Teach Yourself To Play Jazz At The Keyboard

Teach Yourself Flute - DVD with Small Booklet-An enjoyable easy to follow introduction to playing the Flute and understanding music. Covers all essential techniques and contains a variety of musical styles including Folk Classical Jazz and Blues. Includes 64 page book.No previous musical knowledge or experience necessary.Suitable for all ages.Easy to follow lesson by lesson format.Learn basic music theory.Learn themelodies to many well known songs.Learn essential techniques every Flute player should know.All the exercises sound great and are fun to play.Learn a variety of musical styles inlcuding Folk Classical Jazz and Blues.

Teach Yourself Guitar Chords - DVD with Small Booklet-An easy to use chord dictionary containing the most useful open jazz and bar chord shapes of all the most commonly used chord types. Also includes special sections on tuning reading sheet music transposing and using acapo.Includes 56 page book.Learn basic rhythm patterns using easy read notation.Suitable for all ages.Suitable for all types of Guitars.Learn the most useful open jazz and barchord shapes of all the most commonly used chord types.Easy to follow lesson by lesson format.Includes a comprehensive tuning section at the start.Each exercise is played twice showing a diagram as wellas finger and hand position.Learn 12 bar blues and turnaround progressions.

Teach yourself to play jazz-style Bass Guitar with our easy lessons for beginners.Progressive Jazz Bass covers all of the important techniques required to learn to play the jazz Bass including how toplay intervals chord arpeggios and extensions inversions turnarounds jazz and jazz blues progressions scales and runs.This book includes 73 exercises progressions and solos as well as popular easy music forbeginners.Progressive Jazz Bass is complete with Bass tabs for beginners and jazz chord symbols for accompaniment. This book comes with a CD containing audio demonstrating all examples.Basicknowledge of how to read music and play Bass Guitar is recommended but not required to teach yourself using this book.

More and more adults are taking the positive step to learn or rediscover how to play the Guitar. But having made the decision the challenge is knowing where to turn! Whatever your starting point leading Guitar educationalists James Longworth and Nick Walker provide the answers in this all-in-one adult tutor It’s Never Too Late To Play Guitar: An instructive teach-yourself programme covering essential music theory and the basics of Guitar technique. Contains a wealth of original music alongside pop rock blues folk classical and jazz hits. Breaks down the key musical features of different styles such as classic chordprogressions riffs and strumming patterns – ideal for aspiring songwriters! Packed with useful information in the form of technical tips help with notation and ‘Did you know?’ boxes. Photocopiable chord and notation guides for quick reference. Recommended listening ideas. CD containing a vast range of play-along tracks to make even the simplest pieces sound great. Perfect for beginner acoustic and classical guitarists and an ideal grounding for aspiring Electric Guitar players.

a how-to guide for students and teachers-Jazz Piano From Scratch is a complete step by step guide to playing jazz with confidence and style. Designed for the complete beginner it breaks down the process into simple yet fun activities with many musical examples to illustrate the points made. The accompanying CD provides examples activities and some great trio paying to use as a backdrop to your own work.The book deals with rhythm harmony melody structure chords and changes modal jazz blues style chord substitutions bebop style and creativity improvisation techniques and control.These skills can be developed by any musician and the book is designed to ease all players into jazz. It standsalso as an indispensable companion to the Board's jazz piano syllabus examining in Part III the different components of the exams and showing you how to prepare yourself thoroughly.

These 12 brand new jazz piano solos vividly evoke the days when popular songs where built around sophisticated melodies and harmonies.Each piece has been composed to suggest a certain mood or atmosphere which encouragesthe intermediate level player to perform it with maximum feeling.With chord symbols included this memorable collection combines an enjoyable celebration of a timeless genre with an invaluable opportunity for the pianist insearch of expressive interpretation to master melody and harmony.'For anyone looking for more substantial pieces than EasiJazz in John Kember's thoroughly delightful style I'd recommend his brand new 'Original Ballads'. Each of the twelve jazz piano solos contained between the colourful covers is a perfect two- or three-page 'song without words'. You can even imagine the lyrics for yourself too as the titles give suggestive startingpoints.John Kember writes so idiomatically and gratifyingly relishing the rhythms harmonic richness and tunefulness of the medium. This is music to teach and play for sheer pleasure. It will reward anyexploration.'John York - Pianist and Teacherwww.yorkpiano.co.uk'As always Kember thinks of the pedagogical in his music and this selection of pieces will do much to develop a pupil's chord-voicingskills'Hilary Garrett Music Teacher Magazine

Teach yourself how to play Drums with Progressive Beginner Drums. Learn how to play Drum beats used in popular Drum grooves.Progressive Beginner Drums covers the important rudiments andtechniques required to learn to play the Drums including playing accents ghost notes paradiddles side stick and open hi-hat.Suitable for all ages and all types of drum kits.Includes 133 drum exercises drumrhythms and drum fills for playing drum beats used in rock blues funk country and jazz.In full colour throughout with photos and diagrams easy-to-read Drum music for beginners and a tutorial on how to read sheetmusic.Comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing Drum videos and audio for all examples.No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing Drums is required to teach yourself to learn to play Drums from this book. Includesfree poster.

Teach yourself Guitar chords today. Progressive: Beginner Guitar Chords contains all you need to know to become a great Guitarist in one easy-to-follow lesson-by-lesson book. You do not need any priorknowledge of music or the Guitar to learn using this method.Teach yourself:Every important Guitar chord shape and chord formula for playing like a pro.Open bar and Jazz Guitar chords for thousandsof well-known songs.How to read all Guitar sheet music and chord symbols to play in a band.Classic Pop Rock Blues Funk and Country Guitar progressions used by pro Guitarists.Tricks tips and shortcutsto get the most from practice sessions and learn faster.In Progressive: Beginner Guitar Chords the most useful open bar and jazz chord shapes of the most used chord types are covered and chordprogressions to practice and play along with are included.This book CD and DVD set features sections on tuning how to read sheet music transposing and the use of a capo as well as an easy chord table chord formula andchord symbol chart.Features include:Hundreds of Guitar chords.All important chord formulas.30+ examples and all notes on the Guitar fretboard.Easy-to-read Guitar music and chorddiagrams in full color throughout.Suitable for all types of Guitar including Electric Guitar Steel-String Acoustic Guitar and Nylon-String Classical Guitar.

Teach yourself how to play Recorder with Progressive Beginner Recorder which covers the fundamental techniques and practical music theory required to learn to play the Recorder.ProgressiveBeginner Recorder is suitable for all ages and all brands of Recorders and includes 90 Recorder exercises and popular easy Recorder songs for beginners in classical jazz blues rock traditional and folkstyles.In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read fingerings and music for beginners.Comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing Flute video and audio demonstrating all examples.No priorknowledge of how to read music or playing the Recorder is required to teach yourself how to play Recorder from this book.

The beginner?s guide to learning the violin for any musical styleViolin For Dummies helps you teach yourself to play the violin, even if you?ve never read a note of music. From choosing the right violin for you to playing a variety of musical styles, this book has you covered. You?ll start with the basics of posture and bowing technique, learn how to tune your instrument and keep it in beautiful condition with regular maintenance. You?ll learn how to read and feel the music, and how to inject your own personality into whatever you play. Before you know it, you?ll be playing classical, jazz, country, and more, as you become a bona fide violin player. The included audio and video instruction encourages you to play along as you learn, and allow you to hear, see, and imitate proper technique. / Violon

Teach yourself how to play Guitar with Progressive Open Tunings For Guitar.The book covers popular alternative tunings including dropped-D dropped-G and many open chord tunings. Progressive OpenTunings For Guitar also covers the important techniques required to learn to play the Guitar including hammer-ons pull-offs slides bends harmonics and string muting.Suitable for all ages and all types ofGuitars including acoustic Guitars and electric Guitars.Includes 81 Guitar exercises Guitar chord progressions Guitar riffs Guitar licks Guitar solos and popular easy Guitar music in blues Guitar folk Guitar jazzGuitar and rock Guitar styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read Guitar music Guitar chords and easy Guitar tabs.Progressive Open Tunings For Guitar comes with 1 DVD and 1DVD-ROM containing Guitar videos and audio demonstrating all examples. Basic knowledge of how to read music and playing Guitar is required to teach yourself to learn to play Guitar from this book.Includes free Guitar chordposter.

Teach yourself how to play Guitar with Progressive Blues Guitar Solos which covers the important techniques required to learn to play the blues Guitar including minor scales pentatonic scales blues scales andmajor scales in various patterns and how to harmonize across the entire fretboard. Suitable for all ages and all types of Guitars including electric and acoustic. Includes 49 blues Guitar exercises in a variety ofstyles such as shuffles traditional slow blues and jazz style blues along with R

Learn to play bass 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 buying a bass guitar, tuning and holding it, fingering and picking styles, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and bass lines, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and TAB. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, country, and jazz. Near the end of the book you will be introduced to the concept of playing from chord sheets, which will assist you in coloring your and others' musical creations with your own unique, rockin' style. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular bass TAB folios and be ready to play in a band. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * TAB licks and bass lines * Bass fingerboard chart * Complete chord chart * Photos showing hand positions and more The accompanying DVD features educator Jared Meeker teaching every lesson and performing all the songs. The DVD also includes TNT 2 software that lets you customize audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys. You may also stream the video and download the TNT 2 software from a browser. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Guitare Basse

The exciting sound of the Blues born in America finds its way into all styles of music heard around the world. These days everyone hears that familiar colour in rock pop folk classical and other jazz styles. Thiseasy-to-follow and complete programmed course teaches you to create your own Blues music at the Piano.Explanations and examples are given and become even more advanced. This book will work more easily for you when youalready know a little about reading Piano music. Playing the Blues teaches you essential music theory in a fun hands-on way so a Piano teacher can include this as a part of regular lessons.All the elements of basic Bluesare here. This is a guide a textbook and a teacher. If you study music and want to know how to play the Blues style this is the book for you! The accompanying online audio contains 26 of the exercises and examples from thebook.