Exercises category: 166 books

Have you been finding it real hard to play that favourite song on your Keyboard? Here's a book that helps you play your favourite song with ease. This book is written for the Keyboard lovers, students, professionals as well as novices. Soon you will find yourself sitting with your Keyboard, playing the...

The second volume of this series for students ages 4–9 offers easy music reading, with large-size notes and grand staff notation, as well as hands one octave apart in "positions." Book 1 takes up where the Primer leaves off, introducing eighth notes, 3/4 time, the keys of C and G, and...

Why 'Barre Chord Theory, Practice, and Troubleshooting'? A lot of people have tried barre chords. They couldn't make them work, and clearly, someone saying 'just do this' isn't clear enough. Most books do little better. They often just show you the shapes, but don't show you the little things that...

Slap Happy is for kids of all ages. It turns drum rhythms into body rhythms you can step, clap, and slap with a buddy. Right from the start, you'll be learning traditional dance rhythms from West Africa and the Caribbean: Kuku from Guinea, Sunguru Bani from Mali, Kpegisu from Ghana, Bomba from Puerto...

The Children's Music Studio provides music teachers, parents and early childhood educators a wealth of materials and a clear roadmap for applying Reggio Emilia principles and practices to preschool and early childhood music education. Drawing on Professor Hanna's extensive experience researching and...

This is the introductory volume of a three-book set designed to guide young pianists from the most basic techniques and theory to a mastery of the easy classics. The Primer consists of ten lessons, each of which may be divided into smaller or larger segments as needed. Geared toward students ages 4 to...

Written for general music classes, group and private instruction, and self-learners, Playing the Soprano Recorder provides teachers and students with a sequential and musical approach to learning Western music notation and soprano recorder playing. In addition, each lesson provides opportunities to...

I came across the 2 Position Guitar Scale System several years ago when I was fooling around in an altered tuning – fourths tuning to be precise – and wondered if I could apply the same logic to standard tuning to teach scales and arpeggios using only two patterns per scale instead of the usual...

A short composition that introduces students to "modern" elements of playing and show, how they tell a story.. The interpretation is attached

The twenty classic guitar etudes in this book are melodic and "guitaristic". I composed them in guitar friendly keys. They were written to be fun to play and also to provide short pieces ideal for recitals or concert preludes and encores. The pieces should be played with freedom and expression....

These 27 short etudes were composed to provide music suitable for study or the concert stage. The etudes present a colorful palette of moods and musical textures. They incorporate various picking techniques and lush harmonies. They are extremely useful in developing tone and a lyrical feeling to one's...

The Chord Songbook: Starter Book for Guitar is the easy way to learn. This is a brand new tutor method to accompany the ever-popular Chord Songbook series, a song-led way to learn the guitar which uses just the words and simple chord boxes, with photos and diagrams to help you as you learn. Sing...

As guitar instruction increases in popularity in secondary schools, many band, choir, and orchestra teachers are asked to teach guitar. In one helpfully concise volume, Teaching Beginning Guitar Class: A Practical Guide provides all of the practical tools that are necessary to teach guitar in the...

Master the two most important chords (tonic and dominant) and the related arpeggios and scales, all in a musical context.The 60 second sequence is easy to memorise and will give you the most benefit in the shortest possible time.This book limits itself to tonic and dominant chords because these...