Instruments Instruction category: 8118 books

Take it Away! Unlock the secrets of hot take-off lead guitar as played by the greatest players from the greatest bands. Western Swing master Joe Carr has transcribed the great guitar solos from the Bob Wills band and other greats and breaks them down note by note into useful licks that can be used...

Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player, particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to a degree that would have been thought unachievable a few short years ago. This text presents an effective...

This book--which won the 2000 DRUM Magazine Readers' Poll for "Best Instructional Book"--is a complete, step-by-step course on conga drumming. It's the book we looked for but couldn't find when we were first learning to drum. We did everything we could to make it user-friendly, so even non-musicians...

This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the conga 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...

This is a comprehensive presentation of hundreds of snare drum studies addressing such technical issues as single and double stroke combinations; sixteenth and triplet combinations; open and closed roll progressions; combinations in ¾ time; closed rolls; flams and triplets; and much more.  This...

Quiero Tocar La Bateria by Victor M. Barba is a fantastic book for the drums. From a simple hi-hat to a full rock beat, this book explains how to play the drums in a very simple and easy to understand way. The rhythms, beats and patterns comes with nice drum graphics, showing where to play, you'll...

The Complete Guitar Player: Book 1 is the first book of the best-selling guitar course, designed to teach you how to play the guitar by using easy-to-follow explanations, illustrations and tips, while learning all of your favourite songs. The course has been revised many times to make learning...

This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, and symmetric chords. Part Two/Melody, is divided into twelve sections,...

These twenty-one studies present a variety of melodic themes composed to provide enhancement of technique. I wanted to write short, playable pieces designed to build fluency and coordination between the left and right hand. I also wanted these technical studies to contain melodic elements sufficient...

This book examines arranging methods and their applications. It is designed to be used in a jazz studies program and as a professional reference manual for musicians. The text begins with a historical overview of jazz band instruments and a study of their characteristics. The body of the text includes...

“If you told me you wanted to get going on guitar, I’d recommend Justin Sandercoe.” - Mark Knopfler “One of the most influential guitar teachers in history.” - The Independent The Justinguitar.com Vintage Songbook is the latest addition to Justin Sandercoe's line of Songbooks....

Trevor Wye’s famous Practice Books for the Flute are invaluable to players of every grade and have received worldwide acclaim, selling over 1 million copies in total. Each book concentrates on individual facets of flute technique in concise detail. This revised edition has updated diagrams, clearer...

Learn how to play the G major pentatonic scale.Learn all the scale patterns on different positions on the neck, and how to switch positions fast.Master the scales on your guitar and find the chords that go with a particular neck position.Learn to use the whole neck of the guitar fast and easy!-...

Learning a new musical instrument can be very technical. With all the notes, chords, scales, notations, symbols and patterns, learning the guitar can be quite a frustrating challenge. Most beginners give up too easily. But with the right lessons to guide you along with your earnest determination...