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Believe it or not, there are five simple steps you can take that can dramatically improve the quality of your singing voice, literally, today. These steps are the success habits of many of the greatest singers in the world, and they are shockingly easy to implement. Whether your goal is to kill it at karoake night or on national TV, these strategies will pump quality, soul, and energy into your voice and give you exactly what it takes to wow any crowd. Listen to this amazing audio, and bring your singing voice to an amazing new place!

This is the original version and not an arrangement. Next to “The Entertainer”, this song is one of the most recognizable ragtime pieces by Scott Joplin. This “by ear” lesson starts with a full demonstration of the piece and then works you through the entire song note-by-note with a full description of fingering, pedaling, and technique. This song is rated as an early advanced level piece.

Learn all of the guitar licks and riffs to this ZZ Top hit without using music or tab. The entire guitar part is demonstrated all the way through and then taught in two- to four-measure increments totally “by ear”. Backing tracks are included to practice and perform with.

Master the art of playing the left-handed guitar with this all-inclusive guidebook! Have you ever dreamed of creating soul-stirring melodies but hesitated because you’re left-handed? Have you ever wondered how the rules of playing right-handed guitar would differ from left-handed guitar? Are you prepared to start an amazing musical adventure and discover the pure delight of playing the guitar? This book is an innovative, step-by-step manual designed to make learning the guitar a breeze for left-handed players. It guides you through the basics of chord playing, strumming, and all the ...

Ear training is one of the most rewarding skills you can develop, and it’s one that you can work on every day. Which makes total sense: Music is an aural experience, after all. Ear training helps you turn the music you hear into music you make on your guitar. This works for your own musical ideas, too: When you dream up a great riff or chord progression, you naturally want to sit down and play it right away. Ear training helps you do just that.

Think about your career as a writer...How would you want to put out great songs out there, without having to hire a writer and still remain satisfied with the results? How would you help them recognize bad decisions so they could prevent the same choices in the future? What would you do if your songs didn't have this unique touch? This book can provide you with the tools to change all of that and give you a positive outlook on writing good songs in a short delay.

This audiobook in the series contains a discussion on why, as a guitarist, you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life. This audiobook is a transcription, both edited and at times expanded upon, of a GMI podcast given by Ged Brockie in February 2017.

Beatles, Beatles, Beatles, and some Jeff Beck, CCR, and Christian Rock are all in this Guitar By Ear Box Set. This set has almost fourteen hours of high quality guitar instruction teaching some of the greatest hits of Rock and Roll, and you can learn them all completely “by ear” without music, tab, or video! This box set contains a mixture of late beginner through intermediate level song lessons.

Derived from a popular series of lecture-recitals presented by Carol Montparker over the past several years, The Composer's Landscape features eight insightful essays on the piano repertoire. Each chapter focuses on a single composer: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and Mendelssohn. Montparker uses landscape as a metaphor for the score, whether it's a well-tended garden of Mozart or the thorny thickets on a Schumann page.

Explore the captivating journey through time with "Echoes of the Past," a series that delves into the intricate and diverse musical history of Europe. From the haunting melodies of prehistoric times to the complex compositions of ancient Greece and Rome, this series uncovers the stories that have resonated across centuries. In "Unearthing the Ancient Music History of Europe," each chapter unravels a different facet of the continent's musical legacy. Discover the origins of prehistoric music, the harmonies of ancient Greece, and the rhythmic beats of medieval and Renaissance compositions. ...

The songs in this Piano by Ear box set span centuries, and yet each one of them is as memorable as the next. From St. Dallán Forgaill to Lauren Daigle, this set of songs will give you a repertoire of church standards, in a variety of levels, that you will find yourself playing for the rest of your life. All songs are taught “by ear” without the use of video or print, so you can work on them anywhere, at any time.

Para miles de personas esto es "El Mejor Libro" para aprender a tocar guitarra. Los ha ayudado a aprender Rápida, Fácil y Más Eficientemente que ningún otro método de enseñanza. En el interior se encuentra el más Completo, Individualizado y Personalizado programa de lecciones de guitarra que jamás encontrará.

Everything you think you know about learning guitar is wrong. Skeptical? You shouldn't be, because the unfortunate truth is that as a budding guitarist, your chances of actually succeeding are about 10 percent. Learn Guitar in Record Time contains the keys to guitar mastery. This audiobook is about using uncommon meta learning principles to absolutely dominate the guitar-learning process.

Last year I had a chance to discuss guitar, guitar books, and music theory content with the Argentinean guitarist Mauro Pantin, and I immediately thought that we should find ways to collaborate, beyond the obvious performance angle. This new project — Get Ready for the Real Book: The Basic Foundations for Jazz Guitar — is our first collaboration and is meant to be a primer for guitarists who want to have enough theory background, conceptual understanding, and theoretical knowledge to dive into jazz, improvisation, and the real book. We hope you find it useful and informative. -- Tommy ...

Despite being unable to play an instrument, Susan Rogers became an extraordinarily successful record producer—and certainly one of the most successful women record producers in history—because of her ability to listen. (She was an engineer on Prince's "When Doves Cry", which inspired the title of the book.) This Is What It Sounds Like distils a lifetime's expertise as a producer and an award-winning professor with a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, to present a new theory of listening for everyday music fans.

Dolly Parton is instantly recognizable for her iconic style and persona, but how did she create her enduring image? Dolly crafted her exaggerated appearance and stage personality by combining two opposing stereotypes - the innocent mountain girl and the voluptuous sex symbol. By developing a multilayered image and persona, Dolly both critiques representations of femininity in country music and attracts a diverse fan base ranging from country and pop music fans to feminists and gay rights advocates.

Performing with David Bowie, surviving the murky depths of the music business, enduring a painful divorce, and making the first music video in outer space, award-winning recording artist Emm Gryner has navigated through life’s highs and lows using a secret compass: singing. Her voice, and her desire to express herself in music, has been a constant, from the early days of playing in bands while growing up in a small town, to playing arena rock shows and stadiums. Across these years and on many travels, she’s discovered the human voice to be an unlikely guide.

Autistic people and musical individuals often have perfect pitch, a gift they were born with. The musical gift may be accompanied with learning differences such as reading comprehension problems, trouble with mathematics, and significant difficulties in learning how to read music. This book was written by a music therapist and an autistic researcher, and is endorsed by leading experts in the field of autism and special-needs education.

Vocal leader James Sills believes that group singing has the power to change lives. It is a joyful expression of our humanity that gives us purpose, encourages us to be fully present, and helps us to foster social bonds. In Do Sing, James invites us to look back on our singing journey. Was there a time when you stopped singing or were told you couldn't sing? Do certain songs trigger happy memories?

The Miracle of Your Voice - Class 1 - Registrations consists of two versions of a class that both use practical and easy to follow exercises and plenty of feel-good-about-your-voice moments to encourage a positive, affirming learning experience. The first class is 40 minutes and the second is a 10-minute quick reference version. These classes are suitable for all and cover the basics of good posture for singing and speaking and the three vocal registrations of your voice.