Instruments Instruction category: 8118 books

(Bass Instruction). The function of the bass player in rock music is multi-dimensional. In How to Create Rock bass Lines , you'll explore common rock drum beats, popular rock chord progressions, and the scales and techniques you'll need to add melody to your playing. By combining all of these elements,...

Understand how to design any chord, and throw all your other chord books away. Guitar Chord Genius was designed for every level of student, whether a beginner, or an advanced amateur. As easily and painlessly as possible, Guitar Chord Genius walks you through trouble spot, fixing problems with...

John Fahey was a pioneer in composing and arranging guitar solos in open tunings. In this lesson series for the intermediate guitarist, John teaches a wide variety of techniques, musical textures and styles. The book includes the notation and tablature for the lessons and access to online audio featuring...

First Lessons Bass is intended to introduce beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. The material covered in this book is approximately the material covered in the first 8 lessons of private bass instruction. This book makes use of the "3-finger" left...

Download play-along audio tracks at knackbooks.com/piano. Knack Piano for Everyone is a self-instruction book for beginners to intermediates, fully illustrated with full-color photographs and musical notation. The book will teach readers everything a beginner should know about the instrument...

This beginning piano course introduces children or adult students to basic music notation and helps them build a solid foundation of piano skills. Theory and instruction appears alongside music examples in an integrated approach to learning. The play-along downloadable will help the student to develop...

This beginner's method for the alto ("F") recorder presents carefully written examples, studies, and a wealth of songs to teach important concepts. This method is suited for either individual or classroom instruction. It may be used in class with the companion for the soprano recorder, Fun with the Recorder.

Extrait du Dictionnaire des Musiques, précédemment paru dans la même collection, le Dictionnaire des Instruments de musique est dédié à tous les instruments, passés ou présents, proches ou lointains, par lesquels s’exprime la musique. Le sommaire comprend quelque 200  articles, d’ACCORDÉON...

Anne Dodson’s Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book 2 continues from the first book, introducing two new levels: “Branching Out” and “You Take the Driver’s Seat”. These new levels will improve your understanding of the fretboard and allow more seasoned players to create their own...

Easy to play five-string banjo arrangements of twenty-four Children's favorites by banjo master Ross Nickerson. Not only are these songs fun to play but from an instructional standpoint they are perfect for helping you develop the ability to bring out the melody in the bluegrass banjo style. Accenting...

Ein neuer Weg für die Violinpädagogik: In der Abkehr von einer rein mechanischen Spiel- und Übungsweise wird der ganze Mensch in das Erlernen des Instruments einbezogen. Jeder Aspekt des Violinspiels wird in viele kleine Schritte unterteilt. Das Buch richtiet sich zwar an Anfänger, Fortgeschrittene können davon jedoch auch noch profitieren. Mit einem Vorwort von Yehudi Menuhin.

“’Tis God gives skill, but not without men’s hands: He could not make Antonio Stradivari’s violins without Antonio.” –George Eliot Antonio Stradivari (1644—1737) was a perfectionist whose single-minded pursuit of excellence changed the world of music. In the course of his long...

Titles in Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Unlike other...

This Companion covers many diverse aspects of brass instruments and in such detail. It provides an overview of the history of brass instruments, and their technical and musical development. Although the greatest part of the volume is devoted to the western art music tradition, with chapters covering...