Fundamentals of Jazz Drumming Volume 2
Designed to take a player with basic reading skills to an advanced level of jazz drumming. Contains six sections, each with 10 pages of exercises. Includes: Eighth-Note Patterns Between the Snare and Bass Drum; Triplet Patterns Between the Snare and Bass Drum; and more. Can be used alone or with Volume 1.
Play Drums Now!
In this video, noted drum instructor and performer Rick Petrie teaches the absolute beginner to master the following techniques: drum set up * matched grip stick holding * single and double stroke rolls & other rudiments * fills * playing the 'backbeat' * and more. Insures a successful beginning in learning proper drum playing. 60 minutes.
Bass Guitar Chords
84 of the most popular chords for bass guitar, including: finger placement, note construction, chromatic charts and most commonly used bass scales. Also has helpful explanation of common 2-5-1 progression, and the chords in all keys.
5-String Banjo Chord Chart
The only chart showing the open and moveable chord positions. Explains the two main playing styles: bluegrass and clawhammer, and includes a fingerboard chart.
Good Friends Songbook
A heartwarming collection of 55 original and traditional folk songs. A unique songbook. Songs include: Black Jack Davey , Blues In My Mind , Cannonball Blues , Don't Wait For Me , High On The Mountain , I Wish I Was A Mole , Little Birdie , Short Life Of Trouble , Six Feet Of Earth , Train 45 , Wings Like An Eagle , and more.
Marvin's Favorite Halloween Songs
Marvin's Favorite Halloween Songs is a fantastic holiday songbook featuring the famous cartoon character Marvin. Features 11 familiar Christmas tunes put together with new lyrics to help celebrate Halloween. Includes: O Witches Brew (O Christmas Tree) , We Wish You a Spooky Evening (We Wish You a Merry Christmas) , and more.
Fingerstyle Guitar
Teaches beginning or advanced guitarists how to master the basic musical skills of fingerpicking techniques needed to play folk, blues, fiddle tunes or ragtime on guitar. Contents: All the Good Times , Along the Rocky Road to Dublin , Barrow Street Rag , The Beaumont Rag , Behind the Bush in the Garden , Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap , Candy Man , Candy Man Blues , The Cherokee Shuffle , Cranberry Highway , Cripple Creek , Eighth of January , The Entertainer , Fishing Blues , Freight Train , (There'll Be) a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight , Lark in the Morning , The Lazy Afternoon Blues , Little Sadie , The Liverpool Hornpipe , Lord Inchiquin , Louis Collins , Make Me a Pallet on the Floor , Man of Constant Sorrow , The Manchester Angel , The Mineola Rag , The Morning Blues , Pack up Your Sorrows , Paddy on the Railroad , Payday , Rain Don't Fall on Me No More , Shady Grove , The Sligo River Blues , Spike Driver Blues , Stealin', Stealin' , The Temptation Rag , The Trip to Sligo , Turkey in the Straw , The Year of Jubilo (Kingdom Coming).
5-String Bassic Fundamentals
This fun new bass method will help you improve your solos, grooves, and bass lines, no matter what style you play. Accompanying CD includes recorded examples.
Ring the Banjar
This history of the banjo is a second edition of a publication originally published to coincide with a groundbreaking exhibition of the same name at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum. Includes information on the instrument's enduring popularity, the banjo makers of Boston, instruments from the exhibition, a glossary and bibliography of the banjo, and more.
Clawhammer Style Banjo
These two 2-hour videos supplement Ken Perlman's Melodic Clawhammer Banjo, the handbook on how to play this purely American style. Leads you step-by-step to a thorough understanding of the banjo, teaching basic right-hand and left-hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techiniques, like the brush, the bumm-titty, strums, pull-offs, slides, and more. Progresses to more advanced techniques. 4 hours.