General Instruments category: 2949 books
Drum Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play Drums (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Teach yourself how to play drums with our easy drum lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free drum 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 drum animation for easy...
The Violin Maker
A Search for the Secrets of Craftsmanship, Sound, and Stradivari
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
How does a simple piece of wood become a violin, the king of instruments? Watch and find out as Eugene Drucker, a member of the world–renowned Emerson String Quartet, commissions Sam Zygmuntowicz, a Brooklyn craftsman, to make him a new violin. As he tells this extraordinary story, journalist John...
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2001
A warm and intuitive portrait of the secret Paris—one closed to all but a knowing few—The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is the perfect book for music lovers, or for anyone who longs to recapture a lost passion.
Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon...
by Stephen Gamble and William Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
The British horn player Dennis Brain (19211957) is commonly described by such statements as the greatest horn player of the 20th Century, a genius, and a legend. He was both a prodigy and popularizer, famously performing a concerto on a garden hose in perfect pitch. On his usual concert instrument...
Rock Guitar Lessons - Licks and Solos
Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Audio Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy rock guitar solo lessons.***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.***"This book gave me great ideas for soloing all over the fretboard. It also...
Learn to Play Piano: Piano Tutorial and Quick Start Guide
Learn Piano for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
When you meet someone who knows how to play the piano, you would usually admire that individual. Perhaps in the back of your mind, you also want to play this very beautiful instrument. Well, you can learn how to play piano if you really want to.
All expert piano performers started from scratch....
by Lew Stern
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This is a vintage guide to learning how to play the banjo and ukulele. It is aimed at players with little to no previous experience with the instruments, initially walking them through the very basics from holding the instrument to strumming and picking out their first notes. Also included are various...
Funk and R&B Guitar Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Audio Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy funk and R&B 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.***"Gelling is a natural teacher. [This book] feels so well paced for learning that...
5-String Bass Guitar Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play Bass (Free Audio Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
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....
Electronic Keyboard Lessons for Kids - Book 1
How to Play Keyboard for Kids (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Teach how to play keyboard for kids with our easy keyboard lessons for kids.***Comes with online access to free keyboard 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 keyboard animation...
by John Gillespie
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Most listeners can readily distinguish between the works of such keyboard giants as Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt and between various national schools, but when it comes to defining what the differences are, relating the various interconnections, discovering information on the hundreds of other keyboard...
Metal Guitar Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy metal guitar lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free guitar videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music...
Progressive Guitar Method - Book 1
Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy guitar lessons for beginners.
***Comes with online access to free guitar 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 animation...
by Ralph Lee Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
The Appalachian dulcimer is one of America's major contributions to world music and folk art. Homemade and handmade, played by people with no formal knowledge of music, this beautiful instrument entered the post-World-War-II Folk Revival with virtually no written record. Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions...