General Instruments category: 2949 books

Murray Grodner draws on his distinguished career as a double bass musician and teacher in this compendium of performance philosophy, bowing and phrasing recommendations, tutorials on fingerings and scales, and exercises for bowing and string crossing. Grodner addresses technical obstacles in musical...

Often appearing as a mere onlooker who didn't really want to be there, Charlie Watts - 'the silent Stone' - embraced fame reluctantly. Yet, ironically, if any one of the Stones could have made it big without the rest, it surely would have been Watts, who showed as much early promise as an artist as...

The autobiography of “possibly the greatest tuba player of all time” (New York Times), the man who “put class in the low brass.” (Clark Terry, jazz trumpeter)   With warmth and humor, tuba virtuoso Harvey Phillips tells the story of his amazing life and career—from his Missouri childhood...

Metallica: …And Justice For All (Guitar TAB) presents each track from the seminal album in note-for-note guitar arrangements, with lyrics and chord symbols. Metallica have always been at the forefront of the metal movement, and this landmark album has only grown in popularity over the decades....

Learn to understand the CAGED guitar system.Learn the CAGED chords , the system and the scale patterns on the different positions on the neck.- CAGED guitar chords system explained- Different positions on the neck- Guitar neck explained- Corresponding Scales- Practice exercisesAvailable...

Learn how to play the Aeolian or natural minor scale in A.Learn all the scale patterns on different positions on the guitar neck, and how to switch positions fast.- Natural minor scale in A explained- Different positions on the neck- Guitar neck explained- I - IV - V explained- Practice exercisesAvailable...

A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own. With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the...

Learn how to play the Do-Re-Mi, also called the Ionian or (natural) major scale in C.Learn all the Do-Re-Mi, the Ionian or Major scale patterns on the different positions on the neck, and how to switch from one to another position fast.- Major (Do-Re-Mi) or ionian scale in C explained- Different...

This book is the fundamental chapter of solo fingerstyle blues guitar.  This first book introduces basic elements of Blues music, specifically on chord, scale, rhythm, expressions and etc to do simple practices and trials.  And integrated melodic demo practices are designed in a later section, allowing...

THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR is the only music ebook that teaches you how to read and play Guitar at the same time. Most Guitar books simply show you how to imitate something that sounds like you know how to play Guitar when you really don’t. Others are filled with confusing chords charts that do...

The incomparable Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel presents four fingerstyle exercises plus an arrangement of the classic tune Freight Train and two signature compositions- Mister Guitar and Dixie McGuire. This book would serve either as a reference text for one of Tommy's workshops or as a helpful...

It's here, yes, it's possible. A single Diagram can show you how to play any Major and Minor Scale and their Modes, any Major and Minor Pentatonic Scale and their Modes, how to build Chords, and to make and identify Intervals, from one end of the guitar fretboard to the other! It's now offered in this...

(Book). We proudly present the fifth edition of Maurice J. Summerfield's highly acclaimed ultimate reference book on the classical guitar. This brand new book features all the original biographical entries updated with new photographs where applicable, plus 100 new biographical entries in the players,...

The 3 day shredding guitar bootcamp! Inside you’ll discover a 3 day program teaching you various legato soloing techniques that will get you humming 16th, even 32nd notes just like your guitar heroes. Some of the greats who use legato speed techniques are Slash from Guns N’ Roses/Velvet...