Dave explains his approach to jazz improvisation with musical examples that he himself uses, learned from years of playing with the greats - after learning how to play jazz from listening to players such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. Explains the minor sub approach using minor scales to play over dominant seventh chords, and then includes several solos over often-played jazz stan…

Lang Lang Piano Academy: mastering the piano Level 5 (approximately equivalent to Grade 5/Intermediate) includes sections on legato pedalling, phrasing and rubato and new accompaniment styles. Units: 1. Developing dexterity 2. Using the pedal instinctively 3. Phrasing and musicality 4. More sophisticated fingering 5. Crossing hands 6. Refining the touch 7. Physicality 8. Performing « Mastering t…

The Best Step-by-Step Guide to Start Playing. Par DE VRIJER HENRIETTE. Over 50 songs and six hours of video! Do-It-Yourself Violin is a fun way to get started playing on your own. Using parts of well-known songs from Broadway to classical, pop and rock to jazz, you will be given step-by-step instructions on what you need to know to get started and sound like a pro in no time. Includes audio tracks…

Par GADD STEVE. In this, the first drum book he has written, music legend Steve Gadd presents a series of rudimental passages inspired by his experience in drum corps and his love of the rudiments. Each of the etudes is based on a classic or contemporary rudiment, or on Steve's personal variations. He takes the phrases and then displaces them to begin on different subdivisions of the beat, thereby…

Simple Sheet Music Audio Play-Along. Par . The Instant Piano Songs series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily - whether you use one hand or two! Start with the melody in your right hand, then add basic left-hand chords when you're ready. Letter names inside each note speed up the learning process, and optional rhythm patterns take your playing to the next level. Online back…

pieces using the finger pattern 01-2-34, plus low 2nd fingers and high 3rd fingers 2nd and 3rd position pieces a range of bowing techniques, including spiccato, hooked bowing, and string crossing original pieces and duets in a range of styles, plus well-known pieces pieces using modes, the chromatic and blues scales, and dominant 7ths, linking with Fiddle Time Scales 2 a CD of …

Alfred's Teach Your Child To Play Guitar, Books 1 and 2, are designed for parents who want to share the gift of music with their children before they begin formal study with a professional teacher. They are based on Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course, a fun method that teaches students to play songs on the guitar right away. Families who are part of the homeschool movement especially will find the books…

Violin Play-Along Volume 82. Par . The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just play the original recording, follow along with the printed music, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Includes: Christmas Time with You · Crazy for Christmas · Feliz Navidad · Dreidel · The Little Drummer Boy · Magic · Manger/Noel · Sleigh Ride. Audio i…

Mark Vega’s Jazz Solo Series for Eb instruments, including Tenor Saxophone, is a great instructional tool for musicians and music students to learn or improve their improvisational abilities in the jazz-swing idiom. There are sixty-six examples in the book, starting at a somewhat easy level and gradually increasing in difficulty throughout the book. Sections include: Exercises in all twelve keys u…

The Path to Mastery and Individuality (For All Instruments). Imagine if you could HEAR a musical phrase, VISUALIZE its layout on your instrument by seeing and feeling the fingerings and/or embouchure in your mind's eye, KNOW the names of the notes as well as the degrees of the key and FEEL the dynamics you want to include. All simultaneously, in a millisecond, and without moving a muscle ... and i…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Every conductor knows the importance of using excellent teaching materials to aid in the development of all aspects of musical growth. The quality of the band's performance must be continually improving. Each component of the ESSENTIALS OF MUSICIANSHIP series is designed to focus on a specific area of musical performance. By using these materials during the warm-up period, the co…

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…

Par ROZMAN ANZE. Anže Rozman's Nuraghi Warriors Dance (Ples Bojevnikov Nuraghi) paints an image of ancient violence and drama - a frenzied ritual of war. Rozman extends the reach of the flute trio by using a piccolo, C flute, and alto flute to deepen and heighten driving rhythms and violent outbursts. Complex changing time signatures allow the rhythmic drive of the piece to flex and elongate, with…

Activities, Sight Reading, and Songs to Help You Read Music with Confidence. Reading by interval is a musical, logical, and successful approach to music reading. Use this book to supplement a beginning method, or as a new way to help improve already existing reading skills. Each unit presents a simple approach to learning by providing experiences in each of these areas: Exploring - discover interv…

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. The Blues Scale by Andrew Gordon is a very important book because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. Inside both the Blues scale and relative minor Blues scale are explained in detail and how they are used either separately or together in the patterns for each style. Each of the 20 grooves in this book contai…