Go Guitar offers instant success to almost everyone, young or old. This book uses a two stage approach. You start with color coded chords in an open D tuning so that you can play songs immediately and still learn strumming, rhythm, chord combinations and finger strength. Go Guitar avoids messing around. It takes you straight ahead to playing your favorite songs and knowing what you are doing.

Ultimate Slap Bass is one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. In this book, the first in the series of three, the technique is covered from the absolute basics. The book starts with basic slapping and popping technique and moves on to cover ghost notes, using hammer-ons and pull-offs. It also covers popular scales and modes for the slap technique and includes a detailed history of the slap bass technique. There are 63 exercises in this book and all have free ...

This book is the first in a series of three that will teach you everything you need to know in order to be able to successfully read music on the bass guitar. Starting with the absolute basics, this book introduces all of the fundamental elements of music notation one at a time, reinforcing all concepts with written and audio examples. Rhythms and pitches are introduced gradually, with all chapters containing ten exercises focusing on each new element. More complex aspects of notation such...

Easy Piano / Keyboard for Children and AdultsThis is my latest book completed August 2013 and is aimed at absolute beginners, particularly children, or adults with a sense of humor. This starts at the very beginning, assumes no musical knowledge and progresses at a fairy slow rate. Both informative, funny and very easy to read with many diagrams and pictures.Items covered are:Learning conventional music notation from scratch

First published in 1907. With nine black-and-white illustrations. "For some years past a lack of competent men in the profession of Piano Tuning has been generally acknowledged. This may be accounted for as follows: The immense popularity of the piano and the assiduous efforts of factories and salesmen have led to the result that nearly every well-to-do household is furnished with an instrument. To supply this demand the annual production and sale for the year 1906 is estimated at three hu...

Teach yourself how to play piano with our easy blues piano 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 with the backing band.***"I knew the basics of keyboard, but I wanted to diversify my playing. This book is great for finding that blues sound you’ve been searching for." - blindmango66Progressive Blues Piano Method contains all you ne...

Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else is a critical biography of Ray Davies, with a focus on his music and his times. The book studies Davies’ work from the Kinks’ first singles through his 2006 solo album, from his rock musicals in the early 1970s to his one-man stage show in the 1990s, and from his films to his autobiography. Based on interviews with his closest associates, as well as studies of the recordings themselves, this book creates the most thorough picture of Davies’ work...

Thirty-Six Jazz Practice Ideas to Get the Most from Your Real BookYou may know about the REAL BOOK, but what you probably don’t know is how much MUSICAL PROGRESS can be accomplished with only a single fake book!Don’t know what to practice? Don’t want to waste valuable time?Based on years of university-level teaching, the author of this book gives jazz musicians:Simple, focused melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic strategies on how to use...

When the artist moves into the classroom or community to educate and inspire students and audience members, this is Teaching Artistry. It is a proven means for practicing professional musicians to create a successful career in music, providing not only necessary income but deep and lasting satisfaction through engaging people in learning experiences about the arts. Filled with practical advice on the most critical issues facing the music teaching artist today--from economic and time-manage...

Digital Audio Revealed: Core Concepts Explained is a plain English exploration of the digital audio signal path, its structure and its features. By examining and deconstructing digital audio's standard terms, processes and functions, the author brings each concept to light with a clarity and simplification for new and experienced engineers alike. In the booklet, the digital audio environment has been reduced down to three key areas: The Input,&nb...

(Willis). The Dozen a Day books are universally recognized as one of the most remarkable technique series on the market for all ages! Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of each practice session, providing excellent day-to-day training for the student.

Sébastien Erard and the firm that carried his name are seminal in the history of musical instruments. Erard's inventions - especially the double escapement for the piano and the double-action for the harp - have had an enormous impact on instruments and musical life and are still at the foundation of piano and harp building today. The recently discovered archives of the Erard piano and harp building firm are perhaps the largest and most complete record of musical instrument making anywhere...