Welcome to the wonderful world of ocarina! Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience with this enchanting instrument, this method from Hal Leonard is designed to help you unlock your musical potential and explore the captivating sounds of the ocarina. From learning the basics of hand positions and breath control to playing beautiful tunes, this method will take you step by step towards becoming an ocarina virtuoso.
The Hal Leonard Ocarina Method is a comprehensive, easy-to-use beginner's guide, designed for anyone just learning to play the ocarina. Written by ocarina soloist, designer, educator, and popularist Cris Gale, you'll learn loads of techniques, tips, and fun songs to learn and play. The accompanying online video, featuring the author, provides further instruction as well as demonstrations of the music in the book.
Topics covered include: a history of the ocarina • types of ocarinas • breathing and articulation • note names and key signatures • meter signatures and rhythmic notation • fingering charts • many classic folksongs • and more.
Video files are accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be downloaded or streamed.
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Ocarina players of all ages will love this collection of 30 Disney favorites, including: Be Our Guest • Can You Feel the Love Tonight • Colors of the Wind • Do You Want to Build a Snowman? • Hakuna Matata • How Far I'll Go • I Just Can't Wait to Be King • Kiss the Girl • Mickey Mouse March • When You Wish upon a Star • Whistle While You Work • A Whole New World • You've Got a Friend in Me • Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah • and many more. Arranged for 10-, 11-, and 12-hole ocarinas.
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The Hal Leonard Bouzouki Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the Greek bouzouki. This easy-to-use guide provides step-by-step lessons with many fun songs and examples to learn and play. Video tutorials and demonstrations by author Greg Herriges are also included! Includes: bouzouki basics; tuning; reading music and tab; single-note melodies; chords and accompaniment; alternate picking; hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides; scales and modes; position playing; tremolo picking; double stops; traditional Greek songs; time signatures in Greek music; video lessons; standard notation and tablature; and more!
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The Hal Leonard Steelpan Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the steelpan. This easy-to-use beginner's guide takes you through the basics of the instrument and its technique. The accompanying audio includes demonstration tracks for all the examples in the book. It covers: stance • holding the mallets • types of strokes • tone production and volume control • stickings • rolls • scales • calypsos • many songs and exercises • basic music reading • steelpan anatomy and maintenance • steelpan history • and more. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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20 studies for the classical guitar written by Beethoven's contemporary, Fernando Sor, revised, edited and fingered by the great classical guitarist Andres Segovia. These essential repertoire pieces continue to be used by teachers and students to build solid classical technique. Features 50 minutes of demonstration tracks accessed online for download or streaming.
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The Hal Leonard Sitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the sitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide serves as an introduction to sitar and its technique, as well as the practice, theory, and history of raga music. The accompanying audio includes 42 tracks for demonstration and play-along. Lessons include: choosing an instrument; tuning; postures; right- and left-hand technique; Indian notation; raga forms; melodic patterns; bending strings; hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides; changing strings; recommended listening; and much more! The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Arranged for 10-, 11-, or 12-hole ocarinas, this collection features 30 pop hits even beginners can play! Lyrics are also included for maximum musical enjoyment. Songs include: Believer • Candle in the Wind • Every Breath You Take • Hallelujah • Hey, Soul Sister • I'm Yours • My Girl • Perfect • Roar • Shake It Off • The Sound of Silence • Sweet Caroline • Uptown Girl • Yesterday • and more.
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Play 40 folk songs on the unique wind instrument, including: Amazing Grace • Auld Lang Syne • The Banana Boat Song • Danny Boy • Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) • Greensleeves • Home on the Range • Kumbaya • Little Brown Jug • My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean • My Wild Irish Rose • Shenandoah • Simple Gifts • Song of the Volga Boatman • This Little Light of Mine • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star • When Johnny Comes Marching Home • and many more. Arranged for 10-, 11-, or 12-hole ocarinas. Lyrics also included for each song.
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These essential fretboard patterns are roadmaps that all great blues guitarists know and use. This book teaches how to: play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard, in any key; play a variety of lead guitar styles using moveable blues boxes, chord-based licks, blues scales and double-note licks; play boogie woogie licks and turnarounds; and much more! Each chapter presents a pattern and shows how to use it, and provides helpful playing tips. Great for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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The most thorough blues guitar book yet. Over 35 blues tunes covering electric blues, blues rock, country blues, fingerpicking and bottleneck blues, B.B. King and Chuck Berry styles, jazzy blues, and more. Plus positions, scales, chords, discographies and an overview of styles from Robert Johnson to George Benson. Written in music tablature with chord grids. All tunes are played on the 42-minute recording that comes with the book.
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A must for every slide guitarist, this book with online audio files teaches how to: play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard, in any key; play a variety of slide guitar styles using moveable scale patterns, common licks and slide techniques; play in open G tuning, open D tuning, open A tuning, open E tuning, and standard tuning; and more. The book features easy-to-follow diagrams and instruction for beginning to advanced players, and the audio includes 47 demonstration tracks.
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ASAP Bluegrass Guitar is designed for folks wishing to become highly proficient bluegrass players. You'll be able to combine sophisticated left-hand fingerings with both simple and intricate right-hand picking patterns. Appropriate for beginning guitar players or more experienced players wishing to learn specifics and songs in the bluegrass style. With this book and the accompanying 2 CDs you'll learn the basics, single-note melodies, how to embellish basic melodies, embellish melodies by adding notes from the major scale, embellishing melodies with added chords strums, Carter-style playing, shuffle rhythm patterns, alternate bass strumming, the blues in bluegrass, intros, turnarounds and endings, using the capo, cross picking, improvising a solo, practicing effectively, and much more!
Some of the more popular bluegrass songs you'll learn are: Billy in the Lowground • New River Train • Wildwood Flower • Foggy Mountain Blues • Clinch Mountain Blues • Red Haired Boy • Forked Deer • Bill Cheatham • All the Good Times Past and Gone • Blackberry Blossom • Temperance Reel • Salt Creek • Devil's Dream • June Apple • Black Mountain Rag • Saint Anne's Reel • Banks of the Ohio • Beaumont Rag • Salty Dog Blues • John Henry • and many more. Start playing bluegrass guitar...ASAP!
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This book with online audio will get guitarists playing lead & rhythm anywhere on the fretboard, in any key! It teaches a variety of lead guitar styles using moveable patterns, double-note licks, sliding pentatonics and more, through easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. The audio includes 54 full-demo tracks and is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Learn the essential patterns that all great guitarists know and use! This book with online audio will have you playing lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard, in any key. You'll learn chord-based licks, moveable major and blues scales, major pentatonic “sliding scales,” first-position major scales, and moveable-position major scales. The book includes easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. The audio includes 41 demonstration tracks to help you perfect your new skills.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Now available with a CD! This is the ultimate resource guide for any Dobro owner, collector or fan. It begins with the history of this unique guitar and then moves into teaching the techniques used in playing it. The entire book is illustrated with photos of popular players. A prior knowledge of music is not required since the book presents, in detail, the complete essentials for playing the Dobro. Tablature is used throughout and the CD features helpful accompaniments. Using the techniques taught here, almost any song can be played Dobro-style!
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30 favorite carols of the holiday season have been arranged in this collection for the ocarina. Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High • Away in a Manger • Coventry Carol • Deck the Hall • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen • It Came upon the Midnight Clear • Jingle Bells • Joy to the World • O Come, All Ye Faithful • O Holy Night • Silent Night • Up on the Housetop • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • and more.
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This book/CD pack shows guitarists how to transform basic jazz improv techniques into bebop figures in Bird's famous “with strings” style by making chromatic and rhythmic alterations. Includes many musical examples, most in the user-friendly key of G major, to accommodate players not well versed in jazz flat keys.
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This book/CD pack will teach you how to play hot country lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard, in any key! You'll play basic country progressions, boogie licks, steel licks and other melodies and licks. You'll also learn a variety of lead guitar styles using moveable scale patterns, sliding scale patterns, chord-based licks, double-note licks and more. The book features easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for beginning, intermediate and advanced players, and the accompanying CD includes 37 demonstration tracks.
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This practical, down-to-earth, and in-depth instruction book covers all aspects of folk violin technique. The book is centered on Irish traditional music but also looks into the playing styles of England, Scotland, Scandinavia, East European and much more. Exploring a wide variety of technical aspects including ornamentation, modes and scales, scordatura, improvisation and composition, the book is accompanied by audio of all pieces performed by Chris Haigh on violin with a live backing band. Ideal for the budding folk musician, or classical player looking for something a little different!
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The Hal Leonard Sitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the sitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide serves as an introduction to sitar and its technique, as well as the practice, theory, and history of raga music. This deluxe edition includes 42 audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus over two hours of video lessons. Lessons include: choosing an instrument; tuning; postures; right- and left-hand technique; Indian notation; raga forms; melodic patterns; bending strings; hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides; Tabla and Tanpura practice tracks; changing strings; and much more!
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In this book you'll learn creative, fun techniques and ideas on playing backup. Playing backup means responding in a sensitive manner with singers and other musicians. So let's take a serious look at what to do when you're not soloing. The question is: to play or not to play?
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Nothing makes a guitar ring like a dropped-D. The simplicity and grace within this tuning really catch one's ear, and it lends itself well to almost any type of music. This book features 17 pieces in dropped-D tuning, covering a wide array of musical genres. All songs are played fingerstyle. Contents include: traditional folk songs, Joseph Spence style, blues in D, Irish and Latin songs, classical pieces and more. All examples are played on the accompanying CD by Tom Ball, plus bonus tracks.
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This book/CD pack teaches guitarists how to effectively mute anything! Author David Brewster covers three types of muting in detail: frethand, pickhand, and both hands. He provides 65 examples in the book, and 70 tracks on the accompanying CD.
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Now with CD! A collection of 20 classic Dobro tunes likely to come up in jam sessions, incorporating the sounds and styles developed by the masters. Focuses primarily on up-tempo tunes, with 5 of Steve Toth's original instrumentals. Includes: Bill Cheatham • Blackberry Blossom • Gold Rush • Greensleeves • Katy Hill • Red Haired Boy • Sally Ann • Sally Goodin • Salt Creek • Sometimes Alone • Southwind • and more. Includes an explanation of tablature.
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Doc Rossi, a well-known citternist and guitarist in traditional and early music, has created this book for intermediate to advanced players wishing to improve their technique and learn new repertoire. He's chosen tunes from England, France, Flanders, North America and Corsica to reflect the broad range of the instrument. He teaches right- and left-hand techniques, ornamentation, arranging and other topics, as well as his own unique tuning to make playing traditional music easier. The CD features all of the tunes played at medium tempo.
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Perfect for the beginning guitarist who wants to learn more about jazz, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz guitar. Author Phil Capone explains jazz harmony in a clear and accessible style, from simple chord changes to the II-V-I progression, turnarounds and other classic jazz sequences. Building steadily throughout the book, you'll learn authentic jazz voicings and accompaniment styles, as well as vital jazz theory. Packed with practical advice on improvisation, Exploring Jazz Guitar unlocks the secrets of jazz harmony, allowing you to construct authentic jazz solos. Complete with accompanying audio containing demonstration solos and live jazz backing tracks.
Audio is accessed online using the code in each book.
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In this book/CD pack, ace guitarist Dave Celentano shares his performance-enhancing exercises designed to increase accuracy, speed and agility, and maximize practice time. Contains new and challenging information for players of all ability levels.
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Have you always wanted to play the guitar like Scotty Moore and Carlos Santana, or like the guitarists of Earth, Wind & Fire, T. Rex and The Beatles? Then this book is just right for you! It contains a comprehensive study of twelve different pop guitar styles from 1950 to the present day, such as disco, funk, Latin, reggae, sixties pop, glam and motown. Selected pieces help you to learn what matters with this music and what to pay attention to. Systematic exercises and songs specially composed for this purpose show everybody who wants to improve his/her performance what it is all about; they are complemented by information on important techniques, players, sounds, equipment and amps. As a special bonus, the CD contains the complete demo tracks as well as backing tracks of all songs.
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A dozen intermediate to advanced originals in notes & tab display various Latin American styles. For each, the CD features the lead part as well as an accompaniment-only rhythm track for play along.
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Take a private lesson with Doug Cox! There's no better way to start from scratch on this expressive instrument than with this master instructor. Teaches notes and major chords; common I, IV, V chord progressions in all keys; chucking (back-up playing); tone and damping tips; and easy versions of the songs: The Water Is Wide • Worried Man Blues • St. Anne's Reel. Includes a transcription booklet. 60 min.
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