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This music theory book "Music Theory Basic Chords"  lays a firm foundation for all piano, guitar and ukulele players who want to learn basic chords. Once you understand basic chords and how they are structured, you will be able to build extended chords with color tones. This...

Making music is all about patterns. 24 Keys is designed to help you learn the unique fingering pattern that makes up each key on the violin quickly and easily through learning scales and arpeggios, and through practice exercises.It provides a unique visual guide to learning the position of the fingers in each key, so that you can make each second of your violin practice count.

Rubinstein is considered Liszt's only possible rival on the concert stage while Carreño is the foremost woman pianist of the late 19th century. Together, they discuss "the soul of the piano": the art of piano pedaling. Rubinstein's technique is explored through works he performed in 1885-6. Carreño's observations explore her sensitivity made possible through combinations of touch and pedal.

Never wonder how to play certain jazz chords on guitar again with this easy-to-use and comprehensive text. Also an excellent reference book, this book presents a plethora of chords and voicings commonly found used when playing jazz guitar. Virtually every type of jazz chord and its inversions is presented...

As opposed to Complete Piano Photo Chords, this edition encompasses only the most commonly used chords that you will find in Jazz music. All photos are shown in the left hand, except where two hands are necessary. A vivid graphic illustrates the location of the notes and a list of note names and the...

These arrangements of many pieces by J. S. Bach make the great composer's works accessible to the mandolinist. The bulk of the music has been adapted from various suites, sonatas, and partitas. Includes: 'Bouree Angloise' from Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute, 'Marche' from The Anna Magdalena Bach...

This book will teach guitarists how to construct and play the scales and modes used in jazz improvisation. Through the study of these scales, students will expand their musical vocabulary for jazz improvisation. Scales are presented in standard notation, tab, linear diagrams showing the scales intervallic...

Finally, a great method which will show you how to play the acoustic jazz guitar in the style of players like Django Reinhardt, Oscar Alleman and Eddie Lang - their style is characterized by a powerful rhythm guitar and a vital swinging single-note solo line. Due to the fact that it can be very hard...

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to revive Playing Piano for Pleasure. With the wonderful writing one would expect from a longtime New Yorker reporter, Piano aficionado Charles Cooke, offers concrete routines for improving your piano performance. A pleasant and constant cheerleader, Cooke asks readers...

From humble folk instrument to American icon, the story of the guitar is told in this “exceptionally well-written” memoir by the NPR commentator (Guitar Player). In this blend of personal memoir and cultural history, National Public Radio commentator Tim Brookes narrates the long and winding...

FRETBOARD MEMORIZATION MADE EASY! Do you get lost on the guitar neck? Not knowing the notes on the fretboard is a common problem that slows down and confuses the learning process. It’s very difficult to find your way around if you can’t read the map! Fortunately, developing a working knowledge...

Want to dramatically improve your guitar playing? Paganini's Fifth Caprice offers the dedicated guitarist a number challenging passages. This book provides the player with exercises and performance notes that focus on the various techniques that it has to offer. The exercises aim to...

50 plus easy Bollywood and tamil movie tunes. Guitar should be learnt with a good method book, but at the same time, it will be fun only when you learn by playing familiar songs. It is hard to find any method books with easy popular Indian(Bollywood/Tamil) songs.  So presenting you the sheet...

All the exercises in "Killer Technique: Classical Guitar" are either based on or inspired by challenging passages and patterns that appear in compositions. Technical elements and passages have been stripped down and transformed into exercises to help the reader concentrate on specific targets...