Improve Your Practice! Instrumental

Par HARRIS PAUL. This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' 'Improve your Scales' and 'Improve your Sightreading'. 'Improve your Practice Grade 3' begins by encouraging students to plan their practice sessions, starting with warm-ups and then giving tips on how to 'explore a piece'. This book will help children to think about different aspects of their music as they play giving them a better musical understanding of their pieces and also encourages independent thought and exploration. / Niveau : Facile / Répertoire / Tout Instrument

Par HARRIS PAUL. This new series from is the essential companion for instrumentalists, encapsulating Paul Harris's failsafe approach to learning. With boxes to fill in, make-your-own playing cards, a handy practice diary and (when you need it) exam countdown, you'll find yourself exploring your pieces and really understanding their character. You will begin to develop ways of making the most out of your practice sessions-whatever their length. Most importantly, you'll also find that your wider musical skills of aural, theory, sight-reading, improvisation and composition develop alongside, resultingin a more intelligent and all-round musician. / Niveau : Facile / Répertoire / Tout Instrument

Par HARRIS PAUL. This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' Improve your Scales and Improve your Sightreading . Improve your Practice Grade 1 begins by encouraging students to plan their practice sessions, starting with warm-ups and then giving tips on how to 'explore a piece'. This book will help children to think about different aspects of their music as they play giving them a better musical understanding of their pieces and also encourages independent thought and exploration. / Niveau : Facile / Répertoire / Tout Instrument

Jam with Eric Marienthal. These books are written to help improve improvising skills. They offer the opportunity to practice soloing with a band at your convenience with a collection of solos written over a series of different chord changes and styles such as straight-ahead jazz funk swing R and B Latin Blues and more.Giving more than just chord scales each book gives an actual idea to base your solos around. Each track on the CD has a short version to match the length of the transcribed solo and a long version (without the solo) to improvise over. In this way you can study Eric's solos and pick and choose the licks you prefer to help build your own solo. Thisapproach takes the recorded play-along concept one step further.

Want to be a classical guitarist but never had a lesson' No problem ? this hands-on guide teaches you all the fundamental techniques you need to play scales melodies and full-length pieces in the classical style.  You get plenty of practice exercises to stretch your skills selections from the classical repertoire and a bonus audio CD that helps you play along with the music pieces from the book!   Get acquainted with your guitar ? familiarize yourself with the unique make-up and parts of a classical guitar Start making some music ? play melodies on individual strings move on to arpeggios and getyour fingers in shape with scales Ramp up your technique ? play barres slurs and trills; handle harmonics; master right-hand tremolo; and venture up the neck to play in the higher positions Build yourclassical repertoire ? from Renaissance and Baroque to Classical Romantic and Modern play pieces from the major eras in classical music Practice makes perfect ? improve your performance with expert guidancethrough each exercise and piece in the book Open the book and find: Tips and techniques for playing beautiful pieces How to read music notation andtablature Basic finger and thumb strokes Right- and left-hand techniques Musical examples charts and photos Music pieces from the guitar greats The best ways to care for yourguitar A step-by-step tutorial on changing your strings Bonus CD Includes More than 140 recorded performances of the exercises and pieces featured in thebook Pieces performed using a count-off allowing you to play along in time with the music Tuning notes to help you tune up your guitar

A workbook for examinations including over 100 practice tests for Associated Board exams supporting the new syllabus requirements from 2012.The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems especially in the context of graded exams.Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to a specific technical issues then by studying preparedpieces with associated questions and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.This new edition has been devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012.Paul Harris is one of the most respected music educationalists known for his innovative Simultaneously Learning approach. He has over 500 publications to his name including the highly-acclaimed Improve your teaching! Improve your scales! Improve your Aural and Improve your Practice! series. Paul writes frequently on music education and is in great demand as a workshop and seminar leader around the world.

A workbook for examinations including over 100 practice tests for Associated Board exams supporting the new syllabus requirements from 2012.The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems especially in the context of graded exams.Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to a specific technical issues then by studying preparedpieces with associated questions and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.This new edition has been devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012.Paul Harris is one of the most respected music educationalists known for his innovative Simultaneously Learning approach. He has over 500 publications to his name including the highly-acclaimed Improve your teaching! Improve your scales! Improve your Aural and Improve your Practice! series. Paul writes frequently on music education and is in great demand as a workshop and seminar leader around the world.

For Alto Saxophone-With its extensive and diverse repertoire this tutorial allows you as a saxophonist to access the best of what classical music has to offer. If you choose to work with this tutorial you will not only broaden your musical horizon and improve your playing technique but indeed enjoy performing all kinds of masterpieces on your own Saxophone. All the great composers are featured ? with one or even several of their works with concerts symphonies and sonatas with lieder arias and overtures with Renaissance dances orchestral pieces waltzes and ballets but also with instrumentals such as preludes nocturnes etudes marches gymnopedies and much more. And in order not tolose your enthusiasm while practicing each score is accompanied by 2 audio-recordings which you will find on the mp3 CD attached to the tutorial. In the first recording the Saxophone-part is played along to the corres-ponding accompaniment. In the second only the backing track (the accompaniment) can be heard which gives you the possibility of taking up the score yourself. In total you are invited to enjoy 174 recordings which add up to more than 6 hours of musical practice(!) With its extensive and diverse repertoire this tutorial allows you as a saxophonist to access the best of what classical music has to offer. If you choose to work with this tutorial you will not only broaden your musical horizon and improve your playing technique but indeed enjoy performing all kinds of masterpieces on your own Saxophone. All the great composers are featured ? with one or even several of their works with concerts symphonies and sonatas with lieder arias and overtures with Renaissance dances orchestral pieces waltzes and ballets but also with instrumentals such as preludes nocturnes etudes marches gymnopedies and much more. And inorder not to lose your enthusiasm while practicing each score is accompanied by 2 audio-recordings which you will find on the mp3 CD attached to the tutorial. In the first recording the Saxophone-part is played along to the corres-ponding accompaniment. In the second only the backing track (the accompaniment) can be heard which gives you the possibility of taking up the score yourself. In total you are invited to enjoy 174 recordings which add up to more than 6 hours of musical practice(!)

Par HARRIS PAUL. The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it?s something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill. Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing. This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams. All the answers for Improve Your Aural! Grade 3 are provided on the last page of the physical book. / Methods and Tutors / Solfège/Formation Musicale / Ecoute

Does the thought of sight-reading make you groan'The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sigh-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems especially in the context of graded exams.Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to a specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulouslygraded sight-reading pieces.New edition devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012.Paul Harris is one of the most respected music educationalist known for his innovative Simultaneous Learning approach. He has over 500 publications to his name including the highly-acclaimed Improve your teaching! Improve your scales! Improve your aural! and Improve your practice! series. Paul writes frequesntly on music education and is in great demand as a workshop and seminar leader around the world.

The very thought of aural especially in examinations strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra itâ??s something to be developing all the time because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities boxes to fill in and practice exercises this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected a range of interconnected activities are includedto help develop the ear including singing clapping playing your instrument writing music down improvising and composing.This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010 ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Peter Huttlinger's amazing guitar technique was developed over the years through good practice and exercise regimens. As a guitar teacher with more than sixteen years experience he knows that the most important thing players need is guidance in their practicing routine. This is a lesson that will benefit all guitarists regardless of the level you are starting from. Pete's invaluable advice and insider's tips will help you improve your timing strengthen your hands and play with precision speed power and rhythmic sophistication. By following this method you'll learn how to isolate the problem phrases in a piece of music use a metronome to build solid rhythm increase your picking speed (flatpick or finger style) train your 'muscle theory' and lean how to manage your practice times for sure results. Pete provides numerous scales and exercises to help you gain fingerboard knowledge limber your fingers and develop right-and left-hand coordination. Finally you'll put it all to practical use by learning to conquer a dazzling instrumental The Monaghan Jig. Pete takes the piece apart phrase showing you how to get spectacular results using his practice methods. Over the years Peter Huttlinger has established himself as a topnotch session player composer arranger songwriter and sideman. The Berklee graduate has been a featured artist with the San Diego and Houston symphonies and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and has performed on numerous Grammy winning and nominated projects. In 2000 he won first place in the prestigious National Fingerstyle Championship in Winkfield Kansas. Pete toured recorded and performed with John Denver from 1984 until the singer's death in 1997. He has also written music for HBO PBs ESPN and many other networks. His 2003 release Naked Pop is on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label.