Technique Takes Off! for Viola

Fourteen original imaginative studies for solo violin designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to those of Mazas and Kreutzer. Each piece concentrates on one or two aspects of technique and the whole set covers a wide range of left and right hand skills including spiccato bowing string-crossing moto perpetuo cantabile and easy double-stopping.

Fourteen original imaginative studies for solo cello specially designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to the more advanced material of Dotzauer and Popper. Each piece concentrates on one or two aspects of technique and the whole set covers a wide range of left and right hand skills including spicatto bowing string crossing moto perpetuo cantabile and easy double stopping. Teachers and pupils will find this invaluable yet light-hearted collection both enjoyable and stimulating.

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

Intermediate Violin duets and studies to develop vibrato shifting and double-stopping.

The world's best-selling keyboard method in one complete pack - everything you need to get the most from your Keyboard! This book and 3 CD pack has been compiled from the hugely successful Complete Keyboard Player series to offer an all-in-one solution to learning the best in Keyboard techniques, sounds and songs. This package includes: A complete tutorial guide giving a step-by-step approach to playing the instrument. Extensive chapters concerning selecting sounds, rhythms and using auto accompaniments. Music notation explained in full, along with single-finger and fingered chords, scales and keys. A comprehensive set of full professional-quality backing tracks across 3 CDs that will bring your practice hours to life. Handy Keyboard overlays will ensure that you will never have to hit a wrong note! Furthermore, over 50 hit songs have been provided to create an instant repertoire, and to give you the opportunity to learn using the songs that you know and love. No previous knowledge of the Keyboard or music is required. This book is A5-sized for easy transport! / Clavier

Since it first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune a Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now for the first time C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrument technique for a new generation of musicians. A New Tune a Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention to detail but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of audio - with actual performances and backing tracks - will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. The video shows you the basics from how to set up your instrument to playing your first notes. It takes you through the first few pages of the book ensuring you get off to a good start. Plus excellent advice and tips from a professional player. Each book contains: advice on audio equipment · instructions for effective technique and comfortable posture · explanatory section on reading music · easy-to-follow lessons on clear uncluttered pages · audio with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examples · great music including duets and rounds · tests to check progress and comprehension · useful pull-out chart giving all first position fingerings · and video to help you get started on your instrument. Audio and video are accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

Bukka White's slashing slide figures and pounding chords are capable of generating a high level of excitement capable of leaving dancers joyously exhausted. Yet there is also a sensitivity and a sense of dynamics to his music. Bukka's lyrics ran the gamut from the perceptive to the surreal. The combination of these two voices places Bukka squarely within the blues tradition and in his own unique niche.In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you through 10 of Bukka White's tunes. Starting off in Vestapol tuning you'll get his right hand train beat picking down pat with Special Streamline. Next you'll learn to master playing in Cross-Note tuningwith Jitterbug Swing Aberdeen Mississippi Blues World Boogie and Sic Em Dogs On.Bukka's approach to Cross-Note tuning set him apart from his contemporaries and will add a new depth to your own playing. You'll learn Bukka's trick of dampening the 3rd string behind the slide as well as his signature ?Spank the Baby? technique a real crowd pleaser. Moving into Open G tuning you'll learn Poor Boy Fixin' To Die Blues and Gibson Hill. The lesson finishes with When Can I Change My Clothes and Strange Place Blues in Standard Tuning.These carefully selected songs where chosen on the basis that Bukka used similar patterns for many of his songs and by learning these 10 you're really learning his entire recorded works. The original old recordings of all the tunes are included.Titles include: OPEN D TUNING: Special Streamline CROSS-NOTE TUNING: Jitterbug Swing Aberdeen Mississippi Blues World Boogie Sic Em Dogs On OPEN G TUNING: Poor Boy Fixin' To Die Blues Gibson Hill STANDARD TUNING: When Can I Change My Clothes Strange Place Blues112 minutes ? Level 2/3 ? Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD

A special close-up examination of the unique virtuoso techniques of guitar maestro Stanley Jordan. Jordan's multi-layered guitar sounds have created albums that defy conventions and catagorisations. He has taken the technique of two-handed tapping and developed a method of playing that pushes the technique to the limit creating the impression of two or three simultaneous guitars. This style of playing allows Jordan to perform otherwise impossible melodic lines. arrangements and chords that embrace the full range of the fretboard at once. The technique has given Jordan a unique Jazz voice and an unmistakable sound that is both captivating and thrilling to witness.This DVD coversall aspects of his tapping technique and how to develop the idea into full improvisations and solos including:Aspects of melody and the extended range offered by this techniqueDynamics and creating rich expressive guitar tonesUtilizing electronics to create alluring and unusual soundsPractice methods to minimise mistakes and boost your dexterityDiscover a whole new world of possibilities with this indispensable DVD from a true virtuoso. Includes a 28-page booklet of examples and exercises.

3-5 Octaves of Handbells Level 3-This original composition starts off energetically with staccato technique (pluck thumb damp or mallet) on a syncopated vamping rhythm that invites the rung bouncy melody to join in after only four measures. After a key changethe texture lightens up and becomes more open. The melody takes turns between the treble and bass ranges giving all the ringers a shot at the fun.

Méthode progressive, vol. 1 (franCais / english / español)64 p., Niveau 1Une nouveauté aux Productions d'Oz, forts actives dans le domaine de la pédagogie pour guitare. ConCue pour être utilisée avec un professeur, la Méthode progressive pour guitare de Claudio Camisassa se démarque des autres ouvrages pour guitaristes débutants. De très nombreux morceaux sur les cordes à vides (une quinzaine de pages) permettent à l'élève de se concentrer sur l'acquisition d'un bonne technique de main droite, seul le pincé étant abordé dans ce premier volume. La méthode qui s'appuie sur un répertoire original écrit par Claudio Camisassa, comporte de nombreux duos pour l'éléve et le professeur et, surtout pour l'éléve, un accompagnement optionnel en accord ou en arpèges des mélodies travaillées. Deux pages d'exercices journaliers simples mais réellement efficaces, accompagnées d'indications précises sur Ies techniques de jeu, complètent cette méthode au chemin pédagogique efficace et rigoureux.(FranCois Nicolas, Guitare Classique, 2e trimestre 2002)This well-presented volume takes students from the very beginning with four main objectives of Classical Guitar Magazine developing technique, sight-reading, basic chord accompaniments and duo playing, and assumes the student is working with a teacher. It is very methodical, beginning with photographs of hand positions etc, and gives explanations of both rest and free stroke from the start. The first musical examples are open string melodies with added chord symbols with plenty of varied exampIes, and blank staves are given for note-writing exercises and also for aural tests, both of which are useful ideas for reinforcing general musical understanding. Apart from chord symbols, the left hand is first introduced with natural harmonics at the twelfth fret in an effective two-part exercise Carillon, which requires right fingers and thumb. Combinations of open strings and right-hand arpeggios follow and the opening section is brought to a natural close with Valse des Harmoniques - nicely shaped and quite complex with its use of natural harmonics, but a bit over-long. Camisassa now introduces notes on each string, in turn, in first position, and more complex arpeggio patterns, illustrated by pieces utilising each new group of notes. 2-guitar arrangements of tunes including Frere Jacques and Au Clair de la lune and Alouette, gentille alouette work quite weIl with straightforward accompaniments. I liked Camisassa's Tango, and Recuerdo de mi infanta, a two-part milonga reminiscent of Cardoso. Favourites such as Greensleeves and Malaguena are also included, and there are many pieces by Camisassa included which aim to enforce musical ideas. I found the way this book progresses, and the technical and musical aspects it teaches, very good and very thorough. I found myself using it a lot as supplementary material to demonstrate technical points and for sight-reading. However, the majority of pieces written by Camisassa did not inspire me musically and would need to be supplemented with pieces of more characterful musical interest, particularly for young players, but this volume does have much to offer.(Linda Kelsall Barnett, Classical Guitar Magazine, June 2002) / Guitare

Hard work and practice pays off. This is the story of how 15-year old Jason Hartless made it to the big time playing arenas on a massive American tour at age 14. Learn the basic fundamentals of drumming as well as Jason's own techniques on this amazing DVD. Jason takes you into the studio and out to the stage and everywhere in between with some very special guests. Also watch Jason grow up drumming with personal home movies and behind-the-scenes footage. This jam-packed DVD also includes some very special performances with Jason's famous friends. So sit back and get ready to rock! Includes live performances by the Pink Spiders and Shram with guest appearances by DaveAgoglia of Rev Theory Chad La Roy of Cavo and Mark Causley of Critical Bill.

The Bruce Swedien Recording Method is an incredibly timely and timeless reference for anyone interested in capturing and mixing the best possible music recordings. From the Michael Jackson albums (Off the Wall Thriller Bad Dangerous Invincible and HIStory) to many Quincy Jones hits (The Dude Back on the Block Q's Jook Joint and many more) to classic greats from Count Basie Duke Ellington the Brothers Johnson and Natalie Cole Bruce Swedien's impact on popular music has been undeniable. Engineers at all levels still use Swedien's recordings as a standard by which they judge the sonic validity of their ownwork.In The Bruce Swedien Recording Method Swedien explains many of the techniques he has used to get award-winning Drum Bass Guitar Keyboard Vocal String and Brass sounds. On the accompanying DVD-ROM he further reveals what he looks for in a recording and the steps he takes to imprint his characteristic world-class sonic signature on the music he mixes.Throughout this book Swedien consistently pinpoints the most important considerations in the recording process with such insights as 'You don't listen to the equipment you listen through the equipment'... 'Nobody ever walked out of the studio whistling the console...' - the list goes on and on.

Advanced Level Music Pro Guide-Picking up where the Auto-Tune 7 beginner DVD program left off this advanced program begins with a detailed examination of the AVOX Evo bundle Antares' hottest new plug-in and the newest generation of the Antares VocalToolkit.The AVOX Evo bundle combines state-of-the-art vocal processing modules including the Harmony Engine Evo Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator the Mutator Evo Extreme Voice Designer the Articulator Evo Digital TalkBox the Warm Tube Saturation Generator the Aspire Evo Aspiration Noise Processor the Throat Evo Physical Modeling Vocal Designer and the DuoEvo Vocal Modeling Auto-Doubler along with redesigned user interfaces for fiveoriginal AVOX plug-ins. The result is a seriously powerful audio toolkit that provides an enormous advancement over previous versions of Auto-Tune!Host Andrew Eisele first takes you on a guided tour of the AVOX Evo bundleand examines the capabilities and potential uses of each module. Next Andrew imports many audio samples in need of pitch and rhythmic repair and then demonstrates several advanced tips and techniques for using the enhancedfeatures of the Graphical Mode to fix them. You'll learn how to use the Make Notes feature how and why to use the Time and Pitch import function how to use the Retune speed to create special effects and how to correct vibratoimperfections with the Adjusting Vibrato feature in Graphical Mode. Auto-Tune 7 is a powerful plug-in and a must-have for your digital audio workstation. With the information in this DVD you'll be well on your way to becoming apower user!90 minutes.