Take your place at the front of British punk legends The Clash with the help of these specially recorded full band backing tracks and Tab transcriptions. The accompanying CD has two specially recorded soundalike backing tracks of each song, one a full demo with guitar showing you how the song should sound and the other is without guitar for you to play along with on your own guitar. The book has t…

Trumpet - Grade 0.5 to 1. Par . There are two things that beginners really want to do: play songs they recognize and play the TUNE. In Tons of Tunes for the Beginner, many of the easiest of familiar songs are gathered together so that young musicians can do just that ? play the tunes to familiar music! Most of the songs can be performed by players who have learned only a few notes. Play along with…

Par KOHLER LOUIS. An excellent follow-up to Kohler\'s \'12 Easy Studies,\' these twenty etudes continue to develop finger dexterity through broken-chord and scalar passagework. Emphasizing traditional harmonies, the works also include a variety of articulations and dynamic contrasts. Reminiscent of the easier Czerny exercises, these one- and two-page studies are easily learned by intermediate-leve…

Par SERRAO PAOLO. Paolo Serrao (Filadelfia, Catanzaro province, 11 April 1830 - Naples, 17 March 1907) probably learned the first musical rudiments, especially the piano technique, from an uncle priest whose name he bore, showing a remarkable talent when, only eight years old, he performed one of Daniel Steibelt's Concerts for piano and orchestra during an evening given in honour of the tenor Bocc…

This ground-breaking book/CD package will show you (or your students) how to use the major and minor blues scales to improvise meaningful solos without having to first master all the scales and chords of a tune. Essential for beginners, perfect for intermediate students, and even useful for professional players to hone their skills on this crucial and often neglected part of the jazz language. The…

To Jazz Guitar and Studio Work. Par ANTHONY MICHAEL. In Street Knowledge Michael Anthony shares the stories and lessons learned in his career as a top Los Angeles recording studio guitarist. The insights shared into the world of jazz guitar and studio playing will be valuable to any guitarist. Lessons include explorations of rhythm changes, ?quoting? while improvising, ear training, reharmonizati…

Par SOKOLOW FRED. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. is proud to present this new series of lessons as part of Stefan Grossman's highly successful Guitar Workshop Audio Series. In support of the book's contents, the three companion CDs contain three full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. Focused lessons address: 12-bar blues, blues scales, triplets, shuffles, licks and more. All of thes…

Author Kynaston discusses the technique of circular breathing in great detail here. The concept is a difficult one, but when learned and mastered, can improve the fluidity of line, tonal quality and overall performance. Twenty pages of reading and exercises will get the wind player off to a great start.

Level: easy / advanced Format: English / French / German Embouchure building Studies Elementary Intermediate Advanced High register training In the 17th century there were no studies in the modern sense of the word. Of J. S. Bach, however, we know that he wrote pieces of a study nature for his pupils, indeed he made them spend months, and in his own words preferably years, practising exe…

Arr. Peter Kleine Schaars. The sisters Ruth, Anita and June Pointer from West Oakland in California learned how to sing in the sixties in church where their father was a minister. At the beginning of the 1970s they entered the music business, where they proved to have a mastery of many styles - including rhythm & blues, jazz, and country. However, the Pointer Sisters acquired international fame at…