From best-selling author, John O'Neill, The Saxophone Method is a complete course for the beginner to intermediate saxophonist. Start by mastering the essential foundation techniques of breathing, embouchure, tone production, and tonguing required to be a great player in any style. With a wide range of tunes from all over the world you will be exposed to a great variety of musical styles to motivate and inspire.The mp3 backing tracks, available as free downloads, feature top professional musicians and will give you the feeling of playing in a great band from the very beginning.The Saxophone Method is supplemented by two Repertoire Books to give you even more music to practice and enjoy, and perfectly complements the Jazz Method for Saxophone. By the end of the method you will be able to:- understand the fundamentals of good playing technique- have explored the full range of the instrument- be familiar with the most common rhythms- have a solid grounding in music theory- have the confidence to play with a real band in many different styles / Alto Saxophone

Violinschule für Anfänger - Méthode de violon pour les commençants-This series of books is for the beginner violin student and is designed to improve all areas of violin technique both right- and left-hand. Each book contains numerous exercises and melodies.Part 4 contains exercises dealing with: Bb Eb and Ab major scales; chromatic scale; G and C minor scales; changing keys.

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

A classic text on Organ technique. Sir John's book first published in 1877 quickly became the classic for beginners- so popular that publishers Schirmer Ditson and Presser each issued its own 'Americanized' edition in the early twentieth century. In addition to the seven Organ pieces of the original edition including five of Stainer's own works and two pieces by Guilmant three additional works round of this Dover edition. This edition is a slightly expanded republication of the edition first published by G. Schirmer New York in 1909 edited by F. Flaxington Harker. Introduction to this Dover edition by Rollin Smith.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Fun With Number of pages : 32 This beginner's method for the alto (F) recorder presents carefully written examples, studies, and a wealth of songs to teach important concepts. This method is suited for either individual or classroom instruction. It may be used in class with the companion for the soprano recorder, Fun with the Recorder.

The John W. Schaum Piano Course is a classic in the world of Piano tutors. This Blue Book is best suited to players at around Grades 1 to 2 or for players who have progressed through the Red Book.   The John W. Schaum series is a comprehensive tutor for beginners of all ages. It's really well-presented with colour pictures useful information and guidance material. The aim of the book is to teach in the most natural and enjoyable way through popular melodies. The method enables the student to progress in a logical fashion through Pre A to F.    The BlueBook is ideal for beginners who have been working through the previous books in the series or for those who are working at Grades 1 or 2 standard. The brilliantly logical progression through the essentials of playing the Piano is exhibited here allowing you to really get a tangible sense of achievement. New concepts are introduced in this book while previously-learned ones are reinforced. At various stages throughout this book fun and exciting pieces are included that will demonstrate the theoretical background in a practical context.   The John W. Schaum Blue Book will take you through sight-reading drills new concepts and techniques like syncopation arpeggios and chord inversions as well as more advanced versions of previously-learned ideas such as new time signatures new key signatures and pedal technique. The easy-to-use and easy-to-understand format of the Schaum series has made it a favourite among pupils parents and teachers allowing beginners to quickly become proficient and confident.   If you struggle to choose between the vast number of Piano tutors out there that all claim to be the best check out the John W. Schaum series for a genuinely great introduction to learning and mastering the Piano.

Sequential Sight-Reading in the Choral Classroom Student Edition. For tenor and baritone changing voices, Sound Patterns for Changing Voices teaches sight reading skills quickly while singing real music from day one. This step-by-step method includes age and range appropriate songs with lyrics, dynamics and accompaniment, along with preparatory exercises that are interesting, authentic and flexible. This resource may be used with changing voice beginners from approximately age 11 through 15 and for older singers with less singing experience. The sequential approach focuses on the keys C, G, and F, basic rhythms and simple intervals in the tonic, dominant and subdominant chords.

Designed with older beginners in mind the exercises in Accelerated Piano Adventures: Sightreading - Book 2 will help developing musicians to improve their sightreading ability.The Accelerated Sightreading Book 2 builds confident readers as students following the Faber Piano Adventures® method play musical variations based on their Lesson Book pieces. Theory activities help students to focus on key concepts: eighth note and dotted quarter note rhythms major and minor five-finger scales intervals through the 6th plus one-octave scales and primary chords in the keys of C G and F major.