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NOW TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME! Bringing together the ukulele beginners bestsellers What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know and More Of What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know, Barry Maz returns with a handy omnibus edition! With over 50 chapters of advice, this is the Complete guidance...

The bestselling* guide for ukulele beginners, written specifically FOR beginners. Concerned at the lack of answers to obvious ukulele questions for those just starting out, and the prescriptive nature of the tuition books, I started a blog, and now a book that aims to redress the balance. This...

The ukulele is a Hawaiian instrument with a carefree, jaunty sound. It is pitched a fifth higher (five musical steps) than the guitar. This guide will enable you to play the soprano, concert, or tenor ukulele in GCEA tuning... Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

(Ukulele). A 40-week, one-lick-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining ukulele technique. This title provides practice material for every day of the week and includes audio tracks of all the workouts in the book. Follow this program and you'll see increased speed, improved...

Refining Sound is a practical roadmap to the complexities of creating sounds on modern synthesizers. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of learning to create sounds on a synthesizer is understanding what all the individual synthesizer components contribute to the complex finished sound. Author and...

Making great audio recordings requires striking the right balance between technical know-how and practical understanding of recording sessions. Even in the digital age some of the most important aspects of creating and recording music are non-technical and as a result are often overlooked by traditional...

In music recording, the quality of a mix is every bit as important as the quality of the performance, and potential hit singles have been ruined by poor mixing. Basic Mixing Techniques blows the lid off the secrets of mixing and explains in easy and illustrated terms how you can create a professional-quality recording with even the most basic equipment.

(Berklee Methods). With the explosion of project studio gear available, it's easier than ever to create pro-quality music at home. This book is the only reference you'll ever need to start producing and engineering your music or other artists' music in your very own home studio. You don't have a home...

(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the six-string lap steel guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by country music veteran Johnie Helms includes many fun songs and hot licks to learn and play. The accompanying audio...

The latest SX release of Steinberg's Cubase program provides users with an incredibly powerful and versatile software sequencer equipped with sample-accurate mix automation, VST and ASIO capabilities.

Crash Course: Home Recording is an eight week program to take you from novice to studio expert as quickly and comprehensively as possible. Learn how to record, mix and process your own songs. All technical terms are explained in a full glossary. This book was written by Paul White of Sound On Sound magazine.

(Berklee Guide). Melody is a subject too often neglected in the teaching of music. This unique resource gives melody that attention it deserves, and proves that melody writing is a skill that can be learned. Through proven tool and techniques, you will learn to write interesting melodies, how melodic...

Counterpoint is an approach to musical composition based on the union of independent and interdependent melodies. Counterpoint and How to Use It in Your Music is a step-by-step course in counterpoint, and shows you how to apply it in your own music, whether you write contemporary pop songs or pieces...

Audio recordings are the calling card with which musicians share and promote their work so a knowledge of recording techniques and technologies is essential to the 21st century musician. Recording On a Budget provides a comprehensive introduction to the recording arts from a budget-conscious perspective....