After decades of experimentation, musicians have begun to utilize a strikingly colorful palette of sounds on woodwind instruments. Flute, clarinet, and saxophone players, in many different musical settings, regularly use sounds that were unheard of in the middle of the twentieth century. Oboists, in comparison, have lagged somewhat behind their more adventurous colleagues.In writing Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, author Libby Van Cleve opens up the tradition-bound assumptio...

Teach yourself how to play harmonica with our easy harmonica lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free harmonica videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played, then play along. Also includes an animated harmonica, music score and harmonica tabs for easy music learning.***"A great book for any beginner! Teaches you how to play some great sounding folk and blues music. Also includes theory needed to play ...

Teach how to play recorder for kids with our easy recorder lessons for kids.***Comes with online access to free recorder videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and recorder animation for easy music learning.***"Great teaching tool. I love the fact you can play just a note and get a great accompaniment to make it sound interesting. It ...

A step-by-step method for playing harmonica solos. The format is simple and visually attractive. Through graded lessons, the student is taught to find and play the individual notes on the diatonic harmonica, as well as learning to read simple musical notation. Includes a diatonic note chart. The songs include chords for accompaniment.

Teach how to play flute for kids with our easy flute lessons for kids.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band.***"I have used this book for several years for my young beginner groups and absolutely love it. The children thoroughly enjoy the pieces. The layout is excellent, the type face nice and big and the instructions well written." - Ano...

Upon completion of this book, you will understand the principle and techniques utilized in the creation of phrases and how to incorporate these concepts into your own harmonica performance. Includes access to online audio that contains jam tracks for incorporating new licks and ideas. Notation and harmonica tablature.

This book is an excellent introduction to the pan flute. The lessons provided are fun and easy and will have you playing the pan flute in no time! Includes access to online audio, video, and PDF files of the video content translated into Spanish, Chinese (traditional and simplified), German, Dutch, and French.

This book is meant to take an instrument and musical styleand teach it to the people who made it so popular, the blues listening public. A comprehensive lesson and study book for the intermediate and advanced diatonic harmonica player, Classic Chicago Blues Harp presents techniques, progressive examples and accompanying twelve bar blues exercise and examples. Special attention is given to the accurate reading of blues rhythms and each notated tune is carefully marked with tablature indicat...

A very popular beginner's text which presents a step-by-step method of soprano (descant) recorder instruction supported by carefully written studies, examples and songs. This book is designed to meet the demand for a clear, easy-to-understand, and Pedagogically well constructed method, in a form that is suitable for both classroom teaching and individual instruction. It may be used in class with the companion Fun with the Alto Recorder.

Being a student of the clarinet is exciting. If you invest time at the beginning learning the basics of clarinet playing, you will reap rewards for many years to come. Practicing the exercises in this book can help you master the clarinet. The exercises will help you refine your tone, improve your technique, and enhance your musical expression. These are the cornerstones of great clarinet playing. Time spent with these exercises will make you more able to handle difficult passages and conc...

Master the harmonica with this comprehensive, step-by-step guide! Specializing in folk and blues, this book takes you through 41 arrangements that gradually build your skills from beginner to pro. You’ll dive deep into essential techniques and explore various harmonica types beyond the standard 10-hole harp. Best of all, you get instant access to online audio and video lessons taught by expert Phil Duncan to ensure you're playing like a natural in no time.