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Discover Pam Wedgwood's exciting world of jazz piano! How to Play Jazz Piano is a fun and simple introduction for young players with a basic knowledge of how to play the piano (about Grade 2 standard). It includes an introduction to improvisation,...

You want to write songs, and you want to write them on guitar. This updated twentieth-anniversary third edition of the bestselling songwriting handbook shows you how. Learn the techniques and tricks used in two thousand great songs by everyone from the...

Graded Keyboard Musicianship provides graded and integrated exercises for developing five core skills at the keyboard: figured bass, score-reading, transposition, harmonization, and improvisation. Organized into two books, it develops these skills from...

Featuring tailored arrangements and original pieces by the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series, Solo Time for Viola is a series of graded pieces ranging from intermediate to more advanced levels. The books provide concert repertoire in a...

Improvisation - the creation of a unique combination of musical content within a musical context - is core to musicianship. As authors Suzanne L. Burton and Alden H. Snell II demonstrate, students already build skills that drive improvisation when they...

Graded Keyboard Musicianship provides graded and integrated exercises for developing five core skills at the keyboard: figured bass, score-reading, transposition, harmonization, and improvisation. Organized into two books, it develops these skills from...

At the height of the Enlightenment, four conservatories in Naples stood at the center of European composition. Maestros taught their students to compose with unprecedented swiftness and elegance using the partimento, an instructional tool derived from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486823942Author Paul DevilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486823942Author Paul DevilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793515592Author Patrick ByrnePage Count 96Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Teach kids how to play the recorder with fun lessons and sheet music for beginners. The recorder is the most widely taught instrument in schools. For the majority of children, it is their first introduction to playing and reading music. This...

Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition provides an innovative approach to the instruction of the craft of music composition based on tailored exercises to help students develop their creativity. When composition is...

Violinworks, in two volumes, is a comprehensive violin method for older beginners and improvers. Book 1 takes students carefully from the very first steps to around ABRSM Grade 1 standard, and book 2 continues up to around ABRSM Grade 3 standard. The...

Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking provides a long-needed, practical, and engaging introduction to the craft of making-as well as creatively cannibalizing-electronic circuits for artistic purposes. With a sense of adventure and no...

Helpful preparatory exercises and many practice tests for all ABRSM aural tests at Grades 6-8. Shows clearly how the tests are introduced and administered in an examination. Accompanying recordings, available for sale on double CD or twin cassette,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984860606Author Eilon PazFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908920690Author Nik PrestonPage Count 60Imprint Rockschool LtdPublisher Rockschool Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983290919Author Judith A McClarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Acoustic Truth MusicPublisher Acoustic Truth MusicWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781562242008Author Jamey AebersoldPage Count 60Imprint Jamey Aebersold JazzPublisher Jamey Aebersold Jazz

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795711528Author Beverley EllisPage Count 152Imprint Schott Music LtdPublisher Schott Music LtdWeight(grams) 575g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825652813Author Mickey BakerPage Count 48Imprint AMSCO MusicPublisher AMSCO Music

Join the superhero world of Lang Lang and come on a piano adventure with The Lang Lang Piano Method Level 5. Level 5 progresses with the following: extending technique, rhythms and keys through progressive repertoirefeaturing fun original pieces,...

An addition to the Cello Time series for young cellists, this book provides cello accompaniments to all of the pieces in Cello Time Cello Time Sprinters. The duet part is suitable for a teacher or more advanced student, and this duet book will enhance...

Paul Harris's brilliant series of workbooks contains finger fitness exercises, scale and arpeggio studies, key pieces, simple improvisations and composition to help you play scales and arpeggios with real confidence. An invaluable resource for students,...

Published within the 'Signature' Series, a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Also includes informative introductions and performance notes.ReviewsThis album enables...

The Practice Process is an inspiring and empowering look at the crucial topic of practice. Paul Harris explores the key role the teacher plays in developing a psychological and holistic approach for pupils. Packed with clear advice, innovative ideas and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908920720Author Nik PrestonImprint Rockschool LtdPublisher Rockschool Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788899212100Author Alessandro CiprianiFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint ContemponetPublisher ContemponetWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

A guide for organists revealing that improvisation is within the grasp of all students, even for those with minimal keyboard skills. The book is organized in a loosely graded fashion with exercises that are not only simple and useful, but musically...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615979830Author Jan RiveraFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Jan RiveraPublisher Jan RiveraWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm * 7mm

This stimulating guide will help students and their teachers to achieve stylish performances of music of the Baroque period. Individual chapters from leading experts focus on historical background, notation and interpretation, and sources and editions,...

Firmly rooted in Paul Harris's Simultaneous Learning approach, this new edition of Improve your sight-reading! Clarinet Grades 6-8 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-reading. Step by step you will build up a...

On the eve of his fortieth birthday, renowned cognitive scientist Gary Marcus decided to fulfil a lifelong dream and learn to play the guitar. He had tried many times before - failing miserably. This time, he decided to use the tools of his "trade" to...

This five-volume graded series of organ music by J. S. Bach (2 volumes for manuals only; 3 volumes for manuals and pedals) provides a wonderful selection of pieces for all players. The whole is an authoritative and fully practical introduction to this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788899212148Author Alessandro CiprinianiFormat PaperbackPage Count 748Imprint ContemponetPublisher Contemponet

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956220417Author Bill HiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Carrier BooksPublisher Carrier Books

Solo Time for Violin is a three-volume series of concert pieces for the intermediate to more advanced violinist. Featuring arrangements and original pieces by the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series, these graded collections provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795748715Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 152Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999753009Author Nathan HolderFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Holders HillPublisher Holders HillWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 11mm

This expanded edition includes a new introduction by John Nix as well as a new appendix offering case studies and practical insights from teachers about how Barbara Doscher has impacted their voice instruction.An understanding of how the singing voice...