Nine Original Pieces in Classical Ragtime Style for Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar. TAB/Music of all the tunes on this CD is included as PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat (a free download) to open and print this file from your computer.

The body of sacred music takes many forms and except for the area of Gospel music has not been routinely explored by fingerstyle guitarists. Yet there are techniques available to the fingerstyle player that can be used tocreate evocative and beautiful arrangements of religious music. In this DVD lesson El McMeen demonstrates the use of various techniques including harp style arpeggios and alternating bass lines as well as the open string tuningof CGDGAD to make the power and beauty of this music accessible and exciting to the fingerstyle player. Includes a 24 page tab/music PDF booklet containing all the music and examples found within the lesson. Thoroughlypractical interesting and a wonderful learning tool El McMeen's arrangements and playing bring a unique sensitivity to this music that encourages and inspires guitar students.

A fun musical play in rhyme with seven songs for Primary schools based on the Grimm Brothers' story. Meet the flamboyant donkey who revels in showing-off the kindly old dog who discovers he can sing the slinky cat thenight-singer and the always-in-a-flap Rooster. Whilst perfect singing voices are not required enthusiasm and humour are! The play has nine main characters a unison speaking chorus a body of singers and a troupe of dancingforest animals. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

Pupil Book- Go for Bronze Level 2 is the second book in a series of six workbooks for young choir singers carefully graded to teach essential musicianship skills using the principles of Zoltan Kodaly. Each workbook is intended to take a year in parallel with choir or classroom activities though the pace may vary to accommodate differing abilities. The starting age could be as young as eight years old. Activities include games as well as written and singing exercises to be done as a group activity with the main emphasis to provide the singer with the confidence to sing well at sight and to develop into a valuable member of a choir. Thework is designed to be led by a teacher or choir leader and the books should be used in conjunction with the Teachers Book available separately. Go for Bronze Level 2 builds on concepts already established including: reinforcing the pentatonic scale do and la pentatonic dotted rhythms syncopation new simple time rhythms stave changing time signatures

BB King Blues Master Highlights arranged for DVD. A documentation of the style and technique of the iconic king of the blues B.B. King.

There'll never be another band like the Grateful Dead but the Dead's music lives on. Now you can start to play and sing nine classic Grateful Dead tunes from start to finish with Fred Sokolow's 92-minute instructional DVD. Foreach song Fred shows you how to fingerpick backup while singing how to play an instrumental solo and how to begin and end the tune. Along the way you'll learn a lot about fingerpicking backup patterns soloing ideas and chordpositions.

Teach yourself how to play Piano with Progressive Beginner Piano which covers the important techniques required to learn to play the Piano including how to play chords notes and beginner Piano scales. Suitable for all ages and all Piano types including electric digital and Piano Keyboards. Includes 45 exercises and popular easy music for beginners in rock pop country folk blues and classical styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read music for beginners and Piano chords for beginners. Comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing Piano videos and audio for all examples. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing Piano is required to teachyourself to learn to play Piano from this book. Includes free poster. Teach yourself how to play Piano with Progressive Beginner Piano which covers the important techniques required to learn to play the Piano including how to play chords notes and beginner Pianoscales. Suitable for all ages and all Piano types including electric digital and Piano Keyboards. Includes 45 exercises and popular easy music for beginners in rock pop country folk blues and classicalstyles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read music for beginners and Piano chords for beginners. Comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing Piano videos and audio for all examples. No priorknowledge of how to read music or playing Piano is required to teach yourself to learn to play Piano from this book. Includes free poster.

You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in piano instruction. No other piano method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills but also the essential technique andtheory for playing in all con- temporary keyboard styles. Central to the philosophy of the You Can Teach Yourself series this beginner's book is written to give the serious adult student a solid foundation while studying on theirown without the advantage of having a private teacher; it will show you all you need to know to get an authoritative start on the instrument presenting technical and theoretical concepts as needed while offering carefully graded challenging material to hold your interest. In addition to the incalculable assets of ear training and development of taste in modern harmony upon completion of this method the student will be fully prepared to handle the demandsof modern piano music.

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 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.

Teach Yourself Blues Guitar - DVD with Small Booklet-Learn to play blues rhythms and chord progressions. Also blues lead Guitar licks and solos using all the essential Blues lead Guitar scales and patterns. Includes 56 page book. For beginning blues guitarists. Easy to follow lesson by lesson format. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of guitars. Learn all the important blues chords and blues rhythm patters. Learn to play over 25 blues progressions using easy read rhythm notation. Learn popular blues rhythm techniques such as staccato and damping. Learn blues lead Guitar patterns licks and solos using easy read tab. Learn techniques such as the hammer-on pull-off slide bend and vibrato. Learn to play blues rhythms and chord progressions. Also blues lead Guitar licks and solos using all the essential Blues lead Guitar scales and patterns. Includes 56 page book. For beginning bluesguitarists. Easy to follow lesson by lesson format. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of guitars. Learn all the important blues chords and blues rhythm patters. Learn to playover 25 blues progressions using easy read rhythm notation. Learn popular blues rhythm techniques such as staccato and damping. Learn blues lead Guitar patterns licks and solos using easy read tab. Learntechniques such as the hammer-on pull-off slide bend and vibrato.

Three-time national flatpicking champion Steve Kaufman teaches you how to buy a Guitar the easy way to fret a note how to read chord charts and play all the basic chords basic bluegrass strumming patterns bass runs and walks hammer-ons and pull-offs how to read tablature picking lead crosspicking practice techniques and much more. Three-time national flatpicking champion Steve Kaufman teaches you how to buy a Guitar the easy way to fret a note how to read chord charts and play all the basic chords basic bluegrass strumming patterns bass runs and walks hammer-ons and pull-offs how to read tablature picking lead crosspicking practice techniques and much more.

Ideal for teaching electric bass to children and teenagers as well as an excellent foundational text for bassists with no previous music experience. Cover tuning hand positions note reading rhythms picking solo playing and offers bass patterns scale studies and solos in the keys of C G F D E-flat B-flat D minor A A minor G minor E E minor A-flat C minor and F minor. In the Mel Bay teaching tradition this book presents essential music theory concepts as required by the music at any given point in the book building solid musicianship throughout. Standard notation. In SPANISH only.Ideal for teaching electric bass to children and teenagers as well as an excellent foundational text for bassists with no previous music experience. Cover tuning hand positions note reading rhythms picking solo playing and offers bass patterns scale studies and solos in the keys of C G F D E-flat B-flat D minor A A minor G minor E E minor A-flat C minor and F minor. In the Mel Bay teaching tradition this book presents essential music theory concepts as required by the music at any given point in the book building solid musicianship throughout. Standard notation. In SPANISH only.

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The first step towards experiencing ther fun of playing music. This DVD will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing the bass guitar: How to tune How to change strings BasicPicking techniques Reading music and tablature Common bass lines Playing with a drummer Slap/Pop techniques CD included Matching Videos Available

Teach Yourself Rock Guitar - DVD with Small Booklet-Learn to play bar chords rhythm patterns and chord progressions. Also lead Guitar riffs licks and solos using all the essential lead Guitar scales and patterns. Includes 56 page book. For beginning Rock guitarists. Easy to follow lesson by lesson format. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of guitars. Learn all the important Rock chords bar chords and Rock rhythm patterns. Learn to play over 25 Rock chord progressions including 12 Bar Blues and Turnaround progressions using Easy Read Notation. Learn popular Rock rhythm techniques such as staccato and damping. Learn Rock lead guitar patterns licks and solos using Easy Read Tab. Learn techniques such as theHammer-on Pull-off Slide Bend and Vibrato. Learn to play bar chords rhythm patterns and chord progressions. Also lead Guitar riffs licks and solos using all the essential lead Guitar scales and patterns. Includes 56 page book. For beginningRock guitarists. Easy to follow lesson by lesson format. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of guitars. Learn all the important Rock chords bar chords and Rock rhythmpatterns. Learn to play over 25 Rock chord progressions including 12 Bar Blues and Turnaround progressions using Easy Read Notation. Learn popular Rock rhythm techniques such as staccato and damping. LearnRock lead guitar patterns licks and solos using Easy Read Tab. Learn techniques such as the Hammer-on Pull-off Slide Bend and Vibrato.

New Orleans Fingerstyle Blues Guitar features a mix of New Orleans-flavored fingerstyle guitar tunes. Cory Seznec takes you through songs such as Lookin' For A Woman and High Society inspired by the virtuosic playing of SnooksEaglin a laid back Latin rumba style version of Corrina Corrina a punchy brass band tinged harmonically interesting rendition of the gospel tune Give Me Dat Ol' Time Religion and an arrangement of the piano prodigy JamesBooker's scorching tune Classified. The goal of the lesson is to help develop different right hand rhythmic techniques - rumba style thumb dragging bass movement flamenco-esque strumming; and help the playerdevelop passing chords and inversions incorporate classic bluesy New Orleanian ornamentation and generally spice up left hand techniques. Within each song Cory breaks everything down and slowly walks the player through thearrangement. For any guitarist looking to branch out and try a new 'feel'! 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. Songs include: Lookin' For A Woman High Society Corrina Corrina Give Me Dat Ol' Time Religion and Classified.

The life and music of Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter is the stuff of true legend and you can discover the secrets of his style and sound with Harry Lewman in this unique DVD tutorial. Widely regarded as one of the mostinfluential folk musicians in America's history Lead Belly's career spanned the era of minstrel shows the Blues explosion of the 1920s and the dawn of the singer/songwriter. His influence upon Woody Guthrie and Pete Seegerwould shape the way in which all American singer/songwriters write and play to this day. In this special DVD presentation Harry Lewman explores the stories behind the songs and explains in detail the unusual way in whichLead Belly tuned strung and played the 12-string guitar. Rare footage of Lead Belly is also featured in this lesson.

Why are Christmas shoppers rushing about when you can wait at home for Father Christmas to bring you presents? Or should that be Mother Christmas? Equal opportunities now you know! This lively and up-to-date seasonal musical willamuse primary school children and is great entertainment. Three easy-to-stage scenes: a bustling street chaotic preperations for the Nativity play and the children's bedroom on Christmas Eve. Children of all ages can take partwith chorus speaking and solo singing roles. Also includes dance. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

Volume 2-In this second lesson for Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Tony McManus explores all the dance rhythms of Scottish music with its pipe-marches strathspeys single and double jigs slip jiogs and reels. McManus has been notablysuccesfull in translating the complex music of the highland bagpipes to the guitar and to maintain the integrity of the music he introduces three unusual tunings: CGCGCD CGDGCD and DAAEAE. The idea and playing of sets ispresented as well as further exploration of ornamentation techniques. Complete with a 32 page tab/music booklet of all the pieces included in the DVD.

Pupil Book- Go for Bronze Level 1 is the first book in a series of six workbooks for young choir singers carefully graded to teach essential musicianship skills using the principles of Zoltan Kodaly. Each workbook is intended to take a year in parallel with choir or classroom activities though the pace may vary to accommodate differing abilities. The starting age could be as young as eight years old. Activities include games as well as written and singing exercises to be done as a group activity with the main emphasis to provide the singer with the confidence to sing well at sight and to develop into a valuable member of a choir. Thework is designed to be led by a teacher or choir leader and the books should be used in conjunction with the Teachers Book available separately. Go for Bronze Level 1 provides a clear introduction to many musical concepts including: pulse/beat rhythm pitch principles of solfa handsigns stave simple time signatures musical terms for dynamics