Par HARRIS PAUL. Paul Harris's brilliant series of workbooks contain not only the complete scales and arpeggios for the current ABRSM Grade 2, from 2009, but also uses finger fitness exercises, scale and arpeggio studies, key pieces and simple improvisations to help you play scales and arpeggios with real confidence. An invaluable resourse for students, Improve Your Scales! Piano Grade 2 covers al…

Par HARRIS PAUL. An invaluable resource for students, Improve Your Scales! Violin Grade 3 New Edition covers all the keys and ranges required for the Associated Board syllabus, helping you pick up valuable extra marks in exams. Paul Harris's brilliant series of workbooks contains not only the complete scales and arpeggios for the 2012 ABRSM Grade 3 but also uses finger fitness exercises, scale and…

Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Saxophonist John Coltrane was one of the most innovative, creative, and influential jazz artists of the 20th Century. Both stylistically and harmonically, he opened doors for others to follow. This book will focus on the first period of Coltrane's career, when he was with Miles Davis, and the jazz vocabulary he used. First, to help the student better understand Coltrane's b…

First Pop Hits is a collection of popular songs in simplified arrangements designed for Pianists working through parts two to four of the renowned John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course.This repertoire book has been specially created to be complementary with the original and best selling Easiest Piano Course. The songs are ordered so that they progress in difficulty, so that songs at the beginning, …

Over 800 Common Chords, Plus Helpful Music Theory Sections. More than just a catalog of chords, this book is designed to help any player find, play and properly use chords. It will quickly become a powerful tool and an important aid to your musical development. The book functions in three different ways: 1) As a chord dictionary – look up any unfamiliar chords you encounter: 2) As a chord substiti…

Toy Box - Very First Pieces For Piano contains 26 simple yet impressive Piano songs composed by experienced teacher June Armstrong. This book is ideal for a beginner to put theory into practice with a wide variety of pieces in a number of styles.Each title in this songbook is evocative of the way the piece is meant to be played, with songs like Ballerina, Hula Hoop and Kaleidoscope suiting the ins…

Par RADLEY ROBERTA. Ear player, schooled musician, or somewhere in between — this book will improve your ability to transcribe music, and help you make the connection between the music you hear and what it looks like on the page. This book defines a step-by-step process, the “ABCs,” toward achieving the goal of seeing what you hear, and hearing what you see. A simple formula is used for this proce…

Par SINICROPE BOB. The most helpful beginner’s guide to walking bass lines ever published. A must for teachers and students, each exercise introduces one new advancement to help students to learn how to create their own bass lines. The book progresses step-by-step from simply playing roots, all the way up to complete blues choruses in the style of 18 bass legends, from ‘Pops’ Foster to Ron Carter.…

New Edition. Par MILLER JOHN. Trumpet Basics is a landmark method for individual and group learning by one of the leading figures in trumpet education, John Miller. It starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to about Grade 2 level. There are 22 stages and each section includes a wonderful variety of concert pieces from the great composers, traditional tunes and fun, original exercises, fi…