This comprehensive approach to basic guitar skills includes varied repertoire, theory, detailed instruction about seating and hand position, standard music notation, an introduction to tablature, basic improvisation, and teaches both the pickstyle and fingerstyle techniques. Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, music dealer in-store programs, and group guitar classes at the middle and high school levels. Book 1 contains 16 units, each with a variety of repertoire, exercises, and timed tests at the end. Unit 16 provides instructions for playing 11 hit songs. Students can cut out flashcards provided at the back of the book to use for home study. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. / Guitare

Faire des exercices? 'Oui, bien sûr?, disent les uns. 'Non, plutôt pas ', disent les autres. L'intérêt pédagogique des exercices dans l'apprentissage du piano reste cependant, pour les spécialistes, incontesté, à la condition que l'étude ne soit pas jouée / Piano / 168 pages / niveau : Facile à Intermédiaire / Partition

Ce troisième volume de La Méthode de piano classique est destiné aux étudiants qui ont terminé Method Book 2, ou pour ceux qui ont déjà une base solide dans le piano et sont de retour à l'instrument. Clairement énoncée et progresser par petites étapes gérables le livre comporte répertoire intéressant, varié et bien connu de l'époque baroque, classique et romantique époques Comprend un enregistrement sur CD de toutes les pièces offrant des performances de modèle pour vous aider à apprendre. Peut être complété par un répertoire supplémentaire, Duo et livres de fitness doigts. / Piano

Par LENEHAN JOHN. A collection of pieces from across the ages, arranged specifically to provide the confident Piano student with an exciting variety of styles to master. The melodies in this book range from Handel to Sculthorpe and beyond, with exercises in improvisation and writing your own pieces. Each piece is accompanied by guidance footnotes that will help you to understand the music and get the best from your performance. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Recueil / Piano

Par DONT JACOB. with original fingering and bowing by the composer -additional markings and practical comments by Paul Roczek / Niveau : Préparatoire / Rahmer, Dominik / Etude / Violon Solo

New Edition. Par MILLER JOHN. Trumpet Basics is a landmark method for individual and group learning by one of the leading figures in trumpet education, John Miller. It starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to about Grade 2 level. There are 22 stages and each section includes a wonderful variety of concert pieces from the great composers, traditional tunes and fun, original exercises, finger gyms and warm ups to help establish a sound technique, factfiles and quizzes to teach notation and general musicianship, helpful, clear fingering charts and rhythm boxes and great illustration. This particular book has been written for B-flat Trumpet or Cornet. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2002-04-11/ Méthode / Trompette

Great musical ideas need a solid foundation of strong chops to back them up. Fill the gaps in your technique with this unique approach to rock guitar. Build your finger strength, flexibility, and independence with exercises and examples written especially for rock players. This book explores all the important soloing techniques such as speed picking, sweeping, tapping, harmonics, scale sequencing, and more. Develop your chops while practicing exercises in the style of the music you enjoy. The Serious Guitarist: Rock Chops provides the tools you need to become a better guitar player, but more importantly, it will help you become a better musician. The included companion MP3 CD features demonstrations of the examples in the book. / Guitare

Par COHEN MARY. Ideal for the Grade 3-4 violinist, Mary Cohen's 'Nifty Shifts!' is specially designed to kick-start position changing. Featuring lots of well-known tunes and technical tips - including the use of a guide finger, preparation strategies, melodic fragments to play in different keys and positions and by ear. There are also handy technical exercises in the form of 'Fingerobics' and 'Glisserobics', helping the player to develop these new skills. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2004-07-01/ Recueil / Violon

This collection presents 195 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles, for solo Double Bass. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 11 sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms.Each section of the book contains solos, as well as Double Bass duets, and pieces with piano accompaniment for practising ensemble sight-reading. Suitable for preliminary, to advanced level students. Part of the comprehensive Sight-Reading series published by Schott and edited by John Kember. / Contrebasse

Traduction Doc Rossi Compositeur : Damiani Andrea Instrumentation : Luth Publication Date: 1999 Series: Teoria e Didattica della Musica (Theoretical and Educational Texts) Pages: pp. 208 CONTENTS * Preface * Introduction * CHAPTER 1. TUNING AND TABLATURE Tuning - Tablature (French tablature - Italian tablature - Rhythm symbols - Fingering and other symbols) - Stringing and doubling - Tuning practice (Practical advice on tuning - Tuning problems) - Strings * CHAPTER 2. BASIC TECHNIQUES Posture and position of the lute - Right-hand position - Right-hand functions - Sound production (Positioning p - Forearm movement - Attack - Positioning i) - Alternating p and i - Finger articulation for polyphonic passages (Positioning p - Positioning i) - Preparatory exercises - Differences from guitar technique - Body control * CHAPTER 3. THE RIGHT HAND Forearm and accentuation - Fingering * CHAPTER 4. THE LEFT HAND General principals - Preparatory exercises - Avoiding stiffness - Differences from guitar technique - Hand coordination * CHAPTER 5. SCALES Right-hand scale technique (Forearm movement - Finger articulation - Integrating the two techniques) * CHAPTER 6. EXERCISES FOR TWO LUTES Exercises on a ground bass - Contrapuntal exercises - Articulation - Dances and ground basses * CHAPTER 7. SHIFTING LEFT-HAND POSITIONS Fundamental principals - Position changes using the same finger - Position changes by substitution - Position changes by jump * CHAPTER 8. EXERCISES FOR TWO LUTES WITH POSITION CHANGES * CHAPTER 9. RIGHT-HAND TECHNIQUE IN POLYPHONIC MUSIC p-i articulation - Positioning m - Rest stroke with p - Left-hand positions and movement - m-i articulation - Combining p, i and m - Easy pieces in two voices - Two-voice scales * CHAPTER 10. COUNTERPOINT Voice progression and intervals - The species - Florid counterpoint - Imitation - Syncopation - Suspension * CHAPTER 11. CONTRAPUNTAL PIECES IN TWO VOICES * CHAPTER 12. THREE VOICES The right hand - Combining chords and single notes - Repeated chords and monophonic passages - Arpeggios - Chords and counterpoint * CHAPTER 13. CONTRAPUNTAL PIECES IN THREE VOICES Technical aspects: three-voice scales, the barre - Contrapuntal pieces in three voices * CHAPTER 14. CHORDS OF FOUR OR MORE NOTES The ring finger (a) - Five- and six-note chords - Chords played with p * CHAPTER 15. IDIOMATIC LUTE COMPOSITIONS Chords and divisions - Characteristics of lute composition * CHAPTER 16. TRANSFORMATION OF LUTE TECHNIQUE DURING THE 16th CENTURY Evolution of right-hand position - Exercises for m-i alternation * CHAPTER 17. TECHNIQUE Scales (Full-length scales in all keys - Scales with divisions) - Speed - Left-hand legato and ornamentation - The barre (Preparatory exercises - Barre exercises) - Scales in two and more voices (Two-voice scales - Three-voice scales) - Polyphonic patterns - Right-hand exercises * CHAPTER 18. RENAISSANCE PERFORMANCE PRACTICE Interpretation (Rhetoric - Sound quality - Rhythmic inequality) - Ornamentation (16th-century sources - The first half of the 16th century - The second half of the 16th century - The first half of the 17th century - The Elizabethans) * CHAPTER 19. TEMPERAMENT Meantone temperament - Equal temperament