Practicing is an essential part of every musician's life, but we are rarely taught how to practice in the most effective and efficient way. Many of us find ourselves frustrated when we sound good in the practice room only to embarrass ourselves on stage or in front of our teachers. We feel overwhelmed by the amount of music we have to learn, unsure how to balance everything. Playing from memory can feel terrifying and an insurmountable challenge, and overcoming bad habits can seem impossible at times. Molly Gebrian applies the science of learning and memory to practicing and performing, giving musicians the tools to learn music more effectively and experience greater confidence on stage. Researchers working in the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience have discovered many important principles about how the brain learns new information, retains this information both short- and long-term, and how to make this learning reliable in high-pressure situations like performances. Musicians often choose practice strategies that don't align well with the optimal ways in which the brain learns, leading to frustration while practicing and inconsistency in performance. The author offers a practical guide, using accessible language for non-scientists and non-academics, to help musicians get more out of their practicing by applying this research. Gebrian starts with general principles of learning and how the brain works, and then progresses through increasingly specific topics. Throughout the book, the science behind the various topics is explained in layman's terms, accompanied by practical, actionable advice that can be implemented immediately, to give musicians of all levels better tools while practicing and greater confidence on stage. Read more

Easily Master the Guitar Neck in MinutesQuickly and easily learn to locate any note on the neck like it is second nature.How to Memorize the Fretboard Teaches you:Simple methods and strategies to memorize the guitar neck easilyClear diagrams and techniques to make learning fun and simpleEssential Music TheoryBreak Down the Guitar Neck into Easy ShapesUnlike the piano, the same note can be played on the guitar in more than one location making their locations seem daunting to learn. This book teaches you to instantly recognize and know the location of every note on the guitar neck.How to Memorize the Guitar Fretboard teaches you essential basic theory and musical patterns so you actually understand how the guitar as a whole functions. Free on Kindle Unlimited! - Master the Guitar Neck Today!Why wait? With free delivery right to your device, you don't even need a kindle to read this book! You can have it sent to your PC, Tablet or Smartphone. No more excuses, master the guitar neck today and play like a pro!The Most Popular Guitar Books on AmazonWith nearly 1,000,000 copies sold, Fundamental Changes bring you the highest rated guitar books available on Amazon.Scroll up to Buy Now and make a huge difference to your playing. Read more

Discover Perfect Legato Technique for Rock GuitarDo you want to master fluid, clean legato guitar passages?Do you need to build speed, control and perfect feel?Do you want to play jaw-dropping legato licks that avoid clichés?Cutting-edge guitarist Chris Brooks has been teaching perfect guitar technique for three decades, and in Legato Guitar Technique Mastery he spills his secrets of incredible legato technique on guitar.This method is a complete system to play legato in the style of the masters, like Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe, Brett Garsed, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Guitar Legato Technique MasteryOver 150 exercises, impressive licks and musical etudes guide you on your journey to incredible legato guitar technique. Everything is structured so you’ll lock down your legato technique before learning a whole host of fantastic licks and runs.Discover the secrets of precise guitar legato to play whatever you want!Master exciting diatonic and chromatic fretboard drills for ultimate dexterity on guitarLearn efficient practice routines for quick, meaningful progressApply legato technique to both three-note-per-string and CAGED shapes to suit your styleEasily combine Sweep and Hybrid PickingDiscover liquid licks and scorching sequencesBonus: Learn to master the whole fretboard with scale mapsBonus: Get creative! Chris teaches you how to make your own great music with unique legato guitar passages.Bonus: Clear legato demonstration videos you can watch for free No More Boring Legato Guitar LicksLegato Guitar Technique Mastery teaches you real insight into how the masters approach the style. You’ll learn to break out of the “scale jail” boxes in which amateur guitarists often find themselves trapped…How to make (and break) scale patterns for unpredictable licks that stun the crowdThe complete guide to arranging scales for creativity and unique phrasesAdd chromatic notes to create high-brow unique coloursThe real guide to combining Hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides and dynamicsMaster odd note groupings to add interest to your linesUnlock Steve Vai and Joe Satriani’s famous burst phrasingYou’ll learn to execute perfect legato on guitar and combine it intelligently with an array of great licks and phrases.With over 150 audio examples to download for free It’s time to get slippery and take the next step in your fluid legato journey.Buy it now! Read more

Guitar Fretboard Fluency is The Creative Guide to Mastering the GuitarFretboard Fluency teaches you the sequential patterns, interval skips, triads and arpeggios that turn scales into usable melodic tools for soloing. You will develop your musical ears while also building excellent technique and creative solos.The idea is to link your fingers to your ears so you can always play what you hear in your head.Build guitar technique and master all scales in every key, and every neck positionFretboard Fluency also gets you intimately acquainted with the guitar neck by teaching you how to play every important scale, in every key in every position on the fretboard. By using just five scale shapes you will open up the fretboard and access every scale or mode anywhere on the guitar.Break out of creative ruts while building guitar technique As musicians, one of the biggest challenges we face is that our fingers are often in charge of our brain. Patterns or licks that we have memorised have a habit of coming out without us actually consciously meaning to play them. How many times have you thought, ‘Damn! I just played that same lick again!’? Fretboard fluency trains your ears and brain to be in charge of your fingers while also developing your internal 'dictionary' of creative, melodic approaches. The patterns, structures and approaches you will learn help you find new and creative ways to express yourself in guitar soloing.Get creative while mastering sequences, interval skips, triads and arpeggiosFretboard Fluency divides the Major Scale into useful melodic sequences and patterns of intervals, triads and arpeggios to achieve three distinct goals:Develop melodic vocabulary to allow you to access new musical ideasBecome so confident with scale shapes that you are able to let your ears guide your soloDevelop devastating, yet targeted guitar technique that enables you to play the lines that you hear in your headDedicated exercises to incorporate new melodic ideas into your playingGuitar Fretboard Fluency is not just a dictionary of melodic patterns. It teaches you to actually get creative with unlimited musical possibilities.Guitar Fretboard Fluency teaches youEssential and useful melodic sequences, intervallic approaches, triads and ArpeggiosThe Modes of the Major, Melodic and Harmonic Minor scalesThe CAGED System - Easily memorise every scale in every key, anywhere on the neckHow to get creative with exciting melodic ideasEvery useful scale, anywhere on the guitarBonus Download over 110 notated audio examplesBonus Get 24 original backing tracksFundamental Changes Write the Best Selling Guitar Books on AmazonBuy it now and take control of your creative guitar playing technique Read more

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Master Essential Guitar Chords and Establish Good Habits for a Lifetime Discover how to play every essential chord on guitarUnderstand how chords work togetherBuild chord progressions and master strummingUnderstand chord theory and constructionInstantly apply and use chords to make songs The First 100 Chords for Guitarists Are you struggling to learn guitar chords?Would you like an effective way to memorize, play and combine chords to make music on the guitar?Do you want to confidently strum rhythms the right way?Do you want to build perfect practice habits that will stay with you for a lifetime? The First 100 Chords for Guitar will teach you to correctly fret, strum and combine the essential chords in music to become a better musician, quickly and easily. Here’s What You Get: A complete course, building from the first essential guitar chords to help you memorize, understand and apply chords musically.A proven practice routine that helps you build muscle memory, great technique and musical knowledge.Understanding of how to play chords the right way, and the theory of how they are constructedOne instant trick to teach your fingers how to move - subconsciously Bonus One: Learn to link chords together in a truly unique, musical way. Linking chords means practice is always fun as you explore creative ideas.Bonus Two: A complete guide to essential strumming patterns on guitar. Are you Missing Part of the Puzzle? Most guitar beginners know a few chords but few actually understand that it is quick and easy to expand that vocabulary into hundreds of chords and colors.The First 100 Chords for Guitar is not simply a cold list of chords, it’s a complete guitar method for beginners that teaches you how to practice for a lifetime of good guitar habits.From the most basic chords, right through to some rich and exciting advanced voicings, you will be guided in small friendly steps. Throughout, there is an emphasis on using the correct fingers, changing chords smoothly, building great technique and developing creativity.Test Yourself!  At the end of each chapter, the newly introduced chords are combined into real-life chord progressions. How to Practice! – Also included is a detailed ‘How to Practice’ section along with dedicated chapters on Essential Strumming Patterns and some Chord Theory. Hear it!Learning chords from paper is one thing, but once you hear how to apply them, they become music. The First 100 Chords for Guitarists contains many supporting audio examples to help you get inside the music, and quickly apply every new chord in a musical situation.Get the audio for free from our dedicated website. This book is Free on Kindle Unlimited Read more

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This compilation brings together three best-selling books that will help you master the essential rudiments of playing the guitar; Technique, Theory and the Application of all the Essential Scales in Music. At over 285 pages, this book contains over 400 notated audio examples and 60 backing tracks that demonstrate every technique, lick and scale clearly in a musical context. Beginners to very advanced players will all find plenty of ideas, techniques and musical vocabulary to keep them improving for years. Complete Technique for Modern Guitar destroys the notion that aspiring players must spend all their practice time accelerating through progressively more difficult and obscure exercises. This book focuses on only the exercises that most quickly develop the fundamental four areas of guitar technique: Picking, Legato, Playing in time, and expression. It contains over 200 essential, digestible, exercises to help you master the guitar with comprehensive coverage of picking, legato, rhythm and expressive techniques. The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitarists is a complete and practical music theory course for guitarists takes you on a journey starting from simple major scale construction, its 3 and 4 note harmonisations, and common chord sequences, to a massively deep and structured dissection of all the modes of the major scale. The seven modes are broken down into their constituent intervals, triads, arpeggios and Pentatonic scales, with each theoretical approach discussed and analysed and bought to life with over 200 notated examples, licks and professional backing tracks. After the many soloing possibilities are discussed for each mode, the author's favourite sounds are given as a concise list of recommended approaches. This will save you many hours of practice time, and provide solid starting point to explore the best of each tonality. Guitar Scales in Context goes further than every other scale dictionary available: it provides you with backing tracks and licks for every one of the essential eighteen scales and modes that it covers. With over fifty backing tracks included, each scale is analysed, discussed and shown in the five most commonly used patterns. Each scale shape is given with a corresponding chord, triad and arpeggio pattern to help you build and memorise the scale, both physically and aurally. Read more

Learn guitar theory - The simple way, musical wayThird EditionAre you sick and tired of guitar theory being taught in overly complicated language? Are you looking to become a better musician and guitar player?Do you want to discover creative guitar soloing and songwriting approaches?Do you want to understand & use guitar scales, guitar modes and arpeggios?Do you want a complete guitar theory method that takes you from zero to hero in simple steps? Master, hear and play music theory for guitarThe Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitar is different. Instead of boring and meaningless guitar theory essays, it makes music come alive. In fact, you’ll quickly learn to play the theory you’re being taught. Go from meaningless information to stunning guitar solos and songwriting.Guitarists are often guilty of 'collecting' musical theory without taking the time to learn to apply the information on their instrument. Modern Music Theory for Guitarists combines cutting edge, up to date musical information with over 200 exercises and examples to help you internalise and master the most important concepts in modern guitar playing. There are also bespoke, professional backing tracks from Guitar Techniques Magazine's QuistHere’s what you’ll learn:How to construct major and minor guitar scales How to harmonise a scale and use chords to write songsThe complete guide to naming chords on guitar (know your C9 from your Cadd9!)A breakdown of every important type of chord, and where they come fromHow to write chord progressions to create great songsHow to change key smoothly (modulation) and how to use guitar chord qualities to make your music creative and uniqueDiscover how to form guitar modes… and how to use them in your solos. Discover the secret of triads, arpeggios and pentatonic scales you can use to create rich-sounding solos that’ll amaze your friends A complete deconstruction of all the 3-note, 4-note and 5-note soloing approaches hidden in every scaleBonus hundreds of guitar licks demonstrate every single conceptBonus Professional backing tracks to help you practise every guitar scaleBonus The complete guide to Roman numeral notation for short hand song writing on guitarBonus A ‘cheat sheet' of the most common soloing approaches to save you hours in the practice roomBonus 200 audio tracks to download so you can hear every single guitar theory concept in actionLearn the guitar theory… then use it!There are so many sources of information out there these days it's hard to know where to begin and what's important when it comes to applying music theory to the guitar. This book has been designed to take you on a journey from essential first principles through to complex, exciting musical ideas while all the time teaching you the musical application of each concept. Essential guitar knowledge and musical guitar skillsThe Complete Guide to Modern Music Theory begins with the formation of the Major scale and builds steadily from the concepts taught in the first few chapters to help you master, hear and apply all the essential theory used today.Thousands of 5* reviewsNot just for this title! Fundamental changes has published over 100 guitar methods, sold over 500,000 books and received over 5000 5* star reviews. You can be confident that your guitar education is in safe, experienced hands. Buy now to begin your journey into understanding and practical application of music theory on guitar Read more

The Complete Guide to Keyboard and Piano Technique with over 140 ExercisesAt last – a method that addresses every aspect of piano technique and is clear and easy to follow! This book lays the foundations for a lifetime of effortless piano playing.Do you want a simple method to learn perfect piano technique, step by step?Want a clear guide that will speed up your progress on piano?Need a resource to help you master scales and arpeggios at the same time?The Complete Piano Technique book is a carefully structured method, developed over several years, to help you build perfect piano technique from the ground up. It covers every aspect of piano playing technique and you will learn essential scales and arpeggios at the same time!In order to enjoy a lifetime of playing, it’s very important to have a solid technical foundation. With this in place, you can focus wholeheartedly on playing the music you love.You’ll Learn:How to play with ease and efficiencyPractical exercises to achieve good posture and avoid muscle strain and injuryPerfect finger, hand, wrist and arm movementHow to relax hand muscles effectively and still achieve great toneThe correct fingering for all scales and arpeggiosThe counterintuitive technique needed to play flourishes of notes at lightning speedClear diagrams throughout the book will ensure you avoid the mistakes many pianists make. You’ll also learn the techniques you’ve heard professional pianists use to introduce light and shade into their playing, and to create exciting or reflective moods.This is a practical book packed, packed with useful exercises distilled over many years of teaching, to refine your technique and make you the best pianist you can be.Here’s What You Get:Strike and release exercises to build finger strength and independenceExercises to master legato and staccato techniqueIntroduce light and shade into your playing using one simple techniqueSwitch effortlessly between 1/18 note and 1/16th note passagesMaster complete left- and right-hand independenceThere’s more! In the process of crafting your technical skills, you’ll learn every major and minor scale and key arpeggios. You’ll also learn how to apply these techniques to the pieces you are working on.Make quicker progress by learning the right way to practice, and how to have a productive practice session – every time. You’ll also discover a proven method for learning new piecesHear itOver 140 studio-quality audio examples will help you hear how every exercise should sound.Buy it now and perfect your piano technique! Read more

Lyre Harp Instrument for Those Who Want to Start Learn from ScratchYour Simple, Soulful Guide to Discovering the Magic of the Lyre HarpHave you always been enchanted by the gentle, ethereal sound of the lyre harp? Dreamed of playing it, but didn’t know where to start? Whether you’re a complete beginner or someone who just picked up your first lyre, this book is your perfect first step."Lyre Harp: Instrument for Those Who Want to Start Learn from Scratch" is your warm, welcoming guide into the beautiful world of lyre harp music. Written specifically for new learners, this book breaks down everything you need to know in clear, simple language—no music theory background required.Inside, you’ll discover:🎵 A beginner-friendly introduction to the lyre harp and its origins🪕 Step-by-step instructions on how to hold, tune, and care for your instrument🎶 Easy-to-follow lessons on plucking techniques, finger placement, and basic melodies📖 Simple music exercises and songs to help you gain confidence and start playing right away💡 Helpful tips on building good habits, staying motivated, and enjoying your musical journeyThis guide is more than just a how-to manual—it’s an invitation to explore a new form of expression, relaxation, and joy. The lyre harp is one of the most calming and meditative instruments you can learn, and with this book, you’ll discover that it’s far more accessible than you ever imagined.Whether you're young or old, musical or not, this book will walk with you every step of the way as you begin your lyre harp journey—from plucking your very first note to playing tunes that warm the soul.Start from scratch. Play from the heart. Discover the lyre harp today. Read more

Triad Magic is an introduction to chord theory for guitar, with access to videos online. You will learn how basic chords are constructed from scales, laying the groundwork to understanding more complex chords. We are here to take you on an exciting journey towards understanding the guitar chords you already play, and maybe some you don’t. ~ Understand How Basic Chords Work ~ Learn Several Ways to Play Any Song ~ Access to Online Video Demonstrations ~ Put Arpeggios to Work in Your Leads ~ Gain a Better Knowledge of the Neck You’ll be able to take any song, go to any area of the guitar neck, and find a new approach to your already familiar chords. With this knowledge you can improve your lead playing by seeing how scales are directly related to triad shapes, find rhythm parts that cut through the mix, and further solidify your basic chord expertise. By the end of this book, you will be able to construct whichever chord forms you think are necessary for a song, based on what the other players in the band are already playing, and where you want to fit into that sound. And when you learn the parts of an existing song, by one of your favorite artists, you will have a better understanding of how they constructed the parts. Your solos will also be likely to improve as well, because you will have a greater awareness of how the lead patterns lay over the chord shapes along the neck. Triad Magic is super fun and easy to follow. In the long run, understanding chord construction will help your composing, playing, teaching and communication with other musicians. TRIAD MAGIC is designed to give you that extra edge. Enjoy! Read more

Modular Synthesizer Mastery - Volume 1 begins the journey of learning modular synthesis by getting to the heart of things - oscillators. From the basics of sine wave creation, through pitch control and into advanced topics like waveshaping, additive synthesis and FM modulation, this book will open your mind (and ears) to the opportunities provided by even the most basic modular oscillator. Clearly illustrated and with easy-to-follow patching examples and exercises, Volume 1 will help you maximize your understanding of modular synthesizers from the ground up. Read more

-Over 200 useful, digestible, exercises--Comprehensive coverage of Picking, Legato, Rhythm and Expressive Techniques-There’s a myth amongst many guitarists that excellent technique can only be achieved via years of practice.Complete Technique for Modern Guitar destroys the notion that aspiring players must spend all their practice time accelerating through progressively more difficult and obscure exercises. This book focuses on only the exercises that most quickly develop the fundamental four areas of guitar technique: Picking, Legato, Playing in time, and expression.Each exercise is accompanied by a full explanation, practice hints, and an individual audio track to make sure you are making the most of your practice time. Only exercises which generate immediate, tangible improvements are included so there is always an immediate, musical benefit to your playing. Read more

Learn Guitar Scales in Musical ContextGuitar Scales in Context goes way beyond any other scale dictionary available by providing you with backing tracks and licks for each of the essential 18 guitar scales and modes that it covers.Licks and Backing TracksWith over 50 backing tracks, each scale for the guitar is analysed, discussed and shown in the five most commonly used patterns. Each scale shape is combined with corresponding chord, triad and arpeggio pattern to help you build and memorise the scale; physically, mentally and aurally.Master Both Theory and Soloing ApplicationEach scale has an extensive information page giving examples of its use and a description of its unique character. To help you master the feel of each scale's sound and feel on the guitar, three live-recorded example licks are taught so you can instantly use the scales in a musical context.Learn the Essential Neck Diagrams, Arpeggios and TriadsScales should never be learnt in isolation and some notes are 'stronger' than other. Guitar Scales in Context combines the 18 essential scales for guitar with their most appropriate arpeggios and triads, showing you how to link these important musical structures together. By learning the correct arpeggios along with each scale shape, you will always know where the strongest notes lie when you are soloing on the guitar.The 18 Fundamental Guitar Scales in 5 PositionsEach scale and mode is broken down into the 5 most convenient shapes for the guitar, these shapes are joined together with a full neck diagram so you will master scales on the guitar neck in no time at all.Over 50 Backing Tracks and Over 50 Licks!We went to town on this book and have provided you with over 50 guitar backing tracks that will keep you wailing all night. The same scales are often used in different genres of music and we didn't want to limit your creativeness... so there are 3 backing tracks for each scale to keep you on your toes. Practice the notated guitar licks (standard notation and tab) with each backing track to truly master each unique sound. Audio is available to download for free from www.fundamental-changes.com and there are links in the book.Make Music with Guitar Scales All Over the Neck:Guitar Scales in Context is essential reading and practical application for anyone wanting to develop their fretboard skills, music theory and aural awareness.Essential Guitar Scales and Modes Covered Include:The Major ScaleThe Dorian ModeThe Phrygian ModeThe Lydian ModeThe Mixolydian ModeThe Aeolian ModeThe Locrian ModeThe Minor Pentatonic (Blues) ScaleThe Major Pentatonic (Blues) ScaleThe Melodic Minor ModeThe Lydian Dominant ModeThe Altered ScaleThe Harmonic Minor ScaleThe Phrygian Dominant ModeThe Mixolydian Bebop ScaleThe Dorian Bebop ScaleThe Half Whole Diminished ScaleThe Whole Tone ScaleThe Most Popular Guitar Books on AmazonWith over 500,000 books sold and over 5000, 5* reviews on Amazon, Fundamental Changes bring you the highest rated guitar books available on Amazon. Check out the reviews below to ensure your guitar education is in good hands!Buy it now to finally make music with guitar scales. Read more

The existing curriculum on guitar scales is inadequate for teaching guitarists the skills they really need. What is needed is a clear and simple method of learning one scale in all positions, and of learning all scales in one position. Guitarists need to be able to call up any scale to their fingertips instantaneously regardless of key, mode, string, or position and they need to be able to do so without memorizing hundreds of pages of diagrams. Fortunately, this is not only possible, but it is also incredibly simple. This booklet will teach you how. Read more

The Essential Guide to Heavy Metal Rhythm GuitarHeavy Metal Rhythm Guitar teaches the most important concepts, approaches and techniques used in heavy metal rhythm guitar Learn Metal Guitar by Studying Real MusicStarting with the roots of heavy metal, the essential rhythm skills are broken down step-by-step, to clearly show how authentic metal is constructed.Not Just Theory and Technical Exercises - Real Guitar Riffs you can UseMany guides simply show you how to build technique. Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar illustrates the musical components of metal, such as power chords, single string lines, displacement, odd time signatures and much more with real musical examples to help you explore your creativity.Over 100 Notated Musical Examples with Audio to Download for FreeAfter a brief rhythm primer, every one of the 140 notated, musical examples teaches you something new about Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar.Metal Rhythm Guitar examines the guitar playing at the roots of metal in the mid-1960s, such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s like Judas Priest, Saxon and Iron Maiden. The thrash metal of bands like Metallica and Slayer are covered, along with bands like Death, Pantera and Meshuggah who progressed Heavy Metal and expanded the technical possibilitiesHeavy Metal Rhythm Guitar CoversRiff BuildingRhythmic Accuracy Essential ScalesTechniquePower ChordsDisplacementSingle Line and Open String RiffsDrop TuningsHarmonicsOdd Time Signaturesand much more...Fundamental-Changes.com Bring you the Best-Selling, Highest Rated Guitar Books on Amazon Check out the excellent reviews on our many other titles and rest assured you are getting a professional, high quality, musical guide written by professional musiciansBuy it Now and Easily Master Heavy Metal GuitarWith free Shipping with Amazon Prime or delivered instantly to your tablet, Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar is all you need to revolutionise your guitar playingScroll up to buy it now! Read more

The Harmonica Primer Book For Beginners with Video Access by Tom Wolf is designed for the beginning harmonica player. This course starts by teaching proper hand positions, mouth positions, blowing, and drawing. You’ll quickly learn more advanced concepts like scales, chords, double stops, vibrato, trills, cross harp, and bends. After covering techniques, you will learn how to play over 30 songs like Amazing Grace, Oh When the Saints…, and Will the Circle Be Unbroken. All songs are demonstrated at two different speeds (slow for practicing and performance tempo). This course also includes online access to video instruction and audio tracks for each example and song. Read more

The Art of Ballet Accompaniment: A Comprehensive Guide addresses every imaginable topic and challenge that a ballet accompanist—whether a novice or a more experienced practitioner—might encounter.More than just a facile anthology of accessible music, this inclusive guide details all aspects of playing for ballet, including a complete manual for editing piano literature to accompany ballet technique classes. Author Gerald R. Lishka encourages ballet accompanists to be imaginative, creative, independent artists who can also communicate effectively with dance instructors. In addition, he clarifies the necessary balance between the use of existing musical scores and the art of improvisation. Featuring a new foreword by Kyra Nichols, an expanded section on Lishka's personal philosophy, an updated section on barre from Alison Hennessey, and over 100 music examples, The Art of Ballet Accompaniment offers invaluable advice for all levels of pianists and accompanists. Read more

This project is for those who desire to write out music notation by hand. This basic guide will help you create the music notes and all the various symbols most common with sheet music you see. Doing this in a clear and neat manner is our priority and you will find this little handy book to be a great help.There are some basic rules and guidelines to follow for the writing of music symbols so that you may be able to get your ideas across in the most legible way possible by hand. With a little bit of practice you will find it easy, fun and highly efficient. With today's advanced digital technology it seems people are forgetting how to write this out with pencil and paper. I think it is very important not only to read music but to be able to write it too.I originally created this work back in my college days and what you are looking at is the original sheets. To this day I still write much of my music by hand. I think it increases the value of a piece of music when it is written on regular manuscript paper as opposed to written in a computer software program. I usually used a no.2 pencil with a good eraser. I am sure you will get much use from the information I have compiled for you. Musically Yours,Ray Tutaj Jr. Read more