Ever think to yourself I wish I hadn't stopped playing the Piano!? If so then this is the perfect book to help you dive back into the fun world of creating music! It allows you to play the songs you know and love from pop tunes to folk songs to familiar classical music. 44 songs include: Amazing Grace • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik • Forrest Gump ? Main Title (Feather Theme) • I Walk the Line • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring • Let It Be • The Music of the Night • Stand by Me • Sweet Home Alabama • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star • and many more! Ever think to yourself 'I wish I hadn't stopped playing the Piano!'? If so then this is the perfect book to help you dive back into the fun world of creating music! It allows you to play the songs you know and love from pop tunes to folk songs to familiar classical music. 44 songs include: Amazing Grace Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Forrest Gump - Main Title (Feather Theme) I Walk the Line Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring Let It Be The Music of the Night Stand by Me Sweet Home Alabama Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and many more!

Aural Skills For The Improvising Musician (Book And CD)-From Thom Mason comes a fun and interesting guide to help you develop aural skills and refine your musical ear! This book focuses on improving your technique in hearing pitches rhythms melodies and chord progressions as directly to applied to actual music in the jazz repertoire. The text will help you to hear music in your head from the written page transcribe and sight sing all the while making it musical through appropriate jazz phrasing and articulations. The valuable lessons learned can be applied to any instrument or voice with skills that transcend jazz useful in all styles of music. From Thom Mason comes a fun and interesting guide to help you develop aural skills and refine your musical ear! This book focuses on improving your technique in hearing pitches rhythms melodies and chord progressions as directly to applied to actual music in the jazz repertoire. The text will help you to hear music in your head from the written page transcribe and sight sing all the while making it musical through appropriate jazz phrasing and articulations. The valuable lessons learned can be applied to any instrument or voice with skills that transcend jazz useful in all styles of music.

Composer Showcase Series 1 Piano 4 Hands-Perfect for church or studio these four delightful medleys incorporate 13 Christmas classics including: Angels We Have Heard on High - Deck the Hall - First Noel The - Go Tell It on the Mountain - The Holly and the Ivy - Joy to the World - O Christmas Tree - Silent Night - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - and more. These four medleys of 13 religious songs will spark up Christmas programs and holiday gatherings everywhere.

Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 5-The Guitar Play-Along DVD Series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 5 includes: All the Small Things (blink-182)· Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet) · Drive(Incubus) · Heaven (Los Lonely Boys) · Keep Away (Godsmack) · Kryptonite (Three Doors Down) · Lightning Crashes (Live) · My Own Worst Enemy (Lit). 100 minutes. The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hands close-up. This DVD is full of great Rock hits that all guitarists will want to know!

Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 18-The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 18 includes: Against the Wind · Get Out of Denver · Her Strut · Hollywood Nights ·Mainstreet · Night Moves · Rock and Roll Never Forgets · Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser. The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional Guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the Guitar off if you want to play along or leave the Guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know!

Technique & Performance - Anglicised Edition-Piano Adventures: Technique And Performance Book - Primer Level combines two essential elements of pianism: - The student develops technical skill through the application of Technique Secrets. - Engaging etudes and performance pieces allow thesetechniques to be tools for musical expression. Piano Adventures: Technique And Performance Book - Primer Level is an essential companion to the Lesson and Theory book. This version is the new anglicised edition. Piano Adventures: Technique And Performance Book - Primer Level combines two essential elements of pianism: - The student develops technical skill through the application of 'Technique Secrets.' - Engaging etudes and performance pieces allow these techniques to be tools for musical expression. Piano Adventures: Technique And Performance Book - Primer Level is an essential companion to the Lesson and Theory book. This version is the new anglicised edition.

Ukulele Master Lyle Ritz Shares a Lifetime of Performance Techniques-Ukulele jazz master Lyle Ritz shares many of his playing techniques in this educational and entertaining 75 minute DVD. In the instructional portion Lyle plays through seven different arrangements drawn from his Ukulele Masters: Lyle Lite songbook/CD pointing out techniques and tricks that he has developed over a lifetime of performing. Songs taught include: Avalon · Beautiful Dreamer · Let Me Call You Sweetheart · My Melancholy Baby · and Ritz original B-Flat Blues in C. He plays each slowly then up to speed and lyrics melody lines and ukulele chord grids are included as printable PDF files on the disc. Also features a fascinating career retrospective interview conducted byJim Beloff. Ukulele jazz master Lyle Ritz shares many of his playing techniques in this educational and entertaining 75 minute DVD. In the instructional portion Lyle plays through seven different arrangements drawn from his Ukulele Masters: Lyle Lite songbook/CD pointing out techniques and tricks that he has developed over a lifetime of performing. Songs taught include: Avalon Beautiful Dreamer Let Me Call You Sweetheart My Melancholy Baby Ritz original “B-Flat Blues in C.” He plays each slowly then up to speed and lyrics melody lines and ukulele chord grids are included as printable PDF files on the disc.

Voted one of the Top 20 Millennium Players by Drumscene magazine Magesh is regarded as one of Australia's most exciting and innovative drummers. He is known for incorporating tablas and electronics with thedrumset. In his debut DVD Magesh talks about playing with loops creating unique beats originality sampling using electronics and feel. He also plays beats and music inspired by funk hip-hop drum n' bass and rock. Specialguest performances include some of Australia's hottest musicians including The Executives. 63 minutes.Magesh is regarded as one of Australia's most exciting and innovative drummers known for incorporating tablas and live electronics with the drumset. This DVD provides a detailed examination of the distinctive Magesh style with beats and music inspired by funk Drum'n'Bass and Hip Hop including discussions of: Playing with loops Playing grooves Creating unique beats Originality Sampling Using electronics Feel

1. Song Without Words 2. Shortenin' Bread Boogie 3. Toy Bugle 4. Sweet Tooth 5. The Case Of The Mysterious Violin 6. Quiet Moment 7. Razzle Dazzle 8. Let's Have A Party 1. Song Without Words 2. Shortenin' Bread Boogie 3. Toy Bugle 4. Sweet Tooth 5. The Case Of The Mysterious Violin 6. Quiet Moment 7. Razzle Dazzle 8. Let's Have A Party

The Hal Leonard Folk Harp Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide designed for anyone just learning to play folk harp. Inside you'll find loads of techniques tips and fun songs to learn and play. Theaccompanying CD contains 56 demo tracks that cover most of the music examples in the book. Covers: the harp and its parts; sitting with the harp; hand position and finger placing; key signatures and meter signatures; scales andarpeggios; the I-IV-V chords; ostinatos and slides; many classic folksongs; and much more! A comprehensive and easy-to-follow beginner's guide the Hal Leonard Folk Harp Method is designed for anyone just learning to play Folk Harp. With this clear method you'll discover plenty of techniques tips and fun songs to learn and play. The accompanying CD contains 56 demo tracks that cover most of the music examples in the book. The Hal Leonard Folk Harp Method covers the following topics: The Harp and its parts Sitting with the Harp Hand position and finger placing Key signatures and meter signatures Scales and arpeggios The I-IV-Vchords Ostinatos and slides Many classic folksongs and much more

Featuring Instruction from Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and more-For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funk patternsincluding odd linear groupings and more. These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach. Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats Jason Bittner John Blackwell Keith Carlock David Garibaldi and all the artists from the Modern Drummer Festival 2008: Will Calhoun Ndugu Chancler Gavin Harrison Simon Phillips Thomas Pridgen Dafnis Prieto Derek Roddy Todd Sucherman Bill Stewart and Billy Ward. For the first time in print Hudson Music has taken lessons from the eBooks contained on their award-winning DVDs and compiled them into a book/DVD package for drummers of all styles. Lessons with the Hudson Greats Vol. 1 contains note-for-note transcriptions of many of the key exercises grooves fills and concepts performed and taught by some of the greatest drummers in the world creating a workbook that will improve your playing on just about every front. Concepts cover all the bases including hand and foot technique builders odd-time patterns jazz time and comping concepts fill ideas from basic to extremely advanced groove creativity ideas funkpatterns including odd linear groupings and more. These eBooks together present a fantastic amount of challenging practice material in all styles almost like a college course in modern professional drumset playing. Not only a companion to the Hudson DVDs the book works as a stand-alone course of study that will allow you to incorporate the concepts of many of today's leading players into your approach. Included is a DVD containing one hour and 15 minutes of clips pulled from the Hudson DVDs referred to in the book indexed for ease of reference making this a complete educational package. Included are drumming greats

The Complete Guide with CD!-This book is divided into three sections. The first covers Afro-Cuban (Afro-Caribbean) jazz the second section deals with Brazilian influenced jazz - Bossa Nova and Samba and the third contains lead sheets of the tunes andinstructions for the play-along CD. The Afro-Cuban section contains a chapter on some basic concepts of traditional Afro-Cuban music including the clave tumbao and montuno. Also there is a chapter on typical piano voicing usedin Afro-Cuban music Latin jazz in general. Next is a chapter on typical comping patterns used in various Afro-Cuban styles such as Mambo Cha-cha etc. The last chapter in this section features tunes written in these variousstyles and arranged for lead instrument piano and bass piano lead and piano solo. The next section on Brazilian-related jazz begins with a chapter on the many varied rhythms typically used in comping for Bossa Novas and Sambas and concludes with a chapter featuring tunes arranged in the same ways as the first section. The third section contains lead sheets of all the tunes so the reader can play and improvise on them along with the accompanying CD. Thereader is encourage to continual change the way he or she plays these tunes and apply the principles found in this book to other tunes in the Latin jazz repertoire. Learn how to play Latin jazz Piano based on traditional Latin music from Cuba and Brazil. Latin Jazz Piano addresses the three roles that the jazz pianist typically plays: as a member of an accompanying rhythm section as a lead instrument within an ensemble and as a solo instrument. The online audio features many examples in the book and combo tracks with which to play along. The book is divided into three sections. The first covers Afro-Cuban (Afro-Caribbean) jazz the second section deals with Brazilian influenced jazz - Bossa Nova and Samba and the third contains lead sheets of the tunes and instructions for the play-along onlineaudio. The Afro-Cuban section contains a chapter on some basic concepts of traditional Afro-Cuban music including the clave tumbao and montuno. Also there is a chapter on typical piano voicing used in Afro-Cuban music Latin jazz in general. Next is a chapter on typical comping patterns used in various Afro-Cuban styles such as Mambo Cha-cha etc. The last chapter in this section features tunes written in these various styles and arranged for lead instrument piano and bass piano lead and piano solo. The next section on Brazilian-related jazz begins with a chapter on the many varied rhythms typically used in comping for Bossa Novas and Sambas and concludes with a chapter featuring tunes arranged in the same ways as the first section. The third section contains lead sheets of all the tunes so the reader can play and improvise on them along with the accompanying online audio. The reader is encouraged to continually change t

Written by Dominic Alldis Jazz Piano Tutor at the Royal Academy of Music this is an invaluable tutor for those wishing to incorporate their previous classical training into learning the Jazz idiom. Divided into two parts part one begins with improvisation using pantatonic scales this encourages an exploration of the keyboard using a rudimentary melodic and harmonic framework. Part two begins with an introduction to bebop by applying the melodic syntax found in a Bach prelude to aharmonic progression of a jazz standard. Features explanations and examples of: Pentatonic Improvisation The Blues Rock Piano Rhythmic Displacement Scale Theory Major Scale Theory Applied Melodic Syntax The Language of Bebop Minor Scale Theory Applied Pentatonic Scale Theory Applied Left-Hand Accompaniment Walking Bass Lines Thematic Development Performance Tips. This book represents the culmination of hundreds of hours spent teaching jazz piano and should be an enjoyable course of study for anyone who loves jazz piano and who wants to make steps towards understanding the vast array of possibilities open to the improvising pianist. Written by Dominic Alldis Jazz Piano Tutor at the Royal Academy of Music this is an invaluable tutor for those wishing to incorporate their previous classical training into learning the Jazz idiom. Divided into two parts part one begins with improvisation using pantatonic scales this encourages an exploration of the keyboard using a rudimentary melodic and harmonic framework. Part two begins with an introduction to bebop by applying the melodic syntax found in a Bach prelude to aharmonic progression of a jazz standard. Features explanations and examples of: Pentatonic Improvisation The Blues Rock Piano Rhythmic Displacement Scale Theory Major ScaleTheory Applied Melodic Syntax The Language of Bebop Minor Scale Theory Applied Pentatonic Scale Theory Applied Left-Hand Accompaniment Walking Bass Lines Thematic Development Performance Tips. This book represents the culmination of hundreds of hours spent teaching jazz piano and should be an enjoyable course of study for anyone who loves jazz piano and who wants to make steps towards understanding the vast array of possibilities open to the improvising pianist.

Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 22-The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the completesong along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from multiple viewing options;fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hand close-up and others. Features 8 legendary tunes for guitar: Bridge of Sighs Kid Charlemagne The Lemon Song Mary Jane's Last Dance Revolution Soul Sacrifice Susie-Q That Smell.The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the Guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from multiple viewing options; fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hand close-up and others.

Apple's Logic 8 has been completely redesigned from the ground up making this latest version of the feature-packed digital audio workstation application simply the best it's ever been. Forget what you know about previousversions Apple's Logic 8 Pro Studio and Express are all new and full of enhancements across the board. This new DVD from BCI Media and Hal Leonard Logic 8: Beginner Level explores all of the features of Logic 8 so that nomatter which edition you choose you'll be able to use the powerful tools it provides to start making your music sound incredible! You'll learn how to quickly navigate the newly designed single-window interface andhow Logic 8's new Multitake Management and Quick Swipe Comping dramatically streamline the overdub process. Learn to master the powerful new audio editng features such as snap-to-transient and graphical time stretching and sampleaccurate editing in the Arrange window while learning to work faster and with greater precision. You'll even learn all about end-to-end surround production features in Logic 8 including multichannel tracks busses and supportfor True Surround software instruments and effects. This DVD will familiarize you with the features of Logic 8 Express while introudcitng you to even more features from the massive Logic 8 Pro Studio package. 120 minutes.Apple's Logic 8 has been completely redesigned from the ground up making this latest version of the feature-packed digital audio workstation application simply the best it's ever been. Forget what you know about previous versions Apple's Logic 8 Pro Studio and Express are all new and full of enhancements across the board. This new DVD from BCI Media and Hal Leonard Logic 8: Beginner Level explores all of the features of Logic 8 so that no matter which edition you choose you'll be able to use the powerful tools it provides to start making your music sound incredible! You'll learn how to quickly navigate the newly designed single-window interface and how Logic8's new Multitake Management and Quick Swipe Comping dramatically streamline the overdub process. Learn to master the powerful new audio editing features such as snap-to-transient and graphical time stretching and sample accurate editing in the Arrange window while learning to work faster and with greater precision. You'll even learn all about end-to-end surround production features in Logic 8 including multichannel tracks busses and support for True Surround software instruments and effects. This DVD will familiarize you with the features of Logic 8 Express while introducing you to even more features from the massive Logic 8 Pro Studio package.

Featuring Chad Smith John Blackwell Horatio El Negro Hernandez Simon Kirke and Eguie Castrillo-This DVD documents a remarkable one-night-only performance by five of the biggest names in the drum world as they play live onstage both solo and then together in a show-stopping finale in a benefit for Right Turn. You'llexperience upclose: the amazing handwork of Prince's drummer John Blackwell; heavy-yet-tasty band approach playing by Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; classic rock icon Simon Kirke; and the fiery polyrhythmic jaw-dropping ensemble playing of drummers' drummers Horatio El Negro Hernandez and Eguie Castrillo. Drummer's Night in Boston 2005 gives you unlimited access to the artists with exclusivebackstage interviews and spirited performances captured live with multiple cameras in sparkling digital video and audio. 91 minutes Recorded October 14th 2005 this DVD documents a remarkable one-night-only performance by five of the biggest names in the drum world as they play live onstage both solo and then together in a show-stopping finale in a benefit for Right Turn. You'll experience upclose: the amazing handwork of Prince's drummer John Blackwell; heavy-yet-tasty 'band approach' playing by Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; classic rock icon Simon Kirke; and the firey polyryhthmic jaw-dropping ensemble playing of drummer's drummers Horatio 'El Negro' Hernandez and Eguie Castrillo. Drummer's Night in Boston 2005 gives you unlimited access to the artists with exclusive backstageinterviews and spirited performances captured live with multiple cameras in sparkling digital video and audio.

Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 14-The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 14 includes: Born to Be Wild · Don't Fear the Reaper · Free Bird · Hit Me with YourBest Shot · Jump Jive An' Wail · Mony Mony · Rocky Mountain Way · Takin' Care of Business. The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know!

Kolb reveals the tools and strategies necessary for creating memorable intelligent lead lines. If you're looking to break out of that pentatonic rut and greatly expand your repertoire look no further. Tom breaks these topics down in a concise easy-to-understand fashion and demonstrates their usefulness with exciting musical examples. Topics covered include: rocking up Mixolydian · 3rds and 6ths · arpeggios · the railroad track - the easiest scale in the world · minor scales and modes · Lydian: a major alternative · major-key soloing for rockers · triad substitutions · pentatonic double stops · killer guitar tone · open-string embellishments. 127 minutes.Kolb reveals the tools and strategies necessary for creating memorable intelligent lead lines. If you're looking to break out of that pentatonic rut and greatly expand your repertoire look no further. Tom breaks these topics down in a concise easy-to-understand fashion and demonstrates their usefulness with exciting musical examples. Topics covered include: rocking up Mixolydian • 3rds and 6ths • arpeggios • “the railroad track” – the easiest scale in the world • minor scales and modes • Lydian: a major alternative • major-key soloing for rockers • triad substitutions • pentatonic double stops • killer guitar tone • open-string embellishments.

Choro Samba and Bossa Nova-Brazilian Piano teaches elements of some of the most appealing Brazilian musical styles: choro samba and bossa nova. It starts with rhythmic training to develop the fundamental groove of Brazilian music. Next examples build up a rhythmic and harmonic vocabulary that can be used when playing the original songs that follow. Besides providing audio for the examples in the book the CD contains ensemble recordings that allow you to improvise through the middle chorus. Additional versions of the ensemble tunes are included on the CD-ROM section of the disc accessible via computer. Features artist interviews and bios. Brazilian Piano teaches elements of some of the most appealing Brazilian musical styles: choro samba and bossa nova. It starts with rhythmic training to develop the fundamental groove of Brazilian music. Next examples build up a rhythmic and harmonic vocabulary that can be used when playing the original songs that follow. Besides providing audio for the examples in the book the online audio contains ensemble recordings that allow you to improvise through the middle chorus.

On this dynamic DVD Troy Dexter plays examples in the style of such rockabilly greats as Scotty Moore Carl Perkins Brian Setzer Eddie Cochran and Duane Eddy. He demonstrates effects devices (tremolo echo reverb anddistortion) and how they were used by each player. Troy also shows chord voicings and application and the scales inherent in rockabilly. He gives examples of thirds and fifths intervals whole-tone licks chromatic lead-ins horn stab riffs chord raking vibrato bar techniques bends slides shuffle rhythms and more. The accompanying booklet comes complete with easy-to-follow notation and diagrams that correspond exactly to the DVD.On this dynamic DVD Troy Dexter plays examples in the style of such rockabilly greats as Scotty Moore Carl Perkins Brian Setzer Eddie Cochran and Duane Eddy. He demonstrates effects devices (tremolo echo reverb and distortion) and how they were used by each player. Troy also shows chord voicings and application and the scales inherent in rockabilly. He gives examples of thirds and fifths intervals whole-tone licks chromatic lead-ins horn stab riffs chord raking vibrato bar techniques bends slides shuffle rhythms and more. The accompanying booklet comes complete with easy-to-follow notation and diagrams that correspond exactly to the DVD.