This book takes the lid off the Keyboard to provide a complete guide to getting the best music out of your instrument. Covering such areas as basic harmony, posture and hand independence, and with a guide to rigging up MIDI keyboards and how to hook one up to your PC, this book is ideal for beginners and advanced players alike, providing all you need to know to get the sound you want out of those ivories.

Here it is! This tape is the answer to every guitar player's dream. Not only do you learn 150 totally unique licks in an hour, but each one is carefully taught to you in detail by Arlen Roth, founder of Hot Licks Video and one of the world's finest players and teachers. All of the subtle nuances that make these licks so unique are never overlooked, as Arlen carefully covers the string bending, vibrato, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and phrasing that makes Blues, Rock, Country, and Rockabilly guitar such a challenge! So warm up your fingers because this is one lesson that will have you playing burning Hot Licks right from the start, while changing the way you play lead guitar forever! Arlen Roth is one of the world's most respected and well-known player/teachers of the guitar. He founded Hot Licks in 1979 and has written twelve best-selling books. He has worked with artists such as Simon and Garfunkel, Phoebe Snow, John Prine, Don McLean, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, Tony Bird, and Duane Eddy, and he served as guitar coach and soundtrack creator for the legendary film Crossroads. His column Hot Guitar appeared in Guitar Player Magazine for ten years, and he has recorded six highly acclaimed solo albums. Booklet enclosed You'll never miss a note! All exercises are transcribed in the accompanying booklet, corresponding to example numbers on the screen. And of course, all right- and left-hand techniques are shown close-up, with special split-screen effects, so you can closely observe and learn all the subtleties the top players are known for.

This easy-to-follow DVD will take you thorugh the basics to playing complete songs. It includes clear demonstrations and jargon-free explanations about: basic music notation; your first notes and chords; special effects, like bends, trills and wah; playing your first song. Special features include: demonstrations and backing tracks for each song; on-screen close-ups for easy learning; an owner's manual approach to your harmonica that makes learning easier than ever before.

Edited by world-renowned piano pedagogue Denes Agay, this comprehensive volume covers a wide-range of musical styles and concepts, coaching processes, and teaching materials. As well as exploring every possible technical aspect of teaching piano, the book contains a great deal of commonsense advice on communicating with pupils, encouraging good behavior, and establishing a genuinely creative teacher/pupil relationship. Topics include: instilling performance and keyboard skills, teaching both young children and adult beginners, designing teaching programs for handicapped students, giving group piano classes, and organizing and presenting recitals. 519 pages.

Designed to motivate and inspire students, Guitar Sherpa's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on, contextual format. Students play their way through Guitar Sherpa curriculum rather than working through tedious examples and exercises. Trey Alexander, winner of Guitar Player's Guitar Superstar award, opens up his big bag of improvisational, theoretical and technical chops to reveal the blazing techniques and high-level concepts that he has cultivated over years of intensive study, live performances and a tenacious dedication to his craft. This DVD guides your development of the essential skills needed to succeed in today's modern rock arena. You'll learn fretboard navigation concepts and a variety of right and left hand techniques to facilitate easy movement both vertically and horizontally across the neck. Trey also drills down on a wide range of improvisational skills that will help you develop strong melodic statements and distinctive rhythmic grooves. It covers a broad range of modern rock concepts, including Trey's award-winning Modern Equivalent. This course is designed to expose you to the variety of contemporary grooves, rhythmic patterns, techniques, phrasing and theoretical approaches that today's rock guitarist must master. You'll work through ballads, up-tempo power grooves and jazz rock styles and also study expressive devices such as legato, tapping, sweep-picking and the use of harmonics to enhance a tune's melodic structure, avoiding shred for shred's sake. This is a hands-on playing course - you'll be rockin' out from the very first lesson and will quickly develop a raging addiction to your Atomic Rock practice sessions. Includes hands-on learning tools such as: text lesson guide, standard notation, guitar tab, power tab files, power tab software, practice rhythm tracks, bonus material. Secure PIN enclosed in DVD package for quick and secure download of learning tools.

Award-winning bassist Benny Rietveld covers the wide array of playing styles he uses on tour and in the studio, from classic rock to gospel and funk. Topics covered include: tone variations; right-hand techniques, left-hand techniques; walking bass lines; and working with drummers (featuring Dennis Chambers). Includes a 24-page booklet in standard notation and tablature.

Designed to motivate and inspire students, Guitar Sherpa's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on, contextual format. Students play their way through Guitar Sherpa curriculum rather than working through tedious examples and exercises. Stu Hamm, bass player extraordinaire, has been the bassist of choice for dozens of virtuoso guitarists while he continually hones his jaw-dropping chops on countless sessions and solo albums. This DVD lays the foundation for freshman bassists through a step-by-step approach to every aspect of the instrument, from tuning up for the first time to nailing your first audition. Stu demonstrates helpful left and right hand techniques to build strength and endurance. He shares with you the language of music that will make quick work of communicating your ideas with other musicians. He also teaches you the language of music to help make quick work of communicating ideas at jams and auditions. Bass Guitar Basics equips you with a solid foundation of techniques, theory, rhythm patterns and bass lines, all of which can applied in any style of music. Stu shows you how to read tab and follow a chart, and teaches you the essential theory required to take your playing in any direction you choose. It presents valuable insight into a multitude of styles, covering everything from country to classical. Stu also shares tips on tone settings for both the bass and amplifier and how to use them to get the sound you want. Never before has a bassist of this caliber shared such a wealth of knowledge to give aspiring bassists the benefit of years of pro experience. If you're serious about your journey to learn and play bass, this is the ultimate guide. Includes hands-on learning tools such as: text lesson guide, standard notation, guitar tab, power tab files, power tab software, bonus material. Secure PIN enclosed in DVD package for quick and secure download of learning tools.

Blues guitarists know Jay Geils as a respected jazz/blues guitarist with a command of many styles and a true love for the history of the guitar. Jay, backed by a guitar/bass/drums trio, leads the viewer through the history of electric blues guitar from Charlie Christian to Chuck Berry to B.B. King and beyond. Geils covers bebop, swing and slide guitar; open E and G tunings, augmented and tritone substitutions, getting the correct blues tone, and many other areas. 1 hour, 17 minutes.

Junior Wells earned his reputation as one of the kings of Chicago blues harmonica. He played with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison and others throughout his career, and was responsible for the classic song Messin' with the Kid. On this DVD, Junior demonstrates cross-harp technique, changing keys, bending, cupping, vibrato, and much more as he sings, plays and shouts through classic blues songs accompanied by a trio including Arlen Roth himself. Any serious blues harmonica player will love this opportunity to learn from a legend! 50 minutes.