Experience Ultimate Expression. Par COKER JERRY. The jazz ballad provides our greatest opportunity for lyrical expression and represents the surest way to the musical heart. Traditionally, it has been the testing ground for a performer's worth, yet it is largely missing in our present musical culture and is seldom addressed in learning situations. Jerry Coker is recognized for his ability to creat…

An Essential Study Of Blues Accompaniment Guitar For All Skill-Lev. Par BARRETT DAVID. Blues Guitar Level 1, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is about learning the art of playing rhythm guitar and its various grooves pertaining to the blues. Areas covered are: major scales, chord construction, Chicago-type shuffles, uptown swing and jump, cut time, slow blues, rhumba, funky blues, roc…

Par BAY MEL. Mel Bay's own method for the classic guitar, featuring a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of music and reading guitar notation, plus graded studies and pieces. This book presents classic guitar technique in a manner that anyone can easily follow. Musical and technical concepts are introduced gradually as needed throughout the text and driven home with ample musical illustrations…

Par THEVET. In three books, Lucien Thevet (1914-2007), a virtuoso Horn player of his day, provides 148 pages of detailed, progressive studies and exercises for the Horn. The first volume of Complete Method of Horn is essential to all Horn players seeking to improve their technique on the instrument. Thevet 's book focuses on elements including scales, chromaticism, intervals, arpeggios, diligence,…

With over 150 minutes of instruction, Talkin' Blues, Part 2 provides you with 10 new, in-depth video lessons on essential blues musical elements and guitar-playing techniques. Keith Wyatt's Talkin' Blues, Part 2 DVD will teach you: *'Street Jazz' chord extensions and alterations *Soloing over chord substitutions *How to play like Blink Blake and Charlie Christian *How to match the solo to the song…

Forty festive favourites arranged by Arthur Dick. Includes all time favourites such as Away In A Manger and O Come All Ye Faithful and popular hits such as I Believe In Father Christmas and Mary's Boy Child . Includes full lyrics and guitar chord boxes. / Ligne Mélodique, Paroles Et Accords (Avec Grilles D'Accords)

Song Cycle. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. 1840 was Schumann ’s famous “year of song” that brought forth over 100 lieder. They included Myrthen op. 25, which he dedicated “to his dear bride”, Clara Wieck-Schumann. Besides famous songs such as “Widmung”, “Lotosblume” and “Nussbaum” to texts by German poets, the collection also saw Schumann venture further afield, whether to the Scottish Highlands with settin…

Score Parties. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. When Beethoven wrote these three quartets he was 15 years old and a composition student of Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. They reveal a strong Mozartian influence while the brilliant piano writing already gives a sense of the mature Beethoven. He may conceivably have written the works for the wealthy Mastiaux family in Bonn, as he gave piano lessons to …