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Leading to Mastery of the Instrument-The John W. Schaum Piano Course is a time-honoured tutor book for young beginners to start them off with the basics and eventually leading them to mastery. The Red Book is for beginners at around Grade 1 standard.   The John W. Schaum Piano Course is an authoritative and comprehensive tutor series for beginners of all ages. It's incredibly well-presented with colour pictures useful information and guidance material. The aim of the book is to teach in the most natural and enjoyable way through popular melodies. The method enables the student to progress in a logical fashion through Pre A toF. This Red Book is intended for pupils who have progressed from the Pre-A Green Book presenting a smooth transition that introduces new concepts while reinforcing old ones.   Of all the innumerable tutor series out there the John W. Schaum books receive some of the widest acclaim from teachers and students of all ages. Presenting all of the essential information clearly and simply it also uses easy-to-use diagrams and pictures to help visualise often complex information. These books are the perfect blend of a challenge without being frustratingly difficult if you already have some musical experience or you're a teenage or adult beginner this book will be ideal but for younger beginners or those with absolutely no musical experience the Pre-A Green book is probably more appropriate.   Introducing sight-reading initially the Red Book moves through all of the fundamentals such as the C Major position rhythm melodies scales different chords different intervals and so on. All the way through there are practical examples that help to put the theoretical ideas into a musical context while also helping students to gain some immediate satisfaction from their learning which is always essential.   For an effective and efficient Piano tutor course for beginners of all ages the John W. Schaum Piano Course Red Book holds fantastic reviews from our customers and us.

A music education resource for whole-class teaching-Written by renowned percussionist and teacher Lilia Iontcheva  Djembe Drums For Everyone is a ground-breaking resource that supports both specialists and non-specialists in the delivery of dynamic andauthentic whole-class Djembe lessons. Through two 10-week programmes supported by clear lesson plans learning objectives assessment criteria and extension activities this book aims to bring authentic Djembe technique andrhythms to the heart of mainstream education.This comprehensive guide written by a recognised expert in the field covers technique terminology class discipline and curriculum links before exploring aselection of specially arranged West African rhythms using an accessible Western notation system. Moving from body position and hand position through to different rhythms and the lessonplans  Djembe For Everyone is perfect for percussionists music specialists and class teachers alike. Lilia Iontcheva is a leading light in the field of continuing professionaldevelopment for music educators across the UK. Her unique teaching style blends pedagogical expertise with an ethos of discipline and respect whcih she relates to the professionalism required in the music industry resulting insuccessful pupil-led concerts after just 10 weeks.

Pat Donohue is recognised worldwide as a virtuoso fingerstyle jazz guitarist with a genre-blending fusion of techniques which makes him the perfect teacher for these jazz classics. The overall theme of these lessons is to showthe roots of classic Jazz; leading on to how to arrange a jazz composition and then how to improvise around the arrangement using various techniques. In the first lesson with the help of three great Jazz compositions Patdescribes the arrangements in detail and then guides you towards improvising over them. An exhaustive lesson the DVD holds archival footage of the featured songs including Duke Ellington performing Stormy Weather in1943. A 24 page PDF booklet of the music accompanies these 81 detailed and practical minutes of Jazz classics which will aid and improve your playing.