Improve students' reading with the ability to quickly identify harmonic and melodic intervals on the staff and the keyboard. Bastien Theory Boosters will launch your students to new heights of theory success. Eachactivity book focuses on a single theory concept using puzzles mazes games riddles and more to fuel your students' natural love of learning.

Oboe-A superb collection of original compositions and top notch arrangements of classic tunes by John Edmondson and Anne McGinty for beginning Concert bands and Big bands.

Crosspicking is an exciting flatpicking technique that is an essential part of every bluegrass guitarist's arsenal. Utilising repeated patterns on three-string groups crosspicking captures the bounce of a fiddler's double shuffleand the drive of three-finger banjo Scruggs-style rolls. Learn the art of this exciting pick technique with Eric Thompson in this DVD tutorial that features split-screen close-ups so you'll never miss a note!

To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar-In A Nuts & Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Rolly Brown teaches an organised approach to exploring and combining rhythm melody and harmony to create fingerstyle Guitar arrangements. This instructional DVD includes numerous tips tools and techniques a look at approaching different musical styles and just enough theoretical knowledge to get you started at arranging your own versions of whatever sort of music you want to create on the Guitar. Numerous examples are shown and discussed. The topics covered include: Arpeggiated rolling rhythm Arranging for constant alternate bass Chord choice and substitution The essential tones concept Arranging with a walkingbass line Bossa Nova rhythm Ragtime Fingerstyle blues Original compositions In A Nuts & Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Rolly Brown teaches an organised approach to exploring and combining rhythm melody and harmony to create fingerstyle Guitararrangements. This instructional DVD includes numerous tips tools and techniques a look at approaching different musical styles and just enough theoretical knowledge to get you started at arranging your own versions ofwhatever sort of music you want to create on the Guitar. Numerous examples are shown and discussed. The topics covered include: Arpeggiated rolling rhythm Arranging for constant alternatebass Chord choice and substitution The essential tones concept Arranging with a walking bass line Bossa Nova rhythm Ragtime Fingerstyle blues Originalcompositions

A basic easy-to-understand step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated this book is for musicians of all levels requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music. Specific topics covered include basic positioning tuning and techniques etudes and a colorful selection of folk harp solos. Each section of the book is arranged to show the most efficient way to learn quickly and as easily.A basic easy-to-understand step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated this book is for musicians of all levels requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can beapplied to any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music. Specific topics covered include basic positioning tuning and techniques etudes and a colorful selection of folk harp solos. Each section ofthe book is arranged to show the most efficient way to learn quickly and as easily.

Progressive Guitar Method: Chords contains the most useful open bar and Jazz chord shapes of the most used chord types with chord progressions to practice and play along with. Includes special sectionson tuning how to read sheet music transposing the use of a capo as well as an easy chord table chord formula and chord symbol chart.

A handy chord reference guide showing basic major and minor chords in all keys. Relative minor chord relationships are shown. An additional feature is the inclusion of a guitar fingerboard diagram. A handy chord reference guide showing basic major and minor chords in all keys. Relative minor chord relationships are shown. An additional feature is the inclusion of a guitar fingerboard diagram.

The Blues Scale For Tenor Saxophone And Bb Instruments by Andrew D. Gordon is an invaluable guide to the blues scale explaining how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. This book contains 20 grooves in 13 styles: Pop: 2 Grooves Rock: 3 Grooves Blues: 2 Grooves Jazz: 1 Groove Funk: 3 Grooves R&B: 1 Groove Latin: 1 Groove Gospel: 2 Grooves New Age: 1 Groove Reggae: 1 Groove Calypso: 1 Groove Acid-Jazz: 1 Groove Country: 1 Groove In The Blues Scale For Tenor Saxophone And Bb Instruments the blues scale and relative minor blues scale are covered in detail. This book explains how they are used either separately or together in the patterns for each style (therelative minor blues scale is generally not used in minor keys). Each of the 20 grooves in this book contains over 150 patterns in total using notes solely from the blues scale. Each groove utilizes a chord progression that is commonly used for that style of music. The patterns generally start off fairly simply and become more complex as the groove progresses. The audio files contain recordings of all the blues patterns that are notated in the book featuring a rhythm section of Piano Organ Guitar Bass and Drums. Also included are extended 2-3 minute play-a-long MP3 files of all 20 grooves enabling you to practice playing the blues patterns or creating your own for an extended period of time. MIDI files are also available. Watch the video below for more information. The Blues Scale for Tenor Saxophone and Bb instruments by Andrew D. Gordon is he feels one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. This book contains 20 grooves in 13 styles: Pop: 2 Grooves Rock: 3 Grooves Blues: 2 Grooves Jazz: 1 Groove Funk: 3 Grooves R&B: 1 Groove Latin: 1 Groove Gospel: 2 Grooves New Age: 1 Groove Reggae: 1 Groove Calypso: 1 Groove Acid-Jazz: 1 Groove Country: 1 Groove In The BluesScale For Tenor Saxophone And Bb Instruments the blues scale and relative minor blues scale are covered in detail. This book explains how they are used either separately or together in the patterns for each style (the relative minor blues scale is generally not used in minor keys). Each of the 20 grooves in this book contains over 150 patterns in total using notes solely from the blues scale. Each groove utilizes a chord progression that is commonly used for that style of music. The patterns generally start off fairly simply and become more complex as the groove progresses. The audio files contain recordings of all the blues patterns that are notated in the book featuring a rhythm section of Piano Organ Guitar Bass and Drums. Also included are extended 2-3 minute play-a-long MP3 files of all 2

A short fantasy musical play with a moral set in the shimmering land of ice and snow which could be performed at any time of the year. There are seven sections of cross-curricular topics ideas included in the teachers book.Songs include simple part singing percussion recorder dance movement and possible use of electronic keyboard. Useful for mixed ethnic groups. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; pleaseclick here for more information and our application form.

Classical Guitar- 10 Easy Lessons: Learn To Play Classical Guitar is an easy and informative introduction to Classical Guitar playing which is suitable for complete beginners. This book introduces chords scales arpeggios andessential techniques for both hands. Includes pieces by Tarrega Giuliani Sor Carcassi and Carulli.

Who hasn't been influenced by Mississippi Fred McDowell ? Imitated by just about everyone that has picked up a slide his impact has spread the world over. With so many trying to figure out exactly how he played we are so fortunate to have a lesson like this one where we get to learn from the man himself. The footage of Fred McDowell seen in this lesson is a treasure because it's as if it was filmed with us the students of McDowell's style in mind. With clear shots of his left and right hands it's like your own private lesson with the master himself. DISC ONE is devoted to footage of Fred McDowell performing many of his classic tunes inOpen E tuning. After each performance Tom Feldmann breaks down Fred's techniques and then goes to the split screen playing the song slowly as you play along. DISC TWO is devoted to the recordings of McDowell in Open A tuning. Tom performs this time around as none of the available footage has McDowell performing in Open A. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on each DVD. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes in lesson two are included. On Disc Two there is 51 minute interview with Tom Feldmann where he talks about his influences as well as performing a wide variety of tunes. Titles Include: OPEN E TUNING: When I Lay My Burden Down Keep Your Lamp TrimmedAnd Burning John Henry Break 'Em On Down Louise Mojo Hand I Heard Somebody Call OPEN A TUNING: Write Me A Few Lines Been Drinking Out of A Hollow Log Fred's Worried Life Blues The Train I Ride Kokomo Blues

30 petites pièces mélodiques et rythmiques p violon/ 30 Short Melodic and Rhythmic Pieces For Violin- Valérie Bime-Apparailly 's My First Studies To Play Together for Violin. Published by the Editions Leduc Valérie Bime-Apparailly 's instrumental beginner books - such as Je débute le violon' and Mes premières doubles cordes en chansons' - have enjoyed overwhelming popularity since the day they were published. This excellent educator here turns her attention to the delicate matter of studies: how can these pieces be made less tedious for young violinists? With a crisp clear design enhanced by drawings and carefully crafted explanatory notes the MyFirst Studies To Play Together collection for Violin takes away the dreariness of these pieces giving them beyond their technical importance a musical charm that appeals to 2nd and 3rd year students. The adaptation of the Marche en rondeau which opens Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum' allows players to discover the subtleties of the dal segno; the author also reminds us that this tune gained fame as the Eurovision credits song. These pieces some of which are original some of which borrow from the classical repertoire (Mozart Spohr Beethoven) or from works of great teachers like Charles de Bériot and Frédéric Berr familiarise violinists with musical concepts as basic as syncopation or bowing indications without sacrificing the pleasure of playing music.

One of the all-time best selling books on blues lead guitar playing. Playing lead blues-rock guitar depends on mainly two things: 1) what you can hear in your mind and 2) getting your fingers to the proper sounds on your instrument. This book was written with emphasis on the second idea. There are four blues-rock finger patterns used in this book utilizing all six strings of the guitar with each pattern. These four patterns connect with each other enabling the lead player to use the entire fingerboard and range of the guitar to express his musical ideas. Charts are used to show you how to place these four patterns at the proper place on the neck for improvising in any key.Great rock solos can be played in any one of these for patterns or in any combination of the patterns. Written in box diagram and tablature form (notation also included) this fine text takes the beginning guitarist into solid funk/rock lead solo playing. Play-along CD included. One of the all-time best selling books on blues lead guitar playing. Playing lead blues-rock guitar depends on mainly two things: 1) what you can hear in your mind and 2) getting your fingers to the proper sounds on yourinstrument. This book was written with emphasis on the second idea. There are four blues-rock finger patterns used in this book utilizing all six strings of the guitar with each pattern. These four patterns connect with each otherenabling the lead player to use the entire fingerboard and range of the guitar to express his musical ideas. Charts are used to show you how to place these four patterns at the proper place on the neck for improvising in any key.Great rock solos can be played in any one of these for patterns or in any combination of the patterns. Written in box diagram and tablature form (notation also included) this fine text takes the beginning guitarist into solid funk/rock lead solo playing. Play-along CD included.

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 and theory for playing in all contemporary 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 their own 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 demands of modern piano music. This DVD is the companion to the book and accompanies teaches and reinforces many of the concepts also found there. 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 techniqueand theory for playing in all contemporary 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 ontheir own 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 carefullygraded 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 thedemands of modern piano music. This DVD is the companion to the book and accompanies teaches and reinforces many of the concepts also found there.

Teach yourself how to play bass Guitar with Progressive Beginner Bass . Progressive Beginner Bass covers the important techniques required to learn to play the bass Guitar including how to play with a pick and how to play with fingers. Suitable for all ages and all types of bass Guitars including electric and acoustic. Includes 61 bass exercises bass riffs bass licks and popular easy rock songs for beginners in rock bass Guitar styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read bass Guitar music for beginners chords for accompaniment and easy bass tabs for beginners. Progressive Beginner Bass comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing bass videos and audio forall examples. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing bass is required to teach yourself to learn to play bass from this book. Includes free poster. Teach yourself how to play bass Guitar with Progressive Beginner Bass . Progressive Beginner Bass covers the important techniques required to learn to play the bass Guitar including howto play with a pick and how to play with fingers. Suitable for all ages and all types of bass Guitars including electric and acoustic. Includes 61 bass exercises bass riffs bass licks and popular easy rock songs forbeginners in rock bass Guitar styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read bass Guitar music for beginners chords for accompaniment and easy bass tabs for beginners. ProgressiveBeginner Bass comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing bass videos and audio for all examples. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing bass is required to teach yourself to learn to play bass from this book.Includes free poster.

Barbara Kirkby-Mason. Eleven more pieces for the young pianist part of the 'Growing-up' series.

This is a book for genuine banjo lovers. Full of beautiful photos and hand-sketched tabs this highly acclaimed text presents a systematic method for playing the unique frailing banjo style. Old-time mountain banjo is taught with clarity and expertise. In tablature only. The online audio available for download is in split-track format allowing the student to play along with the old-time string band or the frailing banjo parts. It also includes Eric Muller's concise teaching. A book for true Banjo lovers Frailing the 5-string Banjo contains beautiful photos and hand-sketched tabs highly acclaimed for it methodical approach to playing the unique 'frailing' Banjostyle. Old-time mountain Banjo is provided in tablature only and is taught with clarity and expertise. The online audio accompaniment is arranged in a split-track format allowing the performer to play along with theold-time string band or the frailing Banjo parts this also includes Eric Mullers concise teaching methods.

A wonderfully easy entertaining way to learn the uke! Based on C tuning this text presents strum-along/sing-alongs in the keys of C G D F and B flat. The video will teach you in a step-by-step manner and provide hours of fun and enjoyment! You will learn 58 great all-time favorite uke songs including Peg O' My Heart and Fascination. A wonderfully easy entertaining way to learn the uke! Based on C tuning this text presents strum-along/sing-alongs in the keys of C G D F and B flat. The video will teach you in a step-by-step manner and provide hours offun and enjoyment! You will learn 58 great all-time favorite uke songs including Peg O' My Heart and Fascination.

Jackson Mississippi attracted a host of blues musicians in the period 1910-1940. Many players from small towns made their way to Jackson which as the capital of Mississippi and a much larger city held forth the promise of moreand better work opportunities and the possibility of making a living playing music rather than driving a mule or chopping cotton. The Jackson Blues scene was an unusually rich one stylistically spanning the gap from thesophisticated Pop blues of Bo Carter to the low-down blues of Rube Lacy and a host of players working between those two extremes. Included on this DVD are transcriptions and teaching of recorded performances from TommyJohnson one of the fountainheads of the Mississippi blues Itta Bena natives Rube Lacy and Ishmon Bracey with their distinctive vocal head tones and intense playing the great Geeshie Wiley a woman who played and sang asstrongly as any man Walter Vinson guitarist and lead singer for the Mississippi Sheiks and Bo Carter a player with a rich chordal vocabulary and Jazzy sound. The songs presented offer a wide range of left and right handapproaches and ways of keeping time and will expand your your ability to play blues moving far afield from the simple alternating bass. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD and contains all ofthe songs' lyrics as well as transcriptions of the Guitar parts. Also included are the original source recordings from which the transcriptions taught in the lesson were taken. Titles include: Tommy Johnson: LonesomeHome Blues Walter Vinson: Overtime Blues Geeshie Wiley: Eagles On A Half Rube Lacy: Ham Hound Crave Ishmon Bracey: Four Day Blues Bo Carter: Honey

Chords- An invaluable reference book Introducing Guitar Chords contains all the basic chords you need to know presented in clear easy to read diagrams. Useful reference charts of chord formulae chord symbols alternatives and substitutions for difficult chord shapes are included. This book also contains information on tuning basic music theory transposition and a glossary of music terms. Introducing GuitarChords features 30 great sounding chord progressions each an example to the chord types listed in the book.