There's no easier way for people of any age to get started playing popular folksongs and campfire favorites on the harmonica. Madcat demonstrates the proper way to hold the instrument for good tone, vibrato and “wah wah” sounds that are...
Features over 25 original tunes and exercises to teach fingerpicking in all styles, including rock, folk-rock, blues, country and folk. The accompanying CD includes 57 demo tracks, and the book covers: how to create fingerpicking solos;...
Three-time winner of International Bluegrass Association's “Guitar Player of the Year,” David Grier is a rising star in the world of the acoustic guitar. Here he analyzes his breathtaking technique and takes apart some of his signature...
Blues Rhythm Guitar concentrates on the heart of blues music: the rhythm. You'll learn the crucial elements of the style that no guitarist should be without, including blues changes and variations, several shuffle rhythms, slow and fast blues...
Jacob Druckman's Reflection on the Nature of Water has become one of the standard 4-mallet marimba solos in the contemporary marimba literature. This master class, written by the person it was composed for, Dan Druckman, the composer's son –...
This latest work in the “Master Class” series presents a comprehensive, interpretive analysis and performance guide of three major works for solo marimba by San Francisco Symphony Principal Percussionist Jack Van Geem. Van Geem's...
This latest work in the Meredith Music master class series presents a comprehensive, interpretive analysis and performance guide of three legendary compositions for timpani and percussion. Together, Morris Lang, Charles Dowd, and Anthony J. Cirone...
Principal Timpanist of the Boston Symphony, head of the Percussion Department at Boston University, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and section leader for the Tanglewood Music Center, Tim Genis has provided a comprehensive performance...
Former timpanist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Indiana University Professor of Music (retired), Gerald Carlyss has provided a comprehensive performance analysis for the timpani parts of the four¦symphonies of Robert¦Schumann. His...
A unique collection of technical studies and correlated music which provide an assortment of scale, rhythm, technical and articulation exercises and immediately applies them to 12 full band compositions and arrangements. Each unit focuses on a...
This timeless treatise on the professional secrets of percussion performance, written by two of America's most outstanding orchestral percussionists, provides the kind of information that – before this book – could only have been gained...
