Information needed to function within a jazz band. It is important to understand that while jazz is played on the same instruments as other types of music it has its own language. This book deals with specific jazz idioms: swing shuffle bebop and Latin. A basic working knowledge of the guitar through rock blues or folk music (including barre chords) will produce gratifying results. Knowledge of the note locations on all strings (especially the E and A strings) and a working understanding of the relationship of all the notes on the various strings will make the information in this book immediately accessible. The book also provides information on how to interpret a jazz chart.The clarity and insight of this method makes it a must have for any big band performer. Information needed to function within a jazz band. It is important to understand that while jazz is played on the same instruments as other types of music it has its own language. This book deals with specific jazz idioms: swing shuffle bebop and Latin. A basic working knowledge of the guitar through rock blues or folk music (including barre chords) will produce gratifying results. Knowledge of the note locations on all strings (especially the E andA strings) and a working understanding of the relationship of all the notes on the various strings will make the information in this book immediately accessible. The book also provides information on how to interpret a jazz chart.The clarity and insight of this method makes it a must have for any big band performer.

The music of church and traveling musicians dominated the middle ages. Twenty-one tunes are now available and arranged for the Celtic Harp. Book includes song notes and brief historical preface. The music of church and travelling musicians dominated the middle ages. Twenty-one tunes are now available and arranged for the Celtic Harp. Book includes song notes and brief historical preface.

You need only minimal playing skills and three chordsâ'G C and D7â'to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started or if you are a casual player on a chording instrument this is the perfect book for you. The book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time bluegrass gospel Christmas children's tunes Stephen Foster British and Celtic cowboy blues and more. Because melody and lyrics are provided with every song singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some ofthese songs like Dark Hollow and Way Downtown are hard to find in print.) Guitar uke and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. An invaluable reference book for teachers and pros too! You need only minimal playing skills and three chords--G C and D7--to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started or if you are a 'casual' player on a chording instrument this is theperfect book for you. The book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time bluegrass gospel Christmas children's tunes Stephen Foster British and Celtic cowboy blues and more. Because melody and lyricsare provided with every song singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of thesesongs like 'Dark Hollow' and 'Way Downtown ' are hard to find in print.) Guitar uke and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. An invaluablereference book for teachers and pros too!

This concerto for Guitar and Orchestra was composed by Ernesto Cordero one of Puerto Rico's outstanding contemporary composers. The pastoral first movement portrays the idyllic Antillean landscape using a combination of continental Spanish and Antillean Spanish Creole influences which are most discernible in the lush romantic cadenza. The second movement is distinguished by the alternation of two melodies: one a melody blending a number of ancient influences and the second distinctly Cuban in nature. This movement was inspired by the peaceful summer calm of the Antillean seas. The third movement is the only one in the work to draw directly on Puerto Rican folklore quoting a fragment of the seis milonga a traditional dance. This excerpt is united in this movement with its familiar Argentinean counterpart. The last movement is the most challenging movement of the three for the guitar soloist demanding a nearly virtuosic performance. The full score calls for Flute Oboe Clarinet in B-flat Bassoon Horn in F Trumpet in B-flat Timpani and Strings in addition to the Guitar soloist. Orchestral parts are available for rental from the publisher. This conductor's score is 60 large-format (13.75 x 10.25) pages. This concerto for Guitar and Orchestra was composed by Ernesto Cordero one of Puerto Rico's outstanding contemporary composers. The pastoral first movement portrays the idyllic Antillean landscape using a combination ofcontinental Spanish and Antillean Spanish Creole influences which are most discernible in the lush romantic cadenza. The second movement is distinguished by the alternation of two melodies: one a melody blending a number ofancient influences and the second distinctly Cuban in nature. This movement was inspired by the peaceful summer calm of the Antillean seas. The third movement is the only one in the work to draw directly on Puerto Rican folklore quoting a fragment of the seis milonga a traditional dance. This excerpt is united in this movement with its familiar Argentinean counterpart. The last movement is the most challenging movement of the three for the guitarsoloist demanding a nearly virtuosic performance. The full score calls for Flute Oboe Clarinet in B-flat Bassoon Horn in F Trumpet in B-flat Timpani and Strings in addition to the Guitar soloist. Orchestral parts areavailable for rental from the publisher. This conductor's score is 60 large-format (13.75' x 10.25') pages.

The Fiddle Club series provides a valuable resource of fiddle tunes for anyone interested in this style of music. The authors music instructors included various markings (bar numbers fingerings and bowings) which are helpful in teaching especially in group situations. Several of the tunes in this collection include parts for two violins. The Fiddle Club series provides a valuable resource of Fiddle tunes for anyone interested in this style of music. The authors who are music instructors have included various markings (bar numbers fingerings and bowings) which are helpful in teaching especially in group situations. Several of the tunes in this collection include parts for two Violins.

A collection of 21 songs arranged in a fingerpicking style for the mountain dulcimer this book offers a wide variety of musical genres and playing levels. Divided equally between arrangements for three and four equidistant strings the songs progress in difficulty within each section from beginner to advanced level. Each piece is written in both standard music notation and dulcimer tablature and is accompanied by performance tips for playing that song. Many arrangements utilize the 6 1/2 fret and tunings range from standard modal tunings to four-string variations. The arrangements cover a wide range of song styles including traditional ragtime blues and classicalstandards. Songs include My Old Kentucky Home: Londonderry Air All Through the Night The Entertainer Careless Love House of the Rising Sun Fur Elise and Bach's Minuet in G. There is an extensive introduction on playing techniques for both left and right hands tunings reading tablature and dulcimer embellishments. Includes access to online audio which is an instrumental recording of solo dulcimer designed to give the student a note-for-note reference to each written arrangement while providing a performance-quality listening experience. This collection by Janita Baker contains 21 songs arranged in a fingerpicking style for the mountain Dulcimer. Fingerpicking Dulcimer offers a wide variety of musical genres and playing levels.Divided equally between arrangements for three and four equidistant strings the songs progress in difficulty within each section from beginner to advanced level. Each piece is written in both standard music notation and Dulcimertablature and is accompanied by performance tips for playing that song. Many arrangements utilize the 6 1/2 fret and tunings range from standard modal tunings to four-string variations. The arrangements cover a wide rangeof song styles including traditional ragtime blues and classical standards. Songs include: My Old Kentucky Home Londonderry Air All Through the Night The Entertainer Careless Love House of the Rising Sun FurElise and Bach's Minuet in G . There is an extensive introduction on playing techniques for both left and right hands tunings reading tablature and Dulcimer embellishments. The accompanying audio is aninstrumental recording of solo Dulcimer designed to give the student a note-for-note reference to each written arrangement while providing a performance-quality listening experience.

With Online Audio and Video-First Lessons Mandolin teaches the absolute basics of learning to play mandolin from holding the pick to performing easy mandolin tunes. It doesn't get any easier than this! Students learn how to hold the mandolin correctly how to read mandolin tablature basic note reading the most popular mandolin chords how to play easy melodies in several musical styles basic picking technique how to tune the mandolin and much more. Along the way students will learn about the greatest mandolin players and their music. The main emphasis of First Lessons Mandolin is to get the student up and playing immediately and to have fun doing it! Includes access to online audio and video. Video139:00 minutes. First Lessons Mandolin teaches the absolute basics of learning to play Mandolin from holding the pick to performing easy Mandolin tunes. It doesn't get any easier than this! Students learn how to hold theMandolin correctly how to read Mandolin tablature basic note reading the most popular Mandolin chords how to play easy melodies in several musical styles basic picking technique how to tune the Mandolin and much more. Alongthe way students will learn about the greatest Mandolin players and their music. The main emphasis of First Lessons Mandolin is to get the student up and playing immediately and to have fun doing it! A companiononline audio and video are available online. DVD 139:00 minutes.

Rhythmic Aerobics Volume II is an advanced instruction book which specializes in four areas of drumming: shuffle swing six-eight and odd time signatures. It contains over 200 drum fills plus challenging material relative to today's music all arranged in four-measure exercises. Drummers who use this text will improve their timing technique dexterity and learn a wealth of rhythms for the demands of modern drumming. Drum fills are also included on each page. Author Jim Ryan meticulously blends beats and fills throughout 85 pages of drum music. This is an excellent book for teachers with advanced students. Rhythmic Aerobics Volume II was created with material to stretch thelimits of one's capability. A metronome should be used when practicing and try to repeat each exercise many times to achieve ideal benefits. Watch your band mates perk up when you throw in one of these beats or fills into a song! Use Volume II as part of one's practice sessions and you'll find practical material for use in becoming a well-rounded drummer for the world to hear. The newly included CD enhances the book with: 200 drum beats and fills to help students become proficient with the exercises. 65 minutes of drumming is added to the package!: click track is provided at the beginning of each exercise for play along.: Each chapter is recorded in depth: Drum beats and fills were recorded at moderate tempos so that drummers can play and read Drum tuning on this CD makes it easier to reference drum to drum fill patterns. With this CD you can differentiate between all 3 toms in the book. This makes the drum fills more understandable when one listens to the CD. Rhythmic Aerobics Volume II is an advanced instruction book which specializes in four areas of drumming: shuffle swing six-eight and odd time signatures. It contains over 200 drum fills plus challenging material relative totoday's music all arranged in four-measure exercises. Drummers who use this text will improve their timing technique dexterity and learn a wealth of rhythms for the demands of modern drumming. Drum fills are also included oneach page. Author Jim Ryan meticulously blends beats and fills throughout 85 pages of drum music. This is an excellent book for teachers with advanced students. Rhythmic Aerobics Volume II was created with material to stretchthe limits of one's capability. A metronome should be used when practicing and try to repeat each exercise many times to achieve ideal benefits. Watch your band mates perk up when you throw in one of these beats or fills into asong! Use Volume II as part of one's practice sessions and you'll find practical material for use in becoming a well-rounded drummer for the world to hear. The newly included CD enhances the book with: • 200 drum beatsand fills to help students become proficient with the exercises. 65 minutes of drumming is added to the package! •A click track is provided at the beginning of each exercise for play along.

Following Guitar Tab Songs: Popular Country for Flatpick this Mel Bay/Warner joint project features 14 country favorites for the fingerstyle guitarist. All for the beginning to intermediate player these arrangements arepresented in standard notation and tablature. The popular tunes from ‘then and now’ are: “Butterfly Kisses” “The Dance” “Don’t Take the Girl” “God Bless the U.S.A.” “I Cross My Heart” “I Hope You Dance” “I Swear” “I WillAlways Love You” “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” “Liza Jane” “Mr. Bojangles” “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” “When You Come Back Down” and “Whenever You Come Around”. Arrangers include Steve Siktberg Kirk Hanser SteveEckels John Carlini Dylan Schorer and Mike Christiansen.

39 Solos-America's Legend Fiddler-Transcribed and edited by one of Herman Johnson's former students this book offers 39 solos in the inimitable smooth precise and innovative Johnson style. Inspired in his youth by Bob Wills of the Texas Playboys Johnson learned tunes by listening to records and the radio. At 16 he successfully auditioned to play in Wills' band but was then too young to join the musicians union. Johnson went on to a distinguished career as a performer and contest fiddler winning the National Fiddling Championship in Weiser Idaho five times the only player to reign undefeated each year he entered the contest. He also won the Grand Masters Championship in Nashville. Many of theintermediate to advanced-level selections in this collection were drawn from Johnson's 1993 recording Simply Perfect. Includes access to online audio. Transcribed and edited by one of Herman Johnson 's former students this book offers 39 solos in the inimitable smooth precise and innovative Johnson style. Inspired in his youth by Bob Willis of the TexasPlayboys Johnson learned tunes by listening to records and the radio. At 16 he successfully auditioned to play in Willis' band but was then too young to join the musicians union. Johnson went on to adistinguished career as a performer and contest fiddler winning the National Fiddling Championship in Weiser Idaho five times the only player to reign undefeated each year he entered the contest. He also won the Grand MastersChampionship in Nashville. Many of the intermediate to advanced-level selections in this collection were drawn from Johnson 's 1993 recording Simply Perfect.

This collection features songs that originated from the slave population of North America in the 19th Century. Beset by trouble sickness and backbreaking labor these songs bear witness to the slave longing for heaven where they might find freedom and comfort. As a musical form the Spiritual stands as a classic expression of religious emotion. Includes: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Go Down Moses and more. This collection features songs that originated from the slave population of North America in the 19th Century. Beset by trouble sickness and backbreaking labor these songs bear witness to the slave longing for heaven where theymight find freedom and comfort. As a musical form the Spiritual stands as a classic expression of religious emotion. Includes: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Go Down Moses and more.

Music for solo classic guitar from Laurindo Almeida's Brazilliance Music series. This series of original pieces and transcriptions represents a lifetime of work by the renowned guitarist and composer who first introduced the bossa nova style to the United States. Music for solo classic Guitar from Laurindo Almeida's Brazilliance Music series. This series of original pieces and transcriptions represents a lifetime of work by the renowned guitarist and composer who first introduced the bossanova style to the United States.

The Spirituals—Their Story Their Song is both a collection of guitar solos and a songbook devoted to African-American spirituals. The music is placed in historical context to help the reader better appreciate and interpret this amazing musical legacy. The book provides solo guitar arrangements in standard notation and tablature plus a vocal stave with complete lyrics and chord diagrams for 60 songs of faith freedom hope and the human spirit. A companion CD includes the author’s rendition of all of the guitar solos in the book. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the various meanings and messages of the spirituals and traces the musical forms that grew outof them namely blues jazz gospel country calypso rhythm and blues soul and rock. This book is for all who play the guitar including: students music teachers parents performing guitarists vocalists and anyone with an interest in folk gospel and sacred music. The Spirituals—Their Story Their Song is both a collection of guitar solos and a songbook devoted to African-American spirituals. The music is placed in historical context to help the reader better appreciate and interpret thisamazing musical legacy. The book provides solo guitar arrangements in standard notation and tablature plus a vocal stave with complete lyrics and chord diagrams for 60 songs of faith freedom hope and the human spirit. Acompanion CD includes the author’s rendition of all of the guitar solos in the book. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the various meanings and messages of the spirituals and traces the musical forms that grew outof them namely blues jazz gospel country calypso rhythm and blues soul and rock. This book is for all who play the guitar including: students music teachers parents performing guitarists vocalists and anyone with aninterest in folk gospel and sacred music.

This book is the perfect aid to help beginning to advanced Drummers learn four-way coordination or limb independence. Chapter One teaches students many eighth note Drum set patterns each one building on the one before.Chapter Two adds sixteenth note Bass Drum patterns to the eighth note hand patterns learned in Chapter One. The patterns are further reinforced by having the student play them in four-bar phrases. The student should not simplyplay the pattern written on the page but should make it groove and come alive with emotion!

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This book by Butch Baldassari and John Mock fills a void in the all too often hard to find category of music for mandolin and classical guitar expanding the repertoire for the intimate combination of these two instruments. Pieces range from Renaissance and Baroque to the more classical music of Handel and Beethoven to contemporary and Romantic compositions from Satie Calace and Tarrega. This book should work well for both students and professionals. Standard notation only. A 24-page PDF download is available online for the mandolin part.This book by Butch Baldassari and John Mock fills a void in the all too often hard to find category of music for Mandolin and classical Guitar expanding the repertoire for the intimate combination of these two instruments. Piecesrange from Renaissance and Baroque to the more Classical music of Handel and Beethoven to contemporary and Romantic compositions from Satie Calace and Tarrega. This book should work well for both students and professionals.Standard notation only. Includes an online 24-page PDF download file for Mandolin insert part.

For Classic Guitar-This is a wonderful collection of graded pieces for the beginning classic guitar student. Sonia Michelson has gathered some of the finest solo material available at this level from various publishers throughout the world. Included are compositions reflecting a colorful array of styles and periods. This is a wonderful collection of graded pieces for the beginning classic guitar student. Sonia Michelson has gathered some of the finest solo material available at this level from various publishers throughout the world. Includedare compositions reflecting a colorful array of styles and periods.

This much-anticipated book presents favorite Irish melodies in stunning fingerstyle arrangements that blend traditional and modern influences. The majority of tunes are performed with the guitar in DADGAD or DGDGBD tuning. The author offers an introductory section on fingerstyle technique as well as informative program notes and his thoughts on accompanying Irish music. In notation and tablature. This much-anticipated book presents favorite Irish melodies in stunning fingerstyle arrangements that blend traditional and modern influences. The majority of tunes are performed with the guitar in DADGAD or DGDGBD tuning. Theauthor offers an introductory section on fingerstyle technique as well as informative program notes and his thoughts on accompanying Irish music. In notation and tablature.

This book presents more than 70 tunes in the unique highly developed clawhammer style known as Round Peak -named after the Blue Ridge Mountain North Carolina community where it originated. While not intended for the absolute beginner this book will benefit players at various experience levels. Tunes in the book are organized according to the specific banjo tuning used with A and D tunings most prominent. Much of the book's commentary and the audio download recording is directed towards the fretless variant of the 5-string banjo but as these tunes are written in standard 5-string banjo tablature they can most definitely be played on the more common fretted instrument.Includes tune lyrics and extensive historical and biographical notes plus technical tips and a discography. Written in 5-string banjo tablature only. Includes access to online audio. This book presents more than 70 tunes in the unique highly developed clawhammer style known as 'Round Peak' -named after the Blue Ridge Mountain North Carolina community where it originated. While not intended for theabsolute beginner this book will benefit players at various experience levels. Tunes in the book are organized according to the specific Banjo tuning used with A and D tunings most prominent. Much of the book's commentary andthe audio download recording is directed towards the fretless variant of the 5-string Banjo but as these tunes are written in standard 5-string Banjo tablature they can most definitely be played on the more common frettedinstrument. Includes tune lyrics and extensive historical and biographical notes plus technical tips and a discography. Written in 5-string Banjo tablature only. Audio download availableonline.

The mandolin edition of Tone Poems presents notation and tablature for all 17 solos from the remarkable CD of the same name by David Grisman and Tony Rice. The mandolin edition of Tone Poems presents notation and tablature for all 17 solos from the remarkable CD of the same name by David Grisman and Tony Rice.