(Musicians Institute Press). Do you play acoustic piano? Electronic keyboard? Hammond organ? Clavinet? Is your preferred genre pop? Rock? R&B? Funk? Soul? Folk? If you answered yes to any of these, th
(Musicians Institute Press). This Master Class edition covers: mechanics of slapping and popping * slapped and popped riffs * chords and double stops * fret-hand muting * subdivisions * pulse attacks
Musicians Institute Press50 essential Latin patterns for all pianists! Covers styles such as samba, bossa nova, lambada, bahia and partido alto, and artists including Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Job
(Musicians Institute Press). This one-on-one lesson with MI instructor Jean Marc Belkadi applies the slap bass techniques popularized by Louis Johnson, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten and others to the g
Learn to sing harmony like a pro! This private lesson from the expert instructors at Hollywood's Musicians Institute covers: building your own harmonies; reading music; scales, chords and intervals;
Musicians Institute instructor Robert Calva covers rhythm and lead guitar in the styles of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, T-Bone Walker, Freddie King and Albert Collins. He teaches: 24 common blu
This book designed from core curriculum programs at the famous Musicians Institute in Los Angeles is a comprehensive source of sightsinging fundamentals. It covers major and minor scales, modes, the
A topic not often broached for bass guitar, improvising a solo can be a scary and mysterious situation for many bass players. Have no fear! This excellent book and CD pack delivers all you need to be
Now available with a play-along CD! From the Private Lessons series, this book is intended as a sequel to Hanon's 'The Virtuoso Pianist'. It is perfect for either the beginner of the professional and
Creative, unconventional, complex, and experimental - progressive rock represents the pinnacle of musicianship in the rock world, and now with this exceptional book and CD pack, you can explore and s
Learn the lead techniques of shred masters such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell, John 5 and Paul Gilbert with this awesome book/CD pack! It covers warm-ups; practice techniques;
This drumming workbook helps to perfect fill technique for a variety of rock styles. Basic rhythms are shown, then modified with orchestrations. Practice tips and a variety of quotes provide addition
Blues Rhythm Guitar concentrates on the heart of blues music: the rhythm. You'll learn the crucial elements of the style that no guitarist should be without, including blues changes and variations, se
If you're a rock player and the world of acoustic fingerstyle has always seemed foreign and hard to grasp, have no fear. Power Plucking teaches the technique from a purely pop-rock standpoint. You won
Hone your precision, endurance, dexterity, and synchronization skills with loads of interesting exercises to learn and practice. The accompanying CD contains 81 demonstration tracks of all the exerci
This book and double CD pack takes you step by step through MI's well-known Ear Training course. Complete lessons and analysis include: basic pitch matching * singing major and minor scales * identif
A comprehensive source for learning rhythm guitar in a variety of musical styles. It covers: open chords, barre chords, and other movable shapes; strumming, fingerstyle, flatpicking and arpeggiation;
This book, designed from MI core curriculum programs, teaches keyboardists everything they need to know about voicings, covering: triads, seventh chords, extended chords, suspended chords and altered
This Master Class with MI instructor David Oakes is aimed at any electric or acoustic guitarist who wants a quick, thorough grounding in the essentials of classical and fingerstyle technique. Topics c
This book/CD pack is based on the concept that, for most popular music styles, there exist a few basic, fundamental rhythm guitar techniques and a set of appropriate chords and chord voicings that de
This comprehensive source for learning to build melodic walking bass lines in all styles pulls together lessons from MI elective courses. The CD includes 31 full-band tracks and demonstrates the exer
This handy guide provides everything you need to know to go pro, including information about personal managers, music attorneys, business managers and booking agents, record companies, AandR, publish
This book by MI faculty instructor Peter Deneff is intended as a sort of guitar sequel to Hanon's piano classic The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises. He teaches beginning to professional guitarists
MI instructor Jean Marc Belkadi reveals the secrets to creating interesting, over-the-top phrases. This book is the complete resource for applying pentatonic, harmonic minor, melodic minor, whole ton
In this essential method and workbook/CD pack, Maria Martinez reveals her revolutionary studies for Brazilian drumset coordination. She covers Bossa Nova, Samba and Baiao Ostinatos, 3/4 Bossa Nova/Sa
A comprehensive guide to: notes, rests, counting, subdividing, time signatures, triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road
The essential guide to jazz chord voicings and substitutions, complete with a color-coded method for over 500 essential voicings. Players will understand chord functions and their harmonic possibilit
Techniques, scales and soloing concepts for guitar complete with a CD with over 70 full-demo tracks; in-depth study of modes; soloing over chord changes and modulations; harmonic minor, diminished an
Starting at the elementary level and progressing to advanced techniques, this comprehensive method is like a complete two-year guitar course in book form. It includes over 450 songs and examples, and
A comprehensive source for mastering the art of single note, melodic improvisation. The CD includes over 30 tracks for demonstration and play-along. The topics covered include: scales, modes, arpeggi
All you need to know about the bass fretboard, including: scales, intervals, triads, modal patterns, and fundamentals; keys, fingerings, position playing; arpeggios, turnarounds, walking bass lines;
Jam along with Danny Gill and Nick Nolan as they present material from this MI elective course. Covers: licks, scales, soloing concepts, picking technique, three-note-per-string scales, sweep picking
This pack gives essential instruction on open chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming; scales, rhythm playing, the blues, and moveable chord shapes. It includes inversions, 'color' chords, prac
A comprehensive source for sight-reading fundamentals, including notes, rhythms, keys, positions, and scale forms. Also teaches reading from chord symbols, following charts, creating walking bass lin
A method exploring the techniques, scales and fundamentals used by the greatest legends of rock guitar. CD includes over 75 full demonstration tracks. Covers pentatonic and diatonic scales, bending,
(Musicians Institute Press). This one-on-one lesson with Musicians Institute instructor Peter Deneff features 50 exercises for the beginning to intermediate level pianist, covering: bebop lines * chor
(Musicians Institute Press). Propel your keyboard technique forward with this Private Lessons series book for intermediate to advanced pianists. Topics covered include: non-western scales * odd time s
(Musicians Institute Press). Designed to help today's up-and-coming DJs become familiar with the main methods of DJ-ing, this book teaches the important historical and technological langdmarks that ha
