will increase your Guitar knowledge and will provide hours of fun. Guitar ace Ernie Hawkins has made arrangements of four classic pop songs that are perfect for the alternate-thumb fingerpicking method known as Piedmont Style. Ernie takes each of these songs not-for-note and measure-for-measure and shows the chord shapes bass and melody lines licks and rhythms that bring each one to life. By picking these with the traditional steady bass and syncopated melody technique you'll develop a style thatwill be great for solo performances or jamming with other players.

Repertoire and Technique-This DVD covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Lesson 1 covers all the fundamentals including right & left hand technique. 60-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB •EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.Beginning with the simplest of exercises internationally renowned Banjo player David Holt presentes the old-time clawhammer style. Holt covers basics such as single and double thumb rolls continous picking and many of the important nuances that characterise the Clawhammer sound. Along with tunings licks and slurs you will also learn a bunch of essential Clawhammer tunes to play.

This book/CD pack is designed to teach you how to get the most out of your singing voice. Whatever your taste in music ? rock blues jazz R&B country funk or Latin ? Sing Today! will give you the proper start you need to sing lead or harmony. You'll learn how the human voice works breathing techniques how to read music notation warm-up exercises professional hints and tips and over 70 great songs and examples. The accompanying CD includes 91 tracks featuring full demos and sing-along versions so you can perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. This book/CD pack is designed to teach you how to get the most out of your singing voice. Whatever your taste in music – rock blues jazz R&B country funk or Latin – Sing Today! will give you the proper start you need to sing lead or harmony. You'll learn how the human voice works breathing techniques how to read music notation warm-up exercises professional hints and tips and over 70 great songs and examples. The accompanying CD includes 91 tracks featuring full demos and sing-along versions so you can perform with professional-sounding accompaniments.

Learning to play rhythm Guitar can be one of the most frustrating things for a beginner guitarist. It can also be a problem for more advanced players that never got it right when they started! This is the solution! This DVD starts at absolute beginner level and focuses on basic eighth note strumming patterns and continuous hand movement. It then develops the use of ties picking out the bass note of a chord and the use of the muted strum as a percussive device - along with a whole lot of handy hints to help you get your rhythm Guitar techniques solid. It finishes with a brief look at sixteenth note strumming and it's applications. There are 20 patternsstudied during the DVD each one fully explained and then played over and over again for you to play along with and make sure you get in the groove and get it right!

Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of banjo music with this beginner's book/CD/DVD instruction pack! Play Today! is the ULTIMATE self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction and terrific songs. All you have to do is follow along with the tips lessons and music provided as you listen to the CD or watch the DVD. The book features over 90 great songs with professional quality CD tracks. The DVD features on-screen banjo tablature so you can play all the music examples. This complete guide to the basics covers: songs chords and melodies pinching rolling and picking playing tips and techniques music notation and much more. Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of banjo music with this beginner's book/CD/DVD instruction pack! Play Today! is the ULTIMATE self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction and terrific songs. All you have to do is follow along with the tips lessons and music provided as you listen to the CD or watch the DVD. The book features over 90 great songs with professional quality CD tracks. The DVD features on-screen banjo tablature so you can play all the music examples. This complete guide to the basics covers: songs chords and melodies pinching rolling and picking playing tips and techniques music notation and much more.

Each of the 80 color flashcards features a single note followed by two short sightreading exercises. This combination of note drilling and intervalic reading is highly effective in building reading skill. Each of the 80 colour Faber Piano Adventures flashcards features a single note followed by two short sight-reading exercises. This combination of note drilling and intervalic reading is highly effective in building reading skill.

Versione Italiana Di Davide Liani- 50 Canti Per Bambini features 50 simple songs for children with lyrics and large notation helping young musicians to develop their musicality and ability with fun songs that they can learn to play and sing.

(Bass clef in C) An outlined course of study designed to follow the elementary and intermediate levels of any instructional method the Rubank Advanced Methods are considered to be one of the gold standards ofadvanced instrumental study. The specially designed units provide a complete pedagogy: Scales and Arpeggios All of the major and minor keys are covered in the complete two-book course Melodic Interpretation Including 20+ contest level duets in each book Solo Preparation Six contest level solos included Articulation Studies Specialized for eachinstrument Exercises in Fingering (woodwinds) Flexibility (brass) and Sticking (percussion) Ornamentation All types are introduced Generations of musicians have beentaught with Rubank methods - join the tradition! (Bass clef in C) An outlined course of study designed to follow the elementary and intermediate levels of any instructional method the Rubank Advanced Methods are considered to be one of the gold standards ofadvanced instrumental study. The specially designed units provide a complete pedagogy: Scales and Arpeggios All of the major and minor keys are covered in the complete two-book course Melodic Interpretation Including 20+ contest level duets in each book Solo Preparation Six contest level solos included Articulation Studies Specialized for eachinstrument Exercises in Fingering (woodwinds) Flexibility (brass) and Sticking (percussion) Ornamentation All types are introduced Generations of musicians have beentaught with Rubank methods - join the tradition!

Level 4-BigTimeö Piano Rock 'n Roll allows the pianist to let go and enjoy the fun sounds of the '50s '60s and '70s. Upbeat rhythms and pianistic arrangements make the book a delight for both students and teachers. New selections include: Piano Man - Great Balls of Fire - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - I Feel the Earth Move - and more. BigTime® Piano Rock 'n Roll allows the pianist to “let go” and enjoy the fun sounds of the '50s '60s and '70s. Upbeat rhythms and pianistic arrangements make the book a delight for both students and teachers. New selections include: Piano Man • Great Balls of Fire • I Heard It Through the Grapevine • I Feel the Earth Move • and more.

From Eric Clapton and George Harrison to Brian May and Eddie Van Halen take an inside look at the genesis of classic rock guitar. This book/CD pack provides solo transcriptions in standard notation and tab lessons on how to play them guitarist bios equipment photos history and much more. The accompanying CD contains full-band demonstrations of every guitar solo in the book. It's playable on any CD player and is also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Songs include: Louie Louie • Mississippi Queen • Money • Paranoid • Radar Love • Reeling in the Years • Smoke on the Water • Sweet Home Alabama • Tush • We Will Rock You • White Room • and more! From Eric Clapton and George Harrison to Brian May and Eddie Van Halen take an inside look at the genesis of classic rock guitar. This book/CD pack provides solo transcriptions in standard notation and tab lessons on how to play them guitarist bios equipment photos history and much more. The accompanying CD contains full-band demonstrations of every guitar solo in the book. It's playable on any CD player and is also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Songs include: Louie Louie • Mississippi Queen • Money • Paranoid • Radar Love • Reeling in the Years • Smoke onthe Water • Sweet Home Alabama • Tush • We Will Rock You • White Room • and more!

One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales arpeggios technical studies studies for musicianship articulation studies solos duets and studies devoted to the special needs of each instrument this series provides a fantastic wealth of material for all student musicians.One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales arpeggios technical studies studies for musicianship articulation studies solos duets and studies devoted to the special needs of each instrument this series provides a fantastic wealth of material for all student musicians.

Minor 5-Finger Patterns-The Skill Sheets provide innovative presentations of major and minor 5-finger patterns scales arpeggios and chords-designed to build essential skills. The Skill Sheets provide innovative presentations of major and minor 5-finger patterns scales arpeggios and chords-designed to build essential skills.

Kelly Joe explores the fingerpicking technique that has made him one of the most sought-after performers on today's acoustic music scene. He has chosen six of his most popular pieces to demonstrate how he builds fingerpicking arrangements and improvisations to communicate his unique musical vision: Tommy · Sally Ruby · Capman Bootman · River Rat Jimmy · I Am the Light of This World · and Beggar's Oil. 95-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB Kelly Joe Phelps explores the fingerpicking technique that has helped make him one of the most powerful and compelling performers on today's acoustic music scene. He has chosen his most popular pieces to display fingerpicking arrangements.

Early Elementary-Level 1 Piano Solo-Students will love the lyrics of this fast delightful solo. Fun solo develops finger dexterity and pattern recognition while exploring the upper ranges of the piano. Students will love the lyrics of this fast delightful solo. Fun solo develops finger dexterity and pattern recognition while exploring the upper ranges of the piano.

Lesson Book 1 International Edition-International Edition Book 1 covers fundamental rhythms all the notes of the grand staff C position G position. Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner International Edition Book 1 covers fundamental rhythms all the notes of the grand staff C position G position.

Level 3A-3B-12 songs carefully graded for students to enjoy including: Colours of the Wind ? Eleanor Rigby ? La Bamba ? The Lion Sleeps Tonight ? Pachelbel Canon ? Star Wars ? and more. 12 songs carefully graded for students to enjoy including: Colours of the Wind • Eleanor Rigby • La Bamba • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • Pachelbel Canon • Star Wars • and more.