Ultimate Beginner-The first steps towards the fun of playing music. The Book/CD/DVD package will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing the guitar. How to tune How to change strings Basic chordsand strumming techniques Reading music and tablature The blues progression Fingerpicking Using the Capo

Ultimate Beginner-The first step towards experiencing the fun of playing music. This DVD will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing the guitar. How to tune How to change strings Basic chords andstrumming techniques Reading music and tablature The blues progression Fingerpicking Using the Capo

With its highly attractive full-colour age-appropriate layout Poco Piano For Young Children encourages young children to take the first steps on a difficult but thoroughly rewarding journey. Together with the Music Theory for Young Children books the Poco Piano For Young Children series leads the child from the very beginning to grade 1 level. Poco Piano for Young Children includes exercises to help the child develop technique rhythm and reading and it involves the child in activities such as pasting colouring tracing circling and clapping. In Book 2 three new notes in each handare mastered (up to Treble High C and down to Bass Low C) and the child experiences changes of hand position within a tune. Quavers are introduced in all the time signatures covered in Book 1. Sharps and flats are included but no mention is made yet of keys key signatures scales or triads. Dynamic markings are now in Italian while tempo indications are still in English.

Accompaniments range from simple drum patterns to full orchestrations.

Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course is one of the most popular and successful Piano course ever written. Its goal is to teach the adult beginner in an enjoyable quick and easy way. This terrific approach combines practical and theoretical features to create a comprehensive yet accessible method. Along with the lesson pages that teach the concepts and fundamentals of music Theory and Technique pages have been added to the equation. Using just one book an adult beginner can learn all that is needed to perform successfully. The Adult All-In-One course Level 2 continues to progress smoothly and easily without gaps toward thedevelopment of technique and knowledge required to play in all the most frequently used keys.

Make home practice more enjoyable and develop skills more quickly with the motivational Accent On Achievement . This is a comprehensive band method that develops creativity and musicianship. This expertly written book includes exciting original works as well as extended arrangements of classic and folk tunes. The accompanying CD allows you to play along with skilled musicians and hear full recordings of all five performance pieces from the book.

& Eartraining C-Gayle Kowalchyk and E.L. Lancaster's delightful colouring workbook filled with a variety of fun activities the material reinforces musical concepts and includes well-planned listening activities that develop ear-training skills. Level C.

The Prep. Course For the Young Beginner Lesson Book Level C is a wonderful teaching book suitable for those starting the Piano for the first time. This book combines basic theory with fun first material which will quickly have children playing and enjoying the piano. Alfred's Basic Piano Library offers seven perfectly graded beginning series which are designed to prepare students for a sucessful musical learning experience.

A band method for group or individual instruction by Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly. Helps to promote a feeling of success and accomplishment in beginning instrumetalists. This edition for Bass Clarinet.

Anyone can get started learning Bass Guitar with this user-friendly basic method. Loaded with easy-to-read examples in both TAB and standard notation this book teaches everything from how to pluck a string to how to build your own bass lines. Get ready to find out about scales and arpeggios; playing in blues rock and funk styles; and even slap 'n' pop technique!

Alfred's Essentials Of Music Theory is designed for students of any age whether listeners or performers who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises improve your listening skills with the Ear Training CD's and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. This is Book 2 of 3 and contains Lessons 26-50. Alfred’s Essentials Of Music

The Teacher's Handbook for Levels 3 & 4 of Music for Little Mozart's serves as an aid in curriculum development and daily lesson planning while providing information related to teaching young children. The suggested lesson plans provide teachers with a starting point to adapt this series for their own teaching situation. A special section provides helpful teaching tips for using the Music Discovery Book and teacher examples for the ear training pages in the Music Workbook are also given. Beginning teachers of young students should find the handbooks especially useful.

Theory For The Contemporary Guitarist is a book that starts with the basics and leads you at good pace to advanced concepts with an easy step-by-step approach. It is well dispersed with easy-to-read musical examples chord and scale diagrams along with 26 worksheets for self study purposes. The contents covers 28 different scales and modes plus over 30 different chord types with fingerings for all of them.

This second edition of Music Theory For Young Musicians - Grade 2 brings the practice exercises and examples in the text up to date with the latest ABRSM exam requirements. It also includes many clarifications that update the presentation of the ideas and concepts in the book and thus improve its logical flow: It adds a specimen test in the exam format and provides a set of revision notes on the key areas. All exercises and examples have been revised and many new exercise drills have been added. Concept explanations have been simplified for greater ease of understanding. The book's layout has been made clearer byputting the main text against a white background. Additionally a background colour has been given to each information note to make it more visually inviting.

In every band or ensemble the drummer is called upon to give that group a solid rhythmic foundation. Therefore it is important that every drummer has excellent music reading skills. The goal of this book is to first introduce basic music reading skills and then to explore many of the most common syncopation rhythms found in today's music.

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