Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right…

The Complete Keyboard Player series will teach you everything you need to know to get the most out of your electronic keyboard, in a fraction of the time it takes to learn a conventional instrument. Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music. All three books are available with an optional professional-qua…

Par NICKERSON ROSS. Easy to play five-string banjo arrangements of twelve Christmas favorites by banjo master Ross Nickerson. Each song is arranged and performed using proper three-finger bluegrass technique. The arrangements are carefully designed to bring out the melody, but easy enough for a beginner or intermediate player to learn quickly. The tablature in the book is large and easy to read wi…

11 essential jazz standards and 3 important ?workout? tracks for the student ready to make the transition from playing scales, chords and exercises to playing popular jazz standards. Excellent reference material that can be used as a resource for beginning improvisation . . . actual tunes instead of exercises! Features slower tempos and easier changes. Each selection includes it?s own specific tip…

In this DVD, Jamie Humphries will help you master essential basic concepts of the guitar fretboard. * Learn over 100 chords * Memorise the notes on the neck * Understand major chord scales, pentatonic and blues scales by simply remembering five shapes!Also contains licks and runs that will help you to maximise your fingerboard knowledge.Web Support# Download play-along tracks# Watch video lessons …

Book 1 in the best-selling guitar course. Learn about holding the guitar, tuning, chords, strumming, chord changing and more. Includes Hey Jude, Me And Bobby McGee, Why Worry and Wonderful Tonight . Accompanying CD includes demonstrations of the lessons. / Guitare (Avec Grilles D'Accords)

For All Instruments With Guitar Chords. Par BIELEFELD ROBERT. Players of all kinds of instruments including flute, fiddle, mandolin, recorder, whistle, guitar, harp and more can use this collection of music which is popular at modern renaissance festivals. The music is presented simply, with melody lines and chord symbols, allowing for a wide range of interpretation. In addition to many period dan…

Learn jazz guitar harmony in a logical, step-by-step way that is always focused on gig-ready applications. Harmony-melody relationship is explored in detail via 'hands on' examples that start with simple voicings over common chord changes ( II-V-I, I-VI-II-V and others) and moves on to comping over well-known jazz standards and blues. The standards are fully notated with beautiful and lush passing…

Anyone with basic keyboard skills (equivalent to Alfred's Basic Piano, Lesson Book 2) can dig right in and begin learning jazz right away. Spanning from the major scale and basic triad theory all the way through 7th chords, pentatonic scales and modulating chord progressions, this book features a full etude or tune demonstrating every new concept introduced. Beginning Jazz Keyboard breaks the age-…

Par WORRALL BILL. Now you can learn Rock 'n' Roll piano! This great book and CD will add a new and exciting dimension to your piano playing, introducing you to the foot-tapping, infectious style that is Rock 'n' Roll! First learn the rhythmic patterns that top pianists use, and experiment with improvising your own patterns and riffs. Tricks such as arpeggiated triplets, accented chords and repeate…

John McGann's Guide To Octave Mandolin And Bouzouki contains twenty tunes in styles from Irish to American, in a variety of tunings, melody and accompaniment, presented in standard notation and tablature, with a stereo audio download (left channel melody, right channel accompaniment). Left and right hand techniques and chord voicings are thoroughly discussed. For the first time, the Celtic …

Auld Lang Syne. Par TRADITIONAL. This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various instruments and is surrounded by logical yet original - sometimes surprising - chords that dare to fluctuate. After a broad tutti, the ensemble begins to die out. The pie…

Best-selling author Fred Sokolow teaches you how to play blues on the banjo with this instructional book and audio pack! You'll learn: how to play the blues in several banjo tunings- how to play in the styles of blues greats like Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopins, B.B. King, Skip James, and many more- licks, scales, chords, turnarounds and boogie backup- several approaches to soloing- how to…

Learn to play guitar and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of playing either acoustic or electric guitar. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about various guitar types and the sounds they create, how to care for your very own guitar, and getting acquainted with standard musi…