A First Book

Tenor Edition-This is the perfect first collection for many voice students whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs ofnovice singers studying in traditional generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections evenmore useful each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.

A Complete Illustrated History of Bass Guitars Updated Edition-In California in the early '50s the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known known it then but the Precision Bass would start a revolution in the sound of popular music. This book explains how that revolution happened and how its reverberations are still felt today. The two-guitars-bass-and-drums lineup that would define pop music found its heart with the Fender bass. In the coming decades the bass guitar provided the solid foundation upon which much modern music is still built. The Bass Book is the first to study its story with the full lowdown of the most important bass players and bass makers. Brands featured in the bookinclude Alembic Danelectro Epiphone Fender Fodera Gibson Hofner Ibanez Lakland Line 6 Music Man Peavey Rickenbacker Sadowsky Spector Squier Steinberger Wal Warwick and Yamaha. Original interviews with makers of bass guitars from the past and present illuminate the book with the popular establishment of the bass during the '60s and '70s examined in detail along with more recent developments such as the popularity of the five-string bass. There is an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney and other bassists who feature in the story including Stanley Clarke Flea James Jamerson Jaco Pastorius and Robert Trujillo. Dozens of unusual desirable and rarely seen basses are presented in high-quality photos. A reference section provides a wealth of information on the key makers. The Bass Book has all you need to know about the story of the bass guitar in one stylish readable volume and this revised and refreshed third edition brings the story right up to date.

Everybody's favourite festive songs come together in the First Recorder Book Of Christmas Tunes especially arranged for children to play even including fun pictures to colour in.Any child who has learnedthe notes of the recorder will be able to enjoy these traditional tunes. Merry melodies like Away In A Manger Ding Dong! Merrily On High and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer are included in simple arrangements sothat they can be learned and performed with relative ease. To aid playing the fun characters give performance tips throughout that will make playing these tunes all the more rewarding. Once a new tune has beenlearned why not encourage your child to colour in the pictures however they please? This will give a fun incentive and really personalise their book of first Christmas songs.  The FirstRecorder Book Of Christmas Tunes is a brilliant introduction to the best festive favourites for a young beginning Recorder player. Children will immediately enjoy playing these songs as they are so familiar and youwill instantly get into the seasonal spirit when you hear the pretty Recorder sound playing these joyous songs.

Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list---usually 40 or more titles per book---of the very best songs from a favorite musical genre. The holidays are just around the corner, and there is no better way to celebrate than with these Big Book classic Christmas tunes. Titles include All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth * Christmases with You * Deck the Hall * The First Noel * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen * Grown-Up Christmas List * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Joy to the World * Mary, Did You Know? * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Santa Baby * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * What Child is This * Winter Wonderland * and many more. / Miscellaneous, Scores, Songbooks / Recueil / Piano, Voix, Guitare et Clavier

Book/CD package (2 CDs)-More great teaching material at the same level as the first volume. Over 30 songs in each volume with no song duplicated between voice types. A student could easily begin either in The First Book or The First Book Part II or the books may be used concurrently.

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children-The first book in this definitive beginner method by leading Piano educator Hans-Günter Heumann. Starting with the black notes and using user-friendly graphic notation this beautifully illustrated book then gradually introduces white notes traditional staves clefs and time signatures building towards a thorough understanding of music with quick noticeable progress. Visit www.piano-junior.com to find out more.What is Piano Junior?Piano Junior is a superb Piano course for beginners. It's creative it's interactive it's colourful it has its own website with additional online material ? and most importantly itreally works! Its characters PJ the friendly robot and his sidekick Mozart the dog motivate and encourage children throughout each level. The course is available as core Lesson Books along with supplementary Theory Duet and Performance Books at each stage.Who is Piano Junior for?Suitable for children from around the age of 6 Piano Junior takes young students on their first steps and prepares them with a solid foundation for early grades. A method for the digital ageTeachers parents and students can visit www.piano-junior.com for demonstration videos and recordings along with a host of other free downloadable resources which really bring practice sessions at home to life!

The New Real Book 1 - C Version. For hardcore Jazzers and part-time jazz musicians, The New Real Book is a magnificent and meticulous fake-book collection of Jazz standards, Choice Standards and Pop-Fusion hits! This is an all-purpose book for jazz gigs, weddings, concerts and jam sessions and with over 200 songs inside there?s sure to be the very thing for the situation! Every one of these tunes is a true gem and include terrific compositions by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Van Heusen and Thelonius Monk, to name but a few! This is the C and Vocal version that includes the music and lyrics and, like all Sher Music fake books, it features composer-approved transcriptions, easy-to-read calligraphy, and many extras (such as sample bass lines, chord voicings and drum appendix) not found in conventional fake books. Created by musicians, for musicians! Easy to work with and extremely worthwhile to have, this volume is the new standard in fake books!

Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Edition-First Book Of Broadway Solos is the perfect first collection for many Voice students whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each Voice type and has chosen keys that suit the Vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional generally classical lyric singing.The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections even more useful each volume is offered in a book/online audio edition with Piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.

A Practical Guide To Playing The Organ-A Graded Anthology For Organ - Book One: A Practical Guide To Playing The Organ contains detailed guidance and dissection of the organ its componenets sounds and of course technique and playing all of which supports the repertoire pieces in the later books. This first book in the series by renowned organist Anne Marsden Thomas covers the four main areas of concern to organisits of all levels: registration musical expression technique and the art of practising. Together with the graded anthologies in books 2-5 it is intended to be a complete training system for orgainsts of all standards.

An invaluable collection of scale, chord, arpeggio and cadence studies in all major and minor keys. Each key is presented in a unique two page format: the left hand page presents the scale in parallel motion, contrary motion, and parallel motion in thirds and sixths. The right hand page contains triads, cadences and arpeggios in root position, 1st inversion and 2nd inversion. These excellent all-inclusive books teach scales, chords, arpeggios, and cadences at three different levels. The FIRST book (#11761) accommodates the learning pace of younger students such as those in Alfred's Basic, Level 2. The BASIC book (#5754) is slightly more in-depth, presenting scales, chords, arpeggios, and cadence studies in all the major and minor keys. The COMPLETE book (#5743) features everything in the BASIC book, plus extra features like a 12-page explanation that leads to complete understanding of the fundamentals of major and minor scales, chords, arpeggios, and cadences; a clear explanation of scale degrees; and a two-page guide to fingering the scales and arpeggios

Electric Semi-Solid Thinlines and Players Who Made Them Famous-The Gibson 335 Guitar Book tells the story of Gibson's ES-335 and related models as played by B.B. King Alvin Lee and Eric Clapton among other virtuosos. It's full of great Guitars cool players and fascinating historical detail. The book traces the story from Gibson's first thinline models to the company's signature instruments and modern re-creations of today.The book is in the tradition of Tony Bacon's bestselling Guitar series with a carefully researched story a gallery section of full-color pictures of the most important Guitars and players and a reference section detailing production years andspecifications.The 335 was launched in 1958. It had a double-cutaway body but the interesting features were hidden inside. A solid block in an otherwise hollow body created a new “semi-solid” structure cleverly combining the sonic qualities of a hollowbody Guitar and a solidbody. Variants included the stereo 345 and the upscale 355 and players have lined up ever since for a taste of these attractively different flavors.Some of those players featured in the book include Larry Carlton Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) Eric Clapton Pepper Keenan (Down) B.B. King Elvin Bishop (Butterfield Blues Band) Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) Alex Lifeson (Rush) Eddie Phillips (the Creation) Johnny Marr (the Smiths) Lee Ritenour Andy Summers (the Police) Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe) and Andrew White (Kaiser Chiefs).

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library-This first book in a series of five piano technique books presents short 4-measure exercises with helpful text imagery (Warm-Ups) and brief etudes. The skills emphasized in the Warm-Ups are given a musical context in the Etudes that follow them. Each Warm-Up and Etude in the book has its own original accompaniment available on the included CD. Piano Technique Book 1 focuses on basic skills at the piano: good posture & hand position; creating a beautiful tone; attention to silence; playing forte and piano; playing detached tones; and playing connected notes.