Par MARTIN JUAN / CAMPBELL PATRICK. The acclaimed first volume of this exciting series gave extensive insights into basic techniques of flamenco Guitar playing and the two important rhythmic forms (palos) of Solea and Alegrias. This second volume continues on with an exploration of further essential rhythmic palos. The first of these, occupying the whole of the first DVD, is the Bulerias. Juan Mar…

Par GOLAN LAWRENCE. Based primarily on the scale practice routine of Jascha Heifetz, this compilation of two previous Mel Bay violin scale books includes all forms of major and minor scales and arpeggios in every key including double-stop scales in 3rds, 6ths, octaves, fingered octaves, and 10ths played both together and separately. Chromatic scale fingerings are also included. In addition, each s…

Par PUSCOIU COSTEL. Contains more than 60 pieces from the Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods, adapted and arranged for the B-flat clarinet with piano accompaniment. A convenient pull-out folio is included for the soloist. These compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Bordin, Brahms, Handel, Haydn, Lully, Mozart, Praitorius, Purcell, Rameau, Tchaikovsky, Telemann and others range from the very easy t…

'El Abrazo' by Alan Baylock is truly stunning chart! The ballad beginning and ending will bring tears to your eyes---it's that beautiful. The chart then moves to a samba around 110 BPM for the half note. Lead trumpet range is to written high C and there is a tenor solo with chord changes. You won't forget this chart! As recorded on Alan Baylocks' CD Prime Time. (7:35) / Ensemble De Jazz

A Tribute to the Legacy of W. C. Handy. Par SHAIN JON. Award-winning blues songwriter and performer Jon Shain brings us his fingerstyle guitar arrangements of some of the earliest blues and rags ever published. W. C. Handy, known as the \'Father of the Blues\', wrote and arranged for piano and voice and sometimes for full ragtime orchestra. Shain has arranged these compositions to be played on gui…

Par FERGUSON JIM. In Comping Standards For Jazz Guitar renowned Guitar guru and author Jim Ferguson helps you to take your playing to the next level. Using common jazz chord progressions, this book takes you through three primary comping approaches: straight-four, moving bass lines and combo variants. In the process, you'll learn numerous chord voicings, ways to organize them and a wide variety of…

Par BAXTER JOHN. This encyclopedia is designed to provide mandolin players with a wide variety of chords in different voicings. This book is intended as both a starting point of learning chord voicings and patterns, as well as a dictionary of common mandolin chords. Each key section includes the first position scale for that key, as well as the chord formula and notes for each chord. If you want t…

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Ethnic Series : Complete Number of pages : 162 The balalaika is most often associated with Russian folklore. In this comprehensive method book, concert and recording artist Bibs Ekkel shares his extensive knowledge of the balalaika as taught in Russia today. This 160-page book is divided into four sections: an extensive Fore…

Par AUSGUI NESTOR. Famed Argentine classical guitar virtuoso, Néstor Ausqui presents this collection of nineteen heretofore unpublished guitar solos. Promising to be a performing guitarist’s dream, the compilation spans centuries with arrangements of pieces by John Dowland, J. S. Bach, Francis Cutting, Franz Schubert, Domenico Scarlatti, Robert de Visée, and others.The collection also includes mod…

Par WASHBURNE PETER. Explore the fretboard and engage your creativity in playing the most awesome musical instrument— the electric bass! Extreme Bass Grooves reflects the author's ability to create inspired, rhythmic electric bass compositions that can be played solo or with an ensemble, virtually inviting another instrumentalist to improvise over the bass and percussion lines. Each groove featu…

Par . Named one of the Best Mandolin Books of All Time by BookAuthority.org! The Strum Together series enables players of five different instruments - or any combination of them - to strum together on 68 great songs. This new easy-to-use format features melody lyrics and chord diagrams for five popular folk instruments: standard ukulele baritone ukulele guitar mandolin and banjo. This collection i…

Par SERRANO JUAN. The legendary flamenco guitarist and best-selling Mel Bay Publications author, Juan Serrano, is well-known for his sound recordings, transcriptions of his music, and technical methods for flamenco guitar. Now the music that formed his technical repertory and was the musical foundation given to his by his father, Antonio el del Lunar, (guitarist for all the flamenco singers of his…

Par BARRETT DAVID. An exciting beginning blues harmonica course! The ideas presented are solidly in the blues tradition with great sounding bluesy licks to play, even at the beginning level! Topics include Phrasing Concepts (how small pieces of music, called licks, are organized to create a pleasing solo), 12 Bar Blues Theory, Vibrato, Shakes, and Tongue Blocking. The recording includes all of the…