Based on the author's first hand experience, this handbook delivers professional tactics and tips for today's patrol officers. It covers a wealth of crucial topics, including ethics, patrol vehicles, guns, physical and mental health, drugs, legal issues, homelessness, and many others. A valuable reference for veteran and rookie patrol officers.

Contemporary Patrol Tactics: A Practical Guide for Patrol Officers

Dempsey, Tom

Criminal Law

Pearson College Div

Using this innovative approach developed by Tom Dempsey will make sight-reading second nature. Start right away with cold-reading exercises that focus on each single string, and soon you'll explore harmonic and rhythmic patterns, multi-position reading, odd time signatures, chord charts, and more. Uniquely organized by key with fingerings for all major scales, this book explores beyond reading basic standard music notation and gives you the power to play whatever you see.

Sight-Reading for the Contemporary Guitarist: The Ultimate Guide to Music for Blues, Rock, and Jazz Guitarists

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Music

Alfred Music

Soloing is essential to jazz. For many musicians, it is the ultimate form of self-expression. But for many people, it can be intimidating. Jazz musicians must spontaneously create solos over "tricky" chord progressions, while, at the same time, communicating from the heart. This process can seem mysterious, but Easy Soloing for Jazz Guitar shows you that it's not. This book is for musicians who already know the basics of guitar, but are looking for a low-stress introduction to the art of jazz improvisation. This easy-to-use book includes standard music notation and TAB and gives you the basic tools to make great, authentic-sounding jazz solos. Whether you are a beginning student of jazz or a more advanced player new to improvised music, you'll find what you need in this book. A CD demonstrating the examples in this book is included.

Easy Soloing for Jazz Guitar: Fun Lessons for Beginning Improvisers, Book & Online Audio (National Guitar Workshop)

Take a trip through the history of jazz with The Jazz Guitar Experience. Designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists who are already comfortable with the basic chordal and melodic vocabulary of jazz, this concise, comprehensive overview of important styles, techniques, and artists covers every era of the genre---from gypsy jazz and cool jazz to bebop, fusion, and modern jazz. You will also learn about other styles that have influenced jazz music along the way, such as bossa nova and the blues. Exploring the history of jazz will give you a greater understanding of the jazz music of today, and you'll learn to apply many practical skills to your playing for completely authentic performances. You'll become a more versatile and well-rounded guitarist, able to handle a wide range of musical situations. So break out of your comfort zone and experiment with many new facets of jazz with The Jazz Guitar Experience. The CD demonstrates all the music examples in the book.

The Jazz Guitar Experience: A quick guide to jazz styles through the years, Book & CD

The Complete Contemporary Guitarist is a comprehensive 396-page guide for blues, rock, and jazz players. Combining theory, ear training, fretboard knowledge, and sight-reading all under one cover, the book features easy-to-read chord and scale diagrams, plus detailed musical examples. It teaches intervals, scales, chords, and progressions using standard music notation and TAB. Drills and worksheets for self study and an ear training CD for further development are included.

The Complete Contemporary Guitarist: The ultimate guide to music for blues, rock, and jazz guitarists, Book & CD

Fisher, Jody

Clement, Vivian

Capuzzo, Guy

This is the guitarist's guide to music of the masters of classic jazz. Examples are shown in standard music notation and TAB. Licks are given in every important substyle including early jazz, gypsy jazz, bebop, hard bop, soul jazz, cool jazz and latin jazz. Technical and theoretical information is given as well as detailed information about important artists. The recording includes examples as well as three play-along tunes for you to jam with.

Classic Jazz Guitar Styles (Paperback)

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This comprehensive approach to basic guitar skills includes varied repertoire, theory, detailed instruction about seating and hand position, standard music notation, an introduction to tablature, basic improvisation, and teaches both the pick-style and fingerstyle techniques. Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, music dealer in-store programs, and group guitar classes at the middle and high school levels. Book 1 contains 16 units, each with a variety of repertoire, exercises, and timed tests at the end. Unit 16 provides instructions for playing 11 hit songs. Students can cut out flashcards provided at the back of the book to use for home study. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.

Alfred's Guitar 101, Bk 1: An Exciting Group Course for Adults Who Want to Play Guitar for Fun! (101 Series, Bk 1)

Masters, Martha

This comprehensive approach to basic guitar skills includes varied repertoire, theory, detailed instruction about seating and hand position, standard music notation, an introduction to tablature, basic improvisation, and teaches both the pickstyle and fingerstyle techniques. Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, music dealer in-store programs, and group guitar classes at the middle and high school levels. Book 2 contains 16 units, each with a variety of repertoire, exercises, and timed tests at the end. Unit 15 provides instructions for playing 12 hit songs and Unit 16 teaches preliminary lessons in improvisation. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.

Alfred's Guitar 101, Bk 2: An Exciting Group Course for Adults Who Want to Play Guitar for Fun!, Comb Bound Book (101 Series, Bk 2)

The Teacher's Handbook serves as an aid in curriculum development and daily lesson planning for use with Alfred's Guitar 101, Books 1 and 2. It includes suggested daily lesson plans, suggested assignments following each lesson plan, teaching tips for each unit, suggested examinations for the semester, and answer keys for the written exercises and unit review worksheets. * Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, high school classes, and music dealer in-store programs * Also effective in private lessons * A comprehensive approach to technique and musicianship * Covers both classical right-hand and pick-style techniques * Includes exercises, theory, easy-to-follow technical instructions, sight-reading, and instructions on playing correlating songs * Includes profiles of important guitarists from all styles, providing inspiration for every student About the Author Dr. Martha Masters is an award-winning performer, recording artist, and educator. She brings her experience as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loyola Marymount University and adjunct faculty at Cal State Fullerton, where she teaches guitar classes and private lessons to students of all levels. Masters is also the author of The Total Classical Guitarist, is the president of the Guitar Foundation of America, and has released numerous recordings on the Naxos and GSP labels.

Alfred's Guitar 101, Bk 1 & 2: An Exciting Group Course for Adults Who Want to Play Guitar for Fun! (Teacher's Handbook) (101 Series, Bk 1 & 2)

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