A massive collection containing ninety-four Top Chart Hits in easy-to-play melody line arrangements for all electronic keyboards. The Easiest Keyboard Collection is the fastest way for beginner and developing keyboard players to play some of the most enjoyable music available. The arrangements for each song include chord symbols and lyrics, plus suggested registration, rhythm and tempo while the easy-to-follow keyboard diagrams show the left-hand chord voicings used. This terrific volume features hits by Britney Spears, Spice Girls, Shania Twain, Ricky Martin and All Saints. / Clavier

Par RAE JAMES. This collection of twelve very easy original pieces was written with the aim of providing players in the earliest stage of their musical development with solo and group performance material. Although very elementary, the pieces are composed in a wide variety of styles in order to provide a well-balanced musical diet for the young performer. All of these pieces for young violists in their earliest stages of learning can be performed as solos with piano accompaniment (free download) or in unison with others. Some have an optional 2nd part to enrich the ensemble. Whilst these 12 pieces are written specifically for the viola and address the challenges a beginner violist would encounter, the last four pieces are also “key friendly” for beginners on most instruments and are therefore suitable for mixed instrumental groups. These same four pieces appear in books for other instruments in the Debut series. A CD providing stimulating demonstration performances for listening as well as “minus-one” accompaniments for playing along at home. • Free download of the piano accompaniment parts • CD with play-along version and full version for practising at home A further option: mixed ensemble! Whilst these twelve pieces are written specifically for each respective solo instrument, the last four pieces are also suitable for mixed instrumental groups. These same four pieces appear in books for other instruments in the Debut series – great fun for all! / Pédagogie / Recueil / 1-2 Altos et Piano

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over five million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Now included are blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock styles, plus more pop songs! Videos are available for the visual learner, and correlating theory, chord, and pop books provide everything you need from one complete method. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Guitar Method---the first and best choice for today's beginning guitar students. The Complete Edition includes Books 1, 2 and 3 of Alfred's Basic Guitar in one convenient volume. It begins with the basics like how to hold your guitar and read music and takes you all the way to advanced playing techniques. For the first time, companion audio tracks that can be downloaded or streamed online are included with the book, so you'll have everything you need in one place. The DVD is newly updated and features video lessons, MP3 audio tracks, as well as TNT 2 software which lets you slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos for customized practice. All of the audio, video, and software include free online access. / Guitare

The Electronic Keyboard Collection is an exciting exploration of music especially arranged for the beginner keyboard player. Each of the pieces are selected, edited and arranged by Trinity College’s experienced electronic keyboard examiner Jeremy Ward. The books have a fabulous range of pop classics to classical hits together with folk music, songs from the shows and a smattering of original pieces. There are simple hand positions and chord requirements ideal for the early grades and helpful hints on voicing and styles encourage awareness of the music and the qualities of the keyboard. Each book in the series offers unique projects on developing your own pieces. Also available: Electronic Keyboard Book 1 (0-571-52221-1) for Initial to Grade 1 Electronic Keyboard Book 3 (0-571-52354-4) for Grades 2 to 3   **Trinity College London selected pieces (Keyboard 2011-2012): Walking In The Air (Blake) Memory (Lloyd Webber) You And You (Strauss II)   / Instrumental Music, Piano Music / Recueil / Clavier

Par CORNICK MIKE. Level 2 of Mike Cornick's Play the Piano! moves seamlessly on from Level 1 ensuring continuous musical and technical progress for the adult or older teenager. With the raised technical levels the choice of musical genres is even more enriched with arrangements of traditional folk music and music by, for example, J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Mike Cornick, Elton John and more. The result is a feast of beautiful music and the continued guidance from Mike Cornick will help the player develop the technical skills and confidence to interact with the rewarding musical experiences provided by the CDs. Again, at each stage, more pieces may be downloaded FOR FREE from the Universal Edition website. PLAY THE PIANO! - Step-by-step learning in playing and reading, starting from absolute scratch, presented in clearly structured stages - Also suitable for the 'returning beginner' - Performance pieces in a range of styles from classical and folk through to jazz - Helpful and stimulating CDs with aural development exercises and recordings of the pieces, many with 'play-along' tracks - Warm-up exercises - Even more performance pieces which, together with more supporting material for each stage, are available as FREE DOWNLOADS from the Universal Edition website. / Pédagogie / Etude / Piano

Par LUSHER ELZA / CHRIS. Team Brass is firmly established as the best-selling series of brass tutors. It presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student, ideal for individual, group and class tuition - including the ABRSM music medals. The books in the series contain plenty of carefully graded music in a wide range of styles, from Baroque and Classical eras to film, folk, jazz and Latin American. The series encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire for both orchestral and brass band instruments and develops instrument-related aural skills, improvisation and composition. Included are scales and arpeggios and a CD comprising of over 70 backing tracks to make everystudent feel like a star performer. Team Brass is available for Trumpet/Cornet, French Horn, Trombone/Euphonium Bass Clef and Brass Band Instruments all of which are compatible. There is also a separate book of Piano Accompaniments/Score. / Niveau : Débutant / Méthode / Piano

L'harmonica est un petit instrument fantastique qui peut être appris à jouer sans aucune connaissance préalable. Contrairement à avec le clavier ou de la guitare, cependant, avec l'harmonica on ne peut pas voir ' how to do it '. C'est pourquoi les meilleures astuces et des conseils ont été compilés dans ce livre, garantissant un bon début. Toutes les techniques de jeu sont expliqués de façon claire et compréhensible. Illustrations graphiques et exercices faciles rendent facile d'apprendre à jouer de l'harmonica. En outre, le livre non seulement contient une grande sélection de grandes oeuvres musicales, mais aussi décrit dans une complète et exacte manière comment générer des tous les demi-tons de la ' harpe ', fournissant ainsi des joueurs même avancés avec le nouveau matériel. ' Mundharmonika spielen - mein schönstes Hobby ' est une méthode d'harmonica moderne pour les jeunes et adultes qui les rend jamais perdent le plaisir et la joie de l'apprentissage. N'importe que ce soit avec ou sans enseignant, cette méthode fournit le débutant avec une base solide pour jouer de l'harmonica. Le layou clair... / Harpe

Par HOSE PAUL. The latest book in Paul Hose?s tour de force Drumset for Beginners series takes aim at the behemoth genre of Jazz. Combining historical context and stylistic awareness with progressive technical exercises and performance pieces; a comprehensive, cross-genre foundation is achieved. This beautifully illustrated book includes access to extensive online material, including performance tracks and play-alongs as well as video demonstrations. This dynamic series of books is not only for the beginner who has never played before, they are for those wishing to explore new areas of their playing and genres of music for the first time. They are also the perfect teaching companion. From your first experience on the drums, to Latin, Jazz, Rudiments, Rhythmic Theory and much more besides, this series of books has it all. Private practitioners and those working at education institutions alike from across the world now have these books in their repertoire. ?What a great book for learning jazz! Paul Hose has mixed the history, technique, posture, exercises, rhythm at the drum kit and much more in one book! Deep material to really get started in jazz! I am already learning with it!? - Nina Pará - Author, Journalist and Teacher, São Paulo, Brazil / Methods

Andrew D. Gordon has created 30 12 bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles, keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues, Boogie Blues, Jazz Blues, Minor Blues, Country Blues, Latin Blues, Old Time Jazz Blues, Jazz Swing Blues, Classic Blues Rock, Soulful Blues, Slow Blues and many more.Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music.Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line, 12 measures in length, designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisational solos.Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded, first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards, guitar, bass and drums and immediately following, is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times, generally between 5-8 minutes in length, giving you plenty of time to practice.Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz, Funk, Folk, Country, Latin, Rock, Gospel, Pop, Boogie, giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the blues. / Guitare

Par COHEN MARY / SPEARING ROBERT. Quartetstart Level 1 is a break-through for string quartet teaching! Combining the multitudinous talents of Mary Cohen ? whose acclaimed Superseries materials have transformed modern string teaching methods ? and composer Robert Spearing, Quartetstart Level 1 provides a first-class collection of original pieces written specially for string players of around ABRSM Grade 1-2 standard. Quartetstart Level 1 is full of stimulating and enjoyable repertoire which has been carefully devised with the beginner string quartet in mind. Exploring a wide range of musical styles as well as many interesting string effects (including simple harmonics, col legno, pizzicato and tremolo), and containing invaluable rehearsal tip throughout, these imaginative pieces will give string players the opportunity to discover the joys of ensemble playing right from the early stages of learning. A violin 3 alternative to the viola part is provided. / Ensemble Music / Recueil / Quatuor à Cordes