Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over five million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Now included are blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock styles, plus more pop songs! Videos are available for the visual learner, and correlating theory, chord, and pop books provide everything you need fr…

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children-The first book in this definitive beginner method by leading Piano educator Hans-Günter Heumann. Starting with the black notes and using user-friendly graphic notation this beautifully illustrated book then gradually introduces white notes traditional staves clefs and time signatures building towards a thorough understanding of music with qu…

Basic Rock Licks, Riffs, Soloing Ideas, and Guitar Talk with Cheap Trick's Legendary Guitarist!. Since the 1970s, Cheap Trick has entertained countless audiences across the world with their unique brand of rock 'n' roll, featuring the eccentric stylings of guitarist Rick Nielsen. Now, in this exclusive book and video package, Rick shares some of his favorite licks, riffs, and influences - from Chu…

Par VARINI MASSIMO. The FINGERBOARD series was created to progressively improve upon fretboard knowledge, sight-reading, and all other topics, and to be included in a study plan that corresponds to the other volumes in my catalogue of educational material. In this 4th Volume of the FINGERBOARD series we get a deeper knowledge of MELODIC ARPEGGIOS: that’s why I named it ARPEGGIOLOGY. 3, 4 and 5 not…

Harmony in Motion (3B and up)-Scales and arpeggios are the backbone of confident polished playing. Practicing these two pillars of technique develops dexterity and speed. When combined with essential music theory patterns the result is harmony in motion. Not just a reference for technical progress Scale and Chord Book 3 encourages a focus on touch and sound especially the feel of the black key…

The material contained on this DVD was filmed in New York City and New Haven Connecticut in February and March of 1982. As with so many things to do with Bruford he was amongst the first to offer material to the then-fledglinggenre of drum instructional videos. Bruford and the Beat features solos interviews demonstrations and rare performance footage of Bill with King Crimson with guest appea…

The first step towards experiencing the fun of playing music. This book/CD will guideyou through everything you need to know to begin playing the drum set: About the drum set The drummer's role in a band How to hold the sticks How to play basic beats Rock Beat Variations Note values Song structure and the drummer's role in a song How to play drum fills Warm-up exercises CD included Matching videos…

This step-by step guide will help you develop the skills essential for a stylistic performance. The hands-on instruction presents information on patterns, grooves, rhythms, keyboard instrumentation, and much more. Gospel stylings are discussed in detail, as is the role of the keyboard both as a solo instrument and in the context of an instrumental ensemble. You'll learn how to play intros, how to …