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  • Improve your sightreading Violin Grade 3

    Faber Music Ltd Improve your sightreading Violin Grade 3

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    Book SynopsisThe new editions of this popular series supports the new ABRSM string syllabus requirements from 2012, ensuring success in the sight-reading tests of graded exams.

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    £7.50

  • Double Bass Basics

    Faber Music Ltd Double Bass Basics

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    £12.34

  • Violin for Dummies

    John Wiley & Sons Inc Violin for Dummies

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    Book SynopsisTake a (violin) bow and let your inner musician shine! You don't have to be a genius to start fiddling around!ViolinForDummieshelps budding violinists of all ages begin to play. If you've never read a note of music, this book will show you how to turn those little black dots into beautiful notes. Start slow as you learn how to hold the instrument,use thebow, finger notes, and play in tune. Watchyourselfblossom into a musician withtips ontechnique and style. When you're ready to go further, this book will help you find the people and resources that can help you get just a little closer to virtuoso! Your own private lessons are right inside this book, with the included online video and audio instruction, plus recordings that will help you develop your ear. This book takes the guesswork out of learning an instrument, so you'll be ready to join the band when the time comes! Choose a violin and learn the basics of holding the instrument and playinTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: So You Want to Play the Violin 5 Chapter 1: Introducing the Violin 7 Meeting the String Family 7 Tuning up 8 Holding on 9 Bowing Out Some Sounds 9 Looking closely at the bow 9 Using both your hands 10 Making Music with or without Notation 10 Knowing the notes 11 Getting rhythm 11 Digging Deeper into Music 11 Scales and key signatures 11 Harmony 12 Playing with Style 12 Dazzling technique 12 Multicultural music 13 Having Your Own Violin 13 Chapter 2: Getting Started with the Violin 15 Examining the Violin 16 How Violins Work 19 String vibration and string length 19 Using both hands to make a sound 19 How the bow helps 20 Unpacking Your Violin and Putting It Away Safely 21 Taking the violin out of its case 21 Putting the violin away 22 Protecting your violin 23 Getting Your Violin in Tune 23 Working the pegs and fine tuners 24 Tuning with the piano 28 Using an electronic tuner 29 Getting close with a pitch pipe 31 Finding A with a tuning fork 32 Troubleshooting Guide to Dealing with Pegs and Fine Tuners 33 Peg problems 33 Fine tuner problems 35 Chapter 3: Holding Up Well 37 Understanding the Importance of a Good Violin Hold 37 When standing 38 When sitting 41 Reading from a Music Stand 42 Finding a Good Fit: Chinrests and Shoulder Rests 43 Chinrests 43 Shoulder rests 46 Fixing Common Problems with the Violin Hold 48 Keeping the scroll afloat 48 Watching the horizontal angle 48 Keeping your elbow under 49 Relaxing the shoulder 50 Part 2: Getting Started: The Basics 51 Chapter 4: Taking a Bow 53 Saying Hello to the Bow 54 Treating Your Bow Well 55 Tightening and loosening the horsehair 56 Using rosin on the bow 57 Getting to Grips with Your Bow Hold 59 The famous diva method 59 The hidden treasures method 60 Conquering common problems with the bow hold 62 Putting Bow to Strings 62 Bowing on different strings 63 Understanding bowing symbols 65 Playing Your First Concert 65 Bowing in the Styles of Mr Smooth and Mr Clean 67 Chapter 5: Getting the Left Hand Right 69 Shaping Up Your Arm and Fingers 69 Getting your arm in shape 70 Taking your fingers to tap dancing class 71 Framing your left hand 72 Relaxing your thumb 74 Putting Your Fingers on the Strings 74 Getting groovy fingertips 74 Counting your fingers 75 Knowing which finger to use for what note 76 Lifting and placing your fingers 76 Taping Training Wheels on the Fingerboard 76 Preparing Your Pizzicato 80 Putting Finger 2 to Work 82 Chapter 6: All Together Now 87 All Together Now: Putting Both Hands to Work 87 Getting into playing position 88 Practicing with hands together 88 Crossing Over to a Different String 91 Changing strings with the bow 91 Moving your fingers to different strings 95 Playing Music with Both Hands 98 Warming up to the task 98 Topping the charts: Two simple songs 100 Expanding Your Bow Strokes 101 Using more bow, gradually 102 Preparing to play Pachelbel 102 Part 3: Reading Music for the Violin 105 Chapter 7: Translating Five Lines onto Four Strings 107 Lining Up the Music 107 Setting the pitch with the clef 108 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (and so do girls!) 110 Climbing the ledger lines 110 Naming Your Notes, String by String 111 17 basic notes 112 A string 112 E string 113 D string 114 G string 115 Meeting the Sharps, Flats, and Naturals 116 Identifying sharps, flats, and naturals 116 Playing sharps and flats 117 Playing Music by Reading the Notes 118 Getting Louder or Softer — Dynamite Dynamics! 119 Playing loudly 120 Making soft sounds 121 Adding crescendo and diminuendo 121 Chapter 8: Making Rhythm Count 125 Dissecting a Musical Note 126 Adding Up the Value of Notes 127 Whole notes 127 Half notes 128 Quarter notes 129 Eighth notes 130 Sixteenth notes 131 Triplets 131 Counting In-Between Notes 132 Dotted half notes 133 Dotted quarter notes 133 Taking a Rest 134 You’ve Got Rhythm: Pieces to Play! 135 Chapter 9: Measuring Up: A Guide to Meter 139 Keeping Measure of the Beats 140 Counting Beats: Time Signatures 141 Tapping into the beat 142 Counting rests 143 Emphasizing the right beat 144 Regulating Your Speed with a Metronome 145 Mechanical metronomes 145 Electronic metronomes 147 Making friends with your metronome 148 Making Music in 4/4 Meter 150 Counting and Playing in Threes 151 Doing (Just About) Everything Else from Fours and Threes 153 2/4 time 153 6/8 time 155 Getting Up to Speed: What Those Tempo Markings Mean 156 Time for Some Songs 157 Part 4: Musicianship and Harmony 161 Chapter 10: Weighing In on Scales 163 Climbing Up and Down 163 Marching through the Major Scales 164 Building major scales 165 Major scales you need to know 166 A major scale 167 G major scale, upper octave 170 G major scale, two octaves 171 E major scale 172 A major scale, two octaves 175 F major scale 176 Casting Light on Those Minor Scales 177 Building a minor scale 177 Playing A melodic minor scale 178 Playing A harmonic minor scale 179 Meeting Other Scales in Brief 180 Natural minor scales 181 Pentatonic scales 181 Chromatic scales 181 Harping On about Arpeggios 183 A major arpeggio 183 A minor arpeggio 184 Major (and Minor) Achievements 184 Chapter 11: Cracking Key Signatures 187 The Keys to Reading Music 187 Getting keyed up about key signatures 187 Reading the key signatures for major keys 188 Keeping order 190 Unlocking the Music with the Right Key 190 Finding the Minor Key for Each Major 191 Forming the relative minor 191 Recognizing minor keys when reading music 192 Having the Last Dance 192 Chapter 12: Making Sweet Music Together: Harmony 195 Combining Notes with Chords and Harmony 196 Playing in the Big Leagues: Major Chords 197 Finding the primary triads 197 Breaking out in chords 198 Unearthing the Minor Chords 200 Making the Most of Major and Minor Chords 201 Meeting the Bossy Chords: Dominant 7ths 202 Harmonizing in Thirds and Sixths 203 Part 5: Taking It Up a Notch: Techniques and Styles 205 Chapter 13: Becoming Fluent in the Language of Bowing 207 Fitting Two or More Notes into One Stroke: Slurred legato 208 Changing bow direction smoothly 209 Starting to slur two notes 210 Slurring across strings 214 Playing three notes in a bow stroke 217 Fitting four notes in a bow stroke 220 Planning Bow Division 221 Deciding how much bow to use on a note or measure 222 Doing the math: Dividing the bow by note values 223 Dividing the bow strokes in anticipation of the next note 224 Adjusting the amounts of bow for dynamics 224 Mais Oui, Maestro: Taking On Ze Accents 225 Accenting the positive 226 Hammering it out: Martelé 227 Meeting the Fanciest Bowings 230 Slurred staccato 230 Meet the off-the-string family 231 Chapter 14: Putting Your Finger on It 237 Two Notes Are Better Than One: Easy Double Stops 237 Preparing your bow for double stops 238 Going from one string to two and back again 240 Ballet dancing with your fingers on the lower string 243 Playing double stops where both notes use fingers 244 Playing double stops galore 245 Pulling Out All the Stops: Three- and Four-Note Chords 246 Three-note chords 247 Four-note chords 248 A grand finale with chords 249 Getting into the First Four Positions 250 Finding first position 250 Smoothing out the second position 251 Putting second position to work 252 Playing in third position 254 Venturing forth in fourth position 256 Knowing what position you’re in 259 Changing Position 259 Easing into shifting positions 260 Getting to know the four kinds of shifts 262 Changing position to go to a different string 268 Playing a shifty song 269 All Aquiver: Vibrato 270 Getting started with vibrato 271 Good vibrations: Using your vibrato in a real song 275 Tapping into Trills 276 Building speed of repetition 276 Speeding from finger to finger 277 Trilling techniques 278 Chapter 15: Playing with Style 281 Fiddling Around with Country Music 281 Familiarizing yourself with fiddle music 282 Sounding like a fiddler 285 Fiddling your way to songs 288 Grooving to Jazz 290 Getting the jazz sound 290 Listening to some jazz violin 293 Jazzing up your violin 294 Enchanting with Gypsy Violin 296 Romancing the violin 296 Listening to some great gypsy violin 301 Playing in the gypsy style 302 Part 6: Getting Into Gear, Staying In Gear 305 Chapter 16: Finding the Right Violin and Bow for You 307 Picking a Violin That’s Right for You 308 The price is right 308 Tip-top condition 310 Old news 311 Sound advice 312 All about appearance 313 Sizing Up the Violin 314 Buying the Best Bow 315 What bows are made of 316 How the bow feels 316 Buying or Renting Your Violin 318 Buying 318 Renting 320 Renting to buy 321 Finding Your Violin 321 Getting Plugged into Electric Violins 323 Acoustic pickups 324 Electric violins 325 Chapter 17: Protecting Your Assets: Violin Care and Maintenance 327 Cleaning Up 328 Daily dusting 328 Cleaning the strings 329 Polishing the wood 330 Changing Strings 331 Taking off the old strings 332 Prepping the pegs and string 334 Putting on strings attached at the tailpiece 335 Putting on strings attached to fine tuners 336 Tightening the strings 337 Protecting Your Violin 338 Practicing safety at rehearsals 339 Traveling with your violin 339 Upgrading Your Case 341 The makings of a good case 341 Testing a case 344 Looking at extra features 344 Changing Chinrests 345 Taking off the old chinrest 345 Attaching the new chinrest 346 Rehairing the Bow 347 Finding Useful Accessories 348 Necessities 348 Extras 349 Part 7: The Part of Tens 353 Chapter 18: Ten Top Performers — and Their Recordings 355 Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) 355 Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962) 356 Jascha Heifetz (1899–1987) 357 Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997) 357 David Oistrakh (1908–1974) 358 Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) 358 Itzhak Perlman (1945–) 359 Nigel Kennedy (1956–) 360 Natalie MacMaster (1973–) 360 Rachel Barton Pine (1974–) 360 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Go Beyond This Book 363 Subscribing to a Magazine 363 Attending Concerts 364 Joining a Community Orchestra 365 Going to Summer Camps 366 Playing in Small Groups 367 Participating in Festivals 368 Local music festivals (competitive and noncompetitive) 368 International music festivals 369 Building a Music Collection 369 Watching and Collecting Videos and DVDs 370 Visiting Competitions 371 Performing at Hospitals and Seniors’ Homes 372 Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Tips on Finding a Teacher 373 Networking 373 Calling the Local Orchestra 375 Inquiring at Music Schools 375 Checking Out Community Colleges 376 Asking at the University 377 Hearing Students Play 378 Asking at the Music Store 379 Mentioning Your Quest Everywhere 379 Checking Out Violin Lessons on the Internet 380 Looking for a Good Gut Feeling before You Start 380 Meeting a Teacher for the First Time 382 Auditioning 382 Planning lessons 382 Making business arrangements 383 Appendix: Audio Tracks and Video Clips 385 What You Find on the Audio Tracks 385 Looking at What’s in the Video Clips 391 Customer Care 394 Index 395

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    £18.69

  • History and Directory of Electric Guitars

    Anness Publishing History and Directory of Electric Guitars

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    Book SynopsisThe electric guitar's versatility, along with its melodic and rhythmic potential, has made it an icon of modern music. This comprehensive history and directory features all the famous makes, such as Gibson, Fender, Gretsch and Rickenbacker, and also includes curiosities, rare guitars and boutique brands. Each entry provides detailed information about the instrument's date, place of origin, the material it is made from, and any unusual features. There are also panels describing electric guitar heroes and their styles of play. With over 230 guitars shown in 360 photographs, this book is an essential guide for anyone interested in this phenomenal instrument.

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    £9.49

  • Direct Hits

    Hal Leonard Europe Limited Direct Hits

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    3 in stock

    £18.99

  • Trinity College London Violin Exam Pieces from

    Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Violin Exam Pieces from

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    £19.33

  • The Little Black Songbook: Oasis

    Omnibus Press The Little Black Songbook: Oasis

    4 in stock

    Book Synopsis(The Little Black Songbook). This little book packs in over 80 Oasis tunes with chords and complete lyrics for each. Songs include: Be Here Now * Better Man * Champagne Supernova * Cum on Feel the Noize * D'You Know What I Mean? * Don't Go Away * Don't Look Back in Anger * Fade Away * Gas Panic! * Go Let It Out * Hey Now * The Hindu Times * Little by Little * Live Forever * Rock 'N' Roll Star * Songbird * Supersonic * Wonderwall * and more.

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    £14.24

  • Cello Time Christmas  CD A stockingful of 32 easy

    Oxford University Press Cello Time Christmas CD A stockingful of 32 easy

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    Book SynopsisDip into this stockingful of easy Christmas music for cello! Unwrap a traditional carol, dance to the ''Skaters'' Waltz'' and a ''Christmas Calypso'', and pull a cracker full of solos and duets. With words to sing along, chords for guitar or keyboard, and fantastic play-along audio tracks, Cello Time Christmas is the perfect gift for any young cellist.Table of ContentsAndrew mine, Jasper mine ; Auld Lang Syne ; Away in a manger ; Bethl'em lay a-sleeping ; Child in a manger ; Children, go! ; Christmas Calypso ; Dance of the Reed Pipes ; Deck the hall ; Ding dong! merrily on high ; God rest you merry, gentlemen ; Good King Wenceslas ; Go tell it on the mountain ; Hark! the herald-angels sing ; Hogmanay Reel ; Infant holy, infant lowly ; I saw three ships ; Jingle, bells ; Mary had a baby ; O Christmas tree ; O come, all ye faithful ; O little town of Bethlehem ; Once in Royal David's city ; Shepherds watched ; Silent night ; Skaters' Waltz ; The first Nowell ; The holly and the ivy ; We three kings ; We wish you a merry Christmas ; While shepherds watched their flocks ; Zither Carol

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    £12.71

  • Enjoy Playing Guitar Tutor Book 1  CD

    Oxford University Press Enjoy Playing Guitar Tutor Book 1 CD

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    Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Enjoy Playing Guitar: Tutor Book 1 is the ultimate resource for all beginner guitarists. It introduces the basics of classical guitar playing and musical concepts through an approach that is clear, progressive, and carefully paced. It includes tailored solos, duets, and trios in a range of styles, and it develops musicianship through activities in improvisation, playing by ear, and the art of accompanying. To consolidate learning, there are helpful reminders and quizzes covering musical knowledge, plus a CD with over 70 play-along tracks. Encouraging self-directed learning outside as well as during lessons, this is the perfect book for today''s aspiring player.Trade ReviewCan OUP improve upon Debbie Cracknell's tried and tested book? The answer is yes. There is no padding here: everything is useful. New techniques are introduced logically, as are notes, rhythms, performance directions and other symbols, and printing is clear. This is one of the very best general classical guitar tutors. * Al Summers, Music Teacher, August 2011 *Table of ContentsTHE BASICS; THE REST STROKE; THE FIRST STRING; COUNTING: CROTCHETS AND MINIMS; THE SECOND STRING; COUNTING RESTS; TUNES USING THE FIRST TWO STRINGS; COUNTING: DOTTED MINIMS AND SEMIBREVES; THE THIRD STRING; THE OPEN BASS STRINGS; INTRODUCING QUAVERS; THE FREE STROKE; FREE-STROKE TUNES USING FINGERED NOTES; INTRODUCING F SHARP; FOURTH-STRING NOTES; INTRODUCING G SHARP; DOTTED RHYTHMS; INTRODUCING C SHARP AND B FLAT; FIFTH-STRING NOTES; PLAYING THUMB AND FINGERS TOGETHER; SIXTH-STRING NOTES; MORE PLAYING IN TWO PARTS/VOICES; ANOTHER (BASS) F SHARP AND C SHARP

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    £14.75

  • Piano Adventures Theory Book Level 2A: 2nd

    Faber Piano Adventures Piano Adventures Theory Book Level 2A: 2nd

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    £8.92

  • Brian May's Red Special: The Story of the

    Headline Publishing Group Brian May's Red Special: The Story of the

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    Book SynopsisIn Brian May's Red Special you will discover everything about Brian May's unique, home-made guitar. Brian reveals all, from the guitar's origins to playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace, from Live Aid to the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the set of Bohemian Rhapsody to opening the Academy Awards in 2019 where the film scooped four Oscars. All of this is accompanied by original diagrams, sketches and notes from the building of the guitar, as well as a selection of classic photographs including Brian on stage with his guitar, close-ups and even an X-ray. Rare images are included throughout, as the entire guitar was dismantled and photographed for the book. Table of ContentsIntroduction by Brian May. Father to Son. A Guitar is Born. The Works. The Queen Days. On the Roof. Revisiting the Past. From Feltham to Hollywood. Gallery. Acknowledgements and credits.

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    £17.09

  • Violin Making

    The Crowood Press Ltd Violin Making

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    2 in stock

    £19.00

  • Piano Adventures Performance Book Level 3B: 2nd

    Faber Piano Adventures Piano Adventures Performance Book Level 3B: 2nd

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    Book Synopsis(Faber Piano Adventures ). The 2nd Edition of the 3B Performance Book offers appealing, pianistic pieces that closely correlate with the Lesson Book concepts. Students will enjoy a German Dance by Beethoven and a selection from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, as well as arrangements by Strauss, and a four-hand duet by Felix Mendelssohn. Well-loved standards such as "Hava Nagila" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," along with new originals by the Fabers, provide a variety of major and minor keys, accompaniment styles, and pianistic expression.

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    £8.87

  • Team Strings Violin

    Faber Music Ltd Team Strings Violin

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    Book SynopsisOffers a flexible and adaptable course that is suitable for beginner violin players. This title intends to support various combinations of string instruments the teacher may encounter. It features a CD of backing tracks designed to add a third dimension to practice sessions or performance when an accompanist is not available.Table of ContentsTuning note – E, A, D, G 1 -; A handsome lad; A little march; All night, all day; Allegro; Amazing grace; At dusk; Au clair de la lune; Autumn; Bavaria; Blow the wind southerly; Bonjour!; By the Rhine; Chanson; Chiming bells; Chitty chitty bang bang (Sherman & Sherman) ; Congratulations (Martin & Coulter); Coronation march; Dance; Daydreams; Donkey riding; Edelweiss (Rodgers & Hammerstein); Eliza; Falling leaves; Flamingo; Folk song; G and D together; G, D and A; Gallop; German tune; Gospel song; Go tell Aunt Rhody; Going home; Good King Wenceslas; Happy birthday to you (Hill & Hill); I gave my love a cherry; Irish jig; Jamaican dance; Jingle bells; Kingston; Kol dodi; Kum ba yah; London bridge; Love me tender (Matson & Presley); Lucy; Magic spells; Merrily we roll along; Michael row the boat ashore; Minuet; Mongoose; Now the day is over; O come, all ye faithful; O little town of Bethlehem; Ode to joy; Oh Susannah; Okushiri; Old Macdonald; Old Texas; On the lake; Oranges and lemons; Past three o’clock; Poor Tom ; Pop goes the weasel; Popular song; Procession; Promenade; Quick march; Rigaudon; Round go the mill wheels; Ruthin gardens; Scarboro’ fair; Schottisch; Shady grove; Silent night; Song and dance; Sorrow; Starlight; Summer song; The astronomer; The carousel; The clowns; The first Nowell; The grand old Duke of York; The magic carpet; The muffin man; The night sky; The piper; The prospector; The rolling heather; The shepherd; The Skye boat song; The traveller; The white cliffs of Dover (Kent & Burton); The willow tree; The wizard; This old man; Tramping; Twelve bar blues; Twinkle, twinkle little star; Tyrolean song; Valse; Village song; When the saints go marching in; Who’s that yonder?; Workin’ on the railroad; Yankee doodle; Ye banks and braes

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    £10.44

  • The Very Best Of Joni Mitchell

    Hal Leonard Europe Limited The Very Best Of Joni Mitchell

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    4 in stock

    £17.99

  • Absolute Beginners Keyboard

    Hal Leonard Europe Limited Absolute Beginners Keyboard

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    2 in stock

    £13.29

  • Ukulele For Dummies

    John Wiley & Sons Inc Ukulele For Dummies

    7 in stock

    Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting Started with the Ukulele 5 Chapter 1: Exploring the Ukulele 7 Understanding the Uke’s Advantages 7 Loving the sound 8 Joining a vibrant community 8 Appreciating the uke’s practicality 8 Sizing Up the Ukulele 10 Meeting the family: Daddy uke, mummy uke, and baby uke 11 Deciding which uke is best for you 11 Taking a Tour: The Anatomy of the Ukulele 11 Becoming a Well-Versed Ukulele Player 15 Strumming along to hula in Hawaii 15 Swinging and picking across the USA 16 Rockin’ and rollin’, and getting down with the blues 17 Diversifying into ever more styles 17 Chapter 2: Tuning Up to Sound Great 19 Knowing Some Musical Terms 20 Notes as letters 20 Half steps and whole steps 20 Chords and scales 21 Major and minor 21 Pitching into Tuning Basics 22 Unravelling Tunings for Your Instrument 22 Exploring the most common tuning: gCEA 23 Using other tunings 24 Choosing a Tuning Method 24 Going hi-tech: Tuning with an electronic tuner 25 Listening and repeating: Tuning to the audio track 26 Stringing along: Tuning to a guitar 26 Seeing in black and white: Tuning to a piano or keyboard 26 Tuning your uke to itself 27 Chapter 3: Discovering How to Handle Your Ukulele 29 Holding On to Your Ukulele 29 Positioning yourself to play 30 Standing up 31 Sitting down 31 Holding your uke left-handed 32 Developing Your Strumming 32 Strumming in the right spot 33 Strumming in the right way 34 Refusing to use a pick! 34 Pressing On to Fretting 35 Positioning your fretting hand 35 Locating where to fret 36 Discovering how strongly to fret 36 Adjusting when things don’t sound right 37 Playing and pain 37 Part 2: Starting Out with Chords and Strumming 39 Chapter 4: Playing Your First Ukulele Chords and Songs 41 Playing Music without Reading Music 42 Reading chord diagrams 42 Deciphering chord diagrams for lefties 44 Playing a Song Using Two Chords 44 Creating a C chord 44 Fingering an F chord 45 Starting your first song: “Li’l Liza Jane” 46 Developing Your First Strumming Patterns 47 Using strumming notation 48 Filling in with ups and downs 48 Finding an easy way to follow rhythms 49 Discovering Seventh Chords 51 Getting to grips with G7 51 Adding the E7 chord 52 Taking off with your second song: “I’ll Fly Away” 53 Practicing Minor Chords 55 Attempting A minor 55 Moving on to D minor 56 Majoring in E minor 56 Playing your first minor-chord song 57 Chapter 5: Drumming Up More Strumming Patterns 59 Pocketing the Ever-Useful Swiss Army Strum 59 Adding Pep with Some Strumming Variations 64 Changing chords within bars 64 Strumming strongly and weakly 65 Introducing the time signature 66 Checking out chnks 71 Strumming for Various Genres 72 Getting down with blues strumming: The shuffle 72 Becoming upbeat about the reggae off-beat 73 Rocking without strumming 75 Rolling your strums 76 Deciding on an Appropriate Strumming Pattern 77 Chapter 6: Meeting the Chords and Their Families 79 Getting to Know Chord Families 79 Practicing the Three-Chord Trick: The I–IV–V Progression 80 Fingering Barre Chords 82 Going flat-out for B flat 82 Deciding to play D7 85 Playing B minor 85 Moving Chord Shapes 87 Budging up barre chords 87 Discovering new moveable chord shapes 88 Inviting Round More Chord Families 92 Geeing up the G chord family 93 Finding out about the F chord family 94 Playing according to the A chord family 94 Discovering the D chord family 95 Easing the Chord Changes 95 Changing D and A the easy way 96 Refingering E minor 96 Shuffling B7 97 Breezing through D7 97 Part 3: Picking and Single-Note Playing 99 Chapter 7: Coming to Grips with Tabs and Notation 101 Tapping into Tabs 101 Stringing notes along in tabs 102 Fretting notes in tab 102 Sequencing notes in tab 103 Playing simultaneous notes in tab 103 Chording in tab 104 Strumming in tab 104 Reading Rhythms 104 Splitting into quarter notes 105 Holding on for half and whole notes 106 Dividing further: Eighth and sixteenth notes 106 Dotting and tying notes 107 Resting and Repeating 109 Taking a rest 109 Repeating and repeating 110 Putting Everything Together 112 Starting with a simple tune 112 Moving up the neck 113 Shifting positions 113 Chapter 8: Discovering Fingerpicking Patterns 117 Introducing the Fingerpicking Technique 118 Picking Up Some Picking Patterns 120 Getting the lowdown on the up pattern 120 Rising and falling: The up and down pattern 123 Playing all together: The simultaneous picking pattern 123 Thumbing around: The alternate picking pattern 125 Chapter 9: Combining Melodies and Chords When Playing Solo 131 Strumming Melody and Chords Together 131 Thumb-strumming the melody 132 Using up strums 134 Strumming between the melody 134 Finger-strumming the melody 137 Picking Out Melodies and Chords 139 Faking a strum 139 Fingerpicking to combine melody and chords 139 Chapter 10: Picking Up Some Soloing Techniques 141 Getting Articulated on the Frets 141 Hammering-on 142 Pulling-off 143 Sliding between notes 144 Bending notes 147 Producing vibrato 149 Putting everything together 150 Picking Your Way to Great Solos 150 Being all fingers and thumbs (in a good way!) 151 Picking alternately: The running man 151 Using a pick 151 Strum blocking 152 Inventing Solos the Easy Way 153 Soloing using chord shapes 153 Playing all the chord shapes 153 Soloing with scales 154 Part 4: Discovering Genres and Styles 157 Chapter 11: Rocking Out with Your Uke 159 Rocking Out with Chords 159 Keeping it simple: Three-chord punk 160 Adding a fourth chord 160 Powering up with 5 chords 160 Building tension: Suspended chords 161 Strumming Rock and Punk Rhythms 162 Bo Diddling 162 Iggy Popping 163 Making Your Uke Talk: Soloing Tips 163 Phrasing like speaking 164 Articulating questions and answers 164 Moving up the fretboard for tension and release 164 Chapter 12: Playing the Blues to Lift Your Spirits 167 Playing Blues Chord Progressions 168 Performing a simple 12-bar blues 168 Varying the 12-bar blues 168 Shuffling the blues 172 Turning the Blues Around 176 Leading the Blues 178 Soloing with the Blues Scale 179 Discovering the first position blues scale 180 Using the second position blues scale 180 Scaling the heights with solos 181 Chapter 13: Saying “Aloha” to the Hawaiian Style 185 Strumming in the Hawaiian Way 185 Turning Around, Hawaiian-Style 188 Progressing to the Hawaiian turnaround 188 Soloing the Hawaiian turnaround 189 Stretching Out to Play “Alekoki” 190 Chapter 14: Jazzing Up Your Uke Playing 193 Turning Around, Jazz-Style 193 Using Hot Jazzy Chords 195 Strumming in That Jazzy Way 196 Playing a ragtime tune 196 Hitting the split stroke 198 Chapter 15: Strumming Up the Jawaiian Style 201 Starting Up Some Jawaiian Strumming 202 Practicing the touch strum 202 Drumming up the thumb ’n’ strum style 203 “Jamming” with Bob Marley 205 Chapter 16: Getting Classy: Classical Masterpieces for Ukulele 207 Strumming Up the Classics 207 Picking the Classics — Classical Guitar Pieces for Ukulele 210 Playing Campanella Style 213 Chapter 17: Ukuleleing the Holidays 217 Playing the Twelve Days 217 Ringing in the New Year with “Auld Lang Syne” 219 Making a Noise with “Silent Night” 220 Part 5: Buying and Looking After Your Ukulele 223 Chapter 18: Weighing Up Your Options When Buying a Ukulele 225 Buying Your First Uke 225 Assessing how much to spend 226 Picking a size 226 Avoiding problems 227 Deciding Where to Buy 227 Buying from a shop 227 Purchasing online 228 Obtaining Your Second (and Third, Fourth, Fifth ) Ukulele 228 Thinking about solid versus laminated 229 Considering types of wood 229 Plugging In: Electric Ukuleles 231 Lowering the Tone: Bass Ukuleles 232 Chapter 19: Splashing Out on Essentials and Accessories 233 Picking the Right Strings 233 Getting Hold of Optional Accessories 234 Clipping on a tuner 234 Bagging a case 235 Recording your performance 235 Leaving it standing up or hanging down? 236 Strapping on your uke 236 Capturing the right capo 236 Feeling for a pick 237 Going Mobile 238 Finding uke chords 238 Tuning up 238 Keeping time with a metronome 239 Recording tunes 239 Chapter 20: Restringing, Maintaining, and Adjusting Your Uke 241 Restringing Your Ukulele 241 Deciding when to restring 242 Removing the strings 242 Tying the strings at the bridge 243 Looping the strings round the tuning pegs 245 Stretching the strings 246 Maintaining Your Ukulele 246 Cleaning after playing 247 Storing your ukulele 247 Tackling humidity 247 Diagnosing and Solving Uke Problems 248 Adjusting strings that go out of tune 248 Deciding that the strings are too high: Lowering the action 248 Fixing a buzzing sound: Raising the action 249 Fighting against out-of-tune strings high up the fretboard 250 Part 6: The Part of Tens 251 Chapter 21: Ten Ukulele Players to Know 253 Ernest Ka‘ai (1881–1962) 253 May Singhi Breen (1895–1970) 254 Roy Smeck (1900–1994) 254 George Formby (1904–1961) 255 The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (1985–) 255 Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole (1959–1997) 256 Jake Shimabukuro (1976–) 256 Amanda Palmer (1976–) 257 James Hill (1980–) 258 Zach Condon (1986–) 258 Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Get Involved in the Ukulele Scene 259 Joining a Ukulele Club 260 Visiting a Ukulele Festival 260 Making a Video 261 Playing Live 261 Going Online 262 Spreading the Uke News 262 Entering a Contest 262 Teaching Someone 263 Writing Your Own Songs 263 Seeing a Show 264 Chapter 23: Ten (or So) Tips for Improving Your Playing 265 Playing Very Slowly 265 Refusing to Rush Things 266 Recording Yourself 266 Playing with and for Others 267 Practicing in Sections 267 Knowing When to Stop Practicing 267 Stealing from Everyone 268 Varying Your Inversions and Verying Your Invarsions 268 Opening Your Ears 269 Enjoying Yourself 269 Busting a Rut 270 Chapter 24: Ten Greatest Ukulele Chords 271 Invigorating C (with a High Note) 272 Shimmering A Minor 7 (High Up) 272 Melancholy F Major 7 273 Complex G9 273 Chilled Out G6 274 The “Hawaiian” D7 274 Uncomfortable A Augmented 7 275 Jazzy C9 276 Menacing F Minor 9 276 Nostalgic E Diminished 7 277 Part 7: Appendixes 279 Appendix A: Chord Charts 281 Appendix B: Reading Standard Musical Notation 285 Appendix C: Audio Tracks 291 Index 297

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    £17.59

  • Piano Adventures All-In-Two Primer Tech. & Perf.:

    Faber Piano Adventures Piano Adventures All-In-Two Primer Tech. & Perf.:

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    £11.64

  • Beethoven's Cello: Five Revolutionary Sonatas and

    Boydell & Brewer Ltd Beethoven's Cello: Five Revolutionary Sonatas and

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Larry Todd examine these seminal cornerstones of the cello repertoire and place them within their historical and cultural contexts. Also addressed arethe three variation sets and, in a series of interludes, the cellos owned by Beethoven, the changing nature of his pianos, the cello-centric 'Triple' Concerto and the arrangements for cello and piano of other works. Featuring a preface by renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and concluding with the reviews of the composer's cello music published during his lifetime, Beethoven's Cello is the ideal companion for cellists, pianists, musicologists and chamber-music devotees desiring a comprehensive understanding of this beloved repertoire. MARC D. MOSKOVITZ is principal cellist of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded the music of virtuoso cellists David Popperand Alfredo Piatti for the VAI label, and his American premiere of Zemlinsky's Cello Sonata was heralded by the Washington Post as 'an impassioned performance'. 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Essential. * CHOICE *A remarkably fine book which will likely become the definitive reference for cellists, scholars and serious Beethoven devotees. * STRINGENDO AUSTA NATIONAL JOURNAL *It's hard to envision a more comprehensive single-volume introduction to Beethoven and the cello, and performers, listeners and researchers will all find something to engage them here...what's clear throughout is that Moskovitz and Todd genuinely love this music, and send you back to it with renewed enthusiasm. * GRAMOPHONE *Beethoven's Cello is not only thoroughly researched and documented, its engaging writing style is more readable than that of the typical academic music book. The authors' theoretical analysis and historical insights will be of practical use to performers. . . . Boydell Press has produced an attractive volume, beautifully laid out, with many illustrations, that makes a meaningful contribution to general Beethoven scholarship. * FANFARE *An impressive piece of scholarship . . . a work of thoroughness and quality. * STRINGS MAGAZINE *Table of ContentsPreface Foreword by Steven Isserlis From Bonn to Berlin Music Fit for a King: The Sonata in F Major, Op. 5 No. 1 (1796) Interlude: Beethoven's Cello Tragic/Comic Masks: The Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2 (1796) Interlude: Beethoven's Pianos Themes and Variations Interlude: The Triple Concerto as Outlier Friendship, War, Tears and Grief: The Sonata in A Major, Op. 69 (1808) Freedom and Control: The Sonata in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1 'Most Remarkable and Strange': The Sonata in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2 (1815) Interlude: Arranged Sonatas Opus Posthumum Appendix 1: Primary Sources for Beethoven's Cello Works Appendix 2: Reviews of Beethoven's Cello Music by His Contemporaries Bibliography

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