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This book is designed for ukulele players who wish to expand their sound. Featuring twenty-eight different tunings, the material offers an incredibly wide range of approaches to the instrument. Each chapter focuses on a particular tuning and explains how to retune the instrument. Useful scales and...

This comprehensive method includes every conceivable aspect of jazz bass performance. It begins with the teaching of the basics using illustrations of hand positions, basic theory, the first position, how to read music, fingering, accelerated fingerboard studies, a fingerboard note location chart...

The music of Ireland has inspired us for centuries. The DAD tuning is a favorite of mountain dulcimer players, and this book with accompanying audio combines beautiful Irish songs and tunes arranged for the dulcimer in DAD. Two melodies by the Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan are included, along with...

Melodies on the mountain dulcimer are wonderful. In this book, we’ll explore how to decorate melodies with chords to add variety and creativity to your playing in DAD and DAA tunings. Lessons begin with simple chords and show you when and how to progress. In addition, we’ll study how to play backup...

The dulcimer is a unique instrument in many ways, with the modal layout of the fretboard prime among them. Early in its days in the Appalachian Mountains players would retune a string, bringing the dulcimer from major to minor and other modes. Today's players work in different tunings also, and this...

In this new addition to Mel Bay's popular "School Of" series, author Maddie MacNeil explains how to sing and accompany on the dulcimer. The book explains different chord types and how to apply them to a variety of songs. Learning backup will also help you hear chord changes and melodic movement,...

This book is an exciting and varied collection of 35 traditional tunes from Africa, North and South America, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and Australia, specially arranged with the beginning/intermediate mandolinist in mind. All the tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as mandolin...

This book will teach you to play the mandolin through inspiring traditional music from around the world, arranged specifically for the instrument. The material is ideal for beginners and requires no prior musical knowledge. More experienced mandolinists can benefit from an exciting array of tunes and ideas. Includes access to online audio performed at manageable tempos.

Play the ukulele in just minutes using four simple chords; 34 songs, including old favorites, children's tunes, country western, Spanish, and patriotic classics. Transpose to any major key using an easy-to-read key chart. You can go from Alexander's Ragtime Band to Brahm's Lullaby to the Red River...

This book teaches you how to create melodies and chord solos on the ukulele. It is intended to help those players who love this instrument, and would like to increase their skills and enjoyment. The basic approach taken does not include music theory and rhythms, only the chords and notes necessary...

25 blues licks with tabs, pick stroke, fingerings, 25 audio tracks with two tempos (normal, slow) and 25 backing tracks.

This book is the second in a series of six books that I believe will take you, the reader, on a journey to becoming a completely passionate bassist. Building on the foundation of good technique you begin to explore Scales, Arpeggios and Rhythm. Next you learn to combine them to make music. The audio...

Most of the music in this book comes from editions or manuscripts from England in the late 1500ΓÇÖs. There are also a few French pieces. The cittern was popular in Italy, England and France. Aside from various tunings, there were two main kinds of instruments being played during the 16th and 17th...

Questo libro comprende otto arrangiamenti per chitarra sola di celebri canzoni napoletane. I brani sono scritti sia in notazione standard che in tablature - Fenesta vascia - Michelemmà - La palummella - Te voglio bene assaje - Santa Lucia - Marechiare - O sole mio - I' te vurria vasà!