Independance- This method deals with absolute independance with 4/4 5/4 7/4 and 9/8 compound time signatures with poly-rythms and independance on Toms Bass Drume Snare Drum and High-Hat. This is an essential study book for the student and professional percussionist.

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.

Level 5-A collection of Christmas and winter holiday favorites arranged to provide work on arpeggios scales 2-hand gestures balance between hands balance within the hand chord voicing and octave playing - all within adelightful musical context. Includes: Skaters' Waltz Jingle Bells Auld Lang Syne A Celebration of Carols (A Christmas medley containing O Little Town of Bethlehem We Three Kings and Good Christian Men) Silent Night We Wish You a Merry Christmas and more.Holiday favorites arranged to provide work on arpeggios scales 2-hand gestures balance between hands.

Steve Kaufman is one of America's top bluegrass guitarists. His video covers the basics of back-up guitar from the simplest two-chord song to Texas-style fiddle tunes. Players will master bass walks the Lester Flatt G run altered chords complex progressions and more. Steve provides valuable insider's tips and gives the techniques and practice sessions needed to play solid back-up in any picking situation. Songs: Wabash Cannonball - Blackberry Blossom - Sally Goodin. 70-MIN. DVD - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB - LEVEL 1-2Steve Kaufman teaches you how to play solid rhythm from playing behind the simplest two-chord song to the complex chord progressions needed to accompany Texas-style fiddle tunes. He starts with the fundamentals showing you how to hold a pick get good tone and play the basic bass/chord rhythm patterns solidly and accurately. Then he moves on to important embellishments such as adding bass walks playing the famous Lester Flatt 'G Run' altering your chord shapes to add moving bass lines within a song and other essential techniques. This lesson in back-up rhythm guitar is illustrated with some classic bluegrasas tunes. Playing along with Steve on 'Wabash Cannonball Blackberry Blossom and Sally Goodin' will give you the practice you'll need to use these techniques in other bluegrass songs.

One of the most exciting and accomplished players in ki ho'alu (slack key) guitar gives a lesson for novices as well as advanced players in the slack key style. He teaches instrumentals encompassing both quiet beautiful melodies and rip-roaring showstoppers with lightning-fast licks and fancy picking. Booklet includes TAB. 80 minutes. Ledward Kaapana is one of the most exciting and innovative players in the ki ho'alu Slack Key guitar style and this DVD tutorial is suitable for novice as well as expert guitarists. Kaapana teaches several instrumentals in a variety of styles encompassing both quiet beautiful melodies and rip-roaring showstoppers with lightning-fast licks and highly technical picking. Discover the secrets of this quintessentially Hawaiian approach to the guitar from one of its greatest masters.

Creating Powerful Arrangements-Treat yourself to an intimate lesson with one of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of recent years and discover the secrets of her lush arrangements unusual tunings and fingerstyle techniques. Patty teaches some of her most popular songs making them immediately accessible to all guitarists. Each song is analysed in depth showing tunings exact fingerstyle techniques and how these dazzling guitar arrangements dovetail perfectly with her captivating vocals.Treat yourself to an intimate lesson with one of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of recent years and discover the secrets of her lush arrangements unusual tunings and fingerstyle techniques. Patty teaches some of her most popular songs making them immediately accessible to all guitarists. Each song is analysed in depth showing tunings exact fingerstyle techniques and how these dazzling guitar arrangements dovetail perfectly with her captivating vocals.

Many voice students are incorrectly taught to sight-sing by memorizing the sounds of intervals. This book is for you if you'd like to be able to look at any melody and instantly know how it sounds. It will show you how to memorize the sound of each scale degree in both major and minor keys sing chromatic tones and much more. Packed with tips and tricks this new book is essential for every vocalist. Wouldn't you like to look at any melody and instantly know how it sounds? If so then this book is for you. This book teaches you a sight-singing technique or trick that truly works how to memorise the sound of each scale degree. Once you've memorised these sounds you'll be able to sight-sing any melody instantly. This book is suitable for anyone who wants to be able to look at written music and hear the sound of the notes in their head.

Here are the electric gutar techniques that will add hot solos and powerful drive to any country or rock band! The Fender Telecaster is so popular among country performers that it has almost become the standard guitar due to its clean warm jangly sound. Ray Flacke is renowned for use of the Telecaster and here he teaches the mind-boggling licks that have made him sought-after for session recording dates jingles and live gigs on the Nashville scene for more than 30 years. Suitable for early intermediate level as some prior knowledge of the guitar is required. This excellent tutorial DVD is your chance to become a virtuoso guitarist riffing country licks like there is notomorrow!

Guitar virtuoso Frederic Hand teaches exquisite classical guitar arrangements of four widely known and much-beloved American folk songs: The Water is Wide Wayfaring Stranger Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair and We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder. He shows you how by using lush chords rich harmonies and inventive improvisational elements you can make each one a beautiful and compelling performance piece. Fred teaches full concert arrangements as well as easier alternate versions for novice players who are just getting into this style of music. Learning either (or both) of these will be deeply satisfying for anyone who loves the sound of classicalguitar. Fred Hand makes this a complete learning experience by carefully explaining chord extensions and substitutions harmonic voicings up and down the neck of the guitar and elements of music theory. He shows how to use improvisational techniques and ways to enhance these as well as other songs so that you can make them truly your own.

Primer Level-This set of entertaining pieces in a jazz/blues style was written especially for children. Imaginative lyrics convey the blues spirit of life's ups and downs to the early grade student. Pieces remain in middle C position with an occasional sharp or flat. No eighth notes or dotted rhythms are used. Includes: Penguin Blues · Jazz Walk · Hound Dog Blues · Jazz Man · So Many Toys (So Little Time to Play) · A Fishy Story · Dinosaur Stomp · Cool Breeze Waltz · Ice Cream Blues · The King of Hearts. PreTime® Piano: Jazz & Blues contains ten entertaining pieces written especially for children at Primer Level on the Faber Piano Adventures® course. Imaginative lyrics convey the blues spirit of life's ups and downs to the early grade student. Pieces remain in middle C position with an occasional sharp or flat. No eighth notes or dotted rhythms are used. This songbook includes the pieces Penguin Blues Jazz Walk Hound Dog Blues Jazz Man So Many Toys (So Little Time to Play) A Fishy Story Dinosaur Stomp Cool Breeze Waltz and more.

Lesson Book 1-Book 1 covers fundamental rhythms all the notes of the grand staff C position G position. Contents include: Aloha Oe - Amazing Grace - Bagpipes - Bus Stop Boogie - Camptown Races - Chant of the Monk - Chant of the Monks - Chinese Dragon - Chord Crossings - Dreamscape - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - English Minuet - Fife and Drums - Forest Drums - French Minuet. Lesson Book 1 from the Faber Piano Adventures: Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner series covers fundamental rhythms all the notes of the grand staff C position G position.

Il Violino Felice is a Violin method for beginners by Renate Bruce-Weber offering musically interesting and engaging materials as well as a progressive and gradual path allowing beginners to acquire the necessary skills and techniques. Many of the songs used in the book have been taken from the popular repertoire and are often appear twice or more at different levels of technical difficulty. The idea of this is that developing an awareness of playing with others is essential so the multiple parts allow pianists to play and create music together.

Complete all-around drummers need to be able to play in any style maintain solid grooves and have total command of their instrument. Danny Gottlieb taps his vast experience to help players at all levels become total musicians. Drawing from his unique 'Workshop Study Guide' that has helped thousands of players in clinics across the US and abroad Danny covers everything from rudiments to powerful rock and jazz grooves. Essential drum pad exercises and in-depth advice will help you develop the speed and consistency needed to excel in both live performance and studio work. Danny starts with sixteen basic rock and jazz exercises showing techniques that novices and professionalsalike will find invaluable. Then it's on to essential snare drum work with Danny again providing the hands-on means to improve your chops and join the ranks of the top rock and jazz drummers. An amazing 10-minute duet with Danny's long-time friend and mentor master drummer Joe Morello rounds off this DVD with a pyrotechnic display of percussive magic that is not to be missed! Complete all-around drummers need to be able to play in any style maintain solid grooves and have total command of their instrument. Danny Gottlieb taps his vast experience to help players at all levels become total musicians. Drawing from his unique 'Workshop Study Guide' that has helped thousands of players in clinics across the US and abroad Danny covers everything from rudiments to powerful rock and jazz grooves. Essential drum pad exercises and in-depth advice will help you develop the speed and consistency needed to excel in both live performance and studio work. Danny starts with sixteen basic rock and jazz exercises showing techniques thatnovices and professionals alike will find invaluable. Then it's on to essential snare drum work with Danny again providing the hands-on means to improve your chops and join the ranks of the top rock and jazz drummers. An amazing 10-minute duet with Danny's long-time friend and mentor master drummer Joe Morello rounds off this DVD with a pyrotechnic display of percussive magic that is not to be missed!

comprehensive band method- (Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000) Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy andengaging music all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learningenvironment as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship even at the beginning stages. Books 1 and 2 also include access to Essential Elements Interactive (EEi) the ultimate online music education resource - anywhere anytime and on any device. Go to www.essentialelementsinteractive.com to learn more! Book 2 features: Book 1 review section Daily Warm-ups Rhythm Raps sight-reading and improvisation Theory history and multicultural music Creativity and assessment Instrument-specific etudes Rubank Studies and solo 12 full band arrangements including a plannedconcert Book also includes My EE Library* (www.myeelibrary.com) - Instant Stream/Download/CD* ...with Play-along mp3 tracks for ALL exercises *Internet access required for My EELibrary . Book includes instructions to order free optional CD. Trombone. Essential Elements was the major breakthrough for beginning band methods in the '90s. Now Essential Elements 2000 will take band programs into the next millennium! EE2000 features:· A CD featuring a professional soloist in every Student Book 1 · Great performance music with planned first concert. · Even more great tunes motivating students to practice and stay in band. · Special Rubank® Studies · Better pacing sequencing and reinforcement. · Theory history and creativity exercises integrated into each student book.

Seriously I need to know what to say to my girlfriend/boyfriend when after we go to dubstep gig he/she says so exactly what is an LFO? Sound Advice is an indispensable DVD for anyone looking for the insidetrack on sound design - from being able to tweak the presets with some confidence to being able to create custom sound from scratch or apply a tailored and appropriate digital effect. Running almost 9 hours the programexplores every voice programming and effects parameter on the world-beating Yamaha Motif ES offering unique insights into this rarely seen world at the hands of senior sound designer Dave Polich. Although based around theMotif ES Sound Advice translates seamlessly to any model in the Motif range (the 'Classic' Racks MO series or the Motif XS/XF) and indeed can be applied to any hardware or software synth platform made in the past ten yearsthat employs waveforms and 'analog-style' filters envelope generators LFOs etc along with the now customary basket of digital effects. Impress your friends and yourself. Key Scenes include: Creating simple voicesfrom scratch classic analog programming filters and envelope generators LFOS and DSP effect programming. Run time: 8 hours 30 min.Seriously I need to know what to say to my girlfriend/boyfriend when after we go to dubstep gig he/she says so exactly what is an LFO? Sound Advice is an indispensable DVD for anyone looking for the insidetrack on sound design - from being able to tweak the presets with some confidence to being able to create custom sound from scratch or apply a tailored and appropriate digital effect. Running almost 9 hours the programexplores every voice programming and effects parameter on the world-beating Yamaha Motif ES offering unique insights into this rarely seen world at the hands of senior sound designer Dave Polich. Although basedaround theMotif ES Sound Advice translates seamlessly to any model in the Motif range (the 'Classic' Racks MO series or the Motif XS/XF) and indeed can be applied to any hardware or software synth platform made in the past ten yearsthat employs waveforms and 'analog-style' filters envelope generators LFOs etc along with the now customary basket of digital effects. Impress your friends and yourself. Key Scenes include: Creating simple voicesfrom scratch classic analog programming filters and envelope generators LFOS and DSP effect programming. Run time: 8 hours 30 min.

Il Dettato Musicale features a number of ear training exercises to help musicians recognise harmonic and melodic intervals identify rhythmic and melodic errors as well as to reconstruct a melody by putting the beats indicated in the correct order all helping to encourage full development of a pupil's musical ability. Volume 1 aims to gradually strengthen the ability to memorise a piece of music through the recognition of melodic harmonic and rhythmic elements. The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of all the exercises.

This book/CD pack is a unique collection designed especially for children singers auditioning for musical theatre or performing in various talent shows. The CD features performances by children singers as well as the accompaniments-only so children can practice without needing a pianist. Songs include: The Rainbow Connection - Castle on a Cloud - Puff the Magic Dragon - Do-Re-Mi - and more. This book/CD pack is a unique collection designed especially for children singers auditioning for musical theatre or performing in various talent shows. The CD features performances by children singers as well as the accompaniments-only so children can practice without needing a pianist. Songs include: The Rainbow Connection · Castle on a Cloud · Puff the Magic Dragon · Do-Re-Mi · and more.

DVD 1-This lesson in bottleneck/slide guitar details the powerful techniques that put Mike Dowling in high demand as a Nashville session guitarist. Taking examples from traditional blues as well as his own compositions Mike explores often-overlooked tricks of the trade that will make even the simplest lines sound musical. Playing primarily in open D tuning Mike teaches Mean Ol' Frisco Stranger Here Boogie Woogie Dance Swamp Dog Blues and Jan's Song. Early intermediate level. 110-minutes.Discover the vast possibilities of East Coast Piedmont fingerpicking-style. On this comprehensive lesson in bottleneck slide guitar Mike Dowling reveals his secrets tricks and techniques that have made him a successful artist and Nashville session guitarist. He explores often overlooked techniques that will enhance your playing and overall musicianship and make even the simplest lines sound musical. Using mainly Open-D tuning Mike teaches Mean Ol' Fisco Stranger Here Boogie Woogie Dance Swamp Dog Blues and Jan's Song . Suitable for early intermediate level this package contains a book let with tablature to the featured tracks andexercises.

123 Studies increasing in difficulty for drums by Italian Percussion Guru Dante Agostini.

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