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A method for beginners of all ages! Shape Beats is a unique and simple approach to learning how to play the drumset. An alternative to standard drum notation, the book utilizes basic shapes, rather than complex music notation, allowing students to quickly learn and play-along with up to 150 well-known songs. The book can serve as a sequel to Shape Beats for Kids, or as a beginning method for students young and old.

“I wish I had known of a book like this when I was learning the piano” is the sort of reaction to his book that Christopher Russell encounters because we all want to understand what we are learning as much as possible. Christopher regards this book as his life’s work in providing people with something that is enjoyable and useful to read to supplement their piano lessons, or to simply add to their knowledge if they play or teach the piano but no longer have lessons, or are about to start the adventure of learning so fascinating an instrument with a teacher.

Learn how fretting and picking can entertain friends! The mandolin is making a big comeback among music enthusiasts. A longtime staple of bluegrass, folk, jazz, and country music, this fast-pickin’ favorite featured heavily in traditional music from around the world is now seeing a resurgence in global pop.

As more and more people turn to podcasts for entertainment, information, and education, the market for new players has never been bigger—or more competitive. And with corporations and A-list celebs moving in on the action, it's more important than ever to know how to stand out from the crowd. Written by two podcasting veterans, this book gives you everything you need to launch a podcast. Get the insider info on how to produce quality audio (and even video), keep your content fresh, find your voice, and build an audience.

This insightful book is about guitar music theory. Therein, we have examined the ways in which beginners at playing the guitar can become proficient in this act. In writing the book, several topics were taken into consideration which include the parts and types of guitar, and voice leading, amongst other educative topics.

Where does learning begin and how is it sustained and stored in the brain? For musicians, these questions are at the very core of their creative lives. Cognitive and neuroscience have flung wide the doors of our understanding, but bridging the gap between research data and music-making requires a unique immersion in both worlds.

Written for the beginner DJ, this accessible book presents everything you need to know in order to create great dance floor moments that will take your sets to the next level and get you noticed as a DJ. Using Ableton’s industry-leading digital audio workstation, the reader will learn to achieve a professional sound by expertly manipulating Warping, pitching, editing, automation and plugin effects processing; also, avoiding mistakes such as key-clashing, jarring transitions, mismatched energies and more. The book’s companion website includes key-charts, musical scale diagrams, organisational templates for live sessions, and follow-along video demonstrations.

Today’s music theory instructors face a changing environment, one where the traditional lecture format is in decline. The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy addresses this change head-on, featuring battle-tested lesson plans alongside theoretical discussions of music theory curriculum and course design. With the modern student in mind, scholars are developing creative new approaches to teaching music theory, encouraging active student participation within contemporary contexts such as flipped classrooms, music industry programs, and popular music studies.

In this practical, project-based book, music students, educators, and coders receive the necessary tools to engage with real-world experiences in computation and creativity using the programming language Scratch. Designed to teach students the fundamental concepts of computational thinking through interactive music, sound, and media, projects vary in complexity and encourage readers to make music through playing and creating music.

Congratulations on purchasing such a great book. A good quality book will help you throughout your life. You may find many books for keyboard learning online, but you will probably never find a complete book like this one that will teach you everything from beginning to end. By just following this book without a teacher, you will get a full sense of how to play the keyboard.The book's chapters have been researched so that you can get started easily as a newbie. The book is structured into 8 chapters, and you will learn step by step by yourself, which will save you time and money.

Andrew D. Gordon, world renowned music educator, author of over 60 music educational products, has previously written numerous books on funk keyboard styles such as: "60 Of The Funkiest Keyboard Riffs Known To Mankind", "Funky Organ Grooves", "Outta Sight Funk & R&B Riffs For Piano/Keyboards" which have been well received by students, teachers and musicians all over the world.

Join the banjo revolution! Thanks to its prevalence in folk and bluegrass, the banjo is almost the very essence of Americana. And now a new generation of musicians from the country, pop, and jazz worlds have made the sound of the banjo new again. This book is for anyone who wants to pay their respects to tradition as well as those who want to create the next chart-topper ... or both! Packed with the essentials you need to know—from top techniques to choosing the right instrument—you'll learn, and be able to show off, just why the banjo is never out of style!

Do you find it difficult to learn guitar chords?Would you like an efficient method that helps you play, combine, and memorize chords to make music with the guitar?Do you want to be able to strum rhythms correctly and confidently?Do you want to train yourself until you have perfect practice habits that will last a lifetime? Then this book is for you. You will learn to strum, fret, and combine the important chords in music correctly to easily and quickly become a better musician.

Have you always wanted to learn to play the violin but did not know where to begin? Would you like to further your passion for music by knowing how to play the violin?

Just for Lefties! Keep the scales you need in easy reach. Scales, modes, pentatonics and more. Never be lost to find a scale again. Left-Handed Guitar Scales Encyclopedia will grow your knowledge of scales and keep those hard to remember scales in easy reach. Now you don’t have to keep that information in your head. Just keep Left-Handed Guitar Scales Encyclopedia on your music stand!