A Beginner's Comprehensive Approach to the Trumpet and Musical Literacy-The first trumpet method to introduce jazz! The goal of this method book is to infuse all the elements of a good trumpet foundation at the initial stage so nothing is left to chance. Exercises in developing progress have been introduced at strategic intervals to ensure success so the beginning student will feel a sense of acco…

By Glenn Weiser Book/CD package for beginners to learn blues and rock improvisation. Includes explanations of scales modes chords and other essential elements of music. The 60-minute CD features riffs and solos plus demonstrations and a blues jam to play along with.

The Road to Success-This complete guide for any composer interested in earning money writing music for television is aimed at the complete novice as well as the seasoned expert. It leads you through the steps necessary to succeed in the music business: finding music libraries; submitting music; joining a Performance Rights Organization; understanding contracts; keeping organized; networking; and e…

Matt receives a nice drum set from his parents and starts lessons with Mr. Thompson. He discovers he is talented and brags to his friends on how good he is on drums ? so much that no one wants to be around him. One day Matt visits a music store and watches a strange-looking man dressed like a rock star playing the drums. The man warns Matt that if he continues to brag his drums will shrink un…

This handy 9 x 6 guide in C tuning provides all the ukulele chords you'll ever need. The diagrams are easy to use and follow with principal chords in major and minor keys in all the different chord positions. Also features sections on: How to Begin Scales on All Strings Note Studies and Chord Modulations (great for intros and endings!). Happy strumming. Mahalo!

for Fingerstyle Guitar. This is a collection of twenty-five solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements of famous early blues, centuries-old ballads, and traditional folk songs. If you want to learn how to play a melodic fingerstyle solo break between the verses of a song, then these arrangements are a great way to start. All songs include standard notation with fingering indications, tablature, guitar c…

This book is a must have for the novice as well as the professional player! Each and every lick Banjo players learn provides another vital piece to add to their repertoire and help develop their individual ability.Each lick is important and Todd Taylor shares his licks and personal techniques he has spent a lifetime developing for the first time in this volume. These licks will make you a better …

The lively dynamic melodies associated with the Fiddle can now be shared with the Ukulele without losing any of the excitement beauty and drive. This collection features 55 fun-filled favorites in standard notation and tablature with chord symbols and diagrams plus online access to audio recordings of examples of the music. Songs include: Arkansas Traveler Bully of the Town Cherish the Ladi…

While many extant photos of string band artists show members holding a mandolin it often can barely be heard in most period recordings because the most important instrument to capture was usually the fiddle or voice. Thiscollection provides you with the opportunity to learn over 70 old-time-music period songs recorded mostly by Ernest Stoneman or the duo Grayson and Whitter during the 1920s and…

22 Patriotic Guitar Solos for Fingerpickers and Flatpickers-This red white and cool collection contains 22 all-American guitar solos for fingerpickers and flatpickers masterfully arranged by Larry McCabe. Includes: America the Beautiful - The Battle Hymn of the Republic - The Marines' Hymn - The Star Spangled Banner - Yankee Doodle - and many more patriotic favorites in standard notation and tab.…

Classical Favorites Played in Jazz Style-Musician teacher and composer J. Douglas Esmond reinterprets timeless classical melodies in the jazz style in this musical journey through some of the world's most revered musical pieces.Original scores from Beethoven Brahms Mozart and other greats are given new time signatures and chord voicings bringing them new life and expanding upon the emotion of …

If your thinking about playing the Ukulele Ukulele 101 is the song book for you. With handy strumming patterns and techniques you will soon be strumming your way to happiness and impressing all of your friends and family with your knowledge.Not only dose this book contain the sheet music for exercises to improve your technique but also included is a play along CD so you can play your newly lear…

Explore how the traditional parlor style guitar backups used during the golden age of the Old Time Music string band performance style were further developed by guitarists during the Depression years of the 1930s.The genesis of those developments lies principally in the techniques popularized by the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers on their recordings that featured the use of the flat pick instead…

Kylie is a quiet girl who signs up for trumpet in band. Her friends and band teacher tell her she is talented. But Kylie doesn't believe in herself. One night while watching TV her eyes catch an amazing woman trumpet player. Suddenly the woman steps out of her TV screen and into her room. The woman tells Kylie not to be afraid of what others think and to believe in herself. She warns Kylie tha…

Todd Taylor'S Most Requested Banjo Hits-10 songs from the world's fastest banjo player featuring Taylor's amazing renditions of well-known rock classics blues as well as many originals are included in this songbook: Back Home in Carolina • Banjo Blues • Six Guns • The Race Is On • Waterfall • Cork Swamp Blues • and more. Songs are presented in banjo tab. Online access to audio tracks…