This edition, edited by Dr. Hans Bischoff and translated by Alexander Lipsky, includes a three-page preface with a table of embellishments. Also included is an outstanding CD recording from the Alfred
This is the new official rudiment list as adopted by the Percussive Arts Society. A recording performed by World Champion Snare Drummer, Rob Carson, is included.
Students with an injured arm or hand can continue their piano studies in spite of their injury with this series by Melody Bober. Each volume features pieces written especially for the right or left ha
This charming book contains twelve favorite Spanish folk melodies, arranged by a prominent piano teacher for young students at the elementary level. The lyrics are provided in both Spanish and English
Expanding on Max Keyboard 1, topics include advanced music reading, scales, time signatures, chords inversions, minor keys, and much more. The DVD provides every example in the book performed by a liv
Start with basics like how to sit at the keyboard, read music, and play chords. Lessons include blues, rock, classical and folk styles. The DVD provided every example in the book performed by a live k
Solid guitar instruction at a great value. Each book in this series comes with a CD so you can listen and play along with every song and example---all for the same price as the book alone! Learn by pl
Solid guitar instruction at a great value. Each book in this series comes with a CD so you can listen and play along with every song and example---all for the same price as the book alone! Learn by pl
Solid guitar instruction at a great value. Each book in this series comes with a CD so you can listen and play along with every song and example---all for the same price as the book alone! Learn by pl
The Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 4 reinforces note-reading skills based on the concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 4. Each page has two activities---a written activity and a playing example.
The Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 2 reinforces note-reading skills based on the concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 2. Each page has two activities---a written activity and a playing example.
How many years has it been since your last diction class? This handy guidebook is an easy reference for the symbols used in IPA: what they look like and how they are pronounced. Example words for ever
This DVD serves as an accompaniment to Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Piano and provides on-screen scrolling music, MP3 play-along tracks for every example, and iPod*-compatible video files. This hel
Jazz Works is a beginning jazz piano method created for the classically trained pianist who plays and reads on the intermediate level. Concepts and skills are presented through example and explanation
Beethoven's symphonic masterpiece, written between 1818 and 1824, actually had sources dating from earlier in his life. For example, many years earlier, Beethoven had expressed wishes to set Schiller'
Piano by Ear teaches how to play the piano by ear in simple steps, and how to improvise in an array of keys and chord patterns, by working through timeless favorites, folk songs, film music, Christmas
This collection of original piano solos is designed to be taught without the aid of traditional notation. Each piece is accompanied by a set of step-by-step instructions for teachers and a reproducibl
Dan Coates's Decade by Decade series is jam-packed with the best pop music of the 20th century. Never before has there been an Easy Piano collection with so many chart-toppers by award-winning perform
The Step by Step series is a collection of exercise books/CDs for violin based on the Mother-Tongue approach. From the very beginning, it will provide a solid foundation in instrumental technique for
This comprehensive collection of 41 rags by 20 different ragtime masters is conveniently presented in one volume. It includes works by some of the most celebrated rag composers, including Scott Joplin
Kid-tested for success, these 15 fun music lessons foster creativity. Author/music educator Rhonda Tucker wrote Words to Play By for her K-6 elementary music students. Her poems are the basis for her
A color-by-number approach to teaching note reading. Book 2 contains a reading range from Low C to High C. Notes are often grouped by seconds or thirds to aid in teaching intervals. "Speed drills" all
It's not a spy thriller, but it's a great way to reinforce note reading! 'Solving the code' by reading the notes will result in great geometric designs. This project is suitable for every note reader,
In this delightful addition to the Color by Note series, students identify notes and intervals, and add missing notes to the Monster music, involving an understanding of note location on the staff, rh
This large four-movement work, written in 1893, was premiered by Rachmaninoff and Pavel Pabst in Moscow. It is dedicated to Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. A few lines of poetry by Romantic poets preface ea
Cantos de España, Op. 232, is a suite of five piano pieces by Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. The work was inspired by Spain itself, particularly its Asturian folklore and its idiomatic musical tradit
A Romantic-Style Service combines favorite hymns with excerpts from beloved masterworks by Romantic period composers---Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Grieg, MacDowell, Sibelius, and Rachmaninoff.
A Classical-Style Service combines favorite hymns with excerpts from beloved masterworks by Classical period composers---Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Clementi. These medleys range from meditative to
Tracing the steps taken by the author on his musical journey, So You Want to Learn to Improvise? offers teachers and students a step-by-step guide to acquiring the skills needed to improvise at the pi
Each collection in the Signature Solos series includes all-new piano solos by favorite Alfred composers in a variety of musical styles. Every solo was written for its appealing sound and ability to fu
Each collection in the Signature Solos series includes all-new piano solos by favorite Alfred composers in a variety of musical styles. Every solo was written for its appealing sound and ability to fu
Each collection in the Signature Solos series includes all-new piano solos by favorite Alfred composers in a variety of musical styles. Every solo was written for its appealing sound and ability to fu
Some Nights is the second studio album from American band Fun. It was released on February 21, 2012 through Fueled by Ramen. It was recorded in 2011 and produced by Jeff Bhasker. After signing to a ne
The Guitar Sessions series features songbooks centered around detailed instructional video lessons that teach how to play rock 'n' roll's greatest songs, shown step-by-step by knowledgeable guitar-sli
These graded collections of piano duets by master composers are among the best literature available at respective levels. Each duet, written by composers who lived in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centurie