The most comprehensive and complete scale book written especially for the guitar. Divided into four main sections: 1) Fretboard Visualization the breaking down of the whole into parts; 2) Scale Terminology - a thoroughunderstanding of whole and half steps scale degrees intervals etc.; 3) Scales And Modes - the rear of the book covers every scale you will ever need with exercises and applications; 4) Scale To Chord Guide - ties it alltogether showing what scale to use over various chords.Ron Middlebrook's Scales And Modes In The Beginning is one of the most comprehensive and complete scale books written especially for the guitar. It is divided into four main sections: 1) Fretboard Visualization the breaking down of the whole into parts 2) Scale Terminology - a thorough understanding of whole and half steps scale degrees intervals etc. 3) Scales And Modes - the rear of the book covers every scale you will ever need with exercises and applications 4) Scale To Chord Guide - ties it all together showing what scale to use over various chords. Ideal for guitarists of all levels whether learning how to play scales or exploring modalimprovisation.

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.

Find out what's missing in your musical toolbox and bring your playing up to date. Modernize your capabilities to reflect the music and work opportunities of the 21st century. Classical pedagogy and contemporary skills are not mutually exclusive. The information and practice techniques presented in this book have been designed to enhance listening playing and ensemble expertise while serving to add dimension to traditional methods and repertoire. Creative musicianship technology for strings multi-style-ready contemporary techniques as well as fluency with diverse musical structures from around the world are essential updates whether you're teachingschool orchestra or are an amateur or professional player. Discover your own voice on your own instrument!

(ShowTrax CD)-This fresh new single featured in Disney's High School Musical made Billboard Hot 100 history with the biggest one week jump of all time. A super showcase for all types of ensembles!Available separately: SATB SAB and 2-Part.ShowTrax CD also available. Performance Time: Approx. 3:25

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.

This book/CD pack is designed to help you quickly become a better blues player. Award-winning guitarist songwriter author and Taylor Guitars clinician Artie Traum explores essential blues techniques in fret-by-fret detail forboth finger and flatpick styles. You'll learn to play classic blues songs such as Country Boy Blues Come Back Baby and Trouble in Mind along with turnarounds bass lines funky licks and much more more! The CD includes demonstrations of all of the lessons. Level 3.Learn the songs and techniques of acoustic Blues. This book/CD pack is designed to help you quickly become a better blues player. Award-winning guitarist songwriter and author Artie Traum explores essential blues techniques in fret-by-fret detail for both finger and flatpick styles. You'll learn to play classic blues songs such as Country Boy Blues Come Back Baby and Trouble In Mind along with turnarounds bass lines funky licks and much more more! The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of all of the lessons.

Teachers Edition-One-Minute Theory teaches the essentials of music theory without cutting into valuable rehearsal time. Its independent learning style makes it the perfect choice for classrooms of mixed levels - first-year students can work on Book One while second-year students are working on Book Two! The Student Edition is structured as a series of one-minute self-explanatory lessons that can be used on their own or as a jumping-off point for teaching theory in the context of performance. Topics covered include major and minor intervals major and minor scales dotted eighth notes sixteenth rests musical terms and - best of all - a chapter devoted to applying what students have learnedto real music! One-Minute Theory teaches the essentials of music theory without cutting into valuable rehearsal time. Its independent learning style makes it the perfect choice for classrooms of mixed levels - first-year students can work onBook One while second-year students are working on Book Two! The Student Edition is structured as a series of one-minute self-explanatory lessons that can be used on their own or as a jumping-off point for teaching theory in thecontext of performance. Topics covered include major and minor intervals major and minor scales dotted eighth notes sixteenth rests musical terms and - best of all - a chapter devoted to applying what students havelearned to real music!

The essential patterns all great mandolin players know and use. The essential patterns all great mandolin players know and use.

Four Lessons: Country Rhythm Guitar Country Lead Guitar Chicken Pickin' and Pedal Steel Licks. A first of its kind the At A Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each pack features several lessons pertaining to one topic and the DVD lessons feature on-screen music from a vast array of classic songs. Four Lessons: Country Rhythm Guitar Country Lead Guitar Chicken Pickin' and Pedal Steel Licks. A first of its kind the At A Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each pack features several lessons pertaining to one topic and the DVD lessons feature on-screen music from a vast array of classic songs.

Grade 5- The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books including this volume for Grade 5 have been specifically written to reflect Trinity's parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout. Designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems these books follow the same progressive format as previous editions: technical aspects are introduced step by step firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises then by studying prepared pieces with associatedquestions and finally Going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.

Now you can play lead and rhythm dobro guitar anywhere on the fretboard in any key with this useful package. Play a variety of styles with moveable scale patterns common licks and techniques. Suitable for all players. Now you can play lead and rhythm dobro guitar anywhere on the fretboard in any key with this useful package. Play a variety of styles with moveable scale patterns common licks and techniques. Suitable for all players.

Learn how to play in the style of guitar greats such as Jeff Beck Mike Stern Kenny Burrell Joe Pass Stevie Ray Vaughan and other players. This workshop will help you develop your own approaches and phrase your own solos by using the techniques of master guitar players. Learn to play rock blues jazz funk Latin or R&B. Traditional lead sheet music notation and guitar tablature includes notes on style tempo form fingerings song descriptions and commentary hints tips and practice ideas. Note: This revised edition includes the content from several products in the Jim Kelly Guitar Workshop series with audio and video files available online. Learn how to play in the style of guitar greats such as Jeff Beck Mike Stern Kenny Burrell Joe Pass Stevie Ray Vaughan and other players. This workshop will help you develop your own approaches and phrase your own solos by using the techniques of master guitar players. Learn to play rock blues jazz funk Latin or R&B. Traditional lead sheet music notation and guitar tablature includes notes on style tempo form fingerings song descriptions and commentary hints tips and practice ideas. Note: This revised edition includes the content from several products in the Jim Kelly Guitar Workshop series with audio and video files available online.

Contents include: Yankee Doodle - Anchors Aweigh - You're a Grand Old Flag - America the Beautiful - The Marines' Hymn and My Country 'tis of Thee. Contents include: Yankee Doodle; Anchors Aweigh; You're a Grand Old Flag; America the Beautiful; The Marines' Hymn and My Country 'tis of Thee.

Essential Chords Scales Rhythms and Theory-Bruce Buckingham teaches you the necessary Guitar Basics in this Musicians Institute Private Lessons book and CD package. With instruction on chords scales strumming rhythm playing the blues and more. Includes practice tips chord charts songs and progressions. Essential aspects for learning acoustic or electric guitar. CD features demo tracks and examples. Bruce Buckingham teaches you the necessary Guitar Basics in this Musicians Institute Private Lessons book and CD package. With instruction on chords scales strumming rhythm playing the blues and more. Includes practice tips chord charts songs and progressions. Essential aspects for learning acoustic or electric guitar. CD features demo tracks and examples.

DVD-Picking up where Beginning Clawhammer Banjo leaves off this DVD begins with a review of brush thumbing and the single-string stroke then moves into specialized techniques such as: drop- and double-thumbing single-string brush thumb chords in double C tuning and more. Tunes include: Country Waltz - Green Willis - Little Billie Wilson - Magpie - The Meeting of the Waters - Old Joe Clark - and more! Includes a transcription booklet. 60 min. Celebrated folk music tutor Ken Perlman introduces this DVD that explores the heritage and techniques of the Clawhammer Banjo tradition. Beginning with a look at the brush-thumb technique Perlman uses his expert knowledge and experience to guide you through: Drop thumbing Double thumbing Drop thumb anticipation Skip Single-string brush-thumbing Chords in double 'C' tuning. During the course of the tutorial all lessons are illustrated with authentic examples of traditional folk songs and Clawhammer favourites including The Meeting Of The Waters and Little Billy Wilson . By the end of the disc you will not only be fluent in a host ofClawhammer techniques but also have a repertoire of songs through which to master your Banjo chops all courtesy of one of the most acclaimed players of the style.

The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. At a Glance - Fretboard Theory features these lessons: Fretboard Navigation CAGED Licks Modal Soloing and Harmonizing Lead Lines. 30 songs including: Aqualung • Crazy Train • Day Tripper • Hit Me with Your Best Shot • Jump Jive an' Wail • Landslide • No Woman No Cry • Oye Como Va • Reeling in the Years • Smoke on the Water • Walk This Way • and many more! The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic and the hi-def DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. At a Glance - Fretboard Theory features these lessons: Fretboard Navigation CAGED Licks Modal Soloing and Harmonizing Lead Lines. 30 songs including: Aqualung • Crazy Train • Day Tripper • Hit Me with Your Best Shot• Jump Jive an' Wail • Landslide • No Woman No Cry • Oye Como Va • Reeling in the Years • Smoke on the Water • Walk This Way • and many more!

Musicians Institute-This drumming workbook helps to perfect fill technique for a variety of rock styles through the use of components. Basic rhythms are shown then modified with orchestrations. Practice tips and a variety of quotes provide additional inspiration. The accompanying audio CD includes 71 demonstrations and play-along tracks. Practice suggestions. Motion concepts. Compound rhythm concepts. Hand-foot concepts. Drum to cymbal concepts. Roll concepts. Double-bass drum concepts. Grouping concepts. Play-along charts. Percussion notation. This drumming workbook helps to perfect fill technique for a variety of rock styles through the use of components. Basic rhythms are shown then modified with orchestrations. Practice tips and a variety of quotes provide additional inspiration. The accompanying audio CD includes 71 demonstrations and play-along tracks. Practice suggestions. Motion concepts. Compound rhythm concepts. Hand-foot concepts. Drum to cymbal concepts. Roll concepts. Double-bass drum concepts. Grouping concepts. Play-along charts. Percussion notation.

Within Succeeding with the Masters® Romantic Era Volume Two comes the intermediate through early-advanced pieces by Schubert Schumann Tchaikovsky and Chopin. As with all of the books in Succeeding with the Masters® Dr. Marlais presents each work within the context of its social and historical time. Valuable practice strategies for each piece help teachers guide their students in developing the correct technique and musical style. Just listen to your students take off when they realize that they can play pieces by the greatest composers who have ever lived. Students want to succeed and when they succeed with the masters they know that they have done something special.There is no better motivator! Within Succeeding with the Masters® Romantic Era Volume Two comes the intermediate through early-advanced pieces by Schubert Schumann Tchaikovsky and Chopin. As with all of the books in Succeeding with the Masters® Dr. Marlais presents each work within the context of its social and historical time. Valuable practice strategies for each piece help teachers guide their students in developing the correct technique and musical style. Just listen to your students take off when they realize that they can play pieces by the greatest composers who have ever lived. Students want to succeed and when they succeed with the masters they know that they havedone something special. There is no better motivator!

For Electric and Acoustic Guitar-Guitar educator Dave Celentano will take you through this comprehensive hands-on course and show you all the basic essentials for playing rhythm guitar. The DVD includes: anatomy of the guitar holding the guitar choosing picks strings tuning finger exercises open position chords barre chords power chords strumming keeping the beat rhythms palm muting how to read tablature and chord diagrams and many tips. Throughout the DVDare examples designed to assimilate the chords and strums and get you playing rhythm guitar immediately. 60 minutes.Celebrated MIT graduate and Guitar tutor Dave Celentano presents the first in a 3-part course to get you rocking as a rhythm guitarist. Celentano begins with the very basics such as choosing plectrums holding the Guitar and finding your first chords. Before long you will be discovering a world of techniques and playing styles including: Bar chords Power chords Strumming Keeping the beat Palm muting The disc also includes a section discussing how to read Guitar Tab and how to use the chord diagrams that are commonplace in rhythm guitar music. Soon you will be rocking with the best of them and getting your hands around those chordsand chops you've always wanted to master.

Ron Eschete. REH Book/Audio Pack. Expand your chord-melody chops with these outstanding jazz phrases. Explore chord substitutions chromatic movements contrary motion pedal tones inner voice reharmonisation and more. Arranged in standard notation and guitar tablature with demonstration CD. Ron Eschete. REH Book/Audio Pack. Expand your chord-melody chops with these outstanding jazz phrases. Explore chord substitutions chromatic movements contrary motion pedal tones inner voice reharmonisation and more. Arranged in standard notation and guitar tablature with demonstration CD.