Learn to put your music on paper! This Musician’s Institute Private Lessons edition is a step-by-step guide to writing lead sheets and chord charts for all musicians by Robin Randall and Janice Peterson. The Lead SheetBible is for the singer songwriter or musician who wants to create a lead sheet or chord chart that is easy to follow. It discusses song form transposition instrumentation scales keys rhythm chords slash notation beaming stemming syncopation intervals and chord symbols. Other vital features include sample songs common terms song selection and important tips for auditions with lead sheets. Also includes a CD containing over 70demonstration tracks. Musicians Institute Press is the official series of Southern California's renowned music school. MI instructors some of the finest musicians in the world share their vast knowledge andexperience with you no matter what your current level.

Gary Hess has constructed this comprehensive Musicians Institute Private Lessons volume as an encyclodaepic guide to notes rests counting subdiving time signatures triplets ties dottes notes and rests cut time and more! A valuable reference for all instruments and musicians!

This Musicians Institute Private Lessons edition is an advanced exploration of guitar scale concepts - a complete resource for applying pentatonic harmonic minor melodic minor whole tone and diminished scales. Expert instructor Jean Marc Belkadi reveals the secrets to creating interesting over-the-top phrases ideal for use in solos and big-riffs! A CD of demonstration tracks is included.

The Complete Guide-Wendi Hrehovcsik's complete music-reading guide for the Bass guitar. Covers all the essential sight-reading components and fundamentals including: time signatures multiple-meter charts playing over the bar line and more!This method correspomds with the Musicians Institute core curriculum program. Using String Key and Scale positions as references this is an effective method that has something for both beginners and amateurbassists.

Whether you are setting up a home studio or already have the gear and simply want to hone your skills this DVD tutorial from the prestigious Musicians Institute is here to help.Learn how signal flow works while recordingLearn the dos and don'ts of 'punching' in and outLearn how to connect and record a variety of effectsLearn about panning setting levels and get tips on mixing

In this Musicians Institute Private Lessons edition Dallan Beck teaches all the tools of the trade for recording acoustic guitar parts in your home studio. Includes sections on miking techniques direct recording EQ compression recording techniques chorus reverb and delay. The accompanying CD demonstrates all the techniques explained.

In this fantastic Musicians Institute Private Lessons volume Jean Marc Belkadi reveals the secrets of using the diminished scale in over thirty lessons and sample phrases. A comprehensive guide for guitarists that covers: tonal and modal usage chromaticism apreggios polytonalities common licks in many styles and more! The CD includes over 30 tracks including full demo and sample phrases.

Afro-Cuban Coordination for Drumset will enable you to develop the necessary coordination with which to play in a variety of Afro-Cuban musical styles. By combining ostinatos with coordination studies and variations thebook provides challenging material for drummers. The book is filled with rhythmic phrases typical of the Afro-Cuban style that will help you make the transition from practicing coordination exercises to playing music.Theaccompanying CD contains demo and play-along tracks in the Mambo Songo Mozambique and Nanigo styles.

Ear Training-The Complete Guide for All Musicians. This book and double CD pack takes you step by step through MI's well-known Ear Training course. Complete lessons and analysis include: basic pitch matching · singing major and minor scales · identifying intervals · transcribing melodies and rhythm · identifying chords and progressions · seventh chords and the blues · modal interchange chromaticism modulation · and more! Learn to hear and to visualize on your instrument. Take your playing from good to great! Over 2 hours of practice exercises - with complete answers in the back.

Solo Phrasing Groove and Timing for All Styles-The notes of any solo are only half the story; the other equally crucial element is the rhythm. Though there are leagues of books teaching you the scales modes and arpeggios that are used when soloing there's been a great void in the available material with regards to teaching the concept of rhythm. We don't instinctively possess knowledge of which notes to use so why would we instinctively know which rhythms to use when playing these notes? This is where Rhythmic Lead Guitar comes into play. In this book you'll learn the timing of notes from the ground up helping you to develop a solid internal sense of rhythm that will stick with youthroughout your career. You'll be armed with an intimate knowledge of a beat's anatomy and you'll possess the tools necessary to manipulate the timing of any phrase as you see fit. With a strong command of rhythm your solos will sound more authoritative unique and memorable.