Learn the building blocks to play songs and create your own music! This unique chord learning system designed by John McCarthy guides you through 500 of the most important chords used in all genres of music. Each chord is shownwith player's perspective view keyboard diagram and in music notation. Use the downloadable audio demonstrations to hear and play each chord quickly and easily. Learn the chord formulas used to construct each chord so you cancreate your own inversions and chord scale formulas to put chords together and write your own songs. Over 500 professional backing tracks and playing examples! Download the audio demonstrations and hear every note of each chordplayed slowly and clearly. Listen to them on your computer portable device or burn them to a CD. As a bonus you will gain access to the music and backing tracks for 17 of the most common progressions of all time. Use these fullband backing tracks to play many of the chords from this book and learn how to apply them to create songs and progressions. In addition you get FREE lifetime membership to The Rock House Method® lesson support system on theweb. Use the number found inside this book to register for support at www.RockHouseMethod.com. Use this fully interactive lesson support site along with your product to enhance your learning experience expand your knowledge linkwith instructors and connect you to a community of people around the world who are learning to play music using The Rock House Method®.

Par FLINT TOMMY. Fingerstyle guitar is extremely popular today. This is because it lends itself to very personal and lyrical solo and accompaniment styles. This method is one of the very best at teaching the basics of fingerpicking. Written by Nashville's fine guitarist, Tommy Flint, you will learn chording, Travis picking, soloing, scales and accompaniment patterns, playing over the entire fingerboard, barre-chords, two-string harmony, combining hammer and slide, three-against four roll, contrary motion, crosspicking, harmonics, right and left hand agility studies, and much more. A bonus is the inclusion of over 50 great, original Tommy Flint fingerpicking guitar solos which reflect a rich diversity of styles. This volume includes material previously published in two volumes as Mel Bay's Deluxe Fingerstyle Guitar Method. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes a split-track CD which provides play-along demonstrations of many of the exercises and solos in the book, starting with page 41. The solo guitar is on the right with accompaniment guitar on the left, so you can eliminate the solo part or accompaniment by adjusting the balance control of your player. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Bluegrass and Country - Methods / Méthode / Guitare

Learn to play the ukulele 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 the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Par MARA WASBURN. This outstanding children's method for mountain dulcimer is the result of the author's many years of sharing the dulcimer with children, and has been successful with children as young as 5 years old. This single volume combines the best material from the author's two previous volumes, Children's Dulcimer Method Volumes One and Two. In it you will find many traditional songs and folk tunes arranged for the mountain dulcimer. Each song has a simple strum pattern indicated above it with fret numbers for the melody notes and lyrics included where appropriate. There are instructions for strumming, chording, fingerpicking, and for three modal tunings (Ionian, Aeolian, and Mixolydian). Harmony is included for many of the songs, so that two or more dulcimers can play together. / Niveau : Débutant / Acoustic Music - Methods / Méthode / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

Cultivate your acoustic Guitar skills with this German edition of the Hal Leonard Acoustic Guitar Method.This book uses real songs to teach the basics of acoustic Guitar playing. Covering many styles - from folk, country and bluegrass to acoustic blues and rock - Gitarrenmethode Für Akustikgitarre includes practical lessons in strumming, fingerpicking, using a capo and open tunings.Written in standard notation and tablature, this volume contains 45 great riffs, including Barely Breathing, Dust in the Wind, Here Comes the Sun, Name and more. / Guitare

The Method For a New Generation-The Rock House Method makes learning music fun easy and effective. That means no more confusing explanations or mind-numbing outdated songs to learn. Rock House is a modern method that helps make learning music second nature.Millions of muisicians in more than 150 countries have already used the Rock House Method to fulfill their dream and play music. You are next!A revolutionary new approach to learning bass this book is designed forbeginners who want to learn the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the bass and proper hand position for comfortable playing. Next learn rhythm timing basic bass lines and how to playalong with a drummer. Learn 3rds 5ths and octaves and how to apply them in a song. Picking techniques such as slap pop and using a pick are covered in depth. From theory to complete songs everything you need to play bass ishere for you. This comprehensive book is a great place to start your musical journey! Includes demonstration and play-along tracks plus a digital e-book on the enclosed MP3 CD.

The Method for a New Generation-Continuing on the learning path of Book 1 start with a review of the notes on the grand staff. Next learn eighth sixteenth and dotted note timings. staccato technique major chord construction and inversions single noteexercises to build coordination and intervals. Learn to play the major scale and how it is constructed and used to play melodies. Learn popular songs and progressions in many music genres all with full audio backing tracks.Everything you need to get to the next level is here in this progressive and comprehensive method.This step-by step-course has 60 pages of lessons and can be used with a teacher or self-guided. Includes: CD with backingtracks you practice with lifetime web membership for 24/7 lesson support. Also includes a quiz system that helps you track your progress digital version you get when you register for support at the web site and much more.

An important addition to the ground-breaking Essentials of Musicianship Series from Curnow Music Press! You have probably found that if you rely entirely on your method book and performance pieces for teaching and reinforcement many aspects of musicianship do not receive the focus that they should have. Method books have notoriously little reinforcement material because they try to cover so much with so little book space. The Essentials Series allows you to select the areas that your band needs work on and provides a great deal of reinforcement for those critical skills. If you are not yet familiar with this series you have just discovered a tremendousteaching resource! Look at a score for Sight-Reading Builders and notice the comprehensive instructions for most effective use. Teach your band to read style and well as notes and rhythms! A wonderful resource!

The Method for a New Generation-Prepare to enter into the elite world of guitar in this advanced book in the Rock House Method series. Learn to play and apply challenging scales lead techniques and chords within the context of a song. Many advanced skills willbe learned: modal theory chord construction diatonic 3rd harmonies building a chord scale and the Phrygian major scales are just a few of the things you will learn that will help you become a well-rounded guitarist and give thetools needed to create your own music. Includes MP-3 CD.

The Method For The New Generation Rock House-Designed for electric or acoustic guitar this book/CD pack will help you to learn the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the guitar pick and proper hand position for fast andeffective learning. Next learn chords rhythm timing strumming techniques and how they are used to play popular songs. Learn scales riffs and the basics of lead guitar. From theory to complete songs everything you need to playguitar is here for you. The CD includes audio playing demonstrations and full band backing tracks for you to play along with and apply what you learn. This comprehensive book is a great place to start your musical journey!

Rhythm patterns covered on this Cajon Method - FUSION DVD: Funk, Hip Hop, Fusion, Bossa Nova, Shuffle, Shuffle (Be-Bop), Swing and Swing (Be-Bop). Dany Moreno proposes the cajon as an alternative and complement of the drum kit, not as a substitute but an alternative for performances in small venues where using the drums becomes a problem of room. One can also take advantage of the similar low-high sound that the cajon shares with the drum and the bass drum. The method consists in a DVD + book format structured in three parts: 1 - Cajon Technique and exercises 2 - Study of the patterns and variations of styles from Funk , Hip Hop, Fusion, Bossa Nova, Shuffle, Shuffle (Be Bop), Swing and Swing (Be-Bop) 3 - Musical themes mixing all patterns studied In each part there are multiple video and audio options, showing in detail all percussion instruments used and the choice of audio depending on the instrument you want to follow, or the combination of them all. The book includes all the exercises and explanations on the DVD contents. Audio is in: Español, English, Français, German, Japanese and Italiano / Percussions Diverses / niveau : Débutant/Intermédiaire / Partition/Dvd Set - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Rhythm patterns covered on this Cajon Method - LATINO DVD: Bolero, Cha Cha Cha, Songo, Afro, Guaguanco, Mrengu, Reggae, Samba and Reggaeton. Daniy Moreno proposes the cajon as an alternative and complement of the drum kit, not as a substitute but an alternative for performances in small venues where using the drums becomes a problem of room. One can also take advantage of the similar low-high sound that the cajon shares with the drum and the bass drum. The method consists in a DVD book format structured in three parts: 1 - Cajon Technique and exercises 2 - Study of the patterns and variations of styles from Bolero, Cha Cha Cha, Songo, Afro, Guaguanco, Mrengu, Reggae, Samba and Reggaeton 3 - Musical themes mixing all patterns studied In each part there are multiple video and audio options, showing in detail all percussion instruments used and the choice of audio depending on the instrument you want to follow, or the combination of them all. The book includes all the exercises and explanations on the DVD contents. Audio is in: Español, English, Français, German, Japanese and Italiano / Percussions Diverses / niveau : Débutant/Intermédiaire / Partition/Dvd Set - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

The Worship Piano Method is designed for beginning piano students who desire to praise God through His gift of music. Using solid pedagogy, appealing songs and fun activities, this course provides a strong foundation to develop both piano skills and a lifestyle of worship. This songbook corresponding to Book 1 features a dozen songs with access to practice and performance audio tracks you can download online. / Piano