Alfred's Great Music and Musicians, Book 2

Learn fun rock and country solos to supplement your piano lessons! Rock and Country Masters for Piano is a wonderful supplement to the student-level piano repertoire. It introduces you to colorful, fun-to-play pieces in a variety of rock and country styles. Take a guided tour through the important styles of the rock and country masters. You'll learn how they get their unique sound---while progressively arranged, original compositions give you a chance to try out these styles on your own. Accompanying every piece are listening suggestions, a biography of the artist who inspired it, and specially tailored preparatory exercises. Rock and Country Masters for Piano is recommended for students age 12 and older, but younger musicians can enjoy playing the pieces under the guidance of a teacher. The included CD demonstrates all the examples and allows you to play along (with solo keyboard or full band).* Perfect for curious piano students and self-learners* A great supplement to piano lessons * For both young and adult learners * Correlates with Alfred Music's best selling piano methods Each solo piano piece in the Masters for Piano series correlates to pages in Alfred's Complete Methods---such as Beginning, Intermediate, and Mastering Rock Keyboard---as well as Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course and Alfred's Basic Adult Piano All-in-One Course. / Piano

Learn fun jazz solos to supplement your piano lessons! Jazz Masters for Piano is a wonderful supplement to the student-level piano repertoire. It introduces you to colorful, fun-to-play pieces in a variety of jazz styles. Take a guided tour through the important styles of the jazz masters. You'll learn how they get their unique sound---while progressively arranged, original compositions give you a chance to try out these styles on your own. Accompanying every piece are listening suggestions, a biography of the artist who inspired it, and specially tailored preparatory exercises. Jazz Masters for Piano is recommended for students age 12 and older, but younger musicians can enjoy playing the pieces under the guidance of a teacher. The included CD demonstrates all the examples and allows you to play along (with solo keyboard or full band). * Perfect for curious piano students and self-learners * A great supplement to piano lessons * For both young and adult learners * Correlates with Alfred Music's best-selling piano methods Each solo piano piece in the Masters for Piano series correlates to pages in Alfred's Complete Methods---such as Beginning, Intermediate, and Mastering Jazz Keyboard---as well as Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course and Alfred's Basic Adult Piano All-in-One Course. / Piano

World-renowned acoustic and electric bassist/composer John Patitucci is one of the most influential jazz musicians of his generation. His amazing career includes work with a hall of fame of artists including B.B. King Bonnie Raitt Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock Natalie Cole and his incredible association with Chick Corea spanning three decades. In 1997 John served as Master of Ceremonies at the inaugural Bass Day celebration a festival that brought together the world's greatest bassists. In this hour-long DVD John performs Coltrane's 'Giant Steps' and five of his original compositions on both acoustic bass and 6-string electric bass. Experience John's masterfultechnique in solo duo trio and quartet settings. Following the performance John hosts a candid question and answer session with the audience on all topics from his own personal bass setup to composing. Special features include DVD-ROM content with the complete video formatted for computer and iPod a preview of John Patitucci Electric Bass and a preview of Billy Sheehan: Bass Day '97.

The Just Standards Real Book contains 250 classic songs, from show tunes to jazz standards, that are the core required repertoire for musicians all over the world. Production teams in both the U.S. and the U.K. took great care to ensure the accuracy and usability of each arrangement and original composer sources were consulted to ensure that the arrangements remained true to the composers' intentions. Plus, useful and important chord substitutions are indicated for each arrangement, allowing the user to pick from the original chords or the more popular jazz versions. Each book in the series is extensively cross-referenced with a complete composer index, discography of suggested recorded versions for each song, a section on how to play from a fakebook, chord theory reference pages, and a section on how to create interesting chord substitutions. Comb bound, approx. 400 pages. / Instrumental Music, Miscellaneous, Scores, Songboo / Recueil / Instruments en Do / C

Part homage to a classic instrument part guitar lesson from one of the best country blues players around this is the quintessential guide to all things Telecaster. Arlen Roth discusses the strengths and characteristics of one of the first production-line electric guitars pioneered by Leo Fender. Roth takes the viewer on a tour of the instrument's heritage showcasing the most popular musicians techniques sounds and styles. His tutorial cover:Pedal Steel Bends Behind the nut bends Chicken pickin' Rockabilly Rhythms Blues techniques Banjo Rolls and much more.Features priceless footage of some great Telecaster icons includingDanny Gaton James Burton Albert Collins Sotty Anderson and a bonus performance by Telemaster Albert Lee.

A Fun and Comprehensive Overview of Rock Guitar Playing. Par HURWITZ TOBIAS. The Total Rock Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of rock guitar. From classic rock, blues, and funk to alternative and heavy metal, this book covers a variety of styles. Beginning to intermediate players will find all the tools needed to become great guitarists, while more advanced musicians can gain useful tips and fresh perspectives on rock guitar. A CD is included with backing tracks in various styles to jam over. / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Guitare Tablatures

This second edition of Music Theory For Young Musicians - Grade 2 brings the practice exercises and examples in the text up to date with the latest ABRSM exam requirements. It also includes many clarifications that update the presentation of the ideas and concepts in the book and thus improve its logical flow: It adds a specimen test in the exam format and provides a set of revision notes on the key areas. All exercises and examples have been revised and many new exercise drills have been added. Concept explanations have been simplified for greater ease of understanding. The book's layout has been made clearer byputting the main text against a white background. Additionally a background colour has been given to each information note to make it more visually inviting.

A Music History Timeline and Room Border-The Music Through Ages: Highlights the music history from the renaissance to present day Includes classical rock pop and jazz greatsShows dates of famous composers and musiciansDescribesbriefly each person's importance in music history Includes colour portraits or photographs of many musicians Defines many musical terms to help beginning students Decorates the classroom while educating at the samestime Provides a great reference to enhance other studiesThis Music History Timeline is over 16' long.

Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list, over 40 songs, of the very best songs from a favourite musical genre. This Boog Book of TV songs features classics such as Fantasy Island, Road Runner, A-Team and many more. Anywhere The Heart Goes (Meggie's Theme); As Long As We Got Each Other; Bad Boys; The Ballad Of Davy Crockett; The Ballad Of Gilligan's Isle; Batman Theme; Best Friend; Cagney & Lacey Theme; California; Charlie's Angels; Dallas; Daniel Boone; Dreamlove; ER; Every Beat Of My Heart; Everybody Loves Raymond; Final Frontier; (Meet) The Flintstones; Free Willy; The Fugitive; Go Go Power Rangers; Good Ol' Boys; Green Hornet Theme; High Upon This Love; Huckleberry Hound; I Want To Be the One; I'll Be There For You; If This Isn't Love; In The Heat Of The Night; It's A Jungle Out There; The Jetsons; Josie And The Pussycats; L.A. Law; Late Show Theme; The Masterpiece; Mickey Mouse March; Moon Over Parma; Movin' On Up; Mr. Lucky; Mystery; One Day At A Time; Peter Gunn; The Pink Panther; Saturday Night Live; Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?; Sex And The City; M*A*S*H; Stargate SG-1; The Syncopated Clock; Thank God For A Friend Like You; Theme From 'The A-Team'; Theme From 'CHiPs'; Theme From 'Dr. Kildare'; Theme From 'F-Troop'; Theme From 'Fantasy Island'; Theme From 'The Greatest American Hero'; Theme From 'Hardcastle and McCormick'; Theme From 'Hunter'; Theme From 'Peyton Place'; Theme From 'The Road Runner'; Theme From 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show'; Theme From 'Stardust'; Theme From 'Wiseguy'; Theme From 'Zorro'; Thirtysomething; This Is It!; The Bugs Bunny Show; Those Were The Days; Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree; Time For You; Turn It All Around; Viewer Mail Theme (Late Night With David Letterman); Walls Of Love; Welcome To The Edge; The West Wing; Where There Is Hope; Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Yogi Bear Song; The Young Riders Theme.

Learning was never so much fun! If you're looking for a revolutionary band curriculum that builds solid musicianship while motivating your students to practice throughout the year, then you've found it! This full band curriculum is sound in its pedagogy, written by leading young band composers and educators, including Robert W. Smith and Michael Story. The integration of important songs from the band world, that are both familiar and fun to play, is one of the stellar aspects of this course. Throughout the book, students experience music from a veritable who's who list of great band composers. They'll discover the musical contributions of Percy Grainger, Gustav Holst, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, John Williams and John Philip Sousa as well as classical composers. Some of the notable features include: A wonderful variety of melodies that span various styles and periods, including many popular themes students will know: -A 96-track CD in each student book spans exercises throughout the lesson book -Professional accompaniments in diverse styles keep practice fun -A comprehensive score with related activities and supplementary lesson ideas -A DVD that complements the content of the lesson and offers short clips that are perfect for recruitment purposes -Historical notes on some of the most notable composers of band music -A percussion book that exposes students to performing more than 25 different instruments -Develop compositional skills, music reading skills, and learn the correlation between art and music -Includes 9 full band pieces written by Michael Story and Robert W. Smith -A teacher CD that includes wonderful listening opportunities for the students. Your students will love playing along with the CD accompaniment tracks! And, for the director the Teacher's Resource Kit provides a comprehensive score makes lesson planning easy and enjoyable. Related activities, supplementary lesson ideas, curriculum planning information and much, much more are offered to assist and inspire you.