HERE IS THE FASCINATING STORY of the guitar in Australia. Chris describes luthiers, artists, collectors and guitar lovers. He ranges across all guitar styles including the variations of jazz, blues, classical, folk, country and rock, blending history, personal encounters, interviews, and travelogue. Interviews with guitar makers around the country and with Australian musicians are mixed [...]
How to Blitz! Sight Reading Book 2 follows on from Book 1, containing levels 11-15. By the end of Level 15 students will be able to sight-read well enough to ‘blitz’ the sight-reading section of a Grade 4 piano exam in any syllabus! Available from: Cooma School of Music Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp [...]
Never before has there been an interactive and exciting book that actually makes students WANT to sight-read! There are five sight-reading concepts presented in each of 10 levels. By the end of level 10 students will be sight-reading at Grade 3 standard for most piano syllabuses. But the most important thing is that students will [...]
No more boring theory books! The unique feature of the ‘How to Blitz’ series is the conversational and informal style of the worksheets. Students are put at ease and find working through the texts an enjoyable experience.The workbooks are set out in a fun and easy-to-use format. Each concept is covered by step-by-step worksheets which [...]
No more boring theory books! The unique feature of the ‘How to Blitz’ series is the conversational and informal style of the worksheets. Students are put at ease and find working through the texts an enjoyable experience.The workbooks are set out in a fun and easy-to-use format. Each concept is covered by step-by-step worksheets which [...]
The Music Craft course has been designed especially for the needs of busy teachers who combine instrument and theory tuition in a single weekly lesson. However, it is also amenable to private study by more mature students, or use in a classroom situation. By the end of Level 1 (Grade 4) a student will be [...]
Weekly Lesson Planner for Guitarists This handy chart helps you set practice goals and track your daily practice time for chord studies, scales, arpeggios, songs, licks, riffs and more. More than a year’s worth of weekly practice charts! Includes blank staves for standard and tablature guitar notation, as well as blank chord charts. Available from: [...]
Revised Edition Publisher: Hal Leonard Format: Softcover Author : Emile Menasché When the first edition of The Desktop Studio appeared five years ago, computers were in the process of taking over the recording business. That job is now complete – not only in the way music is recorded, but in the way it’s written, distributed, and [...]
The Essential Encyclopedia for Every Guitar Player! The Guitar Handbook is the complete guide to playing the guitar – from simple chords to advanced improvisations. Its uniquely devised learning program combines specially commissioned, step-by-step photographs with a chord dictionary containing over 800 easy-to-follow fingerings, and clear, concise text. It is also a comprehensive manual on [...]
Here’s the most contemporary music dictionary on the market! Conveniently divided into three main sections: The Dictionary of Music Terms defines over 2,000 music terms concisely, including notation and theory terms, instruments and terms used in pop music, electronic music and the music business; The Dictionary of Musicians provides more than 400 capsule biographies of [...]