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This new edition book and streaming video course is all that you will ever need for learning piano chords, scales, arpeggios, how to read music, and basic music theory! Piano Professor Damon Ferrante guides you through 140 step-by-step lessons (for beginner to advanced levels) and 30 streaming video lessons. Whether you are teaching yourself piano or learning with a music instructor, this book and streaming video course will take your piano playing to a whole new level! Have you always wanted to learn how to play piano scales, chords, and arpeggios, but did not know where to start? Would you like to expand your musical understanding and learn how to play the piano through an affordable, step-by-step book and streaming video course? The book uses clear and logical layout, teaching the beginning student to learn the piano keys and basics of musical notes and rhythms." The Baltimore Sun calls Ferrante's music "focused and colorful...with an unexpected, decidedly poetic touch" and "ebullient and full of shifts of direction." Snow Moon matters now (and does justice to the sonata tradition) for Ferrante's relentless exploration of novel strategies for creating an inhabitable soundscape." Piano Scales, Chords & Arpeggios Lessons is the product of these efforts and is designed for beginner to advanced pianostudents, either learning on their own or working with a teacher.

Are you struggling to follow online piano lessons that seem to jump all over the place without any sense of direction or consistency? Would you like to expand your musical understanding and learn how to play the piano through an affordable, step-by-step book and video course? * Für Elise by Beethoven. * The Entertainer by Scott Joplin. * Amazing Grace. * Pachelbel's Canon. * House of the Rising Sun. * Scarborough Fair. * Turkish Rondo by Mozart. * Shenandoah. * Happy Birthday. * Danny Boy. * Kum-Bah-Yah. * Jingle Bells. * J.S. Bach's Prelude in C Major. * Home on the Range. * This Little Light of Mine. * Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg. * Take Me Out to the Ballgame. * Red River Valley. * Silent Night. * New World Symphony Theme. * When the Saints Go Marching In. * Greensleeves. * Aura Lee. * Brahms' Famous Lullaby. * Simple Gifts. * And Many More Great Songs and Pieces! He is the recipient of Longwood University's prestigious Simkins Award for his extraordinary achievements and contribution to music education and culture.Damon has taught on the music faculties of Seton Hall University and Montclair State University.

The authors teach you how to play them in the book and via free online videos included with your purchase. Diagrams and photos of finger placement for all chords eliminate frustration (see page 9). You'll be learning from the award-winning musicians and music teacher duo who authored the best-selling book 21 Songs in 6 Days… and developed a popular ukulele teaching curriculum used by thousands of students. How to perform easy or elaborate strumming patterns for each song to suit your skill level and add interesting variety. How to fingerpick and use simple techniques to create different sounds to add your own flair to your Christmas songs. How to play duets with a friend or family member for a richer-sounding arrangement (perfect for caroling at home or around the neighborhood). It's never been easier to learn, play and master some of the greatest Christmas songs ever written.

Songs include: Amazing Grace * Camptown Races * D-I-V-O-R-C-E * Frankie and Johnny * The Gambler * Home on the Range * Kum Ba Yah * Make the World Go Away * My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean * Oh! Instant Harmonica is a totally new way of teaching yourself to play the harmonica in as short a time as possible.

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This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced rhythms and moves through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.

Titles: * Alouette. * Alpine Melody. * Amazing Grace. * Au Claire de la Lune. * Aunt Rhody. * Auld Lang Syne. * Aura Lee. * The Bandleader. * Beautiful Brown Eyes. * Blow the Man Down! * Largo (Dvorak). * Lavender's Blue. * Lightly Row. * Little Brown Jug. * Liza Jane. * London Bridge. * Lone Star Waltz. * Love Somebody. * Lullaby. * The Marine's Hymn. * Mary Ann. * Merrily We Roll Along. * Mexican Hat Dance. * Michael, Row the Boat Ashore. * Money Can't Buy Everything. * My Fifth. * Ode to Joy. * On Top of Old Smoky. * O Sole Mio. * Raisins and Almonds. * Rock Along. * Rockets. * Rockin' Intervals.

Bayly). * Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki). * Perpetual Motion (Shinichi Suzuki). * Allegretto (Shinichi Suzuki). * Andantino (Shinichi Suzuki). * Etude (Shinichi Suzuki). * Minuet 1, Minuett III from Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (J.S. 10 (R. Schumann). * Gavotte (F.J. Gossec). Revised edition features: * New engravings. * New editing of pieces, including bowings and fingerings. * Additional exercises, some from Dr. Suzuki, plus additional insight and suggestions for teachers. * Glossary of terms in English, French, German and Spanish. * Musical notation guide. * Fingerboard position. * New photos.

Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers is the first book to connect the disciplines of vocal pedagogy, vocal science, and choral technique. As a voice teacher, I'm particularly pleased to see an integrated approach to vocal technique for both soloists and choral singers. --Karen Brunssen, Northwestern University. "Resonance strategies, choir positioning, cambiata voices, hypothyroidism, vibrato--all in one book! Written in a remarkably approachable style, the book balances keen observations with understandable technical explanations.

With Harmonica For Dummies , you can learn to master the harmonica faster than you ever thought possible, even if you have little to no playing experience. Start your harmonica experience — find expert guidance on shopping for a harmonica, making your first sounds, finding the key of a song, and exploring rhythm basics Craft your skills — start playing chords and single notes, shape your sound with your throat and hands, enhance your notes with your tongue on the harp, and bend notes down and up Take position — discover how positions help your playing, develop flair and speed, master new songs, and start playing along with music to master your skills Find your style — whether it’s blues and rock, country tunes, or fiddlin’ the night away with folk and Celtic songs, discover the many musical styles you can play on the harmonica Put it all together — put your music out into the world with guidance on arranging and adding vocals to your tunes, working with a band, and amplifying your sound.