The Ultimate Guitar Tutor provides a comprehensive introduction to playing the guitar. Suitable for acoustic or electric guitar the step-by step approach means no prior knowledge of music is necessary. Whether you are a budding lead guitarist or simply want to strum along with your favourite songs this book provides all you need - and more! Features: Classic songs by legendary artists Jimi Hendrix The Kinks Van Morrison The Eagles Green Day Nirvana Elvis Presley George Michael and REM Step-by-step approach; no prior knowledge of the guitar or music required Well-known folk and classical tunes Introductionto TAB and standard notation Essential guitar techniques including tuning power chords barre chords hammer-ons string bending sliding and left-hand damping Top-quality backing tracks on accompanying CD

Violin Study Time is an anthology of established and newly composed studies which are designed to help the young violinist's technique in several directions. It may be used in conjunction with the Young Violinist's Repertoire Pieces . There are studies for various types of bowing studies for finger action and basic shifts and several studies which introduce third position. This useful selection features studies by the greatest Violin teachers of all time including Czerny Sevick and Dancla.

Andy Hamptons Saxophone Basics series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner saxophonists and their teachers. This new edition of Saxophone Basics (Pupils book) offers a fresh design clear technical drawings. The pupil's book for Andy Hampton's superb Saxophone Basics contains tuition and pieces for Alto and Tenor Saxophone. This method is set out in 20 stages and includes a wonderful variety of classical jazz and pop pieces traditional tunes with helpful clear fingering charts rhythm boxes and fun original exercises. There are also invaluable fact files quizzes and hot tips to teach notation general musicianship and care of the instrument. Pieces from this edition have been selected for the ABRSM Tenor and Alto Saxophone Examinations Grades 1 and 2.

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 4 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally going solo' with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition has been completely re-written with new exercises and pieces to support the Associated Board's new sight-reading requirements from 2009. Improve YourSight-Reading! will help you improve your reading ability and with numerous practice tests included will ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.

Keyclub is a fun-packed series of tutors for beginner pianists. Introducing young players to the rudiments of piano playing in an exciting and colourful way each book is packed full of great pieces as well as animated characters such as the Mud Monsters and the Wizards of the White Wishing Well who will really liven up the early stages of learning to play.

Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood. Clear layout and lively illustrations add to the excitement of learning to play. Exercises aptly chosen pieces scales and arpeggios. Kirchhoff's Courante in on ABRSM Piano Grade 4 syllabus 2017-2018

Recorderworld on Safari is a selection of funny solos and pieces of animal motives for flute . Perfect for school auditions or just for fun! This Bbook comprises favored melodies including the theme of Pink Panther The Bare Necessities (from the The Jungle Book ) and Can You Feel The Love Tonight? (from The Lion King ) as well as some innovative pieces from Pam Wedgwood . The presented solos duets and trios solidify and strengthen the skills. Furthermore Recorderworld on Safari includes prposals for percussions to play in bands.

The very thought of aural especially in examinations strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra it’s something to be developing all the time because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill. Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities boxes to fill in and practice exercises this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected a range of interconnected activities are includedto help develop the ear including singing clapping playing your instrument writing music down improvising and composing. This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010 ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Pam Wedgwood's It's Never Too Late To Play Rock 'N' Roll gives players a great selection of favourite songs in easy-to-play arrangements. The pieces are suitable for those who have learnt for approximately one year or have completed the It's Never Too Late To Play Piano tutor book.

Up-Grade is designed to bridge the gap between grades. The varied pieces in this bright new collection range from toe-tapping jazzy numbers to more classical styles all designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade.

Juan Martin's internationally-acclaimed series which reveals the art of playing the flamenco Guitar. A video series of six lessons is now presented on two DVDs with a total duration of three hours. Juan Martin explains and demonstrates the essential techniques and rhythmic forms of flamenco Guiar playing in six lessons designed for all players from beginning to advanced. The lessons show you in detail many varieties of basic rhythms which form the foundation of flamenco Guitar styles. They also give a wealth of traditional and modern flamenco solos accurately transcribed into music notation and easy-to-follow 'cifra' tablature all presented in a video series of sixlessons. In this way you learn not only how to play but also what to play as the lessons build into a substantial repertoire of flamenco music. Juan Martin is a Guitarist in the great tradition of flamenco. From early beginnings immersed in the flamenco culture of Andalucia he mastered the skills of accompanying flamenco singers and dancers before his emergence as an innovative soloist who is now an internationally-celebrated concert and recording artist with many albums to his credit.

Do you love listening to Classic FM? Do you wish you'd had the opportunity to learn to play the Piano yourself or that you'd carried on with your Piano lessons as a child? This all-in-one piano tutor has the answer! Organised into progressive lessons it introduces Piano technique and music reading in an interesting and approachable way. There is a wealth of music to enjoy and a useful CD of accompanying tracks to play along with. In addition there's lots of useful information and teaching advice. This learn-as-you-play method covers one year's learning and will give you all the motivation you'll need to succeed with the Piano!

Team Strings 2 is ideal for individual group and class tuition allowing the violin viola or cello and double bass to be taught in the same lesson. This method contains carefully-graded music in a wide variety of styles developing instrument-related aural skills improvisation and composition. Book only edition.

The Music About Us provides a library of topical resource material with ideas for performing composing listening and appraising. This includes: Sing and Learn with a collection of carefully selected and arranged songs Respond to music through actions and movement games Learn to recognise and explore musical elements Perform tuned and untuned instrumental accompaniments Begin to improvise and compose using a variety of resources Increase learning through cross curricular and topic links

In this video the instructor Steve Ross teaches you step by step his proven method that will get you started playing roght away and you don't even have to read music! Steve's casual teaching style is interesting and highly effective. Using simple diagrams hot tips and short-cuts you'll quickly learn all the basic techniques necessary that allow you to start playing a special combination of songs that are included in this accompaniment Play The Guitar Overnight songbook. This video includes: Guitar Styles The Capo The E sequence Introduction To Guitar Tuning Methods Country Folk Progressions Tablature The RightHand Rock Progression Chords

Released in the UK in 1988 'Voice Building' is now used world wide by a range of singers; including classical gospel and many contemporary artists. This CD is suitable for all types of voices from low to high.

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This graded series is made simple so that the student finds learning a pleasure. The progress is very gradual to smoothly proceed to the required standard set by the various examination boards.

This book is in the same format as the first in the series with lots of familiar animated friends and some new ones too. Book two builds upon what has previously been learned and tackles new topics such as ledger lines and Italian terms triplets and note groupings. Each topic has a number of exercises to consolidate what has been taught and puzzles and games are interspersed throughout to aid memory. Every fourth chapter is a revision session to ensure that information has been absorbed.

The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books including this volume for Grade 1 have been specifically written to reflect Trinity's parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout. Designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems these books follow the same progressive format as previous editions: technical aspects are introduced step by step firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises then by studying prepared pieces with associatedquestions and finally Going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.