This is an enjoyable course for the beginner. It is easy to follow with informal directions in fingering &amp; tone production. There is also step by step guidance in all phases of playing including reading music, composing original melodies, plus 50 songs to practice with.

Play Recorder (Everybody's favorite series)

Cliff Tobey

Amsco Music Pub. Co

1st guide to guitar (Everybody's favorite series)

PEARSE, JOHN

At first glance, some might find the intro to this recorder collection rather offputting, The author (of the introduction) describes most of the recorder players he knows as defeatist, lacking in motivation, and the real reason why the recorder is often seen as the "Rodney Dangerfield" of instruments. But read more closely it is clear he is trying to defend the recorder and encourage players to stick to their guns, or at least their fipples. This 64-page collection contains 57 solo pieces and an illustration of a bird. All seem arranged for the soprano (or tenor) and also include chords for guitar. Some could be played on the alto and one or two (such as the Corrente) might even sound better that way, given what it would take to hit its high notes on a soprano. Most of the pieces are classical. There is also some folk or traditional and even some ragtime. Most of the pieces are full-page songs, well within the range of a diligent, advanced beginner who's mastered most notes. The collection bills itself as "unusual", and that's fair insofar as most of its pieces do not seem to appear in other recorder collections, and because it is such an eclectic mix. There's lots of good stuff here. Several pieces bring out the recorder at its most soulful (or most melancholy). I have found the arrangements of Muffat's Siciliana, Pergolesi's Siciliana, and Mozart's Andante Graziosa particularly beautiful, and there are also enjoyable arrangements of Borodin's Polovtsian Dance, "Those were the Days" and Joplin's "The Entertainer", although my music teacher performed a fair amount of surgery on that last piece. Overall, the author seems to have broad musical tastes, a very good ear for music that sounds well on the recorder, and a knack for making it beginner-friendly.

Baroque & Folk Tunes for Recorder

Arts & Photography

LEO ALFASSY

Music

Baxter's Finger-picking, blues &amp; ragtime manual [paperback] Baxter, Robert E [Jan 01, 1969] ... 0825626064

Baxter's Finger-picking, blues & ragtime manual

Baxter, Robert E

Paperback published by Amsco Music Publishing, 1974. Techniques, tunes, and practical information from guest guitarists: Clarence White, Ry Cooder, Doc Watson, John Hartford, Mason Williams and others who appeared on Bob Baxter's Television Guitar Workshop, in standard notation and guitar tablature.

Baxter's guitar workshop

New Softcover Book-- EXPEDITED SHIPPING AVAILABLE. Great book and author. You will not be disappointed! Satisfaction guaranteed. Thank you for considering Whispering Pines for your purchase. EXPEDITED SHIPPING AVAILABLE.

In search of the wild dulcimer

Force, Robert

Book of today's drumming;: [a practical approach to drum techniques, basic rock, jazz, Latin, march and folk styles; theory, equipment, and a section on studio playing] (The Personal instructor, 3)

Grossman, Norman

The book of guitar tunings (The personal instructor, 6) [Jan 01, 1972] Grossman, Stefan …

The book of guitar tunings (The personal instructor, 6)

Grossman, Stefan

Here in one book and the tools needed for a mastery of both single note and bar chord techniques. Every exercise is presented in all 12 keys, with straight-forward explanations, and many illustrative applications of the material. Designed for the beginner, as well as the professional, Arnie Berle's Fretboard Fundamentals offers the guitarist of any level a practical and pleasant method for advancement.

Arnie Berle's Fretboard Fundamentals (The Personal Instructor, No. 11)

Arnie Berle

A down-to-earth system for achieving power in your playing. Build on what you already know. Play and improvise with moveable chords, harmonized scales, modes, arpeggios, and other techniques. With instruction and over fifteen special arrangements of pop, jazz, folk and rock standards by the Beatles, Jimmy Van Heusen, Thelonious Monk and others. In standard music notation and tablature.

Alan de Mause's guitar power (The personal instructor)

De Mause, Alan

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