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Take it Away! Unlock the secrets of hot take-off lead guitar as played by the greatest players from the greatest bands. Western Swing master Joe Carr has transcribed the great guitar solos from the Bob Wills band and other greats and breaks them down note by note into useful licks that can be used...

The Really Easy series returns, this time to guide you through the timeless music of Frank Sinatra. Twenty one classic songs from the Ol’ Blue Eyes are included, all arranged for easy piano and each accompanied by background notes and playing hints and tips. Song list: - All The Way -...

Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player, particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to a degree that would have been thought unachievable a few short years ago. This text presents an effective...

This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the conga drum. The book includes lessons on music notation, posture, positioning, tuning, and hand strokes. There are also many exercises, examples of Latin rhythms, and even some history of the instrument. Written by best-selling Mel...

This is a comprehensive presentation of hundreds of snare drum studies addressing such technical issues as single and double stroke combinations; sixteenth and triplet combinations; open and closed roll progressions; combinations in ¾ time; closed rolls; flams and triplets; and much more.  This...

Quiero Tocar La Bateria by Victor M. Barba is a fantastic book for the drums. From a simple hi-hat to a full rock beat, this book explains how to play the drums in a very simple and easy to understand way. The rhythms, beats and patterns comes with nice drum graphics, showing where to play, you'll...

This installment of Really Easy Keyboard contains 21 Chart Hits from Spring/Summer 2017. From Bruno Mars to Ed Sheeran to Zara Larsson and many more. If you’re a beginner pianist who loves the current pop classics then this is the music book for you. These simplified arrangements give you just the...

From Introduction: "Huddie Ledbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly, died in December, 1949 at the age of 64. He had come out of the deep South, settled down in a little apartment on New York's lower East Side, determined to build a successful career as a musician. Unfortunately, there was not much interest...

The Complete Guitar Player: Book 1 is the first book of the best-selling guitar course, designed to teach you how to play the guitar by using easy-to-follow explanations, illustrations and tips, while learning all of your favourite songs. The course has been revised many times to make learning...

Great Piano Solos: The Film Book is a bumper collection of 45 fantastic hit songs from the movies, suitable for the intermediate Pianist. These pieces offer excellent alternatives to the standard repertoire, adding spice and variety to your recitals, as well as evoking the fondest memories...

This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, and symmetric chords. Part Two/Melody, is divided into twelve sections,...

These twenty-one studies present a variety of melodic themes composed to provide enhancement of technique. I wanted to write short, playable pieces designed to build fluency and coordination between the left and right hand. I also wanted these technical studies to contain melodic elements sufficient...

In Book 6 of the popular 101 Songs For Easy Guitar series, we have another barrel-load of superb songs in easy melody, chords and lyrics arrangement. With so many incredible tunes, you'll always be finding new things to play and will never again be stuck for a great song that everyone will enjoy. Book...

In music, the period from the middle of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth is usually referred to as the Classical era. This was a period in which the art, literature and architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome were being rediscovered and re-evaluated, which in turn strongly influenced...