Gaelic songs are beautiful to listen to and to sing. Until now, it has been extremely difficult for anyone without knowledge of the Irish language (Gaelic) to sing the songs of that tradition. A must for anyone who has always longed to sing the old songs of Ireland, this book and audio download available online decodes the Irish language for those who aspire to sing these songs without undertaking an Irish language course. The fourteen songs are presented in an accessible fashion. In the o...

Minor Blues scale, the sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Angus Young, Peter Green, Gary Moore and more. One of the most often used scales in all of music styles. This ebook is a guide to learn and play Minor Blues scale in all keys. Tabs, diagrams with fingering, diagrams with notes and diagrams with intervals. Note chart, table of keys, formula and chords to improvise. For beginner, teacher and professional guitarist.

Grandiose and glamorous, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of Europe, in Italy, France, Germany, England, Austria and even far flung Spain. Its greatest composers, such as Vivaldi, Handel and Bach, head a fascinating cast of musical magicians, including Albinoni, Pachelbel and Scarlatti. Their lives are as intriguing as their music: we find virtuoso performers who earned their bread and butter in the cathedrals of Europe while keeping company with kings and quee...

Teach yourself how to play bass with our easy 5 string bass guitar lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***"This book explores the potential that the added string gives you on a 5 string bass. It's also great for learning chord arpeggios and scales, which are essential for writing your own bass lines. This book is invaluable for anyone who ha...

Most of us have a long love-hate relationship with singing. We love to sing but do not quite know how to sing well enough to connect with our audience. And we can sometimes be jaded by our mistakes, frustrated by our bad singing habits and paralyzed by anxiety. A fresh perspective is needed to help you to correct, adjust and enhance your singing performance so that you can be on the path to becoming an ever-improving singer and performer.Learning to sing can be confusing. Although ...

It has never been easier or more fun for students to compose, improvise, arrange, and produce music and music-related projects than with today's technology. Written in a practical, accessible manner, Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity offers both a framework for and practical tips on the technology tools best suited for encouraging students' authentic musical creativity. Author Scott Watson makes a compelling case for creativity-based music learning through eight teache...

This book features 37 vibrant and passionate songstransliterated from Russian and Hungarian to singable English. In this guitar/vocal edition, each song is shown with lyrics in the original language and English with chord symbols and annotated guitar accompaniment, as well as in a separate, stand-alone guitar solo version. All songs are shown in notation, chords, and tablature (solos only). This book is illustrated with charming period photographs and artwork.

A comprehensive study text teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato, chord studies, and technical studies leading to improvisation. In addition, a theory workbook section teaches scales, modal concepts and chord construction. Includes jazz trumpet studies and trumpet improvising.

This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the bongo drum. The book includes lessons on music notation, posture, positioning, tuning and hand strokes. There are also many exercises, examples of Latin rhythms, and even some history of the instrument. Written by best-selling Mel Bay author Trevor Salloum, this method is all you need to start playing the bongo drum today!

In Voice Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Singer, Matthew Hoch and Linda Lister create order out of the chaotic world of singing. They examine all aspects of singing, including nontechnical matters, such as auditioning, performance anxiety, score preparation, practice performance tips, business etiquette, and many other important topics for the advanced singer. Voice Secrets provides singers with a quick and efficient path to significant improvement, both technically an...

(Percussion). Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments contains materials for the development of technique, performance skill, reading ability and musicianship on marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, bells, and chimes. Compiled by experienced teachers and performers Jim Sewrey, Ben Hans and Tom Schneller, this book includes scalular materials, technical studies, selected excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire, etudes by the legendary Morris Goldenberg, melodic studies, and solos appr...

(Willis). The Modern Course series provides a clear and complete foundation in the study of the piano that enables the student to think and feel musically. It may be preceded by the Teaching Little Fingers to Play series.