Offering a variety of styles at each level and genuine educational merit.

The accompanying Cassette to Roy Wilkinson and Maria Chen's ABC Of Aural Awareness - Grade 4 .

An Introduction to the Basics and the Blues-The fastest way to teach yourself the Harmonica! Expert Harmonica pro David Hart begins with your first breathing patterns and notes moving through simple melodies and rhythms as you find your way around the instrument. Once you've mastered the basics its time to tackle those quintessential Blues techniques that will really bring your playing to life including: Chords and arpeggios Bugle calls Double stops Vibrato Train sounds Shakes Cross-harp style 12-bar Blues The pack also includes printable PDF reference materials and a guide to the different types of Harmonica available to choose from.

Four programs on DVD designed to get you singing the Blues like a true pro. On Vocal Basics: Steps One and Two you'll learn Correct breathing and mouth position Vowel exercises How to find your range How to use your voice in different styles Exercises for extending your vocal range The 'chest voice' and the 'head voice' How to interpret melody and make the lyrics com alive How to take care of your voice Once you've learned the basics of successful and confident singing you are ready to move on to Blue Vocals: Step One and Two The Blues scale The major pentatonic Call-and-response style How toexpand your Blues phrasing How to write a great Blues song The chance to sing along with BB King Albert Collins and Robben Ford

Boxed Set with Four Books & One DVD-Get started playing guitar with real songs and solid lessons covering everything you need: chords scales theory licks and much more! The method's well-paced and logical teaching sequence will get beginning guitarists playing more easily than ever before and music from popular artists like the Beatles Jimi Hendrix Nirvana AC/DC and Green Day will keep them playing and having fun. This boxed set includes four books ( Electric Guitar Method Guitar Chord Chart Guitar Scale Chart and Guitar Theory ) and the 200 Rock Licks DVD that includes killer lead lines and phrases riffs walk-through explanations by pro guitarists note-for-note on-screen tablature;normal- and slow-speed performance demos. Works for those who want to teach themselves or with a teacher! Get started playing guitar with real songs and solid lessons covering everything you need: chords scales theory licks and much more! The method's well-paced and logical teaching sequence will get beginning guitarists playing more easily than ever before and music from popular artists like the Beatles Jimi Hendrix Nirvana AC/DC and Green Day will keep them playing and having fun. This boxed set includes four books ( Electric Guitar Method Guitar Chord Chart Guitar Scale Chart and Guitar Theory ) and the 200 Rock Licks DVD that includes killer lead lines and phrases riffs walk-through explanations by pro guitarists note-for-note on-screentablature;normal- and slow-speed performance demos. Works for those who want to teach themselves or with a teacher!

Technic is fun offers piano students a series of graded studies and etudes for the development of technic style and musicianship. These studies will reinforce the technical requirements found in method books and in standard piano repertory.

Answer Key-The Write Play And Hear Your Theory Every Day - Book 5 (Answer Key) is the companion to Write Play and Hear Your Theory Every Day® Book 5 and provides the correct answers for each of the written exercises as well as playback and ear training activities. The Write Play And Hear Your Theory Every Day - Book 5 (Answer Key) is the companion to Write Play and Hear Your Theory Every Day® Book 5 and provides the correct answers for each of the written exercises as well as playback and ear training activities.

Hal Leonard Guitar Method- Guitar for Kids is a fun easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Continuing where Book 1 left off popular songs in this volume such as Guitar for Kids is a fun easy course that teaches children to play Guitar faster than ever before. Continuing where Book 1 left off popular songs in this volume such as Eight Days a Week Let It Go Rock Around the Clock Fields of Gold Oye Como Va and Dust in the Wind keep kids motivated while the clean simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for children using electric or acoustic Guitars. It can be used in combination with a Guitar teacher or parent even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The priceof this book includes access to over 30 audio demonstration tracks online for download or streaming.

Chana West Africa is the source for many rhythms throughout the world. In this book ethnomusicologist and drumset artist Royal Hartigan with the help of Ghanaian Master Drummers Abraham Adzenyah and Freeman Donkor have adapted West African rhythms to the drumset . Concentrating on four rhythmic groups -Sikyi Adowa Gahy and Akom- each chapter introduces the traditional instruments and rhythms of each style. Each drum and bell pattern is then adapted to its appropiate voice on the drumset. This step-by-step organic approach allowas each drumset example to speak to you increasing your rhythmic understanding of West African drumming music and culture. Theaccompanying CD features a Ghanaian drumming ensemble as well as selected drumset adaptations.

Contemporary Chord Khancepts presents information for guitarists of all styles-from Rock Latin and Funk to Country Jazz and Alternative. Steve shares his approach to chord construction an area he has become known for on guitar. In this book he has taken a complex subject and broken it down into simple building blocks and small study units. You will learn to extend your sense of harmony by the superimposition of chord forms which are familiar as well as a world of new ones. Your ability to express yourself and create textures and musical moods will improve immediately. The text is accompanied by two CD's full of performed examples play-along tracks and five completely new compositions by Steve only available in this package.

Alfred's Essentials Of Jazz Theory is made up of three books with each book containing six units. Each unit contains: Instructional material Ear training exercises Review page. Each book comes complete with a CD allowing students to hear the musical elements discusses and offering students the opportunity to test their listening skills. Welcome to Jazz! An exhilarating journey to musical freedom!

Karen Tanaka: Night Bird is a love song filled with tender whispers of lovers. I have tried to weave colours and scent into the sound of alto saxophone and tape. This piece was commissioned by and is dedicated to Claude Delangle. This is the AudioCD-ROM for this piece. Arranged for Alto Sax and Electronics. Karen Tanaka: Night Bird is a love song filled with tender whispers of lovers. I have tried to weave colours and scent into the sound of alto saxophone and tape. This piece was commissioned by and is dedicated to Claude Delangle.Audio CD for this piece.

L'Heure De Formation Musicale - Vol.4 Préparatoire 2 is a small method book fourth of its series for upper beginners. Written by Jean-Pierre Couleau a French music pedagogue it focuses on theory and notes reading in G and F keys. Also introducing the notions of Rhythm and tempo it gives precise descriptions on all the annotations on the scores. This book will definitely bring the necessary basics to enable music beginners to read and interpret sheet music correctly.

The recordings contain two mixes of each composition one mix for listening and one mix to play along with (without drums).Sidemen include John Abercrombie (guitar) Richie Beirach or Bill Dobbins (piano) Jimmy Knepper (trombone) David Liebman (soprano & tenor saxophone) Ron McClure or Rufus Reid (bass) Louis Smith (flugelhorn) and Bobby Watson (alto saxophone).The book contains transcriptions of Billy Hart's playing with helpful commentary of each recorded performance: A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie Equinox - John Coltrane Day & Nite - David Liebman Ralph's Piano Waltz - John Abercrombie Embraceable You - George Gershwin LoFlame - Bill Dobbins.

Expand the horizons of your Guitar playing with this unique guide to the sounds and styles of Africa. Explore the wide variety of music and disciplines from the boogie of the Congo and the serene percussion of Nigeria to the complex and virtuosic fingerpicking of Mali and Madagascar. The author's authority and expertise lend the title an important level of authenticity and the tutorial material is fully comprehensive in both notation and Tab. An accompanying CD features recordings of all examples so that you can here exactly how these unusual and exciting musical approaches actually sound!

A Guide to Reading Music-Whether you are just learning to read music or you're an established player who wants to supplement your reading repertoire Understanding Rhythm will help you understand and execute the most common rhythms found in popular music. Drumset players will find this book useful for developing reading and coordiantion skills. Beginning with simple whole-note half-note and quarter-note combinations Understanding Rhythm's seventeen lessons also covers eighths sixteenths and thirty-second-notes syncopated eighth-note figures ties dots and triplets.

This book introduces the student to a wide range of rhythmic and metric possibilities including odd rhythms mixed meters polyrhythms and metric modulation. Includes a CD.

Now you can fill in all those great solo spots with your own improvised playing! With this incredibly simple easy-to-learn approach to playing lead guitar you will learn all the basics needed to get you up and soloing such as the most common scale patterns how to solo in any key soloing in different styles how to interchange scales within a solo basic theory behind keys and scales and how to practice. DVD special features include solo demonstrations with analysis play-along practice tracks in many different styles MP3 downloads of all practice tracks printable PDF files of all on-screen scale graphics a lead guitar workout a tuning segment and bonusperformances by B.B King and Frank Gambale. Now you can fill in all those great solo spots with your own improvised playing! With this incredibly simple easy to learn approach to playing lead guitar you will learn all the basics within this DVD to get you up and soloing.

The Ultimate Beginner Series has helped many aspiring musicians take their first step toward experiencing the fun of playing music. Now you can experience both volume 1 and 2 together for the first time on DVD! This disc is perfect for beginning students for students who are changing to another instrument or as a refresher for player returning to the instrument after many years. You will learn about Care and Maintenance Posture and Hand Positioning Simple Bowing and Plucking Techniques Basic Finger Patterns For Major Scales. Special features include: Getting To Know The Instrument Feature; Beginning Music Theory Interactive; Printable Reference Materials.

This is a primer in jazz theory intended to prepare the student for the serious study of jazz improvisation arrangement and composition. The focus is on the harmonic language of jazz especially the harmonic practices which coalesced in the bebop and post bop periods of the 1940’s and 1950’s when bebop and standard tunes formed the core of the mainstream repertoire. The harmonic language of that period is still the framework on which contemporary jazz musicians build. Included are many musical examples and written assignments for practice in the theoretical skills. Appropriate exercises are provided to reinforce theoretical concepts by immediate application to theinstrument.