Teach Yourself To Play

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. 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 along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

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 along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying CD includes beautiful recordings of all the music in the book and can be played on your CD player or downloaded to your iPod® or other mp3 player. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular piano sheet music and lead sheets, and be ready to play in a band! Alfred Music's exclusive TNT 2 software lets you customize the audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys. Features: *The easiest way to learn to play rock keyboard *Step-by-step explanation on how to read music *Learn basics like how to sit at the keyboard and proper hand position *Easy-to-understand approach to scales and chords *Music examples in the style of Billy Joel, The Kingsmen, Coldplay, Ben Folds Five, and more.*Essential chord chart with all the major and minor chords for the right hand / Clavier

Step One Series-This complete music instruction package includes a book CD and DVD: Read the easy-to-understand instruction book designed to get you playing right away play along with professional backing tracks from the CD and see an expertteacher explain and demonstrate techniques and songs on the video. Never before has there been an easier way to master the basics of music while having a great time playing your instrument. The Step One: Teach Yourself series willget you playing right away and learning as you play. If you are ready to teach yourself take your first step today with Step One: Teach Yourself!

Learn to play the accordion and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the parts of the accordion, buying an accordion, preparing the instrument for use, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then learn to use your left and right hands in the proper ways, playing different notes, chords, and songs, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including folk songs, Waltzes, Bluegrass, Polka, and more. You will also learn how to play with a group of other musicians. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play the accordion in a variety of musical styles, read and understand music, improvise, and be ready to play in a band. Included is a DVD that contains video lessons, MP3s, and TNT 2 software for the most effective practice, plus codes to access all of the corresponding media online for streaming or downloading. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Complete button reference chart * Informative section on MIDI accordions * Practice tips * An explanation on basic maintenance and repair The accompanying video provides a helpful reference for play-along and practice. The included TNT 2 software allows you to isolate the audio tracks, transpose, loop, and slow down or speed up the audio for the most effective practice. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Accordéon

Teach yourself how to play classical Guitar sheet music arranged for fingerstyle guitarists with the Progressive Fingerpicking Classics series. The pieces featured in this collection are suitable for all agesand all types of classical Guitar.This volume includes 20 popular classical music pieces brilliantly arranged for fingerstyle Guitar players by a professional classical Guitar teacher. Easy classical Guitar tabs forfingerpicking Guitar players are included. This illustrated guide comes with 1 CD containing Guitar audio demonstrating all examples.Basic knowledge of how to read music and playing fingerstyle Guitar is required to teachyourself to learn to play Guitar pieces from this book.

Par BAY WILLIAM. Edition revue et augmentée. Elle est aujourd'hui classée comme l'une des méthodes de guitare rock d'introduction meilleurs disponibles. Les étudiants apprendront licks, phrases, solos de basse s'exécute et power chords dans les clés de E, F, G, A, D, B, C et plat ! Une section spéciale de Mark Lonergan, est aussi inclus sur l'exécution licks et les riffs, les techniques de rock tels que les écoutes de flexion, double s'arrête, etc., et certains grands solo idées ! Dans la notation et tablature. Capacité de lecture de la note n'est pas nécessaire ! Dans la notation standard et tablature. L'enregistrement est en stéréo play-long format et dispose d'un accompagnement de groupe de rock (complète avec les cornes). La section de Mark Lonergan souligne démonstration de guitare excellent de la marque et la performance des concepts de la roche. / Niveau : Débutant / Rock - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures Electrique

Par HILAND MIKE. Cette méthode est chargée de l'information. Dans les mots de l'auteur, ' la basse électrique est dans une période de développement très excitante. Non plus n'il juste fournit 'soutien bas de gamme'. Maintenant tous chansons sont construits autour de la ligne de basse. ' Cette méthode est facile à comprendre et approfondie ! Elle fournit la théorie et la technique nécessaires pour jouer de la basse contemporain, et il couvre ces effets modernes comme la gifle and techniques hammering pop et de droite. Alors que la lecture de la note est enseigné, tablature est également présenté. Le CD est un enregistrement stéréo play-long. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Basse Electrique

Par MC NEIL MADELINE. Madeline MacNeil apporte son expertise considérable dans l'enseignement le dulcimer à ce texte de début fine. Le livre couvre tuning, échelles, grattant, doigté, accords, le ' noter ' et le capo. De nombreux solos de fines dulcimer figurent également. Le CD contient excellent enseignement de Mme MacNeil et le stéréo play-long format. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)