Johnny Winter Style-The American Blues Guitar in 6 Weeks course is designed to focus your practice towards realistic goals achievable in six weeks. Each week provides you with techniques concepts and licks to help you play and understand blues soloing at a manageable easy to follow pace.Week two focuses on the style of Johnny Winter and includes: Blues scale patterns repetitious phrasing building licks using hammer ons and pull offs playing 'in the pocket' using triplets using pentatonic scale sequencing to create blues licks.The DVD is presented by Steve Trovato who is best known as a world class country guitarist but is equallyproficient in a wide range of popular Guitar styles. He has written a number of bestselling Guitar tuition books and maintains a full time position in the Guitar Department at the University of Southern California.

For the Earliest Beginner-Learn to play the Piano in the most enjoyable and natural way with the progressive tried-and-tested John W. Schaum Piano Course. This Green Book is aimed at the absolute beginner with no previous musical knowledge. Many teachers who use a tutor book to enhance their own pedagogical methods tend to try out a number of different titles but those who try John W. Schaum rarely move on to any other. These books are guaranteed to keep young beginners interested and motivated while also most importantly of all enjoying their playing. The book is very simple and easy-to-use moving logically through the conceptsthat any beginning pianist needs to know. This will ensure a solid foundation for when pupils move on to the next level of the Piano Course. The colourful pictures help to keep the sometimes difficult concepts exciting and the words that accompany the simplistic melodies are specifically aimed at young people creating tunes that beginners will genuinely enjoy playing. The John W. Schaum Piano Course lays out a clear and straightforward path for beginners to the Piano with this book aimed at those who have no prior knowledge helping them to lay the groundwork before they progress to Grade One.  For an efficient effective and most of all enjoyable way to teach young beginners to play the Piano you'd be hard-pressed to find a better quality tutor than John W. Schaum's Piano Course. With such a wealth of Piano tutor books out there it's difficult to know who to trust. Schaum's course was first completed back in 1945 and it's still a favourite today and we know you'll be amazed at how swiftly your child or pupil picks up the Piano with this tutor.

Key Features at Grade 2 8th note triplets 4 way coordination syncopation Single and double strokes paradiddles flams triplets Playback skills Rockschool builds upon its 21 years of unrivalled experience in rock and pop examination by bringing you the 2012-2018 Syllabus. For this latest Syllabus Rockschool have employed some of the most sought after professional musicians to ensure that their tunes are the most authentic on offer.Drums Syllabus Features Plot your stylistic specialism - follow your preferred style up through the grades 6Performance pieces 6 varying styles Fact files - band and artist background information with recommended further listening Walkthroughs -  Hints and Tips on the tricky sections of the songs Standard Notation Online audio with full mixes and backing tracks (click and non-click) Free Choice Element ? You can select  2 free choice pieces in your exam All Rockschool grades are fully accredited throughout the UK by the qualifications regulators of England (OfQual) Wales (DCELLS) Northern Ireland (CCEA) AND Scotland (SQA Accreditation).

Learning to play the Guitar without having a deep exposure to the Blues seems almost as strange as wanting to sing without first being able to speak. This method allows you to therefore discover all of the essential Blues techniques such as structure specific chords and rhythms accompaniment riffs scales improvisation and solos.  In order for guitarists to make the most of this method practice is essential and complete chord sequences are included in the style of many of the most famous blues players like Otis Rush BB King Eric Clapton Buddy Guy Albert King Stevie Ray Vaughan etc.  On the accompanyingCD five hours of music allows you to hear all the demonstration tracks at both normal speed and slowed down letting you learn at your own pace. The same is shown on the DVD so not only can you listen you can also see exactly how it should be done.  Learning to play the Guitar without having a deep exposure to the Blues seems almost as strange as wanting to sing without first being able to speak. This method allows you to therefore discover all of the essential Blues techniques such as structure specific chords and rhythms accompaniment riffs scales improvisation and solos.  In order for guitarists to make the most of this method practice is essential and complete chord sequences are included in the style of many of the most famous blues players like Otis Rush BB King Eric Clapton Buddy Guy Albert King Stevie Ray Vaughan etc.  On the accompanyingCD five hours of music allows you to hear all the demonstration tracks at both normal speed and slowed down letting you learn at your own pace. The same is shown on the DVD so not only can you listen you can also see exactly how it should be done. 

This best-selling Piano course teaches you to play using well-known pop and classical material including songs by The Beatles and Abba and music from composers such as Beethoven and Mozart.Step by easy step this provencourse lays a solid musical foundation. You acquire sound technique and learn to play in any style with confidence. By the end of the course you will have a wonderful gift - the ability to play the kind of music you likebest.This second book moves on toNew notes for right and left handsChord symbolsWrist staccatoTwo tunes with one hand

A course for young beginners Pre-Grade 1-With Funky Flute fast becoming the country???s leading flute tutor Heather Hammond???s winning approach has been applied here for the Clarinet. Cool Clarinet is the next generation of tutor featuring an effective style that childrenrespond to with fun-to-play pieces vibrant artwork and a groovy backing CD. Cool Clarinet shows young Clarinettist's everything they need to know including how to hold the clarinet getting a good sound and how to readmusic.

Todo bajista necesita en un momento dado de su progresión dominar un mínimo de nociones teóricas. Para poder leer comprender y seguir una partitura. Para conocer el mástil del bajo y las notas que lo componen. Para aprender a tocar las escalas los modos y los arpegios. Para saber más sobre los acordes. Para dominar todas las nociones de orden rítmico. Para crear una línea de bajo. En resumidas cuentas... para ser músico. Entonces si usted no conoce este tema nuestro método le abrirá nuevos horizontes y si está reñido con él le permitirá reconciliarse con las palabrasteoría y solfeo. No se imagine por tanto que nuestro libro esté lleno de reglas complicadas y pesadas. Al contrario. Este libro quiere ser ameno y permite aplicar directamente en el bajo los diferentes puntos teóricos presentados a través de ejemplos puramente musicales. Teoría musical aplicada... En ocho capítulos presentamos todas las nociones que uno debe conocer: la notación musical el conocimiento del mástil la armadura y la tonalidad el ritmo los intervalos las escalas los modos y por último los arpegios de acordes. Un amplio programa para que una vez acabado el estudio de este libro pueda usted decir con orgullo: ¿La teoría musical' ¡Nada más fácil! El CD incluido en el método es una ayuda suplementaria de gran importancia puesto que permite escuchar todos los ejemplos musicales tales como uno debe tocarlos comprenderlos y asimilarlos.

The title says it all: 'Dirt Simple.' This book and accompanying audio are designed for a total beginner who knows nothing about the Hammered Dulcimer providing them the tools to make music right away.Starting with thefundamentals of how to hold hammers and tune the instrument it delves deeper into mastery with posture stand height/angle and replacing strings to set up the beginner for a lifetime of good habits. Every concept introduced issimultaneously presented with illustrations and songs that demonstrate and reinforce. Whether the student reads music or plays by ear the result is the same - music making right from the beginning! Includes access to onlineaudio.

The essential syllabus for the aspiring keyboardist. Keyboard Grade 2 will provide you with everything you need for your Grade 2 exam including a diverse range of repertoire a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples. Six iconic tracks Fact Files: band and artist bios Performance Notes: in-depth guidance for every track Technical exercises and supporting tests Downloadable audio: easily accessible digital audio

At The National Storytelling Festival-On October 5 2001 (his birthday) international rambler racconteur and Florida/Piedmont blues aficionado Roy Book Binder played a sold-out concert at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough Tennesse the oldest and most prestigious festival of its kind in the world. Roy peppered his finger-picking blues and ragtime songs with outrageously funny stories about his life and times and the people he met along the way. Homespun's cameras were there and the result is a thoroughly engaging and entertaining performance video by one of America's most popular folk and blues artists. This is one you shouldn't miss!

Learn killer blues licks in the style of David Gilmour one of the UK???s finest blues-rock guitarists! Also includes a blues guitar jam track. Lessons by Jamie Humphries. Each Quick Licks DVD includes an arsenal of licks in the style of your chosen artist to add to your repertoire plus backing tracks to practice your new licks and techniques. Jamie Humphries is the author of the acclaimed Giants Of Rock and Giants Of Metal guitar courses. He is a tutor at one of the UK???s leading music colleges and a regular contributor on the lickibrary.com guitar community website.

Each book in the Sight Reading Success series has been written by expert examiners to reflect the style of the revised ABRSM tests helping your students to tackle the sight reading exam with confidence and poise.Uniquely each book is accompanied by a CD providing guidance through each test and demonstrating how it should sound (Vocals by Kate Johnson and Piano by Harriet Power). These books are therefore ideal for independent use and study by students of all ages as well as other pianists who desire to improve their ability at this fundamental skill. Sight Reading Success takes the reader throughvarious fundamental concepts to sight-reading such as more advanced fingering compound time signatures starting on an upbeat more difficult keys and key signatures while concluding the book with practice scores allowing you to play and practise what you've just learned. Not only this but the accompanying CD lets you listen to how these should sound so you can test yourself over again making sure you can get them exactly right.   Written by experienced examiners and teachers Sight Reading Success accurately reflects the style of the revised ABRSM tests. This Grade 4 book will cover everything you will need to know for that exam also giving you some really useful tips for most effective practise and what to expect in the exam itself.   The Piano Grade 4 Sight Reading Success book provides a great amount of detail for everything that could be asked in the sight reading exam. For the best possible preparation from a truly thorough and authoritative guide that will put you on the best path to passing check out Sight Reading Success.

A Lesson in Lap-Style Dobro Playing-Celebrated Dobro maestro Doug Cox introduces a private lesson in the elements and techniques that characterise the lap-style guitar. Not only will you receive a solid foundation in Dobro playing and music theory for one of the best in the business you will also learn to:Name all the notes and major chords on the DobroPlay the indispensable I-IV-V chord progression in all keysDiscover 'Chucking' and how it worksUse characteristic tone and damping tricksTo compliment the wealth of technical knowledge you will also be introduced to three Dobro standards The Water Is Wide Worried Man Blues and St. Anne's Reel top start yourepertoire and give you authentic tunes with which you can master this unusual but wonderfully evocative style of playing.

The Drummer's Blueprint for Creativity Time Keeping and Groove-Big Time is a riveting look at the very essence of what makes the human clock tick. Included are lessons performances and insights all presented in a new and groundbreaking format that strips the art of drumming to its very core. Drummers of every skill level will benefit from the wealth of experience and practical knowledge that has continued to make Billy Ward an in-demand studio and touring player with some of the biggest names in music.It includes his alternative perspective on basic rudiments fills shuffles and milking techniques.