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Edited by acclaimed educator Philip Sparke, these exciting method book/CD packs for beginners contain songs, music puzzles, games to increase your understanding of music, information about your instrument, and lots of fun pieces to play - either with the CD provided or with other students. Books include helpful diagrams and fun illustrations throughout.

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Published for the first time are Olivier Messiaen's analyses of three important piano works by Maurice Ravel, reconstituted, completed and edited by Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen. In this exceptional study Messiaen invites the reader to share in a total concentration on Ma Mere l'Oye, Gaspard de la Nuit, and Le Tombeau de Couperin that will unfold the harmonic richness, the rhythmic subtlety, the formal invention and the instrumental creativity of Ravel's musical thinking. These personal and far-reaching analyses will allow both performers and listeners to understand more readily the mastery of these works and come closer to the poetic meaning of what Ravel created.

Master chord theory ... in minutes! The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands. This tool will help you: Improvise and Solo - Talk about chops! Comprehend key structure like never before; Transpose Keys - Instantly transpose any progression into each and every key; Compose Your Own Music - Watch your songwriting blossom! No music reading is necessary. 'This is the kind of device that players of any instrument can use to enhance their musical understanding. Chord and key relationships are inseparable, and learning these relationships is a must in becoming a successful musician.' - Alan Remington, Orange Coast College Music Dept.

This book/CD pack by Canada's premier guitar and DobroŽ player introduces beginning to intermediate players to many of the basics of folk/roots guitar. Topics covered include: basic theory, tuning, reading tablature, right- and left-hand patterns, blues rhythms, Travis picking, frailing patterns, flatpicking, open tunings, slide and many more - everything necessary to become a true roots guitar player! The CD includes 40 helpful demonstration tracks.

The Mariachi Method Book transforms the traditional verbal teaching of this time-honored genre into a written text. This book is especially designed to teach the beginning player the fundamentals of Mariachi guitar. It contains lessons that introduce the primary chords, followed by easy exercises, new rhythm patterns and great songs to put your new Mariachi knowledge to use. The two accompanying CDs provide a teaching soundtrack to guide you through the exercises, rhythms and songs.

Lista utworów:
Moveable Major Scales
Variations Of The Two Moveable Major Chords
Using The Practice Tracks
Two Moveable Major Chords
Three Moveable Blues Boxes
The Major Scale
The I-iv-v Chord Family
Notes On The Fretboard
Major 'Sliding' Pentatonic Scales
Introduction
How To Read The Fretboard Diagrams
How To Read Chord Grids
'chuck Berry-style' Double-note Licks
Chord Fragments/Chord Families
A Moveable Double-note Lick
The F-d-a Roadmap

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A Guide To Tune Analysis and Chord//Scale Choices For Improvisation More than just another chord/scale publication, this book addresses how melody function and context play a major role in determining the best possible scale to be used in a given situation. Excellent summaries are also provided in this revolutionary, concise publication. A must for any jazz educator.

Teaching Music with Passion is a one-of-a-kind, collective masterpiece of thoughts, ideas and suggestions about the noble profession of music education. Both inspirational and instructional, it will surely change the way you teach (and think) about music. Filled with personal experiences, anecdotes and wonderful quotations, this book is an easy-to-read, essential treasure! One of the most 'real' writings I have read during my 35 years in music education. - Mel Clayton, President, MENC: The National Association for Music Education

Specifically designed to teach jazz basics to students with 1 or 2 years playing experience, but with no prior experience playing jazz. Great for individual or classroom use. Teaches the basics of swing style in a step-by-step approach using well-known songs. Improvisation is made easy starting with simple 2-measure phrases. Scales and basic theory are introduced in a simple and easy to understand approach. 2 CD's are included with recordings of all exercises and arrangements. Other features: 7 full band arrangements, sample solos, jazz history and people.

A Composer's Insight, Volume 1 - with a foreword by Michael Colgrass - is the first in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare, behind-the-notes perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas. Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.

Making Music Make Money will educate songwriters and aspiring music business entrepreneurs in the basics of becoming an effective independent music publisher. Eric Beall, creative director for Zomba Music Publishing, covers everything you need to know to get published, including: the role of a music publisher; copyright - how to get one, use one, and make money from one; building a business plan; identifying which songs to sell and to whom; and much more.

The Associated Board's Jazz Syllabus is a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and a structured learning program provide the building blocks needed to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style and to improvise effectively right from the start. Jazz Trombone Tunes is a series of graded folios providing a wealth of jazz repertoire representing the breadth and diversity of jazz, from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant and multicultural sounds of jazz today. Each book includes a CD that provides minus-one backing tracks as well as recordings of full performances. Level 2 includes: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen • Blues for Pat • A Caddy for Daddy • A String of Pearls • Grand Street • Don't Tell Me Now • more.

Recreate those most magical musical moments from Springfield and beyond with this special collection of songs from the world's most famous animated family!

Alongside the popular hit Do The Bartman, you will find pop song parodies, character themes and big-budget production numbers, reworked as only The Simpsons crew can. Join in with the Stonecutters' Song, We Put The Spring In Springfield and the hilarious Shari Bobbins medley - also included is the celebrated Amendment Song. All songs are arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar.

Lista utworów:
A Boozehound Named Barney
Baby On Board
Bagged Me A Homer
Canyonero
Capitol City
Chimpan A To Chimpan Z
Cut Every Corner
Deep, Deep Trouble
Do The Bartman
Dr Zaius
Hail To Thee, Kamp Krusty
Happy Birthday, Lisa
Happy Just The Way We Are
Minimum Wage Nanny
Scorpio
Senor Burns
Talkin' Softball
The Amendment Song
The Simpsons
Theme From The Itchy And Scratchy And Poochie Show
Union Strike Folk Song
We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)
We Put The Spring In Springfield
Who Needs The Kwik-e-mart?
Your Wife Don't Understand You
You're Checkin' In

As the author write:"This little volume is a hybrid". It is an elementary instruction book in composing music. But it is also a performance book that can be used by a group of players interested in contemporary music. And it is invitably a reflection of Ross Lee Finney reflection of ideas and convictions about composing music formed from years of teaching experiance. This volume is the first of three. It avoids as much as possible problems of melody and harmony. There are ten pieced included in this book to illustrate not only compositional problems but also to supply music that group can perform to develope technique.

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The AudioPro Home Recording Course was created to familiarise musicians with the fundamentals of studio recording using explanations and examples that are easy to understand.
The text is complemented by hundreds of illustrations and two CDs containing information and audio examples.
Volume two covers: impedance and wiring (high impedance vs. low impedance, terminology, balanced vs. unbalanced); bass guitar (electric/synth, recording, mic techniques, EQ); harmonics/overtones/partials; vocals (recording, mic techniques, effects, EQ); acoustic piano and rhodes (recording, mic techniques, signal processing, sampled sounds, EQ); recording synthesisers (recording, combining textures, EQ, brass); the total recording session (instruments, preparing the recorder, media selection, time code); panning and stereo imaging; mixdown to master product (mixdown machine, tape choice, theories and concepts, setup procedure; building the mix; preparing master for duplication).

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The AudioPro Home Recording Course was created to familiarise musicians with the fundamentals of studio recording using explanations and examples that are easy to understand.
The text is complemented by hundreds of illustrations and two CDs containing information and audio examples.
Volume three covers: MIDI (basic training, quantising, mixing with MIDI, notation software, controllers, setting up your system); MIDI sequencing (constructing MIDI drum parts, creating bass, guitar and keyboard parts, combining MIDI and live recording); digital effects (hardware vs. software plugins, details of using each type of effect); digital recording (analogue vs. digital, recording and playback formats, digital audio file formats, storage and backup, MDMs and computer-based hard disk systems, choosing the right software, common terms demystified, random access editing); synchronising (MIDI to audio sync, MIDI to MIDI sync, analogue to analogue sync).

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This book is to be used in conjunction with Moppets' Rhythms and Rhymes, teacher's Book.
Moppels' Rhythms and Rhymes is a collection of game songs set to strongly rhythmical verses (some Mother Groose) for children from four through seven. While this may seem like a wide age span, Rhythms and Rhymes Teacher's Book explains how the various activities can be used to suit several levels of development.
Rhythms and Rhymes focuses on strengthening the children's innate sense of rhythm and their understanding of melodic direction through body movements, the use of the piano keyboard, rhythm instruments and rhythmical poems and games. It should be used with groups of at least four.
Although the book is planned specifically as a part of the Music for Moppets pre-piano course to be given in the teacher's own music studio, it can also be used very effectively in nursery school, kindergarten, and first grade.
On completion of the Music for Moppets course, the children should be well prepared to continue in a more formalized study for piano, or any other instrument.

Lista utworów:
My Name Song
Left Side
Right Side
Handy Pandy
Finger Wiggler Game
Copy Cat
Play - A - Story
Higgley Piggley
Copy Cat
Ride a Cock Horse
Barber Barber
Rub a dub dub
Mocassin and Beads
Humming Song
See-Saw, Sacaradown
Mister Bunny
Ol' Dan Tucker
Major Song
Minor Song
Major-Minor
Johnny by the hand
Clap and Guess
If Your Mama - If Your Papa