Music Styles and Regions

Transcriptions of over 100 famous drum set rhythms from the classic funk, R&B and soul tunes of the '60s & 70's. The accompanying 90 track audio features the author playing many of the rhythms transcribed in the book and is meant as an educational tool. Includes access to online audio.

Have you ever heard a drum hook that just makes you want to stop what you are doing and dance? Now you can learn to play beats just like the your favorite drummers. This book and accompanying audio provide you with the tools necessary to become a great Hip Hop drummer. The examples focus on how to play creative beats in steady time using only the hi-hat, snare and bass drum. Mastering the examples in this book will allow you to play and flow through grooves using these fundamental parts of the drum kit.

If you love rock beats then this is the book for you! 100 Legendary Modern Rock Drum Beats breaks down the most essential rock grooves, both classic and modern. Regardless of whether you're a fan of classic rock, blues, hard rock, modern rock or prog, you will get a major insight to how all of these styles are played. Beats made famous by the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Police, Rush, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Dave Matthews Band, System of a Down, and more, are presented in standard drum notation and on the accompanying audio. Five bonus beats are included at the end featuring double bass drum patterns. After mastering this book you will be ready to create your own legendary rock beats!

If you love rock beats then this is the book for you! 100 Legendary Modern Rock Drum Beats breaks down the most essential rock grooves, both classic and modern. Regardless of whether you're a fan of classic rock, blues, hard rock, modern rock or prog, you will get a major insight to how all of these styles are played. Beats made famous by the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Police, Rush, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Dave Matthews Band, System of a Down, and more, are presented in standard drum notation and on the accompanying audio. Five bonus beats are included at the end featuring double bass drum patterns. After mastering this book you will be ready to create your own legendary rock beats! Includes access to online audio.

Have you ever heard an awesome drum fill and found yourself air-drumming it out? Odds are after mastering this book you'll be able to play it! This book breaks down and explores legendary rock drum fills from groups like Led Zeppelin, The Who, Rush, Nirvana, Dream Theater, Blink 182, Tool, The Mars Volta and more, and teaches the tools and ideas to create your own. All examples are presented in standard drum notation as well as on the companion audio. Includes access to online audio.

The tune settings in this book are all 'session friendly', i.e. you can learn them exactly as written and know that you will have a perfectly acceptable version. However, I consider it unwise to learn a tune from only one source and I would suggest strongly that, when learning a new tune, you pay heed to other books, recordings and live performances. It is important to note that the settings in this book are greatly influenced by the instrument I play, the D/G melodeon (an accordion system rarely found in Irish music circles - B/C and C sharp/D are the norm). I've made a conscious effort to allow this to happen in order to give the book its own unique character. When choosing books, take care not to be put off by the title; some of the best sources of tunes are from tuition books. Just because the book cover says 'Learn to Play the Banjo', don't think it's of no use if you play the tin whistle.

Books will only help you to learn the notes of a tune. To pick up the rhythm of Irish music you must devote a large amount of time listening to both recordings and live musicians. Of greatest importance, you must practice; the value of this book is directly proportional to the number of hours a day you spend practicing.

Chord arrangements are more or less as played on the soundtrack, but nevertheless, are only suggestions. The dominant chords (i.e. D in the key of G, A in the key of D and E in the key of A etc.) throughout this book are noted as plain major chords, whereas many musicians prefer to play the seventh (D7, A7, E7 etc.). Feel free to play either type of chord as the mood takes you.

Suggested ornamentation has been kept to a minimum and is indicated by the symbol ~.To help those whose music reading skills only extends as far as finding the notes, a separate, optional CD has been produced (AM406C -DMPCD1101), so you can familiarize yourself with a tune before learning it.

As an extra learning aid, this soundtrack contains all the tunes in the book of the same name. To help those whose music reading skills only extends as far as finding the notes, this CD has been produces so you can familiarize yourself with a tune before learning it.

The purpose of this Trumpet songbook is to provide the beginning Trumpet player with a repertoire of 101 familiar and easy to play tunes written for Trumpet. All the songs are written specifically for Trumpet utilizing dynamics, expression markings, and articulations. Key signatures for the songs are in a comfortable range suitable for the beginning Trumpet player.

This songbook is an ideal supplement to any elementary Trumpet Method book. Most of the songs are appropriate for performance at concerts, recitals, and contests. Private teachers will assign one or two of the songs from this book at each lesson. The songs will help the beginning Trumpet student to develop fingering technique, rhythm reading ability, and confidence.

The ukulele is a wonderful instrument for kids - cheap and cheerful, and ready-made for kids' small hands. Most ukulele books introduce chords from the first page, but chords can be difficult and frustrating for child beginners.This book and accompanying audio gets kids playing recognizable tunes right from the get go. The material includes both standard notation and tablature clefs.This book is written in ukulele tablature to make learning fun and easy. The arranger (with 25 years of teaching experience) has laid the foundations for good fingerstyle technique. This book is therefore both fun and educational. Includes access to online audio.

20 Easy Fingerstyle Studies for Ukulele is a collection of pieces and exercises for fingerstyle ukulele, aimed at those who have strummed chords on the ukulele and wish to learn fingerstyle technique. Author Rob MacKillop introduces techniques for the left and right hand and explanations for each piece that help you along the way. The accompanying audio download contains both slow and up tempo versions of very tune in the book. Audio download available online.