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One of jazz’s leading critics gives us an invigorating, richly detailed portrait of the artists and events that have shaped the music of our time. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, Playing Changes is the first book to take the measure of this exhilarating moment: it is a...

“Wonderful.”—Herbie Hancock A pioneering music educator reveals how music can supercharge early childhood development—and how parents and educators can harness its power. Since opening her famed Parisian conservatory over three decades ago, Joan Koenig has led a global movement to...

Learn a fingerstyle solo of this Beatle’s hit without using music, tab, or video. The lesson includes a full demonstration of the solo and then a detailed “by ear” lesson teaching every phrase slowly, including fingering and any helpful technique and performance tips.

120 Famous Easy Piano Songs for Beginners is more than a songbook, it's a step-by-step piano course with lessons and music theory, based on famous tunes and simplified classical pieces. It's perfect for ages 11 and up, and for adults of any age, even without prior musical experience.

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.

In this guitar by ear lesson, you will learn “Nonesuch” completely “by ear”. This level one lesson includes a full demonstration of the 17th century classical guitar piece followed by a detailed lesson teaching every phrase, with correct fingering, for the entire song. Learn a great classical piece without music, tab, or video! Also, check out our other level one classical guitar pieces.

In this special guitar by ear lesson, you will learn the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this Beatles standard without using music, tab, or video. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by the amazing “by ear” lesson, breaking the entire song down into small phrases completely “by ear”. A special rhythm guitar part and lesson has been created for this lesson by Bill Brown. At the end of the lesson, there are backing tracks in several configurations to practice and perform with.

"'Boy, do I have a lot to learn!'" Anyone who's ever picked up a musical instrument of any kind - from the first caveman banging rocks to that little kid at the guitar shop - has thought that. I know I did. I'd been trying for years to break in to the music scene, to show everyone my chops, to make my mark. And I was good. But I wasn't great. I knew that there was something wrong. Then the teacher showed up...."

Richie and Mike provide direct practical guidance on the skills and knowledge necessary for jazz to be passed on and performed well. The conversational tone of the book makes for entertaining and worthwhile listening. Those who have been teaching jazz for a long time will appreciate Richie's stories and his fearless opinions on jazz including how the teaching and learning of it are evolving (for good and for bad).

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.

Neste audiolivro, o jornalista e crítico musical Irineu Franco Perpetuo conta a história, recheada de trechos musicais, de Fryderyk Chopin, compositor cuja vida foi marcada por turbulências políticas, em sua terra natal, a Polônia, e emocionais, como seu relacionamento frustrado com Maria Wodzinska e, mais tarde, seu envolvimento conturbado com Aurore Dudevant, escritora de personalidade polêmica, mais conhecida por seu pseudônimo George Sand.

Learn a fingerstyle solo of this Beatles hit without using music or tab. This all-audio lesson includes a full demonstration and detailed “by ear” instruction teaching every phrase slowly and without music, tab, or video. This is a level two difficulty.

Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career—even in the face of deafness—Beethoven remained remarkably consistent in his most basic convictions about his art. This inner consistency, writes the music historian Mark Evan Bonds, provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works. Discarding tired myths about the composer, Bonds proposes a new way of listening to Beethoven by hearing his music as an expression of his entire self, not just his scowling self.

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.

Whether you’re a student, hobbyist, or professional musician, String Theories provides a framework for lifelong growth on the guitar. This is a book you'll return to year after year as you evolve as a musician.

In this lesson, you will learn not only the guitar part to this famous Beatles hit but the sitar part as well! Plus, you will learn all of this completely “by ear”, using no tab, music, or video! The lesson starts with a complete demonstration with backing tracks followed by a detailed lesson teaching the song in small, easy to memorize phrases. At the end of the lesson you get the backing tracks again in various configurations to use for your own performance. This song uses a capo so make sure you have one before you start.

Grammy Award winner Victor Wooten's inspiring parable of the importance of music and the threats that it faces in today's world. We may not realize it as we listen to the soundtrack of our lives through tiny earbuds, but music and all that it encompasses is disappearing all around us. In this...

This is original arrangement of this Chopin piece and it is taught completely “by ear.” I rate this one as a late beginner and early intermediate because the first section is suitable for most first year students. It is only as the piece progresses that it becomes more difficult. Like always, the lesson has a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed all-audio lesson breaking down the entire song measure-by-measure and note-by-note.

Music exists, first and foremost, in the soul, mind and body. It is something we feel before we understand it. Your introduction to the wonderful world of music theory, this audiobook will help you to decipher the language used to describe the intoxicating combination of art and science that is music.

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you.

For anyone who has been intimidated, overwhelmed, or just plain confused by what they think opera is, Who’s Afraid of Opera? offers a lively, easy-to-follow guide to what author Michael Walsh describes as “the greatest art form yet invented by humankind.” From opera’s origins in Renaissance Italy to the Who’s rock odyssey “Tommy”, and Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods”, Walsh explores what opera is and what it’s not, what makes a great singer, and why it takes Tristan so long to die.

In this all-audio lesson you will learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this Moody Blues hit without using music, tab, or video. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson on each guitar part. The song is broken up into small sections, and each lick is taught phase-by-phase. This is the fastest way to learn this song, and you’ll memorize it while learning it.

This Guitar by Ear bundle delivers a hit-laden batch of the greatest rock and blues hits of all time. This set has songs from The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Clapton, and more. You will also find two serious blues slide guitar songs in this series, including all seven solos of Johnny Winter’s version of “Dust My Broom”! This is more than 14 hours of high-quality guitar instruction teaching all of the songs everybody loves and wants to hear.

In this “by ear” lesson you will learn a late beginner level piano solo of “Scarborough Fair” without using music, print, or video. The lesson begins with a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed audiobook style lesson teaching the song in two- to four-measure sections. When you learn “by ear” you learn quickly and more permanently by utilizing the spoken language centers of your brain. Learn by ear, play by ear. It really is that easy.

In this “by ear” lesson you will learn a beginner level piano solo of “Happy Birthday.” The lesson begins with a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed audiobook style lesson teaching the song in two- to four-measure sections. When you learn “by ear” you learn quickly and more permanently by utilizing the spoken language centers of your brain. Learn by ear, play by ear. It really is that easy.

The Vietnam War era produced several “anthems of angst”, and this one made the top of the list. This folk-rock hit made it to number four on the charts in 1971 and stayed in the hearts of Americans ever since. In this lesson you will learn the entire guitar part played by Edwards completely “by ear”. Bill Brown will demonstrate, and then explain in detail, every chord and strum without video, tab, or music. The lesson includes both demonstration and backing tracks to practice and perform with.

In this Guitar by Ear lesson, you will learn “Waltz” completely “by ear”. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed lesson teaching every phrase, with correct fingering, for the entire song. Learning this way is fast and fun and you memorize the piece as you go.

This traditional Civil War anthem is taught completely “by ear” in this Piano by Ear lesson. The song is fully demonstrated and then taught in two to four measure sections, completely by ear, describing every note and finger used to play the song. This is a late beginner level arrangement of the song. Listen to the lesson to see just how easy it is to learn to play this great song and others completely “by ear”!

In this Piano by Ear lesson, you will learn a beginner level piano solo of this classic hymn. The song is fully demonstrated and then taught in two to four measure sections, completely by ear, describing every note and finger used to play the song. Listen to the lesson sample above to see just how easy it is to learn to play this great hymn completely “by ear”!

Composed by Samuel Stone in 1866, this hymn helped to serve a political purpose in Oxford England as the Anglican church was struggling with some doctrinal issues. In this Piano by Ear lesson, you will learn a beginner level piano solo of this communion standard without using music, print, or video. The song is fully demonstrated and then taught in two to four measure sections, completely by ear, describing every note and finger used to play the song. Listen to the lesson sample above to see just how easy it is to learn to play this great hymn completely “by ear”!