Improve Your Practice! Instrumental

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.

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.

Learn to play the blues in several styles-jazz Latin fusion rock and funk in all keys with step-by-step instructions practice tips and a play-along CD. Even if you are a complete beginner this easy-to-understandinstructional guide will get you improvising in no time. You'll learn how to create killer solos using the hundreds of great licks included; Get the sound of the blues under your fingers and into your ears; Improve your sound phrasing and rhythm through technical studies and rhythmic exercises; Join in a variety of styles with the rhythm section on the play-along CD.

New! 9 demo/play-a-long tracks. Essential companion : volume 24. The culmination of Jamey’s 25 years as one of the world’s leading jazz exponents. Volume 1 has unlocked the mysteries of jazz improvisation for a whole generation of musicians who previously had nowhere to turn for competent rhythm sections and accurate instruction. Now, Volume 1 has all new, updated information presented in a new manner that is both easy to understand and inspiring for all musicians wishing to explore the secrets of jazz improvisation. Includes chapters on scales/chords, developing creativity, improv fundamentals, 12 Blues Scales, Bebop scales, pentatonic scales and usage, time and feeling, melodic development, II/V7s, related scales and modes, practical exercises/patterns and licks, Dominant 7th tree of scale choices, nomenclature, chromaticism, scale syllabus, and more. This complete improvisation set, along with Volume 24, MAJOR AND MINOR, can greatly open your ears and improve your playing. Music is fun and this set is the first step to enjoying it. Each of the 10 recorded tracks feels great and is fun to play with. Recorded tracks include Blues in Bb and F, Dorian minor tracks, four-measure cadences, cycle of dominants, 24-measure song, II/V7 in all keys. Book includes transposed parts for all instruments. Support média : Compact disc Langue : en anglais

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 encourage 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.

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 witha collection of solos written over a series of different chord changes and styles such as straight-ahead jazz funk swing R

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.

Improve your Guitar-playing rhythm feel and timing.If you want to improve your timing sharpen your technique or get inspired by new ideas Guitar Rhythm and Technique For Dummies breaks down the basicsof reading counting strumming and picking rhythms on Guitar to make you an ace on the axe in no time. With the help of this friendly guide you'll learn to play examples of eighth and sixteenth note rhythms???including commonstrum patterns heard in popular music???to improve your guitar rhythm feel and timing. Plus access to audio downloads and online video lessons complement the coverage presented in the book giving you the option of supplementingyour reading with additional visual and audio learning.There's no denying that Guitar is one of the coolest musical instruments on the planet. Okay perhaps undeniably the coolest. Whether you bow at the feet of ChuckBerry Keith Richards the Edge or Eddie Van Halen they all have one thing in common: they make it look incredibly naturally easy! However anyone who's actually picked up a guitar knows that mastering rhythm and technique issomething that takes a lot of practice???not to mention good coaching. Luckily Guitar Rhythm and Technique For Dummies makes your aspirations to play Guitar like the pros attainable with loads of helpful step-by-stepinstruction on everything from mastering hammer-ons pull-offs and slides to perfecting your picking???and beyond.Covers strum patterns articulations picking techniques and more.Showcases musical stylessuch as pop rock blues folk and funk.Includes techniques for playing with both your right and left hand.Provides access to online audio tracks and video instruction so you can master the concepts andtechniques presented in the book.Whether you're new to Guitar or an advanced player looking to improve your musical timing and skills Guitar Rhythm and Technique For Dummies quickly gets you in the

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 3 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition has been completely re-written with new exercises and pieces to support the Associated Board's new sight-reading requirements from 2009. Improve YourSight-Reading! will help you improve your reading ability and with numerous practice tests included will ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.

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