Get A Better Grip On Neck Navigation. Par CHARUPAKORN JOE. Mastering the mandolin neck can be a challenge, even for very experienced players. The diagrams in this full-color book will help you quickly memorize scales and chords that may have previously seemed difficult to grasp. You'll be able to easily see and understand how scale and chord shapes are laid out and how they connect and overlap acr…

This indispensable theory workbook is packed with everything the intermediate-level student needs to know about scales. Pianists and non-pianists alike will benefit from the written exercises covering everything from the major and minor scales to pentatonic scales, modes, blues scales, synthetic scales and more. Concepts are explained in easy-to-understand language and are immediately applied in a…

Beautiful American Airs and Ballads. Par DIEHL MARCIA. This collection of 41 timeless melodies is tastefully arranged for soprano and tenor recorders with suggested breath marks and accompaniment chords. Selections include a variety of influences which provide a historical and aesthetic view of the American musical landscape. The works of both well-known, classically trained composers and unknown …

Impressions On Beethoven's Harp Quartet. Par AMANTI LUCIO. When Cuarteto Casals approached me with the idea of illuminating Beethoven´s quartets anew, you can imagine the many thoughts and feelings that where going through my mind: what a joy, what a great honor… What an intriguing head-scratcher! How can you possibly shine a new light on something that is already perfect? Weeks, months went by in…

Par GRIFFIN MICHAEL. This clear and well organised text is suitable for students of arranging and composition, and for classically trained musicians wishing to further grasp the simple logic of jazz harmony. Essential understandings: - Triad structures and inversions - How to select chords - chord symbols - Simple but effective voicing formulae - The circle of 4th progressions, - Extensions to the…

Restart Piano guides returning players through 12 specially selected tracks to bring them successfully back up to speed with the piano at their own enjoyable pace. With additional exercises, tips and theory reminders, latent pianists will find the learning curve engaging and rewarding yet flexible, with special focus paid to common issues such as posture, playing dexterity and sight reading. The R…

This complete music instruction studio is all you need to begin playing the piano like a pro. Here you'll learn the essential techniques common to all types of music, so you can play hundreds of new songs on your own. Play along to professional backup tracks on the enclosed CD as you learn Rhythm Basics, Sightreading A Melody, Playing The Harmony, Chord Basics, Chord Inversions, Repeats, Introduct…

The mastery of scales and scale patterns has long been established as the best way to improve technical abilities on all instruments. The Complete Scale Compendium focuses on what is most common in the study of classical music: core major and minor scales, as well as chromatic, pentatonic, whole-tone, and blues scales. Students will learn the construction of these scales while practicing unique pa…

Par BRIGGS FRANK. This book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles, Frank Briggs helps guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats, polyrhythms, and more. Frank Briggs states, 'He believes the more you know about diff…

The Shearer Method, Book 3: Learning the Fingerboard is the third in a series of works that define Aaron Shearer's approach to playing the classic guitar. The work by this legendary figure, with videos and audio performances by Thomas Kikta and compositions by Dr. Alan Hirsh, stands out in continuing the student's journey to now ascend the neck and develop instant recognition of the notes along th…