Instructional

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of bluegrass with a true legend: In "Tony Rice Teaches Bluegrass Guitar" by Hal Leonard, one of the most influential master pickers of all time shares profoun...

One of America's top bluegrass guitarists teaches a variety of flatpicking solos for twenty favorite songs and instrumentals. Played slowed-down and up-to-speed for learning players, with rhythm track...

Take your guitar playing to the next level! With "A Guide To Chords, Scales & Arpeggios" from the renowned publisher Hal Leonard, you hold the ultimate reference and practice guide for your instrument...

This book is an exploration of modern compositional devices and their interaction with jazz harmony and phrasing. This is not just one more exercise book! Most of the traditional exercise books are ba...

This 24-page instrumental method/supplement for tenor and alto sax players was written by jazz player and composer Ted Nash and edited by Jeannette Delisa.

Immerse yourself in the soulful world of smooth jazz and soft rock with "Easy Solos for Sax," published by the renowned Hal Leonard. This sheet music collection brings together a wonderful selection o...

Finally - a method that teaches violinists how to improvise! Plug in and take your violin on a journey beyond the world of classical music with Mark Wood and Electrify Your Strings. With instruction r...

Let your technique soar to new heights with eight solos and dozens of exercises tailor-made for intermediate and advanced players in pop, funk, and R&B! Improve your independence; find your groove in...

This book is a continuation of Musical Calisthenics for Brass, authored by Carmine Caruso. This new edition compiled by Caruso's student Dominic Derasse should be approached only after the completion...

This collection consists of two acclaimed series of study material for trumpet: Orchestra Etudes (which takes excerpts from the trumpet parts of well-known orchestral scores and develops them into stu...

This book of exciting original trumpet solos has a Spanish flair that will entice young students to want to perform. The melodies will make practicing more fun while at the same time introducing vario...

With three fabulous volumes of Instruments in Praise already perennial favorites, this Christmas collection is sure to be a hit! Lloyd Larson has taken some of the great Christmas carols and songs of...

The Hal Leonard Handbell Method is designed for anyone just learning to ring handbells. Whether you're an experienced musician or you don't read music at all yet, this step-by-step guide will teach yo...

Preface by Jay Ungar, composer of Ashokan Farewell. A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles presents 23 styles and is chock full of right- and left-hand techniques, exercises, and advice designed to help...

Find out what's missing in your musical toolbox and bring your playing up to date. Modernize your capabilities to reflect the music and work opportunities of the 21st century. Classical pedagogy and c...

Preface by Jay Ungar, composer of Ashokan Farewell. A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles presents 23 styles and is chock full of right- and left-hand techniques, exercises, and advice designed to help...

Finally a chord chart that's easy to read! 98 beginner and advanced versions of the most popular chords with fingering and note construction of each chord, plus key chart showing the principal and rel...

The first book of its kind in the world, The Creative Band & Orchestra provides conductors, directors and educators with over one hundred ideas, techniques, exercises and musical examples. Through thi...

A continuation of Basic Rhythmic Training, this collection of progressive rhythmic drills is designed to increase a music student's proficiency in executing and understanding Rhythm. The exercises beg...

A continuation of Basic Rhythmic Training, this collection of progressive rhythmic drills is designed to increase a music student's proficiency in executing and understanding Rhythm. The exercises beg...

This book assumes no prior knowledge and begins with elementary rhythmic notation. It provides a comprehensive understanding of basic rhythm and its components: the beat, pulse, time signatures, notes...

Designed for band, choir, orchestras or private study, this book teaches how to read basic rhythms from the printed page. This practical, daily step-by-step guide is suitable for all instruments and l...

Learn how to sight-read any rhythm instantly! Wouldn't you like to look at a complicated rhythmic figure and instantly know how it sounds? If so, then this book is for you. You'll discover: how to mem...

Perfect pitch - also called absolute pitch - has been a source of endless fascination for hundreds of years. The ability to recognize musical tones with no reference is often viewed as a kind of magic...

This complete reference guide takes you through StaffPad, the music notation and composition app available for Microsoft Surface and Apple iPad tablets. This phenoenal app allows you to write music no...