General Instruments category: 2949 books

The 4 Chord Songbook returns with eighteen of everyone’s favourite Bob Dylan songs. This series allows the beginner guitarist to build a repertoire of acoustic songs without having to remember reams of obscure chords: Just four will do! These special arrangements make this the perfect way to begin...

Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo features 22 classic old-time favourites, specially arranged for 5-string Banjo. The distinctive sound of the 5-string Banjo is most usually associated with folk, country and bluegrass music. In this book you’ll find a superb collection of traditional...

First Lessons Folk Harp is designed for the beginner harp student who has no prior music training. In this book they will learn to read music notation, count rhythm, implement important fingering techniques, organize practice, tune a harp, play common bass patterns and make a decision about which...

Featuring 28 well-known Christmas songs arranged for ukulele with chord symbols for an accompaniment instrument. Book contains chord diagrams for ukulele and guitar as well as common strum patterns to use for rhythm backup. All songs are arranged in standard notation and tablature for ukulele. This...

What could be more beautiful than mountain dulcimer arrangements of Christmas favorites spanning the centuries? This popular book brings the festive sound of the dulcimer to this joyous season. Creative, beautiful arrangements on 23 Christmas favorites, each with a notated melody line and tablature. Finger positions for each chord are included.

Collection of all time favorite hymns. Ideal for small group of church performance. Selections include: Glory to His Name; Sunshine in My Soul; Send the Light; Blessed Assurance; Sweet By and By; In the Garden; The Old Rugged Cross; Rock of Ages; I'll Fly Away; Softly and Tenderly; and more.

This book, which includes 308 tune transcriptions, is organized around individual fiddlers who typically combine Appalachian-style fiddling with rags, pop standards, Midwest-style fiddling and sometimes a touch of Western swing to create a style often identifiable as Ozarks. Thirty Ozarks fiddlers...

Well-known composer, performer, bluegrass and five-string banjo specialist Janet Davis has arranged this fantastic book of Christmas songs for five-string banjo. Selections include material for various levels of ability and offer wide variety of songs for the holiday season. Tablature only with lyrics...

In this luminous book, Tricia Tunstall explores the enduring fascination of the piano lesson. Even as everything else about the world of music changes, the piano lesson retains its appeal. Drawing on her own lifelong experience as a student and teacher, Tunstall writes about the mysteries and delights...

Gary Karr: Life on the G String chronicles the extraordinary international career of a double-bass soloist. Launched in 1962 by Leonard Bernstein, in a Young People's Concert at Carnegie Hall viewed on television by seven million people, Karr quickly gained legendary status for his virtuosity and inimitable...

The great American pianist Sidney Foster—distinguished professor of piano at Indiana University, and the first Leventritt Award winner—is remembered here by a former student for his outstanding ability and generous character. This book includes commentary by numerous students, professionals in...

Legendary jazz ambassador Dr. Billy Taylor's autobiography spans more than six decades, from the heyday of jazz on 52nd Street in 1940s New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Taylor fought not only for the recognition of jazz music as "America's classical music" but also for the recognition of black...

This rare collection features violin parts with separate piano reductions of works by Brahms, Dvorak, Handel, Herbert, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Elgar, and others. Contents include Dvorak's Humoresque, Anton Rubinstein's Melody in F, Mendelssohn's Spring Song, Schubert's...

The Chester Bassoon Anthology presents 12 popular works for Bassoon with Piano accompaniment. The selected works are taken from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. As well as the joint piano and bassoon score, a dedicated bassoon score is included along with performance...