Par HAMMOND HEATHER / MARSHALL KAREN. This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key technical information and musicianship activities, students will develop the skills that they require. Note-reading will be improved, technique developed and a greater understanding of style and music theory will be gained. The Intermediate Pianist Book 2 is suitable for Grade 4 level pianists and forms part of the Piano Trainer series./ Méthode / Piano

The Música Latina para Dos series by Wynn-Anne Rossi introduces students to the rhythms, styles, and musical characteristics of Latin American music. Each duet includes a short rhythm exercise to prepare students for the rhythm patterns featured in the piece, as well as a brief description to spark the performers' imaginations. The captivating rhythms and musical variety found in these duets will provide students with the opportunity to discover and celebrate Latin music---Música Latina. Book 2 contains duets written for piano students at the early intermediate level. / Piano 4 Mains

Media Type : DVD Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Complete Number of pages : 115 Re-edited from the original masters, this companion DVD to Mel Bay's Complete Modern Drum Set Book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. All special effects have been removed and the sound track has been encoded in Dolby Digital stereo. Twenty-one play-along tracks, CueLinkâ?¢ and a metronome make this DVD the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. Addressing a multitude of styles such as jazz, Latin, rock, R&B, African and more, Frank Briggs presents masterful performances and concepts to guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats, polyrhythms, and more. This DVD features complete performances of Red Moon, Home, Along the Mohawk, Sketch/Electric and more. It includes over 115 minutes of drumming and is the perfect companion to the Complete Modern Drum Set Book (nearly every page in the book is performed... including page headers and pattern numbers for easy reference). Most of the styles include musical examples so you can hear what the patterns sound like in context. Quick moving and packed with information, the DVD covers: The 40 International Rudiments; African beats; Polyrhythm; R&B, Funk, Rock, and Jazz; Odd Meter; Reggae, Latin, and Fusion; Shuffles and Second Line; Linear Patterns; Playing Over the Bar Line; Metric Modulation; Superimposed Meters; and more.

Anyone interested in learning to play electric bass can pick up this book and get started right away. This well-paced, comprehensive method covers everything from basic to advanced techniques. Beginning concepts include the basics of the instrument, reading music, and building bass lines using scales, modes, and chord progressions. For the intermediate player, it takes you further into using scales, techniques such as slap and pop, string muting, walking bass lines, modes, tetrachords, passing tones, and varying rhythms. The book concludes with ideas designed to guide you into high-level bass playing, such as rhythm changes, tritone substitution, odd time signatures, chord playing, a study of Latin grooves, reggae, ska, and advanced funk bass lines. Whether you are starting to learn the bass or are an advanced player looking to give your playing more nuance, Electric Bass Method Complete is all you will ever need. An MP3 CD demonstrating examples in the book is included. / Guitare Basse

Par FLEMING TOM. 80 studies developing all aspects of rock and pop guitar playing through focussed technical work. This progressive collection helps players learn and understand the many different challenges of popular guitar playing. -Written by rock and pop music experts, each study concentrates on a particular style, exploring the technical elements associated with it. -Focussing on a huge variety of stylistic riffs, finger-picking patterns, speed runs, palm-muting studies and many more essential guitar techniques. -Each study features accompanying teaching tips and further listening ideas. -Styles covered include metal, the blues, soul, funk, ska, reggae, disco, country, indie, rock and roll, classic rock, acoustic pop and many more. -Suitable for established beginner to intermediate level guitar players. / Recueil / Guitare

This collection of practical patterns can be used as fills in a wide variety of musical genres, and can also be combined into solos. While many of the 500 patterns in this book can be applied to just about any musical style, the author has grouped the fills into the specific genres in which they would likely appear. Includes rock, jazz, funk, country, blues, reggae, gospel, fusion and odd times. The book has easy fills for the beginner and works its way through intermediate and advanced fils. In addition, each fill is demonstrated twice on the audio- once at a typical performance tempo and once at a slower tempo. / Batterie

Par BRIGGS FRANK. Re-edited from the original masters, this companion DVD to Mel Bay's Complete Modern Drum Set Book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. All special effects have been removed and the sound track has been encoded in Dolby Digital stereo. Twenty-one play-along tracks, CueLink™ and a metronome make this DVD the most valuable cutting edge educational tool for drummers on the market today. Addressing a multitude of styles such as jazz, Latin, rock, RandB, African and more, Frank Briggs presents masterful performances and concepts to guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats, polyrhythms, and more. This DVD features complete performances of Red Moon, Home, Along the Mohawk, Sketch/Electric and more. It includes over 115 minutes of drumming and is the perfect companion to the Complete Modern Drum Set Book (nearly every page in the book is performed... including page headers and pattern numbers for easy reference). Most of the styles include musical examples so you can hear what the patterns sound like in context. Quick moving and packed with information, the DVD covers: The 40 International Rudiments - African beats - Polyrhythm - RandB, Funk, Rock, and Jazz - Odd Meter - Reggae, Latin, and Fusion - Shuffles and Second Line - Linear Patterns - Playing Over the Bar Line - Metric Modulation - Superimposed Meters - and more. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Batterie