Keep Your Hand on That Plow: Mixed Choir a Cappella: Vocal Score

This exciting setting of the African-American spiritual is inspiring. Keep your hand on that plow - hold on! Performance Time: Approx. 2:30. Available separately: SATB and SSAA/SSAA a cappella.

This tutorial will give you a start in your Piano accompaniment playing â?? you can count on it. You will proceed gradually starting with simple chord sequences which strictly speaking are Piano accompaniments in their most basic form. You will first play them with your right hand then with your left and finally with both your hands together. Once youâ??ve got that done youâ??re ready to move to the next step: First you will play a series of chord accompaniments then a series of arpeggio (broken chord) accompaniments and finally a series of accompaniments with melody. Each of the 60 accompaniments included in this tutorial is preceded by explanatory notesproviding useful information on the fingerings to be employed and the technical difficulties you might encounter. The data disk (MP3 audio and MP4 video recordings) attached to this tutorial offers a demonstration video and a backing track at two different tempi for every accompaniment listed in the book. This will allow you to perform the rhythms accurately to keep a steady beat and take delight in playing with other musicians in a band.

Start picking the five-string Banjo like a pro with this definitive guide to bluegrass Banjo. Whether you?re an absolute beginner or an experienced player Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies gets you started offthe right way and is your road map for mastering today?s most popular traditional and contemporary Banjo picking styles. Online audio and video clips combine with the book?s clear step-by-step instructions to providethe most complete ? and fun - Banjo instruction experience available anywhere! Bluegrass Banjo has never been more popular and is heard today not only in country and folk music but in jazz rock and country styles.Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies provides everything you need to know to play just about any kind of music on the five-string Banjo by getting you started with the roll patterns essential to Scruggs style picking.You?ll then add left-hand techniques such as slides hammer-ons and pull-offs play great sounding licks and perform classic tunes like ?Cripple Creek? and ?Old Joe Clark.? You?ll navigate upthe neck on the instrument as well as learn the essential skills you need to play with others in jam sessions and in bands. You?ll even tackle contemporary banjo styles using melodic and single-string scales and pickingtechniques. Choose a Banjo and accessories that are just right for you and your budget. Put on your fingerpicks find your optimal hand position and start playing with the help of online audio and video.Explore the fingerboard using melodic and single-string playing styles. Accompany others in different keys with roll patterns and chord vamping techniques. Keep your Banjo sounding its best with practical andeasy set up tips.

In this one-hour instructional DVD James Alan Shelton and George Shuffler demonstrate and teach the guitar techniques that helped change the role of the guitar in bluegrass music. The music of the Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys has featured lead guitar work since Bill Napier and George Shuffler brought the guitar to the forefront of the Stanley's music in the late 1950s. This video begins with James Alan Shelton, the current lead guitar player for Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, picking a tune with the legendary George Shuffler. James then interviews George regarding the development of his 'crosspicking? guitar technique. George demonstrates the technique and provides a guitar solo to one of the tunes he helped to make a bluegrass standard, 'Will You Miss Me.? George and James then pick 'Katy Dear? together and demonstrate their crosspicking talents. The instructional portion of the video begins with James Alan Shelton demonstrating the crosspicking roll and providing several exercises which will serve to train your right hand to gain skill with the crosspicking technique. James then teaches a 'turnaround? to 'Rank Stranger? which utilizes the crosspicking technique to 'fill in the gaps? between vocal lines. He then shows how to take the simple melody line of a song, 'Uncloudy Day,? and incorporate the crosspicking technique between the melody notes. Next, James teaches a crosspicking break to 'Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow? and follows that tune by demonstrating how to transform a Carter style guitar solo into a crosspicking solo using the song 'Wildwood Flower? as an example. The next section of the video features James teaching two of his original flatpicking tunes 'Road to Coeburn? and 'Tom's Creek.? This is followed by a fingerstyle performance of Ralph Stanley's favorite guitar number, 'Cannonball Blues.? James concludes the instructional portion of the video by talking about his selection of guitar strings, picks, and capos and provides 'tricks of the trade? to help you keep your flatpick in good shape. George and James both talk about their signature model Huss and Dalton guitars and the video concludes with George and James picking 'Banks of the Ohio? together. All of the songs that are taught in the video are transcribed in the accompanying transcription book. / Guitare (Flatpick) Et Plectre

DVD Three-Jorma demonstrates the chord shapes right hand rolls and runs inspired by Rev. Gary Davies on the traditional gospel song 'I'll Be Alright Someday'. Moving into a deries of songs in E minor he teaches inter-linked runs and soloing ideas that build upon one another allowing you play arrangements of his original compositions 'Been So Long Ice Age' and 'Mann's Fate' as well as another traditional gospel song 'Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Buring'. On 'Third Week In The Chelsea' Jorma mixes traditional folk-picking patterns with rhythmic strums back0brushing double time playing dynamics and other concepts that distinguish Jorma's unique guitar style.

Warmups Ostinati Rounds and Kids' Songs-Did you hear? Music W.O.R.K.S.! It does that is if you have the right tools to use with your students. This 'musical tool chest' is all about what W.O.R.K.S - Warm-Ups Ostinati Rounds and Kid's Songs. Within these pages you'll find many resources needed to build young musicians and a successful presentation. There are eight programmable songs in addition to a warm-up ostinati and round to vocally prepare for each song. Use all these ideastogether to create a production or offer them separately for in-class learning fun. Accompany them on the piano or use the convenient and quality accompaniment CD for hands-free teaching - there are so many choices. But wait!There's even more. The “W” section includes warm-ups to help students remember educational things and warm-ups for everyday use. The “O” section presents ostinati for instruments body percussion andvoices. The “R” section includes rounds for general use with optional Orff accompaniment as well as teaching and performance suggestions. Don't start the school year without these valuable tools and keep your studentslearning and loving music all year long! You'll see - it “works”! Available: Resource Collection (with reproducible pages) Performance/Accompaniment CD Classroom Kit (collection and P/A CD. 24 Warm-ups 16 Ostinati 14 Rounds 8 songs. For Grades 3-6.

Third edition of the world's biggest songbook. This is a vast bumper collection, perfect for buskers, of 1001 all-time hit songs.Whatever your taste, there's guaranteed to be tonnes of songs you'll want to play, this book will last you years!Inside the spiral bound cover you will find a generous selection of hit songs, golden standards, jazz and blues numbers, classical pieces, hymns, gospel songs, stage, film and musical music! Arranged here in Melody line arrangements for Piano, Organ, Electronic Keyboards, Guitar and all C instruments, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. / Ligne Mélodique, Paroles Et Accords (Avec Grilles D'Accords)