Download or read book NoteBusters written by Karen Spurney and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improves sight-reading skills through timed exercises and repetition 240 1-minute exercises covering over 30 notes on both staves Notes are presented randomly instead of in typical musical patterns to enhance note recognition Easy to track scoring system encourages self-improvement Fun, simple, and quick exercises so students of all ages (and attention spans) can benefit NOTEBUSTERS is a music workbook designed to increase sight-reading skills. NOTEBUSTERS is intended for beginning to intermediate music students looking for a quick and practical way to increase the speed at which they read and play music notes. NOTEBUSTERS can be used for almost any instrument including the piano, violin, guitar, bass, flute, ukulele, etc.

Download or read book Meridee Winters Chord Crash Course written by Meridee Winters and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPIRAL BOUND VERSION! Play piano without the struggle (and without reading music) using the power of chords!Do you want to accompany yourself as a singer, songwriter or performer? Have you always wanted to play an instrument but don't know where to start? Are you a music instructor who is looking for a way to liven up lessons or teach popular music?Chord Crash course is an innovative approach to music instruction that will give you the tools you need to accompany yourself, play your favorite songs and even create your own music. A professional educator and musician, Meridee Winters originally created "Chord Crash Course" while working in a recording studio. She found that many vocalists could not play piano or guitar, and thus could not fully complete a song on their own. As a solution, she developed a "chord crash course" that easily taught them the skills they needed, helping hundreds of musicians become better writers and performers along the way. Years later, she began teaching piano to children (this time applying her experience as a former school teacher), and found that her "crash course" was a great tool for students of all ages and levels. This pattern-based approach is also great for alternative learners, including those with ADHD, ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and more. Her teaching method has now reached thousands of students.You'll find that this book teaches basic skills and chords in a fun, step-by-step way. Unlike traditional music books, which slowly work up to playing real songs, Chord Crash Course uses the power of patterns to have you playing great-sounding music right away.In this book you'll learn:Chords and Arpeggios - the building blocks of musicPopular chords progressions that will allow you to play your favorite songsHow to play from a lead sheet Music concepts like intervals, major, minor and transposition - explained simply! Chord Crash Course is a great standalone introduction to playing piano or supplement to any method.

Download or read book Billy Joel Piano Man written by Billy Joel and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). David Rosenthal has carefully arranged all the tracks from Joel's classic 1973 release to combine the piano parts and vocal melodies into playable arrangements while transcribing those classic piano parts that are integral to each song. This book features the iconic title track and nine others: Ain't No Crime * (The) Ballad of Billy the Kid * Captain Jack * If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You) * Somewhere Along the Line * Stop in Nevada * Travelin' Prayer * Worse Comes to Worst * You're My Home.

Download or read book Essential Piano Exercises written by Jerald Simon and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Musician s Way A Guide to Practice Performance and Wellness written by Gerald Klickstein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Musician's Way, veteran performer and educator Gerald Klickstein combines the latest research with his 30 years of professional experience to provide aspiring musicians with a roadmap to artistic excellence. Part I, Artful Practice, describes strategies to interpret and memorize compositions, fuel motivation, collaborate, and more. Part II, Fearless Performance, lifts the lid on the hidden causes of nervousness and shows how musicians can become confident performers. Part III, Lifelong Creativity, surveys tactics to prevent music-related injuries and equips musicians to tap their own innate creativity. Written in a conversational style, The Musician's Way presents an inclusive system for all instrumentalists and vocalists to advance their musical abilities and succeed as performing artists.

Download or read book The Artist s Rule written by Christine Valters Paintner and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2011-07-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christine Valters Paintner, author of Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire, invites readers to discover and develop their creative gifts in a spirit of prayer and reflection. This twelve-week course draws on the insights and practices of Benedictine spirituality to explore the interplay between contemplation and creativity. Summarized in the phrase "pray and work," The Rule of St. Benedict provides the inspiration for Christine Valters Paintner's newest exploration of the mutually nourishing relationship between contemplative practices and creative expression. Artists of all stripes and stations in life--poets or painters, potters or photographers--will discover how traditions of Benedictine, Celtic, and desert spirituality can offer new sources of inspiration for their work. Through this twelve-week course, themes like "Sacred Tools and Sacred Space," "Creative Solitude and Community," and "Nature as a Source of Revelation and Inspiration" are enriched by Paintner's perceptive discussion and enhanced by insightful quotations from well-known artists and writers. Each week offers suggestions for grounding both the creative and the spiritual life through three basic practices: walking, lectio divina, and journaling. In sync with Paintner's vibrant Internet presence, The Artist's Rule is supplemented with online resources, including guided meditation podcasts, video lessons, and discussions.

Download or read book Here Come the High Notes written by Marin Marka and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the 12 treble monsters as colorful illustrations and rhyming text tell the story of how the high notes chose their spots on the music lines. In this brilliantly engaging book, sheet music becomes an unforgettable musical world. Here Come the High Notes is the first book in the FableNotes(c) series, created as a science-backed way to make music literacy unbelievably fun. What's inside? A musician has thought up the notes in her head, and decides to set them free onto paper so she could share her songs with the world. In this 32-page book, the notes are introduced one-by-one as their stories explain where to find them on the music lines. Find the full-size hardcover and other multi-sensory FableNotes learning materials wholesale at FableNotes.com!

Download or read book If I Only Had Time written by John Rowles and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chord Quest Powerful Piano Lessons Level 1 written by Meridee Winters and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chord Quest Powerful Piano Lessons" is designed specifically for kids who new beginners to piano. By using musical patterns, simple diagrams and fun characters, students sound great from their very first lesson - without needing to read music. This book is a great supplement to other beginner piano books, or can be used as a standalone introduction to piano.Meridee Winters All Star Piano Patterns Book 1 Students will learn: Finger Numbers, Black & Keys, White Keys, Chords, Arpeggios, Chord Progressions, Intervals, Major and Minor, Improvisation, Creative Spins, Songwriting... And much more!

Download or read book Piano Man Piano Solo Sheet written by Billy Joel and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano Solo Sheets). Billy Joel's iconic hit from the 1970s arranged for a piano solo.

Download or read book Greek Reader written by Edgar Cardew Marchant and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know written by Jerald Simon and published by Jerald Simon. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Different Ways to play the same song. Piano students learn 100 fun left hand patterns to take any music and change it up 100 different ways. Also included in the book is the FUN FAKEBOOK which includes 100 piano pieces in facebook format where the melody (Right Hand - treble clef) and the given chords for each measure are shown. The students can then fake or make up a left hand pattern to go along with the melody.

Download or read book Music Theory for Guitarists Volume 3 written by James Shipway and published by Headstock Books. This book was released on with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Volume 3 of the groundbreaking Music Theory for Guitarists series, you’ll discover even more essential guitar theory concepts to expand your music theory knowledge and give you an even greater understanding of the guitar fretboard. After using this book you’ll have a near ‘pro-level’ understanding of music theory and how it relates to the guitar, enabling you to become a more accomplished improviser, play more creative and better guitar solos, expand your skills as a singer-songwriter or composer, and become a more advanced all round musician. This method book (with accompanying audio practice tracks and backing tracks) is perfect for any player from intermediate to advanced, who wants to better understand crucial guitar theory topics like improvising and composing with modes, using the CAGED system to unlock the fretboard, extended chords (9th 11th and 13th chords), the Harmonic minor scale and minor keys, changing key and modulation...plus much more. And with the same no-nonsense and straight talking approach seen in books 1&2 in this series, plus practical examples and audio demonstrations so you can hear the theory in action...you can use Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 3 to easily understand advanced music theory topics in just a few hours. In Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 3 you’ll discover: - How to use the CAGED system to organise and master finding your way around the guitar neck. Using this method you can eventually find any scale, chord or arpeggio anywhere on the fretboard (no more getting lost on the guitar neck!) - Modes Part 3. Following the topic of modes as begun in Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 2, we go deeper into the topic of modes, looking at how to use modes in your solos and compositions, ‘modal keys’, playing over chord changes with modes, and more - The Harmonic Minor scale: what is it, how to play it, and how to use it in your guitar solos and compositions. - Minor keys and the Harmonic minor scale. We’ll examine how the harmonic minor scale impacts minor key chord progressions, harmonic minor chord families, plus analyse examples of classic minor key chord sequences. Understand minor keys once and for all! - Key changes and modulation. Discover how composers use key changes and modulation in their music to create more interesting and creative music. We’ll look at modulating to relative minor keys, modulating to parallel keys, using V chords to create smooth key changes and more. Sounds complicated, but this book makes it easy to learn the basics of this complex topic. - Spice up bland chord progressions with ‘secondary dominant’ and ‘borrowed chords’. Learn where they come from and how to use them in your music. Essential knowledge for any player who wants to start getting into jazz style harmony and chord sequences (and avoid confusion further down the road!) - Plus lessons on diminished chords and harmony, augmented chords and how to use them, introduction to ‘altered dominant chords’ (appendix) and more. Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 3 also comes with over 90 mins of audio content including play-along demonstrations of most of the examples from the book and backing tracks for you to practice and play to. So grab Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 3 now and continue your journey towards music theory and fretboard mastery on your guitar. Perfect for: - Any player who wants to take their knowledge of practical music theory to an intermediate/advanced level without it taking years of confusion and frustration - Readers of No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists (book 1) and Music Theory for Guitarists, Volume 2 who want to continue their journey towards music theory mastery and greater freedom as a musician and instrumentalist - Any guitar player who is confused by things like modes, key changes, extended chords, advanced chord progressions etc - and wants an easy to use and easy to follow method book to help (with audio examples so they can actually hear concepts at work!) - Guitar players who want to start playing more complex music like jazz, Latin, fusion, jazz-rock etc. and want to understand what is happening and how to approach it - Composers and singer-songwriters who want to learn and experiment with more colourful, creative, and interesting sounds in their music - and become more skilled and knowledgeable at their craft - Guitarists who need to reach an advanced level of music theory knowledge quickly and easily for music college courses, exams, auditions etc.

Download or read book Blues Soloing for Guitar Volume 1 Blues Basics written by James Shipway and published by Headstock Books. This book was released on with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blues guitar book that gives you everything you need to know to play smokin’ blues guitar. Packed full of blues guitar licks and solos, essential blues guitar techniques, scales and chords, and with video lessons, backing tracks and audio demo tracks included, Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 1 is the perfect blues guitar book for beginners to intermediate level blues guitar players. - A complete blues guitar method book for beginners and intermediate guitar players who want to learn the basics of electric blues guitar - Master the essential blues guitar techniques, licks and solos you need to sound like an authentic blues player. Taught step-by-step using 100% confusion-free language and simple explanations - See all blues licks and solos demonstrated up close with the dedicated website featuring video lessons and easy to follow demonstrations at multiple speeds - No music reading necessary: guitar tab, chord and fretboard diagrams make it easy to learn even if you can't read music - Downloadable 'play-along' audio practice tracks and blues backing tracks Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 1 gives you a complete course for learning the basics of blues guitar. You’ll learn: - The basic 12 bar blues form plus 12 bar blues variations - The blues scales used by all the blues guitar legends (pentatonic, sliding shapes, blues scale etc) - Complete blues solos in the styles of Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Albert King, Freddie King and other blues legends, complete with a lick-by-lick breakdown - String bending, ‘blues curls, vibrato and other important blues techniques - The basics of music theory all blues players need to know - How to jam and improvise your own blues licks and solos (with my blues ‘power moves’ method) This book is perfect for you if: - You want a blues guitar course for learning the basics without it being confusing and taking you years - You want to play cool blues solos suitable for beginners and intermediate blues players - You are an intermediate blues guitar player who wants to brush up your skills, learn new techniques and build up your vocabulary of blues licks - You're looking for some blues songs for beginners to play - You want to feel more confident when you step up to play blues in your band or at a jam session - You're fed up of trawling through millions of YouTube guitar lessons and want a proven, easy to use method to follow which will get you results So if you want to learn what you need to play authentic blues on your guitar, grab your copy and get started right now!

Download or read book The CAGED System for Guitar written by James Shipway and published by Headstock Books. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitar players: want to nail your guitar fretboard, scales, improvisation and soloing skills? This step-by-step guitar method (with over 50 minutes of bonus video content) teaches you how to do exactly that using the CAGED System! Armed with the CAGED system, you can learn and master the essential guitar scales all over the guitar neck, organise your fretboard for greater understanding and faster progress, use the exercises shown to practice smarter and more efficiently and become a better guitar player, soloist, improviser and all-round musician. In this method book (with accompanying demonstration videos and backing tracks) you’ll discover how to use the CAGED method to unlock your guitar fretboard and overcome the fretboard ‘roadblocks’ which prevent most guitar players from ever truly mastering the guitar neck. After the CAGED system has been clearly explained, you’ll learn how to apply it to the most useful guitar scales all guitar players need to know: the minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, major scale and natural minor scale plus arpeggio shapes for major7, dominant7, minor7 and minor7b5. I’ll also reveal how to use what you’ve learned to master other essential guitar scales like the Dorian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, minor6 pentatonic, harmonic minor and the blues scale. The CAGED System for Guitar gives you 40 sample guitar licks (with video demonstrations) to help you build your guitar solos and soloing vocabulary. You also get step-by-step practice routines and guitar exercises you can use as well as ‘speed learning’ techniques to help you to master your fretboard in a fraction of the time that it takes most other players. In The CAGED System for Guitar you’ll discover: - The five CAGED chord shapes to use for organising and finally understanding your guitar fretboard. Learn how to memorise these quickly and easily using ‘speed learning’ techniques, circle of fourths exercises and ‘visualisation’ approaches for a solid fretboard foundation - How to ‘build’ scale shapes and patterns around CAGED chord shapes for unshakeable fretboard knowledge and confidence. Use this method to find a shape for any scale, in any key, anywhere on the fretboard and play guitar with freedom at last! - 40 sample CAGED licks (with video demonstrations) show you how to go from playing scale shapes to playing killer licks and solos all over the fretboard. These licks show you the tastiest bends, double stops and scale runs to help you build your soloing vocabulary and start using each of the CAGED scale shapes like a pro (practice required!) - Connecting patterns to improvise and solo all over the entire guitar neck (no more getting stuck in 'box patterns') - How to build an endless number of great lick and soloing ideas. Use the techniques and practice methods described in the ‘Vocab Accelerator’ chapter to grow your soloing vocabulary, lick library and soloing skills - Step-by-step practice routines and I’ll give you the exact fretboard exercises to use in order to thoroughly and efficiently assimilate everything shown into your guitar playing repertoire. Follow these and see the results roll in! The CAGED System for Guitar comes with over 50 mins of video content demonstrating licks and approaches used in the book plus 13 downloadable backing tracks for you to practice and play to. Using The CAGED System for Guitar, any player can learn, understand, master and apply everything they need to gain a whole new understanding of the guitar fretboard. So, if you: - Find your lack of fretboard knowledge holds you up - You find yourself losing your way when you try to improvise - You hit that 'wall' when you play and don't know where to go or which notes will work - You find yourself playing the same licks and ideas all the time (frustrating...) - You want a step-by-step, easy to use method for thoroughly improving your fretboard knowledge - You're sick of being stuck in the same little zone of the guitar neck - You want to boost your knowledge of the essential scales and modes we use on guitar and learn how to use them... ...then grab a copy of The CAGED System for Guitar and begin transforming your playing and guitar skills!

Download or read book No Bull Barre Chords for Guitar written by James Shipway and published by Headstock Books. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master all the guitar barre chords you need to know to play literally hundreds of songs on the guitar with this step-by-step guitar method book including downloadable audio practice tracks. Many guitar players struggle with barre chords for months or even years... but with No Bull Barre Chords for Guitar you can systematically learn and master all of the essential barre chord shapes and techniques guitar players and singer-songwriters need to know, and in a fraction of the time it takes most other guitar players. This book is perfect for you if: -You are a beginner guitarist who wants to use barre chords to take your playing to the next step -You’ve always struggled to play barre chords (and want to finally crack them!) -You’re looking for a systematic way to massively grow your knowledge of chord shapes on the guitar -You’re frustrated with not being able to play all the chords you need to play many of your favourite songs -You know you need to learn about barre chords but are confused about where to begin -You’ve tried playing barre chords but found them impossible! -You want to use just a handful of chord shapes to play almost any chord you’ll ever need to play! This step-by-step guitar method book gives you the exact process that I’ve used in over 30,000 hours of hands-on teaching and shows you the practice techniques, exercises and ‘insider tips’ I’ve used to help hundreds of guitar players master barre chords and play the music they enjoy. Inside No Bull Barre Chords for Guitar you’ll discover: -How to quickly learn and remember any chord shape...fast -Barre chord hand position tips for crystal-clear sounding chords every time -How to combine barre chords with other chord shapes like open chords to play literally thousands of potential songs -Tips to get you smoothly changing between barre chord shapes (without it taking ages!) -How to add strumming rhythm to your barre chords, common barre chord ‘embellishments’ and much more Explained and demonstrated in 100% confusion free language with no music reading necessary, No Bull Barre Chords for Guitar can help you: -Avoid most of the common barre chord mistakes which hold players up -Avoid the common barre chord problems (weak hand position, ‘dead’ sounding strings etc) that can stop you in your tracks and make playing barre chords seem impossible! -Practice and conquer the must-know barre chords you need to be able to play literally thousands of possible chord progressions and songs -‘Unlock’ the guitar neck to massively expand your chord library and be able to find a shape for almost any chord you’ll ever need to play With exact practice exercises and routines to follow plus free downloadable practice tracks, No Bull Barre Chords for Guitar is the answer to those barre chord blues, so grab your copy now and start your journey towards mastering barre chords today!

Download or read book Queen Really Easy Piano written by Queen and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Really Easy Piano). This volume features 20 Queen classics, including: Another One Bites the Dust * Bohemian Rhapsody * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * I Want It All * Killer Queen * Somebody to Love * Under Pressure * We Will Rock You * You're My Best Friend * and more. The songs in this collection have been specially arranged for really easy piano with chords and lyrics. Each song includes background notes as well as handy hints and tips to help you improve your performance.