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Greatly expand and develop your blues touch taste tone and ‘tude by learning cool new songs that you can play today! With Effortless Guitar Essential Blues Guitar Richard Smith’s expert instruction will help you go to the heart of great touch and tone through exercises and songs. Techniques covered include: Pick technique preparation pressure release Perfect intonation Dozens of great blues touch techniques Hammer on licks Pull-off and slurs runs Slides and string-skipping riffs Great melody playing Ways of getting the most from a melody line Developing a solo

In this comprehensive DVD master teacher and performer John Timmins guides you through all the basics to play the Trombone. Specially designed for the very beginner it's a quick and fun way to learn the parts and assembly of the instrument breathing and posture and the essentials of producing a good tone. Includes:Assembly and maintenanceProducing soundMusic readingPlaying songs with a backup bandLearn at your own pace and open the door to the world of trombone music!

Today?s professional orchestral musicians are highly specialized and highly qualified instrumentalists. While the traditional study at universities and music schools gives students an excellent foundation for orchestral playing it has long been acknowledged that it often does not prepare a musician for all the challenges of orchestral life.The Orchestral Violinist's Companion imparts knowledge and skills essential for the orchestral violinist extending on the musician?s high school or university education. This advice and training manual is intended to serve as a guide for the full course of a musician?s career from the preparation for anaudition to the long-term heavy work load in an orchestra. The volumes cover an abundance of themes including:Practice techniquesSight-readingDaily practice routineLooking after your bodyBow technique and tone productionLeft hand techniquePizzicato technique and other special techniquesRhythm and ensemble playingNotation and performance practicePreparing of orchestral partsItalian French and German terms and abbreviationsKnowledge of styleDevelopment of a core repertoirePreparation for auditionsCoping with stage frightCoping with orchestral lifeAppreciation for the orchestra as a social environmentCoping with the long-term physical and mental pressures in an orchestraIncluded is a detailed annotated index of orchestral excerpt collections thematically relevant books and articles and recent important studies on ?Performance Science?. Chapters on essential practice and performance techniques include hundreds of examples from over 300 orchestral works which encompass the areas of symphony oratorio opera operetta and ballet from the period between c. 1750 and 1950. In addition there are exercises specifically designed to advance a player?s orchestral technique.As well as serving as useful teaching material for courses these volumes are geared towards students currently in graduate or postgraduate courses specializing in orchestral playing audition candidates

If you have ever been left feeling dazed and confused by the sheer volume and variety of guitar methods to choose from or simply put off by the amount of text to wade through before you even start playing then this book isexactly what you need. Using pictures and diagrams to show you the essentials here is the most simple and direct way to start playing the guitar - immediately! Perfect for the absolute beginner no prior musical knowledge orexperience is required as you progress effortlessly from tuning and finger positions to basic chords and strumming. In fact the Picture Guide To Playing Guitar will have you playing classic songs by the likes of ChuckBerry The Beatles and T. Rex within minutes! There really is no easier way without delay to become a musician - today!

Bruce Buckingham is a professional musician and teacher. He plays guitar in many styles but his specialities are jazz Latin Blues and Funk. He is one of the seasoned teachers at Musicians Institute joining the staff in 1980 teaching literally thousands of students from around the world to paly guitar at M.I. He has played and/or recorded with musicians as diverse as Helen Reddy to John Patitucci and ahs been involved in Michael Jackson's production of Sisterella. Currently he is working on his own recording project as well as more instructional books and videos for guitar. 50 Licks Jazz Style DVD Package Bruce demonstrates the essential licksfor the chords and progressions common to jazz II-V-I licks turnaround licks choromatic bebop lines licks for altered chords and major and minor vamps and much more. Bruce also illustrates the licks in several styles: swing bossa nova samba swing 16ths funky fusion and bluesy suffles. Each lick is played in context then demonstrated slowly with a full explanation on their proper applications. This DVD presents an insightful look at jazz guitar. It is truly a unique opportunitiy to learn from one of today's finest guitar instructors.

Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment has transformed the literature and become the standard excerpt book since its release in 1995. The original collection presents excerpts as you'll see them on auditions and orchestra stands, enhanced with Baxtresser's insightful commentaries on preparing each excerpt. Prefatory essays and piano accompaniments add further resources to best prepare for auditions and life as an orchestra player. Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, Volume 2 with Piano Accompaniment provides all the same features for thorough preparation of another 56 excerpts drawn from 27 works including Tchaikowsky ballets, Strauss tone poems, John Williams film scores, and a wealth of essential repertoire from Bach through Stravinsky. DedicationA Letter to my Dear Flutist FriendsNotes for the PianistTo the PianistsWith My AppreciationWhy This New Book?Learning and Studying Excerpts TodayHow to Use This BookFlute Parts – The Music You Will UseLearning to Take a Successful AuditionPersonal PreparationThe Audition – To Win or to LearnPlaying in an OrchestraPlaying in Opera and Ballet OrchestrasAcknowledgmentsAbout Jeanne BaxtresserAbout the Collaborative EditorsBACHJOHANN SEBASTIANMass in B MinorBWV 232Part IVNo. 24Benedictusbars 1-12BARTOKBELAConcerto for OrchestraMvt. Ibars 1-35Mvt. IVbars 1-25Mvt. IVpickup to bar 136 through 151Mvt. Vbars 26-148BEETHOVENLUDWIG VANSymphony No. 7 in A MajorOp. 92Mvt. Ibars 38-88Mvt. IIbars 131-183BERLIOZHECTORSymphonie FantastiqueOp. 14Mvt. I2 bars before [2] through [3]Mvt. I4th bar of [5] through 3rd bar of [6]Mvt. III1½ bars before [37] through 5th bar of [38]GOUNODCHARLESPetite SymphonieMvt. IIbars 1-29Mvt. IIbars 60-89MAHLERGUSTAVSymphony No. 9Mvt. I2 bars before Misterioso through 3rd bar of Nicht mehr so langsamMvt. Ibeat 4 of Sehr zögernd through 3rd bar after Wieder a tempoSymphony No. 10Mvt. Vbars 27-45MOZARTWOLFGANG AMADEUSThe Magic FluteK. 620Act INo. 8Finalebars 1-24 of “Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton!”Act IINo. 21Finalebars 1-10PISTONWALTERThe Incredible Flutist“The Flutist,” Lento after [E] through end of soloRIMSKY-KORSAKOVNICOLAIScheherazadeMvt. II3 before [Q] through 13th of [Q]Mvt. IIIpickups to 8 before [B] to 1 before [B]Mvt. IIIpickups to [M] through [N]Mvt. IV4th bar of [T] through Più strettoSCHUMANNROBERTSymphony No. 1“Spring,” Op. 38Mvt. Ibars 14-23Mvt. Ibars 158-193Mvt. IVbars 174-206SHOSTAKOVITCHDMITRISymphony No. 5Op. 47Mvt. I[13][15]Mvt. I[39] through 3rd bar of [41]Mvt. IIpickup to 6 bars before [59]through 8th bar of [60]Symphony No. 6Op. 54Mvt. I[16] through 3rd bar of [18]Mvt. I4 bars before [23] through [26]Mvt. I3 bars before [27] through 7th bar of [27]Symphony No. 15Op. 141Mvt. Ibar 1 through 4 bars after [4]Mvt. I8th bar of [46] through [50]STRAUSSRICHARDDer RosenkavalierOp. 59Act I4 bars before [230] through [233]Act I[251][253]Don JuanOp. 20Bar 1 through [B][K] through 3rd bar of [L]Ein HeldenlebenOp. 406 bars before [14] through [14]3rd bar of [15] through 8th bar of [15]2nd bar before [41] through 11th bar of [41]Symphonia DomesticaOp. 538 bars before [22] through [24]STRAVINSKYIGORThe FirebirdPas de Deux (Firebird and Ivan Tsarevitch)1945 version1 bar before [25] through 4th bar of [33]“Appearance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses,” 1910 version4 bars before[52] through 2nd bar of [53]Jeu de CartesVariation IV: [75][79]Symphonies of Wind Instruments2 bars before [6] through [9]3 bars before [14] through 3rd bar of [26][28] to the 3rd bar of [37]TCHAIKOVSKYPETER ILYITCHThe NutcrackerOp. 71Act IIChinese DancecompleteDance of the Mirlitonsbar 1 to [C]Sleeping BeautyOp. 66Act IIINo.25Pas de QuatreSwan LakeOp. 20Act IIINo. 19Pas de Six [32][33]Act IIINo. 19[35][36]WILLIAMSJOHNHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanSuite for Orchestra“Hagrid’s Friendly Bird,” bars 127-151Star WarsSuite for OrchestraPrincess Leia’s themepickup to bar 15 through bar 33War HorseDartmoor1912bars 1-15Dartmoor1912pickup to bar 131 through bar 144 / Flûte traversière / Theodore Presser Company

Modern Electric Bass Method Grade 1 combines ease of learning with outstanding music selections and provides music theory essential to understanding the book's performance demands.Tablature was not usedin this book except in specific situations in order to encourage the development of standard music notation reading skills. With the large number of extended range electric Basses being used today an effort was made to includenotes for those instruments where applicable.In some instances a choice of two notes instead of one is provided. These can be played in whatever octave the student prefers or has available on the instrument. Includesaccess to online audio.