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In this book, saxophone master Vincent Herring has created a unique and logical way to approach improvising — one which will give your musical development a solid footing you won't find anywhere else!...

Topics Covered Include:Basic functional harmony, diatonic substitutes, secondary dominants, passing chords, diminished harmony, tritone substitutes, non-functional approaches to harmonizing melodies i...

A unique guide on how to deepen your practice routine from one of the masters of contemporary jazz. 365 Days of Practice is the result of a project by Rick Margitza in which he posted an idea online e...

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Become a better conductor by becoming a better listener with Developing Error Detection Skills in the Wind Band Educator. Often one of the greatest challenges for band directors is quickly and easily...

Melody guidetones as the underpinning of successful solos. How to line up the strongest notes of each chord with the strong beats of each measure, another essential idea. Resolving arpeggios so that y...

The only complete method book on salsa ever published! 260 pages, filled with musical examples for piano, bass, drum set and salsa percussion instruments. For beginning to advanced players. Also inclu...

For all musicians, regardless of instrument or experience, this is the most comprehensive book on hearing the changes ever published.Using musical examples that reflect all contemporary genres (pop, r...

A new thesaurus of hip melodic patterns for the contemporary improviser! The Bob Mover Jazz Lexicon is a comprehensive, detailed volume of melodic patterns, useful to not only improvisers and composer...

Metaphors For The Musician' gives insights into almost every aspect of jazz musicianship, including scale/chord theory, practice strategies, composing techniques, performance psychology and how to cre...

Following the great critical success of Jazz Scores and Analysis, Vol.1, Richard Lawn has created another masterpiece: JAZZ SCORES AND ANALYSIS, VOL. 2: STRINGS AND OTHER THINGS. As the title suggests...

All aspects of conducting are reflected in this book. The 97 practical excersises are selected in 3 parts: (1) 22 excersises: specific attention on expressive melodic patterns and balanced dynamic (2)...

Large, spiral bound book based on the tonal concept of 'tension and release' that will provide students, teachers and pros with important principles of improvising melodic ideas, culminating in a crea...

Patterns for Jazz stands as a monument among jazz educational materials. Condensed charts and pertinent explanations are conveniently inserted throughout the book to give greater clarity to the applic...

The ingenious rhythm game from Sheila Nelson. 140 4-bar rhythms to tap, clap, play or sing. Each rhythm can be paired with numerous alternatives to create over 5000 different combinations. Two books i...

This book is planned to meet a demand which I, as conductor as well as teacher, have encountered. It is to provide practical material for all who are concerned with scores in order to enable them to r...

Ear player, schooled musician, or somewhere in between - this book will improve your ability to transcribe music, and help you make the connection between the music you hear and what it looks like on...

The book/DVD set contains scores, text, and stereo mixes of the musical examples, as well as multi-track audio files of each example that all instrumentalists can use in a variety of ways.Includes sec...

Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remarkable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were...

This ground-breaking 80 page book/CD package will allow you or your students to use Blues scales to create meaningful solos before you master all the scales of a tune. Perfect for beginners and interm...

All musicians need to thoroughly learn their scales, chords, intervals and various melodic patterns in order to be complete musicians. The question has always been how to approach this universal task....