Students learn to listen to sound more carefully. Although almost everybody plays with beautiful tone while tuning the violin, many press the bow and make a terrible sound when they start playing, especially double stops. The first exercises in this book are to practice playing the double stops with beautiful tone while listening to the resonance. There are exercises to shift the fingers between t…

Comprised of works from Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Suzuki Violin School, which have been arranged for string quartet by violinist/arranger Joseph Knaus. With lower string parts providing melodic and rhythmic counterpoint to set off the simple melodies (which match the Suzuki Method® repertoire), these quartets are nevertheless simple enough for beginning level players ready for their first chamber …

WRITTEN BY JAZZ MUSICIAN BOB MINTZER, 14 JAZZ and FUNK ETUDES PRESENTS PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE AIDS AND EXPLANATIONS IN A VARIETY OF JAZZ AND FUNK STYLES. IN ADDITION, THE BOOKS INCLUDE A CD CONTAINING COMBO ACCOMPANIMENT THAT'S IDEAL FOR PRACTICE SESSIONS.

The Best of Belwin Jazz: First Year Charts for Jazz Ensemble is a collection of twelve outstanding jazz ensemble arrangements for the young player. Each chart is written by experienced educational arrangers and composers in various styles and tempos: swing, Latin, ballad, waltz, holiday and pop.This collection is written for full instrumentation - five saxophones, three trumpets, three trombones, …

Twenty-five great melodies as originally composed for piano solo. Titles: Belle of the Ball * The Bluebells of Scotland * Blue Tango * Bugler's Holiday * China Doll * Fiddle-Faddle * The First Day of Spring * Forgotten Dreams * The Girl in Satin * Jazz Legato * Jazz Pizzicato * The Penny-Whistle Song * The Phantom Regiment * Plink, Plank, Plunk! * Promenade * Sandpaper Ballet * Saraband * Serenata…

Bruce Springsteen's album, Magic, had already become popular by the time it hit shelves this September, due to fans eagerly awaiting its appearance. The high energy rock album features the favorite hit Long Walk Home, as well as a multitude of new hits. Nowhere; You'll Be Comin' Down; Livin' In The Future; Your Own Worst Enemy; Gypsy Biker; Girls In Their Summer Clothes; I'll Work For Your Love; M…

This book is great for electric bassists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Beginning with a brief review of reading standard music notation and TAB, this book takes you further into using scales to build bass lines, techniques such as slap and pop, string muting, and walking bass lines. You'll be introduced to ideas such as modes, tetrachords, passing tones and var…

Bass basics, major scales and modes, harmonic and melodic minor scales and modes, arpeggio patterns and symmetric scales (whole tone and diminished). Serious Electric Bass is a definitive, comprehensive, user-friendly guide for electric bassists of all levels. 279 pages.

Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Guitar. Piano/Vocal/Chords; Shows and Movies; Solo. Movie; Pop. Book. 104 pages. Alfred Music #00-47776. Published by Alfred Music

(Over 100 Favorites for Piano and Sing-Along (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)). Composed by various composers and arrangers. For Guitar; Keyboard; Piano; Voice. This edition: Hardcover Piano/Vocal/Guitar Book and DVD-ROM. Book; DVD; P/V/C Mixed Folio; Piano/Vocal/Chords; Sing-Along. Christma…

(Easy Piano). Arranged by Carol Tornquist. For Piano. Book; Piano - Easy Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Top 50. Contemporary Christian; Sacred. Easy Piano. 180 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

By Dennis Alexander, Gayle Kowalchyk, E. L. Lancaster, Victoria McArthur, and Martha Mier. For Piano. Book; Method/Instruction; Piano - Alfred's Premier Piano Course. Premier Piano Course. Children; Movie; Pop. Beginner. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar). By George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. For Guitar; Keyboard; Piano; Voice. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Guitar. Book; Personality Book; Piano/Vocal/Chords. 20th Century; Broadway; Standard. 208 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Trans-Siberian Orchestra. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Personality Book. Book. 156 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Alfred's Basic Piano Course Theory Book - Level 1B (Universal Edition). (Universal Edition). By Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco. For Piano. Method/Instruction; Piano - Alfred's Basic Piano Course; Theory. Alfred's Basic Piano Library. Children. Beginner. B…

Performed by ABBA. Songbook for voice, piano and guitar (chords only). 96 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Keyboard. Level: Intermediate/Early Advanced (4/5/6/6 ). Published by Alfred Publishing.

(Includes all the Major, Minor and Chromatic Scales) Compiled by Amanda Vick Lethco, Morton Manus, Willard A. Palmer. For piano. Format: instructional book. With standard notation, fingerings, chord names and introductory text. Scales, Chords and Arpeggios. Series: Alfred's Basic…